On the day of my arrest there were rumours that Israeli settlers were going to raid a building in the old city of Hebron and occupy it. At around 1:00 p.m. I joined a group of people who went to the building to try to prevent settlers from taking it over. Things quickly got out of control and Israeli border police entered the building and arrested me claiming I was throwing stones at them.

 

The border police beat me hard and then tied my hands to the front with one plastic tie which was very tight. I complained to them about my painful wrists but they did not do anything. I was then taken into the back of a jeep where I sat on the metal floor. The jeep drove for about 15 minutes to the police station in the settlement of Kiryat Arba where I was immediately taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogator removed the tie and immediately accused me of throwing stones at soldiers and settlers. He did not inform me of my rights. He then brought in a soldier who claimed he saw me throwing stones. I continued to deny the accusation. He then printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it and I did without understanding what it said.

 

After the interrogation my photograph and fingerprints were taken. I was then tied again but this time the tie was not painful. I was then taken to a courtyard where I sat on a bench until around 7:30 p.m. when I was examined by a doctor.

 

I was then taken to the back of a jeep where I sat on a seat and the jeep drove for about 90 minutes to the police station in Etzion settlement. At Etzion I was strip searched and taken to a room where they removed the tie and I spent one night by myself and I slept on a metal bed which didn’t have a mattress.

 

The following day I was shackled and handcuffed and taken to the back of a troop carrier which drove for about 90 minutes to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. At Ofer I was s strip searched again and taken to Section 13. Two days later I was taken to Ofer military court. My parents and a lawyer attended and the hearing was adjourned.

 

I had five more military court hearings and in the end I was sentenced to three months in prison and fined NIS 2,000. I was released from prison on 16 April 2016. In prison I studied Arabic and mathematics. I was released at around 8:00 p.m. and I went home by myself.