My father woke me up and told me Israeli soldiers were outside. It was 2.30 a.m. The soldiers entered our house and immediately asked for my identity card. Then they told my father they wanted to arrest me. They told me to get dressed and then took me outside where they tied me to the front with one plastic tie. The tie was painful. They also blindfolded me and put me in the back of a troop carrier and made me sit on the floor.

 

The troop carrier drove towards the military base near the settlement of Karmi Zur where it stopped for about 30 minutes and then drove towards the police station in Etzion settlement. At Etzion I was taken to see a doctor who examined me and gave me a form to fill out. I was then taken to a big hall where I sat on the floor for about three hours. An interrogator then came for me.

 

The interrogator was dressed in civilian clothes. Before he started to interrogate me he told me I had the right to remain silent and the right to consult with a lawyer. He also called my father and asked him to appoint a lawyer. I did not speak to a lawyer.

 

The interrogator accused me of throwing stones and Molotov cocktail at soldiers. I denied the accusation. He showed me a picture of me standing on the side of the road doing nothing. He also showed me pictures of other people from the village and asked me to identify them and to give him their names. The interrogation lasted for about an hour. In the end he took me to another room where I was interrogated by a second interrogator.

 

The second interrogator wore a police uniform. There was a camera and a tape recorder in the room. The interrogator accused me of the same accusations and I denied them. The interrogation lasted for about 30 minutes. The interrogator printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it. I signed it after he translated it for me and it was identical to what I had told him. I was then photographed and fingerprinted and taken to a room where I waited for about two hours.

 

After two hours I was then shackled and handcuffed and put in a vehicle and driven to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. The journey took about 30 minutes. At Ofer I was strip searched and taken into Section 13.

 

The following day I was taken to Ofer military court. A lawyer was in court to represent me but my parents were not notified so they did not attend. The military judge wanted to postpone the hearing for 15 days until the investigation was complete but my lawyer insisted on having the second hearing in a week. One day before the second hearing a soldier told me I was going to be released. I was released from Ofer on 11 February 2015, at around 4.00 p.m. I took a taxi home by myself.