The day before I was arrested I was on my way back from school at around 1:30 p.m. when an Israeli military jeep pulled over next to me. One of the soldiers stepped out and asked me to stop and took a picture of me on his mobile phone. The soldiers then left without saying anything else.

 

The next day I was going home from school at the same time. There were no clashes going on at the time. Suddenly a military jeep pulled over and some soldiers stepped out. They ordered me to stop and two soldiers immediately put me in the back of the jeep without giving me any explanation. I was kept on the floor for a few minutes and then taken out of the jeep. A soldier tied my hands to the front with one plastic tie which was very tight. I was also blindfolded. I was then put back in the jeep and made me sit on the floor.

 

The jeep drove for about 30 minutes towards a nearby Israeli military base where I was taken to a room and made to sit on a chair. A doctor then removed the tie and the blindfold and examined me. He then re-tied and blindfolded me. I remained at the base for about an hour before I was put back in the jeep where I sat on the floor again.

 

The jeep drove for about 30 minutes before arriving at the police station in Binyamin settlement. I was taken to a room where I waited until around 7:00 p.m. I later found out that my mother and brother were at the police station but they were not allowed in.

 

Then a settler woman was brought into the room where I was waiting. When the policeman removed the blindfold the settler woman claimed I threw stones at her car. I denied the accusation and told them this was not true. I was then photographed and fingerprinted. Then I was blindfolded again and I remained in the room until around 10:00 p.m. when I was taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogator removed the tie and the blindfold and accused me of throwing stones at a settler car. He did not inform me of any rights. He asked me whether I came across a Hyundai car and I told him there were lots of Hyundai cars around. He then told me he meant the specific car I was accused of throwing stones at. I told him I didn’t throw stones at any cars and that I was arrested on my way home back from school.

 

The interrogation lasted for about 15 minutes. The interrogator printed out my statement in Hebrew then he translated it for me and asked me to sign it which I did. He then called my mother and asked her to appoint a lawyer for me. I was then shackled and handcuffed and put in a troop carrier. The troop carrier drove for about 30 minutes to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem, where I was strip searched and taken to section 13.

 

Three days later I was taken to a waiting room at the military court. A female soldier then told me I was going to be released. I was taken back to prison and at around 5:00 p.m. I was taken out of the cell. I wasn’t released until around 10:00 p.m. I later found out that my family had to pay a fine of NIS 5,000. I was released on 8 November and arrived home with my family at 11:00 p.m.