I was arrested on Route 60 by Israeli soldiers at 6.00 p.m. At the time there were clashes between soldiers and people from the village which I was watching. Suddenly some soldiers started to chase me. They caught me and immediately tied my hands to the front with two plastic ties around both wrists. The ties were very painful. I asked the soldiers to loosen the ties but they did not respond. Instead a soldier tightened them even more. They also blindfolded me with two blindfolds, one on top of the other.

 

After being tied the soldiers made me sit near the main road for about 30 minutes until a jeep arrived. I was then put in a jeep an driven for five minutes to a nearby settlement.

 

On arrival at the settlement I was put in a room with a metal bed. There were soldiers with me inside the room. I remained in the room for about an hour before I was taken back to the jeep. The jeep drove for another 30 minutes before stopping at an Israeli police station inside the settlement of Binyamin. On arrival I was put in a room where I waited for about an hour. I sat on a bench with a soldier guarding me. Then I was taken to an interrogation room

 

The interrogator sat me down on a chair and removed the ties and blindfold. He immediately started to interrogate me and did not inform me of my righs. Another interrogator was in the room. He sat there but didn’t say anything. Both interrogators wore Israeli police uniforms.

 

The first interrogator told me I was accused of throwing stones at soldiers and they had photos of me. I told him this was not true and that I didn’t throw stones at anyone. The interrogator then showed me some photographs on his computer. The photographs were of me but I wasn’t throwing stones. I denied the accusation. The second interrogator got very angry and started to shout at me but the first interrogator tried to calm him down. The first interrogator was calmer but maybe they were both playing a game. The second interrogator told me soldiers saw me throwing stones at a settlers’ bus and a car.

 

In the end I decided to confess to throwing stones at soldiers on one occasion. I was afraid that if I didn’t confess I was going to be accused of more charges. The interrogator then printed out a document written in Hebrew and asked me to sign it. I signed it without knowing what was written in it and the interrogator did not translate it for me.

 

I was then photographed and fingerprinted and taken to a waiting room where I remained until midnight. I wasn’t given any food but I was allowed to drink and to use the bathroom. I was then handcuffed and my legs were shackled and put in a vehicle which took me to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem.

 

On arrival at Ofer prison I was strip searched. I was then given prison clothes and taken to a waiting room where I slept. The following morning a soldier took me to the military court. I did not have a lawyer in court and my parents were not there because they were not informed. The hearing was adjourned for four days. My parents attended the second military court hearing and a lawyer was there to represent me. In all I had about 10 military court hearings.

 

In the end I agreed to a plea bargain where I was sentenced to five-and-a-half months in prison and fined NIS 1,500. I was also served with a suspended sentence of eight months valid for five years. I was released from Ofer on 5 October 2014. My parents visited me in prison and I was allowed to study Arabic and Hebrew.