I was startled when Israeli soldiers broke open our front door at around 5:00 a.m. I was terrified and quickly got out of bed. The soldiers approached my father and asked him to bring all of us to the living room. Then they told my father they wanted to arrest me. They did not give us any documents and did not tell us why they were arresting me or where they were taking me.

 

The soldiers immediately took me outside where they tied my hands behind my back with three plastic ties: one on each wrist and another connecting the two. The ties were tight. The soldiers also blindfolded me. I was then led for about 15 minutes towards the military watchtower near Rachel’s Tomb. When we arrived at the watchtower I was left outside for about two hours.

 

At around 7:00 a.m. the soldiers took me to the back of a military jeep where I sat on a seat. The jeep drove for about 30 minutes before stopping at Atarot police station where I was made to wait outside on the ground for about three hours. Then I was taken for interrogation at around 10:30 a.m.

 

The interrogator removed the blindfold but kept me tied. He did not inform me of my rights and immediately accused me of throwing stones at soldiers and of incitement on Facebook. He then showed me my Facebook posts. Then he showed me pictures of a person throwing stones at soldiers. I denied the accusation and told him I did not incite on Facebook and that the person in the photograph was not me.

 

Part way through the interrogation I was taken outside to a courtyard and made me sit on the ground for about 15 minutes. During this time I was blindfolded again. Then I was taken back to the interrogation room.

 

When I was back in the interrogation room the interrogator removed the blindfold and accused me of the same accusations and I continued to deny them. Then he started to beat and slap me. He also started to make even more serious accusations against me such as throwing Molotov Cocktails. I was so scared that I confessed to all the original accusations.

 

The interrogation lasted for about two hours. In the end the interrogator called my father and informed him I was at Atarot police station and told him I was going to be transferred to Ofer prison. Then he printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it and I did without understanding what it said. Then he took my photograph and my fingerprints.

 

After the interrogation I was re-blindfolded and taken to a police car. The car drove for about 30 minutes to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem, where I was strip searched and taken to Section 13. The following day I was taken to Ofer military court where I saw a lawyer for the first time and I was allowed to speak to him. My parents did not attend the hearing.

 

I had five more military court hearings which my parents attended and I was allowed to speak to them. During the last hearing the military court decided to sentence me to the amount of time I had already spent in prison. They also placed me on a NIS 20,000 bond payable if I am ever arrested for the same accusations again. I wasn’t told whether there would be anymore court hearings or not.

 

I was released on 4 December 2016, at around 7:00 p.m. and I went home with my parents.