I was up at around 5:00 a.m. because it was the month of Ramadan. I heard the sound of commotion outside our house and went to the roof to see what was going on. Then I heard banging at our front door. My mother answered the door and about 11 Israeli soldiers entered our home, two soldiers were masked.

 

The soldiers asked everyone to gather in the living room, even my uncles’ families who live on other floors in the same building.  The soldiers asked for our identity cards and the commander asked for me by name. Then he told me they wanted to talk to me and took me outside after allowing me to change. I did not see them give my family any written documents.

 

Once outside my hands were tied behind my back with three plastic ties: one on each wrist and another connecting the two. The ties were painful. The soldiers pushed me in order to keep me walking towards a nearby building outside the camp. There they blindfolded me very tightly to the point that my eyes hurt. Then I was put in the back of a military vehicle where I sat on a seat. When I complained that the ties were painful a soldier replaced them with looser ones.

 

The jeep drove for a short distance to the nearby settlement of Karmi Zur. On arrival at the settlement I was taken to a courtyard where I stayed for about 30 minutes. Then I was taken to the police station in Etzion settlement where a doctor examined me. The doctor removed the blindfold but kept the ties on and then he blindfolded me again when he was finished. Then I was taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogator wore civilian clothes. He removed the blindfold and told me I was like his own son. Then he told me I could remain silent if I wanted but remaining silent would be an indication that I was hiding something. I understood this to mean if I spoke and confessed the ordeal would be over. He also told me I had the right to see a lawyer, but I did not speak to a lawyer. Then he asked me why I throw stones. I told him I did not throw stones. Then he accused me of throwing stones and bottles at a settler bus and when I denied the accusation he banged the table aggressively.

 

The interrogation lasted for about 90 minutes. The interrogator did not show me any documents and did not ask me to sign anything. In the end the interrogator called an Israeli policeman who took me to the military base just outside Beit Jala where I stayed in an outside area for about 90 minutes. During this time I was tied and blindfolded. I was fasting because of Ramadan and that is why I did not eat or drink. Then I was taken for another round of interrogation.

 

The interrogator told me his name was "Bashir". He was in civilian clothes and as soon as I entered he read my rights to me. He told me I had the right to remain silent and the right to see a lawyer and he made me sign a document saying I was informed of my rights. He also called my parents. Then he accused me of throwing bottles and stones at a settler bus and at the military watchtower at the entrance to the camp. He told me a soldier had testified against me. I continued to deny the accusations.

 

Then he showed me documents in Hebrew and asked me to sign them but I refused and I told him I was not going to sign anything unless a lawyer or someone from my family was present. Then he called my uncle and spoke to him and then he told me that my uncle wanted me to sign. I insisted I was not going to sign and asked him to bring my uncle over because I wasted to speak to him. At this point he was upset and told me he was not going to release me.

 

At around 5:00 p.m. I was taken back to Etzion. At Etzion I was searched in my underwear and taken to a cell. At around 1:30 a.m. I was shackled and handcuffed and taken to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem, where I was strip searched and taken to Section 13. At Ofer I could not sleep.

 

At around 7:00 a.m. I was taken to Ofer miliary court where I waited until around 4:30 p.m. before I was taken into the courtroom. My parents were not in court because they did not know I had a hearing but my lawyer was there.

 

My lawyer told me it was great I did not confess and the military judge told me not to throw stones again and that if I did and was arrested again something bad and unexpected would happen to me. He also told me I had to pay a fine of NIS 1,000. At around 7:30 p.m. I was released. I was released on 6 June 2017, and I arrived home at around 9:00 p.m.