My father woke me up and told me Israeli soldiers had come to our house to arrest me. It was 3:00 a.m. I got up and went to where the soldiers were. The soldiers did not give my father any documents and did not tell us where they were taking me or why.

 

I was taken out of the house and my hands were immediately tied to the front with one plastic tie. The tie was not painful. I was led towards the main road where some military were waiting. As soon as we arrived I was blindfolded and put in the back of a jeep and made to sit on the floor.

 

The jeep drove towards the settlement of Karmi Zur. When we arrived there I was taken to see a doctor who examined me. I was then taken back to the jeep which drove for about 30 minutes towards Etzion police station.

 

At Etzion the soldiers made me stand in an outdoor area for about four hours. It was a cold and rainy night. I was then taken into a room and asked to stand with my hands up for about an hour.

 

At around 9:30 a.m. an interrogator removed the blindfold and took me for a walk inside the compound. He wore civilian clothes and started to shout at me. I think he wanted to scare me. He did not inform me of any of my rights. He spoke to me for about 30 minutes and told me I was accused of throwing stones and of participating in a demonstration. He told me I had to confess otherwise he was going to hang me from the ceiling. He then took me to the interrogation room where another interrogator was waiting.

 

The second interrogator wore civilian clothes. He did not inform me of my rights. He told me there were confessions against me from another boy from the camp who was arrested on the same day. When I asked him to confront me with the boy he left the room and brought the boy in. The boy told the interrogator that both of us were throwing stones at soldiers together. I told the interrogator the boy was lying and that I didn’t throw stones at anyone.

 

The interrogator repeated the same accusation to me and told me I had to confess. He told me if I confessed he would help me and would release me and send me home the same day. The interrogation lasted for about an hour. I was then taken to another room where I was interrogated by a third interrogator.

 

The third interrogator wore a police uniform. He told me I had the right to remain silent and the right to consult with a lawyer. He then accused me of throwing stones but I denied the accusation. He then printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it. He told me it was identical to what I had told him but I refused to sign it. I was then photographed and fingerprinted and taken to a room where I sat on the floor until round 4:00 p.m.

 

At 4:00 p.m. I was taken to a cell inside Etzion where I remained for about two hours. Soldiers brought some paint and asked me to paint the walls. Two hours later a soldier shackled and handcuffed me and took me and I was then driven to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem, which took about one hour. At Ofer I was strip searched and given prison uniform and taken into Section 13.

 

The following day I was taken to Ofer military court. My parents did not attend the hearing because they were not informed. The hearing was adjourned. On the second hearing the court ordered my release but because my parents could not afford to pay the fine I remained in prison until 15 March 2015. I was released on 15 March 2015, at around 2:00 p.m. I went home by myself.