I woke up at around 2:00 a.m. to the sound of Israeli soldiers in our home. My brother came into my bedroom and told me that the soldiers were looking for me. I went to the living room where I saw the soldiers give my father a document with details about my arrest and then told him they wanted to take me to Etzion police station for questioning and would bring me back afterwards.  They did not tell us what they were going to question me about.

 

The soldiers allowed me to get dressed and then took me outside where I was blindfolded and my hands were tied in front with one plastic tie which was tight. I was then put in the back of a jeep and made to sit on the metal floor. The soldiers made more arrests and then the jeep drove for about 30 minutes to the settlement of Kiryat Arba.

 

At Kiryat Arba I was taken to a shipping container where I sat on a chair until around 6:00 a.m. Then I was put back in the jeep and driven to the police station in Etzion settlement. On arrival at Etzion I was examined by a doctor before being taken to a courtyard where I sat on the ground until around 10:00 a.m. when I was taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogator removed the blindfold but kept me tied. He told me I had the right to remain silent and the right to consult a lawyer. I did not speak to a lawyer. Then he accused me of throwing stones at soldiers and showed me photos of someone throwing stones at soldiers. I confessed to throwing stones at soldiers. Then the interrogator asked me for my father’s number and called him and told him I needed a lawyer. Then he printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it and I did without understanding what it said.

 

Then they took my photograph and fingerprints before strip searching me. I was then taken to a cell where they removed the tie. At around 6:00 p.m. I was shackled and handcuffed before being taken to a troop carrier. The troop carrier drove for about 90 minutes to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. At Ofer I was strip searched again before being taken to Section 13.

 

On 5 May 2016, I had a military court hearing which my mother attended and I was allowed to speak to her. My lawyer was in court too and the hearing was adjourned.

 

I had four military court hearings and on 1 August 2016, I was sentenced to eight months in prison for throwing stones at soldiers. I spent my prison sentence at Ofer and my parents visited me regularly. In prison I studied Arabic and mathematics. I was released from Ofer on 11 December 2016.