The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday evening kidnaped a Palestinian young man near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of al-Khalil with no reason.
According to local sources the IOF brutalized 18-year-old Sharif Abu Hadeed at a military checkpoint near the Mosque and then rounded him up.
Checkpoints are one of the main tools that Israel employs to enforce its regime of occupation over the Palestinian population in the occupied territories. Israel restricts the movement of Palestinians within the occupied territories on a daily basis.
Palestinians’ freedom of movement in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem lies completely at the mercy of the occupation state’s whims making them live in constant uncertainty — not knowing whether he or she is going to make it to work keep a medical appointment visit a family go to a Mosque for prayers buy something from a store etc.
They might be delayed at a checkpoint for hours or detained and humiliated by soldiers.
