The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that the army and police of the occupation are currently implementing and violent campaign of arrests against the people of Jerusalem.

The Commission explained that the Israeli forces have committed incursions to tens of houses in Jerusalem since the early morning, and arrested many people and delivered summons for people who were not in their houses during the incursions.

The Commission also stated that the incursions were very terrible, where the attacks were deliberate on all houses subjected to the incursion. They also destroyed the belongings of all houses, where the incursions are carried out by a large number of soldiers and police officers.

The Commission revealed that there is a team of advocates are working in the field 24 hours in Jerusalem to follow up arrest cases against them.

 Known people who have been arrested till now:

Jamil Abbasi

Ibrahim Natsheh

Rami Fakhouri

Muhammad Abu Lafi

Thaer Abu Lafi

Yousef Haziana

Majdi Ghrouf

Jamal Ghoul

Storming the house of Tamer Khalfawi

Jehad Qawwas

Obada Najeeb

The Head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs, Qadri Abu Baker, stated that the occupation authorities targeted Palestinian journalists over the past few years. We monitored hundreds of violations against them, such as detention, arbitrary arrests, administrative detention, unfair sentences, attacks and incursions, closing media institutions, confiscating equipment and devices, chasing and summoning journalists and preventing them from travelling.

Abu Baker explained that the targeting also included activist on social media, who expressed their opinion, in order to suppress, threaten and prevent them from writing.

He also called on the international conference on World Press Freedom Day 2021, hosted by the UNESCO and the government of Namibia, held in Windhoek April 29- May 3, to get clear recommendations that protect Palestinian journalists, and intervene to release 16 detainees who are still detained in Israeli prisons.

Abu Baker added: "I call on all the international unions specialized in journalism and press to support their colleagues detained in Israeli prisons, and provide protection for everyone who work in this field in the Palestinian lands form the suppressive and unfair measures of the occupation".

Abu Baker saluted and sent his greetings and respects to all Palestinian journalists and media professionals for their   endurance on the hardships of the profession and the hatred of the occupation. He also praised and appreciated their national role in supporting the detainees' cause and exposing the violations they are subjected to.

The General Assembly of the United Nations announced the World Press Freedom Day for the first time on December 1993, based on a recommendation by the general conference of the UNESCO, and since then, the anniversary of the declaration has been celebrated around the world on May 3 as World Press Freedom Day.

The date of the World Press Freedom Day refers to the conference held by the UNESCO in Windhoek city in 1991.

May 3 is considered a reminder for governments to respect and fulfill its commitments towards the press freedom, and it is also a day for journalists and media professionals to discuss the issues of press freedom and profession ethics.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that there are (12) Palestinian mothers are currently held at Damoun and Hasharon prisons, suffering from the cruelty of jailor and deprivation of children in the occasion of Mother's Day, in which people all over the world are celebrating.

The detained mothers are: Israa Jaabis, Fadwa Hamada, Amani Hasheem, Hilweh Hamamreh, Nisreen Hassan, Inas Asafreh, Aya Khateeb, Iman Awar, Khitam Saafin, Shurouq Badan, Khalida Jarrar and Anhar Deek.

The commission stated that their children are missing them especially on this day, where the detained mothers are deprived of visits under feeble pretexts, and in light of the procedures of Coronavirus which stopped the visits.

The commission also said that women detainees suffer from all kinds of stress and arbitrary measures by jailors such as: medical negligence, incursions to their rooms and imposing punishments against them. They live in hard detention conditions.

It is pointed out that the Israeli occupation authorities have arrested more than 17.000 Palestinian Women since 1967, where the commission highlighted the national role of the Palestinian women in holding the responsibility of confronting the occupation.

The commission called the international community to release the Palestinian women and mothers, and provide support to protect them and their children.