I was with my friend playing when suddenly some other boys came running and started to throw stones at the Wall. It was around 2.30 p.m. This is what a friend of mine told me he saw because I am partially blind. My friend also told me that Israeli soldiers chased the boys who were throwing stones who ran away as soon as they saw the soldiers. My friend and I did not run away because we didn’t do anything wrong. My friend and I then decided to go home.

 

We walked a short distance when heard soldiers ordering us to stop. My friend and I stopped and the soldiers arrested us. They asked me why I was throwing stones. I told them I wasn’t throwing stones and explained that I was partially blind. A soldier held me by the hand and walked me towards the Wall. He dragged me through a hole in the Wall where there was barbed wire. I couldn’t see properly and a soldier pushed me through the hole. My trousers were torn on the barbed wire. The soldier shouted at me and told me to walk faster. I tried to walk faster but I couldn’t and I lost my shoes and nearly fell down. I walked bare foot for a short while but I couldn’t continue any longer. The soldiers shouted at me again and some of them made fun of me. They were singing and clapping and saying I was a clever boy. When I tried to speak to them they told me to shut up.

 

I was then put in the back of a jeep and sat on a seat. The jeep drove for about 10 minutes before stopping. I was taken to a room. One soldier, who already knew I was partially blind, asked me to open the door. When I told him I couldn’t see properly he shouted at me and opened the door himself. I was taken inside and asked to sit on the floor.

 

A short time later a soldier came by and asked me whether I wanted to drink some beer. He then asked me to cross my legs as if I were praying. I was in pain sitting cross legged and when I adjusted my position the soldiers yelled at me and ordered me to sit like before. I remained in this position for about an hour. A soldier then asked me to turn my face to the wall and held me violently and tore my jacket. A soldier cocked his gun as if he was going to shoot me. He pressed his gun against my back and I was very scared.

 

At one point soldier asked me why I was throwing stones. I told him I didn’t throw stones and showed him my clean hands. No one informed me of any rights. 

 

I remained in the room until around 7.00 p.m. when a soldier searched me and took my mobile phone out of my pocket and started to play with it. I remained in the room until around 8.00 p.m. when I was handed over to the Palestinian police. I was taken to Jenin police station where I gave a statement and then I went home. I arrived home at around 10.00 p.m.