I was walking near the military checkpoint on my way to my grandparents’ house at around 5:00 p.m. At the time there were stone throwing incidents. Some soldiers chased the boys involved and they thought I was one of them. When a soldier called to me I was scared and started to run away but the soldiers caught me.

 

The soldiers walked me towards the checkpoint where they handcuffed me with my hands behind my back. The handcuffs were tight. They told me to sit on the ground where I stayed for about six hours.

 

Just before midnight I was taken to the back of a military jeep and made to sit on the metal floor. The jeep drove to Atarot police station, in East Jerusalem. On arrival I was taken to a very cold room where I stayed for about three hours until my father arrived. Then the two of us were taken to the interrogation room. It was around 3:00 a.m.

 

The interrogator told my father not to say anything. He did not inform me of my right to remain silent and my right to consult with a lawyer and immediately asked me why I throw stones at soldiers. I denied the accusation and told him I did not throw stones at soldiers. Then he showed me some photographs which showed boys throwing stones somewhere else. Still, I denied the accusation and told him it wasn’t me in the photograph.

 

At this point the interrogator lost his temper and told me he was going to shoot me if I didn’t confess. I did not confess. My father tried to intervene and to defend me but the interrogator shouted at him and ordered the soldiers to take him out. The soldiers beat my father as they took him out.

 

The interrogator continued to put pressure on me to confess but I held out and did not confess. In the end he showed me documents in Hebrew and asked me to sign them but I refused to sign because I did not understand what was written. The interrogator signed the documents instead. Then they took my photograph and fingerprints and took me to an outdoor area where I remained for about one-and-a-half hours. My father gave me his jacket before he left.

 

After about one-and-a-half hours I was driven to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem, where I was strip searched and photographed and fingerprinted again. A doctor examined me and asked me some questions about my health. He asked me to take off my clothes but I refused and he started to shout at me. At this point a commander interfered and took me to a room where I stayed until sunrise. Then I was taken to Section 13.

 

During my time at Ofer I had five military court hearings. My parents attended the hearings and I was allowed to speak to them. My lawyer was there too. The hearings were adjourned. On the last hearing I was sentenced in a plea bargain to six months in prison with a one year sentence suspended for five years. But my lawyer was able to exchange three months in prison for NIS 3,000 and I agreed because I did not want to spend six months in prison

 

I spent the last week at Megiddo prison, inside Israel, but I was transferred back to Ofer prison just before my release. I was released on 9 April 2017 and I went home with my parents. In prison I studied Arabic and mathematics.