I woke up startled at around 3:00 a.m. to the sound of aggressive and loud banging at our front door. My father answered the door and a group of Israeli soldiers entered our home. They asked my father for our identity cards and birth certificates. When they saw mine they told me to step aside. The commander then took me to the stairwell and told me I was under arrest.

 

The soldiers wanted to take me outside without allowing me to get dressed but my mother didn’t allow it. When I got dressed I was taken outside. They did not give my parents any documents and did not tell them why they were arresting me or where they were taking me. I asked the soldiers to allow me to take my medicine with me but they refused.

 

As soon as we were outside my hands were tied to the front with three plastic ties: one on each wrist and one connecting the two. The ties were not painful. I was also blindfolded and put in the back of a jeep where I sat on top of some metal boxes that were there. I wasn’t comfortable at all.

 

The jeep drove for about 30 minutes before stopping at a military camp. I was taken to a courtyard where I waited for about two hours. I was then taken for a medical examination. The doctor removed the ties and the blindfold and examined me. Then I was tied and blindfolded again.

 

At around 6:00 a.m. I was taken back to the jeep where I sat on the floor. The jeep drove for about 30 minutes to the police station inside Etzion settlement. The soldiers led me on foot for a long time before I was taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogator asked me whether I wanted to consult with a lawyer. I told him I did and asked him to call a lawyer for me. The interrogator dialed a number but there was no answer. He did not inform me of my right to silence. The interrogator removed the ties and the blindfold and accused me of throwing stones at soldiers. I told him I didn’t throw stones since I was released from prison and that I had no idea why I was arrested. The interrogator got angry and told me it was better for me to confess. He threatened that if I didn’t confess he was going to beat me. He then called someone and immediately four big soldiers entered the room and started to make gestures as if they were going to beat me but in fact they did not beat me.

 

The interrogator started to shout at me saying I had to confess or else he would ask the soldiers to beat me. I told him I had nothing to confess to. He then said I had to confess that I was the one who broke the window of a settler car. I told him there was no evidence against me. Later on into the interrogation he turned a tape recorder on and showed me a photograph. I told him the photograph was an old one and that I had already spent time in prison for that incident. I told him he needed to show me new evidence.

 

The interrogation lasted for about four hours. In the end I was taken to see a policeman who wrote down my statement in Hebrew. He printed it out and asked me to sign it but I refused and asked him to translate it for me. When he refused to translate it I refused to sign.

 

The policeman then took my photograph and my fingerprints and took me for a strip search. I was then taken to a room where I spent a night. The following morning I was shackled and handcuffed and drive for about three hours to Megiddo prison, inside Israel. At Megiddo I was searched again then taken into the juvenile section.

 

The following day I was taken to Ramla prison, also in Israel, where I spent a night and then to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem, where I had a military court hearing. My lawyer was there but not my parents because they were not notified. The hearing was adjourned and I was taken back to Megiddo via Ramla.

 

I had a second hearing at Ofer military court which my parents attended. After the hearing I was taken to Ofer prison. At around 10:00 p.m. I was released. I went home by myself and I arrived home at around 1:00 a.m. I was released on 17 October 2015, without charge and without paying any fines.