My father woke me up at around 3:00 a.m. to tell me that Israeli soldiers were in our home. I got up and went to the living room where I saw about 10 soldiers, many of whom were masked and looked scary. I saw they had broken the glass on the front door. 

 

The soldiers were talking to my father and they wanted him to sign a document in Hebrew saying they did not hurt me during arrest. My father refused to sign the document and told them he was objecting to my arrest. 

 

I hardly had time to put my clothes on before the soldiers took me outside and made me stand by a wall while they arrested our neighbour. Then they walked me towards the military watchtower at the entrance to our village and made me wait outside for about 10 minutes. They did not tie or blindfold me. 

 

After about 10 minutes I was taken to a bus and the soldiers made me sit on the steps while soldiers stood above my head holding their guns. The bus drove me to a nearby military base where I was examined by a doctor. The doctor asked me some questions about my health and wanted me to sign a document in Hebrew but I refused to sign. Then I was taken to the police station in Binyamin settlement. I arrived there at around 7:00 a.m. At Binyamin I waited in a room until it was my turn to be interrogated.

 

The interrogator wore an Israeli police uniform and had a camera and a voice recorder which he turned on. Then he called my father and told him he wanted to interrogate me. My father objected and the interrogator hung up abruptly and did not allow me to speak to my father.

 

Then the interrogator showed me a document in Arabic and Hebrew saying I had the right to remain silent and the right to consult with a lawyer. He wanted me to sign this document but I refused. Then he asked me if I wanted to speak to a lawyer and I told him I did not have a lawyer’s number. Then he called a lawyer and allowed me to speak to her. The lawyer told me to remain silent and not to say anything. 

 

Then the interrogator showed me video footage of clashes in my village when young men and boys threw stones at a military jeep which broke down. The interrogator wanted me to identify the boys and young men shown in the video but I told him I did not know anyone and I wanted to remain silent. I did not give him any names. He became angry and raised his voice at me and accused me of lying. He banged the table and said he was sure I knew the boys because they were from my village. 

 

The interrogation lasted for about 15 minutes after which I was taken to a room downstairs where I waited for about 30 minutes.

 

After about 30 minutes I was taken back upstairs to the interrogation room again where I was shown the documents about my rights again. This time two interrogators were in the room and they played “good guy, bad guy”. 

 

The first interrogator told me this time he was going to interrogate me seriously and that I had to give him names. He showed me photos of the same incident and I remained silent and did not give any names. He banged the table and raised his voice at me and the other interrogator told him to calm down. This lasted for about 30 minutes and I remained silent and did not give him any names. Then I was given a document in Hebrew and I was asked to sign it but I refused. The interrogator signed it himself.

 

Then I was photographed and fingerprinted before being taken outside where a soldier approached me and told me I was accused of throwing stones and Molotov cocktails. I think he just wanted to scare me. Then I was taken downstairs where I waited a short while before I was taken to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem.

 

At Ofer the vehicle I was in waited outside for about four or five hours before we were allowed in. Then I was searched in my underwear and taken to Section 13.

 

The following day I was taken to Ofer military court. The military judge decided to keep me in prison and the hearing was adjourned. I had many more hearings, maybe more than 10 or 15. My lawyer tried to get me released on bail for lack of evidence. She finally succeeded and I was released on bail on 29 May 2018. My parents were asked to pay NIS 2,500 bail but they refused. Then my lawyer managed to find someone who was willing to pay the bail on my behalf. 

 

My father visited me once in prison but my mother was denied a permit for unspecified “security reasons”. I only saw my mother from a distance during military court hearings.

 

I was released at the Beit Sira checkpoint while my father was told to wait for me at Ofer. By the time I managed to take a taxi to Ofer it was late at night. My father told me he wanted to surprise my mother and did not tell her I was going to be released. When we arrived home at around midnight my mother was very happily surprised to see me home. 

 

I attended one more military court hearing since my release and I still don’t know what will happen next.