My father woke me up at around 2:30 a.m. and told me not to be scared but there were Israeli soldiers inside our house. I got up and went to the living room with my father where I saw soldiers in full military gear. 

 

The commander asked my father for his children’s names. He stopped at my name and went to my bedroom and took a T-shirt from my wardrobe. Then he looked at my father and told him they wanted to take me away for five minutes and would bring me back. He did not say why and did not give my parents any documents. 

 

My father told the commander he was not going to let me go with them on my own and insisted on accompanying me. The commander told him this was not permitted but my father kept insisting.

 

As soon as I was dressed the soldiers took me outside where my hands were tied behind my back with one plastic tie which was very tight and painful. The ties left a mark on my wrists for a long time. I was also blindfolded.

 

The soldiers then took me to the back of a military jeep where I sat on a small metal box on the floor which was very uncomfortable. My father was with me in the back of the jeep. A soldier wanted to tie and blindfold my father too but he refused and the commander was fine with that.

 

The jeep drove to the nearby military base of Zufin where I was examined by a doctor. The doctor removed the tie and the blindfold for a minute during the examination and then put them back on. 

 

At the base my father and I were left inside a shipping container until 8:00 a.m. Then we were taken to Ariel settlement. We arrived there at around 8:30 a.m. and we were taken into a room and the air conditioner was on cold. I remained there with my father until around 4:00 p.m. when it was my turn to be interrogated.

 

My father was allowed into the interrogation room with me but the interrogator warned him that if he spoke one word he would be thrown out. The interrogator wore an Israeli police uniform and had a camera and a tape recorder in the room. Then we waited for about 20 minutes and nothing happened. After 20 minutes the interrogator asked me where I was on 21 July 2017. I told him I was at school. Then he told me the 21^st was a Friday and I told him in that case I was with my father at work. Then he accused me of throwing stones. My father objected and the interrogator threatened to throw him out. 

 

Then the interrogator told me I was accused of throwing 10 stones at soldiers and that I hit a soldier on the head. My father intervened again and told him I was too young to be questioned like this and that he was bullying a 15-year-old child. The interrogator was very upset and threw my father out of the room. 

 

After my father left the room the interrogator showed me a photograph and wanted me to identify the boys and young men in the photograph. I refused. Then he pointed to a boy in the photograph and told me it was me. I denied it. Then he started to play tricks on me. He said: “let’s assume you and your brother were throwing stones at each other, how many stones would you throw at him.” I told him one stone. He asked me from what distance and I said 100-150 meters. When he asked me whether I would hit my brother from that distance and I said no. 

 

This was later used against me as a confession and I was charged with throwing four stones from a distance of 50 meters with the intention of causing harm. 

 

The interrogator also accused me of causing damage to the side mirror of a military jeep and taking part in an illegal protest. At the end of the interrogation he told me I was lucky he did not beat me because my father was in the room. Then he showed me documents in Hebrew and asked me to sign but I refused to sign.

 

About half way through the interrogation I was shown a document in both Hebrew and Arabic which said I had the right to remain silent and the right to consult with a lawyer. The interrogator asked me to sign the document and I did. Then he told me if I remained silent he would answer the questions himself and that was not going to be good for me. He convinced me it was in my interest to speak. 

 

The interrogation lasted for about an hour. The interrogator left the room and spoke to my father who was waiting outside and told him to appoint a lawyer for me. I did not have access to a lawyer before or during the interrogation.

 

After the interrogation I was re-blindfolded and taken in a military vehicle with other boys to Huwwara military base. My father was dropped off on the way. A soldier swore at us when we complained that we were nauseous and asked to turn the air conditioner off. Before my father left he saw that one of the soldiers was live streaming us on his Facebook page. 

 

I arrived at Huwwara at around 10:00 p.m. I was taken to a shipping container where I sat on a chair. I was very tired and sleepy. Later I was searched in my underwear and asked to crouch up and down. Then I was put in a vehicle and driven to Megiddo prison, inside Israel. We arrived at Megiddo at around 11:30 p.m. On arrival at Megiddo I was again searched in my underwear and examined by a doctor before being taken to the juvenile section.

 

The following day I was taken to Salem military court. My father was there and my lawyer. The hearing was adjourned. In all I had about nine military court hearings. At the last hearing I was sentenced in a plea bargain to six months in prison and a fine of NIS 2,000. I also received a six-month suspended sentence suspended for three 3 years. I accepted the plea bargain because I was told that if I did not accept it I would be sentenced to eight months in prison.

 

I spent my entire sentence in Megiddo prison. My parents visited me seven times. In prison I exercised and played table tennis and attended classes. I also helped in the cooking. I was released on 4 March 2018, at Al Jalama checkpoint. I arrived home in the morning and my parents had a party for me with music and food.