I was with a friend on my way home at around 3:00 p.m. when we approached an Israeli flying military checkpoint and were ordered to stop by the soldiers. The soldiers asked for my identity card and told me to step aside because I was under arrest. They did not give me any reasons.

 

I was taken to the back of a military jeep where they made me sit on the metal floor and the jeep drove to the nearby military gate where they made me sit on the ground for about 30 minutes.

 

A commander asked me why I throw stones at soldiers and I told him I never threw stones and that I was on my way home when the soldiers arrested me without any reason. Then I was taken back to the jeep which drove around for a long time before stopping at Atarot police station, in East Jerusalem. While inside the jeep the soldiers told me to keep my head down and to put my hands behind my head. I arrived at Atarot at around 5:00 p.m.

 

On arrival at the police station the soldiers took me to a room for a couple of hours. I asked to use the toilet and they allowed me to do so. Then the soldiers asked me for my parents’ phone number and I gave them my brother’s number. They called my brother and asked him to come to Atarot to attend my interrogation. At around 11:30 p.m. my brother arrived and I was taken into the interrogation room with him.

 

My brother was very tense because he had to wait for a long time and the interrogator told him not to say a word. Then the interrogator told me I had the right to remain silent and the right to consult with a lawyer. I did not speak to a lawyer. Then he accused me of throwing stones at soldiers together with my friend. I denied the accusation but he kept repeating the same accusation again and again. My brother interfered and raised his voice and the interrogator told the soldiers to take him out and they did.

 

The interrogator repeated the same accusation and showed me video footage of me and my friend and other boys. The video showed me standing aside and not throwing stones. At that point I told the interrogator the footage shows I am telling the truth and that I did not throw stones at soldiers. Then the interrogator told the soldiers to send me home with my brother.

 

As I left the interrogator told me if I am ever arrested again he was going to lock me up in prison for two years. I left the interrogation room at around 1:30 a.m. and my brother and we arrived home at around 2:30 a.m.