7 july 2018
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday violently quelled a peaceful protest in the West Bank province of al-Khalil against the confiscation of privately-owned Palestinian lands in Bani Naim town.
Activist Rateb al-Jabour said that the protest was held after Israeli settlers from the nearby Ma'ale Hever settlement erected tents on the confiscated lands.
Al-Jabour told Quds Press that the IOF soldiers brutally attacked the protest which was organized by the National Committee Against the Wall and Settlement and a number of popular resistance activists.
He added that the IOF arrested a number of protesters, including three foreign activists, and announced the area a "closed military zone".
Israeli settlers a few days ago took over Palestinian lands in Bani Naim town owned by the Edeis family and set up mobile homes on them.
All Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem, are deemed illegal by the United Nations and international community.
The Security Council on 23rd December 2016 adopted Resolution 2334 which calls for a complete halt to Israel's settlement construction activity in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Activist Rateb al-Jabour said that the protest was held after Israeli settlers from the nearby Ma'ale Hever settlement erected tents on the confiscated lands.
Al-Jabour told Quds Press that the IOF soldiers brutally attacked the protest which was organized by the National Committee Against the Wall and Settlement and a number of popular resistance activists.
He added that the IOF arrested a number of protesters, including three foreign activists, and announced the area a "closed military zone".
Israeli settlers a few days ago took over Palestinian lands in Bani Naim town owned by the Edeis family and set up mobile homes on them.
All Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem, are deemed illegal by the United Nations and international community.
The Security Council on 23rd December 2016 adopted Resolution 2334 which calls for a complete halt to Israel's settlement construction activity in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday stormed Bethlehem city and raided the house of al-Khalil city mayor Kamel Hameed.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers broke into and ransacked the house of mayor Hameed near Shahin junction in Bethlehem and maltreated him and his family members.
The IOF also raided other homes in different neighborhoods of Bethlehem, with no reported arrests.
Meanwhile, violent clashes broke out between Israeli soldiers and local young men during the IOF campaign in the city.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that scores of youths in the neighborhoods of Wadi Shahin and al-Maslakh hurled stones and empty bottles at the soldiers, who responded by randomly firing volleys of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades to disperse them.
Several young men and passersby suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes during the events and received on-site medical assistance from ambulance crews.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers broke into and ransacked the house of mayor Hameed near Shahin junction in Bethlehem and maltreated him and his family members.
The IOF also raided other homes in different neighborhoods of Bethlehem, with no reported arrests.
Meanwhile, violent clashes broke out between Israeli soldiers and local young men during the IOF campaign in the city.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that scores of youths in the neighborhoods of Wadi Shahin and al-Maslakh hurled stones and empty bottles at the soldiers, who responded by randomly firing volleys of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades to disperse them.
Several young men and passersby suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes during the events and received on-site medical assistance from ambulance crews.
Israel's former War Minister Moshe Ya'alon has said that fields in the Gaza Strip should be set ablaze in response to the fire kites and balloons sent from enclave into nearby Israeli settlements.
According to Maariv newspaper, Ya'alon said that the Israelis should pursue an "eye for an eye" policy in response to the fire kites sent over the border fence.
Regarding Israel's threats against Hamas, Ya'alon said that "these are empty threats" and that ultimatums, which are only talk, damage deterrence.
As for the solution in Gaza, Ya'alon added that the policy should be one that the Palestinians understand that they have their own autonomy.
"Hamas is not interested in the 1967 borders, but Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, and the right of return. We have to explain this to the world," said Ya'alon.
According to Maariv newspaper, Ya'alon said that the Israelis should pursue an "eye for an eye" policy in response to the fire kites sent over the border fence.
Regarding Israel's threats against Hamas, Ya'alon said that "these are empty threats" and that ultimatums, which are only talk, damage deterrence.
As for the solution in Gaza, Ya'alon added that the policy should be one that the Palestinians understand that they have their own autonomy.
"Hamas is not interested in the 1967 borders, but Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, and the right of return. We have to explain this to the world," said Ya'alon.
An Israeli warplane struck a position on Friday on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights after a mortar shell allegedly landed in a neutral border area.
Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee claimed the airstrike targeted a Syrian army post that had shelled a buffer zone on the Golan frontier during fighting with insurgents in southern Syria.
Syrian military sources affirmed the Israeli airstrike targeted a hill in Khan Arnabeh village in Quneitra province without causing casualties.
In a separate statement, the Israeli army threatened to invade the buffer zone in the Golan Heights if any Syrian forces violated the UN-monitored 1974 ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli army, which already carried out several aerial attacks on Syria, also claimed it had no intention to get involved in Syria’s war and would continue to implement to implement the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement that includes maintaining the buffer zone.
An Israeli cabinet minister also threatened last Thursday that Israel could fire upon any Syrian forces violating the truce deal.
The UN-monitored 1974 armistice bars military build-ups by either side, Syria or Israel, around the Golan.
However, the Israeli army has recently beefed up its artillery forces near the buffer zone of the Golan, watching warily as the Syrian regime’s military forces and its allies advance near the Golan.
Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee claimed the airstrike targeted a Syrian army post that had shelled a buffer zone on the Golan frontier during fighting with insurgents in southern Syria.
Syrian military sources affirmed the Israeli airstrike targeted a hill in Khan Arnabeh village in Quneitra province without causing casualties.
In a separate statement, the Israeli army threatened to invade the buffer zone in the Golan Heights if any Syrian forces violated the UN-monitored 1974 ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli army, which already carried out several aerial attacks on Syria, also claimed it had no intention to get involved in Syria’s war and would continue to implement to implement the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement that includes maintaining the buffer zone.
An Israeli cabinet minister also threatened last Thursday that Israel could fire upon any Syrian forces violating the truce deal.
The UN-monitored 1974 armistice bars military build-ups by either side, Syria or Israel, around the Golan.
However, the Israeli army has recently beefed up its artillery forces near the buffer zone of the Golan, watching warily as the Syrian regime’s military forces and its allies advance near the Golan.
Furthermore, the soldiers hid behind Palestinian olive trees to ambush the protesters, and chased many young men, but were unable to abduct any of them.
Medical sources in the town said several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
Kufur Qaddoum holds ongoing weekly processions against the illegal Annexation Wall and Colonies, and demanding the army to reopen the town’s main road, which was blockaded fifteen years ago, to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from Kedumim illegal colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
Medical sources in the town said several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment.
Kufur Qaddoum holds ongoing weekly processions against the illegal Annexation Wall and Colonies, and demanding the army to reopen the town’s main road, which was blockaded fifteen years ago, to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from Kedumim illegal colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
6 july 2018
Extremist Israeli settlers on Friday raided the village of Urif, to the south of Nablus in the West Bank, troched dozens of dunums of Palestinian farmlands and uprooted olive saplings and trees near the village, according to local sources.
The PIC correspondent said that dozens of settlers, protected by a military escort, assaulted some homes at the entrance to the village and uprooted olive saplings belonging to local residents.
Clashes erupted between Israeli forces and local villagers in the aftermath of the attack. The Israeli soldiers fired live bullets and rubber-coated rounds to disperse the protesting villagers, injuring one of them in the head.
The wounded man was identified as Ahmad Safadi who was transferred to Rafidiya Hospital in Nablus city.
Israeli Soldiers Injure Palestinians Defending Their Village After Colonists Attacked It, Cut And Burnt Dozens Of Trees
Medical sources have reported, Friday, that dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, one was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, and many others sustained cuts and bruises, after Israeli soldiers attacked them while defending their village, Orif, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, when a group of extremist illegal Israeli colonists attacked its farmlands, burnt and cuts dozens of trees.
Adel Omar, an activist with the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem), said the attack was carried out by dozens of assailants from Yitzhar illegal Israeli colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
He added that the colonists invaded the eastern area of the village and burnt dozens of Dunams planted with olive and almond trees, in addition cutting many trees.
The soldiers then invaded the village, and attacked the Palestinians, before firing many live rounds at them, gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets.
One Palestinian was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his head, before he was rushed to Rafidia hospital for treatment.
Dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment by local medics.
The soldiers also fired live rounds at a press vehicle for Palestine TV.
In a statement, the Committee for Protecting Orif village said the Israeli assailants caused the following damage to the Palestinian lands.
The PIC correspondent said that dozens of settlers, protected by a military escort, assaulted some homes at the entrance to the village and uprooted olive saplings belonging to local residents.
Clashes erupted between Israeli forces and local villagers in the aftermath of the attack. The Israeli soldiers fired live bullets and rubber-coated rounds to disperse the protesting villagers, injuring one of them in the head.
The wounded man was identified as Ahmad Safadi who was transferred to Rafidiya Hospital in Nablus city.
Israeli Soldiers Injure Palestinians Defending Their Village After Colonists Attacked It, Cut And Burnt Dozens Of Trees
Medical sources have reported, Friday, that dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, one was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, and many others sustained cuts and bruises, after Israeli soldiers attacked them while defending their village, Orif, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, when a group of extremist illegal Israeli colonists attacked its farmlands, burnt and cuts dozens of trees.
Adel Omar, an activist with the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem), said the attack was carried out by dozens of assailants from Yitzhar illegal Israeli colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
He added that the colonists invaded the eastern area of the village and burnt dozens of Dunams planted with olive and almond trees, in addition cutting many trees.
The soldiers then invaded the village, and attacked the Palestinians, before firing many live rounds at them, gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets.
One Palestinian was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his head, before he was rushed to Rafidia hospital for treatment.
Dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment by local medics.
The soldiers also fired live rounds at a press vehicle for Palestine TV.
In a statement, the Committee for Protecting Orif village said the Israeli assailants caused the following damage to the Palestinian lands.
- Cut 40 olive saplings owned by Issam Safadi.
- Cut and burnt 62 saplings owned by Mohammad Shehada.
- Burnt and cut 12 olive and almond trees owned by Raed Sabah.
- Cut 14 olive saplings owned by Najeh Shehada.
- Burnt 18 fig and pomegranate trees owned by Shaher Shehada.
Mohammad Abu Halima, 22
A Palestinian man was killed and hundreds of others were injured on Friday as Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled the participants of the 15th March of Return protest east of Gaza. video
The Ministry of Health announced the death of Mohammad Abu Halima, 22, after being shot in his chest and the injury of 396 others, including paramedics, by Israeli live bullets and tear gas grenades.
The PIC reporter said that thousands of Palestinians flocked on Friday to al-Awda camps to take part in the protest that was held under the theme “United for Failing the Deal of the Century and Ending the Siege”.
IOF soldiers showered the protesters with gunfire and tear gas canisters and directly targeted pressmen and medical crews, the PIC reporter added.
A Palestinian man was killed and hundreds of others were injured on Friday as Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled the participants of the 15th March of Return protest east of Gaza. video
The Ministry of Health announced the death of Mohammad Abu Halima, 22, after being shot in his chest and the injury of 396 others, including paramedics, by Israeli live bullets and tear gas grenades.
The PIC reporter said that thousands of Palestinians flocked on Friday to al-Awda camps to take part in the protest that was held under the theme “United for Failing the Deal of the Century and Ending the Siege”.
IOF soldiers showered the protesters with gunfire and tear gas canisters and directly targeted pressmen and medical crews, the PIC reporter added.
Scores of Palestinians choked on teargas afternoon Friday after the Israeli occupation forces quelled a weekly march in Qalqilya condemning Israel’s unabated settlement activity.
Israeli soldiers attacked marchers as they approached the apartheid wall with heavy barrages of teargas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.
The occupation forces further chased down marchers in an attempt to detain them.
Israeli soldiers attacked marchers as they approached the apartheid wall with heavy barrages of teargas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.
The occupation forces further chased down marchers in an attempt to detain them.
5 july 2018
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As hundreds of soldiers and police officers have been deployed around al-Khan al-Ahmar Palestinian Bedouin community, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, in preparation for ethnically cleansing it, and displace the residents, groups of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists gathered in the area to “celebrate” the assault.
The colonists came from the illegal Kfar Adumim colony, built on private lands owned by Palestinians from Abu Dis and Hizma towns. While Israeli soldiers continued to resort to the excessive use of force against innocent civilians, communities of shepherds, with more than half of them are children, the colonists decided to “celebrate the event,” awaiting the complete destruction of the Palestinian community. On its part, the Arab League strongly denounced the Israeli crimes against al-Khan al-Ahmar and Abu Nuwwar communities, and said that these policies are war crimes as they target innocent, unarmed civilians, displacing them and devastating their lives and the lives of their families. It added that the removal of displacement of the Palestinians only aims at the construction and expansion of Israel’s illegal colonies, built in direct violation of International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention. “These plans aim at completing the isolation of occupied Jerusalem and its suburbs from the rest of the West Bank,” Arab League assistant Secretary General, Sa’id Abu Ali, said, “Israel is acting on displacing entire communities, and at the same times approving the construction of thousands of units for illegal settlers.” This plan, he said, reflect the Israeli intentions and calculated decisions to finalize E1 colonialist project, which aims at annexing all parts of East Jerusalem, and isolating the indigenous Palestinians from the rest of the occupied West Bank, to strengthen Israel’s illegal and deadly military occupation of Palestine. It is worth mentioning that the Israeli army and police prevented nine European Union consuls from entering al-Khan al-Ahmar. Jeff Halper |
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday detained scores of Palestinians during predawn raids across the West Bank.
Israeli forces raided the northern West Bank city of Jenin, where they detained two ex-prisoners, including former cabinet minister Wasfi Qabha.
Two Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF from Qalqilya. Clashes flared up shortly after Israeli soldiers stormed the city and attacked women.
At the same time, the occupation forces kidnapped three Palestinians from Ramallah province and ransacked the home of the head the Birzeit University student council, Yehya Abu Rabi’.
Secretary of Fatah Movement Khaled al-Batat was kidnapped by the occupation forces from al-Khalil’s southern town of Dhahriya.
The IOF further ransacked civilian homes in al-Khalil and came down heavily on the brother of ex-prisoner Ahmed Murad, leaving him wounded. He was rushed to a hospital shortly afterwards.
The IOF rummaged into Palestinian homes in Halhul, Beit Ummar, and the Arroub refugee camp, before they seized thousands of shekels.
Palestinian citizen Ali Danden and his father were arrested by the occupation forces in Adu Dis town, east of Occupied Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, dozens of Israeli patrols stormed Nablus and broke into the home of Amjad al-Qat, member of the local village council, along with the homes of his relatives, and subjected the residents to intensive questioning. Clashes burst out in the area.
Israeli forces raided the northern West Bank city of Jenin, where they detained two ex-prisoners, including former cabinet minister Wasfi Qabha.
Two Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF from Qalqilya. Clashes flared up shortly after Israeli soldiers stormed the city and attacked women.
At the same time, the occupation forces kidnapped three Palestinians from Ramallah province and ransacked the home of the head the Birzeit University student council, Yehya Abu Rabi’.
Secretary of Fatah Movement Khaled al-Batat was kidnapped by the occupation forces from al-Khalil’s southern town of Dhahriya.
The IOF further ransacked civilian homes in al-Khalil and came down heavily on the brother of ex-prisoner Ahmed Murad, leaving him wounded. He was rushed to a hospital shortly afterwards.
The IOF rummaged into Palestinian homes in Halhul, Beit Ummar, and the Arroub refugee camp, before they seized thousands of shekels.
Palestinian citizen Ali Danden and his father were arrested by the occupation forces in Adu Dis town, east of Occupied Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, dozens of Israeli patrols stormed Nablus and broke into the home of Amjad al-Qat, member of the local village council, along with the homes of his relatives, and subjected the residents to intensive questioning. Clashes burst out in the area.
An Israeli drone fired, Thursday, a missile at a Palestinian motorcycle east of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, causing damage.
Media sources in Gaza said the motorcycle, which was apparently parked, was destroyed by the missile, and added that the Israeli attack did not lead to any casualties.
As the Palestinians continue to hold the processions of the “Great Return March,” in several parts of the Gaza Strip, demanding independence and their internationally-guaranteed Right Of Return, the Israeli army continues to carry out frequent attacks against them.
Media sources in Gaza said the motorcycle, which was apparently parked, was destroyed by the missile, and added that the Israeli attack did not lead to any casualties.
As the Palestinians continue to hold the processions of the “Great Return March,” in several parts of the Gaza Strip, demanding independence and their internationally-guaranteed Right Of Return, the Israeli army continues to carry out frequent attacks against them.