11 june 2020
Dozens of Palestinian protesters took to the streets of Jaffa on Wednesday, clashing with Israeli police forces in a second night of demonstrations against a plan to build a homeless shelter for Jews on the land of an ancient Muslim cemetery. video
The angry protesters reportedly set trash cans on fire and threw stones at officers, who arrested four people, according to the Hebrew media.
A video broadcast by Israeli satellite channels showed a Tel Aviv city bus with shattered windows stopped by the side of the road and police forces firing stun and tear gas grenades to disperse the angry protesters near Jaffa’s famous clock tower.
Some reports said the violent events started when police officers blocked the marchers and used force to disperse them.
Bulldozers escorted by police forces on Monday evening began digging up graves in the cemetery, which is known by the native citizens as the “Is’aaf” graveyard. It dates back to the Ottoman era.
Prior to the creation of Israel on the historic land of Palestine, Jaffa was a predominantly Palestinian Arab city.
Most of its Palestinian residents were forcibly expelled by Zionist militias in the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe) when the Britain-backed Zionist movement started its occupation of Palestine.
Today, around 16,000 Palestinian natives, who hold Israeli citizenship, still live in Jaffa, which today has about 30,000 Jewish residents.
Jaffa was annexed by Israel to Tel Aviv in 1950. Like most of the Muslim religious mortmain property (waqf), the Is’aaf cemetery was placed under the control of the Israel land authority and the Palestinians in Israel are unable to get back Islamic mortmain land appropriated by the Israeli government.
The angry protesters reportedly set trash cans on fire and threw stones at officers, who arrested four people, according to the Hebrew media.
A video broadcast by Israeli satellite channels showed a Tel Aviv city bus with shattered windows stopped by the side of the road and police forces firing stun and tear gas grenades to disperse the angry protesters near Jaffa’s famous clock tower.
Some reports said the violent events started when police officers blocked the marchers and used force to disperse them.
Bulldozers escorted by police forces on Monday evening began digging up graves in the cemetery, which is known by the native citizens as the “Is’aaf” graveyard. It dates back to the Ottoman era.
Prior to the creation of Israel on the historic land of Palestine, Jaffa was a predominantly Palestinian Arab city.
Most of its Palestinian residents were forcibly expelled by Zionist militias in the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe) when the Britain-backed Zionist movement started its occupation of Palestine.
Today, around 16,000 Palestinian natives, who hold Israeli citizenship, still live in Jaffa, which today has about 30,000 Jewish residents.
Jaffa was annexed by Israel to Tel Aviv in 1950. Like most of the Muslim religious mortmain property (waqf), the Is’aaf cemetery was placed under the control of the Israel land authority and the Palestinians in Israel are unable to get back Islamic mortmain land appropriated by the Israeli government.
10 june 2020
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, six young Palestinian men, after the army invaded the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and attacked protesters.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, and fired gas bombs at many Palestinians protesting the invasion.
They added that the soldiers also chased many Palestinians, and abducted six, identified as Eyas Hussein Obeid, Yazan Eid Obeid, Hussein Shadi Obeid, Montaser Nasser Sabta, Nasr Darwish, and Ahmad Totanji. video
Earlier Wednesday, the soldiers abducted 19 Palestinians during extensive invasions and violent searches of homes across the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, and fired gas bombs at many Palestinians protesting the invasion.
They added that the soldiers also chased many Palestinians, and abducted six, identified as Eyas Hussein Obeid, Yazan Eid Obeid, Hussein Shadi Obeid, Montaser Nasser Sabta, Nasr Darwish, and Ahmad Totanji. video
Earlier Wednesday, the soldiers abducted 19 Palestinians during extensive invasions and violent searches of homes across the occupied West Bank.
Israeli troops invaded, earlier Wednesday, Palestinian lands near Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya, while Israeli navy ships attacked fishermen off the coast of Gaza.
Local Palestinian sources in northern Gaza said that several armored Israeli vehicles, including a bulldozer, invaded lands adjacent to the perimeter fence near Beit Lahia town.
They added that the military vehicles advanced dozens of meters into Palestinian farmlands, before bulldozing some areas close to the fence.
Local farmers were forced to leave their lands early in the morning due to the invasion that occurred while military drones hovered over the area.
The army also carried out a similar invasion, along the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip.
In the meantime, Israeli navy ships attacked several Palestinian fishing boats, off the coast of Gaza, mainly in the Sudaniyya area, north of the coastal territory.
The navy chased some of the fishing boats, forcing them to the shore without being able to fish and provide for their families.
The attack was carried out in Palestinian territorial waters, nor far from the shore of the besieged coastal region. It is part of frequent violations against the fishermen, farmer, and workers in the Gaza Strip.
In the Gaza Strip, there are about 3,000 fishermen, sponsoring dozens of thousands of individuals, with fish being a major source of nutrition for Gaza’s 2 million residents.
It is worth mentioning that Israel frequently unilaterally increases and decreases the fishing zone in the Gaza Strip, and constantly attack the fishermen, leading to dozens of casualties, including fatalities, in addition to abducting dozens of fishermen and confiscating their boats.
Local Palestinian sources in northern Gaza said that several armored Israeli vehicles, including a bulldozer, invaded lands adjacent to the perimeter fence near Beit Lahia town.
They added that the military vehicles advanced dozens of meters into Palestinian farmlands, before bulldozing some areas close to the fence.
Local farmers were forced to leave their lands early in the morning due to the invasion that occurred while military drones hovered over the area.
The army also carried out a similar invasion, along the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip.
In the meantime, Israeli navy ships attacked several Palestinian fishing boats, off the coast of Gaza, mainly in the Sudaniyya area, north of the coastal territory.
The navy chased some of the fishing boats, forcing them to the shore without being able to fish and provide for their families.
The attack was carried out in Palestinian territorial waters, nor far from the shore of the besieged coastal region. It is part of frequent violations against the fishermen, farmer, and workers in the Gaza Strip.
In the Gaza Strip, there are about 3,000 fishermen, sponsoring dozens of thousands of individuals, with fish being a major source of nutrition for Gaza’s 2 million residents.
It is worth mentioning that Israel frequently unilaterally increases and decreases the fishing zone in the Gaza Strip, and constantly attack the fishermen, leading to dozens of casualties, including fatalities, in addition to abducting dozens of fishermen and confiscating their boats.
Many Palestinians suffered, late on Tuesday at night, from the severe effects of teargas inhalation after Israeli troops fired tear gas canisters towards a peaceful Palestinian protest in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Local media sources and eyewitnesses reported that the protest was held in solidarity with two Palestinian prisoners, held by Israel, identified as Hatem Al-Qawasmi and Omar Kharrout. video video
Both detainees have been held in solitary confinement for the past 100 days, and are facing dire conditions.
The protest started in the az-Zawiya area in Hebron, and the residents marched towards Mahmoud Abbas Square in the city.
The nonviolent protesters chanted slogans, condemning the solitary confinement, imposed on both prisoners, and calling for their immediate release before the soldiers attacked them with gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Local media sources and eyewitnesses reported that the protest was held in solidarity with two Palestinian prisoners, held by Israel, identified as Hatem Al-Qawasmi and Omar Kharrout. video video
Both detainees have been held in solitary confinement for the past 100 days, and are facing dire conditions.
The protest started in the az-Zawiya area in Hebron, and the residents marched towards Mahmoud Abbas Square in the city.
The nonviolent protesters chanted slogans, condemning the solitary confinement, imposed on both prisoners, and calling for their immediate release before the soldiers attacked them with gas bombs and concussion grenades.
5 june 2020
A Palestinian young man was hit with a rubber-coated bullet in the head while participating in a protest in Tubas on Friday against Israeli annexation plan of large areas of the West Bank.
A local source said that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas canisters at the protesters in Atuf valley to the south east of Tubas in the Jordan Valley.
The source said that the participants had offered the Friday prayer on the land threatened with confiscation then went on a peaceful march to protest the annexation plan when they were confronted by IOF soldiers.
He added that the gas bombs started fires in a ten-dunum cultivated land lot before civil brigades put it off. video
The participants hoisted Palestinian flags and chanted anti-annexation slogans, the source concluded.
A local source said that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas canisters at the protesters in Atuf valley to the south east of Tubas in the Jordan Valley.
The source said that the participants had offered the Friday prayer on the land threatened with confiscation then went on a peaceful march to protest the annexation plan when they were confronted by IOF soldiers.
He added that the gas bombs started fires in a ten-dunum cultivated land lot before civil brigades put it off. video
The participants hoisted Palestinian flags and chanted anti-annexation slogans, the source concluded.
Israeli police on Thursday evening broke into the family home and mourning tent of Palestinian martyr Eyad al-Hallaq in Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources said that the Israeli police violently searched the home and the mourning tent, which sparked confrontations with Palestinian neighbors.
At least two Palestinian citizens were arrested by the Israeli police during the attack.
Local residents said that moments before the police raid, Israeli extremist rabbi Yehudah Glick attempted to storm al-Hallaq’s mourning tent before he was confronted and driven out of the place by angry youths. Glick was reportedly transferred to the hospital.
Al-Hallaq’s family stressed that they will never accept any condolences over the unjustified murder of their son from any Israeli side.
Eyad al-Hallaq, a 32-year-old Palestinian with autism, was cold-bloodedly murdered by Israeli police forces a few days ago in Jerusalem’s Old City while he was on his way to his special education school. video
Local sources said that the Israeli police violently searched the home and the mourning tent, which sparked confrontations with Palestinian neighbors.
At least two Palestinian citizens were arrested by the Israeli police during the attack.
Local residents said that moments before the police raid, Israeli extremist rabbi Yehudah Glick attempted to storm al-Hallaq’s mourning tent before he was confronted and driven out of the place by angry youths. Glick was reportedly transferred to the hospital.
Al-Hallaq’s family stressed that they will never accept any condolences over the unjustified murder of their son from any Israeli side.
Eyad al-Hallaq, a 32-year-old Palestinian with autism, was cold-bloodedly murdered by Israeli police forces a few days ago in Jerusalem’s Old City while he was on his way to his special education school. video
4 june 2020
Violent clashes broke out at dawn Thursday between Palestinian young men and the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) after the latter stormed Nablus city.
According to local sources, a large number of Israeli troops swarmed the eastern area of Nablus and clashed with local youths before Jewish settlers came aboard cars and buses to perform rituals at Joseph’s Tomb.
During the events, young protesters blocked roads with burning tires, but the IOF used bulldozers to remove them.
Troops also spread through streets around Joseph’s Tomb and deployed themselves on rooftops of nearby buildings before embarking on attacking angry youths with tear gas and stun grenades and firing rubber bullets at them.
The youths responded by throwing stones and incendiary bottles at the soldiers. No reports of casualties among the protesters.
Later, dozens of cars and buses carrying Jewish settlers stormed the area under military escort and gathered at the mausoleum for rituals.
Israeli troops and settlers storm almost every week the eastern area of Nablus to perform rituals at the tomb, which they think is the resting-place of the biblical patriarch Joseph, while locals and Palestinian historians affirm that the grave belongs to a local medieval Muslim sheikh called Yousef al-Duwaik.
According to local sources, a large number of Israeli troops swarmed the eastern area of Nablus and clashed with local youths before Jewish settlers came aboard cars and buses to perform rituals at Joseph’s Tomb.
During the events, young protesters blocked roads with burning tires, but the IOF used bulldozers to remove them.
Troops also spread through streets around Joseph’s Tomb and deployed themselves on rooftops of nearby buildings before embarking on attacking angry youths with tear gas and stun grenades and firing rubber bullets at them.
The youths responded by throwing stones and incendiary bottles at the soldiers. No reports of casualties among the protesters.
Later, dozens of cars and buses carrying Jewish settlers stormed the area under military escort and gathered at the mausoleum for rituals.
Israeli troops and settlers storm almost every week the eastern area of Nablus to perform rituals at the tomb, which they think is the resting-place of the biblical patriarch Joseph, while locals and Palestinian historians affirm that the grave belongs to a local medieval Muslim sheikh called Yousef al-Duwaik.
