24 mar 2020
A Palestinian citizen from Deir Abu Mash'al village in the West Bank district of Ramallah was shot and wounded by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday afternoon.
Local sources said that the IOF opened fire at a Palestinian citizen who allegedly was throwing stones at Israeli settlers' vehicles near Deir Nidham village west of Ramallah.
No further details were given on the health condition of the injured citizen.
The same sources said that the IOF later closed all entrances to Deir Nidham village.
Local sources said that the IOF opened fire at a Palestinian citizen who allegedly was throwing stones at Israeli settlers' vehicles near Deir Nidham village west of Ramallah.
No further details were given on the health condition of the injured citizen.
The same sources said that the IOF later closed all entrances to Deir Nidham village.
Treatment of Palestinian workers at their workplaces in Israel in light of the coronavirus pandemic is inhumane, today said Palestinian government spokesman Ibrahim Milhem.
He condemned what he described as “the racist and inhumane” behavior of the Israeli authorities and employers in dealing with the Palestinian workers.
Milhem was reacting to an incident yesterday in which Israeli forces literarily threw a Palestinian worker on the roadside near the Beit Sera military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank despite his difficult health conditions and without informing him that he had the coronavirus infection. video
The worker was later picked up by Palestinian health workers and transferred to a special center for corona patients in the West Bank.
Milhem called on the Palestinian workers not to accept work at infected workshops and factories in Israel and to demand decent humane treatment from their Israeli employers.
"If you have to work for a living, then let it be with dignity, and not in this demeaning way," he said.
“We are doing everything we can to get our workers not to accept work in Israel under these difficult circumstances, and not to throw themselves into these incubators of this pandemic in order to guarantee their safety and the safety of their families and community,” he added.
The Palestinian government had said workers who want to work in Israel had until last Sunday to arrange for their stay inside Israel for one month and not to go back and forth between their workplaces and homes in the occupied West Bank in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic, which is spreading much faster in Israel than in the Palestinian territories.
It called on Israel to ensure humanitarian conditions for the around 50,000 Palestinian workers who have found themselves stuck in Israel for at least one month.
He condemned what he described as “the racist and inhumane” behavior of the Israeli authorities and employers in dealing with the Palestinian workers.
Milhem was reacting to an incident yesterday in which Israeli forces literarily threw a Palestinian worker on the roadside near the Beit Sera military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank despite his difficult health conditions and without informing him that he had the coronavirus infection. video
The worker was later picked up by Palestinian health workers and transferred to a special center for corona patients in the West Bank.
Milhem called on the Palestinian workers not to accept work at infected workshops and factories in Israel and to demand decent humane treatment from their Israeli employers.
"If you have to work for a living, then let it be with dignity, and not in this demeaning way," he said.
“We are doing everything we can to get our workers not to accept work in Israel under these difficult circumstances, and not to throw themselves into these incubators of this pandemic in order to guarantee their safety and the safety of their families and community,” he added.
The Palestinian government had said workers who want to work in Israel had until last Sunday to arrange for their stay inside Israel for one month and not to go back and forth between their workplaces and homes in the occupied West Bank in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic, which is spreading much faster in Israel than in the Palestinian territories.
It called on Israel to ensure humanitarian conditions for the around 50,000 Palestinian workers who have found themselves stuck in Israel for at least one month.
23 mar 2020
Three Palestinian citizens, including a child, were arrested by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) late Sunday in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Local sources said the IOF stormed al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem and randomly fired tear gas canisters at Palestinian homes in Obeid neighborhood.
The IOF soldiers kidnapped a child identified as Dawood Atiya, 13, near the village's mosque before they withdrew.
Meanwhile, the IOF arrested two Palestinian youths at the entrance of Abud village west of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Their identities have not been announced yet.
Another raid was reported in Qalqilya where violent clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and IOF soldiers. No injuries or arrests were reported.
Local sources said the IOF stormed al-Isawiya town in Jerusalem and randomly fired tear gas canisters at Palestinian homes in Obeid neighborhood.
The IOF soldiers kidnapped a child identified as Dawood Atiya, 13, near the village's mosque before they withdrew.
Meanwhile, the IOF arrested two Palestinian youths at the entrance of Abud village west of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Their identities have not been announced yet.
Another raid was reported in Qalqilya where violent clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and IOF soldiers. No injuries or arrests were reported.
21 mar 2020
Israeli troops reportedly shot and wounded, on Friday, a Palestinian teenaged boy in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, local Palestinian sources reported.
Sources told media outlets that Israeli troops, positioned on the northern checkpoint of Qalqilia, opened fire indiscriminately on a group of Palestinian youths.
The Israeli army fire came in response to protests by local youths, near the Israeli army checkpoint.
Medical sources reported that the Darweesh Nazzal hospital in Qalqilia, received a wounded teen boy on Friday afternoon, his injury was described as moderate.
Protests by local Palestinian youths, across the West Bank, are reported frequently under the protracted Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
Many of those protests are said to be in reaction to various Israeli measures, including abductions, checkpoints, daily harassment and an increase in Israeli military presence in Palestinian civilian areas.
Sources told media outlets that Israeli troops, positioned on the northern checkpoint of Qalqilia, opened fire indiscriminately on a group of Palestinian youths.
The Israeli army fire came in response to protests by local youths, near the Israeli army checkpoint.
Medical sources reported that the Darweesh Nazzal hospital in Qalqilia, received a wounded teen boy on Friday afternoon, his injury was described as moderate.
Protests by local Palestinian youths, across the West Bank, are reported frequently under the protracted Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
Many of those protests are said to be in reaction to various Israeli measures, including abductions, checkpoints, daily harassment and an increase in Israeli military presence in Palestinian civilian areas.
20 mar 2020
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Despite the unprecedented health crisis requiring residents of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to take extreme social isolation measures, the Israel Police have chosen now, of all times, to escalate their abuse and collective punishment of Palestinians in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-’Isawiya, as part of an operation that began in April 2019.
Border Police and Special Patrol Unit officers invade the crowded neighborhood daily, even at night, and more so on weekends, for no apparent reason and initiate friction with the residents. In the ensuing confrontations, the police act violently, firing sponge rounds, tear gas canisters and stun grenades. |
They also close off the entrances to the neighborhood.
During these incursions, the police arrest residents, mostly minors, and take them to a police station where they are interrogated alone.
Most minors are released after a short period, sometimes after spending all night in custody.
The police abuse of Palestinians in al-’Isawiya, by now a permanent feature of life in the neighborhood, is illegal and cannot be justified even under the usual routine of occupation.
Yet at this sensitive time, such conduct exposes residents to substantial, completely unnecessary health risks, as it encourages gatherings and forces arrested residents, including many minors, to leave home and be around strangers.
The police conduct is jeopardizing public safety (including the health of the police officers) and violating the medical guidelines on social isolation.
The fact that Israeli authorities disregard the lives of al-’Isawiya residents, including children and teens, is nothing new.
Yet continuing and even escalating such conduct during a pandemic is an especially appalling manifestation of this policy.
~ B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
During these incursions, the police arrest residents, mostly minors, and take them to a police station where they are interrogated alone.
Most minors are released after a short period, sometimes after spending all night in custody.
The police abuse of Palestinians in al-’Isawiya, by now a permanent feature of life in the neighborhood, is illegal and cannot be justified even under the usual routine of occupation.
Yet at this sensitive time, such conduct exposes residents to substantial, completely unnecessary health risks, as it encourages gatherings and forces arrested residents, including many minors, to leave home and be around strangers.
The police conduct is jeopardizing public safety (including the health of the police officers) and violating the medical guidelines on social isolation.
The fact that Israeli authorities disregard the lives of al-’Isawiya residents, including children and teens, is nothing new.
Yet continuing and even escalating such conduct during a pandemic is an especially appalling manifestation of this policy.
~ B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
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A Palestinian elderly man was injured on Friday when Israeli occupation forces violently dispersed the weekly demonstration against the settlement in Kafr Qaddum village in the West Bank district of Qalqilya.
The Israeli forces dispersed the demonstrators by firing rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades at them injuring a man in his sixties. Local sources said that a Palestinian man identified as Moayyad Shtewi, 63, was injured by a rubber-coated metal bullet and treated by Red Crescent crews in the field. |
A number of Palestinians suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling tear gas.
Kafr Qaddum's residents take to the streets every Friday to protest Israel's ongoing settlement expansion on their lands.
Kafr Qaddum's residents take to the streets every Friday to protest Israel's ongoing settlement expansion on their lands.
Israeli police forces on Friday violently assaulted groups of Palestinian worshipers as they were heading to al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for the Friday Prayer. video video
Local sources said the Israeli police physically attacked worshipers near al-Silsila and Asbat Gates, two of al-Aqsa Mosque's main doors, and used stun grenades to disperse them. video video
One worshiper identified as Yousef al-Sharif was arrested after he was brutally beaten by the police, they added. video video
Dozens of worshipers had to pray on the streets as they were prevented by the Israeli police from entering al-Aqsa Mosque.
On Friday morning, the Israeli police closed most of al-Aqsa Mosque's doors leaving three gates open only: Hitta, al-Majles and al-Silsila.
Local sources said the Israeli police physically attacked worshipers near al-Silsila and Asbat Gates, two of al-Aqsa Mosque's main doors, and used stun grenades to disperse them. video video
One worshiper identified as Yousef al-Sharif was arrested after he was brutally beaten by the police, they added. video video
Dozens of worshipers had to pray on the streets as they were prevented by the Israeli police from entering al-Aqsa Mosque.
On Friday morning, the Israeli police closed most of al-Aqsa Mosque's doors leaving three gates open only: Hitta, al-Majles and al-Silsila.
Violent confrontations broke out at dawn Friday when Israeli police forces stormed al-Isawiya village in Occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources said the Israeli police attacked several Palestinian homes as they raided al-Isawiya at daybreak.
The Palestinian youths of al-Isawiya confronted the attack by throwing Molotov cocktails and fireworks, forcing the Israeli police to withdraw amid heavy firing of tear gas grenades. video
No injuries were reported in the clashes.
Local sources said the Israeli police attacked several Palestinian homes as they raided al-Isawiya at daybreak.
The Palestinian youths of al-Isawiya confronted the attack by throwing Molotov cocktails and fireworks, forcing the Israeli police to withdraw amid heavy firing of tear gas grenades. video
No injuries were reported in the clashes.
An Israeli police force abducted on Thursday three Palestinian youths in the occupied West Bank city of East Jerusalem, local sources reported.
Witnesses in the Altour neighborhood of East Jerusalem told media outlets that an Israeli police force chased a Palestinian-owned vehicle, until they stopped it.
A few moments later, the police forced the driver out of his car, handcuffed, assaulted and abducted him, taking him to an unknown location. video
During the incident, witnesses added, a group of Palestinian youths in the area, quarrelled with the police force, to which the police responded by attacking two of the youth with a taser (electric-shock weapon) and then abducting them as well.
Israeli police in occupied East Jerusalem frequently stop and inspect Palestinian residents’ ID’s and vehicles.
Witnesses in the Altour neighborhood of East Jerusalem told media outlets that an Israeli police force chased a Palestinian-owned vehicle, until they stopped it.
A few moments later, the police forced the driver out of his car, handcuffed, assaulted and abducted him, taking him to an unknown location. video
During the incident, witnesses added, a group of Palestinian youths in the area, quarrelled with the police force, to which the police responded by attacking two of the youth with a taser (electric-shock weapon) and then abducting them as well.
Israeli police in occupied East Jerusalem frequently stop and inspect Palestinian residents’ ID’s and vehicles.
