25 nov 2018
Israeli soldiers attacked, Sunday, dozens of Palestinians nonviolently protesting the abduction and imprisonment of the governor of occupied Jerusalem, Adnan Gheith, causing many injuries, and abducted one.
The soldiers and the police fired dozens of concussion grenades at the protesters, and assaulted many of them with clubs and batons, causing many to suffer various cuts and bruises.
The soldiers also attacked and injured another Palestinian, identified as Jawad Siyam, before abducting him.
The Palestinians were nonviolently marching against the ongoing and escalating Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian capital, and called for the immediate release of the governor, before the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against them.
The protesters affirmed that Israel’s violations, including the abduction of the governor, are part of Israel’s attempt to enforce its illegal occupation and control of the city, and added that the Palestinians will remain steadfast and will continue their struggle for liberation and independence.
They called on the international community to stand with the Palestinians, facing some of the most dangerous and racist violations by Israel, which denies their basic rights in their homeland.
It is worth mentioning that an Israeli court remanded the governor until the next hearing on Thursday.
His lawyer, Rami Othman, said the Central Court in occupied Jerusalem, will be looking, on Monday morning, into an appeal against the governor’s remand.
The soldiers and the police fired dozens of concussion grenades at the protesters, and assaulted many of them with clubs and batons, causing many to suffer various cuts and bruises.
The soldiers also attacked and injured another Palestinian, identified as Jawad Siyam, before abducting him.
The Palestinians were nonviolently marching against the ongoing and escalating Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian capital, and called for the immediate release of the governor, before the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against them.
The protesters affirmed that Israel’s violations, including the abduction of the governor, are part of Israel’s attempt to enforce its illegal occupation and control of the city, and added that the Palestinians will remain steadfast and will continue their struggle for liberation and independence.
They called on the international community to stand with the Palestinians, facing some of the most dangerous and racist violations by Israel, which denies their basic rights in their homeland.
It is worth mentioning that an Israeli court remanded the governor until the next hearing on Thursday.
His lawyer, Rami Othman, said the Central Court in occupied Jerusalem, will be looking, on Monday morning, into an appeal against the governor’s remand.
Israeli naval forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen, on Sunday, off the coast of the southern and northern besieged Gaza Strip.
Locals told Ma’an that Israeli naval forces repeatedly opened heavy fire towards Palestinian fishermen in southern and northern Gaza, forcing fishing boats to sail back to shore.
No injuries were reported from the incidents.
The Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the unilaterally declared buffer zone.
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem recently concluded that Israel's Gaza closure and "harassment of fishermen" have been "destroying Gaza's fishing sector," with 95% of fishermen living below the poverty line.
Locals told Ma’an that Israeli naval forces repeatedly opened heavy fire towards Palestinian fishermen in southern and northern Gaza, forcing fishing boats to sail back to shore.
No injuries were reported from the incidents.
The Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the unilaterally declared buffer zone.
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem recently concluded that Israel's Gaza closure and "harassment of fishermen" have been "destroying Gaza's fishing sector," with 95% of fishermen living below the poverty line.
Dozens of Israeli young men, students and workers, who live in settlements near the Gaza border participated in a sit-in on Sunday morning to demand the Israeli government to preserve permanent calm on the Gaza front.
According to the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the sit-in was staged at the entrance to Eshkol regional council.
The demonstrators were protesting the volatile security situation on the Israeli-Gaza border and chanted slogans calling on the government to let them live peacefully and quietly.
Gaza has been under inhumane blockade for about 12 years, while Israel commits, every once in a while, systematic crimes against the population.
15 nov 2018 Poll: 64% of Israelis seek to escalate aggressions on Gaza
According to the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the sit-in was staged at the entrance to Eshkol regional council.
The demonstrators were protesting the volatile security situation on the Israeli-Gaza border and chanted slogans calling on the government to let them live peacefully and quietly.
Gaza has been under inhumane blockade for about 12 years, while Israel commits, every once in a while, systematic crimes against the population.
15 nov 2018 Poll: 64% of Israelis seek to escalate aggressions on Gaza
A number of Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in predawn abduction sweeps rocking the occupied Palestinian territories.
The IOF rolled into Bethlehem province and kidnapped a number of Palestinian civilians, among them the child Hesham Maher Taqatqa.
The IOF also stormed Nablus and kidnapped a number of Palestinian youths. Clashes burst out shortly after the occupation forces showed up in the area and attacked civilians with randomly-shot spates of teargas.
Overnight, violent clashes flared up in Sebastiya, northwest of Nablus, after Israeli patrols raided the area and terrorized civilians.
At the same time, the IOF wreaked havoc on civilian homes in al-Qubeiba village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, and ransacked the homes of Palestinian ex-prisoners in Jabal al-Mukabbir.
The assault culminated in the abduction of Jerusalem’s governor Adnan Gheith from his family home in Silwan town.
Another Palestinian citizen was kidnapped by the IOF from his home in Beit Kad town, east of Jenin.
A set of military checkpoints was, meanwhile, pitched by Israeli soldiers on the Tulkarem-Balaa thoroughfare, where Palestinian civilians and vehicles have been subjected to exhaustive inspection.
Minors among 9 detained by Israeli forces
Israeli forces detained at least nine Palestinians, mostly minors, on predawn Sunday, across the occupied West Bank.
According to Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained five Palestinian minors in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem. They were identified as Amer Khaled Taqatqa, 13, Mahmoud Ibrahim Taqatqa, 14, Hisham Maher Marshoud Taqatqa, 13, Muhammad Yahya Thawabta, 16, and Ayham Ghassan Thawabta, 17.
In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, in the Silwan neighborhood, Israeli forces detained the Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem, Adnan Ghaith.
In the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya, two Palestinians were detained. PPS identified them as Ibrahim Mansour and Daoud Mansour.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, one detained and identified as Muhammad Salman Nassar.
Israeli raids into Palestinian towns and villages are near daily occurrence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,580 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, of whom 250 are child prisoners and 35 are under the age of 16 years.
The IOF rolled into Bethlehem province and kidnapped a number of Palestinian civilians, among them the child Hesham Maher Taqatqa.
The IOF also stormed Nablus and kidnapped a number of Palestinian youths. Clashes burst out shortly after the occupation forces showed up in the area and attacked civilians with randomly-shot spates of teargas.
Overnight, violent clashes flared up in Sebastiya, northwest of Nablus, after Israeli patrols raided the area and terrorized civilians.
At the same time, the IOF wreaked havoc on civilian homes in al-Qubeiba village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, and ransacked the homes of Palestinian ex-prisoners in Jabal al-Mukabbir.
The assault culminated in the abduction of Jerusalem’s governor Adnan Gheith from his family home in Silwan town.
Another Palestinian citizen was kidnapped by the IOF from his home in Beit Kad town, east of Jenin.
A set of military checkpoints was, meanwhile, pitched by Israeli soldiers on the Tulkarem-Balaa thoroughfare, where Palestinian civilians and vehicles have been subjected to exhaustive inspection.
Minors among 9 detained by Israeli forces
Israeli forces detained at least nine Palestinians, mostly minors, on predawn Sunday, across the occupied West Bank.
According to Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained five Palestinian minors in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem. They were identified as Amer Khaled Taqatqa, 13, Mahmoud Ibrahim Taqatqa, 14, Hisham Maher Marshoud Taqatqa, 13, Muhammad Yahya Thawabta, 16, and Ayham Ghassan Thawabta, 17.
In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, in the Silwan neighborhood, Israeli forces detained the Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem, Adnan Ghaith.
In the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya, two Palestinians were detained. PPS identified them as Ibrahim Mansour and Daoud Mansour.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, one detained and identified as Muhammad Salman Nassar.
Israeli raids into Palestinian towns and villages are near daily occurrence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,580 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, of whom 250 are child prisoners and 35 are under the age of 16 years.
24 nov 2018
Israeli soldiers invaded, Saturday, the al-Isawiya village, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and broke into a local school, leading to protests, before wounding many Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Media sources in al-‘Isawiya said dozens of soldiers invaded the village through its eastern entrance, before attacking and storming a local school in ‘Obeid neighborhood.
They added that many students hurled stones and empty bottles at the soldiers and tried to barricade themselves with desks and chairs.
The soldiers fired dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Medical sources said several Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated steel bullets, and fragments of concussion grenades, while many others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Israeli forces surround, attack high school in East Jerusalem
Israeli forces attempted to raid a high school, on Saturday afternoon, in the Palestinian neighborhood of Issawiya in occupied East Jerusalem.
Muhammad Abu al-Hummus, member of a local follow-up committee, said that Israeli forces stormed the Issawiya neighborhood and surrounded a local all boys high school, in attempt to raid it.
Abu al-Hummus pointed out that Israeli forces fired sound bombs towards the high school, which led to several injuries among the students and teachers.
Abu al-Hummus added that clashes broke out among Palestinian youths and Israeli forces, in order to prevent the raid into the high school.
The Palestinian Ministry of Education released its annual report for 2017 documenting the Israeli government's violations against Palestinian education, saying that 80,279 Palestinian children and 4,929 teachers and staff were "attacked" by Israeli settlers or soldiers.
According to the report, nine students were killed, while 603 students and 55 teachers and school employees sustained live or rubber bullets wounds during Israeli raids into schools or by being run over by Israeli military jeeps, while dozens of students suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear-gas fired by Israeli forces against them.
Additionally, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory released its biweekly Protection of Civilians Report and said that since the beginning of 2018 there has been a significant increase in incidents involving the entry of Israeli forces and settlers into Palestinian schools.
OCHA’s report covered the period from 6th to 19th of November, and confirmed that in the occupied West Bank, 63 Palestinian children and nine adults were injured by Israeli forces during four separate raids into schools, one of which also involved Israeli settlers.
Media sources in al-‘Isawiya said dozens of soldiers invaded the village through its eastern entrance, before attacking and storming a local school in ‘Obeid neighborhood.
They added that many students hurled stones and empty bottles at the soldiers and tried to barricade themselves with desks and chairs.
The soldiers fired dozens of rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Medical sources said several Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated steel bullets, and fragments of concussion grenades, while many others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Israeli forces surround, attack high school in East Jerusalem
Israeli forces attempted to raid a high school, on Saturday afternoon, in the Palestinian neighborhood of Issawiya in occupied East Jerusalem.
Muhammad Abu al-Hummus, member of a local follow-up committee, said that Israeli forces stormed the Issawiya neighborhood and surrounded a local all boys high school, in attempt to raid it.
Abu al-Hummus pointed out that Israeli forces fired sound bombs towards the high school, which led to several injuries among the students and teachers.
Abu al-Hummus added that clashes broke out among Palestinian youths and Israeli forces, in order to prevent the raid into the high school.
The Palestinian Ministry of Education released its annual report for 2017 documenting the Israeli government's violations against Palestinian education, saying that 80,279 Palestinian children and 4,929 teachers and staff were "attacked" by Israeli settlers or soldiers.
According to the report, nine students were killed, while 603 students and 55 teachers and school employees sustained live or rubber bullets wounds during Israeli raids into schools or by being run over by Israeli military jeeps, while dozens of students suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear-gas fired by Israeli forces against them.
Additionally, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory released its biweekly Protection of Civilians Report and said that since the beginning of 2018 there has been a significant increase in incidents involving the entry of Israeli forces and settlers into Palestinian schools.
OCHA’s report covered the period from 6th to 19th of November, and confirmed that in the occupied West Bank, 63 Palestinian children and nine adults were injured by Israeli forces during four separate raids into schools, one of which also involved Israeli settlers.
Violent clashes broke out in Qalqilya on Saturday evening when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Azzun town, east of the city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF closed the main entrance to Azzun and prevented the Palestinian citizens from leaving or entering the town.
The sources said that Palestinian youths threw Molotov cocktails at the settler vehicles passing on Azzun's main road before the confrontations moved inside the town which witnesses clashes between the Palestinians and IOF soldiers on almost a daily basis.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF closed the main entrance to Azzun and prevented the Palestinian citizens from leaving or entering the town.
The sources said that Palestinian youths threw Molotov cocktails at the settler vehicles passing on Azzun's main road before the confrontations moved inside the town which witnesses clashes between the Palestinians and IOF soldiers on almost a daily basis.
23 nov 2018
At least four protesters, including an Italian activist, were injured by rubber-coated rounds on Friday, while several others suffocated from teargas as Israeli forces quelled the weekly protest in the village of Kafr Qaddoum, in the northern West Bank.
Morad Shtewi, coordinator of the popular resistance in the village, said Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated rounds and teargas canisters towards the protesters, injuring four of them and causing many cases of suffocation from teargas inhalation. One of the injured was an Italian activist, according to WAFA.
Almost every Friday, villagers from Kafr Qaddoum and nearby towns organize a nonviolent protest calling on Israeli occupation authorities to reopen the village’s main road, which has been sealed by the occupation authorities for 15 years.
Morad Shtewi, coordinator of the popular resistance in the village, said Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated rounds and teargas canisters towards the protesters, injuring four of them and causing many cases of suffocation from teargas inhalation. One of the injured was an Italian activist, according to WAFA.
Almost every Friday, villagers from Kafr Qaddoum and nearby towns organize a nonviolent protest calling on Israeli occupation authorities to reopen the village’s main road, which has been sealed by the occupation authorities for 15 years.
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the Great Return March processions on Palestinian lands near the perimeter fence in the besieged Gaza Strip, and shot fourteen Palestinians, including one child.
Medical sources said the soldiers stationed in their fortified posts across the fence, fired dozens of live rounds and high-velocity gas bombs at the protesters.
It added that the soldiers shot three Palestinians with live fire, and causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, east Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The soldiers also shot two Palestinians east of Gaza city, and east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the coastal region.
The Health Ministry in Gaza has reported that the soldiers have injured at least 14 Palestinians, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The processions are still ongoing, while hundreds of Palestinians continue to gather in and near the Great Return March encampments across the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip.
This week’s processions are dubbed as “Resistance Unites Us,” and marks the 35th consecutive week of ongoing processions.
Dozens of women also gathered in tents, and started baking bread and cookies on wood fire, as part of ongoing activities of the Great Return March processions.
Medical sources said the soldiers stationed in their fortified posts across the fence, fired dozens of live rounds and high-velocity gas bombs at the protesters.
It added that the soldiers shot three Palestinians with live fire, and causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, east Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The soldiers also shot two Palestinians east of Gaza city, and east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the coastal region.
The Health Ministry in Gaza has reported that the soldiers have injured at least 14 Palestinians, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The processions are still ongoing, while hundreds of Palestinians continue to gather in and near the Great Return March encampments across the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip.
This week’s processions are dubbed as “Resistance Unites Us,” and marks the 35th consecutive week of ongoing processions.
Dozens of women also gathered in tents, and started baking bread and cookies on wood fire, as part of ongoing activities of the Great Return March processions.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday morning kidnapped three Palestinian fishermen and confiscated their boat off the northern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip.
A local committee documenting Israeli violations against Gaza fishermen said that an Israeli naval force kidnapped the fishermen, Mohamed al-Sultan, 27, Yousef Saadallah, 35, and Ahmed Saadallah, 25.
The committee added that Israeli gunboats intensively opened fire at the boat the fishermen were aboard off the shores of al-Sudaniya area in northern Gaza before rounding them up and towing their boat to an Israeli port.
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen almost every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
Under the 1993 Oslo accords, Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza, but since then Israel has kept reducing the fishing area gradually to a limit of three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.
Fishermen and human rights groups also say that, since the 2008-09 war in Gaza, the Israeli army has been regularly enforcing a limit even closer to the shore.
A local committee documenting Israeli violations against Gaza fishermen said that an Israeli naval force kidnapped the fishermen, Mohamed al-Sultan, 27, Yousef Saadallah, 35, and Ahmed Saadallah, 25.
The committee added that Israeli gunboats intensively opened fire at the boat the fishermen were aboard off the shores of al-Sudaniya area in northern Gaza before rounding them up and towing their boat to an Israeli port.
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen almost every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
Under the 1993 Oslo accords, Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza, but since then Israel has kept reducing the fishing area gradually to a limit of three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.
Fishermen and human rights groups also say that, since the 2008-09 war in Gaza, the Israeli army has been regularly enforcing a limit even closer to the shore.
22 nov 2018
A 21-year-old Palestinian was run over by an Israeli army vehicle as he attempted to cross a road, on Thursday, north of in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that the Palestinian, who was identified as Rashed Abu Aram, 21, was injured and transferred to a hospital to receive medical treatment.
PRCS confirmed that Abu Aram suffered moderate injuries.
Israeli forces along with military vehicles stormed Hebron City earlier and roamed through the streets.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that the Palestinian, who was identified as Rashed Abu Aram, 21, was injured and transferred to a hospital to receive medical treatment.
PRCS confirmed that Abu Aram suffered moderate injuries.
Israeli forces along with military vehicles stormed Hebron City earlier and roamed through the streets.
Dozens of soldiers, undercover forces, and personnel of the City Council, in occupied Jerusalem, invaded Shu’fat refugee camp, Thursday, and surrounded many areas, before storming and searching several buildings, and occupied their rooftops.
Media sources said the soldiers were also accompanied by bulldozers, and invaded many areas, especially the main road near the military roadblock at the entrance of the refugee camp, in addition to Ras Khamis and Shehada areas.
The soldiers also stopped and searched dozens of schoolchildren, in addition to several buses, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The invasion was carried out one day after the army demolished nineteen stores and shops, an issue which raised fears among the Palestinians of further destruction of property in the refugee camp. video
The soldiers used bulldozers to remove the rubble of the demolished stores, after completely surrounding and isolating the refugee camp.
On Wednesday at night, the soldiers invaded many areas in the refugee camp, and fired live rounds, gas bombs and concussion grenades at local youngsters, who protested the invasion and hurled stones at the army vehicles.
Senior social and political leaders in occupied Jerusalem have warned that the escalating Israeli violations against Shu’fat refugee camp, are part of a wider policy arming at ending the work of the UNRWA there.
Media sources said the soldiers were also accompanied by bulldozers, and invaded many areas, especially the main road near the military roadblock at the entrance of the refugee camp, in addition to Ras Khamis and Shehada areas.
The soldiers also stopped and searched dozens of schoolchildren, in addition to several buses, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The invasion was carried out one day after the army demolished nineteen stores and shops, an issue which raised fears among the Palestinians of further destruction of property in the refugee camp. video
The soldiers used bulldozers to remove the rubble of the demolished stores, after completely surrounding and isolating the refugee camp.
On Wednesday at night, the soldiers invaded many areas in the refugee camp, and fired live rounds, gas bombs and concussion grenades at local youngsters, who protested the invasion and hurled stones at the army vehicles.
Senior social and political leaders in occupied Jerusalem have warned that the escalating Israeli violations against Shu’fat refugee camp, are part of a wider policy arming at ending the work of the UNRWA there.
The Israeli-Palestinian peace plan being prepared by US President Donald Trump is “a waste of time,” extremist Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said, on Wednesday.
Speaking before hundreds of ambassadors and attachés, at the Jerusalem Post Diplomats’ Conference, in Jerusalem, Shaked added that the differences between Israelis and Palestinians are too great.
“I want peace like everyone else,” she said, “but, I do not believe an agreement can be reached. I would tell Trump: ‘Do not waste your time.'”
Days of Palestine further reports that Shaked also spoke about the demand made by her party, the Jewish Home, to appoint party leader Naftali Bennett as defence minister – an ultimatum that threatens the stability of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
“The prime minister needs a strong defense minister at his side,” she said. “Unfortunately, he thought otherwise. We are a strong country, and Hamas is just a terror organization. But, in recent years, we’ve lost our deterrence.”
On Gaza, Shaked predicted the cease-fire will only last a few months, and then, “there will be no choice but to fight Hamas with all means.”
Earlier at the conference, Strategic Affair minister Gilad Erdan said that Israel is “closer than ever” to controlling parts, or all, of Gaza.
Erdan said that “moving from defense to offense against Hamas means targeted assassinations of leaders of Hamas’ military wing.”
This, Erdan said, “means being ready to take control of the Gaza Strip and hold it until we dismantle the terrorist infrastructure, Today we are closer than ever – since the devastating disengagement plan – to having to control parts of the Strip, or all of it.”
Speaking before hundreds of ambassadors and attachés, at the Jerusalem Post Diplomats’ Conference, in Jerusalem, Shaked added that the differences between Israelis and Palestinians are too great.
“I want peace like everyone else,” she said, “but, I do not believe an agreement can be reached. I would tell Trump: ‘Do not waste your time.'”
Days of Palestine further reports that Shaked also spoke about the demand made by her party, the Jewish Home, to appoint party leader Naftali Bennett as defence minister – an ultimatum that threatens the stability of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
“The prime minister needs a strong defense minister at his side,” she said. “Unfortunately, he thought otherwise. We are a strong country, and Hamas is just a terror organization. But, in recent years, we’ve lost our deterrence.”
On Gaza, Shaked predicted the cease-fire will only last a few months, and then, “there will be no choice but to fight Hamas with all means.”
Earlier at the conference, Strategic Affair minister Gilad Erdan said that Israel is “closer than ever” to controlling parts, or all, of Gaza.
Erdan said that “moving from defense to offense against Hamas means targeted assassinations of leaders of Hamas’ military wing.”
This, Erdan said, “means being ready to take control of the Gaza Strip and hold it until we dismantle the terrorist infrastructure, Today we are closer than ever – since the devastating disengagement plan – to having to control parts of the Strip, or all of it.”
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Investigating a reported settler attack on a home outside of Mazra’a al-Qibliya, the residents, along with ourselves, were attacked by a settler on horseback on the 18th of November.
The settler began by intruding on the property and brandishing a handgun. The residents responded by throwing stones, as the settler circled, firing seven shots over the course of five minutes. My colleagues and I ducked as the last three bullets whizzed past our heads. Before the initial attack, we interviewed the villagers about an assault on |
their property, in which they described about twelve settlers coming in the middle of the night, armed with rifles, firing shots in the air, while vandalizing various parts of their property.
Near the house, we found all of their water tanks punctured by stab marks, fencing around the property ripped from the perimeter, and their television’s satellite dish destroyed.
Further out in the courtyard were more signs of damage, including attempted arson. One of the residents showed us a Molotov cocktail made from a beer bottle with cloth inside. “He wanted to burn down the flat,” he said, making a point to show us the front of the bottle: “From Israel. Look. Do you see that? Shandy”, an Israeli brand of beer.
Their property sits less than two kilometers away from two Israeli settlements, and one outpost, including the settlement Kem A’erm, where the attackers reside.
Visit the International Solidarity Movement (ISM).
Near the house, we found all of their water tanks punctured by stab marks, fencing around the property ripped from the perimeter, and their television’s satellite dish destroyed.
Further out in the courtyard were more signs of damage, including attempted arson. One of the residents showed us a Molotov cocktail made from a beer bottle with cloth inside. “He wanted to burn down the flat,” he said, making a point to show us the front of the bottle: “From Israel. Look. Do you see that? Shandy”, an Israeli brand of beer.
Their property sits less than two kilometers away from two Israeli settlements, and one outpost, including the settlement Kem A’erm, where the attackers reside.
Visit the International Solidarity Movement (ISM).
