22 june 2015
The Israeli magistrate court on Monday morning extended the remand of the 18-year-old Palestinian youth Yasser Yassin Tarwa until early July on accounts of alleged involvement in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Bab al-Amoud on Sunday.
Lawyer Mohamed Mahmoud, from Ad-Dameer institution, said a hearing in absentia held by the magistrate court ruled for extending Yasser’s detention for another couple of weeks due to the youngster’s critical health condition.
Yasser has been held in an intensive care unit in the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital. Medics dubbed his health condition as extremely critical.
Earlier on Sunday morning, Yasser reportedly stabbed an Israeli occupation soldier in Bab al-Amoud and was immediately shot by another Israeli officer in his hand, legs, and chest. Yasser, a university student and a native of al-Khalil’s town of Sa’ir, was transferred to hospital shortly afterwards.
A few hours after the attack, an Israeli army troop stormed, at noontime Sunday, Yasser’s family home and wreaked havoc on the building, moments before they subjected the family members to exhaustive interrogation.
Lawyer Mohamed Mahmoud, from Ad-Dameer institution, said a hearing in absentia held by the magistrate court ruled for extending Yasser’s detention for another couple of weeks due to the youngster’s critical health condition.
Yasser has been held in an intensive care unit in the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital. Medics dubbed his health condition as extremely critical.
Earlier on Sunday morning, Yasser reportedly stabbed an Israeli occupation soldier in Bab al-Amoud and was immediately shot by another Israeli officer in his hand, legs, and chest. Yasser, a university student and a native of al-Khalil’s town of Sa’ir, was transferred to hospital shortly afterwards.
A few hours after the attack, an Israeli army troop stormed, at noontime Sunday, Yasser’s family home and wreaked havoc on the building, moments before they subjected the family members to exhaustive interrogation.
21 june 2015
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Yaser Yassin Tarwa, 18
Stabber succumbs to wounds, while soldier is in critical condition after sustaining stab wounds to his neck in attack at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. A Palestinian man was shot dead by a Border Police soldier after he stabbed the soldier at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday. Magen David Adom paramedics evacuated the soldier, who was in critical condition with stab wounds to his neck, to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. Paramedics were trying to resuscitate the soldier. The stabber, an 18-year-old, was critically wounded and succumbed to his wounds shortly thereafter. |
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Over the weekend, 25-year-old Danny Gonen was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist who shot him 10 bullets at point-blank range. Video
Teenager murdered after alleged attempt to stab Israeli border policeman Israeli occupation police a bit ago opened fire on a Palestinian aged 18 years old, after he allegedly attempted to stab two border cops near Damascus Gate, East Jerusalem. Haaretz said that an Israeli border policeman was critically wounded after he was stabbed in the neck, we he immediately opened fire at the attacker. The border policeman was then evacuated to Hadassah, Ein Kerem |
hospital in critical condition. However, the Palestinian teenager was left on the roadside and liquidate, while Israeli police prevented the people from approaching his body.
19 june 2015
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An Israeli rights group released, on Tuesday, a video showing Israeli soldiers intentionally targeting child who posed them no danger.
In March of 2014, Israeli soldiers shot and killed Yusef al-Shawamreh, a 14-year-old Palestinian boy, as he went through a gap in the illegal Israeli Apartheid Wall, in the area of the village of Deir Al-‘Asal Al-Foqa, southwest of Al-Khalil. According to Days of Palestine, the boy had been to the area to pick edible plants from his family’s land, on the other side of the wall, in order to help provide for his family. An investigation conducted by B’Tselem, in addition to material from the |
Israeli Military Police Investigation Unit file indicated that “the boy was shot in broad daylight, although he posed no danger.”
File closed, no one indicted
In July of 2014, roughly four months after the killing took place, then-Military Advocate for Operational Matters Lieutenant Colonel Ronen Hirsch notified B’Tselem that the Military Advocate General (MAG) had decided to close the investigation.
The MAG said that the investigation was closed without serving any indictments, as he claimed there was “no suspicion that the open-fire regulations had been breached or that any military personnel were involved in criminal action.”
In the letter, Hirsch wrote that four soldiers, who had mounted an ambush, spotted three Palestinians sabotaging and crossing the Separation Barrier.
The soldiers then carried out suspect apprehension procedure, ending with one soldier shooting at the lower part of Al-Shawamreh’s leg. However, according to Hirsch, the shot mistakenly hit Al-Shawamreh in the waist, killing him.
Intentional killing
B’Tselem said it requested a copy of the investigation file and was sent a partial copy only, including video footage taken by a military surveillance camera.
While the information in the file revealed errors in B’Tselem’s initial inquiry, it corroborated its conclusions and highlighted the particularly appalling aspects of the incident.
According to the file, on March 19, 2014, three Palestinians, an 18-year-old and two minors, went up to several gaps in the Separation Barrier that had long been used by Palestinian teenagers to cross through and pick edible Gundelia plants from their families’ land on the other side.
The military had sealed the gaps in the fence the previous evening, and the ambush soldiers reinforced the seal with metal wire and plastic handcuffs, upon its arrival at the area.
When the three teenagers found the gaps closed, they removed the wires from one of them, crossing the fence and the adjacent buffer zone.
Only then, two of the soldiers revealed themselves. They called out to the boys to stop, fired two warning shots in the air and, then, fatally shot 14-year-old Al-Shawamreh.
‘Sloppy investigation’
B’Tselem’s examination of the MPIU file found that the military's investigation was sloppy and partial.
No apparent attempt was made to reconcile the contradicting versions given by suspects and witnesses, and the responsibility of the commanders who decided to mount an armed ambush at the spot was utterly ignored, according to the group.
File closed, no one indicted
In July of 2014, roughly four months after the killing took place, then-Military Advocate for Operational Matters Lieutenant Colonel Ronen Hirsch notified B’Tselem that the Military Advocate General (MAG) had decided to close the investigation.
The MAG said that the investigation was closed without serving any indictments, as he claimed there was “no suspicion that the open-fire regulations had been breached or that any military personnel were involved in criminal action.”
In the letter, Hirsch wrote that four soldiers, who had mounted an ambush, spotted three Palestinians sabotaging and crossing the Separation Barrier.
The soldiers then carried out suspect apprehension procedure, ending with one soldier shooting at the lower part of Al-Shawamreh’s leg. However, according to Hirsch, the shot mistakenly hit Al-Shawamreh in the waist, killing him.
Intentional killing
B’Tselem said it requested a copy of the investigation file and was sent a partial copy only, including video footage taken by a military surveillance camera.
While the information in the file revealed errors in B’Tselem’s initial inquiry, it corroborated its conclusions and highlighted the particularly appalling aspects of the incident.
According to the file, on March 19, 2014, three Palestinians, an 18-year-old and two minors, went up to several gaps in the Separation Barrier that had long been used by Palestinian teenagers to cross through and pick edible Gundelia plants from their families’ land on the other side.
The military had sealed the gaps in the fence the previous evening, and the ambush soldiers reinforced the seal with metal wire and plastic handcuffs, upon its arrival at the area.
When the three teenagers found the gaps closed, they removed the wires from one of them, crossing the fence and the adjacent buffer zone.
Only then, two of the soldiers revealed themselves. They called out to the boys to stop, fired two warning shots in the air and, then, fatally shot 14-year-old Al-Shawamreh.
‘Sloppy investigation’
B’Tselem’s examination of the MPIU file found that the military's investigation was sloppy and partial.
No apparent attempt was made to reconcile the contradicting versions given by suspects and witnesses, and the responsibility of the commanders who decided to mount an armed ambush at the spot was utterly ignored, according to the group.
17 june 2015
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The 32-year old Nadia Abu Jamal, wife of the Martyr Ghassan Abu Jamal, is living in permanent anxiety and fear for her fate as well as her three children after the Israeli Supreme Court rejected the request of the “Defense of the Individual Center- Hamoked” not to deport her from the city of Jerusalem.
The 32-year old Ghassan Abu Jamal passed away on 18/11/2015 after carrying out an attack in a Jewish synagogue in West Jerusalem and the occupation authorities have been punishing his family since then with unjust decisions. Banning her from staying in Jerusalem |
Abu Jamal family explained to Wadi Hilweh Information Center that the court responded to the request of “Hamoked” organization and did not agree to the presence of Nadia in the city of Jerusalem. On 13/7/2015, a session will be held at the Supreme Court to discuss the request of “Hamoked” and during this period Nadia is banned from staying in Jerusalem.
Immediate sanctions by withdrawing “residency”
Nadia pointed out that she was informed by the interrogators that her “residency application” was cancelled after she was interrogated at Al-Maskobyeh in West Jerusalem immediately after the Martyrdom of her husband. Accordingly, “Hamoked” organization followed-up with the matter and sent a letter to the Minister of Interior who issued the decision, and to the Ministry of Interior and the Supreme Court; note that their response was negative every time.
Nadia is from the Eastern Sawahreh and had an ID from the West Bank. In 2002, she got married to the Martyr Ghassan Abu Jamal and filed a “residency (reunion)” application. She was initially rejected but got the approval in 2009 which allows her to stay in Jerusalem and move freely in between Jerusalem and the West Bank through the Israeli checkpoints; note that she had to renew her residency permit every year.
The last time she renewed her residency was in May 2014 and expired in May 2015. Even though she had the permit in the last few months, but the Israeli authorities had cancelled the permit in the systems of all Israeli Departments. She was able to stay in Jerusalem through correspondence and legal follow-ups until a decision was issued two weeks ago to deport her from the city of Jerusalem.
Collective punishment to the family of the Martyr Ghassan Abu Jamal
The occupation authorities did not stop at withdrawing the residency from the Martyr’s wife but also prevented his three children from being treated in the Israeli hospitals and medical centers; note that his 6-year old son Walid has heart problems and the 3-year old suffers from a nerve disease. They also deprived them from receiving benefits and allowance from the National Insurance.
At the end of last year, the Israeli court issued an order to demolish the family’s house and the family was forced to immediately evacuate the house.
Appeal…
Abu Jamal family appealed to international human rights organizations to immediately intervene to overturn the unjust Israeli decision against Ms. Nadia Abu Jamal, which would deprive the children of their mother and their rights and entitlements.
The family also expressed their surprise when the so-called “Committee for Humanitarian Affairs of the Ministry of Interior” approved the decision of deporting Nadia from Jerusalem and depriving her from her children.
Immediate sanctions by withdrawing “residency”
Nadia pointed out that she was informed by the interrogators that her “residency application” was cancelled after she was interrogated at Al-Maskobyeh in West Jerusalem immediately after the Martyrdom of her husband. Accordingly, “Hamoked” organization followed-up with the matter and sent a letter to the Minister of Interior who issued the decision, and to the Ministry of Interior and the Supreme Court; note that their response was negative every time.
Nadia is from the Eastern Sawahreh and had an ID from the West Bank. In 2002, she got married to the Martyr Ghassan Abu Jamal and filed a “residency (reunion)” application. She was initially rejected but got the approval in 2009 which allows her to stay in Jerusalem and move freely in between Jerusalem and the West Bank through the Israeli checkpoints; note that she had to renew her residency permit every year.
The last time she renewed her residency was in May 2014 and expired in May 2015. Even though she had the permit in the last few months, but the Israeli authorities had cancelled the permit in the systems of all Israeli Departments. She was able to stay in Jerusalem through correspondence and legal follow-ups until a decision was issued two weeks ago to deport her from the city of Jerusalem.
Collective punishment to the family of the Martyr Ghassan Abu Jamal
The occupation authorities did not stop at withdrawing the residency from the Martyr’s wife but also prevented his three children from being treated in the Israeli hospitals and medical centers; note that his 6-year old son Walid has heart problems and the 3-year old suffers from a nerve disease. They also deprived them from receiving benefits and allowance from the National Insurance.
At the end of last year, the Israeli court issued an order to demolish the family’s house and the family was forced to immediately evacuate the house.
Appeal…
Abu Jamal family appealed to international human rights organizations to immediately intervene to overturn the unjust Israeli decision against Ms. Nadia Abu Jamal, which would deprive the children of their mother and their rights and entitlements.
The family also expressed their surprise when the so-called “Committee for Humanitarian Affairs of the Ministry of Interior” approved the decision of deporting Nadia from Jerusalem and depriving her from her children.
14 june 2015
The grandfather and uncle of Abdullah Ghuneimat stand next to the scene of his death where posters now hang
By: Emily MulderKUFR MALIK
“We were sitting in the house when we heard guns being fired…we thought, ‘the army is here.’ The army always comes, but we didn’t know what it was this time.” Abu Iyad is gathered with his family on the second floor of their home in the occupied West Bank town of Kufr Malik, recounting how his son was killed by Israeli forces meters from their home just days before.
Abdullah Iyad Ghuneimat was returning at dawn from work at a nearby poultry farm on June 14 when he was shot by Israeli forces, run over, and left under a military vehicle for nearly three hours before he died, witnesses say.
The army vehicle struck Abdullah before it hit a rut in the pavement and overturned on top of him, slamming the 21-year-old into a wall on the other side of the narrow road that leads down to his family home and trapping him underneath.
“Around 4 a.m., our neighbor came down and told us a military car had been flipped over….she said they could see someone underneath but didn’t know who it was,” Abu Iyad told Ma’an.
Members of the Ghuneimat family, unaware the crushed man was Abdullah, rushed to the scene but were prevented from reaching the dying man by Israeli forces who shot live fire into the air, threw sound bombs, and aimed tear gas at those who approached. The soldiers refused to allow the removal of the vehicle until around 6:30 a.m., when the muezzin of a nearby village mosque announced over the loudspeaker that there had been a martyr.
Dozens of residents from across the village subsequently arrived on the scene, at which point Israeli forces stepped back and allowed residents to remove the jeep with a bulldozer. “When I heard that they pulled the car off, I went up,” Abdullah’s mother said. She had already returned three times to check the scene prior, arguing to be allowed in, but to no avail.
“I heard it was a young man but I didn’t know who it was. When I went up, I saw it was my son.”
Two stories, one death
By: Emily MulderKUFR MALIK
“We were sitting in the house when we heard guns being fired…we thought, ‘the army is here.’ The army always comes, but we didn’t know what it was this time.” Abu Iyad is gathered with his family on the second floor of their home in the occupied West Bank town of Kufr Malik, recounting how his son was killed by Israeli forces meters from their home just days before.
Abdullah Iyad Ghuneimat was returning at dawn from work at a nearby poultry farm on June 14 when he was shot by Israeli forces, run over, and left under a military vehicle for nearly three hours before he died, witnesses say.
The army vehicle struck Abdullah before it hit a rut in the pavement and overturned on top of him, slamming the 21-year-old into a wall on the other side of the narrow road that leads down to his family home and trapping him underneath.
“Around 4 a.m., our neighbor came down and told us a military car had been flipped over….she said they could see someone underneath but didn’t know who it was,” Abu Iyad told Ma’an.
Members of the Ghuneimat family, unaware the crushed man was Abdullah, rushed to the scene but were prevented from reaching the dying man by Israeli forces who shot live fire into the air, threw sound bombs, and aimed tear gas at those who approached. The soldiers refused to allow the removal of the vehicle until around 6:30 a.m., when the muezzin of a nearby village mosque announced over the loudspeaker that there had been a martyr.
Dozens of residents from across the village subsequently arrived on the scene, at which point Israeli forces stepped back and allowed residents to remove the jeep with a bulldozer. “When I heard that they pulled the car off, I went up,” Abdullah’s mother said. She had already returned three times to check the scene prior, arguing to be allowed in, but to no avail.
“I heard it was a young man but I didn’t know who it was. When I went up, I saw it was my son.”
Two stories, one death
Shortly after he was killed by Israeli forces, a poster of Abdullah Iyad Ghuneimat, 21, joined others plastered on the wall in the village center of Kufr Malik outside of Ramallah on June 18, 2015
After Abdullah’s death, the Israeli army stated that the incident had been an accident. An army spokeswoman told Ma’an at the time that Abdullah had thrown a Molotov cocktail at the military vehicle during “army activities,” causing the driver to swerve, lose control, and hit him on the side of the road.
While the Ghuneimat family said they were aware a Molotov cocktail had been thrown, they allege that it was thrown from a roof, not from street level where Abdullah was walking.
Bullets seen by witnesses in Abdullah’s body, compounded by Israeli forces preventing the military vehicle from being removed when there was a possibility he had still been alive, have left Kufr Malik residents and Abdullah’s family to believe his death was deliberate.
Abdullah had been targeted by Israeli forces before, detained and put in Israeli prison for two years for throwing stones. “There were bullets in his body already,” Adbullah’s mother told Ma’an. “They shot him, and then they killed him. It wasn’t an accident.”
“If it was a car accident, why would they let him stay under the car for hours?” The grandfather agreed. The Ghuneimat family told Ma’an that the road running through Kufr Malik doesn’t lead anywhere, and there is no reason for the military vehicles to be passing through the village. But they do pass through, and they pass through often.
'Show of force'
The landscape surrounding Kufr Malik is spotted with Israeli military outposts, from which forces regularly conduct raids in Kufr Malik and surrounding villages.
“In the course of an average week, the army comes into the village one, two, three times to arrest people and provoke residents, with no purpose,” Abdullah’s grandfather says.
Ex-Israeli soldiers have, however, explained what the purpose is. Raids and resulting clashes like those described by Abdullah’s family are a part of longstanding Israeli military strategy to “demonstrate presence” within Palestinian civilian areas, they say, aimed to cultivate fear among residents.
Abdullah’s grandfather explained to Ma’an that every two years a new captain arrives at the military outpost closest to the village makes a point of showing his strength in Kufr Malik, adding that a new captain had recently been stationed there, identifying him as “Captain Raouf.”
“I think it [Abdullah’s death] was just show of force. They have been doing this since 1967,” the grandfather said. The Israeli army spokesperson did not have comment regarding the nearby outpost or military activity in Kufr Malik.
The language of military investigation
After Abdullah’s death, the Israeli army stated that the incident had been an accident. An army spokeswoman told Ma’an at the time that Abdullah had thrown a Molotov cocktail at the military vehicle during “army activities,” causing the driver to swerve, lose control, and hit him on the side of the road.
While the Ghuneimat family said they were aware a Molotov cocktail had been thrown, they allege that it was thrown from a roof, not from street level where Abdullah was walking.
Bullets seen by witnesses in Abdullah’s body, compounded by Israeli forces preventing the military vehicle from being removed when there was a possibility he had still been alive, have left Kufr Malik residents and Abdullah’s family to believe his death was deliberate.
Abdullah had been targeted by Israeli forces before, detained and put in Israeli prison for two years for throwing stones. “There were bullets in his body already,” Adbullah’s mother told Ma’an. “They shot him, and then they killed him. It wasn’t an accident.”
“If it was a car accident, why would they let him stay under the car for hours?” The grandfather agreed. The Ghuneimat family told Ma’an that the road running through Kufr Malik doesn’t lead anywhere, and there is no reason for the military vehicles to be passing through the village. But they do pass through, and they pass through often.
'Show of force'
The landscape surrounding Kufr Malik is spotted with Israeli military outposts, from which forces regularly conduct raids in Kufr Malik and surrounding villages.
“In the course of an average week, the army comes into the village one, two, three times to arrest people and provoke residents, with no purpose,” Abdullah’s grandfather says.
Ex-Israeli soldiers have, however, explained what the purpose is. Raids and resulting clashes like those described by Abdullah’s family are a part of longstanding Israeli military strategy to “demonstrate presence” within Palestinian civilian areas, they say, aimed to cultivate fear among residents.
Abdullah’s grandfather explained to Ma’an that every two years a new captain arrives at the military outpost closest to the village makes a point of showing his strength in Kufr Malik, adding that a new captain had recently been stationed there, identifying him as “Captain Raouf.”
“I think it [Abdullah’s death] was just show of force. They have been doing this since 1967,” the grandfather said. The Israeli army spokesperson did not have comment regarding the nearby outpost or military activity in Kufr Malik.
The language of military investigation
A list of Kufr Malik residents killed by Israeli forces stands etched into stone in the village center.
The contradictions between the Israeli military and Abdullah’s family regarding the details of his death are situated within nearly 50 years of military occupation, and nearly 50 years of conflicting accounts of death.
Israeli authorities and rights organizations alike allege that the legal structure set up following the 1967 takeover of the West Bank and East Jerusalem was formed with the intent of maintaining power over local residents, rather than protecting the lives of those living under it.
The military law framework established sanctions and legitimizes a prolonged military occupation, they argue, not a system of justice that legal systems are meant to provide residents living under them.
In lieu of this, when asked about the possibility of a fair and just Israeli police investigation, Abdullah’s father and grandfather outwardly scoffed, while the grieving mother, tears running down her face, muttered a meek "God willing."
After analyzing hundreds of such investigations, Israeli human rights organizations asserted that the “Israeli military law enforcement system is a complete failure,” incapable of effectively investigating possible violations by Israeli forces while neglecting to promote accountability among the forces for their actions.
B’Tselem spokesperson Sarit Michaeli told Ma’an that military police investigations generally don’t visit the scenes of an incident, and are often drawn out, “one of the many problems they suffer from.”
When asked about the investigation into Adbullah’s death, an Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that the investigation had been opened to "examine the circumstances of the incident,” but was unable to give further details as the investigation was “ongoing.”
The family chose not to transfer Abdullah’s body for an autopsy after his death, said Saber al-Alul, head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abu Dis, who adamantly told Ma’an he wished they had. “Especially for people killed by Israel [martyrs], autopsies should be part of our culture.
It [the autopsy] reveals the truth and documents it,” he told Ma’an. Al-Alul’s urging comes as Abdullah was the thirteenth Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces in the West bank since the start of 2015, according to UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, while thousands have been killed since the start of military occupation in 1967.
For each Palestinian who loses a family member, two stories of death emerge: one of the family, and one of a tainted investigation.
As for the story of Abdullah Ghuneimat, his death and subsequent Israeli police investigation will likely hold lasting impacts beyond the conflicting accounts liable to play out as the investigation furthers.
“It’s not just me that’s affected by what happened,” Abdullah’s mother said. “People liked him. It’s not just me…everyone around me is affected, the entire village is affected.”
The contradictions between the Israeli military and Abdullah’s family regarding the details of his death are situated within nearly 50 years of military occupation, and nearly 50 years of conflicting accounts of death.
Israeli authorities and rights organizations alike allege that the legal structure set up following the 1967 takeover of the West Bank and East Jerusalem was formed with the intent of maintaining power over local residents, rather than protecting the lives of those living under it.
The military law framework established sanctions and legitimizes a prolonged military occupation, they argue, not a system of justice that legal systems are meant to provide residents living under them.
In lieu of this, when asked about the possibility of a fair and just Israeli police investigation, Abdullah’s father and grandfather outwardly scoffed, while the grieving mother, tears running down her face, muttered a meek "God willing."
After analyzing hundreds of such investigations, Israeli human rights organizations asserted that the “Israeli military law enforcement system is a complete failure,” incapable of effectively investigating possible violations by Israeli forces while neglecting to promote accountability among the forces for their actions.
B’Tselem spokesperson Sarit Michaeli told Ma’an that military police investigations generally don’t visit the scenes of an incident, and are often drawn out, “one of the many problems they suffer from.”
When asked about the investigation into Adbullah’s death, an Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that the investigation had been opened to "examine the circumstances of the incident,” but was unable to give further details as the investigation was “ongoing.”
The family chose not to transfer Abdullah’s body for an autopsy after his death, said Saber al-Alul, head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abu Dis, who adamantly told Ma’an he wished they had. “Especially for people killed by Israel [martyrs], autopsies should be part of our culture.
It [the autopsy] reveals the truth and documents it,” he told Ma’an. Al-Alul’s urging comes as Abdullah was the thirteenth Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces in the West bank since the start of 2015, according to UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, while thousands have been killed since the start of military occupation in 1967.
For each Palestinian who loses a family member, two stories of death emerge: one of the family, and one of a tainted investigation.
As for the story of Abdullah Ghuneimat, his death and subsequent Israeli police investigation will likely hold lasting impacts beyond the conflicting accounts liable to play out as the investigation furthers.
“It’s not just me that’s affected by what happened,” Abdullah’s mother said. “People liked him. It’s not just me…everyone around me is affected, the entire village is affected.”
Ramallah Governor Leila Ghannam stated that the autopsy of the slain young Palestinian man, killed earlier Sunday near Ramallah, proved he was shot before the soldiers’ vehicle crashed on top of him, crushing his body.
Ghannam said the Israeli narrative of events leading to the murder of Abdullah Eyad Ghanayem, 22, is a fabrication and distorting of what really happened.
Her statements came in a press conference in front of the Palestine Medical Center in Ramallah.
She stated that autopsy findings proved he was first shot, and then the soldiers drove towards him, before the army jeep flipped over him, crushing him to death.
The military jeep remained on top the body of the slain Palestinian for nearly three hours.
The Governor called on media outlets to investigate the facts on the ground, instead of taking the military allegations for granted.
“This occupation targets the Palestinians on a daily basis," she said, “It fabricates and falsifies facts to justify its ugly crimes against humanity.”
The Israeli army alleged its soldiers invaded the village to arrest some Palestinians, and “accidentally crushed the Palestinian after he threw a Molotov cocktail.” The army said it intends to "investigate the incident."
Resident Abdullah al-Hajj told Reuters that the young man did not attack the army, and that he was walking to a chicken farm, where he worked.
One of the medics said as he, and his team, arrived at the scene, they found the body of the slain Palestinian crushed under the army jeep, with a gunshot wound in his loin area.
IDF jeep overturns, kills Palestinian in West Bank clashes
Conflicting reports of incident say 22-year-old threw petrol bomb at IDF vehicle as violent group hurled stones at security forces.
An Israeli army jeep struck and killed a 22-year-old Palestinian in the West Bank on Sunday, with the military and locals giving conflicting accounts of the incident that occurred amidst clashes between Palestinian stone throwers and Israeli security forces.
A military spokeswoman said the jeep, which was in Kfar Malik near Ramallah as part of an operation to arrest suspected militants, accidentally hit the Palestinian after he threw a petrol bomb at it.
"The driver was startled and swerved, hitting the man," she said, adding that a military investigation would be launched. Local resident Nail Abdul Latah el Hajj denied the Palestinian had attacked the jeep, however, saying the man was walking to work at a chicken farm when he was run down on the main street and then crushed as the vehicle crashed into a wall and overturned.
Speaking to Reuters, el Hajj said the man's death sparked confrontations between stone-throwing Palestinian youths and Israeli troops. The military spokeswoman said the disturbances were already under way when the collision happened.
The IDF said Israeli forces later entered the village to try and provide medical assistance to the man, but the Palestinian had already died from his wounds.
Ghannam said the Israeli narrative of events leading to the murder of Abdullah Eyad Ghanayem, 22, is a fabrication and distorting of what really happened.
Her statements came in a press conference in front of the Palestine Medical Center in Ramallah.
She stated that autopsy findings proved he was first shot, and then the soldiers drove towards him, before the army jeep flipped over him, crushing him to death.
The military jeep remained on top the body of the slain Palestinian for nearly three hours.
The Governor called on media outlets to investigate the facts on the ground, instead of taking the military allegations for granted.
“This occupation targets the Palestinians on a daily basis," she said, “It fabricates and falsifies facts to justify its ugly crimes against humanity.”
The Israeli army alleged its soldiers invaded the village to arrest some Palestinians, and “accidentally crushed the Palestinian after he threw a Molotov cocktail.” The army said it intends to "investigate the incident."
Resident Abdullah al-Hajj told Reuters that the young man did not attack the army, and that he was walking to a chicken farm, where he worked.
One of the medics said as he, and his team, arrived at the scene, they found the body of the slain Palestinian crushed under the army jeep, with a gunshot wound in his loin area.
IDF jeep overturns, kills Palestinian in West Bank clashes
Conflicting reports of incident say 22-year-old threw petrol bomb at IDF vehicle as violent group hurled stones at security forces.
An Israeli army jeep struck and killed a 22-year-old Palestinian in the West Bank on Sunday, with the military and locals giving conflicting accounts of the incident that occurred amidst clashes between Palestinian stone throwers and Israeli security forces.
A military spokeswoman said the jeep, which was in Kfar Malik near Ramallah as part of an operation to arrest suspected militants, accidentally hit the Palestinian after he threw a petrol bomb at it.
"The driver was startled and swerved, hitting the man," she said, adding that a military investigation would be launched. Local resident Nail Abdul Latah el Hajj denied the Palestinian had attacked the jeep, however, saying the man was walking to work at a chicken farm when he was run down on the main street and then crushed as the vehicle crashed into a wall and overturned.
Speaking to Reuters, el Hajj said the man's death sparked confrontations between stone-throwing Palestinian youths and Israeli troops. The military spokeswoman said the disturbances were already under way when the collision happened.
The IDF said Israeli forces later entered the village to try and provide medical assistance to the man, but the Palestinian had already died from his wounds.
Abdullah Eyad Ghanayem, 22
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Kafr Malek village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. One Palestinian was shot, then crushed under an Israeli military vehicle, according to local sources.
Medical sources in Ramallah said the slain Palestinian has been identified as Abdullah Eyad Ghanayem, 22 years of age. He was killed at approximately 3:30 before dawn, and the army held his body until 7:30 in the morning.
The sources said Ghanayem was shot in his spine, in the lower back, and fell onto the ground, before a military vehicle flipped over him, the Maan News Agency said.
The soldiers said he hurled stones on their vehicle before they chased him; the soldiers left the jeep while the young man remain under it for more than an hour.
Eyewitnesses said Ghanayem was standing near his home when he was injured, while the soldiers were chasing local youths.
The death of the young man led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youths. Several military vehicles invaded the village, and fired dozens of concussion grenades, gas bombs and rounds of live ammunition.
At least one Palestinian was shot with a live round, six others were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, and scores of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Ghanayem is a former political prisoner; he was taken prisoner on September 12, 2012, and was released on March 8, 2014.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Kafr Malek village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. One Palestinian was shot, then crushed under an Israeli military vehicle, according to local sources.
Medical sources in Ramallah said the slain Palestinian has been identified as Abdullah Eyad Ghanayem, 22 years of age. He was killed at approximately 3:30 before dawn, and the army held his body until 7:30 in the morning.
The sources said Ghanayem was shot in his spine, in the lower back, and fell onto the ground, before a military vehicle flipped over him, the Maan News Agency said.
The soldiers said he hurled stones on their vehicle before they chased him; the soldiers left the jeep while the young man remain under it for more than an hour.
Eyewitnesses said Ghanayem was standing near his home when he was injured, while the soldiers were chasing local youths.
The death of the young man led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youths. Several military vehicles invaded the village, and fired dozens of concussion grenades, gas bombs and rounds of live ammunition.
At least one Palestinian was shot with a live round, six others were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, and scores of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Ghanayem is a former political prisoner; he was taken prisoner on September 12, 2012, and was released on March 8, 2014.
10 june 2015
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Thousands of Palestinians marched Wednesday at the funeral of martyr Izz al-Din Bani Gharra, 23, amid popular discontent over Israeli repeated crimes against Palestinian people.
The mourners marched throughout the city demanding justice for his killing and calling for national unity and reconciliation. The martyr's father expressed his deep regret over the Israeli deliberate killing of his son and called for uniting all national efforts to halt Israeli cold-blooded crimes. |
Israel has carried out today a new heinous crime, the Palestinian former minister Wasfi Qubaha said during the funeral. "No peace could be reached with such bloody occupation."
He also called for reinforcing the Palestinian national unity to confront Israeli continued crimes against Palestinian people and to prosecute Israeli leaders for committing war crimes.
Gharra was shot dead in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank during clashes that erupted as Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed the camp early Wednesday morning.
He also called for reinforcing the Palestinian national unity to confront Israeli continued crimes against Palestinian people and to prosecute Israeli leaders for committing war crimes.
Gharra was shot dead in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank during clashes that erupted as Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed the camp early Wednesday morning.
Ezzeddin Bani Gharra 23
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, shot and killed one Palestinian, during clashes that took place after the soldiers stormed homes and detained several residents.
Medical sources in Jenin said the soldiers fired several rounds of live ammunition at Ezzeddin Bani Ghafrra, in his twenties, directly hitting him in the chest causing instant death.
The soldiers also fired rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets, in addition to several flares, during clashes that took place with local youths.
Many Palestinians also suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after the soldiers fired gas bombs into their homes.
IOF shoot, kill a 23-year-old Palestinian in Jenin camp
A young Palestinian man, 23, was shot dead in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank during clashes that erupted as Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed the camp early Wednesday morning.
The PIC reporter quoted local sources as stating that Izz al-Din Walid Bani Gharra was directly shot in the chest while leaving the mosque as he was performing Dawn prayers.
He died shortly after being evacuated to the local hospital in the city, the sources added.
Israeli forces withdrew from the camp only after ten minutes after raiding it, which indicates that they were only planning to assassinate him.
Hamas movement mourned the martyr Gharra, calling for mass participation in his funeral.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, shot and killed one Palestinian, during clashes that took place after the soldiers stormed homes and detained several residents.
Medical sources in Jenin said the soldiers fired several rounds of live ammunition at Ezzeddin Bani Ghafrra, in his twenties, directly hitting him in the chest causing instant death.
The soldiers also fired rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets, in addition to several flares, during clashes that took place with local youths.
Many Palestinians also suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after the soldiers fired gas bombs into their homes.
IOF shoot, kill a 23-year-old Palestinian in Jenin camp
A young Palestinian man, 23, was shot dead in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank during clashes that erupted as Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed the camp early Wednesday morning.
The PIC reporter quoted local sources as stating that Izz al-Din Walid Bani Gharra was directly shot in the chest while leaving the mosque as he was performing Dawn prayers.
He died shortly after being evacuated to the local hospital in the city, the sources added.
Israeli forces withdrew from the camp only after ten minutes after raiding it, which indicates that they were only planning to assassinate him.
Hamas movement mourned the martyr Gharra, calling for mass participation in his funeral.
4 june 2015
By Khalid Amayreh
The three Jewish terrorists who last year abducted and burned alive a young Palestinian boy from a refugee camp near Jerusalem on Wednesday recounted their shocking crime before Jerusalem court.
The three settlers murdered Muhammad Abu Khdeir from the Shufat refugee camp north of Jerusalem in early July 2014, allegedly to avenge the killing, ostensibly by Palestinian militants of three settlers a few weeks earlier.
According to their testimonies, the three abducted the 13-year-old boy, beat him on the head using a hard object, and took him to a nearby wood where thy pumped gasoline into his belly. Then they poured more gasoline all over his body before setting him on fire.
Afterward, the three reportedly headed to a Jewish colony in the West Bank where they had a party to celebrate their crime.
In an effort to receive a lenient sentence, one of the murderers claimed that he didn't know "things would turn out this way."
However, it was clear from the beginning that none of the three murderers tried to stop the murder of the innocent Arab boy.
The Israeli justice system, dominated by Talmudic-minded settlers who believe the lives of non-Jews have no sanctity, routinely pass extremely lenient prison sentences on Jews convicted of murdering non-Jews, particularly Palestinians.
In many cases, the courts concoct "extenuating circumstances" in the murderer's or murderers' favor, such as accepting claims that the murder was carried out in self-defense.
And when it is established beyond any reasonable doubt that the crime was committed premeditatedly and with a malicious intent, the judge, nearly always, accepts a plea bargain claim that the murderer has or had mental or psychological problems and that he didn't fully understand what he was doing.
Yosef Ben-David was the driving force behind abduction and killing of the Arab teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir in July 2014, one of two minors accused of the killing told Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday, but said he never believed that it would end up in murder.
"It's shocking," the minor said. "It's hard for me to believe that I was party to such a horrific incident. It’s simply not true that I planned to kill him. I never dreamed that it would end in the way that it did."
One of the murderers, a minor whose name was not released by court order, reportedly told the court that Yosef Ben-David, from the settlement of Adam in the West Bank, decided to murder any Arab to avenge the death of the tree settlers.
"Ben-David was at the boys' funerals," the minor said. "He was much more enthusiastic and heated up. We met at the central bus station, bought some cigarettes and drank energy drinks to spur us on."
In his own testimony, which was obtained by Ynet last year, 30-year-old Ben-David said that, "We decided we had to take revenge for what they did. (We) were saying, 'Let's avenge,' I said my blood was boiling and he said his blood was boiling and the whole country was silent and we were wondering why they did this to them, and what had they been guilty of?"
The minor murderer told the court that on the night of Abu Khdeir's murder, "We went to the International Convention Center then he (Ben-David) already started talking about wanting to pick someone up in his car and beat him. He gave us pills to calm us down. The other youth and I said it was dangerous. We drove around for hours. He stopped next to five small children and every time we were looking for a way to get out of it. I was distressed over the children."
He described how they forced Abu Khdeir into their car.
"I was sure he would let us (the two minors) off on the side of the road. I didn't think he would take him into the woods and beat him there. I thought he would drop it. There was shouting in the car and there was tension. We reached the Jerusalem Forest, and the whole trip we held him from behind. Ben-David asked where the crowbar was, and said that they (the Arabs) have seven souls, then he gave him two blows to the head with the crowbar."
"I said to Ben-David 'enough!'," the accused continued. "I got into the car and suddenly I saw a huge bonfire and understood the meaning. I didn't see with my own eyes that it was Yosef who lit it, but from what was said, he lit it."
Ben-David, the master murderer, reportedly told police last year that he had set Abu Khdeir alight. According to the pathological report, the Arab boy was burnt alive.
"I gave the boy three kicks to the legs, then I took a lighter, I set the boy alight.
The minor told the court that after Abu Khdeir had been killed, "we went to Sacher Park to conceal the evidence. Ben-David gave me instructions on what to do and then went to his home in Adam (a West Bank settlement)."
As mentioned before, Jewish murderers convicted of murdering non-Jews normally receive extremely lenient prison sentences. For example, a Rabi named Moshe Levinger who murdered a Palestinian shopkeeper in 1988 in downtown Hebron was sentenced to 6 months in jail.
According to Israeli sources, the rabbi, who died last month, served only a few days in jail before he was set free.
The three Jewish terrorists who last year abducted and burned alive a young Palestinian boy from a refugee camp near Jerusalem on Wednesday recounted their shocking crime before Jerusalem court.
The three settlers murdered Muhammad Abu Khdeir from the Shufat refugee camp north of Jerusalem in early July 2014, allegedly to avenge the killing, ostensibly by Palestinian militants of three settlers a few weeks earlier.
According to their testimonies, the three abducted the 13-year-old boy, beat him on the head using a hard object, and took him to a nearby wood where thy pumped gasoline into his belly. Then they poured more gasoline all over his body before setting him on fire.
Afterward, the three reportedly headed to a Jewish colony in the West Bank where they had a party to celebrate their crime.
In an effort to receive a lenient sentence, one of the murderers claimed that he didn't know "things would turn out this way."
However, it was clear from the beginning that none of the three murderers tried to stop the murder of the innocent Arab boy.
The Israeli justice system, dominated by Talmudic-minded settlers who believe the lives of non-Jews have no sanctity, routinely pass extremely lenient prison sentences on Jews convicted of murdering non-Jews, particularly Palestinians.
In many cases, the courts concoct "extenuating circumstances" in the murderer's or murderers' favor, such as accepting claims that the murder was carried out in self-defense.
And when it is established beyond any reasonable doubt that the crime was committed premeditatedly and with a malicious intent, the judge, nearly always, accepts a plea bargain claim that the murderer has or had mental or psychological problems and that he didn't fully understand what he was doing.
Yosef Ben-David was the driving force behind abduction and killing of the Arab teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir in July 2014, one of two minors accused of the killing told Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday, but said he never believed that it would end up in murder.
"It's shocking," the minor said. "It's hard for me to believe that I was party to such a horrific incident. It’s simply not true that I planned to kill him. I never dreamed that it would end in the way that it did."
One of the murderers, a minor whose name was not released by court order, reportedly told the court that Yosef Ben-David, from the settlement of Adam in the West Bank, decided to murder any Arab to avenge the death of the tree settlers.
"Ben-David was at the boys' funerals," the minor said. "He was much more enthusiastic and heated up. We met at the central bus station, bought some cigarettes and drank energy drinks to spur us on."
In his own testimony, which was obtained by Ynet last year, 30-year-old Ben-David said that, "We decided we had to take revenge for what they did. (We) were saying, 'Let's avenge,' I said my blood was boiling and he said his blood was boiling and the whole country was silent and we were wondering why they did this to them, and what had they been guilty of?"
The minor murderer told the court that on the night of Abu Khdeir's murder, "We went to the International Convention Center then he (Ben-David) already started talking about wanting to pick someone up in his car and beat him. He gave us pills to calm us down. The other youth and I said it was dangerous. We drove around for hours. He stopped next to five small children and every time we were looking for a way to get out of it. I was distressed over the children."
He described how they forced Abu Khdeir into their car.
"I was sure he would let us (the two minors) off on the side of the road. I didn't think he would take him into the woods and beat him there. I thought he would drop it. There was shouting in the car and there was tension. We reached the Jerusalem Forest, and the whole trip we held him from behind. Ben-David asked where the crowbar was, and said that they (the Arabs) have seven souls, then he gave him two blows to the head with the crowbar."
"I said to Ben-David 'enough!'," the accused continued. "I got into the car and suddenly I saw a huge bonfire and understood the meaning. I didn't see with my own eyes that it was Yosef who lit it, but from what was said, he lit it."
Ben-David, the master murderer, reportedly told police last year that he had set Abu Khdeir alight. According to the pathological report, the Arab boy was burnt alive.
"I gave the boy three kicks to the legs, then I took a lighter, I set the boy alight.
The minor told the court that after Abu Khdeir had been killed, "we went to Sacher Park to conceal the evidence. Ben-David gave me instructions on what to do and then went to his home in Adam (a West Bank settlement)."
As mentioned before, Jewish murderers convicted of murdering non-Jews normally receive extremely lenient prison sentences. For example, a Rabi named Moshe Levinger who murdered a Palestinian shopkeeper in 1988 in downtown Hebron was sentenced to 6 months in jail.
According to Israeli sources, the rabbi, who died last month, served only a few days in jail before he was set free.
