24 aug 2015
Rabbi Yisrael Ariel
Following the administrative detentions of right wing radicals, the new Sanhedrin issued a statement of support of the radical right wing for 'risking their lives for the holiness of the nation and the Land.'
The new Sanhedrin movement – an organization that seeks to restore rabbinical law in Israel – provided support to the e11 right-wing extremists recently slapped with restraining orders, Ynet learned Monday.
"We are happy that you pose as an example and inspiration to religious judges and all of the loyal people of Israel," the movement wrote to the "hilltop youth" (a general term for radicals living in West Bank outposts).
The new Sanhedrin movement, which is popular among the hilltop youth, includes a group of rabbis from the religious-Zionist and the Haredi-Zionist sectors.
Even though it is not recognized by the Chief Rabbinate, the movement, which was founded in 2005, succeeded in drawing in many supporters among the Religious Zionists, particularly haredi Zionists.
Until 2008, it was headed by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, who was awarded the Israel Prize for Jewish studies in 1988, and honored by then-president Shimon Peres with Israel's first President's Prize for his scholarship in Talmud.
After Rabbi Steinsaltz resigned, more and more members of the hilltop youth and right-wing extremists were drawn to the movement.
Following the administrative detentions of right wing radicals, the new Sanhedrin issued a statement of support of the radical right wing for 'risking their lives for the holiness of the nation and the Land.'
The new Sanhedrin movement – an organization that seeks to restore rabbinical law in Israel – provided support to the e11 right-wing extremists recently slapped with restraining orders, Ynet learned Monday.
"We are happy that you pose as an example and inspiration to religious judges and all of the loyal people of Israel," the movement wrote to the "hilltop youth" (a general term for radicals living in West Bank outposts).
The new Sanhedrin movement, which is popular among the hilltop youth, includes a group of rabbis from the religious-Zionist and the Haredi-Zionist sectors.
Even though it is not recognized by the Chief Rabbinate, the movement, which was founded in 2005, succeeded in drawing in many supporters among the Religious Zionists, particularly haredi Zionists.
Until 2008, it was headed by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, who was awarded the Israel Prize for Jewish studies in 1988, and honored by then-president Shimon Peres with Israel's first President's Prize for his scholarship in Talmud.
After Rabbi Steinsaltz resigned, more and more members of the hilltop youth and right-wing extremists were drawn to the movement.
Rabbi Yoel Schwartz
After the evacuation of the outpost of Havat Gilad in 2011, the new Sanhedrin issued a halachic ruling encouraging settlers to attack security forces who came to evacuate the outpost.
"It is a Biblical obligation for every person in Israel to adhere to the Land of Israel, and resist any attempt at displacement with the willingness to give up your life, just as one does when confronted by a non-Jew," they wrote at the time.
Following the administrative detentions of several right wing extremists and the restraining orders imposed on several others, the new Sanhedrin issued a statement of support in the radical right wing.
"The Sanhedrin court, which sits on Mount Zion in holy Jerusalem, hereby strengthens your spirits and reduces your sorrow, as you were seized while acting for the respect of God and the nation of Israel, risking your lives for the holiness of the nation and the Land," Rabbis Yisrael Ariel, Daniel Cohen and Yoel Schwartz wrote.
The rabbis who signed the statement are considered very extreme in their views, but they nonetheless receive the support of religious Zionists. Rabbi Ariel, head of the Temple Institute, was formerly on the Kach Knesset list.
Rabbi Hacohen Stavski is considered one of the most extreme Chabad rabbis, and Rabbi Schwartz was banished from his community in Mea Shearim in Jerusalem after initiating the drafting of Haredim into the Nahal Haredi battalion.
"Be strong and courageous, you and your families, in the face of persecutions and harassments. You are blessed for being caught while engaged in your relentless and uncompromising struggle for the sake of the conquest and inheritance of Israel as per the Torah and as a mitzva," the rabbis wrote.
"The Tribunal will endeavor to address each and every file with reference to the fearful state in which dozens of Israeli civilians are detained and interrogated, in arrests of a racist nature, administrative detention without any charges, evidence and proof."
After the evacuation of the outpost of Havat Gilad in 2011, the new Sanhedrin issued a halachic ruling encouraging settlers to attack security forces who came to evacuate the outpost.
"It is a Biblical obligation for every person in Israel to adhere to the Land of Israel, and resist any attempt at displacement with the willingness to give up your life, just as one does when confronted by a non-Jew," they wrote at the time.
Following the administrative detentions of several right wing extremists and the restraining orders imposed on several others, the new Sanhedrin issued a statement of support in the radical right wing.
"The Sanhedrin court, which sits on Mount Zion in holy Jerusalem, hereby strengthens your spirits and reduces your sorrow, as you were seized while acting for the respect of God and the nation of Israel, risking your lives for the holiness of the nation and the Land," Rabbis Yisrael Ariel, Daniel Cohen and Yoel Schwartz wrote.
The rabbis who signed the statement are considered very extreme in their views, but they nonetheless receive the support of religious Zionists. Rabbi Ariel, head of the Temple Institute, was formerly on the Kach Knesset list.
Rabbi Hacohen Stavski is considered one of the most extreme Chabad rabbis, and Rabbi Schwartz was banished from his community in Mea Shearim in Jerusalem after initiating the drafting of Haredim into the Nahal Haredi battalion.
"Be strong and courageous, you and your families, in the face of persecutions and harassments. You are blessed for being caught while engaged in your relentless and uncompromising struggle for the sake of the conquest and inheritance of Israel as per the Torah and as a mitzva," the rabbis wrote.
"The Tribunal will endeavor to address each and every file with reference to the fearful state in which dozens of Israeli civilians are detained and interrogated, in arrests of a racist nature, administrative detention without any charges, evidence and proof."
Israeli forces overnight abducted at least eight Palestinians, including at least five minors, from Jerusalem and Hebron districts, according to reports by media and security sources.
WAFA correspondence reports that six Palestinians, including five minors, were detained from the Jerusalem district and another from the Hebron district. Israeli police launched house-to-house raid and detention operations in several East Jerusalem towns and neighborhoods.
Police stormed al-Issawiya town, to the north of the city, where they kidnapped a Palestinian minor after breaking into and ransacking his family’s house. The boy was identified as Qusai Dari.
Israeli police also stormed Shu‘fat town, to the north of the city, where they took two Palestinian minors after breaking into and ransacking their families’ houses. The two minors currently remain unidentified.
Forces also raided ‘Anata town, to the north of the city, where they proceeded to abduct a young Palestinian, identified as Ahmad al-Sheikh, after storming his house.
Another Palestinian minor was taken during clashes with Israeli police in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Zaitoun, also known as al-Tur (Mount of Olives). The detainee was identified as Ahmad Ashayer, 17.
Furthermore, Israeli intelligence officers kidnapped another Palestinian minor from the city shortly after he was released. The youth was identified as Laith Abed-Rabbu, aged 16, and is a former detainee.
A young Palestinian woman was taken, on Monday morning, from the Bab Hatta (Hatta Gate), which leads to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. She remains unidentified.
This happened just as police prevented Palestinian Muslim women from accessing the holy site. The women were stopped by police at al-Silsila Gate.
Meanwhile, groups of extremist settlers forced their way into the compound via al-Maghariba Gate (Moroccan Gate) under police protection, sparking tensions and prompting Palestinian worshippers to shout slogans in protest.
Meanwhile, in Hebron city, in the southern West Bank, forces abducted one Palestinian after breaking into and ransacking his house in al-Sheikh neighborhood. He was identified as Yusuf Abu Hammad, 25.
WAFA correspondence reports that six Palestinians, including five minors, were detained from the Jerusalem district and another from the Hebron district. Israeli police launched house-to-house raid and detention operations in several East Jerusalem towns and neighborhoods.
Police stormed al-Issawiya town, to the north of the city, where they kidnapped a Palestinian minor after breaking into and ransacking his family’s house. The boy was identified as Qusai Dari.
Israeli police also stormed Shu‘fat town, to the north of the city, where they took two Palestinian minors after breaking into and ransacking their families’ houses. The two minors currently remain unidentified.
Forces also raided ‘Anata town, to the north of the city, where they proceeded to abduct a young Palestinian, identified as Ahmad al-Sheikh, after storming his house.
Another Palestinian minor was taken during clashes with Israeli police in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Zaitoun, also known as al-Tur (Mount of Olives). The detainee was identified as Ahmad Ashayer, 17.
Furthermore, Israeli intelligence officers kidnapped another Palestinian minor from the city shortly after he was released. The youth was identified as Laith Abed-Rabbu, aged 16, and is a former detainee.
A young Palestinian woman was taken, on Monday morning, from the Bab Hatta (Hatta Gate), which leads to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. She remains unidentified.
This happened just as police prevented Palestinian Muslim women from accessing the holy site. The women were stopped by police at al-Silsila Gate.
Meanwhile, groups of extremist settlers forced their way into the compound via al-Maghariba Gate (Moroccan Gate) under police protection, sparking tensions and prompting Palestinian worshippers to shout slogans in protest.
Meanwhile, in Hebron city, in the southern West Bank, forces abducted one Palestinian after breaking into and ransacking his house in al-Sheikh neighborhood. He was identified as Yusuf Abu Hammad, 25.
Evyatar Slonim
Haaretz Israeli newspaper, on Sunday, said that the Israeli army issued administrative orders against some 10 settlers living in West Bank settlements, and throughout Israel, over the past several days, as part of its "crackdown on Jewish extremism”.
Haaretz said, according to the PNN, that the orders range in severity from prohibitions against contacting specified individuals to being forced to leave the West Bank. They were issued upon the recommendation of the Shin Bet security service (Shabak) and signed by the chiefs of Israeli military.
On Saturday night, a juvenile male from Ma’aleh Adumim, in the occupied West Bank, and a man from the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Hasharon were ordered to stay out of Jerusalem and the West Bank and to remain at home at night, under house arrest, the newspaper added.
In addition, two teenage students from the Bat Ayin and one from Alon Shvut West Bank settlements were ordered to leave the West Bank and to observe nighttime house arrest for six months. One of the teens was also barred from entering Jerusalem.
Israel claims to conduct a "crackdown on Jewish extremism” since the Douma attack on July 31, in which 18-month-old toddler Ali Dawabsha and his father were burned to death, where the rest of the family (mother and brother) lie in critical condition in a hospital.
In response, Itamar Ben Gvir, a lawyer who represents two of the detainees, said that “the defense minister is behaving like a bull in a china shop. By his actions he is conveying a message to young people that there is no democracy, and is encouraging them to break the law, since there are no indictments and no due process,” Haaretz reported.
Following the attack, the Israeli police announced they were unable to identify the Douma arson attacker, and asked for help to find leads to the suspect.
Israeli forces detained an unknown number of suspects, but these were released without providing any details.
Haaretz Israeli newspaper, on Sunday, said that the Israeli army issued administrative orders against some 10 settlers living in West Bank settlements, and throughout Israel, over the past several days, as part of its "crackdown on Jewish extremism”.
Haaretz said, according to the PNN, that the orders range in severity from prohibitions against contacting specified individuals to being forced to leave the West Bank. They were issued upon the recommendation of the Shin Bet security service (Shabak) and signed by the chiefs of Israeli military.
On Saturday night, a juvenile male from Ma’aleh Adumim, in the occupied West Bank, and a man from the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Hasharon were ordered to stay out of Jerusalem and the West Bank and to remain at home at night, under house arrest, the newspaper added.
In addition, two teenage students from the Bat Ayin and one from Alon Shvut West Bank settlements were ordered to leave the West Bank and to observe nighttime house arrest for six months. One of the teens was also barred from entering Jerusalem.
Israel claims to conduct a "crackdown on Jewish extremism” since the Douma attack on July 31, in which 18-month-old toddler Ali Dawabsha and his father were burned to death, where the rest of the family (mother and brother) lie in critical condition in a hospital.
In response, Itamar Ben Gvir, a lawyer who represents two of the detainees, said that “the defense minister is behaving like a bull in a china shop. By his actions he is conveying a message to young people that there is no democracy, and is encouraging them to break the law, since there are no indictments and no due process,” Haaretz reported.
Following the attack, the Israeli police announced they were unable to identify the Douma arson attacker, and asked for help to find leads to the suspect.
Israeli forces detained an unknown number of suspects, but these were released without providing any details.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) prevented Monday morning Palestinian women from entering into al-Aqsa Mosque after closing most of its gates.
The IOF soldiers intensified, since the morning hours, their presence at the entrances to the holy shrine and erected a number of military checkpoints. Only three gates of the Mosque were left open, while the rest were shut down.
Jerusalemite media sources affirmed that IOF confiscated the worshipers’ identity cards before their access to the Mosque.
A girl was brutally attacked at Silsila gate, while another woman was detained at Hitta gate, the sources added.
The sources pointed out that Palestinian women staged a sit-in at Silsila gate protesting against Israeli court orders preventing their access to al-Aqsa Mosque for different periods of time.
Meanwhile, a group of Israeli settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police forces in total provocation to Palestinian worshipers.
The IOF soldiers intensified, since the morning hours, their presence at the entrances to the holy shrine and erected a number of military checkpoints. Only three gates of the Mosque were left open, while the rest were shut down.
Jerusalemite media sources affirmed that IOF confiscated the worshipers’ identity cards before their access to the Mosque.
A girl was brutally attacked at Silsila gate, while another woman was detained at Hitta gate, the sources added.
The sources pointed out that Palestinian women staged a sit-in at Silsila gate protesting against Israeli court orders preventing their access to al-Aqsa Mosque for different periods of time.
Meanwhile, a group of Israeli settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police forces in total provocation to Palestinian worshipers.
Palestinian natives of Duma woke up on the screams of a family after their home was set on fire by suspected Israeli arsonists at the crack of Monday’s dawn.
A PIC journalist quoted local sources as reporting that unidentified arsonists threw flammable materials on the home of Mnawar Rashid Dawabsheh. One room was totally destroyed by fire while the rest of the house and furniture sustained remarkable material damage.
Civil crews, who rushed to the scene, managed to put out the fire and save the family.
One of the children, who were indoors, choked on the toxic flames and smokes engulfing the house from all directions and was rushed to hospital for urgent treatment.
Palestinian policemen showed up at the scene and started a probe into the arson attack.
On-the-spot observers pointed out the striking similarity between the fire attack and the way the recent Duma arson attack, which killed 18-month-old toddler Ali and his father Saa’d, was carried out, validating suspicions that Israeli vandals are responsible for the crime.
A PIC journalist quoted local sources as reporting that unidentified arsonists threw flammable materials on the home of Mnawar Rashid Dawabsheh. One room was totally destroyed by fire while the rest of the house and furniture sustained remarkable material damage.
Civil crews, who rushed to the scene, managed to put out the fire and save the family.
One of the children, who were indoors, choked on the toxic flames and smokes engulfing the house from all directions and was rushed to hospital for urgent treatment.
Palestinian policemen showed up at the scene and started a probe into the arson attack.
On-the-spot observers pointed out the striking similarity between the fire attack and the way the recent Duma arson attack, which killed 18-month-old toddler Ali and his father Saa’d, was carried out, validating suspicions that Israeli vandals are responsible for the crime.
Jerusalem pride parade killer charged with premeditated murder, and six counts of attempted murder and aggravated assault, for plot police failed to foil.
Jerusalem Pride Parade attacker Yishai Shlissel was charged with the murder of Shira Banki at the Jerusalem District Court on Monday, in an indictment that provided more information on the police's failure to stop the attack.
Shlissel was charged with premeditated murder, as well as six counts of attempted murder, and aggravated assault. A surprising revelation in the indictment revealed that Shlissel was prevented from entering the parade at one of its points. "The pride parade must be stopped in order for the soul of Shira Banki to ascend to heaven," Shlissel said at the hearing on Monday morning. "If you care for her well being… you must stop cursing against God.
The parade marchers are bringing great harm upon the nation of Israel." According to the indictment, Shlissel rallied against the pride parade and its "illegal" nature in a number of forums, including religious media and fliers in Haredi neighborhoods immediately following his release from prison, and in the buildup to the July parade.
Shlissel left his parents' house in Yad Binyamin and headed to Jerusalem on the day of the parade around noon, after he had made the decision to murder parade participants. He specifically sought and purchased a kitchen knife with a wide blade, measuring 15 cm in length. He attempted to enter the parade's area through the Lincoln Street entrance; however, two female officers stopped him and asked him to leave the area. He began walking away from the entrance and turned on to nearby Washington Street.
He hid the knife in his clothing, and at approximately 6:39 pm, he entered the marchers' area near a convenience store. On his way in, Shlissel avoided a pair of police officers, and immediately began stabbing every marcher that stood in his path.
Shira Banki was the third marcher to fall victim to Shlissel's blade, after which he managed to stab two more marchers before being forced to the ground by a police officer. District judge Ram Vinograd refused to continue hearing a request for remand until Shlissel is issued a public defender, after Shlissel refused council during previous proceedings.
The state's case for remand will be heard on Tuesday. Sagea Ofir from the Jerusalem prosecutor's office said, "The suspect chose - with determination based in hate - to finish a crime he began a decade ago. The indictment is just one episode in the battle for freedom of expression and life for everyone within Israeli society."
Shlissel finished serving a 10 year sentence for a 2005 parade stabbing attack only several weeks before the parade. He refused council on the basis of non recognition of the state's institutions, and as such a refusal to cooperate with them.
Gay Pride Stabbing Suspect Charged with Murder
Israel, on Monday, charged an ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israeli man with murder for stabbing a 16-year-old girl to death and wounding five others at a Gay Pride parade, as he lashed out at homosexuality in court.
Yishai Shlissel, who was released from prison only three weeks before the stabbing for a similar attack, mentioned the name of the 16-year-old girl killed during his appearance at the court that charged him, Ynet reported according to AFP.
"The pride parade must be stopped in order for the soul of Shira Banki to ascend to heaven," Shlissel, 39 and with a long beard, told the court in Jerusalem.
"If you care for her well-being... you must stop cursing against God. The parade marchers are bringing great harm upon the nation of Israel."
Besides the murder accusation, Shlissel was also charged with aggravated assault and six counts of attempted murder over the attack on the march last month in Jerusalem, the justice ministry said. Shlissel has so far refused the help of a lawyer and said he does not accept the court's authority, but a psychiatric exam has found him fit to stand trial.
Three weeks before the July 30 stabbing, Shlissel was released from prison after serving a 10-year sentence for a similar attack that left three people wounded.
He had also posted a letter on the Internet speaking of the "abomination" of a Gay Pride parade being held in the Holy City and the need to stop it, even at the cost of one's life.
The attack has led to criticism of the Israeli security forces, with many questioning how Shlissel was allowed anywhere near the parade. The attack occurred in Jerusalem's city center as hundreds were participating in the march.
An unrelated attack, hours later on July 31, that saw a Palestinian home in the West Bank firebombed by Israeli settlers, killing an 18-month-old child and his father, focused further attention on Jewish extremism.
The family's small brick and cement home in the village of Douma was gutted by fire, while a Jewish Star of David was spray-painted on a wall along with the words "revenge" and "long live the Messiah."
Shlissel's charge comes as many have accused the Israeli government of failing to address the problem of Jewish extremism and of going dangerously far in its support for right-wing settler groups.
No charges have been made against potential perpetrators of the attack against the Palestinian Dawabsha family carried out on the same day as Shlissel's crime, and several suspects have been released.
Jerusalem Pride Parade attacker Yishai Shlissel was charged with the murder of Shira Banki at the Jerusalem District Court on Monday, in an indictment that provided more information on the police's failure to stop the attack.
Shlissel was charged with premeditated murder, as well as six counts of attempted murder, and aggravated assault. A surprising revelation in the indictment revealed that Shlissel was prevented from entering the parade at one of its points. "The pride parade must be stopped in order for the soul of Shira Banki to ascend to heaven," Shlissel said at the hearing on Monday morning. "If you care for her well being… you must stop cursing against God.
The parade marchers are bringing great harm upon the nation of Israel." According to the indictment, Shlissel rallied against the pride parade and its "illegal" nature in a number of forums, including religious media and fliers in Haredi neighborhoods immediately following his release from prison, and in the buildup to the July parade.
Shlissel left his parents' house in Yad Binyamin and headed to Jerusalem on the day of the parade around noon, after he had made the decision to murder parade participants. He specifically sought and purchased a kitchen knife with a wide blade, measuring 15 cm in length. He attempted to enter the parade's area through the Lincoln Street entrance; however, two female officers stopped him and asked him to leave the area. He began walking away from the entrance and turned on to nearby Washington Street.
He hid the knife in his clothing, and at approximately 6:39 pm, he entered the marchers' area near a convenience store. On his way in, Shlissel avoided a pair of police officers, and immediately began stabbing every marcher that stood in his path.
Shira Banki was the third marcher to fall victim to Shlissel's blade, after which he managed to stab two more marchers before being forced to the ground by a police officer. District judge Ram Vinograd refused to continue hearing a request for remand until Shlissel is issued a public defender, after Shlissel refused council during previous proceedings.
The state's case for remand will be heard on Tuesday. Sagea Ofir from the Jerusalem prosecutor's office said, "The suspect chose - with determination based in hate - to finish a crime he began a decade ago. The indictment is just one episode in the battle for freedom of expression and life for everyone within Israeli society."
Shlissel finished serving a 10 year sentence for a 2005 parade stabbing attack only several weeks before the parade. He refused council on the basis of non recognition of the state's institutions, and as such a refusal to cooperate with them.
Gay Pride Stabbing Suspect Charged with Murder
Israel, on Monday, charged an ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israeli man with murder for stabbing a 16-year-old girl to death and wounding five others at a Gay Pride parade, as he lashed out at homosexuality in court.
Yishai Shlissel, who was released from prison only three weeks before the stabbing for a similar attack, mentioned the name of the 16-year-old girl killed during his appearance at the court that charged him, Ynet reported according to AFP.
"The pride parade must be stopped in order for the soul of Shira Banki to ascend to heaven," Shlissel, 39 and with a long beard, told the court in Jerusalem.
"If you care for her well-being... you must stop cursing against God. The parade marchers are bringing great harm upon the nation of Israel."
Besides the murder accusation, Shlissel was also charged with aggravated assault and six counts of attempted murder over the attack on the march last month in Jerusalem, the justice ministry said. Shlissel has so far refused the help of a lawyer and said he does not accept the court's authority, but a psychiatric exam has found him fit to stand trial.
Three weeks before the July 30 stabbing, Shlissel was released from prison after serving a 10-year sentence for a similar attack that left three people wounded.
He had also posted a letter on the Internet speaking of the "abomination" of a Gay Pride parade being held in the Holy City and the need to stop it, even at the cost of one's life.
The attack has led to criticism of the Israeli security forces, with many questioning how Shlissel was allowed anywhere near the parade. The attack occurred in Jerusalem's city center as hundreds were participating in the march.
An unrelated attack, hours later on July 31, that saw a Palestinian home in the West Bank firebombed by Israeli settlers, killing an 18-month-old child and his father, focused further attention on Jewish extremism.
The family's small brick and cement home in the village of Douma was gutted by fire, while a Jewish Star of David was spray-painted on a wall along with the words "revenge" and "long live the Messiah."
Shlissel's charge comes as many have accused the Israeli government of failing to address the problem of Jewish extremism and of going dangerously far in its support for right-wing settler groups.
No charges have been made against potential perpetrators of the attack against the Palestinian Dawabsha family carried out on the same day as Shlissel's crime, and several suspects have been released.
23 aug 2015
Two Palestinian citizens sustained wounds overnight Saturday and at dawn Sunday after they were aggressively attacked by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and settlers, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Eye-witnesses said a group of Israeli settlers violently assaulted the 28-year-old Mahmoud Jawhar near the Zaatara checkpoint, in southern Nablus.
The casualty was transferred to a hospital in Nablus so as to be treated for the inflicted wounds and bruises.
Meanwhile, 24-year-old Hani Dhmeidi, from Nablus’s southern town of Hawara, was heavily beaten by the Israeli occupation soldiers and transferred to a local hospital shortly afterwards.
Eye-witnesses said a group of Israeli settlers violently assaulted the 28-year-old Mahmoud Jawhar near the Zaatara checkpoint, in southern Nablus.
The casualty was transferred to a hospital in Nablus so as to be treated for the inflicted wounds and bruises.
Meanwhile, 24-year-old Hani Dhmeidi, from Nablus’s southern town of Hawara, was heavily beaten by the Israeli occupation soldiers and transferred to a local hospital shortly afterwards.
Orders exclude the extremists from West Bank outposts from which Shin Bet claims the activists carried out attacks; attorney Ben-Gvir states: 'there are no indictments and no due process by which they can receive answers and defend themselves'.
Restraining orders were filed on Saturday night and Sunday morning against ten far-right activists, banning them from the West Bank for ten months.
In an unusual statement published Sunday, the Shin Bet said that "in light of several terrorist attacks committed recently, in which there was even loss of life, restraining orders were issued against ten activists at the recommendation of the Shin Bet ."
In the notification the Shin Bet claimed the purpose of the orders was to keep the right-wing activists away from illegal outposts "such as Habaladim, near the West Bank settlement of Kochav HaShachar, from which they set out to carry out attacks."
The statement also said that "in the spirit of the directive of the state's security cabinet, as part of a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism, in order to smash the terrorist infrastructure which carried out these attacks and to prevent additional activity that could endanger security, these orders contain various restrictions, including demarcation of where they can reside, a nighttime curfew, and exclusion from the West Bank."
Since the murders of two members of the Dawabsheh family in the Palestinian village of Duma, administrative orders have become the most important tool in the fight against right-wing activists.
The orders distributed Saturday night were issued to far-right extremists who live in outposts associated with the "hilltop youth" of the West Bank. Among the recipients of the orders were two minors from the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in Yitzhar, three youths living near Shilo, and the father of a child from the outpost of Geulat Tziyon.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the attorney of two of the recipients, said: "Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon is behaving like a bull in a china shop. His actions send the message to young people that there is no democracy, and encourages them to break the law, as there are no indictments and no due process by which they can receive answers and defend themselves."
The association Honenu, which represents several right-wing activists, also protested the issuance of the orders. "The system is facing unprecedented pressure and is utilizing illegal means against the settlers engaged in the settlement of the country," the organization stated. "We are witnessing a dramatic rise in the severity and amount of administrative orders being issued, which severely violate the rights of recipients of such orders."
After the issuance of administrative detention orders to right-wing activists Meir Ettinger (grandson of Rabbi Meir Kahane), Evyatar Slonim, and Mordechai Meir, security forces Saturday began to issue the administrative restraining orders to ten other activists. The use of administrative restraining orders has been made before, but in the West Bank no one can recall such an extensive use of them in such a short span of time.
Restraining orders were filed on Saturday night and Sunday morning against ten far-right activists, banning them from the West Bank for ten months.
In an unusual statement published Sunday, the Shin Bet said that "in light of several terrorist attacks committed recently, in which there was even loss of life, restraining orders were issued against ten activists at the recommendation of the Shin Bet ."
In the notification the Shin Bet claimed the purpose of the orders was to keep the right-wing activists away from illegal outposts "such as Habaladim, near the West Bank settlement of Kochav HaShachar, from which they set out to carry out attacks."
The statement also said that "in the spirit of the directive of the state's security cabinet, as part of a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism, in order to smash the terrorist infrastructure which carried out these attacks and to prevent additional activity that could endanger security, these orders contain various restrictions, including demarcation of where they can reside, a nighttime curfew, and exclusion from the West Bank."
Since the murders of two members of the Dawabsheh family in the Palestinian village of Duma, administrative orders have become the most important tool in the fight against right-wing activists.
The orders distributed Saturday night were issued to far-right extremists who live in outposts associated with the "hilltop youth" of the West Bank. Among the recipients of the orders were two minors from the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in Yitzhar, three youths living near Shilo, and the father of a child from the outpost of Geulat Tziyon.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the attorney of two of the recipients, said: "Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon is behaving like a bull in a china shop. His actions send the message to young people that there is no democracy, and encourages them to break the law, as there are no indictments and no due process by which they can receive answers and defend themselves."
The association Honenu, which represents several right-wing activists, also protested the issuance of the orders. "The system is facing unprecedented pressure and is utilizing illegal means against the settlers engaged in the settlement of the country," the organization stated. "We are witnessing a dramatic rise in the severity and amount of administrative orders being issued, which severely violate the rights of recipients of such orders."
After the issuance of administrative detention orders to right-wing activists Meir Ettinger (grandson of Rabbi Meir Kahane), Evyatar Slonim, and Mordechai Meir, security forces Saturday began to issue the administrative restraining orders to ten other activists. The use of administrative restraining orders has been made before, but in the West Bank no one can recall such an extensive use of them in such a short span of time.
Israeli forces barred 15 Palestinian women from entering the Aqsa Mosque as groups of Jewish settlers stormed the holy Islamic site under the protection of Israeli police on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Israeli policemen confiscated IDs of worshipers at the various gates of the holy site and arrested a girl at al-Silsilah gate.
A Jerusalemite woman called Hanadi al-Halawani revealed that she tried to enter the Mosque from all of the gates, but policemen barred her claiming it was by an order of the Israeli security officer at the Aqsa Mosque.
She said the policemen threatened to arrest her in case she exceeded the military barriers at the gates.
A group of about 30 Jewish settlers broke into the holy al-Aqsa Mosque under tightened security measures of Israeli forces on Sunday morning. They were confronted by worshipers.
Israeli forces summoned Special Forces to chase Jerusalemite women at al-Rahmah gate. Tension, accordingly, ran high in the vicinity of the Mosque amid a state of high alert prevailing.
For his part, MP Ahmad Attoun called for intensifying the Palestinian presence at the Aqsa Mosque, saying the battle now is a battle of existence.
The deputy on Hamas in Occupied Jerusalem Attoun said, in a statement, all Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are asked to support the steadfastness of the Jerusalemite people by all means. He stressed the need for activating resistance against the Israeli forces.
He said two days ago marked the memorial of the Israeli crime of burning the Aqsa Mosque committed in 1969 at the hand of the Jewish fanatic Michael Dennis.
Attoun underlined that Jerusalem is being burned and Judaized every day at the hands of Jewish settlers with the support and protection of the Israeli government as well as the police. He urged the Palestinians to intensify their presence at the Aqsa Mosque and to defend Occupied Jerusalem in face of such repeated violations.
Meanwhile, Israeli policemen confiscated IDs of worshipers at the various gates of the holy site and arrested a girl at al-Silsilah gate.
A Jerusalemite woman called Hanadi al-Halawani revealed that she tried to enter the Mosque from all of the gates, but policemen barred her claiming it was by an order of the Israeli security officer at the Aqsa Mosque.
She said the policemen threatened to arrest her in case she exceeded the military barriers at the gates.
A group of about 30 Jewish settlers broke into the holy al-Aqsa Mosque under tightened security measures of Israeli forces on Sunday morning. They were confronted by worshipers.
Israeli forces summoned Special Forces to chase Jerusalemite women at al-Rahmah gate. Tension, accordingly, ran high in the vicinity of the Mosque amid a state of high alert prevailing.
For his part, MP Ahmad Attoun called for intensifying the Palestinian presence at the Aqsa Mosque, saying the battle now is a battle of existence.
The deputy on Hamas in Occupied Jerusalem Attoun said, in a statement, all Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are asked to support the steadfastness of the Jerusalemite people by all means. He stressed the need for activating resistance against the Israeli forces.
He said two days ago marked the memorial of the Israeli crime of burning the Aqsa Mosque committed in 1969 at the hand of the Jewish fanatic Michael Dennis.
Attoun underlined that Jerusalem is being burned and Judaized every day at the hands of Jewish settlers with the support and protection of the Israeli government as well as the police. He urged the Palestinians to intensify their presence at the Aqsa Mosque and to defend Occupied Jerusalem in face of such repeated violations.
22 aug 2015
Israeli settlers, on Saturday, attacked citizens of Qasra village, to the south of Nablus, where dozens of Palestinians were either injured or suffocated by teargas.
Settlers were accompanied by Israeli soldiers as they assaulted the villagers, PNN reports.
For their part, Israeli forces fired bullets, stun grenades and teargas toward the citizens.
Sources in the village said that citizens and popular committee guards confronted the settlers and prevented an attack on one of the shepherds and his sheep.
On a related note, one participant was injured and photographer was assaulted and banned from filming, during weekly protest against the Israeli occupation in Bil’in village, near Ramallah.
Iyad Bornat was injured as he was hit by two gas canisters in his back.
In addition, Rani Bornat, a photographer from the popular struggle committee, was also assaulted by Israeli soldiers who prevented him from filming the protest in its entirety.
Dozens of demonstrators suffered from tear gas inhalation after the Israeli soldiers showered them with hundreds of tear gas canisters.
The march was launched following Friday prayers, from the center of the village, in the direction of the apartheid wall.
Alongside the villagers of Bil’in, dozens of foreign activists from different countries participated in the march.
The participants raised Palestinian flags and chanted slogans calling for the end of the occupation, the liberation of Palestine and Palestinian prisoners.
Violent clashes in Nablus
Violent clashes broke out in Qasra town in Nablus as the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed the town Saturday morning.
Head of the village council Abdel Azim Wadi told a PIC reporter that the clashes broke out after a group of settlers attacked a Palestinian shepherd and took away his sheep in the southern part of the town.
Local mosques launched an emergency appeal to confront the settlers’ attack, forcing them to leave.
IOF soldiers rushed to the area and clashed with local youths, injuring some of them.
Settlers were accompanied by Israeli soldiers as they assaulted the villagers, PNN reports.
For their part, Israeli forces fired bullets, stun grenades and teargas toward the citizens.
Sources in the village said that citizens and popular committee guards confronted the settlers and prevented an attack on one of the shepherds and his sheep.
On a related note, one participant was injured and photographer was assaulted and banned from filming, during weekly protest against the Israeli occupation in Bil’in village, near Ramallah.
Iyad Bornat was injured as he was hit by two gas canisters in his back.
In addition, Rani Bornat, a photographer from the popular struggle committee, was also assaulted by Israeli soldiers who prevented him from filming the protest in its entirety.
Dozens of demonstrators suffered from tear gas inhalation after the Israeli soldiers showered them with hundreds of tear gas canisters.
The march was launched following Friday prayers, from the center of the village, in the direction of the apartheid wall.
Alongside the villagers of Bil’in, dozens of foreign activists from different countries participated in the march.
The participants raised Palestinian flags and chanted slogans calling for the end of the occupation, the liberation of Palestine and Palestinian prisoners.
Violent clashes in Nablus
Violent clashes broke out in Qasra town in Nablus as the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed the town Saturday morning.
Head of the village council Abdel Azim Wadi told a PIC reporter that the clashes broke out after a group of settlers attacked a Palestinian shepherd and took away his sheep in the southern part of the town.
Local mosques launched an emergency appeal to confront the settlers’ attack, forcing them to leave.
IOF soldiers rushed to the area and clashed with local youths, injuring some of them.
A group of Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian-owned agricultural land in Burin town, south of Nablus, on Friday.
Local activist Bilal Eid affirmed that a group of settlers, from the nearby Yitzhar settlement built on Palestinian lands south of the city, set fire to agricultural lands in three different areas in the town.
Eid told Quds Press that 30 olive trees were burned during the attack in addition to a number of almond trees.
Palestinian Civil Defense crews managed to control the fire before it spreading to other areas, he added.
Yitzhar settlers are used to carrying out attacks against Palestinian villages and property in the surrounding areas under Israeli military protection.
Local activist Bilal Eid affirmed that a group of settlers, from the nearby Yitzhar settlement built on Palestinian lands south of the city, set fire to agricultural lands in three different areas in the town.
Eid told Quds Press that 30 olive trees were burned during the attack in addition to a number of almond trees.
Palestinian Civil Defense crews managed to control the fire before it spreading to other areas, he added.
Yitzhar settlers are used to carrying out attacks against Palestinian villages and property in the surrounding areas under Israeli military protection.
21 aug 2015
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A group of twenty-five extreme Jewish zionists from France attacked three international activists in front of the shops near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, H2 area, this afternoon.
When the activists encountered the group of extremists, the extremist started to clap their hands and sing songs while they approached the activists. The activists pulled out their cameras to record what was happening and the extremists responded by threatening the activists in Hebrew, attacking the cameras, pushing and spitting on the activists. One camera was broken by the extremists as they slapped the camera out of the hands and onto the street after which they trapped on it. The military occupation forces did not much to prevent the violence. Instead of holding the extremists accountable for their actions, the army encouraged them to walk away and formed a line to prevent the activists from walking the direction they had intended to and were directed to go another way. A little later the same group of extremists reached the house in which other international activists are living. They tried to climb up onto the stairs leading to the front door of the house and enter the building. They did not succeed and walked in the direction of the illegal Tel Rumeida settlement next to the house of the activists. They returned to the house after another half hour and verbally threatened the activists to come outside the house and fight with the extremists on the street. They chanted about Israel and sang songs in Hebrew. The group of extremist zionists then left the house and returned to the area in front of the Ibrahimi Mosque. |
There they attacked Palestinians and vandalised one of the shops. The tables in front of the shop were smashed on the ground and ceramic products were thrown into pieces on the street. Subsequently two local Palestinians, while being beaten up by the extremists, were arrested. At least one from the extremist zionists was detained by the Israeli police.
The attempt of the extremists to intimidate the international activists at their house was recorded.
While marching around H2 area and attacking Palestinians and international activists, the extremists proudly held the infamous yellow flag with a fist from the Kahane political group together with the Israeli national flag. Kahane is a far-right political group which was barred from the Knesset in 1994.
Today it is considered to be a terrorist organisation by Israel, Canada, the EU and the United States. The paramilitary wing of Kahane is the ultranationalist Jewish Defense League. In the illegal Tel Rumeida settlement next to the house of the international activists is home to a former member from Kahane and a leading figure of the Jewish Defense League, Baruch Marzel.
The Kahane group is officially considered to be a terrorist organisation under Israeli law. However, this did not prevent the soldiers to be friendly with the extremists when the group was intimidating the activists and attempted to enter the house of the activists. Instead, the extremists and soldiers patted each other warmly on the back and exchanged firm handshakes.
The attempt of the extremists to intimidate the international activists at their house was recorded.
While marching around H2 area and attacking Palestinians and international activists, the extremists proudly held the infamous yellow flag with a fist from the Kahane political group together with the Israeli national flag. Kahane is a far-right political group which was barred from the Knesset in 1994.
Today it is considered to be a terrorist organisation by Israel, Canada, the EU and the United States. The paramilitary wing of Kahane is the ultranationalist Jewish Defense League. In the illegal Tel Rumeida settlement next to the house of the international activists is home to a former member from Kahane and a leading figure of the Jewish Defense League, Baruch Marzel.
The Kahane group is officially considered to be a terrorist organisation under Israeli law. However, this did not prevent the soldiers to be friendly with the extremists when the group was intimidating the activists and attempted to enter the house of the activists. Instead, the extremists and soldiers patted each other warmly on the back and exchanged firm handshakes.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) carried out Friday a large-scale raid campaign throughout the West Bank. Seven arrests were reported during the raid.
Israeli media sources claimed that seven Palestinians wanted for interrogation were arrested Friday; six of them were allegedly involved in attacks against Israeli soldiers and settlers.
The arrests were mainly carried out in Nablus, Ramallah, al-Khalil, and occupied Jerusalem, the sources added.
Along the same line, IOF soldiers, with police dogs, violently stormed a Palestinian home in Beit Ummar town south of al-Khalil under the pretext of looking for weapons, leaving a complete mess behind.
The local activist Mohamed Awad said that dozens of Israeli soldiers broke into the home after blowing up its main gate.
All the family members were held in one single room, as the soldiers ruined the furniture under the pretext of looking for weapons, he added.
No weapons were found in the house, while a number of local residents suffered tear gas inhalation as IOF soldiers fired heavy tear gas bombs to protect their withdrawal.
Earlier Thursday, a group of Israeli settlers attacked and brutally beat two Palestinian children in the Old City of al-Khalil.
Israeli media sources claimed that seven Palestinians wanted for interrogation were arrested Friday; six of them were allegedly involved in attacks against Israeli soldiers and settlers.
The arrests were mainly carried out in Nablus, Ramallah, al-Khalil, and occupied Jerusalem, the sources added.
Along the same line, IOF soldiers, with police dogs, violently stormed a Palestinian home in Beit Ummar town south of al-Khalil under the pretext of looking for weapons, leaving a complete mess behind.
The local activist Mohamed Awad said that dozens of Israeli soldiers broke into the home after blowing up its main gate.
All the family members were held in one single room, as the soldiers ruined the furniture under the pretext of looking for weapons, he added.
No weapons were found in the house, while a number of local residents suffered tear gas inhalation as IOF soldiers fired heavy tear gas bombs to protect their withdrawal.
Earlier Thursday, a group of Israeli settlers attacked and brutally beat two Palestinian children in the Old City of al-Khalil.
20 aug 2015
A state of tension overwhelmed Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning after Israeli settlers, escorted by army officers, broke into the holy site and cracked down on the peaceful Muslim worshipers.
A PIC news reporter said Israeli vandals pushed their way through the non-violent Muslim congregation under armed escort.
The Israeli officers came down heavily on the Muslim worshipers who kept chanting “Allah the Greatest” in protest at the sacrilegious break-in.
“Our al-Aqsa shall never turn into a bargaining chip. It is worth our blood and souls,” the Muslim sit-inners said jointly.
The Muslim worshipers reportedly stood on their guard to the attempts of the Israeli settlers to desecrate the Dome of the Rock.
The Israeli occupation soldiers further kidnapped the female Muslim sit-inner Khadija Khweis at the Silsila Gate and dragged her to the Qishleh investigation center, hours after the Israeli occupation authorities ruled that she be banned from al-Aqsa for 60 days.
A PIC news reporter said Israeli vandals pushed their way through the non-violent Muslim congregation under armed escort.
The Israeli officers came down heavily on the Muslim worshipers who kept chanting “Allah the Greatest” in protest at the sacrilegious break-in.
“Our al-Aqsa shall never turn into a bargaining chip. It is worth our blood and souls,” the Muslim sit-inners said jointly.
The Muslim worshipers reportedly stood on their guard to the attempts of the Israeli settlers to desecrate the Dome of the Rock.
The Israeli occupation soldiers further kidnapped the female Muslim sit-inner Khadija Khweis at the Silsila Gate and dragged her to the Qishleh investigation center, hours after the Israeli occupation authorities ruled that she be banned from al-Aqsa for 60 days.
A round of violent clashes broke out at dawn Thursday after a horde of Israeli settlers broke into Joseph’s Tomb in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Eye-witnesses said dozens of Israeli army patrols stormed Nablus city at predawn time and cordoned off Joseph’s Tomb area.
Dozens of buses carried hundreds of Israeli settlers to Joseph's Tomb under armed escort by military vehicles and soldiers.
Clashes flared up in the area as the Palestinian young protesters voiced their firm rebuff of the assault.
The Israeli troops attacked the unarmed Palestinian youths with randomly-shot spates of stun grenades and tear gas canisters.
Eye-witnesses said dozens of Israeli army patrols stormed Nablus city at predawn time and cordoned off Joseph’s Tomb area.
Dozens of buses carried hundreds of Israeli settlers to Joseph's Tomb under armed escort by military vehicles and soldiers.
Clashes flared up in the area as the Palestinian young protesters voiced their firm rebuff of the assault.
The Israeli troops attacked the unarmed Palestinian youths with randomly-shot spates of stun grenades and tear gas canisters.