8 aug 2017
Fanatic Jewish settlers on Tuesday afternoon torched hundreds of dunums of Palestinian agricultural lands in Aqraba town south of Nablus city.
Yousef Deiriyeh, member of the anti-settlement committee in the town, told Quds Press that extremist settlers of Itamar settlement arrived in groups and set fire to lands planted with citrus trees in Ain al-Douweh and Ain al-Jehir areas to the east of the town.
Palestinian firefighting teams could not approach the affected areas as Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) were deployed in the site along with the attacking settlers.
Jewish settlers every now and then carry out similar attacks against the town and its inhabitants under the protection of IOF soldiers.
Yousef Deiriyeh, member of the anti-settlement committee in the town, told Quds Press that extremist settlers of Itamar settlement arrived in groups and set fire to lands planted with citrus trees in Ain al-Douweh and Ain al-Jehir areas to the east of the town.
Palestinian firefighting teams could not approach the affected areas as Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) were deployed in the site along with the attacking settlers.
Jewish settlers every now and then carry out similar attacks against the town and its inhabitants under the protection of IOF soldiers.
7 aug 2017
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa mosque from Al-Magharba gate, under the protection of the Israeli occupation police, on Sunday morning.
Police opened Al-Magharba gate at 7:30 a.m. and deployed its units in the mosque compound and gates, in protecting the Israeli settlers.
According to an eyewitness who worked in the Awqaf department, around 115 extremist Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa mosque in the morning and organized provocative tours in its compound, under police protection.
Israeli police are continuing their procedures on Al-Aqsa’s gates and retaining Palestinian worshippers’ IDs, especially young men and women.
In the early morning, dozens of Palestinian worshipers, from Jerusalem and the occupied territories, came to the mosque to recite Quran. They confronted the setters with chanting.
Israeli settlers and forces, except on Friday and Saturday,violate the sanctity of Al-Aqsa mosque in an attempt to control the area.
Recently, Israeli settler attacks increased against Al-Aqsa. In July alone, more than 3,213 settlers stormed the mosque, calling for mass attacks in order to commemorate the anniversary of the so-called “Ruin of the Temple.”
Al Ray further reports that, on Monday, hundreds of Israeli settlers also broke into Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus, northern West Bank, under protection of Israeli police.
According to 0404 Israeli website, the settlers came to perform Talmudic rituals.
According to an eyewitness, bulldozers raided the eastern area of the city and deployed in the streets around the tomb, especially Amman Street, in order to protect the settlers.
Dozens of buses reached the place with hundreds of settlers, protected by the Israeli patrols who came from Beit Forek checkpoint, in eastern Nablus.
Jews allege that Joseph Tomb is a sacred place for them, because it contains the Prophet Joseph’s bones; however, archaeologists affirm that the tomb existed just a few centuries ago, as they expect that the tomb is for Sheikh Yousef Al-Dweikat.
Police opened Al-Magharba gate at 7:30 a.m. and deployed its units in the mosque compound and gates, in protecting the Israeli settlers.
According to an eyewitness who worked in the Awqaf department, around 115 extremist Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa mosque in the morning and organized provocative tours in its compound, under police protection.
Israeli police are continuing their procedures on Al-Aqsa’s gates and retaining Palestinian worshippers’ IDs, especially young men and women.
In the early morning, dozens of Palestinian worshipers, from Jerusalem and the occupied territories, came to the mosque to recite Quran. They confronted the setters with chanting.
Israeli settlers and forces, except on Friday and Saturday,violate the sanctity of Al-Aqsa mosque in an attempt to control the area.
Recently, Israeli settler attacks increased against Al-Aqsa. In July alone, more than 3,213 settlers stormed the mosque, calling for mass attacks in order to commemorate the anniversary of the so-called “Ruin of the Temple.”
Al Ray further reports that, on Monday, hundreds of Israeli settlers also broke into Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus, northern West Bank, under protection of Israeli police.
According to 0404 Israeli website, the settlers came to perform Talmudic rituals.
According to an eyewitness, bulldozers raided the eastern area of the city and deployed in the streets around the tomb, especially Amman Street, in order to protect the settlers.
Dozens of buses reached the place with hundreds of settlers, protected by the Israeli patrols who came from Beit Forek checkpoint, in eastern Nablus.
Jews allege that Joseph Tomb is a sacred place for them, because it contains the Prophet Joseph’s bones; however, archaeologists affirm that the tomb existed just a few centuries ago, as they expect that the tomb is for Sheikh Yousef Al-Dweikat.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Monday at dawn, two young Palestinian men Nablus, and abducted two others in Salfit.
Media sources in Nablus said clashes took place after dozens of soldiers, accompanied Israeli settlers’ buses and cars, invaded the eastern area of the city, heading to towards Joseph’s Tomb area.
The added that the soldiers fired many gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding two Palestinians, identified as Amin Mohammad Beitar, 26, and Nidal Jabr Abu Keshek, 24, with rubber-coated steel bullets in the lower back, and chest.
Medics provided the wounded Palestinians with the needed medical attention, and moved them to Rafidia hospital.
In Salfit governorate, in northeastern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Kifl Hares, north of Salfit city, searched several homes and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Nour Abdul-Aziz al-As’ad and Mohammad Abdullah Mousa.
Media sources in Nablus said clashes took place after dozens of soldiers, accompanied Israeli settlers’ buses and cars, invaded the eastern area of the city, heading to towards Joseph’s Tomb area.
The added that the soldiers fired many gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding two Palestinians, identified as Amin Mohammad Beitar, 26, and Nidal Jabr Abu Keshek, 24, with rubber-coated steel bullets in the lower back, and chest.
Medics provided the wounded Palestinians with the needed medical attention, and moved them to Rafidia hospital.
In Salfit governorate, in northeastern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Kifl Hares, north of Salfit city, searched several homes and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Nour Abdul-Aziz al-As’ad and Mohammad Abdullah Mousa.
6 aug 2017
Father Atallah Hanna, Archbishop of the Palestinian Orthodox Church in Occupied Jerusalem, has threatened to stage protests against the real estate deals that involved the lease of three church-owned buildings for a right-wing Jewish settler group in east Jerusalem.
In his meeting on Sunday with Christian clerics in Jerusalem, Father Hanna stated that the Orthodox Church would not allow Jewish settlers to live in buildings that are part of the Christian Orthodox heritage in the holy city, pledging to thwart the Israeli plan.
Father Hanna called for urgent action to prevent any Jewish settler from occupying the church-owned properties in Bab al-Khalil (Jaffa Gate) area of the Old City.
“We call for practical steps to foil this conspiratorial scheme against the Christian presence in our holy city,” he said.
“As the Jerusalemites succeeded, with their unity, steadfastness and firmness, in forcing the occupation authorities to remove the metal gates and cameras from the Aqsa Mosque’s entrances, we are also capable, with our unity, fraternity and solidarity, of frustrating this ominous and dangerous plot that targets our Orthodox mortmain properties in Bab al-Khalil,” Archbishop underscored.
“I call for real protest steps, which could include pitching a sit-in tent in Bab al-Khalil near the targeted hotels, or storming these hotels to challenge the settlers who plan to take them over,” he stressed.
The Israeli district court in Jerusalem recently confirmed the validity of three real estate deals struck between officials from the Greek Orthodox Church and overseas straw buyers that acted secretly on behalf of an Israeli right-wing settler group.
The district court ruled that the agreements, in which three major east Jerusalem buildings, including two hotels, had been leased in 2004 for 99 renewable years by Ateret Cohanim organization through three overseas holding companies, were “valid and did not involve a fraudulent activity.”
The deals were so appalling and devastating to the Palestinians because behind them stood Ateret Cohanim, which works to acquire property to establish a Jewish majority in the Old City and in Arab neighborhoods of east Jerusalem.
In his meeting on Sunday with Christian clerics in Jerusalem, Father Hanna stated that the Orthodox Church would not allow Jewish settlers to live in buildings that are part of the Christian Orthodox heritage in the holy city, pledging to thwart the Israeli plan.
Father Hanna called for urgent action to prevent any Jewish settler from occupying the church-owned properties in Bab al-Khalil (Jaffa Gate) area of the Old City.
“We call for practical steps to foil this conspiratorial scheme against the Christian presence in our holy city,” he said.
“As the Jerusalemites succeeded, with their unity, steadfastness and firmness, in forcing the occupation authorities to remove the metal gates and cameras from the Aqsa Mosque’s entrances, we are also capable, with our unity, fraternity and solidarity, of frustrating this ominous and dangerous plot that targets our Orthodox mortmain properties in Bab al-Khalil,” Archbishop underscored.
“I call for real protest steps, which could include pitching a sit-in tent in Bab al-Khalil near the targeted hotels, or storming these hotels to challenge the settlers who plan to take them over,” he stressed.
The Israeli district court in Jerusalem recently confirmed the validity of three real estate deals struck between officials from the Greek Orthodox Church and overseas straw buyers that acted secretly on behalf of an Israeli right-wing settler group.
The district court ruled that the agreements, in which three major east Jerusalem buildings, including two hotels, had been leased in 2004 for 99 renewable years by Ateret Cohanim organization through three overseas holding companies, were “valid and did not involve a fraudulent activity.”
The deals were so appalling and devastating to the Palestinians because behind them stood Ateret Cohanim, which works to acquire property to establish a Jewish majority in the Old City and in Arab neighborhoods of east Jerusalem.
A horde of extremist Jewish settlers at dawn Sunday attacked, under military protection, Palestinian neighborhoods and homes in different areas of the Old City of al-Khalil.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that settlers organized an anti-Arab march from Kiryat Arba settlement to the Old City at around 01:40 am, adding that a notorious settler known as Ofer, who already committed several crimes against the natives in al-Khalil, was leading the rally.
According to the sources, the settlers marched to Jaber neighborhood, and then to Wadi al-Hasseen and al-Mahawel areas and toured their streets while chanting racist slurs against the Arabs.
Israeli soldiers were also seen escorting the settlers, who throw stones and empty bottles at homes and tried to set fire to some of them as well as to some closed stores.
One citizen from the family of al-Jabari was slightly injured during the stone-throwing attacks on homes.
“At night, no one was able to sleep because the settlers attacked several neighborhoods in the Old City… they hurled stones and empty bottles at every house they passed by while chanting slogans against the Palestinians,” local activist Abu Imad Jaber told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC).
“They terrified women and children, while the Israeli army was escorting them to provide them with protection,” Jaber added.
“We contacted the Palestinian military liaison office and the international forces present in al-Khalil as well as the Red Cross, but no one came to the place. Children and women screamed in fear and panic inside their homes, whose windows and doors sustained damage in full view of the Israeli army forces,” he said.
Later, local Palestinian young men had to retaliate and defend the families. They embarked on attacking the settlers with stones and Molotov cocktails and closed nearby roads in Palestinian neighborhoods near Kiryat Arba.
After that, the settlers and soldiers were forced to escape, especially after they heard young men and mosques at dawn raising their voices in hymns glorifying God (Allahu Akbar).
This was the second time in 24 hours such attacks by settlers took place in al-Khalil, especially in Jaber neighborhood. Three Palestinians and one settler were injured during the events at the time.
In a separate incident, a large number of Israeli troops stormed at dawn today several areas of Yatta town, south of al-Khalil, raided many homes, confiscated two cars and handed four ex-detainees summonses for interrogation from the Shin Bet in Etzion settlement.
In Nablus, six military vehicles boarded by soldiers and officers reportedly entered Sebastia town after midnight on Sunday and headed for the archaeological area where they stayed there for about an hour before withdrawing.
Earlier on Saturday night, an Israeli military force imposed movement restrictions at Beit Furik checkpoint, east of Nablus, and checked the IDs of Palestinian citizens before allowing them to pass through.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that settlers organized an anti-Arab march from Kiryat Arba settlement to the Old City at around 01:40 am, adding that a notorious settler known as Ofer, who already committed several crimes against the natives in al-Khalil, was leading the rally.
According to the sources, the settlers marched to Jaber neighborhood, and then to Wadi al-Hasseen and al-Mahawel areas and toured their streets while chanting racist slurs against the Arabs.
Israeli soldiers were also seen escorting the settlers, who throw stones and empty bottles at homes and tried to set fire to some of them as well as to some closed stores.
One citizen from the family of al-Jabari was slightly injured during the stone-throwing attacks on homes.
“At night, no one was able to sleep because the settlers attacked several neighborhoods in the Old City… they hurled stones and empty bottles at every house they passed by while chanting slogans against the Palestinians,” local activist Abu Imad Jaber told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC).
“They terrified women and children, while the Israeli army was escorting them to provide them with protection,” Jaber added.
“We contacted the Palestinian military liaison office and the international forces present in al-Khalil as well as the Red Cross, but no one came to the place. Children and women screamed in fear and panic inside their homes, whose windows and doors sustained damage in full view of the Israeli army forces,” he said.
Later, local Palestinian young men had to retaliate and defend the families. They embarked on attacking the settlers with stones and Molotov cocktails and closed nearby roads in Palestinian neighborhoods near Kiryat Arba.
After that, the settlers and soldiers were forced to escape, especially after they heard young men and mosques at dawn raising their voices in hymns glorifying God (Allahu Akbar).
This was the second time in 24 hours such attacks by settlers took place in al-Khalil, especially in Jaber neighborhood. Three Palestinians and one settler were injured during the events at the time.
In a separate incident, a large number of Israeli troops stormed at dawn today several areas of Yatta town, south of al-Khalil, raided many homes, confiscated two cars and handed four ex-detainees summonses for interrogation from the Shin Bet in Etzion settlement.
In Nablus, six military vehicles boarded by soldiers and officers reportedly entered Sebastia town after midnight on Sunday and headed for the archaeological area where they stayed there for about an hour before withdrawing.
Earlier on Saturday night, an Israeli military force imposed movement restrictions at Beit Furik checkpoint, east of Nablus, and checked the IDs of Palestinian citizens before allowing them to pass through.
5 aug 2017
Medical sources have reported, on Friday evening, that at least three Palestinians were injured, when Israeli soldiers and colonist settlers assaulted many Palestinians in Jaber neighborhood, east of Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank. The soldiers also abducted a child, only twelve years of age, and a cameraman working for B’Tselem.
Several colonists, living in the illegal Keryat Arba’ colony, built on Palestinian lands east of Hebron, assaulted many Palestinians, and hurled stones at them, causing fractures in the arm of a Palestinian from Reb’ey family.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets at the Palestinians, wounding two, identified as ‘Aref Jaber and Monir Jaber.
The soldiers also assaulted a child, identified as Ahmad Jaber, only twelve years of age, and abducted him.
Also in Hebron, the soldiers abducted an activist against Israeli colonies, and a cameraman working for the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem), identified as Emad Abu Shamsiyya, 40, in Tal Romeida neighborhood.
Abu Shamsiyya is the cameraman, who was repeatedly abducted and threatened by the soldiers after he filmed a soldier, identified as Elor Azaria, executing a wounded Palestinian, identified as Abdul-Fattah Sharif, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
Several colonists, living in the illegal Keryat Arba’ colony, built on Palestinian lands east of Hebron, assaulted many Palestinians, and hurled stones at them, causing fractures in the arm of a Palestinian from Reb’ey family.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets at the Palestinians, wounding two, identified as ‘Aref Jaber and Monir Jaber.
The soldiers also assaulted a child, identified as Ahmad Jaber, only twelve years of age, and abducted him.
Also in Hebron, the soldiers abducted an activist against Israeli colonies, and a cameraman working for the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem), identified as Emad Abu Shamsiyya, 40, in Tal Romeida neighborhood.
Abu Shamsiyya is the cameraman, who was repeatedly abducted and threatened by the soldiers after he filmed a soldier, identified as Elor Azaria, executing a wounded Palestinian, identified as Abdul-Fattah Sharif, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
4 aug 2017
A group of Israeli settlers attacked on Friday evening Jaber neighborhood to the east of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of al-Khalil.
The PIC reporter said that the settlers coming from Kiryat Arba settlement threw stones at houses and assaulted a number of Palestinians who were in the neighborhood.
Four Palestinians, including the human rights activist Abu Emad Jaber, sustained minor injuries, while a settler was seriously injured after being hit by a stone.
In search for the Palestinian youths who hit the settler with a stone in his head, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at Palestinian houses, besieged the area, and announced it a closed military zone.
The PIC reporter said that the settlers coming from Kiryat Arba settlement threw stones at houses and assaulted a number of Palestinians who were in the neighborhood.
Four Palestinians, including the human rights activist Abu Emad Jaber, sustained minor injuries, while a settler was seriously injured after being hit by a stone.
In search for the Palestinian youths who hit the settler with a stone in his head, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at Palestinian houses, besieged the area, and announced it a closed military zone.
A group of Jewish settlers on Thursday assaulted members of the Rehabilitation Committee in al-Khalil city, south of the occupied West Bank.
Head of the committee Imad Hamdan told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that settlers in the Old City of al-Khalil hurled stones at him and other crew members of the committee as they were working outside a historical building.
Hamdan added that the settlers chased them and kept throwing stones at them in full view of Israeli soldiers, who did not intervene to prevent the assault.
He affirmed that it was not the first time the committee employees were exposed to such attack by settlers under military protection.
Head of the committee Imad Hamdan told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that settlers in the Old City of al-Khalil hurled stones at him and other crew members of the committee as they were working outside a historical building.
Hamdan added that the settlers chased them and kept throwing stones at them in full view of Israeli soldiers, who did not intervene to prevent the assault.
He affirmed that it was not the first time the committee employees were exposed to such attack by settlers under military protection.
Clashes burst out at daybreak Friday between Palestinian anti-occupation youth and Israeli settler hordes after the latter attempted to creep into Ramallah’s northern town of Kubbar.
According to local sources, Palestinian young men stood on guard to over 200 Israeli extremist settlers who tried to break into Kubbar village.
Tension has been running high in the area after Israel’s settler hordes threatened to return to the village and assault the Palestinian locals.
The Israeli occupation forces and settlers have stepped assaults on Kubbar after the Palestinian young man Omar al-Abd, a resident of the village, carried out an anti-occupation attack in response to the simmering Israeli aggressions at al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam.
According to local sources, Palestinian young men stood on guard to over 200 Israeli extremist settlers who tried to break into Kubbar village.
Tension has been running high in the area after Israel’s settler hordes threatened to return to the village and assault the Palestinian locals.
The Israeli occupation forces and settlers have stepped assaults on Kubbar after the Palestinian young man Omar al-Abd, a resident of the village, carried out an anti-occupation attack in response to the simmering Israeli aggressions at al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam.
3 aug 2017
Jewish settlers at noon Thursday erected caravans and tents in an evicted settlement site south of Jenin city in the northern West Bank. Settlers were intensively deployed, in groups, in the area.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that fanatic settlers raided the area and sparked riot amid chanting of anti-Arab slogans and others threatening to take over the site.
Israeli settlers every now and then, especially during Jewish holidays, storm and perform Talmudic rituals inside the same site in the city. However, it was the first time to erect caravans in the area.
Israeli occupation forces evicted the site in 2005 in the wake of the withdrawal from Gaza Strip. However, Palestinians have been banned from accessing the site since then.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that fanatic settlers raided the area and sparked riot amid chanting of anti-Arab slogans and others threatening to take over the site.
Israeli settlers every now and then, especially during Jewish holidays, storm and perform Talmudic rituals inside the same site in the city. However, it was the first time to erect caravans in the area.
Israeli occupation forces evicted the site in 2005 in the wake of the withdrawal from Gaza Strip. However, Palestinians have been banned from accessing the site since then.
2 aug 2017
158 Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, stormed on Wednesday morning holy al-Aqsa Mosque, in Occupied Jerusalem.
The break-in was carried out via the Maghareba Gate under a heavy police shield.
At the same time, the Israeli forces banned al-Aqsa guard Mahdi al-Abassi from entering the site.
Over recent days, several guards and workers at al-Aqsa have been prevented from entering the site.
On Tuesday, nearly 1,300 Israeli fanatics stormed al-Aqsa Mosque—Muslims’ third holiest site—to mark the so-called “destruction of the temple” occasion, sparking tension across the city.
The break-in was carried out via the Maghareba Gate under a heavy police shield.
At the same time, the Israeli forces banned al-Aqsa guard Mahdi al-Abassi from entering the site.
Over recent days, several guards and workers at al-Aqsa have been prevented from entering the site.
On Tuesday, nearly 1,300 Israeli fanatics stormed al-Aqsa Mosque—Muslims’ third holiest site—to mark the so-called “destruction of the temple” occasion, sparking tension across the city.