6 dec 2015
The right-wing Jewish group 'Lehava' held a protest outside of the YMCA in Jerusalem, shouting at Palestinian Christian children and families as they were entering and leaving the annual Christmas-tree decoration party.
Lehava is a group that calls for the expulsion of the indigenous Palestinian population from their homes in what is now Israel, in Jerusalem and in the West Bank. At a protest last year outside of a business that had some Palestinian employees, the group chanted “Stop hiring Arabs,” “stop dating our women” and “employing Arabs equals Assimilation.”
The group, whose name in Hebrew stands for the "Organization for the Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land", has also disrupted weddings between Palestinians and Israeli Jews, and handed out fliers saying they are trying to "save the daughters of Israel" by preventing them from dating or marrying Arab men.
A 2011 investigation by the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz found that around half of the annual budget of the controversial Lehava organization was funded directly by the Israeli government.
The leader of the group, Benzi Gopstein, was reportedly present at the YMCA protest on Friday. Gopstein is on the record voicing support for Pinhas Aburamed, an Israeli man who murdered a Palestinian who he thought was trying to flirt with a Jewish girl. Gopstein said that Aburamed is a hero and should receive a medal.
The event that the right-wing Jewish Lehava group chose to protest was a family event described on the YMCA's website as "A festive evening in the YMCA lobby decorating the Christmas tree, singing carols and enjoying holiday treats."
The protesters shouted anti-Palestinian and anti-Christian slogans at the children who came to decorate the Christmas tree, including, “The Arabs won’t defeat us with knifes, and the Christians won’t buy us with presents,” and “Jews want a hanukkiah [menorah], not a fir tree", according to Israel National News.
Around 1% of the population of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza is Christian. The percentage had been higher before the Israeli military occupation and theft of Palestinian land began. The emigration of Palestinian Christians to other countries increased significantly after the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993 and Israeli settlement expansion increased exponentially.
Many Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem, Jerusalem and Nazareth can trace their ancestry back to early Christians who have remained continuously on the land where Christians believe that Jesus was born, died and resurrected.
Lehava is a group that calls for the expulsion of the indigenous Palestinian population from their homes in what is now Israel, in Jerusalem and in the West Bank. At a protest last year outside of a business that had some Palestinian employees, the group chanted “Stop hiring Arabs,” “stop dating our women” and “employing Arabs equals Assimilation.”
The group, whose name in Hebrew stands for the "Organization for the Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land", has also disrupted weddings between Palestinians and Israeli Jews, and handed out fliers saying they are trying to "save the daughters of Israel" by preventing them from dating or marrying Arab men.
A 2011 investigation by the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz found that around half of the annual budget of the controversial Lehava organization was funded directly by the Israeli government.
The leader of the group, Benzi Gopstein, was reportedly present at the YMCA protest on Friday. Gopstein is on the record voicing support for Pinhas Aburamed, an Israeli man who murdered a Palestinian who he thought was trying to flirt with a Jewish girl. Gopstein said that Aburamed is a hero and should receive a medal.
The event that the right-wing Jewish Lehava group chose to protest was a family event described on the YMCA's website as "A festive evening in the YMCA lobby decorating the Christmas tree, singing carols and enjoying holiday treats."
The protesters shouted anti-Palestinian and anti-Christian slogans at the children who came to decorate the Christmas tree, including, “The Arabs won’t defeat us with knifes, and the Christians won’t buy us with presents,” and “Jews want a hanukkiah [menorah], not a fir tree", according to Israel National News.
Around 1% of the population of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza is Christian. The percentage had been higher before the Israeli military occupation and theft of Palestinian land began. The emigration of Palestinian Christians to other countries increased significantly after the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993 and Israeli settlement expansion increased exponentially.
Many Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem, Jerusalem and Nazareth can trace their ancestry back to early Christians who have remained continuously on the land where Christians believe that Jesus was born, died and resurrected.
A horde of Jewish settlers on Sunday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque's courtyards as temple mount groups declared their intents to march en masse to the Islamic holy site as of Sunday.
The Islamic Waqf authority in Occupied Jerusalem said that 35 settlers escorted by Israeli policemen entered the Mosque through al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards and plateaus.
Meanwhile, different extremist Jewish groups, which advocate the destruction of the Aqsa Mosque for the building of the alleged temple, have called for active participation in mass break-ins at the Mosque to be organized from Sunday until next Thursday to mark the Hanukkah holiday.
The Islamic Waqf authority in Occupied Jerusalem said that 35 settlers escorted by Israeli policemen entered the Mosque through al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards and plateaus.
Meanwhile, different extremist Jewish groups, which advocate the destruction of the Aqsa Mosque for the building of the alleged temple, have called for active participation in mass break-ins at the Mosque to be organized from Sunday until next Thursday to mark the Hanukkah holiday.
3 dec 2015
The Israeli occupation police said they closed the case of the Molotov cocktail attack on a Palestinian house which happened about two months ago in al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, at the pretext that the perpetrator was unidentified.
According to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, the central investigation unit of the Israeli police announced its decision in this regard in a letter sent to the Israeli group "Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR)," which helped the victimized Palestinian family file a complaint on the attack.
RHR, for its part, expressed doubts that proper investigation methods were used to track down the attackers.
The attack took place in early October when Jewish settlers tossed Molotov cocktails into the house of a Palestinian family in al-Khader town, but luckily none of the incendiaries caused fire.
The same settlers also damaged 33 grape seedlings, tomato saplings and raspberry trees near the house.
According to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, the central investigation unit of the Israeli police announced its decision in this regard in a letter sent to the Israeli group "Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR)," which helped the victimized Palestinian family file a complaint on the attack.
RHR, for its part, expressed doubts that proper investigation methods were used to track down the attackers.
The attack took place in early October when Jewish settlers tossed Molotov cocktails into the house of a Palestinian family in al-Khader town, but luckily none of the incendiaries caused fire.
The same settlers also damaged 33 grape seedlings, tomato saplings and raspberry trees near the house.
2 dec 2015
The Israeli police released on Tuesday evening three Israeli settlers suspected in setting fire to a number of Palestinian vehicles last week in occupied Jerusalem.
Yediot Aharanot Hebrew newspaper said that the three suspects were conditionally released, without revealing the release terms.
Investigation into the arson attack is still in progress, the sources added.
Settlers often carry out violent attacks against Palestinians and their property with complete legal immunity, and often with more than implicit support from the Israeli army itself. In fact, Israeli soldiers often protect and assist settlers, and legal proceedings are rarely brought against them.
Yediot Aharanot Hebrew newspaper said that the three suspects were conditionally released, without revealing the release terms.
Investigation into the arson attack is still in progress, the sources added.
Settlers often carry out violent attacks against Palestinians and their property with complete legal immunity, and often with more than implicit support from the Israeli army itself. In fact, Israeli soldiers often protect and assist settlers, and legal proceedings are rarely brought against them.
Israeli so-called temple mount organizations announced their intent to launch mass break-ins at Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque to mark the Festival of Lights—Hanukkah.
Addressing dozens of its fanatic backers on social media networks, the organizations launched calls for mass sacrilegious break-ins from 2 to 10 December.
A set of desecration rituals and sermons on the counterfeit history of the alleged temple mount are expected to be performed all along the event.
A candlelight march is also set to sweep Jerusalem’s Old City during Muslims’ evening prayers at al-Aqsa to push for the destruction of such a sacred place of worship and for the establishment of the alleged temple.
The campaign falls in line with the striking surge in Israeli aggressions on Muslims’ al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—in an attempt to wipe out its typically Islamic character and hold sway over it.
Addressing dozens of its fanatic backers on social media networks, the organizations launched calls for mass sacrilegious break-ins from 2 to 10 December.
A set of desecration rituals and sermons on the counterfeit history of the alleged temple mount are expected to be performed all along the event.
A candlelight march is also set to sweep Jerusalem’s Old City during Muslims’ evening prayers at al-Aqsa to push for the destruction of such a sacred place of worship and for the establishment of the alleged temple.
The campaign falls in line with the striking surge in Israeli aggressions on Muslims’ al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—in an attempt to wipe out its typically Islamic character and hold sway over it.
1 dec 2015
A group of Israeli settlers stormed Tuesday morning the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque from the Magharibah gate under protection of Israeli police and Special Forces.
Local sources said that Israeli police secured the incursion of 12 Jewish settlers into the Aqsa amid the deployment of Israeli Special Forces among Muslim worshipers. The worshipers confronted the settlers by chanting “Allah the Greatest” near the Qibli mosque.
Over 774 settlers stormed the Aqsa in November amid the persistence in barring Palestinian women from entering the Muslims’ holy site in addition to the continuation of confiscating the IDs of some of the worshipers by Israeli policemen.
Local sources said that Israeli police secured the incursion of 12 Jewish settlers into the Aqsa amid the deployment of Israeli Special Forces among Muslim worshipers. The worshipers confronted the settlers by chanting “Allah the Greatest” near the Qibli mosque.
Over 774 settlers stormed the Aqsa in November amid the persistence in barring Palestinian women from entering the Muslims’ holy site in addition to the continuation of confiscating the IDs of some of the worshipers by Israeli policemen.
Israel's channel 10 said that a new dramatic development came to the surface regarding the investigations on the deadly arson attack by Jewish settlers on a Palestinian family in a West Bank village a few months ago.
According to the channel, the Israeli security apparatuses recently voiced optimism about unraveling the mastery behind the murder of al-Dawabsheh family in cooperation with the army and the attorney general.
The channel pointed to the possibility that the killers of al-Dawabsheh family have been arrested, but there is still a news blackout imposed by the security authorities on the progress of investigations.
However, Palestinian activists believe that the talk about capturing the killers of the Palestinian family was intended to absorb the anger of the Palestinian street after an Israeli court on Monday exonerated the mastermind behind the murder of 16-year-old Mohamed Abu Khudair, who was burned alive by settlers about one and a half years ago in Jerusalem.
In July 2015, a gang of extremist Jewish settlers set fire to a Palestinian house in Duma village near Nablus, which led to the immediate death of an 18-month-old baby from al-Dawabsheh family and serious injuries to his parents and four-year-old brother.
Several days later, his parents, Saad and Reham al-Dawabsheh, were proclaimed dead one after the other in Israeli hospitals.
According to the channel, the Israeli security apparatuses recently voiced optimism about unraveling the mastery behind the murder of al-Dawabsheh family in cooperation with the army and the attorney general.
The channel pointed to the possibility that the killers of al-Dawabsheh family have been arrested, but there is still a news blackout imposed by the security authorities on the progress of investigations.
However, Palestinian activists believe that the talk about capturing the killers of the Palestinian family was intended to absorb the anger of the Palestinian street after an Israeli court on Monday exonerated the mastermind behind the murder of 16-year-old Mohamed Abu Khudair, who was burned alive by settlers about one and a half years ago in Jerusalem.
In July 2015, a gang of extremist Jewish settlers set fire to a Palestinian house in Duma village near Nablus, which led to the immediate death of an 18-month-old baby from al-Dawabsheh family and serious injuries to his parents and four-year-old brother.
Several days later, his parents, Saad and Reham al-Dawabsheh, were proclaimed dead one after the other in Israeli hospitals.
An Israeli court, on Tuesday, sentenced a Jewish extremist to three years in prison for his part in an arson attack on a mixed Palestinian and Israeli school in Jerusalem, last year.
Yitzhak Gabbai, aged 31, was sentenced to two years for the attack, and a further ten months for possession of a knife and incitement to hatred. He was also ordered to pay 10,000 shekels ($2,584) in compensation to the Hand-in-Hand school.
According to Ma'an, the sentence followed Gabbai's earlier confession to setting fire to a classroom in the school and daubing "Death to Arabs" on one of its walls, the court said.
Gabbai carried out the attack on Nov. 29, 2014, along with brothers Shlomo and Nahman Twito, who were sentenced to two years and two and a half years respectively in July this year.
All three are members of the extremist anti-Palestinian group Lehava, which is believed to have carried out a number of violent hate crimes against Palestinians.
Hand-in-Hand, which has six schools of 1,400 children across Israel -- half Jewish and half Palestinian -- is viewed as a rare model of tolerance in an otherwise fiercely divided society.
The schools said in a statement: "We are less interested by the several years the arsonist will spend in prison than we are by the message. The court made a clear statement against incitement and against the distribution of racially inflammatory material."
The schools added that this message would be communicated to the students and their parents, adding that they would continue to work toward a more egalitarian education, which they said was their "answer to racial incitement."
Possible breakthrough in Douma attack
The members of the extremist Lehava group follow the teachings of the late Meir Kahana, an anti-Palestinian rabbi whose Kach party was banned in Israel.
Along with "Death to Arabs," slogans such as "Kahana was right" and "There's no coexistence with cancer" were found scrawled on the school's walls after the arson attack.
Lehava's leader Bentzi Gopstein, said at the time that his organization did not act illegally, accusing Israeli authorities of trying to frame Lehava to thwart its "holy work of saving the daughters of Israel." The attack sparked a wave of international condemnation and came amid months of mounting unrest across Jerusalem.
Palestinians have still been waiting for action to be taken against Jewish extremists responsible for an arson attack in the West Bank village of Douma earlier this year.
The attack on July 31 claimed the lives of three members of the Dawabsha family -- an 18-month-old toddler and his parents -- leaving only four-year-old Ahmad Dawabsha alive.
A number of Jewish extremists were afterward detained, but nearly all of them were later released and none were convicted over the deadly attack.
Israeli news site Ynet, on Sunday, reported that Israel had made a breakthrough in "one of the most serious acts of Jewish terrorism to take place in recent years," but the details remained under gag order and the site could not confirm that it was referring to the Douma attack.
Ynet quoted "a relative of the family hurt by the Jewish terror attacks," who told them he had not received any updates from Israeli authorities about a development in the investigation.
He told the news site: "When it's Jewish terrorists, the defense establishment works slowly. But when it's Palestinian terrorists, they capture them within two days and bring them to justice.
"I want to believe the defense establishment brings to justice the criminals who ruined my life and that of my family's."
Yitzhak Gabbai, aged 31, was sentenced to two years for the attack, and a further ten months for possession of a knife and incitement to hatred. He was also ordered to pay 10,000 shekels ($2,584) in compensation to the Hand-in-Hand school.
According to Ma'an, the sentence followed Gabbai's earlier confession to setting fire to a classroom in the school and daubing "Death to Arabs" on one of its walls, the court said.
Gabbai carried out the attack on Nov. 29, 2014, along with brothers Shlomo and Nahman Twito, who were sentenced to two years and two and a half years respectively in July this year.
All three are members of the extremist anti-Palestinian group Lehava, which is believed to have carried out a number of violent hate crimes against Palestinians.
Hand-in-Hand, which has six schools of 1,400 children across Israel -- half Jewish and half Palestinian -- is viewed as a rare model of tolerance in an otherwise fiercely divided society.
The schools said in a statement: "We are less interested by the several years the arsonist will spend in prison than we are by the message. The court made a clear statement against incitement and against the distribution of racially inflammatory material."
The schools added that this message would be communicated to the students and their parents, adding that they would continue to work toward a more egalitarian education, which they said was their "answer to racial incitement."
Possible breakthrough in Douma attack
The members of the extremist Lehava group follow the teachings of the late Meir Kahana, an anti-Palestinian rabbi whose Kach party was banned in Israel.
Along with "Death to Arabs," slogans such as "Kahana was right" and "There's no coexistence with cancer" were found scrawled on the school's walls after the arson attack.
Lehava's leader Bentzi Gopstein, said at the time that his organization did not act illegally, accusing Israeli authorities of trying to frame Lehava to thwart its "holy work of saving the daughters of Israel." The attack sparked a wave of international condemnation and came amid months of mounting unrest across Jerusalem.
Palestinians have still been waiting for action to be taken against Jewish extremists responsible for an arson attack in the West Bank village of Douma earlier this year.
The attack on July 31 claimed the lives of three members of the Dawabsha family -- an 18-month-old toddler and his parents -- leaving only four-year-old Ahmad Dawabsha alive.
A number of Jewish extremists were afterward detained, but nearly all of them were later released and none were convicted over the deadly attack.
Israeli news site Ynet, on Sunday, reported that Israel had made a breakthrough in "one of the most serious acts of Jewish terrorism to take place in recent years," but the details remained under gag order and the site could not confirm that it was referring to the Douma attack.
Ynet quoted "a relative of the family hurt by the Jewish terror attacks," who told them he had not received any updates from Israeli authorities about a development in the investigation.
He told the news site: "When it's Jewish terrorists, the defense establishment works slowly. But when it's Palestinian terrorists, they capture them within two days and bring them to justice.
"I want to believe the defense establishment brings to justice the criminals who ruined my life and that of my family's."
Clashes broke out between Palestinian youth and Israeli forces during raids in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Silwan and al-Issawiya, on Monday. Late Sunday, Israeli extremist settlers sprayed Anti-Arab graffiti on a car near Bethlehem, pledging to kill Palestinians in the area, according to local sources.
Israeli forces raided the Ras al-Amoud, al-Thuri, Ein al-Lawza and Beir Ayyoub areas of Silwan, Majdi Abbasi of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center said.
During the Silwan raids, clashes broke out and Israeli forces fired stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at protesters, Abbasi said.
An Israeli police spokesperson did not provide comment on the raid or subsequent clashes. Locals in Silwan said Israeli forces surrounded an area near the family home of 17-year-old Ayman Abbasi, who was shot dead by Israeli forces on Sunday during clashes in the neighborhood. Witnesses said Israeli forces shouted curses at the boy's family.
All businesses and institutions in the neighborhood were closed on Monday in mourning of the 17-year-old's death.
Israeli forces also raided the Abu Riyala area of the al-Issawiya neighborhood, leading to clashes between local youth and Israeli forces, a member of the local monitoring committee in the village Muhammad Abu al-Homos said.
In addition to raids and clashes, Israeli forces entered the Jabal al-Mukaber neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem to finish a home demolition that took place earlier last month at the request of the family of Ghassan Abu Jamal, whose home was destroyed last month in a punitive home demolition. Abu Jamal was shot dead along with his cousin, Uday, after they killed four Israelis in a high-profile attack on a synagogue in November last year.
Israeli forces demolished the family home of Abu Jamal on Oct. 6 just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a new process to expedite home demolitions.
The family said that following the punitive demolition, walls of the family home were still left standing. The Abu Jamal family told Ma'an News Agency they filed a complaint requesting the Israeli army fully demolish the house, as it posed a a safety hazard to people in the area in its half demolished state.
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Mohammad Atallah, mayor of Beit Eskarya village, south of Bethlehem, said settlers from the nearby illegal Gush Etzion settlement bloc broke into the village and sprayed anti Arab graffiti such as, “Death to Arabs” on the car of a local Palestinian villager, before they slashed one of its tires.
Furthermore, settlers hung the Israeli flag on vine trees in land belonging to local Palestinians in the area, according to WAFA.
Atallah said the village has been a frequent target of daily violence by Jewish settlers from nearby settlements.
Violence by illegal Jewish settlers in the West Bank is commonplace. They have repeatedly attacked Palestinian property and worship places. Settler violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
According to the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, “Israeli security forces do not always deploy in advance to protect Palestinians from settler violence, even when such violence could be anticipated. “In some cases, rather than restricting violent settlers, Israeli security forces impose restrictions on the Palestinians.”
On July 31, a group of Jewish fanatics attacked with fire bombs the home of Dawabsheh family in Nablus’ village of Duma. The attack left 4-year-old Ahmad orphaned, after his toddler brother, Ali, father, Sa’ed and mother, Reham, lost their lives.
According to OCHA Protection of Civilians Weekly report covering the period between 3 and 9 of November 2015, “At least four Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians and their property were recorded in the H2 area of Hebron city, including the physical assault of a 15-year-old boy by a group of settlers, and, on three separate occasions, stone-throwing at Palestinian houses and threatening of families in the area of Jabal Johar, and Tel Rumeida by settlers from the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba’, in the presence of Israeli forces.”
Israeli forces raided the Ras al-Amoud, al-Thuri, Ein al-Lawza and Beir Ayyoub areas of Silwan, Majdi Abbasi of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center said.
During the Silwan raids, clashes broke out and Israeli forces fired stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at protesters, Abbasi said.
An Israeli police spokesperson did not provide comment on the raid or subsequent clashes. Locals in Silwan said Israeli forces surrounded an area near the family home of 17-year-old Ayman Abbasi, who was shot dead by Israeli forces on Sunday during clashes in the neighborhood. Witnesses said Israeli forces shouted curses at the boy's family.
All businesses and institutions in the neighborhood were closed on Monday in mourning of the 17-year-old's death.
Israeli forces also raided the Abu Riyala area of the al-Issawiya neighborhood, leading to clashes between local youth and Israeli forces, a member of the local monitoring committee in the village Muhammad Abu al-Homos said.
In addition to raids and clashes, Israeli forces entered the Jabal al-Mukaber neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem to finish a home demolition that took place earlier last month at the request of the family of Ghassan Abu Jamal, whose home was destroyed last month in a punitive home demolition. Abu Jamal was shot dead along with his cousin, Uday, after they killed four Israelis in a high-profile attack on a synagogue in November last year.
Israeli forces demolished the family home of Abu Jamal on Oct. 6 just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a new process to expedite home demolitions.
The family said that following the punitive demolition, walls of the family home were still left standing. The Abu Jamal family told Ma'an News Agency they filed a complaint requesting the Israeli army fully demolish the house, as it posed a a safety hazard to people in the area in its half demolished state.
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Mohammad Atallah, mayor of Beit Eskarya village, south of Bethlehem, said settlers from the nearby illegal Gush Etzion settlement bloc broke into the village and sprayed anti Arab graffiti such as, “Death to Arabs” on the car of a local Palestinian villager, before they slashed one of its tires.
Furthermore, settlers hung the Israeli flag on vine trees in land belonging to local Palestinians in the area, according to WAFA.
Atallah said the village has been a frequent target of daily violence by Jewish settlers from nearby settlements.
Violence by illegal Jewish settlers in the West Bank is commonplace. They have repeatedly attacked Palestinian property and worship places. Settler violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
According to the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, “Israeli security forces do not always deploy in advance to protect Palestinians from settler violence, even when such violence could be anticipated. “In some cases, rather than restricting violent settlers, Israeli security forces impose restrictions on the Palestinians.”
On July 31, a group of Jewish fanatics attacked with fire bombs the home of Dawabsheh family in Nablus’ village of Duma. The attack left 4-year-old Ahmad orphaned, after his toddler brother, Ali, father, Sa’ed and mother, Reham, lost their lives.
According to OCHA Protection of Civilians Weekly report covering the period between 3 and 9 of November 2015, “At least four Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians and their property were recorded in the H2 area of Hebron city, including the physical assault of a 15-year-old boy by a group of settlers, and, on three separate occasions, stone-throwing at Palestinian houses and threatening of families in the area of Jabal Johar, and Tel Rumeida by settlers from the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba’, in the presence of Israeli forces.”
30 nov 2015
A group of Jewish settlers Monday morning stormed the Aqsa Mosque from the Magharebah gate under tightened security measures by Israeli forces.
A Palestinian sit-inner at the Mosque revealed that a group of settlers broke into and provocatively roamed the plazas of the Muslims’ holy site.
On the other hand, Israeli policemen barred Jerusalemite women from entering the Aqsa Mosque in the morning. The Israeli police command is still preventing other women whose names are listed in the ban of entry list from accessing the Aqsa Mosque. A group of Jewish settlers Monday morning stormed the Aqsa Mosque from the Magharebah gate under tightened security measures by Israeli forces.
A Palestinian sit-inner at the Mosque revealed that a group of settlers broke into and provocatively roamed the plazas of the Muslims’ holy site.
On the other hand, Israeli policemen barred Jerusalemite women from entering the Aqsa Mosque in the morning. The Israeli police command is still preventing other women whose names are listed in the ban of entry list from accessing the Aqsa Mosque.
A Palestinian sit-inner at the Mosque revealed that a group of settlers broke into and provocatively roamed the plazas of the Muslims’ holy site.
On the other hand, Israeli policemen barred Jerusalemite women from entering the Aqsa Mosque in the morning. The Israeli police command is still preventing other women whose names are listed in the ban of entry list from accessing the Aqsa Mosque. A group of Jewish settlers Monday morning stormed the Aqsa Mosque from the Magharebah gate under tightened security measures by Israeli forces.
A Palestinian sit-inner at the Mosque revealed that a group of settlers broke into and provocatively roamed the plazas of the Muslims’ holy site.
On the other hand, Israeli policemen barred Jerusalemite women from entering the Aqsa Mosque in the morning. The Israeli police command is still preventing other women whose names are listed in the ban of entry list from accessing the Aqsa Mosque.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, late on Sunday and earlier on Monday, 16 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank, including a child in Jerusalem.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded the towns of Sa’ir and Bani Neim, the al-Fawwar refugee camp, and several other areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped ten Palestinians.
The soldiers kidnapped Yazan Emad ath-Thieba, 19, from his family home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, after searching it, and Suleiman Turki al-Adra, 20, from his home in Bani Neim town, after the soldiers confiscated two cars belonging to his family.
The PPS stated that the soldiers also kidnapped Noureddin Aref at-Tarda, 18, Mahmoud Khalil Hdeib, 19, Yousef al-Asmar Jabarin, Mahmoud Hamdi Abu Mariya, 42, Ahmad Issa Sleibi, 19, Khdeir Yousef Awad, 19, Mohammad Yousef Bahar, 20, and Shehab Yousef ‘Aadi, 20.
The army also invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, stormed and searched many homes, and kidnapped a former political prisoner and a psychically-challenged Palestinian, identified as Adnan Yassin Hamarsha, 48, in addition to Ala Yassin Hamarsha, 22, and Oweis Mazen Nawahda, 22.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped Rabah Abdul-Fattah Labdi, 29, from Zeta village, in Tulkarem district, while resident Baha’ Abdul-Haq was kidnapped from Nablus, both in the northern part of the West Bank.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Mohammad al-Bayya’, 14, near the main entrance of the Shu’fat refugee camp.
In related news, colonialist Israeli settlers wrote graffiti on a Palestinian car in Khirbit Beit Skariyya village, completely surrounded and isolated by the Gush Etzion settlement block, south of Bethlehem.
Head of the Village Council Mohammad Atallah told the WAFA Palestinian News Agency that the settlers wrote, “Death To Arabs” on the car, in addition to puncturing its tires, while others raised Israeli flags on trees belonging to Shahin and Abu Swai families in the same area.
Attallah added that the residents face frequent assaults by the settlers in an attempt to force them out of their lands, to illegally annex them to the Gush Etzion Settlement Bloc.
The PPS said the soldiers invaded the towns of Sa’ir and Bani Neim, the al-Fawwar refugee camp, and several other areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped ten Palestinians.
The soldiers kidnapped Yazan Emad ath-Thieba, 19, from his family home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, after searching it, and Suleiman Turki al-Adra, 20, from his home in Bani Neim town, after the soldiers confiscated two cars belonging to his family.
The PPS stated that the soldiers also kidnapped Noureddin Aref at-Tarda, 18, Mahmoud Khalil Hdeib, 19, Yousef al-Asmar Jabarin, Mahmoud Hamdi Abu Mariya, 42, Ahmad Issa Sleibi, 19, Khdeir Yousef Awad, 19, Mohammad Yousef Bahar, 20, and Shehab Yousef ‘Aadi, 20.
The army also invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, stormed and searched many homes, and kidnapped a former political prisoner and a psychically-challenged Palestinian, identified as Adnan Yassin Hamarsha, 48, in addition to Ala Yassin Hamarsha, 22, and Oweis Mazen Nawahda, 22.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped Rabah Abdul-Fattah Labdi, 29, from Zeta village, in Tulkarem district, while resident Baha’ Abdul-Haq was kidnapped from Nablus, both in the northern part of the West Bank.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Mohammad al-Bayya’, 14, near the main entrance of the Shu’fat refugee camp.
In related news, colonialist Israeli settlers wrote graffiti on a Palestinian car in Khirbit Beit Skariyya village, completely surrounded and isolated by the Gush Etzion settlement block, south of Bethlehem.
Head of the Village Council Mohammad Atallah told the WAFA Palestinian News Agency that the settlers wrote, “Death To Arabs” on the car, in addition to puncturing its tires, while others raised Israeli flags on trees belonging to Shahin and Abu Swai families in the same area.
Attallah added that the residents face frequent assaults by the settlers in an attempt to force them out of their lands, to illegally annex them to the Gush Etzion Settlement Bloc.
An Israeli fanatic settler stabbed and wounded two Palestinian brothers in Kafr Kana, in 1948 Occupied Palestine, on Sunday.
According to the victims' father, Muhammad Abu Khalaf, an Israeli fanatic knifed his two sons at a gas station near Tiberias city and disappeared right away.
He added that his sons were rushed to the Poriya hospital in Tiberias to be urgently treated for the inflicted wounds.
Abu Khalaf slammed the “racist” stabbing attack saying: “My sons only mistake was that they spoke Arabic, their mother tongue.”
He said the Israeli police launched a probe into the stabbing and found no difficulty identifying the assailant based on surveillance cameras installed across the station.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Racism Coalition in 1948 Occupied Palestine said the racist attacks carried out by Israeli fanatics have seen a dramatic surge over the past few weeks.
According to the victims' father, Muhammad Abu Khalaf, an Israeli fanatic knifed his two sons at a gas station near Tiberias city and disappeared right away.
He added that his sons were rushed to the Poriya hospital in Tiberias to be urgently treated for the inflicted wounds.
Abu Khalaf slammed the “racist” stabbing attack saying: “My sons only mistake was that they spoke Arabic, their mother tongue.”
He said the Israeli police launched a probe into the stabbing and found no difficulty identifying the assailant based on surveillance cameras installed across the station.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Racism Coalition in 1948 Occupied Palestine said the racist attacks carried out by Israeli fanatics have seen a dramatic surge over the past few weeks.
29 nov 2015
Guards of al-Aqsa Mosque managed on Sunday morning to prevent Israeli extremist settlers holding a structure of the alleged Temple from entering into al-Aqsa compound.
The Waqf Authority has affirmed that the settlers were forced to leave the Mosque courtyards after being confronted by the guards.
One of the extremist settlers had tried to perform Talmudic rituals near al-Silsla Gate before being brought out by Israeli forces.
Palestinian worshipers, in their turn, started shouting Takbeer in protest against Israeli break-ins into their holy site.
Meanwhile, around 49 Israeli settlers stormed the Mosque from the Israeli-controlled Maghareba Gate under heavy police protection, while dozens of Palestinian women were prevented from having access into the compound at the same time.
The Waqf Authority has affirmed that the settlers were forced to leave the Mosque courtyards after being confronted by the guards.
One of the extremist settlers had tried to perform Talmudic rituals near al-Silsla Gate before being brought out by Israeli forces.
Palestinian worshipers, in their turn, started shouting Takbeer in protest against Israeli break-ins into their holy site.
Meanwhile, around 49 Israeli settlers stormed the Mosque from the Israeli-controlled Maghareba Gate under heavy police protection, while dozens of Palestinian women were prevented from having access into the compound at the same time.
Istabrak Nour
Settlers threatened father of Palestinian female captive to burn his entire family as they did with Dawabsheh family four months ago in Douma village near Nablus.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a group of fanatic settlers, escorted by Israeli soldiers, Saturday morning stormed the house of the Palestinian 15-year-old girl Istabrak Nour, and threatened her father to torch the family amid cursing and insulting.
Palestinian residents of Douma town got gathered in the vicinity of the house for the protection of the Palestinian family.
Israeli forces arrested the minor girl Istabrak a month ago for the claim of attempting to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing operation in Yitzhar settlement.
Settlers threatened father of Palestinian female captive to burn his entire family as they did with Dawabsheh family four months ago in Douma village near Nablus.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a group of fanatic settlers, escorted by Israeli soldiers, Saturday morning stormed the house of the Palestinian 15-year-old girl Istabrak Nour, and threatened her father to torch the family amid cursing and insulting.
Palestinian residents of Douma town got gathered in the vicinity of the house for the protection of the Palestinian family.
Israeli forces arrested the minor girl Istabrak a month ago for the claim of attempting to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing operation in Yitzhar settlement.