20 dec 2015
The District judges postponed on Sunday the decision whether to accept or reject the psychological report of the killer of Martyr Mohammad Abu Khdeir to an unspecified date; the report will be sent to the concerned authorities.
A session was held at the District court to discuss the psychological report of the main suspect (Yousef Ben David) in killing Martyr Mohammad Abu Khdeir; the report was submitted at the end of last month.
According to the report, Ben David suffers from psychological disorders making him unfit for a trial.
Lawyer Mohannad Jbara explained that Sunday’s session was focused on the medical report. The suspect’s lawyer said his client suffers from psychological disorders and has the right to defend himself. He also tried to justify the reason behind the delay in submitting the report to the judges (after a year and half of the crime) by saying that he was unable to present his client to a doctor during the previous months.
Lawyer Jbara pointed out that Ben David was presented to a Psychiatrist by the public prosecution after committing the crime and the doctor confirmed in his report that Ben David was sane and does not suffer from any psychological disorders making him fit for a trial.
During the session, the prosecutor stressed on the necessity to reject the psychological report since it does not meet the necessary legal requirements for acceptance.
The prosecutor also revealed that the Psychiatrist is an Israeli doctor living abroad who was able to visit Ben David last June unlike what the lawyer claims regarding the delay of submitting the report to court. The lawyer deliberately delayed submitting the report in an attempt to affect the judge’s decision.
The prosecutor also said that the Supreme Court had issued decisions refusing late claims submitted by the lawyers.
Jbara pointed out that the judges’ commission acknowledged during the session that was held last month Ben David’s full responsibility of the crime of killing Mohammad Abu Khdeir but did not convict him. According to the Israeli law, any suspect cannot be convicted before studying his psychological and mental conditions.
A session was held at the District court to discuss the psychological report of the main suspect (Yousef Ben David) in killing Martyr Mohammad Abu Khdeir; the report was submitted at the end of last month.
According to the report, Ben David suffers from psychological disorders making him unfit for a trial.
Lawyer Mohannad Jbara explained that Sunday’s session was focused on the medical report. The suspect’s lawyer said his client suffers from psychological disorders and has the right to defend himself. He also tried to justify the reason behind the delay in submitting the report to the judges (after a year and half of the crime) by saying that he was unable to present his client to a doctor during the previous months.
Lawyer Jbara pointed out that Ben David was presented to a Psychiatrist by the public prosecution after committing the crime and the doctor confirmed in his report that Ben David was sane and does not suffer from any psychological disorders making him fit for a trial.
During the session, the prosecutor stressed on the necessity to reject the psychological report since it does not meet the necessary legal requirements for acceptance.
The prosecutor also revealed that the Psychiatrist is an Israeli doctor living abroad who was able to visit Ben David last June unlike what the lawyer claims regarding the delay of submitting the report to court. The lawyer deliberately delayed submitting the report in an attempt to affect the judge’s decision.
The prosecutor also said that the Supreme Court had issued decisions refusing late claims submitted by the lawyers.
Jbara pointed out that the judges’ commission acknowledged during the session that was held last month Ben David’s full responsibility of the crime of killing Mohammad Abu Khdeir but did not convict him. According to the Israeli law, any suspect cannot be convicted before studying his psychological and mental conditions.
A member of the Israeli security forces inspects a Palestinian house that was set on fire in the West Bank village of Duma
Israeli forces and intelligence officers overnight Saturday brought a suspect accused of involvement in an arson attack on a Palestinian family to the village of Duma in order to “reenact” the fatal crime, a Palestinian Authority official said.
Ghassan Daghlas, a PA official who monitors settlement activity in the northern occupied West Bank, told Ma’an that locals in Duma saw Israeli forces arrive to the village around midnight.
Forces remained in the area for around three hours during which locals reported that an Israeli settler brought by the forces "reenacted the crime" which killed three members of the Dawabsha family, Daghlas said.
Investigations into the crime -- labelled by international bodies and Israeli leadership as a terrorist attack -- have been ongoing.
Suspects belonging to a Jewish terror organization on July 31 set the home of the Dawabsha family ablaze, killing 18-month-old Ali Saad immediately. The infant’s parents, Riham and Saad, later died from severe burns.
The only surviving member of the family was Ahmad, 4, who sustained serious burns.
The majority of information regarding investigations into the attack remains under a gag-order by Israeli police, however news broke on Dec. 3 that several youths connected to Jewish extremist organizations had been arrested in November and held under administrative detention.
Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet announced Sunday that progress had been made in the investigation, but no further details were disclosed, according to Israeli daily Haaretz.
The agency recently came under fire after lawyers for the extremists -- reportedly denied access to their clients until last week -- accused the Shin Bet of using torture during interrogations.
In response, the agency cautioned against “a proactive and ongoing effort to slander the organization and its work, and to disrupt its activities” in investigating the deadly attack.
Shin Bet said in a statement Friday that activity by a Jewish terror organization had “contributed to instability in the region,” warning against the potential danger of growing influence of the group against the Israeli government.
"This organization adheres to an extreme, anti-Zionist ideology, that has set itself the goal of violently overthrowing the Israeli government," the Shin Bet said, according to to Israeli media
PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi last week denounced Israel’s failure to prosecute the suspects responsible for the Dawabsha arson attack as effectively condoning violent behavior of Israeli settlers and extremists.
“When it comes to Jewish criminality or terrorism against Palestinian victims, the legal system in Israel seems to fall apart,” the PLO official said in a statement.
Contention over Israel’s failure to bring the perpetrators of last summer’s terrorist attack to justice has continued to contribute to ongoing tension in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Israeli forces and intelligence officers overnight Saturday brought a suspect accused of involvement in an arson attack on a Palestinian family to the village of Duma in order to “reenact” the fatal crime, a Palestinian Authority official said.
Ghassan Daghlas, a PA official who monitors settlement activity in the northern occupied West Bank, told Ma’an that locals in Duma saw Israeli forces arrive to the village around midnight.
Forces remained in the area for around three hours during which locals reported that an Israeli settler brought by the forces "reenacted the crime" which killed three members of the Dawabsha family, Daghlas said.
Investigations into the crime -- labelled by international bodies and Israeli leadership as a terrorist attack -- have been ongoing.
Suspects belonging to a Jewish terror organization on July 31 set the home of the Dawabsha family ablaze, killing 18-month-old Ali Saad immediately. The infant’s parents, Riham and Saad, later died from severe burns.
The only surviving member of the family was Ahmad, 4, who sustained serious burns.
The majority of information regarding investigations into the attack remains under a gag-order by Israeli police, however news broke on Dec. 3 that several youths connected to Jewish extremist organizations had been arrested in November and held under administrative detention.
Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet announced Sunday that progress had been made in the investigation, but no further details were disclosed, according to Israeli daily Haaretz.
The agency recently came under fire after lawyers for the extremists -- reportedly denied access to their clients until last week -- accused the Shin Bet of using torture during interrogations.
In response, the agency cautioned against “a proactive and ongoing effort to slander the organization and its work, and to disrupt its activities” in investigating the deadly attack.
Shin Bet said in a statement Friday that activity by a Jewish terror organization had “contributed to instability in the region,” warning against the potential danger of growing influence of the group against the Israeli government.
"This organization adheres to an extreme, anti-Zionist ideology, that has set itself the goal of violently overthrowing the Israeli government," the Shin Bet said, according to to Israeli media
PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi last week denounced Israel’s failure to prosecute the suspects responsible for the Dawabsha arson attack as effectively condoning violent behavior of Israeli settlers and extremists.
“When it comes to Jewish criminality or terrorism against Palestinian victims, the legal system in Israel seems to fall apart,” the PLO official said in a statement.
Contention over Israel’s failure to bring the perpetrators of last summer’s terrorist attack to justice has continued to contribute to ongoing tension in the occupied Palestinian territory.
An abduction sweep by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rocked the occupied West Bank overnight Saturday and culminated in violent clashes across the region.
Sources based in al-Khalil, in the southern West Bank, said the IOF rolled into the city and kidnapped three Palestinian citizens.
The IOF further stormed Beit Ummar town, where they wreaked havoc on Morshed Awad’s family home and smashed the gates of a local shop.
A series of arbitrary home break-ins was also documented in Yatta and Samou’ along with several towns of western al-Khalil.
Israeli soldiers, cops and settlers also rolled into Nablus’ southern village of Duma at predawn time and performed a mock arson attack on the Dawabsheh family home.
By-standers at the scene said 20 Israeli army jeeps rolled into Duma at 2 a.m. and stopped at the Dawabsheh family home, where three settlers mimicked the arson attack carried out on July 31, 2015 by Israeli vandals, burning 18-month-old Ali and his parents to death.
Meanwhile, violent clashes burst out in Tamoun village, in Tubas, where the occupation patrols attacked Palestinian protesters and civilian homes with live rounds and tear gas canisters.
A number of Palestinian civilians were rushed to local clinics after they were hit by live bullet shrapnel. Others were treated for critical breathing disorders due to heavy tear gas inhalation.
The IOF further sealed off the Hamra checkpoint and propped up military grip around the area.
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Qaryout, in southern Nablus, and cordoned off a Palestinian land near the illegal Gilo settlement with barbed wire in an attempt to hold sway over the land lot.
The IOF further stormed Aleziyera town, near Occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped an unidentified youth.
Tulkarem-based sources also spoke out against the frequent assaults by Israeli settlers and soldiers on the Palestinian natives and homes.
Locals said a set of makeshift roadblocks has been randomly pitched across Tulkarem, where Palestinian civilians have been subjected to exhaustive questioning and provocation on a quasi-daily basis.
Sources based in al-Khalil, in the southern West Bank, said the IOF rolled into the city and kidnapped three Palestinian citizens.
The IOF further stormed Beit Ummar town, where they wreaked havoc on Morshed Awad’s family home and smashed the gates of a local shop.
A series of arbitrary home break-ins was also documented in Yatta and Samou’ along with several towns of western al-Khalil.
Israeli soldiers, cops and settlers also rolled into Nablus’ southern village of Duma at predawn time and performed a mock arson attack on the Dawabsheh family home.
By-standers at the scene said 20 Israeli army jeeps rolled into Duma at 2 a.m. and stopped at the Dawabsheh family home, where three settlers mimicked the arson attack carried out on July 31, 2015 by Israeli vandals, burning 18-month-old Ali and his parents to death.
Meanwhile, violent clashes burst out in Tamoun village, in Tubas, where the occupation patrols attacked Palestinian protesters and civilian homes with live rounds and tear gas canisters.
A number of Palestinian civilians were rushed to local clinics after they were hit by live bullet shrapnel. Others were treated for critical breathing disorders due to heavy tear gas inhalation.
The IOF further sealed off the Hamra checkpoint and propped up military grip around the area.
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Qaryout, in southern Nablus, and cordoned off a Palestinian land near the illegal Gilo settlement with barbed wire in an attempt to hold sway over the land lot.
The IOF further stormed Aleziyera town, near Occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped an unidentified youth.
Tulkarem-based sources also spoke out against the frequent assaults by Israeli settlers and soldiers on the Palestinian natives and homes.
Locals said a set of makeshift roadblocks has been randomly pitched across Tulkarem, where Palestinian civilians have been subjected to exhaustive questioning and provocation on a quasi-daily basis.
Hordes of Israeli fanatic settlers stormed on Sunday morning the plazas of Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque, amid tight security measures.
Eyewitnesses said 26 Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli soldiers, broke into the al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate.
The peaceful Muslim sit-inners and worshipers kept chanting “Allah is the Greatest” in response to the sacrilegious break-in.
The Israeli occupation policemen have reportedly cracked down on the Muslim women, seizing their IDs at the main entrances to the Mosque.
Eyewitnesses said 26 Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli soldiers, broke into the al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate.
The peaceful Muslim sit-inners and worshipers kept chanting “Allah is the Greatest” in response to the sacrilegious break-in.
The Israeli occupation policemen have reportedly cracked down on the Muslim women, seizing their IDs at the main entrances to the Mosque.
19 dec 2015
Several Palestinians choked on tear gas on Saturday shortly after Israeli extremist settlers, escorted by army troops, rolled into Beit Furik town, in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
Eye-witnesses said the Palestinian natives of Beit Furik town, in eastern Nablus, were subjected to an attack initiated by a horde Israeli settlers, which culminated in barrages of tear gas canisters randomly unleashed by the occupation troops all the way through.
Palestinian protesters stood on their guard to the settlers’ attempts to wreak havoc on civilian homes in al-Qa’da Mount, to the east of Beit Furik.
Several Palestinians suffered from effects of heavy inhalation of tear gas in the clashes that burst out in the area.
Eye-witnesses said the Palestinian natives of Beit Furik town, in eastern Nablus, were subjected to an attack initiated by a horde Israeli settlers, which culminated in barrages of tear gas canisters randomly unleashed by the occupation troops all the way through.
Palestinian protesters stood on their guard to the settlers’ attempts to wreak havoc on civilian homes in al-Qa’da Mount, to the east of Beit Furik.
Several Palestinians suffered from effects of heavy inhalation of tear gas in the clashes that burst out in the area.
Israeli settlers, Saturday morning, physically assaulted and briefly detained a Palestinian farmer and his son in Tuqu‘ town, southeast of Bethlehem, said a municipal source.
WAFA correspondence reported head of Tuqu‘ local council, Taysir Abu Mefreh, as saying that ‘Ali Hmaid, 60, and his son, Eyad, in his 30s, were attacked by a number of settlers from Tekoa illegal settlement while they were plowing their land in Rakhma locality.
Settlers reportedly briefly detained Ali and his son, forcing them to lie face down on the ground. They also seized their tractor.
Tuqu‘, a town dating back to 1948, has a population of about 9,000 who originate from ‘Arab al-Ta‘amra. The town includes three other localities: Khirbet Ad Deir, Al Halkoom, and Khirbet Tuqu’.
According to the Tuqu‘ Town Profile published by the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem, thirty percent of the town population work in agriculture. Workers in agriculture are classified as one of the vulnerable social groups in the town.
The town population also depend on livestock for their livelihood. They produce and sell dairy products in local market and Bethlehem market.
The town occupies a total area of about 191,262 dunams of which 188,845 dunams are considered arable land, and 590 dunams are residential land. A total of 6,250 dunams (accounting for about 3 percent) are planted with seasonal and permanent crops. A total area of 1,499 dunams has been confiscated from the town population for Israeli settlement construction.
Agricultural production in the town depends mostly on rainwater. The most common crop cultivated within this area is white cabbage. A total rain-fed area of 5,000 dunams are planted with olive trees.
Following Oslo Interim Agreement, 141,682 dunams, accounting for 74.1% of the total area of the town, were classified as area C. A total of 46,589 dunams (accounting for 24.4% of the total area of the town) was classified as nature reserves.
Following Israeli occupation in 1967, Israel confiscated 1,436 dunams belonging to the town for the construction of Tekoa, Mshoki Dargot and Mizpe Shalem settlements and six other settlement outposts.
Tekoa settlement was established in 1977 on a total area of 1,071 dunams confiscated from the town. Settlers have frequently attacked Palestinians shepherds grazing their sheep on their land adjacent to the settlements and torched olive orchards.
WAFA correspondence reported head of Tuqu‘ local council, Taysir Abu Mefreh, as saying that ‘Ali Hmaid, 60, and his son, Eyad, in his 30s, were attacked by a number of settlers from Tekoa illegal settlement while they were plowing their land in Rakhma locality.
Settlers reportedly briefly detained Ali and his son, forcing them to lie face down on the ground. They also seized their tractor.
Tuqu‘, a town dating back to 1948, has a population of about 9,000 who originate from ‘Arab al-Ta‘amra. The town includes three other localities: Khirbet Ad Deir, Al Halkoom, and Khirbet Tuqu’.
According to the Tuqu‘ Town Profile published by the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem, thirty percent of the town population work in agriculture. Workers in agriculture are classified as one of the vulnerable social groups in the town.
The town population also depend on livestock for their livelihood. They produce and sell dairy products in local market and Bethlehem market.
The town occupies a total area of about 191,262 dunams of which 188,845 dunams are considered arable land, and 590 dunams are residential land. A total of 6,250 dunams (accounting for about 3 percent) are planted with seasonal and permanent crops. A total area of 1,499 dunams has been confiscated from the town population for Israeli settlement construction.
Agricultural production in the town depends mostly on rainwater. The most common crop cultivated within this area is white cabbage. A total rain-fed area of 5,000 dunams are planted with olive trees.
Following Oslo Interim Agreement, 141,682 dunams, accounting for 74.1% of the total area of the town, were classified as area C. A total of 46,589 dunams (accounting for 24.4% of the total area of the town) was classified as nature reserves.
Following Israeli occupation in 1967, Israel confiscated 1,436 dunams belonging to the town for the construction of Tekoa, Mshoki Dargot and Mizpe Shalem settlements and six other settlement outposts.
Tekoa settlement was established in 1977 on a total area of 1,071 dunams confiscated from the town. Settlers have frequently attacked Palestinians shepherds grazing their sheep on their land adjacent to the settlements and torched olive orchards.
18 dec 2015
An Israeli settler tried Friday afternoon to ram his car into three Palestinian citizens north of al-Khalil southern occupied West Bank.
Local sources affirmed that the three Palestinians were waiting for a taxi at the entrance to Beit Umar town when an Israeli car approached them in a failed attempt to run over them.
The three citizens survived the vehicular attack after they threw themselves to the ground, while the settler fled the scene.
Israeli soldiers were stationed near the scene; however they didn’t tried to prevent the attack or to stop the car.
Local sources affirmed that the three Palestinians were waiting for a taxi at the entrance to Beit Umar town when an Israeli car approached them in a failed attempt to run over them.
The three citizens survived the vehicular attack after they threw themselves to the ground, while the settler fled the scene.
Israeli soldiers were stationed near the scene; however they didn’t tried to prevent the attack or to stop the car.
Israeli soldiers at the Israeli outpost of Achiya near the Palestinian village of Duma on Aug. 4, 2015, a week after a deadly arson attack on the Dawabsha home.
Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet on Thursday cautioned that a Jewish terror organization is seeking to “violently overthrow” the Israeli government, Israeli media reported.
Israeli media across the board described the public statement issued by the security agency as a rare response to actors who have slandered the Shin Bet in a campaign to defend Jewish extremists responsible for a fatal arson attack on a Palestinian home last summer.
Suspects belonging to a Jewish terror organization on July 31 set the home of the Dawabsha family ablaze, killing an 18-month-old immediately. The infant’s parent’s later died from severe burns.
"A Jewish terror organization has been under investigation recently, whose activity is suspected to include serious terror attacks that endangered life and harmed religious sanctity and property," the Shin Bet statement said, according to Israeli media.
"This organization adheres to an extreme, anti-Zionist ideology, that has set itself the goal of violently overthrowing the Israeli government," the Shin Bet continued.
"The terror attacks that are suspected to have been carried out by the organization led to, among other things, the murder of three innocent Palestinians. This contributed to instability in the region and worsened the security situation," the agency added.
Despite the threat the terror organization has posed to both Palestinian and Israeli sides, the Shin Bet said that several actors have been working to prevent progress by the agency in its investigations of the group.
"To our regret, since the arrests the Shin Bet has identified a proactive and ongoing effort to slander the organization and its work, and to disrupt its activities.
"This attempt deserves full condemnation and will not deter the Shin Bet from continuing its work as envoys of citizens of the State of Israel, in line with national values," the agency said.
The Shin Bet statement came hours after lawyers representing the suspects held a press conference accusing the agency for using methods of torture during interrogation.
Concerns among the Israeli public as well as the international community of the rising influence of extremists on policies of the Israeli government have been voiced repeatedly in past months.
PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi on Wednesday denounced Israel’s failure to prosecute the suspects responsible for the Dawabsha arson attack as effectively condoning violent behavior of Israeli settlers.
“When it comes to Jewish criminality or terrorism against Palestinian victims, the legal system in Israel seems to fall apart,” the PLO official said in a statement.
While Israeli leadership at the time condemned the Dawabsha attack as "terrorism" and pledged to bring the perpetrators to justice, Israeli rights group B'Tselem slammed the reaction as "empty rhetoric."
"Official condemnations of this attack are empty rhetoric as long as politicians continue their policy of avoiding enforcement of the law on Israelis who harm Palestinians, and do not deal with the public climate and the incitement which serve as backdrop to these acts," the group said at the time.
Contention over Israel’s failure to bring the perpetrators of last summer’s terrorist attack to justice meanwhile continues to contribute to ongoing tension in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet on Thursday cautioned that a Jewish terror organization is seeking to “violently overthrow” the Israeli government, Israeli media reported.
Israeli media across the board described the public statement issued by the security agency as a rare response to actors who have slandered the Shin Bet in a campaign to defend Jewish extremists responsible for a fatal arson attack on a Palestinian home last summer.
Suspects belonging to a Jewish terror organization on July 31 set the home of the Dawabsha family ablaze, killing an 18-month-old immediately. The infant’s parent’s later died from severe burns.
"A Jewish terror organization has been under investigation recently, whose activity is suspected to include serious terror attacks that endangered life and harmed religious sanctity and property," the Shin Bet statement said, according to Israeli media.
"This organization adheres to an extreme, anti-Zionist ideology, that has set itself the goal of violently overthrowing the Israeli government," the Shin Bet continued.
"The terror attacks that are suspected to have been carried out by the organization led to, among other things, the murder of three innocent Palestinians. This contributed to instability in the region and worsened the security situation," the agency added.
Despite the threat the terror organization has posed to both Palestinian and Israeli sides, the Shin Bet said that several actors have been working to prevent progress by the agency in its investigations of the group.
"To our regret, since the arrests the Shin Bet has identified a proactive and ongoing effort to slander the organization and its work, and to disrupt its activities.
"This attempt deserves full condemnation and will not deter the Shin Bet from continuing its work as envoys of citizens of the State of Israel, in line with national values," the agency said.
The Shin Bet statement came hours after lawyers representing the suspects held a press conference accusing the agency for using methods of torture during interrogation.
Concerns among the Israeli public as well as the international community of the rising influence of extremists on policies of the Israeli government have been voiced repeatedly in past months.
PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi on Wednesday denounced Israel’s failure to prosecute the suspects responsible for the Dawabsha arson attack as effectively condoning violent behavior of Israeli settlers.
“When it comes to Jewish criminality or terrorism against Palestinian victims, the legal system in Israel seems to fall apart,” the PLO official said in a statement.
While Israeli leadership at the time condemned the Dawabsha attack as "terrorism" and pledged to bring the perpetrators to justice, Israeli rights group B'Tselem slammed the reaction as "empty rhetoric."
"Official condemnations of this attack are empty rhetoric as long as politicians continue their policy of avoiding enforcement of the law on Israelis who harm Palestinians, and do not deal with the public climate and the incitement which serve as backdrop to these acts," the group said at the time.
Contention over Israel’s failure to bring the perpetrators of last summer’s terrorist attack to justice meanwhile continues to contribute to ongoing tension in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Scores of Israeli soldiers and fanatic Jewish settlers on Thursday evening spread through different areas in the vicinity of Yabad town, south of Jenin city, and embarked on harassing and assaulting Palestinian citizens for the third consecutive day.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) persisted in barring the Palestinians from using al-Sahel (plain) road in Yabad and chased and assaulted several farmers, which prompted them to take other routes.
A horde of settlers, for their part, ambushed and attacked Palestinians in areas near Dotan checkpoint as well as vehicles traveling on the road between Yabad and Tulkarem. They also chanted racist slurs against Arabs, according to eyewitnesses.
The IOF also set up a makeshift checkpoint on the road between Yabad and eastern Barta'a and intercepted Palestinian passengers and vehicles.
The areas surrounding Yabad town have been seeing for three days attacks on Palestinian natives and restrictions on their movement on allegations that local young men attacked a settler with stones and injured him.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) persisted in barring the Palestinians from using al-Sahel (plain) road in Yabad and chased and assaulted several farmers, which prompted them to take other routes.
A horde of settlers, for their part, ambushed and attacked Palestinians in areas near Dotan checkpoint as well as vehicles traveling on the road between Yabad and Tulkarem. They also chanted racist slurs against Arabs, according to eyewitnesses.
The IOF also set up a makeshift checkpoint on the road between Yabad and eastern Barta'a and intercepted Palestinian passengers and vehicles.
The areas surrounding Yabad town have been seeing for three days attacks on Palestinian natives and restrictions on their movement on allegations that local young men attacked a settler with stones and injured him.
17 dec 2015
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday night forced a Palestinian family out of their home, located in Jenin’s southwestern town of Yabad, in the northern occupied West Bank.
Local sources said the IOF turned the Yahya Abu Shamla’s family home into a military barrack and were deployed on the house rooftop.
Earlier, on Tuesday evening, the Israeli soldiers rolled into the house and wreaked havoc on it after Israeli settlers claimed they were hurled with stones on an adjacent road.
Yabad Mayor, Youssef Atatra, said the Israeli occupation army has stepped up assaults on the Palestinian natives of Yabad town.
He added that the occupation troops have cordoned off Yabad’s surrounding areas with military checkpoints and provided security shield for the Israeli vandals.
Local sources said the IOF turned the Yahya Abu Shamla’s family home into a military barrack and were deployed on the house rooftop.
Earlier, on Tuesday evening, the Israeli soldiers rolled into the house and wreaked havoc on it after Israeli settlers claimed they were hurled with stones on an adjacent road.
Yabad Mayor, Youssef Atatra, said the Israeli occupation army has stepped up assaults on the Palestinian natives of Yabad town.
He added that the occupation troops have cordoned off Yabad’s surrounding areas with military checkpoints and provided security shield for the Israeli vandals.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed at dawn Thursday different areas of occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank. Several arrests were carried out during the raid.
In Ramallah, IOF arrested five youths after violently breaking into their homes in Jalazoun refugee camp.
In Tulkarem, a number of local homes were brutally raided and searched at the outskirts of the city. An ex-detainee was taken from his house during the raid campaign.
On the other hand, IOF soldiers broke into Farata town in Qalqilia and arrested a University student after storming his family home.
In Jenin, Israeli settlers continued their attacks against Palestinians and their properties in Yabad town. The tension has been running high in the town after IOF confiscated a local home and turned it into a military checkpoint.
Along the same line, IOF soldiers stormed at dawn today Zabda town amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
Similar raids were reported in the neighboring towns and in Nablus city. However, no arrests were carried out.
In al-Khali, an ex-detainee was arrested in Dura town south of the city, while two other young men were detained in Fawar refugee camp after being brutally beaten.
A number of homes were also stormed and violently searched in Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
In Ramallah, IOF arrested five youths after violently breaking into their homes in Jalazoun refugee camp.
In Tulkarem, a number of local homes were brutally raided and searched at the outskirts of the city. An ex-detainee was taken from his house during the raid campaign.
On the other hand, IOF soldiers broke into Farata town in Qalqilia and arrested a University student after storming his family home.
In Jenin, Israeli settlers continued their attacks against Palestinians and their properties in Yabad town. The tension has been running high in the town after IOF confiscated a local home and turned it into a military checkpoint.
Along the same line, IOF soldiers stormed at dawn today Zabda town amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.
Similar raids were reported in the neighboring towns and in Nablus city. However, no arrests were carried out.
In al-Khali, an ex-detainee was arrested in Dura town south of the city, while two other young men were detained in Fawar refugee camp after being brutally beaten.
A number of homes were also stormed and violently searched in Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
Hordes of Israeli fanatics, escorted by policemen, stormed, on early Thursday morning, the plazas of Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
The break-in was carried out via the Maghareba Gate under heavy shield by Israeli special troops and rapid intervention forces.
The Israeli soldiers have also come down heavily on the young Muslim worshipers, seizing their IDs at the gates of al-Aqsa and subjecting them to exhaustive inspection.
The peaceful Muslim worshipers and learners kept chanting “Allah is the Greatest” in protest at the desecrating break-in.
A group of Muslim women maintained vigil outside of al-Aqsa after they were banned from entering the Mosque to perform their religious prayers.
Over recent weeks, Israeli fanatics and soldiers have stepped up sacrilegious assaults and break-ins at the al-Aqsa Mosque, sparking further tension across the occupied Palestinian territories.
The break-in was carried out via the Maghareba Gate under heavy shield by Israeli special troops and rapid intervention forces.
The Israeli soldiers have also come down heavily on the young Muslim worshipers, seizing their IDs at the gates of al-Aqsa and subjecting them to exhaustive inspection.
The peaceful Muslim worshipers and learners kept chanting “Allah is the Greatest” in protest at the desecrating break-in.
A group of Muslim women maintained vigil outside of al-Aqsa after they were banned from entering the Mosque to perform their religious prayers.
Over recent weeks, Israeli fanatics and soldiers have stepped up sacrilegious assaults and break-ins at the al-Aqsa Mosque, sparking further tension across the occupied Palestinian territories.
16 dec 2015
Israeli officers escorted by two of the Israeli archeology authority along with 20 settlers stormed and toured the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday amid confrontation of Muslim sit-inners.
Quds Press revealed that Israeli police banned the construction employees of the Islamic endowment management from completing their work of repairing water pipes inside the Mosque and detained the engineer Bassam al-Hallak.
The manager of al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani condemned the Israeli ceaseless disturbance of the work of the endowment at al-Aqsa.
Israeli forces prevent the employees of construction works at al-Aqsa from completing their work unless they get the approval of the Israeli officer. Israel usually delays or prevents any renovation under false pretexts.
Israeli police summoned Hadil al-Rajabi,12-year-old, from the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem to be questioned on Wednesday morning in al-Qashale investigation center in the city.
The police also banned the Jerusalemite man Akram al-Shurafa and a female sit-inner, Hanadi al-Helwani, from travelling abroad for about one month.
Quds Press revealed that Israeli police banned the construction employees of the Islamic endowment management from completing their work of repairing water pipes inside the Mosque and detained the engineer Bassam al-Hallak.
The manager of al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani condemned the Israeli ceaseless disturbance of the work of the endowment at al-Aqsa.
Israeli forces prevent the employees of construction works at al-Aqsa from completing their work unless they get the approval of the Israeli officer. Israel usually delays or prevents any renovation under false pretexts.
Israeli police summoned Hadil al-Rajabi,12-year-old, from the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem to be questioned on Wednesday morning in al-Qashale investigation center in the city.
The police also banned the Jerusalemite man Akram al-Shurafa and a female sit-inner, Hanadi al-Helwani, from travelling abroad for about one month.
15 dec 2015
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, three siblings after assaulting them on a military roadblock, installed on the western entrance of Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped Ibrahim Bassem Hamed, 30, along with his brothers, Mustafa, 24, and Mahmoud, 20, and repeatedly beat them, before moving them to the Benyamin military base.
They added that the soldiers detained the three for more than an hour on the roadblock, while frequently beating them, after initially opening fire on the car that was transporting them, causing property damage.
The army also placed Ibrahim under their military vehicle, and repeatedly hit him on his head.
In addition, the soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars, and questioned many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, a number of Israeli colonizers hurled stones on Palestinian cars, driving near Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing damage.
Also on Tuesday evening, several military vehicles invaded Ya’bad town, before the soldiers broke into and searched many homes after forcing the families out in the cold.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped Ibrahim Bassem Hamed, 30, along with his brothers, Mustafa, 24, and Mahmoud, 20, and repeatedly beat them, before moving them to the Benyamin military base.
They added that the soldiers detained the three for more than an hour on the roadblock, while frequently beating them, after initially opening fire on the car that was transporting them, causing property damage.
The army also placed Ibrahim under their military vehicle, and repeatedly hit him on his head.
In addition, the soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars, and questioned many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, a number of Israeli colonizers hurled stones on Palestinian cars, driving near Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing damage.
Also on Tuesday evening, several military vehicles invaded Ya’bad town, before the soldiers broke into and searched many homes after forcing the families out in the cold.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) started arming “ultra-orthodox Jews” following the recent wave of “attacks in Israel,” Yediot Ahranot Hebrew newspaper said Tuesday.
Palestinians know that Ultra-Orthodox Jews often do not own weapons. This explains why they are a major target for the attacks, according to the newspaper’s claims.
Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan initiated the step by easing the gun license application process for Haredim who served in the IOF and reside in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods and communities, the paper reported Tuesday.
“The initiative will provide a response to the current shortage of weapons in ultra-Orthodox population centers,” Erdan said, explaining that “civilians who are skilled at using firearms would multiply our strength in the fight" against Palestinian attacks.
“As part of this process, the Nahal Haredi Association will manage a list of ultra-Orthodox veterans of combat service who reside in Haredi clusters. The list will be transferred to the police to decide who gets a permit to carry a weapon.”
Palestinians know that Ultra-Orthodox Jews often do not own weapons. This explains why they are a major target for the attacks, according to the newspaper’s claims.
Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan initiated the step by easing the gun license application process for Haredim who served in the IOF and reside in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods and communities, the paper reported Tuesday.
“The initiative will provide a response to the current shortage of weapons in ultra-Orthodox population centers,” Erdan said, explaining that “civilians who are skilled at using firearms would multiply our strength in the fight" against Palestinian attacks.
“As part of this process, the Nahal Haredi Association will manage a list of ultra-Orthodox veterans of combat service who reside in Haredi clusters. The list will be transferred to the police to decide who gets a permit to carry a weapon.”
Three Palestinian young minors were released by their Jewish captors Monday evening hours after they were kidnapped from an area in Amriha village, south of Jenin city.
Palestinian security sources said the boys who were kidnapped by settlers earlier during the day returned to their homes.
Earlier, local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a horde of settlers had entered cultivated plots of land belonging to Palestinians from Yabad town near Mevo Dotan settlement and physically assaulted three boys there before abducting them.
The sources added that the boys were taken by the settlers to Mevo Dotan settlement.
The abductees were brothers Anwar and Tawfiq Abu Abed, and their cousin Mohamed Abu Abed. All of them are under age 17.
Palestinian security sources said the boys who were kidnapped by settlers earlier during the day returned to their homes.
Earlier, local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a horde of settlers had entered cultivated plots of land belonging to Palestinians from Yabad town near Mevo Dotan settlement and physically assaulted three boys there before abducting them.
The sources added that the boys were taken by the settlers to Mevo Dotan settlement.
The abductees were brothers Anwar and Tawfiq Abu Abed, and their cousin Mohamed Abu Abed. All of them are under age 17.