11 dec 2019
Israeli settlers, today, attacked Palestinian herders in the Khirbet Yanoun pastures, northern West Bank, according to a local official.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official in charge of monitoring Israeli settlement activities, told WAFA that settlers chased herders out the pastures and lands that belong to the village of Aqraba, to the south of Nablus, and attacked them.
He said that Israeli soldiers in the area did not intervene to stop the settlers, but rather provided them with cover and protection.
Shepherds live off of the livestock they raise and often take their sheep to the open pastures, to feed.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official in charge of monitoring Israeli settlement activities, told WAFA that settlers chased herders out the pastures and lands that belong to the village of Aqraba, to the south of Nablus, and attacked them.
He said that Israeli soldiers in the area did not intervene to stop the settlers, but rather provided them with cover and protection.
Shepherds live off of the livestock they raise and often take their sheep to the open pastures, to feed.
Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers on Wednesday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque under tight police protection.
According to the Islamic Awqaf Authority, 108 settlers escorted by police forces entered the Mosque through al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards in morning hours.
Among the settlers were female soldiers, intelligence officers, tour guides and students.
The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Israeli police close al-Maghariba Gate, which is used by Jews to enter the Mosque, at 10:30 am after the settlers complete their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon, the same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers.
During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place.
According to the Islamic Awqaf Authority, 108 settlers escorted by police forces entered the Mosque through al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards in morning hours.
Among the settlers were female soldiers, intelligence officers, tour guides and students.
The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Israeli police close al-Maghariba Gate, which is used by Jews to enter the Mosque, at 10:30 am after the settlers complete their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon, the same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers.
During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place.
10 dec 2019
Israeli police forces on Tuesday arrested one of al-Aqsa Mosque's guards and allowed dozens of Israeli settlers to desecrate the site.
Eyewitnesses said that the extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick led scores of Jewish settlers into al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police guard. video
The settlers carried out provocative tours inside al-Aqsa compound before leaving it through al-Silsila Gate.
Meanwhile, Israeli police forces arrested Fadi Elyyan, one pf al-Aqsa Mosque's guards, and transferred him to a nearby detention and interrogation center. video
Elyyan was detained for arguing with Israeli officers in protest at an arbitrary Israeli measure to move al-Aqsa Mosque guards' room to another place.
Eyewitnesses said that the extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick led scores of Jewish settlers into al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police guard. video
The settlers carried out provocative tours inside al-Aqsa compound before leaving it through al-Silsila Gate.
Meanwhile, Israeli police forces arrested Fadi Elyyan, one pf al-Aqsa Mosque's guards, and transferred him to a nearby detention and interrogation center. video
Elyyan was detained for arguing with Israeli officers in protest at an arbitrary Israeli measure to move al-Aqsa Mosque guards' room to another place.
9 dec 2019
39 Israeli settlers, on Monday morning, stormed the Islamic court yards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, guarded by Israeli occupation police.
Local media sources reported that police opened the Moroccan Gate in front of 36 settlers, who broke into the mosque in four groups.
Police escorted the settlers while they toured the court yards, until they left the Islamic site via Selselah Gate.
Israeli settlers performed Talmudic rituals at Arrahma Gate, in the eastern part of Al-Aqsa.
Al Ray sources noted that Israeli intelligence forces broke into the mosque on Monday, as well.
Police followed restrictive procedures on Jerusalemites’ access, holding identity cards at external gates, while dozens of women and men have been denied access to the mosque for some time.
Local media sources reported that police opened the Moroccan Gate in front of 36 settlers, who broke into the mosque in four groups.
Police escorted the settlers while they toured the court yards, until they left the Islamic site via Selselah Gate.
Israeli settlers performed Talmudic rituals at Arrahma Gate, in the eastern part of Al-Aqsa.
Al Ray sources noted that Israeli intelligence forces broke into the mosque on Monday, as well.
Police followed restrictive procedures on Jerusalemites’ access, holding identity cards at external gates, while dozens of women and men have been denied access to the mosque for some time.
The First Palestinian Uprising or ‘Intifada’ broke out across occupied Palestine on December 8, 1987, lasting for more than six years, saw the deaths of thousands of Palestinians by Israeli occupation forces, and the detention of tens of thousands.
On that day 32 years ago, Israeli settler, Herzel Boukiza, rammed his vehicle into Palestinian workers returning home through the Erez/Beit Hanoun checkpoint between Israel and Gaza.
Four Palestinian workers from Jabalia and Maghazi in the Gaza Strip were killed in the attack, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.
The next day, December 9, 1987 and following the funerals of the four martyrs, angry Palestinians took to the streets in Jabalia to protest the premeditated attack.
As Palestinian leaders gathered to discuss the escalating situation, protests and clashes broke out within the refugee camps, spreading rapidly across the West Bank. Shopkeepers closed their businesses and laborers refused to go to their workplaces in Israel.
Palestinians took control of neighborhoods, barricading roads to prevent Israeli army vehicles from entering. Largely unarmed, they defended themselves only by throwing stones at the soldiers and their tanks.
After six years of daily confrontations in which the Israeli army killed a total of 1550 Palestinians, injured more than 70,000 by shattering bones and beatings, and detained 100,000 to 200,000.
Over 18,000 Palestinians were held under administrative detention for long periods of time without charge or trial, a practice Israel continues to utilize.
The “stones Intifada” came to a halt after the signing of the Palestinian-Israeli Oslo Accords in September 1993, which led to the creation of the Palestinian Authority, and allowed thousands of the Palestinian Diaspora to return home for the first time since being forced out of Palestine in 1948.
Watch here to see Israeli soldiers beating Palestinians with rocks to break their bones.
On that day 32 years ago, Israeli settler, Herzel Boukiza, rammed his vehicle into Palestinian workers returning home through the Erez/Beit Hanoun checkpoint between Israel and Gaza.
Four Palestinian workers from Jabalia and Maghazi in the Gaza Strip were killed in the attack, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.
The next day, December 9, 1987 and following the funerals of the four martyrs, angry Palestinians took to the streets in Jabalia to protest the premeditated attack.
As Palestinian leaders gathered to discuss the escalating situation, protests and clashes broke out within the refugee camps, spreading rapidly across the West Bank. Shopkeepers closed their businesses and laborers refused to go to their workplaces in Israel.
Palestinians took control of neighborhoods, barricading roads to prevent Israeli army vehicles from entering. Largely unarmed, they defended themselves only by throwing stones at the soldiers and their tanks.
After six years of daily confrontations in which the Israeli army killed a total of 1550 Palestinians, injured more than 70,000 by shattering bones and beatings, and detained 100,000 to 200,000.
Over 18,000 Palestinians were held under administrative detention for long periods of time without charge or trial, a practice Israel continues to utilize.
The “stones Intifada” came to a halt after the signing of the Palestinian-Israeli Oslo Accords in September 1993, which led to the creation of the Palestinian Authority, and allowed thousands of the Palestinian Diaspora to return home for the first time since being forced out of Palestine in 1948.
Watch here to see Israeli soldiers beating Palestinians with rocks to break their bones.
Illegal Israeli colonists infiltrated, on Monday at dawn, into Shu’fat neighborhood, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and punctured the tires of many Palestinian cars, in addition to writing racist graffiti.
Locals in Shu’fat said the colonists puncture the tires of nearly 200 Palestinian cars in the town.
They added that the colonists also wrote racist anti-Palestinian graffiti, including “Arabs = Enemy,” and “Death to Arabs.”
The Israeli assailants likely came from the illegal Ramat Shlomo colony, which was built on confiscated private Palestinian lands.
Locals in Shu’fat said the colonists puncture the tires of nearly 200 Palestinian cars in the town.
They added that the colonists also wrote racist anti-Palestinian graffiti, including “Arabs = Enemy,” and “Death to Arabs.”
The Israeli assailants likely came from the illegal Ramat Shlomo colony, which was built on confiscated private Palestinian lands.
8 dec 2019
Violent clashes broke out on Sunday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed a Palestinian-owned land in Kafr Laqif village, east of Qalqilya, and embarked on razing it in preparation for its confiscation.
Head of Kafr Laqif's village council Nayef Jaber said that IOF soldiers and settlers attacked the Palestinian citizens who confronted the illegal confiscation attempt of 27 dunums of Palestinian land in favor of settlement expansion.
Jaber said that the Palestinians of Kafr Laqif managed to force the settlers out of the land and stop the razing operation, noting that legal procedures will be taken in the coming days.
He added that the Israeli authorities have been planning to seize Palestinian lands from the village to expand Karni Shamron settlement.
Head of Kafr Laqif's village council Nayef Jaber said that IOF soldiers and settlers attacked the Palestinian citizens who confronted the illegal confiscation attempt of 27 dunums of Palestinian land in favor of settlement expansion.
Jaber said that the Palestinians of Kafr Laqif managed to force the settlers out of the land and stop the razing operation, noting that legal procedures will be taken in the coming days.
He added that the Israeli authorities have been planning to seize Palestinian lands from the village to expand Karni Shamron settlement.
5 dec 2019
Dozens of Jewish settlers on Thursday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards under tight police guard.
According to the Islamic Awqaf Authority, 100 settlers, including students, toured the Mosque’s courtyards and received explanations about the alleged temple mount.
The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Israeli police close al-Maghariba Gate, which is used by Jews to enter the Mosque, at 10:30 am after the settlers complete their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon, the same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers.
During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place.
According to the Islamic Awqaf Authority, 100 settlers, including students, toured the Mosque’s courtyards and received explanations about the alleged temple mount.
The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Israeli police close al-Maghariba Gate, which is used by Jews to enter the Mosque, at 10:30 am after the settlers complete their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon, the same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers.
During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place.
The Israeli prison service (IPS) has issued a decision prohibiting Palestinian prisoners, who are accused of killing Israelis, of having photographs with their relatives during visits.
According to Israel’s Channel 7, the decision was taken after a photo was published recently on the Internet of prisoner Omar al-Abd, accused of killing three settlers in the illegal settlement of Halamish, with his mother who was visiting him in jail.
IPS took the decision in this regard in response to pressures by the Zionist organization of Im Tirtzu, who called for preventing Palestinian families from having photos with their relatives who killed Israelis.
Im Tirtzu claims that such photos are provocative to Israeli bereaved families.
According to Israel’s Channel 7, the decision was taken after a photo was published recently on the Internet of prisoner Omar al-Abd, accused of killing three settlers in the illegal settlement of Halamish, with his mother who was visiting him in jail.
IPS took the decision in this regard in response to pressures by the Zionist organization of Im Tirtzu, who called for preventing Palestinian families from having photos with their relatives who killed Israelis.
Im Tirtzu claims that such photos are provocative to Israeli bereaved families.
Many fanatic illegal Israeli colonialist settlers installed, Thursday, a mobile home on Palestinian lands in Burqa village, north of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and burnt tires on the man Jenin-Nablus road.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities, said the colonists invaded private Palestinian lands in Burqa, and installed a mobile home.
Daghlas added that the Israeli soldiers were present and did not attempt to stop the colonists, but instead, forced the Palestinians away.
He stated that the colonists also closed the main Jenin-Nablus road, and burnt tires, preventing the Palestinian cars from crossing in both directions.
It is worth mentioning that Israel removed Homesh colony in the year 2005, but groups of fanatic colonists keep returning to the area to install their outposts on lands owned by Palestinians from Burqa and Sielet ath-Thaher villages.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities, said the colonists invaded private Palestinian lands in Burqa, and installed a mobile home.
Daghlas added that the Israeli soldiers were present and did not attempt to stop the colonists, but instead, forced the Palestinians away.
He stated that the colonists also closed the main Jenin-Nablus road, and burnt tires, preventing the Palestinian cars from crossing in both directions.
It is worth mentioning that Israel removed Homesh colony in the year 2005, but groups of fanatic colonists keep returning to the area to install their outposts on lands owned by Palestinians from Burqa and Sielet ath-Thaher villages.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron in southern West Bank, and destroyed machines in a blacksmith and lathe workshop, in addition to demolishing four residential rooms in Yatta nearby town.
The soldiers invaded the ath-Thaheriyya town, before storming a blacksmith and a lathe workshop, and deliberately damaged its machines.
The demolished structure is owned by members of Manna’ local Palestinian family.
In addition, the soldiers demolished four residential rooms; one owned by an elderly Palestinian woman, identified as Nozha Makhamra, and three rooms belonging to Shehada Makhamra, In Masafer Yatta village, south of Hebron.
In related news, several illegal Israeli colonists, squatting on Palestinian lands in Umm al-Arayes village, east of Yatta, attacked local farmers, and prevented them from plowing their lands.
The soldiers invaded the ath-Thaheriyya town, before storming a blacksmith and a lathe workshop, and deliberately damaged its machines.
The demolished structure is owned by members of Manna’ local Palestinian family.
In addition, the soldiers demolished four residential rooms; one owned by an elderly Palestinian woman, identified as Nozha Makhamra, and three rooms belonging to Shehada Makhamra, In Masafer Yatta village, south of Hebron.
In related news, several illegal Israeli colonists, squatting on Palestinian lands in Umm al-Arayes village, east of Yatta, attacked local farmers, and prevented them from plowing their lands.