8 feb 2018
Some 44 Jewish settlers escorted by 33 American soldiers on Thursday broke into al-Aqsa Mosque's plazas amid protection by Israeli police.
Islamic Endowment Department in Jerusalem, said that the American soldiers stormed the holy site in civilian uniform with the company of an Israeli officer.
The incursion was made through the Israeli-controlled al-Magharebah gate and was concluded by several tours in the courtyards of the holy shrine before exiting the mosque from al-Silsilah gate.
Islamic Endowment Department in Jerusalem, said that the American soldiers stormed the holy site in civilian uniform with the company of an Israeli officer.
The incursion was made through the Israeli-controlled al-Magharebah gate and was concluded by several tours in the courtyards of the holy shrine before exiting the mosque from al-Silsilah gate.
Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight until morning hours Thursday, dozens of Palestinian homes and lands, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, searched and ransacked them, and abducted at least eighteen Palestinians, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The Jenin office of the PPS, in northern West Bank, said dozens of soldiers invaded Wad Burqin town, west of the city, conducted violent searched of homes, and abducted Soheib Jarir Jarrar, Ahmad al-Kastooni, in addition to Mohammad and Mahmoud Nasri Shalabi, and their uncle Salah Jaber Shalabi.
The soldiers also searched the rubble of the demolished homes of Ahmad Nasr Jarrar, and Ahmad Ismael Jarrar, 31, who were killed by the soldiers on February 6th and January 17th.
In addition, the soldiers invaded homes in the al-Marah area, in Jenin city, and interrogated several Palestinians.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Anabta town, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and violently searched homes, causing property damage, before abducting Morad Abdul-Karim Hammad, Majd Zeidan, Yazan Mallah and a former political prisoner, identified as Emad Mustafa Najjar, 26.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked homes in the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and abducted Mohammad Harbi Daraghma, 15, and Sarhan Rif’at Daraghma, 26, and Abdul-Salam Dawabsha.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers frequently invade the village, and threaten further restrictions, and more violent searches of homes, in addition to installing roadblocks, in an attempt to stop ongoing protests against the occupation.
In related news, a young Palestinian man, identified as Emad Abu Ghazala, 27, was rammed by a speeding colonizer’s car, while riding his bicycle near Aqraba town, south of Nablus.
The colonizer fled the scene, and the Palestinian, from Beita town, was rushed by Palestinian medics to a local hospital.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the solders abducted two children, identified as Moath Kifah Abdul-Hadi, 12, and Abdul-Rahman Montaser Amer, 12, while playing near the Annexation Wall.
The soldiers also installed many roadblocks on roads leading to ‘Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers also invaded and searched homes, and abducted Hani Ladawda and Younis Khairi B’eirat, from the al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village, and Kafr Malek, north and east of the city.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, dozens of soldiers invaded many homes, and stores throughout the city, and in Doura town, in addition to the al-Fawwar refugee camp, and abducted Nasser Othman Amro, and Yousef Waleed at-Teety, 22.
The soldiers also invaded Ethna town, and the al-Kum village, west of Hebron, searched homes and summoned Moayyad Jibreen Abu Zalta and Abdul-Qader Rajoub, for interrogation in Etzion military base, north of Hebron.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers summoned for interrogation a guard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Mohammad Salhi.
The Jenin office of the PPS, in northern West Bank, said dozens of soldiers invaded Wad Burqin town, west of the city, conducted violent searched of homes, and abducted Soheib Jarir Jarrar, Ahmad al-Kastooni, in addition to Mohammad and Mahmoud Nasri Shalabi, and their uncle Salah Jaber Shalabi.
The soldiers also searched the rubble of the demolished homes of Ahmad Nasr Jarrar, and Ahmad Ismael Jarrar, 31, who were killed by the soldiers on February 6th and January 17th.
In addition, the soldiers invaded homes in the al-Marah area, in Jenin city, and interrogated several Palestinians.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Anabta town, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and violently searched homes, causing property damage, before abducting Morad Abdul-Karim Hammad, Majd Zeidan, Yazan Mallah and a former political prisoner, identified as Emad Mustafa Najjar, 26.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked homes in the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and abducted Mohammad Harbi Daraghma, 15, and Sarhan Rif’at Daraghma, 26, and Abdul-Salam Dawabsha.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers frequently invade the village, and threaten further restrictions, and more violent searches of homes, in addition to installing roadblocks, in an attempt to stop ongoing protests against the occupation.
In related news, a young Palestinian man, identified as Emad Abu Ghazala, 27, was rammed by a speeding colonizer’s car, while riding his bicycle near Aqraba town, south of Nablus.
The colonizer fled the scene, and the Palestinian, from Beita town, was rushed by Palestinian medics to a local hospital.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the solders abducted two children, identified as Moath Kifah Abdul-Hadi, 12, and Abdul-Rahman Montaser Amer, 12, while playing near the Annexation Wall.
The soldiers also installed many roadblocks on roads leading to ‘Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers also invaded and searched homes, and abducted Hani Ladawda and Younis Khairi B’eirat, from the al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village, and Kafr Malek, north and east of the city.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, dozens of soldiers invaded many homes, and stores throughout the city, and in Doura town, in addition to the al-Fawwar refugee camp, and abducted Nasser Othman Amro, and Yousef Waleed at-Teety, 22.
The soldiers also invaded Ethna town, and the al-Kum village, west of Hebron, searched homes and summoned Moayyad Jibreen Abu Zalta and Abdul-Qader Rajoub, for interrogation in Etzion military base, north of Hebron.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers summoned for interrogation a guard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Mohammad Salhi.
Israeli settlers attacked overnight Wednesday a Palestinian intelligence officer while he was driving near Ariel illegal settlement outpost, in the occupied West Bank.
According to eye-witnesses, extremist settlers hurled stones at the car of the Palestinian officer Walid Shubash though he posed no threat to them.
The officer sustained injuries in his hand and got his car severely damaged.
The assault took place in the vicinities of Ariel settlement outpost, illegally built on Palestinian lands in the area.
Recent years have witnessed a sharp increase in the pace of Israel’s settler terrorism across the occupied West Bank. Settler violations often include arson attacks, property theft, home burglary, stone-hurling, and land grab.
According to eye-witnesses, extremist settlers hurled stones at the car of the Palestinian officer Walid Shubash though he posed no threat to them.
The officer sustained injuries in his hand and got his car severely damaged.
The assault took place in the vicinities of Ariel settlement outpost, illegally built on Palestinian lands in the area.
Recent years have witnessed a sharp increase in the pace of Israel’s settler terrorism across the occupied West Bank. Settler violations often include arson attacks, property theft, home burglary, stone-hurling, and land grab.
7 feb 2018
Palestinian residents of the northern West Bank city of Nablus managed on Wednesday to foil an Israeli settlers’ attempt to kidnap two children from Madama town south of the city.
Local activist Ghassan Duglas affirmed that 12 settlers from Yitzhar settlement infiltrated into the town and kidnapped two children while playing near their house.
The two children were identified as Hossam Ziadeh, 10, and Taha Ziadeh, 8.
Fortunately, local youths managed to catch up the settlers before reaching their settlement and to save the two children.
Following the incident, violent clashes broke out between local residents and the settlers who later fled the scene under Israeli forces’ protection.
Villagers Undermine Settler Attempt to Abduct Palestinian Boys
A number of illegal Jewish Israeli settlers recently attempted to abduct two Palestinian children in the village of Madma, to the south of the West Bank city of Nablus.
Talaat Ziyadeh, member of the village council, said, according to Days of Palestine, that the settlers descended from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, stormed the village and chased two Palestinian children.
Ziyadeh said that these children are shepherds and they were feeding their goats in the outskirts of the village when the settlers attempted to abduct them.
Speaking to Quds Press, Ziyadeh said that a number of the villagers saw the chase and immediately intervened.
In the wake of the failed abduction attempt, confrontations broke out between Palestinian villagers and the Israeli settlers.
The settlers called on Israeli occupation forces, who were protecting them. “When the Israeli occupation forces arrived, they fired tear gas and sound bombs to disperse the Palestinian villagers and allow the settlers to safely withdraw,” Ziyadeh said.
Local activist Ghassan Duglas affirmed that 12 settlers from Yitzhar settlement infiltrated into the town and kidnapped two children while playing near their house.
The two children were identified as Hossam Ziadeh, 10, and Taha Ziadeh, 8.
Fortunately, local youths managed to catch up the settlers before reaching their settlement and to save the two children.
Following the incident, violent clashes broke out between local residents and the settlers who later fled the scene under Israeli forces’ protection.
Villagers Undermine Settler Attempt to Abduct Palestinian Boys
A number of illegal Jewish Israeli settlers recently attempted to abduct two Palestinian children in the village of Madma, to the south of the West Bank city of Nablus.
Talaat Ziyadeh, member of the village council, said, according to Days of Palestine, that the settlers descended from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, stormed the village and chased two Palestinian children.
Ziyadeh said that these children are shepherds and they were feeding their goats in the outskirts of the village when the settlers attempted to abduct them.
Speaking to Quds Press, Ziyadeh said that a number of the villagers saw the chase and immediately intervened.
In the wake of the failed abduction attempt, confrontations broke out between Palestinian villagers and the Israeli settlers.
The settlers called on Israeli occupation forces, who were protecting them. “When the Israeli occupation forces arrived, they fired tear gas and sound bombs to disperse the Palestinian villagers and allow the settlers to safely withdraw,” Ziyadeh said.
A Palestinian on Wednesday evening suffered injuries when an Israeli car deliberately hit him in the norther West Bank city of Nablus.
The citizen Imad Abu Ghazala suffered different injuries and bruises, medics said.
He was then taken to Rafidia hospital in Nablus for treatment, the sources added.
Earlier on Wednesday, two Palestinian children were saved by local residents after being kidnapped by a group of settlers while playing in front of their house in Nablus.
The citizen Imad Abu Ghazala suffered different injuries and bruises, medics said.
He was then taken to Rafidia hospital in Nablus for treatment, the sources added.
Earlier on Wednesday, two Palestinian children were saved by local residents after being kidnapped by a group of settlers while playing in front of their house in Nablus.
32 Palestinians were injured as clashes broke out Wednesday evening with Israeli Occupation forces (IOF) at the entrance to Jericho and in Kafr Aqab town north of occupied Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Wednesday said 30 Palestinians were injured during the clashes that erupted at the entrance to the city of Jericho.
It said of the 30 injuries, 21 were injured with rubber-coated metal bullets and nine suffered suffocation due to tear gas inhalation.
Meanwhile, a 16-year-old Palestinian was critically injured in Kafr 'Aqab, north of Jerusalem, said medical sources.
The teen was hit in the face, chest, and thigh areas during clashes that erupted with Israeli soldiers.
His condition was described as critical and was transferred via ambulance to the Ramallah Medical Complex to receive urgent treatment.
Along the same line, a Palestinian young man suffered slight wounds after being shot and injured by a settler’s gunfire while driving near Beit Ayoun junction north of al-Khalil.
The young man was immediately taken to al-Mizan hospital.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Wednesday said 30 Palestinians were injured during the clashes that erupted at the entrance to the city of Jericho.
It said of the 30 injuries, 21 were injured with rubber-coated metal bullets and nine suffered suffocation due to tear gas inhalation.
Meanwhile, a 16-year-old Palestinian was critically injured in Kafr 'Aqab, north of Jerusalem, said medical sources.
The teen was hit in the face, chest, and thigh areas during clashes that erupted with Israeli soldiers.
His condition was described as critical and was transferred via ambulance to the Ramallah Medical Complex to receive urgent treatment.
Along the same line, a Palestinian young man suffered slight wounds after being shot and injured by a settler’s gunfire while driving near Beit Ayoun junction north of al-Khalil.
The young man was immediately taken to al-Mizan hospital.
6 feb 2018
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Monday, that many residents have been injured, after groups of illegal colonialist Israeli settlers hurled stones at their cars, near Huwwara military roadblock, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The sources stated that the Palestinians suffered various cuts and bruises, after the assailants hurled stones at them, and their cars, and received treatment by medics at the scene.
In related news, several colonist settlers, from Bracha illegal colony, burnt tires and rolled them towards Palestinian homes in Burin village, south of Nablus.
In addition, the Israeli army closed Huwwara-Qalqilia junction, and Za’tara Junction, leading to Salfit.
In related news, many colonists hurled stones at Palestinian cars, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing damage.
The sources stated that the Palestinians suffered various cuts and bruises, after the assailants hurled stones at them, and their cars, and received treatment by medics at the scene.
In related news, several colonist settlers, from Bracha illegal colony, burnt tires and rolled them towards Palestinian homes in Burin village, south of Nablus.
In addition, the Israeli army closed Huwwara-Qalqilia junction, and Za’tara Junction, leading to Salfit.
In related news, many colonists hurled stones at Palestinian cars, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing damage.
5 feb 2018
Itamar Ben Gal
On Monday, Israeli forces carried out a wide-scale search campaign in several villages and towns located to the north of Salfit, blocked roads and declared these areas to be closed military zones following the killing of an Israeli colonist settler near the Israeli settlement of Ariel, according to local sources.
Israeli sources said that the settler has been identified as Itamar Ben Gal, a 29-year-old teacher, from the of Har Bracha colony, in the northern West Bank.
The person who allegedly killed the settler was identified by Israeli forces as 19-year old Abdul-Hakim Asi. The Israeli military said that a number of soldiers chased the 19-year old, and two military vehicles hit the young man before he managed to flee the scene.
According to Israeli sources, surveillance video shows the assailant getting off of a shared taxi near the entrance to Ariel, the largest Israeli settlement in the West Bank. The assailant then allegedly approached Ben Gal, who was standing at a hitchhiking post for Israeli settlers, and stabbed him several times before fleeing.
Ben Gal taught at two religious Jewish seminaries, both of them located in illegal Israeli settlements: one in Gival Smuel, and the other in Har Bracha settlement, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz.
Ben Gal was transferred to hospital, with critical injuries in his upper extremities, where he succumbed to his wounds shortly after.
On Monday, Israeli forces carried out a wide-scale search campaign in several villages and towns located to the north of Salfit, blocked roads and declared these areas to be closed military zones following the killing of an Israeli colonist settler near the Israeli settlement of Ariel, according to local sources.
Israeli sources said that the settler has been identified as Itamar Ben Gal, a 29-year-old teacher, from the of Har Bracha colony, in the northern West Bank.
The person who allegedly killed the settler was identified by Israeli forces as 19-year old Abdul-Hakim Asi. The Israeli military said that a number of soldiers chased the 19-year old, and two military vehicles hit the young man before he managed to flee the scene.
According to Israeli sources, surveillance video shows the assailant getting off of a shared taxi near the entrance to Ariel, the largest Israeli settlement in the West Bank. The assailant then allegedly approached Ben Gal, who was standing at a hitchhiking post for Israeli settlers, and stabbed him several times before fleeing.
Ben Gal taught at two religious Jewish seminaries, both of them located in illegal Israeli settlements: one in Gival Smuel, and the other in Har Bracha settlement, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz.
Ben Gal was transferred to hospital, with critical injuries in his upper extremities, where he succumbed to his wounds shortly after.
Abdul-Hakim Asi
The Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported the Abdul-Hakim’s mother is from Haifa, while his father is from Nablus, in the northern West Bank.
People who have one parent from inside Israel and the other from the West Bank are often denied residency, and are forced to live with one parent in the West Bank, which is considered ‘second class status’ by Israeli law.
Inside Israel, the government is nominally considered a democracy, whereas the Israeli military rules the occupied West Bank with martial law.
In the aftermath of the fatal stabbing, dozens of Israeli paramilitary settlers gathered along roads in the area around Salfit, and the entrances to the villages of Hares and Kifl Hares, and attacked passing Palestinian cars with stones.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a statement following the death of the settler, saying that Israeli military forces “are in pursuit of the murderers. We will exact our judgment.”
The Hamas party also issued a statement, saying the attack is a direct response to Donald Trump’s unilateral declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel — a declaration that effectively denies the existence of over a million Palestinians who live in Jerusalem.
The Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported the Abdul-Hakim’s mother is from Haifa, while his father is from Nablus, in the northern West Bank.
People who have one parent from inside Israel and the other from the West Bank are often denied residency, and are forced to live with one parent in the West Bank, which is considered ‘second class status’ by Israeli law.
Inside Israel, the government is nominally considered a democracy, whereas the Israeli military rules the occupied West Bank with martial law.
In the aftermath of the fatal stabbing, dozens of Israeli paramilitary settlers gathered along roads in the area around Salfit, and the entrances to the villages of Hares and Kifl Hares, and attacked passing Palestinian cars with stones.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a statement following the death of the settler, saying that Israeli military forces “are in pursuit of the murderers. We will exact our judgment.”
The Hamas party also issued a statement, saying the attack is a direct response to Donald Trump’s unilateral declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel — a declaration that effectively denies the existence of over a million Palestinians who live in Jerusalem.
A group of Israeli settlers attacked Monday evening Palestinian vehicles in Takoa town east of Bethlehem amid the presence of Israeli forces, the PIC reporter said.
Dozens of settlers of Tqu'a settlement stoned Palestinian cars and buses passing near the settlement junction.
The settlers were holding up banners reading “Death to Arabs” and photos of the Israeli security guard who was earlier stabbed to death in an anti-occupation attack in Salfit, our field reporter added.
Many vehicles’ windows were smashed during the attack.
Dozens of settlers of Tqu'a settlement stoned Palestinian cars and buses passing near the settlement junction.
The settlers were holding up banners reading “Death to Arabs” and photos of the Israeli security guard who was earlier stabbed to death in an anti-occupation attack in Salfit, our field reporter added.
Many vehicles’ windows were smashed during the attack.
Scores of Jewish settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Monday and roamed its plazas under tightened security measures by Israeli police.
Feras al-Debbis, media official of Islamic Endowment Department, said that 59 Jewish settlers were allowed to roam the courtyards of the holy shrine in both morning and afternoon terms.
Israeli policemen along with heavily armed Special Forces offered protection to the settlers during their incursion into al-Aqsa Mosque from the Israeli-controlled al-Magharebah gate and while performing Talmudic rituals at the holy site.
Israeli police also arrested Samer Mujahed, employee of the endowment department. He was transferred to an investigation center in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.
Feras al-Debbis, media official of Islamic Endowment Department, said that 59 Jewish settlers were allowed to roam the courtyards of the holy shrine in both morning and afternoon terms.
Israeli policemen along with heavily armed Special Forces offered protection to the settlers during their incursion into al-Aqsa Mosque from the Israeli-controlled al-Magharebah gate and while performing Talmudic rituals at the holy site.
Israeli police also arrested Samer Mujahed, employee of the endowment department. He was transferred to an investigation center in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.
4 feb 2018
Israeli colonial settlers have reportedly assaulted Palestinians and journalists, during a sit-in protest in solidarity with child detainees, in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
WAFA reported, according to Ma’an, that under the protection of Israeli forces, dozens of Israeli settlers from nearby settlement physically and verbally assaulted residents, journalists and children during the sit-in.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
The Palestinian government has no jurisdiction over Israelis in the West Bank, and acts carried out by Israeli settlers often occur in the presence of Israeli military forces who rarely act to protect Palestinian residents.
The majority of settler attacks committed against Palestinians are met with impunity, with Israelis rarely facing consequences for such thefts.
Only 1.9 percent of complaints submitted by Palestinians against Israeli settler attacks or theft result in a conviction.
Yesh Din, along with Israeli rights group B’Tselem, have previously condemned Israeli authorities for failing to protect Palestinians from settlers violence or investigate attacks.
WAFA reported, according to Ma’an, that under the protection of Israeli forces, dozens of Israeli settlers from nearby settlement physically and verbally assaulted residents, journalists and children during the sit-in.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
The Palestinian government has no jurisdiction over Israelis in the West Bank, and acts carried out by Israeli settlers often occur in the presence of Israeli military forces who rarely act to protect Palestinian residents.
The majority of settler attacks committed against Palestinians are met with impunity, with Israelis rarely facing consequences for such thefts.
Only 1.9 percent of complaints submitted by Palestinians against Israeli settler attacks or theft result in a conviction.
Yesh Din, along with Israeli rights group B’Tselem, have previously condemned Israeli authorities for failing to protect Palestinians from settlers violence or investigate attacks.
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Sunday morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
Hordes of Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque as part of the morning break-in shift and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours. Dozens more are expected to show up at the site in the next few hours.
Israeli police troops have been stationed at the site since predawn time to protect the settlers.
The Muslim worshipers raised fears that the site would be turned into a military barrack after Israeli police troops intensified their presence at and around the site.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the Israeli police near the main entrances to the site. Several worshipers have been searched and dozens more have had their IDs seized while attempting to enter al-Aqsa to perform their daily prayers.
Hordes of Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque as part of the morning break-in shift and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours. Dozens more are expected to show up at the site in the next few hours.
Israeli police troops have been stationed at the site since predawn time to protect the settlers.
The Muslim worshipers raised fears that the site would be turned into a military barrack after Israeli police troops intensified their presence at and around the site.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the Israeli police near the main entrances to the site. Several worshipers have been searched and dozens more have had their IDs seized while attempting to enter al-Aqsa to perform their daily prayers.
3 feb 2018
A group of extremist Israeli colonists attacked, Saturday, many Palestinian farmers on their own lands in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the assailants, including a security guard of Karmie Tzur illegal colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands, hurled stones at the farmers, while shouting and cussing at them.
The attackers forced the Palestinians out of their lands, and threatened to kill them, while Israeli soldiers stood nearby without intervening.
Among the Palestinians who were attacked by the colonists was Ibrahim Sabarna, and his family.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the assailants, including a security guard of Karmie Tzur illegal colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands, hurled stones at the farmers, while shouting and cussing at them.
The attackers forced the Palestinians out of their lands, and threatened to kill them, while Israeli soldiers stood nearby without intervening.
Among the Palestinians who were attacked by the colonists was Ibrahim Sabarna, and his family.
2 feb 2018
Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces on Friday evening handed over a Jewish settler to Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) after he was lost in Abu Dis town near Occupied Jerusalem.
Palestinian youths in Abu Dis torched the car of the lost settler and banned him from leaving the town. Meanwhile, IOF soldiers intervened and clashed with the youths resulting in the injury of 22 Palestinians including 2 injuries with live bullets, 6 others by rubber bullets and 14 cases of suffocation due to IOF firing of tear gas grenades, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
Local sources said that PA security forces intervened and handed over the Israeli man to the IOF who raided the town earlier.
Palestinian youths in Abu Dis torched the car of the lost settler and banned him from leaving the town. Meanwhile, IOF soldiers intervened and clashed with the youths resulting in the injury of 22 Palestinians including 2 injuries with live bullets, 6 others by rubber bullets and 14 cases of suffocation due to IOF firing of tear gas grenades, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
Local sources said that PA security forces intervened and handed over the Israeli man to the IOF who raided the town earlier.
Jewish Israeli settlers, early Friday, spray-painted anti-Palestinian graffiti on walls in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, said a local activist.
Anti-Wall and Settlement activist Mohammad Tamimi said that settlers driving a vehicle stormed the village late in the night and spray-painted graffiti calling on the Tamimi family to leave their hometown.
Other graffiti entailed threats against the villagers.
Nabi Saleh, which has a population of approximately 500 people, has been actively organizing peaceful opposition to Israeli occupation policies, and residents have being organizing protests every Friday for almost 12 years and have often been met with teargas and rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli forces.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities. It includes property and mosque arson, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees,and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
According to WAFA, between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
All settlements across the West Bank are illegal under international law, particularly article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which establishes that the occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.
Anti-Wall and Settlement activist Mohammad Tamimi said that settlers driving a vehicle stormed the village late in the night and spray-painted graffiti calling on the Tamimi family to leave their hometown.
Other graffiti entailed threats against the villagers.
Nabi Saleh, which has a population of approximately 500 people, has been actively organizing peaceful opposition to Israeli occupation policies, and residents have being organizing protests every Friday for almost 12 years and have often been met with teargas and rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli forces.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities. It includes property and mosque arson, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees,and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
According to WAFA, between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
All settlements across the West Bank are illegal under international law, particularly article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which establishes that the occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Thursday at night, that an armed colonist settler shot a young man, northwest of Ramallah city, in central West Bank.
The sources said that Mohammad Kamal Misfir, 25, was shot in his left foot, and was moved to Palestine Medical Complex.
The Palestinian was shot near Rawabi Junction, and was heading to his home in Nubani Farms village.
The sources said that Mohammad Kamal Misfir, 25, was shot in his left foot, and was moved to Palestine Medical Complex.
The Palestinian was shot near Rawabi Junction, and was heading to his home in Nubani Farms village.
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Friday Palestinian archeological sites in Nablus’s northern town of Berkaa, in the northern occupied West Bank.
Ghassan Dughlas, who monitors settlement in the northern West Bank, said a horde of 150 Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli military forces, broke into al-Masoudiya area and scoured archeological sites dating back to the Ottoman era.
The Palestinian locals raised fears of underway Israeli attempts to hold sway over their lands in favor of illegal settlement.
423 settlement outposts have been illegally built and expanded by the Israeli occupation authorities on Palestinian lands across the occupied West Bank. The settlements cover nearly 46% of West Bank lands and offer accommodation to 700,000 Israeli settlers.
Ghassan Dughlas, who monitors settlement in the northern West Bank, said a horde of 150 Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli military forces, broke into al-Masoudiya area and scoured archeological sites dating back to the Ottoman era.
The Palestinian locals raised fears of underway Israeli attempts to hold sway over their lands in favor of illegal settlement.
423 settlement outposts have been illegally built and expanded by the Israeli occupation authorities on Palestinian lands across the occupied West Bank. The settlements cover nearly 46% of West Bank lands and offer accommodation to 700,000 Israeli settlers.
1 feb 2018
A number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked on Thursday the Hasan Bek Mosque in Jaffa, in Palestinian territories occupied in 1948.
The mosque’s imam (preacher), Ahmed Ajwa, said an anonymous settler speaking Hebrew came within the reach of the mosque and yelled racist anti-Muslim offenses, before he threw an empty bottle filled with a suspect substance toward the main entrance gate.
According to Ajwa, this assault has not been the first of its kind as similar such assaults have been carried out over recent years.
Ajwa noted that mosques in Jaffa have been under continuous assaults at the hands of Israeli settler gangs who have been given the green light from the official Israeli institutions.
He called on the Palestinians in Jaffa to intensify their presence at the mosque so as to defend it against Israel’s sacrilegious aggressions.
According to a number of Muslim worshipers in the area, the assault is completely related to the Israeli attacks on Islamic holy sites across the occupied Palestinian territories, including on al-Aqsa Mosque.
“This aggression is a proof of the racist and barbaric Israeli mentality, which is increasing among the settler community. This is an aggression on the right to freely perform religious rituals,” said a Muslim worshiper.
The mosque’s imam (preacher), Ahmed Ajwa, said an anonymous settler speaking Hebrew came within the reach of the mosque and yelled racist anti-Muslim offenses, before he threw an empty bottle filled with a suspect substance toward the main entrance gate.
According to Ajwa, this assault has not been the first of its kind as similar such assaults have been carried out over recent years.
Ajwa noted that mosques in Jaffa have been under continuous assaults at the hands of Israeli settler gangs who have been given the green light from the official Israeli institutions.
He called on the Palestinians in Jaffa to intensify their presence at the mosque so as to defend it against Israel’s sacrilegious aggressions.
According to a number of Muslim worshipers in the area, the assault is completely related to the Israeli attacks on Islamic holy sites across the occupied Palestinian territories, including on al-Aqsa Mosque.
“This aggression is a proof of the racist and barbaric Israeli mentality, which is increasing among the settler community. This is an aggression on the right to freely perform religious rituals,” said a Muslim worshiper.
