13 feb 2020
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A Palestinian-owned house in the Old City district of occupied Jerusalem, today, partially collapsed as a result of ongoing underground excavations by Israeli authorities and illegal settler organizations, the house-owner told WAFA.
Mr. Thaher Sharabati said his house sustained minor landslides during the recent low pressure and the accompanying heavy rainfall, which he said were the result of the ongoing Israeli excavations. Sharabati lives in the house together with the rest of his 8-member family. According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, the underground digs by Israeli settler organizations in Jerusalem without any consideration for the safety of the Palestinian families living there have posed serious threats to the Palestinian population. Citizens of Jerusalem have long expressed fear that the ongoing excavations |
by settlers are intentional and tolerated by the municipality and government as a prelude to evacuate the Palestinians from their homes, under the pretext they are not safe to live in to eventually take over their homes and replace them with Jewish settlers.
Dozens of Jewish settlers on Thursday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque under tight police protection in groups.
According to the Islamic Awqaf Authority in Occupied Jerusalem, 122 settlers entered the Islamic holy site through al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards.
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 in Occupied Jerusalem, 122 settlers entered the Islamic holy site through al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards.
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.
12 feb 2020
Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh today welcomed the release by the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the database of companies involved in the illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine and called on these companies to close their branches in the settlements, threatening to pursue them legally.
"Publishing the database of investors in the settlements is a step towards exposing settlements and attempts to legalize them, as well as implementing international resolutions rejecting them, especially the decision of the International Court of Justice ruling on the illegality of settlements built in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, and the need to take a clear position regarding them," he said in a statement issued by his office.
Shtayyeh called on companies to immediately close their offices and branches in the illegal Israeli settlements, whose existence violates international laws and UN resolutions.
"We will pursue the companies listed in the report legally through international legal institutions and through the courts in their countries for their role in violating human rights, and we will demand compensation for illegally using our occupied lands and for engaging in economic activity in our lands without submitting to Palestinian laws and paying taxes," he said.
Shtayyeh proposed to consider the possibility of moving the factories and branches of these companies to Palestinian cities and villages if they want to rectify their situation.
"Publishing the database of investors in the settlements is a step towards exposing settlements and attempts to legalize them, as well as implementing international resolutions rejecting them, especially the decision of the International Court of Justice ruling on the illegality of settlements built in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, and the need to take a clear position regarding them," he said in a statement issued by his office.
Shtayyeh called on companies to immediately close their offices and branches in the illegal Israeli settlements, whose existence violates international laws and UN resolutions.
"We will pursue the companies listed in the report legally through international legal institutions and through the courts in their countries for their role in violating human rights, and we will demand compensation for illegally using our occupied lands and for engaging in economic activity in our lands without submitting to Palestinian laws and paying taxes," he said.
Shtayyeh proposed to consider the possibility of moving the factories and branches of these companies to Palestinian cities and villages if they want to rectify their situation.
Dozens of Jewish settlers escorted by police forces desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday morning.
Police forces were deployed across the holy site as groups of settlers were touring its courtyards under security escort, according to local sources.
During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions were imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place.
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.
Police forces were deployed across the holy site as groups of settlers were touring its courtyards under security escort, according to local sources.
During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions were imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place.
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.
11 feb 2020
Dozens of Israeli settlers on Tuesday morning broke into al-Aqsa Mosque amid heavy police presence and tight restrictions on Palestinian worshipers.
Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department said that the Israeli police allowed 123 Jewish settlers to storm al-Aqsa Mosque in the morning. video
The settlers performed Talmudic rituals and roamed al-Aqsa courtyards while receiving presentations on the alleged "Temple Mount".
Meanwhile, the Israeli police forces tightened entry restrictions on Palestinian worshipers.
Two worshipers named Areen al-Za'anin and Mohammed Amara were handed orders banning them from entering al-Aqsa Mosque for six months and four months, respectively.
Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department said that the Israeli police allowed 123 Jewish settlers to storm al-Aqsa Mosque in the morning. video
The settlers performed Talmudic rituals and roamed al-Aqsa courtyards while receiving presentations on the alleged "Temple Mount".
Meanwhile, the Israeli police forces tightened entry restrictions on Palestinian worshipers.
Two worshipers named Areen al-Za'anin and Mohammed Amara were handed orders banning them from entering al-Aqsa Mosque for six months and four months, respectively.
In the Galilee region of northern Israel on Tuesday morning, a group of unknown Israeli settlers slashed tires of more than 70 Palestinian vehicles and spray-painted racist graffiti on cars, buildings, homes and mosques.
The attack took place in the village of al-Jish, in the Galilee.
The graffiti was written in Hebrew and included the phrases, “Wake Up Jews…Stop Assimilating”, and “Price Tag”.
The ‘price tag’ slogan is a reference to a movement of radical extremist right-wing settlers who engage in violence against Palestinians.
The New York Times defines this ‘price tag’ idea as “exact[ing] a price from local Palestinians or from the Israeli security forces for any action taken against their settlement enterprise”.
According to Americans for Peace Now, ”
“Price Tag,” started out as an initiative of a segment of Israeli settlers (the most well-known referred to as the “Hilltop Youth”) and their supporters inside the Green Line (and with supporters overseas).
Their goal was and remains to deter action by the IDF and Israeli police against illegal settlement outposts (or any other settler activity that violates Israeli law) by making Israeli authorities believe that the costs of such action – in terms of disruptive or violent actions by settlers – would be prohibitive.
These actions have involved settlers trying to physically block Israeli forces from tearing down illegal construction, rampaging through the area, attacking Palestinians (leading to injuries) and their property (including mosques), and harassing and even attacking Israeli security installations and personnel (leading to injuries).
Over the years Price Tag has escalated and spread into East Jerusalem and across the Green Line, into Israel, with attacks targeting Palestinian and Palestinian-Israeli individuals, neighborhoods, villages, and religious sites (Christian and Muslim), including mosques, churches and cemeteries.
The “Price Tag” phenomenon is a subset of the wide issue of settler violence and lawlessness; in terms of organized settler violence/terror, it is only the most recent phenomenon, with violence dating back to the late 70s”.
Local sources say that the attacks against al-Jish are not unprecedented, and that Israeli settlers frequently attack the village with impunity.
Israeli police have made no effort to locate and arrest the perpetrators.
The attack took place in the village of al-Jish, in the Galilee.
The graffiti was written in Hebrew and included the phrases, “Wake Up Jews…Stop Assimilating”, and “Price Tag”.
The ‘price tag’ slogan is a reference to a movement of radical extremist right-wing settlers who engage in violence against Palestinians.
The New York Times defines this ‘price tag’ idea as “exact[ing] a price from local Palestinians or from the Israeli security forces for any action taken against their settlement enterprise”.
According to Americans for Peace Now, ”
“Price Tag,” started out as an initiative of a segment of Israeli settlers (the most well-known referred to as the “Hilltop Youth”) and their supporters inside the Green Line (and with supporters overseas).
Their goal was and remains to deter action by the IDF and Israeli police against illegal settlement outposts (or any other settler activity that violates Israeli law) by making Israeli authorities believe that the costs of such action – in terms of disruptive or violent actions by settlers – would be prohibitive.
These actions have involved settlers trying to physically block Israeli forces from tearing down illegal construction, rampaging through the area, attacking Palestinians (leading to injuries) and their property (including mosques), and harassing and even attacking Israeli security installations and personnel (leading to injuries).
Over the years Price Tag has escalated and spread into East Jerusalem and across the Green Line, into Israel, with attacks targeting Palestinian and Palestinian-Israeli individuals, neighborhoods, villages, and religious sites (Christian and Muslim), including mosques, churches and cemeteries.
The “Price Tag” phenomenon is a subset of the wide issue of settler violence and lawlessness; in terms of organized settler violence/terror, it is only the most recent phenomenon, with violence dating back to the late 70s”.
Local sources say that the attacks against al-Jish are not unprecedented, and that Israeli settlers frequently attack the village with impunity.
Israeli police have made no effort to locate and arrest the perpetrators.
10 feb 2020
Israeli settlers today dawn stormed the site of an evacuated colonial settlement outpost near the village of Sanur, located to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Local sources told WAFA that scores of settlers bragged their way into evacuated site of Tasrla, which has been evicted since 2005, under heavy Israeli army protection, where they shouted anti-Arab slogans and performed rituals.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
The number of settlers living in Jewish-only colonial settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law has jumped to 834,000 and settlement expansion has tripled since the signing of Oslo Accords in 1993.
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.
Israel’s nation-state law, passed in July 2018, enshrines Jewish supremacy, and states that building and strengthening the colonial settlements is a “national interest.”
Local sources told WAFA that scores of settlers bragged their way into evacuated site of Tasrla, which has been evicted since 2005, under heavy Israeli army protection, where they shouted anti-Arab slogans and performed rituals.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
The number of settlers living in Jewish-only colonial settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law has jumped to 834,000 and settlement expansion has tripled since the signing of Oslo Accords in 1993.
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.
Israel’s nation-state law, passed in July 2018, enshrines Jewish supremacy, and states that building and strengthening the colonial settlements is a “national interest.”
9 feb 2020
Dozens of Jewish settlers on Sunday broke into al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem while accompanied by a large police force.
Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department said that 62 Jewish settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque under tight police guard.
The settlers roamed al-Aqsa Mosque's courtyards and performed provocative rituals before they left.
Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department said that 62 Jewish settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque under tight police guard.
The settlers roamed al-Aqsa Mosque's courtyards and performed provocative rituals before they left.