26 jan 2019
Heavily armed Israeli settlers on Saturday attacked Palestinian homes near Kiryat Arba settlement in al-Khalil for the second day in a row.
Local sources said that dozens of Israeli settlers hurled rocks at Palestinians homes and insulted and assaulted their residents under the protection of Israeli soldiers.
The Kiryat Arba settlers carried out a similar attack late on Friday injuring the Palestinian father Hesham Abu Eseifan, 48, and his son Mohammed, 10.
Local sources said that dozens of Israeli settlers hurled rocks at Palestinians homes and insulted and assaulted their residents under the protection of Israeli soldiers.
The Kiryat Arba settlers carried out a similar attack late on Friday injuring the Palestinian father Hesham Abu Eseifan, 48, and his son Mohammed, 10.
Hamdi Taleb Sa’ada Na’san, 38
Israeli soldiers killed, Saturday, one Palestinian and injured at least 30 others, after a group of illegal colonialist settlers attempted to invade the northern part of the al-Mughayyir village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and were intercepted by the villagers.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Palestinian, identified as Hamdi Taleb Sa’ada Na’san, 38, was shot with a live round in his back, and the bullet was logged in the upper abdomen.
The Palestinian was rushed to Palestine Medical Complex, in Ramallah, but died from his very serious wounds.
The soldiers also injured at least thirty other Palestinians, among them six who were shot with live fire, including one who suffered a very serious injury.
One of the wounded Palestinians was shot with a live round in his mouth, before he was rushed to the Istishari hospital, in Ramallah, in a moderate-but-stable condition.
After the colonists attempted to invade the village, dozens of Palestinians, from the nearby Abu Falah village, rushed to aid the residents of al-Mughayyir, and were also attacked by the soldiers and the colonialist settlers, who fired a barrage of live rounds at them, preventing them from entering the village.
It is worth mentioning that Abu Na’san is a former political prisoner who was imprisoned by Israel for eight years.
The slain Palestinian man is a married father of four children, the youngest of which was born less than a year ago.
On Saturday at dawn, Israeli police officers shot and killed a Palestinian man, after the officers opened fire at his car in Bab al-‘Amoud (Damascus Gate) area, in occupied Jerusalem.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Riyad Mohammad Hammad Shamasneh, 37, from Qotna town, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem.
In a statement, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the seriously escalating violations, carried out by Israeli soldiers and the illegal colonialist settlers, against the unarmed Palestinian civilians, their homes and lands.
One Palestinian killed, others injured in settlers’ attack in Ramallah
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that one Palestinian citizen was killed and over 20 others suffered bullet injuries on Saturday after a horde of armed Jewish settlers stormed al- in al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank.
Ambulance crews from the Red Crescent evacuated many wounded citizens to hospitals in Ramallah and al-Bireh.
The martyr is Hamdi Na’san, 38, and suffered a serious bullet injury in his back. Others was also badly wounded by Israeli gunfire, according to the health ministry.
The events started when a gang of armed settlers stormed the village to assault its residents and embarked on opening fire at local young men who were defending their homes and trying to fend off the assailants.
According to local sources, the settlers and soldiers who came later to back them intensively opened fire at homes and local residents.
Israeli soldiers killed, Saturday, one Palestinian and injured at least 30 others, after a group of illegal colonialist settlers attempted to invade the northern part of the al-Mughayyir village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and were intercepted by the villagers.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Palestinian, identified as Hamdi Taleb Sa’ada Na’san, 38, was shot with a live round in his back, and the bullet was logged in the upper abdomen.
The Palestinian was rushed to Palestine Medical Complex, in Ramallah, but died from his very serious wounds.
The soldiers also injured at least thirty other Palestinians, among them six who were shot with live fire, including one who suffered a very serious injury.
One of the wounded Palestinians was shot with a live round in his mouth, before he was rushed to the Istishari hospital, in Ramallah, in a moderate-but-stable condition.
After the colonists attempted to invade the village, dozens of Palestinians, from the nearby Abu Falah village, rushed to aid the residents of al-Mughayyir, and were also attacked by the soldiers and the colonialist settlers, who fired a barrage of live rounds at them, preventing them from entering the village.
It is worth mentioning that Abu Na’san is a former political prisoner who was imprisoned by Israel for eight years.
The slain Palestinian man is a married father of four children, the youngest of which was born less than a year ago.
On Saturday at dawn, Israeli police officers shot and killed a Palestinian man, after the officers opened fire at his car in Bab al-‘Amoud (Damascus Gate) area, in occupied Jerusalem.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Riyad Mohammad Hammad Shamasneh, 37, from Qotna town, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem.
In a statement, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the seriously escalating violations, carried out by Israeli soldiers and the illegal colonialist settlers, against the unarmed Palestinian civilians, their homes and lands.
One Palestinian killed, others injured in settlers’ attack in Ramallah
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that one Palestinian citizen was killed and over 20 others suffered bullet injuries on Saturday after a horde of armed Jewish settlers stormed al- in al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank.
Ambulance crews from the Red Crescent evacuated many wounded citizens to hospitals in Ramallah and al-Bireh.
The martyr is Hamdi Na’san, 38, and suffered a serious bullet injury in his back. Others was also badly wounded by Israeli gunfire, according to the health ministry.
The events started when a gang of armed settlers stormed the village to assault its residents and embarked on opening fire at local young men who were defending their homes and trying to fend off the assailants.
According to local sources, the settlers and soldiers who came later to back them intensively opened fire at homes and local residents.
A Palestinian father and his son were injured on Friday evening during a settler attack on al-Khalil.
Local sources said that dozens of armed Israeli settlers coming from Kiryat Arba settlement attacked Palestinian homes in Wad al-Hasin neighborhood in al-Khalil with rocks.
Hesham Abu Eseifan, 48, and his son Mohammed, 10, suffered wounds and bruises in the attack and were treated in the field.
Local sources said that dozens of armed Israeli settlers coming from Kiryat Arba settlement attacked Palestinian homes in Wad al-Hasin neighborhood in al-Khalil with rocks.
Hesham Abu Eseifan, 48, and his son Mohammed, 10, suffered wounds and bruises in the attack and were treated in the field.
25 jan 2019
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Israeli settlers vandalized three Palestinian vehicles in the Turmusayya village in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah and al-Bireh, early Friday morning.
Hebrew-language news outlets reported that footage from surveillance cameras shows three people damaging Palestinian-owned vehicles before fleeing the scene. Israeli settlers smashed the windows and windshields of the vehicles, and spray-painted racist anti-Arab graffiti in the area. Known as "price tag" attacks, extremist Israeli settlers carry out violent acts of punishment on Palestinians and their property to demonstrate their opposition to Israeli restrictions on settlements and outposts in the occupied West Bank and Palestinian towns and villages in Israel. Many Palestinian activists and rights groups have accused Israel of fostering a "culture of impunity" for Israelis committing violent acts against Palestinians. 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, with recent announcements of settlement expansion provoking condemnation from the international community. |
24 jan 2019
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Israel’s police chief Yoram Halevy stormed on Thursday Jerusalem’s holy al-Aqsa Mosque, heading a group of Israeli occupation soldiers who participated in the 1967 war against the Palestinians. video
Jerusalem’s Awqaf Department said Israeli special forces rolled into al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate and cracked down on the Muslim worshipers. Yoram Halevy accompanied 85 Israeli soldier veterans who took part in the occupation of Jerusalem and al-Aqsa in 1967. 41 fanatic settlers also showed up in the break-in. |
Tension has been running high at and around the holy site, amid fears that the Mosque would be turned into a military barrack by the Israeli police and extremist settlers.
Palestinian activists and civilians stood on guard on Thursday to Israeli attempts to build a new road leading to the illegal settlement outpost of Adam, built on Palestinian land in Jaba’ village, north of occupied Jerusalem.
Head of the Jaba’ village council, Muslim Dar Salim, said Israeli settlers broke into Palestinian lands in the area in an attempt to open a new road.
The settlers set up metal barriers in order to prevent the Palestinian land owners from accessing the area.
Eye-witness Atallah Arara said the locals thwarted the measure carried out by extremist Israeli settlers.
On Wednesday, Israeli occupation authorities uprooted more than 60 olive trees from Palestinian groves in Jaba’.
Head of the Jaba’ village council, Muslim Dar Salim, said Israeli settlers broke into Palestinian lands in the area in an attempt to open a new road.
The settlers set up metal barriers in order to prevent the Palestinian land owners from accessing the area.
Eye-witness Atallah Arara said the locals thwarted the measure carried out by extremist Israeli settlers.
On Wednesday, Israeli occupation authorities uprooted more than 60 olive trees from Palestinian groves in Jaba’.
23 jan 2019
Several bulldozers, belonging to Israeli settlers, razed and leveled Palestinian lands near Assira al-Qibliya village, south of the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, on Wednesday.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that a number of bulldozers, belonging to Israeli settlers from the illegal Yitzhar settlement, began to raze dozens of dunams of Palestinian lands near Assira al-Qibliya village.
Daghlas added that Israeli settlers have razed these lands for more than three weeks, as part of an Israeli plan to expand the Yitzhar settlement.
According to the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ), since the state of Israel confiscated land from Urif and other Palestinian villages to establish the illegal Yithzar settlement in the 1980s, "attacks and violence perpetrated by settlers has had a profoundly negative impact on Palestinian residents and their property," stressing that Yitzhar "poses a daily threat to residents of the neighboring Palestinian villages."
Since the occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 1967, between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis have moved into Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, in violation of international law.
The estimated 196 government recognized Israeli settlements scattered across the Palestinian territory are all considered illegal under international law.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that a number of bulldozers, belonging to Israeli settlers from the illegal Yitzhar settlement, began to raze dozens of dunams of Palestinian lands near Assira al-Qibliya village.
Daghlas added that Israeli settlers have razed these lands for more than three weeks, as part of an Israeli plan to expand the Yitzhar settlement.
According to the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ), since the state of Israel confiscated land from Urif and other Palestinian villages to establish the illegal Yithzar settlement in the 1980s, "attacks and violence perpetrated by settlers has had a profoundly negative impact on Palestinian residents and their property," stressing that Yitzhar "poses a daily threat to residents of the neighboring Palestinian villages."
Since the occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 1967, between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis have moved into Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, in violation of international law.
The estimated 196 government recognized Israeli settlements scattered across the Palestinian territory are all considered illegal under international law.
Israeli bulldozers razed Palestinian agricultural lands in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, on Wednesday afternoon.
Locals reported that Israeli bulldozers razed some 15 dunams of agricultural lands, and destroyed retaining walls around them in the Wadi al-Samn area of southern Hebron.
The lands were identified as belonging to Said Abu Hadid .
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 thefts committed against Palestinians are met with impunity, with Israelis rarely facing consequences for such thefts.
Locals reported that Israeli bulldozers razed some 15 dunams of agricultural lands, and destroyed retaining walls around them in the Wadi al-Samn area of southern Hebron.
The lands were identified as belonging to Said Abu Hadid .
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 thefts committed against Palestinians are met with impunity, with Israelis rarely facing consequences for such thefts.
Hordes of Israeli settlers stormed on Wednesday morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
Israeli police cordoned the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque at the crack of dawn to secure the break-in.
Public relations chief at the Islamic Awqaf Department Firas al-Dabes said 103 Israeli intelligence officers and 85 Israeli settlers showed up at the site in groups and carried out sacrilegious tours.
At the same time, Israeli police cracked down on Muslim worshipers at the main entrances to the site, blocking their access to the Mosque to perform their daily prayers.
Israeli police cordoned the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque at the crack of dawn to secure the break-in.
Public relations chief at the Islamic Awqaf Department Firas al-Dabes said 103 Israeli intelligence officers and 85 Israeli settlers showed up at the site in groups and carried out sacrilegious tours.
At the same time, Israeli police cracked down on Muslim worshipers at the main entrances to the site, blocking their access to the Mosque to perform their daily prayers.
Israeli soldiers, on Tuesday, uprooted 60 olive trees in the central West Bank village of Jaba, to the east of Jerusalem, and taking possession them, according to the head of Jaba village council, Musallam Dar Salim.
He said, according to WAFA correspondence, that the soldiers demolished retaining walls and fences built around a plot of land located near an Israeli military checkpoint and then proceeded to uproot the trees.
He said the army claims the area targeted is classified “C”, which means it is under full Israeli control and Palestinians are not allowed to develop it.
Some 4,000 people live in Jaba, which has seen most of its land taken away from it, by Israel, to build the illegal settlement of Adam and an Israeli shopping area, said Dar Salim.
Israeli settlers, on Tuesday, chopped down hundreds of olive trees in the town of Beit Ummar, in the south of the occupied West Bank, according to a local activist.
Yousef Abu Maria, active in the anti-settlements movement in the town, said that settlers from the illegal settlement of Beit Ein, built on Beit Ummar land, chopped hundreds of trees from a plot of land belonging to Ibrahim Talji, a local farmer in the north of the town.
He said this was not the first time Beit Ein settlers have vandalized Talji and other farmers’ land in that section of the town, and that every time the farmers replant the land, the settlers come back to uproot them.
He said, according to WAFA correspondence, that the soldiers demolished retaining walls and fences built around a plot of land located near an Israeli military checkpoint and then proceeded to uproot the trees.
He said the army claims the area targeted is classified “C”, which means it is under full Israeli control and Palestinians are not allowed to develop it.
Some 4,000 people live in Jaba, which has seen most of its land taken away from it, by Israel, to build the illegal settlement of Adam and an Israeli shopping area, said Dar Salim.
Israeli settlers, on Tuesday, chopped down hundreds of olive trees in the town of Beit Ummar, in the south of the occupied West Bank, according to a local activist.
Yousef Abu Maria, active in the anti-settlements movement in the town, said that settlers from the illegal settlement of Beit Ein, built on Beit Ummar land, chopped hundreds of trees from a plot of land belonging to Ibrahim Talji, a local farmer in the north of the town.
He said this was not the first time Beit Ein settlers have vandalized Talji and other farmers’ land in that section of the town, and that every time the farmers replant the land, the settlers come back to uproot them.
22 jan 2019
European Union diplomats, on Monday, visited the Sabbagh family, who are under threat of eviction from their home in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, for the benefit of Jewish settlers, and warned that settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territory is illegal under international law.
The Israeli High Court dismissed, on 15 November, a final appeal against the eviction of the Sabbagh family, from its home in Sheikh Jarrah, following a claim by settlers that they own the plot where the house is located, despite the fact that the Sabbagh family submitted documents proving the fallacy of the claim, by the settlers, that the house is registered in their name.
The court had ruled that the statute of action, in the lawsuit against the settlers, has expired and therefore the appeal was rejected.
“If the eviction is carried out, it would amount to the displacement of around 32 members of the Sabbagh family, including 6 children,” the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah said, in a statement on the visit, adding that further settlement plans, including evictions, are being moved forward in Sheikh Jarrah.
“The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah recall the successive Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions and statements in which the EU has repeated its strong opposition to Israel’s settlement policy and actions taken in this context, including evictions and demolitions. The policy of settlement construction and expansion, including in East Jerusalem, is illegal under international law, and its continuation undermines the viability of the two-state solution and the prospect for a lasting peace,” concluded the statement, according to WAFA.
In related news, the European Union Representative issued a statement, on Monday, on the dissolution of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah.
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah have noted the dissolution of the PLC in December 2018 and the announcement of legislative elections within 6 months.
The statement said, according to Ma’an: “While the PLC has not been in session since 2007 and has not been in a position to exercise its function as the legislative body of the Palestinian Authority (PA), as foreseen in the Palestinian Basic Law, over the course of the last decade, its dissolution formally brings to an end the mandate of the only elected governing body of the Palestinian Authority, a development the EU missions regard with concern.”
The statement added, “In line with the Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions from 2016, and in light of the announced elections, the EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah encourage the Palestinian leadership to work toward strong, inclusive, accountable and democratic institutions, based on respect for the rule of law and human rights.”
In the statement, the EU called upon the Palestinian government to work towards genuine and democratic elections for all Palestinians.
The EU considers this to be “crucial in view of the establishment of a viable and sovereign Palestinian State.”
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah also called on all Palestinian factions to seek “common ground” and to work together to pursue “a positive path towards democracy” for the full benefit of the Palestinian people.
The EU missions urged all Palestinian factions “to engage in good faith in the reconciliation process which is an important element for reaching the two state solution,” noting, “The PA must fully resume its governmental functions in Gaza, as it is an integral part of a future Palestinian state.”
The Israeli High Court dismissed, on 15 November, a final appeal against the eviction of the Sabbagh family, from its home in Sheikh Jarrah, following a claim by settlers that they own the plot where the house is located, despite the fact that the Sabbagh family submitted documents proving the fallacy of the claim, by the settlers, that the house is registered in their name.
The court had ruled that the statute of action, in the lawsuit against the settlers, has expired and therefore the appeal was rejected.
“If the eviction is carried out, it would amount to the displacement of around 32 members of the Sabbagh family, including 6 children,” the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah said, in a statement on the visit, adding that further settlement plans, including evictions, are being moved forward in Sheikh Jarrah.
“The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah recall the successive Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions and statements in which the EU has repeated its strong opposition to Israel’s settlement policy and actions taken in this context, including evictions and demolitions. The policy of settlement construction and expansion, including in East Jerusalem, is illegal under international law, and its continuation undermines the viability of the two-state solution and the prospect for a lasting peace,” concluded the statement, according to WAFA.
In related news, the European Union Representative issued a statement, on Monday, on the dissolution of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah.
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah have noted the dissolution of the PLC in December 2018 and the announcement of legislative elections within 6 months.
The statement said, according to Ma’an: “While the PLC has not been in session since 2007 and has not been in a position to exercise its function as the legislative body of the Palestinian Authority (PA), as foreseen in the Palestinian Basic Law, over the course of the last decade, its dissolution formally brings to an end the mandate of the only elected governing body of the Palestinian Authority, a development the EU missions regard with concern.”
The statement added, “In line with the Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions from 2016, and in light of the announced elections, the EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah encourage the Palestinian leadership to work toward strong, inclusive, accountable and democratic institutions, based on respect for the rule of law and human rights.”
In the statement, the EU called upon the Palestinian government to work towards genuine and democratic elections for all Palestinians.
The EU considers this to be “crucial in view of the establishment of a viable and sovereign Palestinian State.”
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah also called on all Palestinian factions to seek “common ground” and to work together to pursue “a positive path towards democracy” for the full benefit of the Palestinian people.
The EU missions urged all Palestinian factions “to engage in good faith in the reconciliation process which is an important element for reaching the two state solution,” noting, “The PA must fully resume its governmental functions in Gaza, as it is an integral part of a future Palestinian state.”
