30 jan 2020
Dozens of Jewish settlers on Thursday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards under tight police escort.
At least 116 settlers, including 40 government employees and 20 religious students, entered the Mosque in groups through the Israeli-controlled Maghariba Gate and toured the Mosque’s 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.
At least 116 settlers, including 40 government employees and 20 religious students, entered the Mosque in groups through the Israeli-controlled Maghariba Gate and toured the Mosque’s 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.
29 jan 2020
Dozens of Jewish settlers on Wednesday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque under tight police guard.
According to the Islamic Awqaf Authority, 61 settlers entered the Mosque through al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards in groups.
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, 61 settlers entered the Mosque through al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards in groups.
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.
Israel’s Tag Meir organisation revealed, on Monday, that extremist Jewish settlers have carried out arson attacks on 46 mosques and 12 churches in the occupied West Bank and Israel, over the past decade, Al Sabeel has reported.
Tag Meir, which was established 15 years ago to counter settlers’ hate crimes and racism in Israel and the occupied West Bank, said that the perpetrators of these crimes generally went unpunished.
It pointed out that most of these arson attacks were committed by an extremist settler group called “Price Tag,” and that the criminals spray graffiti such as “Death to Arabs” and other hate messages on the walls of the buildings they burn down.
The latest of these attacks was on a mosque in the Beir Safafa neighbourhood of occupied Jerusalem. The fire started by the illegal settlers caused severe damage to the building.
Tag Meir, which was established 15 years ago to counter settlers’ hate crimes and racism in Israel and the occupied West Bank, said that the perpetrators of these crimes generally went unpunished.
It pointed out that most of these arson attacks were committed by an extremist settler group called “Price Tag,” and that the criminals spray graffiti such as “Death to Arabs” and other hate messages on the walls of the buildings they burn down.
The latest of these attacks was on a mosque in the Beir Safafa neighbourhood of occupied Jerusalem. The fire started by the illegal settlers caused severe damage to the building.
28 jan 2020
Yossi Dagan and Prime Minister Netanyahu meeting in Washington on Tuesday
Despite PM overtures, settlers blast Trump's Palestinian state provisionWith hours to go before president unveils his peace plan, settler leaders tell U.S. officials that they cannot accept any proposal that includes Palestinian statehood, call on MKs and government to not accept such a scheme, no matter what the cost to Israel
Despite being wooed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who even took them to Washington with him on Monday, settler leaders said Tuesday they would not support a Middle East peace plan that includes a Palestinian state.
The comment came hours before U.S. President Donald Trump was due to unveil his long-awaited peace plan that includes such a provision.
"We are very disturbed," David Elhayani, the head of the Yesha Council of Settlements, told U.S. officials in Washington on Tuesday.
"We can not agree to a plan that includes the creation of a Palestinian state to endanger the State of Israel and pose a sizable threat in the future," he said.
"We declare that we will never let a Palestinian state be created, even at the cost of Israeli hegemony over certain territory in the West Bank. We demand that prime minister, his cabinet and Knesset members do not accept any plan that includes Palestinian statehood."
The settlers met earlier Tuesday with Netanyahu, who made a final attempt to garner their support for the Trump plan.
Among those present were senior representatives of the Yesha Council and the heads of the Jordan Valley, Efrat, Mateh Binyamin and Gush Etzion regional councils in the West Bank.
The settler leaders expressed their support for Netanyahu, but expressed their objections to the U.S. plan.
"We came here to strengthen the prime minister's resolve, stand at his side and voice to the White House the opinions of all settlers in a clear manner," they said.
"It was important for us to hear everything first hand and not from hearsay," said the settler leaders. "We emphasized to the prime minister the matters important to the settlers and the nation as a whole: Israeli hegemony and control over the West Bank and the continued development and prosperity of the settlements."
Netanyahu then met separately with Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan, who expressed his own concerns over the peace plan, primarily the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, the division of settlements into those inside blocs and those without, the creation of settlement enclaves within Palestinian territory, transfer of territory within Areas B and C to the Palestinians and a settlement construction freeze.
The plan allegedly allows Israel to annex 30% to 40% of Area C, while the Palestinians will have control over about 40% of Areas A and B. This leaves the status of the remaining 30% of Area C unclear.
Under the terms of the 1994 Oslo Accords, Area C is under full Israeli security and civilian control, Area B is under Israeli security and Palestinian civilian rule and Area A is under full Palestinian security and civilian control.
Netanyahu showed Dagan several sections of the peace plan, emphasizing that the West Bank settlements and their continued development are his chief objective.
"The prime minister was intuitive and meticulous and showed that the good of the land of Israel and the settlements are on his mind," said Dagan.
"I feel certain issues are not hammered out and probably won't be until the last moment. We are here in Washington to aid the prime minister and U.S. President Donald Trump on the annexation of all settlements in the West Bank and not - God forbid - risk the continued Jewish presence in the West Bank or the integrity of the state."
The deal apparently leaves 15 settlements in small, isolated enclaves and settlers fear that they will have to evacuate their homes at some point.
Israel will also be required to cede 60 illegal outposts that house some 3,000 settlers.
This is the section that the settlers will struggle with and also contradicts Netanyahu's past promises to the settlers to annex all settlements.
Despite PM overtures, settlers blast Trump's Palestinian state provisionWith hours to go before president unveils his peace plan, settler leaders tell U.S. officials that they cannot accept any proposal that includes Palestinian statehood, call on MKs and government to not accept such a scheme, no matter what the cost to Israel
Despite being wooed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who even took them to Washington with him on Monday, settler leaders said Tuesday they would not support a Middle East peace plan that includes a Palestinian state.
The comment came hours before U.S. President Donald Trump was due to unveil his long-awaited peace plan that includes such a provision.
"We are very disturbed," David Elhayani, the head of the Yesha Council of Settlements, told U.S. officials in Washington on Tuesday.
"We can not agree to a plan that includes the creation of a Palestinian state to endanger the State of Israel and pose a sizable threat in the future," he said.
"We declare that we will never let a Palestinian state be created, even at the cost of Israeli hegemony over certain territory in the West Bank. We demand that prime minister, his cabinet and Knesset members do not accept any plan that includes Palestinian statehood."
The settlers met earlier Tuesday with Netanyahu, who made a final attempt to garner their support for the Trump plan.
Among those present were senior representatives of the Yesha Council and the heads of the Jordan Valley, Efrat, Mateh Binyamin and Gush Etzion regional councils in the West Bank.
The settler leaders expressed their support for Netanyahu, but expressed their objections to the U.S. plan.
"We came here to strengthen the prime minister's resolve, stand at his side and voice to the White House the opinions of all settlers in a clear manner," they said.
"It was important for us to hear everything first hand and not from hearsay," said the settler leaders. "We emphasized to the prime minister the matters important to the settlers and the nation as a whole: Israeli hegemony and control over the West Bank and the continued development and prosperity of the settlements."
Netanyahu then met separately with Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan, who expressed his own concerns over the peace plan, primarily the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, the division of settlements into those inside blocs and those without, the creation of settlement enclaves within Palestinian territory, transfer of territory within Areas B and C to the Palestinians and a settlement construction freeze.
The plan allegedly allows Israel to annex 30% to 40% of Area C, while the Palestinians will have control over about 40% of Areas A and B. This leaves the status of the remaining 30% of Area C unclear.
Under the terms of the 1994 Oslo Accords, Area C is under full Israeli security and civilian control, Area B is under Israeli security and Palestinian civilian rule and Area A is under full Palestinian security and civilian control.
Netanyahu showed Dagan several sections of the peace plan, emphasizing that the West Bank settlements and their continued development are his chief objective.
"The prime minister was intuitive and meticulous and showed that the good of the land of Israel and the settlements are on his mind," said Dagan.
"I feel certain issues are not hammered out and probably won't be until the last moment. We are here in Washington to aid the prime minister and U.S. President Donald Trump on the annexation of all settlements in the West Bank and not - God forbid - risk the continued Jewish presence in the West Bank or the integrity of the state."
The deal apparently leaves 15 settlements in small, isolated enclaves and settlers fear that they will have to evacuate their homes at some point.
Israel will also be required to cede 60 illegal outposts that house some 3,000 settlers.
This is the section that the settlers will struggle with and also contradicts Netanyahu's past promises to the settlers to annex all settlements.
About 160 Jewish settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday under tight police guard.
Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department said that 45 Israeli settlers and 115 Jewish students stormed al-Aqsa Mosque and roamed its courtyards while accompanied by armed forces.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police arrested five Palestinian worshipers at the mosque and tightened restrictions on the Palestinian citizens entering the site. video
Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department said that 45 Israeli settlers and 115 Jewish students stormed al-Aqsa Mosque and roamed its courtyards while accompanied by armed forces.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police arrested five Palestinian worshipers at the mosque and tightened restrictions on the Palestinian citizens entering the site. video
Settlers burned, at dawn on Tuesday, a classroom in the Ainabus Elementary School, to the south of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.
According to the PNN. a group of people from the illegal Yitzhar settlement stormed the village of Ainabus, at dawn, burning a classroom in the basic school for boys, and wrote racist slogans on the walls of the school. video
More news on this as it develops.
According to the PNN. a group of people from the illegal Yitzhar settlement stormed the village of Ainabus, at dawn, burning a classroom in the basic school for boys, and wrote racist slogans on the walls of the school. video
More news on this as it develops.
27 jan 2020
Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers on Monday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem under tight police protection.
190 settlers, including 125 religious students, toured the Mosque’s courtyards in mourning tours, according to the Islamic Awqaf Authority in the holy city.
Several settlers were also seen performing rituals during their tours at the Islamic holy site. video
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.
190 settlers, including 125 religious students, toured the Mosque’s courtyards in mourning tours, according to the Islamic Awqaf Authority in the holy city.
Several settlers were also seen performing rituals during their tours at the Islamic holy site. video
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.
An Israeli court on Sunday issued a ruling in favor of the Ateret Cohanim settler group and ordered the eviction of five Palestinian families from their own homes in Silwan district, east of Occupied Jerusalem.
The families to be evicted live in a five-story apartment building belonging to the family of Duweik in the Baten al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan district. 25 individuals, including children, would be homeless if the court order was implemented.
Mazen Duweik, one of the real estate owners, stated that his grandfather had bought the land where the building was built in 1963 and since then his children and grandchildren have been living in it.
According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, the Jerusalem magistrate court rejected the objections that had been filed by the Duweik family against previous court eviction notices it received in 2014 from Ateret Cohanim, and gave the family until next August to evacuate the building.
Ateret Cohanim claim the land on which the building was built belong to Jews who owned it in the past.
The same settler group won a similar lawsuit recently against the Jerusalemite family of Rajbi, whose members have been living in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood since 1975.
84 Palestinian families living in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood received during the past years court eviction orders.
All the families in this neighborhood have been fighting lengthy and costly legal battles to prove their right to the lands their grandparents had bought from previous owners.
The families to be evicted live in a five-story apartment building belonging to the family of Duweik in the Baten al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan district. 25 individuals, including children, would be homeless if the court order was implemented.
Mazen Duweik, one of the real estate owners, stated that his grandfather had bought the land where the building was built in 1963 and since then his children and grandchildren have been living in it.
According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, the Jerusalem magistrate court rejected the objections that had been filed by the Duweik family against previous court eviction notices it received in 2014 from Ateret Cohanim, and gave the family until next August to evacuate the building.
Ateret Cohanim claim the land on which the building was built belong to Jews who owned it in the past.
The same settler group won a similar lawsuit recently against the Jerusalemite family of Rajbi, whose members have been living in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood since 1975.
84 Palestinian families living in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood received during the past years court eviction orders.
All the families in this neighborhood have been fighting lengthy and costly legal battles to prove their right to the lands their grandparents had bought from previous owners.