19 july 2017
A Palestinian girl was left injured on Wednesday after she was hit by an Israeli settler driving in the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil.
According to local sources, an Israeli settler rammed his car into 10-year-old Wijdan Faris al-Ju’bari as she was walking in Wad al-Hasin, in al-Khalil, near the illegal Israeli settlement outpost of Kiryat Arba.
The injured minor was rushed to Hadassah Hospital in Occupied Jerusalem so as to be urgently treated for the wounds inflicted in the hit-and-run attack.
According to local sources, an Israeli settler rammed his car into 10-year-old Wijdan Faris al-Ju’bari as she was walking in Wad al-Hasin, in al-Khalil, near the illegal Israeli settlement outpost of Kiryat Arba.
The injured minor was rushed to Hadassah Hospital in Occupied Jerusalem so as to be urgently treated for the wounds inflicted in the hit-and-run attack.
Dozens of Israeli settlers on Wednesday morning stormed holy al-Aqsa Mosque, sparking tension at and around the site.
Media chief at Jerusalem’s Awqaf Department, Firas al-Dabs, said over 36 Israeli settlers, escorted by heavily-armed policemen, broke into al-Aqsa via the Maghareba Gate.
An Israeli cop came down heavily on a Muslim guard at al-Aqsa and threatened to send him to jail in case he does not keep a 30-meter distance from the Israeli settlers.
Media chief at Jerusalem’s Awqaf Department, Firas al-Dabs, said over 36 Israeli settlers, escorted by heavily-armed policemen, broke into al-Aqsa via the Maghareba Gate.
An Israeli cop came down heavily on a Muslim guard at al-Aqsa and threatened to send him to jail in case he does not keep a 30-meter distance from the Israeli settlers.
Jewish settlers on Tuesday seized and bulldozed a tract of agricultural land belonging to Palestinian citizens near the illegal settlement of Rotem in the northern Jordan River Valley.
Specialist in settlement affairs Aref Daraghmeh said that the settlers leveled about five dunums of Palestinian-owned land near their settlement Rotem.
Daraghmeh expressed his belief that the settlers would use the annexed land for agricultural purposes.
The Israeli occupation army and settlers recently intensified their efforts to extend their control over the entire northern Jordan Valley.
About 80 percent of the northern Jordan Valley was already turned into military zones or used for housing and agricultural purposes for Jewish settlers.
Rotem settlement was founded in 1984 as a military outpost before it was turned into an agricultural settlement, where now about 170 settlers are living.
Specialist in settlement affairs Aref Daraghmeh said that the settlers leveled about five dunums of Palestinian-owned land near their settlement Rotem.
Daraghmeh expressed his belief that the settlers would use the annexed land for agricultural purposes.
The Israeli occupation army and settlers recently intensified their efforts to extend their control over the entire northern Jordan Valley.
About 80 percent of the northern Jordan Valley was already turned into military zones or used for housing and agricultural purposes for Jewish settlers.
Rotem settlement was founded in 1984 as a military outpost before it was turned into an agricultural settlement, where now about 170 settlers are living.
18 july 2017
Palestinian worshipers performed their prayers outside al-Aqsa Mosque as they voiced their firm rebuff to enter the site through the Israeli metal detectors.
Dozens of worshipers rallied near the main entrances to al-Aqsa Mosque, refusing to give in to Israel’s oppressive measures.
At the same time, dozens of Israeli settlers continue to defile the site under heavy police escort, sparking tension in Occupied Jerusalem.
Dozens of worshipers rallied near the main entrances to al-Aqsa Mosque, refusing to give in to Israel’s oppressive measures.
At the same time, dozens of Israeli settlers continue to defile the site under heavy police escort, sparking tension in Occupied Jerusalem.
17 july 2017
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Monday morning al-Aqsa Mosque via the Israeli-controlled al-Magharibeh Gate under heavy protection of police forces.
The settlers’ break-in into the holy shrine is considered the first since Friday’s shooting incident during which three Palestinians were killed and two Israeli police officers were pronounced dead.
Israeli police forces intensified their presence in the compound since the early morning hours to provide protection for the settlers’ break-in.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation authorities continued to ban Palestinians’ access into the Mosque.
Occupied Jerusalem has witnessed escalated tensions since Friday when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu banned the entry of Palestinian worshipers into al-Aqsa Mosque.
The settlers’ break-in into the holy shrine is considered the first since Friday’s shooting incident during which three Palestinians were killed and two Israeli police officers were pronounced dead.
Israeli police forces intensified their presence in the compound since the early morning hours to provide protection for the settlers’ break-in.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation authorities continued to ban Palestinians’ access into the Mosque.
Occupied Jerusalem has witnessed escalated tensions since Friday when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu banned the entry of Palestinian worshipers into al-Aqsa Mosque.
16 july 2017
A group of Israeli settlers started on Sunday to set up new mobile houses in a settlement outpost built in al-Khader town to the south of Bethlehem city in preparation for expanding it.
Coordinator of the Anti-Settlement National Committee in al-Khader, Ahmad Salah, told Quds Press that Israeli bulldozers have razed about 500 dunums of Palestinian lands located to the west of the town before surrounding them with barbered wires in a prelude to confiscating them in favor of expanding the outpost.
Salah warned of the settlement activity that is constantly expanding in the area and seizing more Palestinian lands.
Coordinator of the Anti-Settlement National Committee in al-Khader, Ahmad Salah, told Quds Press that Israeli bulldozers have razed about 500 dunums of Palestinian lands located to the west of the town before surrounding them with barbered wires in a prelude to confiscating them in favor of expanding the outpost.
Salah warned of the settlement activity that is constantly expanding in the area and seizing more Palestinian lands.
12 july 2017
Tension ran high in al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday morning after an Israeli police officer raised the Israeli flag at the time when dozens of settlers stormed the holy shrine.
More than 80 Israeli settlers protected by Israeli police forced their way into the Mosque compound via the Al-Magharbeh Gate and performed Talmudic rituals.
During the raid, one of the policemen hoisted the Israeli flag on to his shoulder in total provocation to Palestinian worshipers and al-Aqsa guards who started shouting Takbeer.
The Islamic Endowments Department strongly condemned the provocative act.
In recent months, groups of Jewish extremists often accompanied by Israeli police forces repeatedly broke into al-Aqsa compound. The frequent violations anger Palestinian worshipers and occasionally lead to violent confrontations.
More than 80 Israeli settlers protected by Israeli police forced their way into the Mosque compound via the Al-Magharbeh Gate and performed Talmudic rituals.
During the raid, one of the policemen hoisted the Israeli flag on to his shoulder in total provocation to Palestinian worshipers and al-Aqsa guards who started shouting Takbeer.
The Islamic Endowments Department strongly condemned the provocative act.
In recent months, groups of Jewish extremists often accompanied by Israeli police forces repeatedly broke into al-Aqsa compound. The frequent violations anger Palestinian worshipers and occasionally lead to violent confrontations.
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Tuesday evening, that a young man was seriously injured, near Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, after an excessively speeding Israeli setter’s car rammed him, and fled the scene.
Eyewitnesses said the Palestinian, As’ad Arfan, was walking in the center of Nabi Elias village, east of Qalqilia, when he was struck by the speeding Israeli car.
They added that Red Crescent medics rushed to the scene, and provided the Arfan with the urgently needed first aid, before moving him to a hospital in Qalqilia.
In related news, Israeli soldiers invaded the eastern part of Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, and launched a surveillance balloon, before the soldiers took aerial and ground photos of the Palestinian homes in that area.
Eyewitnesses said the Palestinian, As’ad Arfan, was walking in the center of Nabi Elias village, east of Qalqilia, when he was struck by the speeding Israeli car.
They added that Red Crescent medics rushed to the scene, and provided the Arfan with the urgently needed first aid, before moving him to a hospital in Qalqilia.
In related news, Israeli soldiers invaded the eastern part of Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, and launched a surveillance balloon, before the soldiers took aerial and ground photos of the Palestinian homes in that area.
11 july 2017
114 Israeli settlers stormed Tuesday morning al-Aqsa Mosque via the Israeli-controlled al-Magharibeh Gate while being heavily guarded by Israeli police.
The settlers toured the Mosque’s courtyards and tried to perform Talmudic rituals in total provocation to the Palestinian worshipers.
Over the past month, 1,339 Israeli settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque including 223 Jewish religious students and 50 police officers in civilian clothes.
The settlers toured the Mosque’s courtyards and tried to perform Talmudic rituals in total provocation to the Palestinian worshipers.
Over the past month, 1,339 Israeli settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque including 223 Jewish religious students and 50 police officers in civilian clothes.
10 july 2017
Violent clashes burst out south of holy al-Aqsa Mosque, in Occupied Jerusalem, after Israeli settlers attempted to seize a Palestinian land lot.
A PIC news correspondent said a group of Israeli settlers, escorted by a special unit, broke into Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, in Silwan, and attempted to grab hold of a Palestinian land owned by al-Rajabi and Basbous families.
The occupation forces claimed that a court decision signaled a green light for the settlers’ takeover of the land but refused to show the alleged court rule to the land owners.
The Israeli soldiers showered Palestinian homes in the area with pepper spray and attacked the anti-occupation youth with batons and rifle butts, leaving dozens wounded.
A court hearing is set to be held by the end of July to decide on the targeted land lot.
A PIC news correspondent said a group of Israeli settlers, escorted by a special unit, broke into Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, in Silwan, and attempted to grab hold of a Palestinian land owned by al-Rajabi and Basbous families.
The occupation forces claimed that a court decision signaled a green light for the settlers’ takeover of the land but refused to show the alleged court rule to the land owners.
The Israeli soldiers showered Palestinian homes in the area with pepper spray and attacked the anti-occupation youth with batons and rifle butts, leaving dozens wounded.
A court hearing is set to be held by the end of July to decide on the targeted land lot.
Hordes of Israeli settlers and cops stormed on Monday morning holy al-Aqsa Mosque, in Occupied Jerusalem.
18 Israeli intelligence officers and 101 settlers broke into al-Aqsa place of worship and defiled the site.
37 guides and rabbis escorted the Israeli settlers all the way through the break-in.
Shortly after the assault, the Israeli police closed the Maghareba Gate in anticipation of the afternoon break-in shift, which starts at 02:00 p.m. every day.
18 Israeli intelligence officers and 101 settlers broke into al-Aqsa place of worship and defiled the site.
37 guides and rabbis escorted the Israeli settlers all the way through the break-in.
Shortly after the assault, the Israeli police closed the Maghareba Gate in anticipation of the afternoon break-in shift, which starts at 02:00 p.m. every day.
In Hebron, an area of the West Bank known for being home to the most violent groups of Israeli settler militias, a group of Palestinian teens and young men rushed to the aid of a colonial settler family when their car crashed in a Palestinian area.
A video of the incident shows the car flipped up on its side, and the young men rescuing the wounded children from inside the vehicle. They then provided basic medical care, and called for a Palestinian ambulance to come and assist the family.
This is not the first time that Palestinians have assisted Israeli settlers who have had car accidents while speeding through Palestinian land on their way to armed enclaves constructed on stolen Palestinian land.
Despite the fact that Israeli settlers are attempting to drive Palestinians from their land by creating ‘de facto’ colonies on what had been Palestinian land in an attempt to expand the border of the state of Israel, Palestinians who have seen settlers in distress have come to their assistance in virtually every case.
A video of the incident shows the car flipped up on its side, and the young men rescuing the wounded children from inside the vehicle. They then provided basic medical care, and called for a Palestinian ambulance to come and assist the family.
This is not the first time that Palestinians have assisted Israeli settlers who have had car accidents while speeding through Palestinian land on their way to armed enclaves constructed on stolen Palestinian land.
Despite the fact that Israeli settlers are attempting to drive Palestinians from their land by creating ‘de facto’ colonies on what had been Palestinian land in an attempt to expand the border of the state of Israel, Palestinians who have seen settlers in distress have come to their assistance in virtually every case.
9 july 2017
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a pregnant Palestinian woman was injured, Sunday, after an Israeli colonist’s car struck her near al-‘Arroub College, in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The sources stated that the woman, Abeer Bassam Jawabra, 28, suffered various cuts and bruises, and was moved to the al-Mezan hospital, in Hebron. She was struck by the Israeli car at the main entrance of the refugee camp.
The woman, who suffered moderate wounds, is undergoing further examination and checkups, to ensure her well-being, and the well-being of her fetus.
The sources stated that the woman, Abeer Bassam Jawabra, 28, suffered various cuts and bruises, and was moved to the al-Mezan hospital, in Hebron. She was struck by the Israeli car at the main entrance of the refugee camp.
The woman, who suffered moderate wounds, is undergoing further examination and checkups, to ensure her well-being, and the well-being of her fetus.
Hordes of Israeli settlers stormed on Sunday morning holy al-Aqsa Mosque, in Occupied Jerusalem, via the Maghareba Gate.
Reporting from Occupied Jerusalem, a PIC news correspondent said Israeli cops unbolted the Maghareba Gate and cordoned off the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque shortly before Israeli settlers showed up at the scene and defiled the site.
At the same time, the Israeli occupation police and authorities continue to prevent dozens of Muslim men and women from performing their prayers at al-Aqsa—the third holiest site in Islam.
The assault makes part of the morning break-in shift carried out by Israeli fanatic settlers at al-Aqsa place of worship that starts almost daily at 07:00 a.m.
Reporting from Occupied Jerusalem, a PIC news correspondent said Israeli cops unbolted the Maghareba Gate and cordoned off the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque shortly before Israeli settlers showed up at the scene and defiled the site.
At the same time, the Israeli occupation police and authorities continue to prevent dozens of Muslim men and women from performing their prayers at al-Aqsa—the third holiest site in Islam.
The assault makes part of the morning break-in shift carried out by Israeli fanatic settlers at al-Aqsa place of worship that starts almost daily at 07:00 a.m.
7 july 2017
Extremist Israeli settlers have been spotted on Friday on Palestinian lands in Raba, in Jenin, sparking tension in the area.
According to local sources, Israeli settlers broke into the mountainous Raba area and took pictures of Palestinian lands, in what is believed to be a prelude to a projected land-grab scheme.
Tension has been running high in the area after the Israeli settlers performed sacrilegious rituals and chanted anti-Arab slogans.
Israeli police troops showed up around the scene to protect the Israeli settlers.
According to local sources, Israeli settlers broke into the mountainous Raba area and took pictures of Palestinian lands, in what is believed to be a prelude to a projected land-grab scheme.
Tension has been running high in the area after the Israeli settlers performed sacrilegious rituals and chanted anti-Arab slogans.
Israeli police troops showed up around the scene to protect the Israeli settlers.
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A Palestinian young man was pronounced dead on Friday morning after he was fatally hit by an Israeli settler driving near Bethlehem’s southern town of al-Khader.
According to eye-witnesses, a car-ramming attack carried out by an Israeli settler near al-Khader’s bypass road claimed the life of 37-year-old Omar Ahmad Abu Ghalyoun, a coffee seller.
The casualty’s body was evacuated to the Israeli Shaare Zedek Medical Center, in Occupied Jerusalem, where it is set to undergo a postmortem autopsy.
A Palestinian young man was pronounced dead on Friday morning after he was fatally hit by an Israeli settler driving near Bethlehem’s southern town of al-Khader.
According to eye-witnesses, a car-ramming attack carried out by an Israeli settler near al-Khader’s bypass road claimed the life of 37-year-old Omar Ahmad Abu Ghalyoun, a coffee seller.
The casualty’s body was evacuated to the Israeli Shaare Zedek Medical Center, in Occupied Jerusalem, where it is set to undergo a postmortem autopsy.
3 july 2017
Israeli policemen on Monday morning escorted 53 Israeli settlers as they defiled holy al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, in Occupied Jerusalem.
A guard at al-Aqsa told the PIC the Israeli forces unlocked the Maghareba Gate and cordoned off the plazas of the Mosque shortly before 53 Israeli settlers broke into the site. Israeli cops closed al-Maghareba Gate moments after the break-in.
According to the guard, 13 Israeli intelligence officers, along with members of Israel's Antiquity Authority, also stormed al-Aqsa Mosque as part of the morning break-in shift.
At the same time, the Israeli municipality has been gearing up to hold a Jewish festival in the plaza of the Umayyad Palaces, adjacent to al-Aqsa’s southern wall.
A guard at al-Aqsa told the PIC the Israeli forces unlocked the Maghareba Gate and cordoned off the plazas of the Mosque shortly before 53 Israeli settlers broke into the site. Israeli cops closed al-Maghareba Gate moments after the break-in.
According to the guard, 13 Israeli intelligence officers, along with members of Israel's Antiquity Authority, also stormed al-Aqsa Mosque as part of the morning break-in shift.
At the same time, the Israeli municipality has been gearing up to hold a Jewish festival in the plaza of the Umayyad Palaces, adjacent to al-Aqsa’s southern wall.
2 july 2017
Hordes of Israeli settlers, escorted by police troops, stormed on Sunday holy al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate.
Shortly before the assault, Israeli policemen unlocked the Maghareba Gate and cordoned off the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque.
At the same time, dozens of Muslim men and women from Occupied Jerusalem have been prevented by the Israeli forces from praying at the site.
The assault makes part of the morning break-in shift launched by Israeli fanatic settlers at 07:00 a.m. at holy al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam.
Shortly before the assault, Israeli policemen unlocked the Maghareba Gate and cordoned off the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque.
At the same time, dozens of Muslim men and women from Occupied Jerusalem have been prevented by the Israeli forces from praying at the site.
The assault makes part of the morning break-in shift launched by Israeli fanatic settlers at 07:00 a.m. at holy al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam.