18 july 2018
Border Police and Civil Administration patrol come under attack near the Yitzhar settlement by several local Jewish youths; Border Policewoman lightly wounded and taken to the hospital; 3 suspects arrested for stone-throwing, one for assaulting an officer.
A group of settlers attacked a force made up of Border Police and Civil Administration personnel near the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank on Wednesday, lightly wounding two of the force.
Several masked teens began throwing stones at the force, which was conducting a routine patrol.
A Border Policeman was hit in the head and a Civil Administration member was hit in the back with stones.
The force responded by using crowd dispersal measures, and one of the Civil Administration members fired into the air.
Three settlers were later arrested on suspicion they threw the stones at the force, while another suspect, whose identity remains unknown, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.
The injured soldier was evacuated to the Beilinson Hospital at the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva.
“This is a serious incident which resulted in the injury of a Border Police soldier, at a place where our forces shouldn’t feel threatened," the Border Police said.
“We responded quickly and arrested three suspects. We’ll always implement a zero tolerance policy when it comes to those who intend to harm our soldiers and security forces, regardless of their religion or ethnicity,” concluded the statement.
A group of settlers attacked a force made up of Border Police and Civil Administration personnel near the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank on Wednesday, lightly wounding two of the force.
Several masked teens began throwing stones at the force, which was conducting a routine patrol.
A Border Policeman was hit in the head and a Civil Administration member was hit in the back with stones.
The force responded by using crowd dispersal measures, and one of the Civil Administration members fired into the air.
Three settlers were later arrested on suspicion they threw the stones at the force, while another suspect, whose identity remains unknown, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.
The injured soldier was evacuated to the Beilinson Hospital at the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva.
“This is a serious incident which resulted in the injury of a Border Police soldier, at a place where our forces shouldn’t feel threatened," the Border Police said.
“We responded quickly and arrested three suspects. We’ll always implement a zero tolerance policy when it comes to those who intend to harm our soldiers and security forces, regardless of their religion or ethnicity,” concluded the statement.
Five Palestinian workers were wounded on Wednesday after they were hit by an Israeli settler driving in the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil.
An Israeli settler driving a GMC car rammed his vehicle into five Palestinian workers in Yatta, south of al-Khalil, on their way back home.
The settler ran away. An Israeli ambulance rushed to the scene and evacuated the wounded workers to Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheba.
A worker’s condition has been identified as critical. The other injuries are reportedly moderate.
An Israeli settler driving a GMC car rammed his vehicle into five Palestinian workers in Yatta, south of al-Khalil, on their way back home.
The settler ran away. An Israeli ambulance rushed to the scene and evacuated the wounded workers to Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheba.
A worker’s condition has been identified as critical. The other injuries are reportedly moderate.
Female Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian girl in Occupied Jerusalem after they heard her speaking in Arabic.
The victim Raghdeh Othman said she was physically and verbally assaulted by fanatic Israeli settlers in Occupied Jerusalem.
A settler used an electric shock device against the woman while another called her “an Arab prostitute.”
Raghdeh was transferred to a hospital so as to be treated for the wounds and bruises inflicted by the settlers.
The victim Raghdeh Othman said she was physically and verbally assaulted by fanatic Israeli settlers in Occupied Jerusalem.
A settler used an electric shock device against the woman while another called her “an Arab prostitute.”
Raghdeh was transferred to a hospital so as to be treated for the wounds and bruises inflicted by the settlers.
Scores of extremist Jewish settlers with their children desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Wednesday morning under tight police escort.
The Israeli police had opened the Mosque’s Maghariba Gate at 07:3 am and deployed dozens of its officers and special forces inside and around the Islamic holy site before allowing in the settlers.
Today’s massive desecration of the Mosque by Jewish settlers came after extremist temple mount groups incited their followers to march en mass to the holy site to commemorate the destruction of the alleged temple.
The Israeli police had opened the Mosque’s Maghariba Gate at 07:3 am and deployed dozens of its officers and special forces inside and around the Islamic holy site before allowing in the settlers.
Today’s massive desecration of the Mosque by Jewish settlers came after extremist temple mount groups incited their followers to march en mass to the holy site to commemorate the destruction of the alleged temple.
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17 july 2018
Jewish settlers attacked, on Tuesday, Palestinian homes in the northern West Bank village of Assira al-Qibliya, and set farmland on fire, according to Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlers’ activities in the north of the West Bank.
Daghlas told WAFA that settlers from the illegal Yitzhar settlement attacked the Palestinian homes and torched land planted with olive trees.
He said that residents rushed to defend their homes and land but the Israeli army intervened, to protect the settlers, and confronted the residents, shooting at them to keep them back.
Residents also physically confronted the soldiers, as well as the settlers, he said.
Daghlas told WAFA that settlers from the illegal Yitzhar settlement attacked the Palestinian homes and torched land planted with olive trees.
He said that residents rushed to defend their homes and land but the Israeli army intervened, to protect the settlers, and confronted the residents, shooting at them to keep them back.
Residents also physically confronted the soldiers, as well as the settlers, he said.
A number of Palestinian citizens were injured Tuesday during clashes with Israeli settlers in Asira al-Qibliya village south of Nablus.
Eyewitnesses said that the settlers attacked the Palestinian citizens under the protection of Israeli soldiers.
Head of Asira al-Qibliya village council Hafez Saleh said that over 30 Israeli settlers from Yitzhar settlement, built by force on privately-owned Palestinian lands, entered the village and hurled stones at a number of houses and vehicles causing some damages.
Saleh added that clashes erupted between the settlers and Asira al-Qibliya families before the Israeli occupation forces stormed the area amid heavy firing of live ammunition and teargas canisters. A number of Palestinians suffered breathing difficulties.
Eyewitnesses said that the settlers attacked the Palestinian citizens under the protection of Israeli soldiers.
Head of Asira al-Qibliya village council Hafez Saleh said that over 30 Israeli settlers from Yitzhar settlement, built by force on privately-owned Palestinian lands, entered the village and hurled stones at a number of houses and vehicles causing some damages.
Saleh added that clashes erupted between the settlers and Asira al-Qibliya families before the Israeli occupation forces stormed the area amid heavy firing of live ammunition and teargas canisters. A number of Palestinians suffered breathing difficulties.
Scores of Israeli settlers and policemen broke into al-Aqsa Mosque Tuesday morning.
Spokesman for Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department Feras al-Dibs said that Israeli police allowed 110 settlers to break into al-Aqsa Mosque via al-Maghareba Gate and roam its courtyards.
Al-Dibs told Quds Press that an Israeli archeologist accompanied the settlers in their tour under the protection of Israeli police forces.
The settlers further performed Talmudic rituals near the Dome of the Rock.
Israeli police on a daily basis escort Israeli settlers during two rounds of incursions into the holy site: in the morning and the afternoon.
In a related context, Israeli Intelligence Service ordered al-Aqsa guard Bayan al-Sheikh to appear on Wednesday at al-Qashla detention center for interrogation.
Al-Aqsa Mosque's servant Najwa al-Shakhshir was also interrogated at the headquarters of Israeli Intelligence on Tuesday morning.
Spokesman for Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department Feras al-Dibs said that Israeli police allowed 110 settlers to break into al-Aqsa Mosque via al-Maghareba Gate and roam its courtyards.
Al-Dibs told Quds Press that an Israeli archeologist accompanied the settlers in their tour under the protection of Israeli police forces.
The settlers further performed Talmudic rituals near the Dome of the Rock.
Israeli police on a daily basis escort Israeli settlers during two rounds of incursions into the holy site: in the morning and the afternoon.
In a related context, Israeli Intelligence Service ordered al-Aqsa guard Bayan al-Sheikh to appear on Wednesday at al-Qashla detention center for interrogation.
Al-Aqsa Mosque's servant Najwa al-Shakhshir was also interrogated at the headquarters of Israeli Intelligence on Tuesday morning.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Tuesday kidnapped four Palestinians from Nablus province, in the northern occupied West Bank.
Israeli patrols stormed northern Nablus and kidnapped the young man Taha al-Titi after they wreaked havoc his family home.
Clashes flared up between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian anti-occupation youth.
The IOF also stormed Madama, south of Nablus, and ravaged Palestinian homes, before they kidnapped 25-year-old ex-prisoner Ahmad Nassar and seized his brother’s car.
Nassar was released three weeks ago following a 17-day hunger strike in Israeli dungeons.
Israeli troops broke into Nablus’s southeastern town of Beita and kidnapped two Palestinian young men from their family homes.
Meanwhile, extremist Israeli settlers stormed Madama’s outskirts, in what locals dubbed a sign of a preplanned scheme to seize Palestinian lands in the area.
Israeli patrols stormed northern Nablus and kidnapped the young man Taha al-Titi after they wreaked havoc his family home.
Clashes flared up between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian anti-occupation youth.
The IOF also stormed Madama, south of Nablus, and ravaged Palestinian homes, before they kidnapped 25-year-old ex-prisoner Ahmad Nassar and seized his brother’s car.
Nassar was released three weeks ago following a 17-day hunger strike in Israeli dungeons.
Israeli troops broke into Nablus’s southeastern town of Beita and kidnapped two Palestinian young men from their family homes.
Meanwhile, extremist Israeli settlers stormed Madama’s outskirts, in what locals dubbed a sign of a preplanned scheme to seize Palestinian lands in the area.
16 july 2018
Israeli settlers,on Monday, destroyed crops in the southern West Bank town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, after they ran over them with their vehicle, according to the landowner.
Fadi Zayyah, a local farmer, said that the assailants drove their vehicle on his land planted with tomatoes and cucumbers, destroying the crops before fleeing the scene.
According to WAFA, Zayyah’s field is adjacent to the illegal Nevi Daniel settlement, which was established on lands seized from Wad Rahhal and al-Khader villages in 1982.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by the Israeli authorities.
Settler violence includes property arson, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
Fadi Zayyah, a local farmer, said that the assailants drove their vehicle on his land planted with tomatoes and cucumbers, destroying the crops before fleeing the scene.
According to WAFA, Zayyah’s field is adjacent to the illegal Nevi Daniel settlement, which was established on lands seized from Wad Rahhal and al-Khader villages in 1982.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by the Israeli authorities.
Settler violence includes property arson, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
Dozens of Israeli settlers on Monday morning broke into al-Aqsa Mosque amid heavy police presence.
An official at Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department told Quds Press that several groups of Israeli settlers entered the Mosque via al-Maghareba Gate, roamed its courtyards, performed Talmudic rituals, and received presentations on the alleged "Temple Mount".
The Islamic Awqaf official added that tension flared up between al-Aqsa guards and Israeli Intelligence officers who entered the Mosque during the morning break-in.
Israeli policemen escorted the settlers and the intelligence officers until they left the site through al-Silsila Gate.
In another context, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday condemned calls by the Israeli extremist group Woman in Green for a night march in the Old City of Jerusalem to mark the anniversary of Tisha B'Av (Destruction of Jerusalem's Temple).
The Ministry said in a statement that the march falls in line with Israel's regular attempts to Judaize the holy city which have been stepped up recently following US president Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
The night march is set to be held on 21st July in the presence of senior Israeli officials like Ze'ev Elkin, Minister of Jerusalem Affairs.
An official at Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department told Quds Press that several groups of Israeli settlers entered the Mosque via al-Maghareba Gate, roamed its courtyards, performed Talmudic rituals, and received presentations on the alleged "Temple Mount".
The Islamic Awqaf official added that tension flared up between al-Aqsa guards and Israeli Intelligence officers who entered the Mosque during the morning break-in.
Israeli policemen escorted the settlers and the intelligence officers until they left the site through al-Silsila Gate.
In another context, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday condemned calls by the Israeli extremist group Woman in Green for a night march in the Old City of Jerusalem to mark the anniversary of Tisha B'Av (Destruction of Jerusalem's Temple).
The Ministry said in a statement that the march falls in line with Israel's regular attempts to Judaize the holy city which have been stepped up recently following US president Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
The night march is set to be held on 21st July in the presence of senior Israeli officials like Ze'ev Elkin, Minister of Jerusalem Affairs.
Israeli soldiers closed, Monday, the iron gate which was placed by the army at the entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, and installed roadblocks in several areas in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Many illegal colonialist settlers attack a home, and its garden, in Hebron city.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers closed the iron gate of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the city, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks at Hebron’s northern road, in addition to Halhoul and Sa’ir towns, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, several colonialist settlers from the illegal Ramat Yishai and Beit Hadassah outposts, hurled stones and trash at a home of a Palestinian, identified as Hani al-Azza, in Tal Romeida neighborhood.
The Israeli assailants also damaged property in the family’s garden, and uprooted their plants.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers closed the iron gate of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the city, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks at Hebron’s northern road, in addition to Halhoul and Sa’ir towns, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
In related news, several colonialist settlers from the illegal Ramat Yishai and Beit Hadassah outposts, hurled stones and trash at a home of a Palestinian, identified as Hani al-Azza, in Tal Romeida neighborhood.
The Israeli assailants also damaged property in the family’s garden, and uprooted their plants.
A group of Israeli Jewish feminists called the ‘Women of the Wall’ held their monthly prayer service at the ‘Western Wall’ in Jerusalem on Friday, and were assaulted by a group of right-wing religious Jewish zealots who threw stones at the women, beat them, and burned their prayer books.
The women were challenging what they see as misogynist practices within the Jewish tradition, and during their prayer service they wore the yarmulkes and traditional prayer shawls usually reserved for men in the Orthodox Jewish tradition.
Around 200 women gathered in prayer at the Western Wall to mark the beginning of the Hebrew month of Av, according to Israeli media sources. The Western Wall Heritage Foundation, which disapproves of the women’s interpretation of religious practices, had guards and police surround the area, but did not attack the women.
Instead, when the women left the Wall plaza, they were attacked by several dozen Orthodox Haredi men, who punched and hit the women. One young women was brought to the hospitl with head and neck injuries. She reported to Israeli reporters that a medic told her that if she had been hit a centimeter to the left, her neck could have snapped.
The injured woman told reporters that her boyfriend called the Israeli police, ho asked “Who attacked you?”, and when they told the police that it was a group of Orthodox Haredi Jewish men, the police responded, “It’s not Arabs? We’ll send someone later”. The police never sent anyone to respond to the call.
The women were challenging what they see as misogynist practices within the Jewish tradition, and during their prayer service they wore the yarmulkes and traditional prayer shawls usually reserved for men in the Orthodox Jewish tradition.
Around 200 women gathered in prayer at the Western Wall to mark the beginning of the Hebrew month of Av, according to Israeli media sources. The Western Wall Heritage Foundation, which disapproves of the women’s interpretation of religious practices, had guards and police surround the area, but did not attack the women.
Instead, when the women left the Wall plaza, they were attacked by several dozen Orthodox Haredi men, who punched and hit the women. One young women was brought to the hospitl with head and neck injuries. She reported to Israeli reporters that a medic told her that if she had been hit a centimeter to the left, her neck could have snapped.
The injured woman told reporters that her boyfriend called the Israeli police, ho asked “Who attacked you?”, and when they told the police that it was a group of Orthodox Haredi Jewish men, the police responded, “It’s not Arabs? We’ll send someone later”. The police never sent anyone to respond to the call.
15 july 2018
Israeli settlers on Sunday cracked down on Palestinian near the village of Khirbet Makahoul, in the northern Jordan Valley, and prevented them from grazing their livestock,
Local sources said armed settlers chased the shepherds and prevented them from grazing their livestock after they cordoned off their grazing fields.
Israeli soldiers were stationed in the area to protect the settlers.
Israeli forces often seize Palestinian livestock and transfer it to military camps. Shepherds are also subjected to steep fines.
Local sources said armed settlers chased the shepherds and prevented them from grazing their livestock after they cordoned off their grazing fields.
Israeli soldiers were stationed in the area to protect the settlers.
Israeli forces often seize Palestinian livestock and transfer it to military camps. Shepherds are also subjected to steep fines.
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Sunday morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
62 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 that lasted for four hours, according to Jerusalem’s Awqaf authorities.
Another round of break-ins is expected to be carried out during the afternoon shift.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by heavily-armed 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.
62 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 that lasted for four hours, according to Jerusalem’s Awqaf authorities.
Another round of break-ins is expected to be carried out during the afternoon shift.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by heavily-armed 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.
