29 june 2018
Violent clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Friday afternoon in different areas of West Bank.
In Ramallah, clashes were reported at the northern entrance to al-Bireh city.
Similar confrontations erupted in Bab al-Zawiya town in al-Khalil. No injuries were initially reported.
In Nablus, clashes broke out between local farmers and Israeli settlers after they set fire to dozens of olive trees in Beit Furik town.
In Ramallah, clashes were reported at the northern entrance to al-Bireh city.
Similar confrontations erupted in Bab al-Zawiya town in al-Khalil. No injuries were initially reported.
In Nablus, clashes broke out between local farmers and Israeli settlers after they set fire to dozens of olive trees in Beit Furik town.
A group of Israeli settlers on Friday afternoon set fire to vast areas of olive trees in the village of Beit Furik, to the east of the norther West Bank city of Nablus.
Local sources affirmed that the settlers were escorted by Israeli soldiers when carrying out their attack.
Dozens of olive trees were completely burned before locals succeeded to extinguish the flames, the sources added.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Local sources affirmed that the settlers were escorted by Israeli soldiers when carrying out their attack.
Dozens of olive trees were completely burned before locals succeeded to extinguish the flames, the sources added.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Hordes of extremist Jewish settlers stormed overnight the town of Kifl Hares, north of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, and performed rituals at Palestinian historic sites.
According to local sources, scores of settlers, escorted by soldiers, desecrated at dawn Islamic shrines in the central area of the town.
The town accommodates three religious shrines, namely Thu Al-Kifl, Thu Al-Noon, and shrine of Joshua.
The holy sites have been repeatedly exposed to acts of sabotage and arson attacks by settlers.
According to local sources, scores of settlers, escorted by soldiers, desecrated at dawn Islamic shrines in the central area of the town.
The town accommodates three religious shrines, namely Thu Al-Kifl, Thu Al-Noon, and shrine of Joshua.
The holy sites have been repeatedly exposed to acts of sabotage and arson attacks by settlers.
28 june 2018
A group of illegal Israeli colonizers started, Thursday, the construction of a new colonialist outpost on Palestinian lands, in Qana Valley area, west of Deir Istiya town, north of Salfit in Central West Bank.
The Mayor of Salfit, Sa’id Zidan, said the so-called Civil Administration Office, run by the army in the West Bank, decided to build 108 colonialist units on 59 Dunams of Palestinian lands in three basins, to build the new colony.
He added that Israel “legalized” the construction of many homes for colonialist settlers in what was previously declared as a protected “Natural Reserve,” where the Palestinians have been denied the right to even plant trees, installed hot houses or irrigation pipes.
“We contacted various official sides, including the National Committee against the Wall and Colonies, the Department of Local Government, and the Agriculture Ministry, to file all needed applications to counter this illegal Israeli measure,” he said, “We only have two months to get all documents and appeals filed with Israeli courts.”
Nathmi Salman, a local farmer and a member of the Deir Istiya Town Council said Israel uses the excuse of “Natural Reserve,” in order to “legalize” its takeover of Palestinian lands, and to prevent the locals from planting and taking care of their lands.
“This is happening while illegal Israeli colonists continue the building and expanding of their outposts on these lands,” Nathmi added, “This means the complete and illegal annexation of hundreds of Dunams of Palestinian lands.”
It is worth mentioning that Israel started targeting Qana Valley area since the early days of its illegal occupation of the West Bank in 1967, but the colonialist activities escalated in the late 1970’s, after Israel declared the area a “closed military zone,” and in 1983, it changed the classification of the Palestinian lands to “Natural Reserve.”
Qana Valley is more than 10.000 Dunams surrounded by illegal Israeli colonies, built on Palestinian lands and gradually expanding.
The Mayor of Salfit, Sa’id Zidan, said the so-called Civil Administration Office, run by the army in the West Bank, decided to build 108 colonialist units on 59 Dunams of Palestinian lands in three basins, to build the new colony.
He added that Israel “legalized” the construction of many homes for colonialist settlers in what was previously declared as a protected “Natural Reserve,” where the Palestinians have been denied the right to even plant trees, installed hot houses or irrigation pipes.
“We contacted various official sides, including the National Committee against the Wall and Colonies, the Department of Local Government, and the Agriculture Ministry, to file all needed applications to counter this illegal Israeli measure,” he said, “We only have two months to get all documents and appeals filed with Israeli courts.”
Nathmi Salman, a local farmer and a member of the Deir Istiya Town Council said Israel uses the excuse of “Natural Reserve,” in order to “legalize” its takeover of Palestinian lands, and to prevent the locals from planting and taking care of their lands.
“This is happening while illegal Israeli colonists continue the building and expanding of their outposts on these lands,” Nathmi added, “This means the complete and illegal annexation of hundreds of Dunams of Palestinian lands.”
It is worth mentioning that Israel started targeting Qana Valley area since the early days of its illegal occupation of the West Bank in 1967, but the colonialist activities escalated in the late 1970’s, after Israel declared the area a “closed military zone,” and in 1983, it changed the classification of the Palestinian lands to “Natural Reserve.”
Qana Valley is more than 10.000 Dunams surrounded by illegal Israeli colonies, built on Palestinian lands and gradually expanding.
Israeli settlers attacked on Thursday evening Palestinian farmers in the Old City of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank, according to the PIC reporter.
A group of settlers from the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba attacked a number of farmers in Wadi al-Husyn area to the east of the city and prevented them from cultivating their land.
During the attack, the settlers used guns and threatened to open fire at the farmers if they did’t leave the area.
One of the farmers suffered a serious hand injury after being hit by the butts of the settlers' rifles.
There are 700,000 Israeli settlers living in West Bank settlements. According to international law all Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including those in East Jerusalem, are illegal.
A group of settlers from the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba attacked a number of farmers in Wadi al-Husyn area to the east of the city and prevented them from cultivating their land.
During the attack, the settlers used guns and threatened to open fire at the farmers if they did’t leave the area.
One of the farmers suffered a serious hand injury after being hit by the butts of the settlers' rifles.
There are 700,000 Israeli settlers living in West Bank settlements. According to international law all Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including those in East Jerusalem, are illegal.
Israeli settlers vandalized on Thursday Palestinian property and spray-painted anti-Arab graffiti in the village of Urif, south of the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
According to activist Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli settlement activity in the northern West Bank, Israeli settlers from Yitzhar outpost, illegally built on Palestinian lands in the area, broke into the village’s northern corners and slashed tires of Palestinian cars.
The Israeli settlers further painted racist slogans on walls calling for death to Arabs and Muslims.
According to activist Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli settlement activity in the northern West Bank, Israeli settlers from Yitzhar outpost, illegally built on Palestinian lands in the area, broke into the village’s northern corners and slashed tires of Palestinian cars.
The Israeli settlers further painted racist slogans on walls calling for death to Arabs and Muslims.
27 june 2018
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Wednesay morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
Hordes of Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the 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.
Hordes of Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the 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.
26 june 2018
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Tuesday morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
A horde of 73 Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen and intelligence officers, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque at 07:00 a.m. and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the 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.
A horde of 73 Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen and intelligence officers, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque at 07:00 a.m. and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the 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.
Israeli settlers on Tuesday morning uprooted dozens of Palestinian grapes in Khilet al-Natash, adjacent to Kiryat Arba settlement, east of al-Khalil province.
The landowners said they were shocked as they caught sight of Israeli settlers cutting down grapes using an electric chainsaw.
The locals also said Israeli settlers spray-painted racist graffiti on nearby buildings.
The majority of settler attacks and property-theft assaults against Palestinians are met with impunity, with Israelis rarely facing consequences for such crimes.
The landowners said they were shocked as they caught sight of Israeli settlers cutting down grapes using an electric chainsaw.
The locals also said Israeli settlers spray-painted racist graffiti on nearby buildings.
The majority of settler attacks and property-theft assaults against Palestinians are met with impunity, with Israelis rarely facing consequences for such crimes.
Clashes broke out overnight Monday and early Tuesday with Israeli soldiers who raided the northern West Bank city of Nablus to arrest Palestinians and to secure a visit to Joseph’s Tomb for Israeli fanatics.
An Israeli patrol stormed Nablus’s eastern corners and cracked down on the Palestinian locals, sparking clashes in the area.
Other Israeli patrols moved into the city’s eastern corners through the Beit Furik checkpoint and cordoned off the main access roads to Joseph’s Tomb.
Barrages of gunfire, acoustic bombs, and teargas canisters had been randomly discharged by the occupation soldiers all the way through the assault. video
A flock of buses and vehicles carrying hundreds of Israeli settlers also showed up in the area, paving the way for a mass break-in into Joseph Tomb’s shrine. video video
An Israeli patrol stormed Nablus’s eastern corners and cracked down on the Palestinian locals, sparking clashes in the area.
Other Israeli patrols moved into the city’s eastern corners through the Beit Furik checkpoint and cordoned off the main access roads to Joseph’s Tomb.
Barrages of gunfire, acoustic bombs, and teargas canisters had been randomly discharged by the occupation soldiers all the way through the assault. video
A flock of buses and vehicles carrying hundreds of Israeli settlers also showed up in the area, paving the way for a mass break-in into Joseph Tomb’s shrine. video video
A group of Israeli colonialist settlers installed, Tuesday, an outpost on Palestinian lands in the al-Boweira area, close to the illegal Kharsina colony, east Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Locals said the colonizers installed four mobile homes on the Palestinian lands, owned by several families, including Jweihan, Eada and Abu al-Halawa.
They added that the Israeli assailants are trying to illegally occupy 70 Dunams of Palestinian lands, to build a new colony on top of a mountain that overlooks many neighborhoods in Hebron city.
Several months ago, the colonists uprooted dozens of olive saplings, planted by the Palestinians from Eada family, on their own lands, in the same area.
Locals said the colonizers installed four mobile homes on the Palestinian lands, owned by several families, including Jweihan, Eada and Abu al-Halawa.
They added that the Israeli assailants are trying to illegally occupy 70 Dunams of Palestinian lands, to build a new colony on top of a mountain that overlooks many neighborhoods in Hebron city.
Several months ago, the colonists uprooted dozens of olive saplings, planted by the Palestinians from Eada family, on their own lands, in the same area.
The Israeli minister of religious services, David Azulai, stormed on Monday afternoon the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil, to the south of West Bank under tight military protection.
The Palestinian Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Youssef Adais strongly condemned the inprecedent incident, considering the move a serious attack on Muslims’ religious feelings and a flagrant violation to the Mosque’s sanctity.
This attack came as part of Israeli suspicious and ongoing attempts to impose full control over the Ibrahimi Mosque, he said.
Adais called on the Palestinian people to intensify their presence in the Mosque and to stand firmly against such Israeli violations which have been notably escalated after the holy month of Ramadan.
The Palestinian Minister also called on the UNESCO to protect the site as it was included in its World Heritage List.
The Palestinian Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Youssef Adais strongly condemned the inprecedent incident, considering the move a serious attack on Muslims’ religious feelings and a flagrant violation to the Mosque’s sanctity.
This attack came as part of Israeli suspicious and ongoing attempts to impose full control over the Ibrahimi Mosque, he said.
Adais called on the Palestinian people to intensify their presence in the Mosque and to stand firmly against such Israeli violations which have been notably escalated after the holy month of Ramadan.
The Palestinian Minister also called on the UNESCO to protect the site as it was included in its World Heritage List.
25 june 2018
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Monday morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
Hordes of Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the 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.
Hordes of Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the 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.
A group of extremist illegal Israeli colonists burnt, on Sunday evening, approximately 300 Palestinian olive trees in northern West Bank.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities, said the colonizers burnt 300 olive trees, owned by Palestinians from Tal village, west of Nablus.
He added that the Israeli assailants, from Havat Gilad illegal colony, launched an incendiary balloon into the Palestinian orchard, and burnt it.
Israel’s colonies in occupied Palestine, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities, said the colonizers burnt 300 olive trees, owned by Palestinians from Tal village, west of Nablus.
He added that the Israeli assailants, from Havat Gilad illegal colony, launched an incendiary balloon into the Palestinian orchard, and burnt it.
Israel’s colonies in occupied Palestine, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
24 june 2018
Israeli settlers, on Sunday, placed a wooden barracks in Tel Rumeida area, in the occupied southern West Bank district of Hebron, to be used as a bus stop.
Witnesses said, according to WAFA, that settlers, backed by a military force, placed the wooden barracks on land belonging to Palestinian locals in the said area, in central Hebron.
No further details were given.
Witnesses said, according to WAFA, that settlers, backed by a military force, placed the wooden barracks on land belonging to Palestinian locals in the said area, in central Hebron.
No further details were given.
Scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated, under police guard, the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards in groups on Sunday morning.
Local sources told Quds Press that dozens of special police forces were deployed throughout the Mosque’s courtyards before allowing in settlers through al-Maghariba Gate.
They affirmed that over 70 settlers toured the Mosque for about four hours in the morning and some of them blatantly performed rituals on the eastern side of the Islamic holy site.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police prevented many Jerusalemite citizens from entering the Mosque during the settlers’ tours in the morning.
Local sources told Quds Press that dozens of special police forces were deployed throughout the Mosque’s courtyards before allowing in settlers through al-Maghariba Gate.
They affirmed that over 70 settlers toured the Mosque for about four hours in the morning and some of them blatantly performed rituals on the eastern side of the Islamic holy site.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police prevented many Jerusalemite citizens from entering the Mosque during the settlers’ tours in the morning.
