5 june 2019
In an attack that took place, on Wednesday June 5th, illegal Israeli colonialist settlers were caught on surveillance recordings attacking a Palestinian school, and burning olive orchards, in Jaloud village, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The cameras show around 10 colonists throwing stones and invading a Palestinian school in the village, before smashing the windows of its small canteen. video
The children in the school are also seen running away for shelter, to protect themselves from the invading colonists.
It is wort mentioning that the school is located near Palestinian orchards, that separate it from an illegal Israeli colony.
The assailants attacked the school approximately at 10:30 in the morning, when they started throwing stones, before invading it and damaging the small canteen in the school, while the Palestinian children as seen trying to escape the assault.
Shortly after attacking the school, the colonists invaded nearby Palestinian lands, and set them ablaze. video
The fire spread fast before the Palestinian firefighters rushed to the area, and started extinguishing it. video
Resident Malek Mahmoud Fawzi, who is one of the family members who own the orchards, said the trees were planted 65 years ago, and that the area contained around 1500 trees; nearly500 of them were burnt.
He added that he filed a complaint with the District Coordination Office, but the Israeli army or police did not even come to the area to inspect the damage, and stated that this is the second time the colonists burn his trees.
Israel later sent a firefighting aircraft to aid in extinguishing the fire, especially since they spread to areas close to the illegal colonies of Shvut Rachel and Ahiya, which were built in private Palestinians. video
It is worth mentioning that Israeli colonists hurled stones at Palestinian cars in Yasuf village, southwest of Nablus, in addition to smashing the windows of a home while the family was inside, and also broke the windows of their cars and attempted to burn property.
The cameras show around 10 colonists throwing stones and invading a Palestinian school in the village, before smashing the windows of its small canteen. video
The children in the school are also seen running away for shelter, to protect themselves from the invading colonists.
It is wort mentioning that the school is located near Palestinian orchards, that separate it from an illegal Israeli colony.
The assailants attacked the school approximately at 10:30 in the morning, when they started throwing stones, before invading it and damaging the small canteen in the school, while the Palestinian children as seen trying to escape the assault.
Shortly after attacking the school, the colonists invaded nearby Palestinian lands, and set them ablaze. video
The fire spread fast before the Palestinian firefighters rushed to the area, and started extinguishing it. video
Resident Malek Mahmoud Fawzi, who is one of the family members who own the orchards, said the trees were planted 65 years ago, and that the area contained around 1500 trees; nearly500 of them were burnt.
He added that he filed a complaint with the District Coordination Office, but the Israeli army or police did not even come to the area to inspect the damage, and stated that this is the second time the colonists burn his trees.
Israel later sent a firefighting aircraft to aid in extinguishing the fire, especially since they spread to areas close to the illegal colonies of Shvut Rachel and Ahiya, which were built in private Palestinians. video
It is worth mentioning that Israeli colonists hurled stones at Palestinian cars in Yasuf village, southwest of Nablus, in addition to smashing the windows of a home while the family was inside, and also broke the windows of their cars and attempted to burn property.
Several illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Wednesday, Palestinian farmlands in Jaloud village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and set them ablaze.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s colonialist activities in northern West Bank, and burnt large areas of olive orchards, and in addition to other trees and plants.
Daghlas added that the assailants came from ‘Adei Ad and Ahiya colonies, which were built on illegally confiscated Palestinian lands, south of Nablus.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s colonialist activities in northern West Bank, and burnt large areas of olive orchards, and in addition to other trees and plants.
Daghlas added that the assailants came from ‘Adei Ad and Ahiya colonies, which were built on illegally confiscated Palestinian lands, south of Nablus.
Many illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Wednesday, the archeological area in Sebastia Palestinian town, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before the soldiers forced the Palestinians away.
Mohammad Azem, the head of Sebastia Local Council, said dozens of Palestinians tried to enter the area on the first day of the al-Fitr Muslim feast, but the Israeli soldiers closed it and forced them away.
He added that the soldiers allowed dozens of illegal Israeli colonists into the site, after the army surrounded the entire area.
The area is subject to frequent invasions by both the soldiers and colonists, while the Palestinians are always denied access to the site during these provocative tours.
Mohammad Azem, the head of Sebastia Local Council, said dozens of Palestinians tried to enter the area on the first day of the al-Fitr Muslim feast, but the Israeli soldiers closed it and forced them away.
He added that the soldiers allowed dozens of illegal Israeli colonists into the site, after the army surrounded the entire area.
The area is subject to frequent invasions by both the soldiers and colonists, while the Palestinians are always denied access to the site during these provocative tours.
3 june 2019
Head of the Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan writes to finance, transportation ministers, accusing Israeli branch of fast food giant of refusing to open branches in West Bank in violation of anti-boycott law
Settler leaders are trying to stop the McDonald's from participating in a government tender for the duty free hall at Ben-Gurion International Airport over what they say is an unofficial boycott of the settlements by the fast food chain.
The head of Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, wrote a letter to the finance and transportation ministers claiming that McDonald's Israel, under the guidance of owner Omri Padan has continuously refused to open any McDonald's branches in the West Bank, and therefore effectively boycotting Israeli citizens.
"In the past few days, I have learned about McDonald's intention to compete in the Israel Airport Authority tender to open restaurants at Ben-Gurion Airport," Dagan wrote.
"As you know, McDonald's Israel, headed by Omri Padan, blatantly boycotts the citizens and territories of the State of Israel beyond the Green Line. This blatant boycott was not created casually, but officially and openly, as Omri Padan emphasized in 2013 when he vehemently refused to open a branch of the chain in (the West Bank settlement of) Ariel," he wrote.
"The law to prevent harm to the State of Israel via a boycott is clear and unequivocal (regarding) any public call for a cultural, academic or economic boycott of any person or entity solely because of a connection to the State of Israel," he said.
According to Dagan, as Padan is in violation of the anti-boycott law, he cannot participate in a government tender. Therefore, Dagan wrote, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon is entitled to block Padan's application for airport concessions.
Padan was among the founders of the Peace Now movement, which has been advocating an end to occupation of the West Bank by Israel and the formation of an adjacent Palestinian state.
In response, McDonald’s Israel said the global McDonald’s headquarters did not approve branches in the West Bank.
Both the Transportation Ministry and the Finance Ministry said that a decision on the issue was not down to them, as they were not involved in any way in commercial tenders at the Ben Gurion airport.
Settler leaders are trying to stop the McDonald's from participating in a government tender for the duty free hall at Ben-Gurion International Airport over what they say is an unofficial boycott of the settlements by the fast food chain.
The head of Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, wrote a letter to the finance and transportation ministers claiming that McDonald's Israel, under the guidance of owner Omri Padan has continuously refused to open any McDonald's branches in the West Bank, and therefore effectively boycotting Israeli citizens.
"In the past few days, I have learned about McDonald's intention to compete in the Israel Airport Authority tender to open restaurants at Ben-Gurion Airport," Dagan wrote.
"As you know, McDonald's Israel, headed by Omri Padan, blatantly boycotts the citizens and territories of the State of Israel beyond the Green Line. This blatant boycott was not created casually, but officially and openly, as Omri Padan emphasized in 2013 when he vehemently refused to open a branch of the chain in (the West Bank settlement of) Ariel," he wrote.
"The law to prevent harm to the State of Israel via a boycott is clear and unequivocal (regarding) any public call for a cultural, academic or economic boycott of any person or entity solely because of a connection to the State of Israel," he said.
According to Dagan, as Padan is in violation of the anti-boycott law, he cannot participate in a government tender. Therefore, Dagan wrote, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon is entitled to block Padan's application for airport concessions.
Padan was among the founders of the Peace Now movement, which has been advocating an end to occupation of the West Bank by Israel and the formation of an adjacent Palestinian state.
In response, McDonald’s Israel said the global McDonald’s headquarters did not approve branches in the West Bank.
Both the Transportation Ministry and the Finance Ministry said that a decision on the issue was not down to them, as they were not involved in any way in commercial tenders at the Ben Gurion airport.
2 june 2019
A number of Palestinian Muslim worshippers were injured today, by Israeli police officers who were escorting dozens of Israeli extremists performing a provocative tour of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem. video
Some 400 Israeli settlers, led by American-born rabbi and MK Yehuda Glick, entered the flashpoint compound, one of Islam’s holiest places, early Sunday morning, before police officers scuffled with worshippers who chanted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest), to express their anger at the entry of illegal settlers.
Israeli police physically attacked many of the worshippers, arrested some and chased others through the compound and went as far as the entrance to the southern sealed building, where the worshippers were barricaded, before attacking them with teargas and stun grenades. video video video video video
Israeli police rarely allow Jewish prayers, in Al-Aqsa Mosque, during the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan, when tens of thousands of Muslims converge on the holy site for worship.
Yesterday, according to the PNN, hardcore Israeli organizations called upon supporters to organize provocative visits to the mosque, in the city, the third holiest place in Islam, to mark what Israelis claim as the reunification of Jerusalem.
Some 400 Israeli settlers, led by American-born rabbi and MK Yehuda Glick, entered the flashpoint compound, one of Islam’s holiest places, early Sunday morning, before police officers scuffled with worshippers who chanted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest), to express their anger at the entry of illegal settlers.
Israeli police physically attacked many of the worshippers, arrested some and chased others through the compound and went as far as the entrance to the southern sealed building, where the worshippers were barricaded, before attacking them with teargas and stun grenades. video video video video video
Israeli police rarely allow Jewish prayers, in Al-Aqsa Mosque, during the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan, when tens of thousands of Muslims converge on the holy site for worship.
Yesterday, according to the PNN, hardcore Israeli organizations called upon supporters to organize provocative visits to the mosque, in the city, the third holiest place in Islam, to mark what Israelis claim as the reunification of Jerusalem.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, on Sunday morning, the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked the Muslim worshipers, wounding dozens, including one of the civilian guards of the holy site, and detained another.
The soldiers and police were accompanying large groups of illegal colonialist settlers, who were conducting provocative tours in the courtyards of the holy site. video video video video video
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the soldiers and the police stormed the al-Qibli Mosque in Al-Aqsa, desecrating the site with their full military gear, and assaulted many Palestinians while trying to remove them from the holy site. video
The police then left the mosque, and the worshipers closed it gates, before dozens gathered in front of it, while chanting and condemning the provocative invasions.
Shortly afterwards, the police attacked and clubbed dozens of worshippers, and tried to remove them to allow more groups of colonists to conduct their tours. video video video video
The soldiers also closed Bab al-Asbat and Bab Hotta gates, leading to the holy site, and prevented the Palestinian worshipers from crossing.
Furthermore, the soldiers assaulted and injured one of the guards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Khalil Tarhouni, causing many cuts and bruises, especially to the head, and prevented the medics from approaching him for more than an hour. video video
The soldiers also attacked another guard, identified as Essam Najeeb, and summoned him for interrogation at Al-Qashla nearby detention center.
Tension is still mounting due to the extensive military and police presence in the holy site’s compound, especially as more groups of colonists are preparing to invade and tour it, marking the so-called “Jerusalem Day.”
The soldiers and police were accompanying large groups of illegal colonialist settlers, who were conducting provocative tours in the courtyards of the holy site. video video video video video
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the soldiers and the police stormed the al-Qibli Mosque in Al-Aqsa, desecrating the site with their full military gear, and assaulted many Palestinians while trying to remove them from the holy site. video
The police then left the mosque, and the worshipers closed it gates, before dozens gathered in front of it, while chanting and condemning the provocative invasions.
Shortly afterwards, the police attacked and clubbed dozens of worshippers, and tried to remove them to allow more groups of colonists to conduct their tours. video video video video
The soldiers also closed Bab al-Asbat and Bab Hotta gates, leading to the holy site, and prevented the Palestinian worshipers from crossing.
Furthermore, the soldiers assaulted and injured one of the guards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Khalil Tarhouni, causing many cuts and bruises, especially to the head, and prevented the medics from approaching him for more than an hour. video video
The soldiers also attacked another guard, identified as Essam Najeeb, and summoned him for interrogation at Al-Qashla nearby detention center.
Tension is still mounting due to the extensive military and police presence in the holy site’s compound, especially as more groups of colonists are preparing to invade and tour it, marking the so-called “Jerusalem Day.”
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, twenty-six Palestinians, including the secretary of Fateh movement, in occupied Jerusalem, and moved them to several detention and interrogation facilities in the city.
The soldiers abducted Shadi Mitwer, the Secretary of Fateh Movement in Jerusalem, before cuffing and blindfolding him, and took him to an interrogation facility. video video
It is worth mentioning that Mitwer is a former political prisoner, who was repeatedly detained and imprisoned by Israel for his political and social activities in the occupied city.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted 25 former political prisoners from many parts of Jerusalem, and took them to several interrogation centers.
The attacks and abductions took place while more than 400 illegal colonialist settlers, started provocative tours in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, to celebrate the occupation and the so-called unification of the city.
The Israeli army and police also closed the gates of al-Qibli Mosque, in the Al-Aqsa Compound, locking dozens of worshipers inside.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also abducted eight Palestinians from Nablus governorate, in northern West Bank, while heading back to their homes from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and took them to Ofer prison, near Ramallah, in central West Bank.
The soldiers abducted Shadi Mitwer, the Secretary of Fateh Movement in Jerusalem, before cuffing and blindfolding him, and took him to an interrogation facility. video video
It is worth mentioning that Mitwer is a former political prisoner, who was repeatedly detained and imprisoned by Israel for his political and social activities in the occupied city.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted 25 former political prisoners from many parts of Jerusalem, and took them to several interrogation centers.
The attacks and abductions took place while more than 400 illegal colonialist settlers, started provocative tours in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, to celebrate the occupation and the so-called unification of the city.
The Israeli army and police also closed the gates of al-Qibli Mosque, in the Al-Aqsa Compound, locking dozens of worshipers inside.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also abducted eight Palestinians from Nablus governorate, in northern West Bank, while heading back to their homes from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and took them to Ofer prison, near Ramallah, in central West Bank.
31 may 2019
Israeli soldiers, accompanying buses loaded with illegal colonists, invaded late on Thursday at night, the northern West Bank city of Nablus, heading to Joseph’s Tomb, before the army injured 25 Palestinians, during ensuing protests.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot a young man with a live round in his leg, eight pothers with rubber-coated steel bullets to several parts of his body, and caused 16 others to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
The protests took place in Amman Street, east of Nablus city, after the army jeeps and several buses invaded it.
Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousef Dweikat, a local religious figure. Others believe that the tomb belongs to the Biblical patriarch Joseph, revered by Jews, Samaritans, Christians and Muslims alike.
Although the site is in the city of Nablus, which is under the Oslo Accords is defined as Zone A and therefor under Palestinian administrative and security control, the Israeli army frequently invades the area and prevents the Palestinians from reaching it; the site of Joseph’s Tomb was under Israeli control until they left in October 2000.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot a young man with a live round in his leg, eight pothers with rubber-coated steel bullets to several parts of his body, and caused 16 others to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
The protests took place in Amman Street, east of Nablus city, after the army jeeps and several buses invaded it.
Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousef Dweikat, a local religious figure. Others believe that the tomb belongs to the Biblical patriarch Joseph, revered by Jews, Samaritans, Christians and Muslims alike.
Although the site is in the city of Nablus, which is under the Oslo Accords is defined as Zone A and therefor under Palestinian administrative and security control, the Israeli army frequently invades the area and prevents the Palestinians from reaching it; the site of Joseph’s Tomb was under Israeli control until they left in October 2000.
30 may 2019
a new housing project in the West Bank settlement of Na'ale on January 1, 2019
Israeli officials are planning to construct hundreds of new housing units in East Jerusalem al-Quds irrespective of international outcry against the Tel Aviv regime’s land expropriation and settlement expansion policies in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported on Thursday that 460 settler units will be constructed in Pisgat Ze'ev settlement, while another 345 will be built in Ramot neighborhood in the northern part of East Jerusalem al-Quds.
The report added that plans for the construction of the settler units had been approved two years ago.
Israeli settlers storm agricultural land in Ramallah
Meanwhile, dozens of extremist Jewish settlers have stormed an agricultural land in the al-Tira neighborhood of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem al-Quds.
An informed source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the settlers performed prayers as well as acts deemed provocative by Palestinians, triggering clashes with local residents.
Israeli forces fired teargas canisters and stun grenades to disperse the crowd. There were no reports of casualties.
About 600,000 Israelis live in over 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds.
The UN Security Council has condemned Israel’s settlement activities in the occupied territories in several resolutions.
Less than a month before US President Donald Trump took office, the United Nations Security Council in December 2016 adopted Resolution 2334, [pdf] calling on Israel to “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem” al-Quds.
Palestinians want the West Bank as part of a future independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital.
The last round of Israeli-Palestinian talks collapsed in 2014. Among the major sticking points in those negotiations was Israel’s continued settlement expansion on Palestinian territories.
Trump backtracked on Washington’s support for a “two-state solution” in 2017, saying he would support any solution favored by both sides.
“Looking at two-state or one-state, I like the one that both parties like. I’m very happy with the one both parties like. I can live with either one,” the US president said during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on February 15, 2017.
Israeli officials are planning to construct hundreds of new housing units in East Jerusalem al-Quds irrespective of international outcry against the Tel Aviv regime’s land expropriation and settlement expansion policies in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported on Thursday that 460 settler units will be constructed in Pisgat Ze'ev settlement, while another 345 will be built in Ramot neighborhood in the northern part of East Jerusalem al-Quds.
The report added that plans for the construction of the settler units had been approved two years ago.
Israeli settlers storm agricultural land in Ramallah
Meanwhile, dozens of extremist Jewish settlers have stormed an agricultural land in the al-Tira neighborhood of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem al-Quds.
An informed source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the settlers performed prayers as well as acts deemed provocative by Palestinians, triggering clashes with local residents.
Israeli forces fired teargas canisters and stun grenades to disperse the crowd. There were no reports of casualties.
About 600,000 Israelis live in over 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds.
The UN Security Council has condemned Israel’s settlement activities in the occupied territories in several resolutions.
Less than a month before US President Donald Trump took office, the United Nations Security Council in December 2016 adopted Resolution 2334, [pdf] calling on Israel to “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem” al-Quds.
Palestinians want the West Bank as part of a future independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital.
The last round of Israeli-Palestinian talks collapsed in 2014. Among the major sticking points in those negotiations was Israel’s continued settlement expansion on Palestinian territories.
Trump backtracked on Washington’s support for a “two-state solution” in 2017, saying he would support any solution favored by both sides.
“Looking at two-state or one-state, I like the one that both parties like. I’m very happy with the one both parties like. I can live with either one,” the US president said during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on February 15, 2017.
28 may 2019
The Israeli police on Tuesday threw a cordon around the Marwani prayer hall in al-Aqsa Mosque as dozens of Jewish settlers broke into the site.
The Palestinian worshipers who were in the prayer hall protested the provocative break-in and threw empty bottles at the police officers.
Eyewitnesses said that the police withdrew after a number of intelligence officers took photos of the area.
The Palestinian worshipers who were in the prayer hall protested the provocative break-in and threw empty bottles at the police officers.
Eyewitnesses said that the police withdrew after a number of intelligence officers took photos of the area.
