25 june 2020
Dozens of Jewish settlers escorted by police forces desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Thursday morning.
According to local sources, 67 settlers entered the Mosque compound in groups and toured its courtyards under police guard.
20 students of Jewish religious institutes were among the settlers who toured the Islamic holy site.
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. video
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 local sources, 67 settlers entered the Mosque compound in groups and toured its courtyards under police guard.
20 students of Jewish religious institutes were among the settlers who toured the Islamic holy site.
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. video
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.
24 june 2020
Dozens of Jewish settlers escorted by police forces on Wednesday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards and Bab al-Rahma prayer area.
According to local sources, scores of settlers entered the Mosque in groups through al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards under police guard. video
The settlers also toured the Mosque’s eastern area where some of them performed Jewish rituals.
The Israeli occupation authority in Occupied Jerusalem prevents the Islamic Awqaf Department from carrying out renovations at the Aqsa Mosque’s eastern area in an attempt to make it look like a neglected and abandoned place as a prelude to seizing it, according to Palestinian Awqaf officials.
Recently, the Israeli occupation police continually allowed settlers to intensify their presence at the eastern area of the Mosque and perform rituals there and expelled Muslim worshipers from the area.
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.
The Israeli police, who have no jurisdiction over the Aqsa Mosque, also issue or extend arbitrary entry bans ordering Jerusalemite citizens and figures not to enter the Islamic holy site for weeks or months.
After the Islamic Awqaf authority in Jerusalem reopened the Aqsa Mosque to Muslim worshipers on May 31 following its closure for over two months as a measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Israeli police intensified the banishment of Palestinian citizens from the Islamic holy site.
During the last few weeks, Aqsa entry ban orders were issued against dozens of Jerusalemite figures, Aqsa employees and activists.
Such illegal policy is believed to be part of practices aimed at allowing Jewish settlers to perform rituals without Palestinian opposition and paving the way for the Israeli occupation state to control the holy site.
According to local sources, scores of settlers entered the Mosque in groups through al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards under police guard. video
The settlers also toured the Mosque’s eastern area where some of them performed Jewish rituals.
The Israeli occupation authority in Occupied Jerusalem prevents the Islamic Awqaf Department from carrying out renovations at the Aqsa Mosque’s eastern area in an attempt to make it look like a neglected and abandoned place as a prelude to seizing it, according to Palestinian Awqaf officials.
Recently, the Israeli occupation police continually allowed settlers to intensify their presence at the eastern area of the Mosque and perform rituals there and expelled Muslim worshipers from the area.
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.
The Israeli police, who have no jurisdiction over the Aqsa Mosque, also issue or extend arbitrary entry bans ordering Jerusalemite citizens and figures not to enter the Islamic holy site for weeks or months.
After the Islamic Awqaf authority in Jerusalem reopened the Aqsa Mosque to Muslim worshipers on May 31 following its closure for over two months as a measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Israeli police intensified the banishment of Palestinian citizens from the Islamic holy site.
During the last few weeks, Aqsa entry ban orders were issued against dozens of Jerusalemite figures, Aqsa employees and activists.
Such illegal policy is believed to be part of practices aimed at allowing Jewish settlers to perform rituals without Palestinian opposition and paving the way for the Israeli occupation state to control the holy site.
Israeli settlers today seized a large tract of Palestinian land in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Issawiya, according to local sources.
The sources confirmed that settlers fenced off dozens of dunums of land planted with olive trees, which belong to the Palestinian residents of al-Tur and Issawiya.
For the residents of Issawiyeh, a Palestinian village of some 20,000, and other parts of occupied East Jerusalem, military raids, land grab and demolitions are a daily reality.
The village is plagued by poor infrastructure, residents are constantly harassed by the Israeli Border Police and anyone, including children, run the risk of arbitrary arrest.
Israeli police and municipality staff frequently hand out fine notices for various violations, such as improperly maintained vehicles, severely disrupting Palestinian residents’ lives.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The sources confirmed that settlers fenced off dozens of dunums of land planted with olive trees, which belong to the Palestinian residents of al-Tur and Issawiya.
For the residents of Issawiyeh, a Palestinian village of some 20,000, and other parts of occupied East Jerusalem, military raids, land grab and demolitions are a daily reality.
The village is plagued by poor infrastructure, residents are constantly harassed by the Israeli Border Police and anyone, including children, run the risk of arbitrary arrest.
Israeli police and municipality staff frequently hand out fine notices for various violations, such as improperly maintained vehicles, severely disrupting Palestinian residents’ lives.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
A horde of extremist Jewish settlers on Tuesday set fire to a vast tract of agricultural land in Burqa village, north of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official monitoring settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that a gang of settlers set ablaze plots of land in Bab al-Wadi area in Burqa village.
He added that the settlers targeted an area in the northeast of the village where there are dozens of dunums of land, mostly planted with almond trees.
The official did not provide any further details about the size of the fire damage that happened in the area.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official monitoring settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that a gang of settlers set ablaze plots of land in Bab al-Wadi area in Burqa village.
He added that the settlers targeted an area in the northeast of the village where there are dozens of dunums of land, mostly planted with almond trees.
The official did not provide any further details about the size of the fire damage that happened in the area.
23 june 2020
Israeli settlers and soldiers today assaulted Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, according to sources.
They said settlers attacked three Palestinians from the same family in the village of Ras Karkar, to the west of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.
The sources told WAFA that a number of settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Nahliel beat three villagers as they were working in their land, causing them several bruises. The three were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces assaulted two Palestinian men near the northern entrance to the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The two were taken to hospital for treatment, according to Palestinian security sources.
They said settlers attacked three Palestinians from the same family in the village of Ras Karkar, to the west of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.
The sources told WAFA that a number of settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Nahliel beat three villagers as they were working in their land, causing them several bruises. The three were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces assaulted two Palestinian men near the northern entrance to the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The two were taken to hospital for treatment, according to Palestinian security sources.
One Palestinian was injured late last night by a rubber-coated metal bullet and dozens others suffocated from teargas fired by Israeli soldiers who secured a site known as Joseph’s Tomb, in the Palestinian Authority-controlled northern West Bank city of Nablus, for a visit by extremist settlers, according to witnesses.
They told WAFA that Palestinian youths clashed with the soldiers, who responded by firing teargas canisters and rubber bullets at the youths, injuring one in the leg while dozens others suffered from suffocation, including a child.
They told WAFA that Palestinian youths clashed with the soldiers, who responded by firing teargas canisters and rubber bullets at the youths, injuring one in the leg while dozens others suffered from suffocation, including a child.
22 june 2020
Dozens of Israeli settlers, led by extremist rabbi and former MK Yehudah Glick, on Monday morning broke into al-Aqsa Mosque amid heavy police presence. video
Local sources reported that the settlers performed provocative rituals and dances at al-Aqsa Mosque and roamed its courtyards while receiving presentations on the alleged “Temple Mount”. video
Pro-Aqsa activist and teacher Khadija Khweis warned of an Israeli plan targeting the eastern part of al-Aqsa Mosque and Bab al-Rahma prayer area which has been increasingly attacked by Israeli police and settlers recently.
Khweis reported that heavily armed Israeli police officers on Sunday stormed Bab al-Rahma prayer area with their shoes on and arrested five Palestinian women and a guard of al-Aqsa Mosque after assaulting them.
Al-Aqsa Mosque’s preacher Ekrima Sabri warned that the Israeli authorities are gradually attempting to completely take over the eastern part of the site and ban the presence of Muslim worshipers there.
Local sources reported that the settlers performed provocative rituals and dances at al-Aqsa Mosque and roamed its courtyards while receiving presentations on the alleged “Temple Mount”. video
Pro-Aqsa activist and teacher Khadija Khweis warned of an Israeli plan targeting the eastern part of al-Aqsa Mosque and Bab al-Rahma prayer area which has been increasingly attacked by Israeli police and settlers recently.
Khweis reported that heavily armed Israeli police officers on Sunday stormed Bab al-Rahma prayer area with their shoes on and arrested five Palestinian women and a guard of al-Aqsa Mosque after assaulting them.
Al-Aqsa Mosque’s preacher Ekrima Sabri warned that the Israeli authorities are gradually attempting to completely take over the eastern part of the site and ban the presence of Muslim worshipers there.
Israeli settlers today attacked Palestinian vehicles traveling on roads in the north of the West Bank, causing damage but no injuries, according to a local activist.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, told WAFA that settlers hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles driving along the road connecting the West Bank cities of Nablus and Jenin but without causing any injuries.
He said settlers, under Israeli army protection, set up few days ago a mobile home in the evacuated settlement of Homesh, which is often a prelude to building a new settlement.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, told WAFA that settlers hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles driving along the road connecting the West Bank cities of Nablus and Jenin but without causing any injuries.
He said settlers, under Israeli army protection, set up few days ago a mobile home in the evacuated settlement of Homesh, which is often a prelude to building a new settlement.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
A 48-year-old Palestinian man was attacked last night by Israeli thugs near Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin encampment, east of occupied Jerusalem, reported WAFA correspondent.
He said the thugs assaulted Mohammad Kaabnah with a sharp object and hit him on the head causing him injury. He was taken to hospital in Jericho, where he was reported in moderate condition.
Israel is trying to empty that area, known also as E1, of its Palestinian residents in order to build a large settlement.
He said the thugs assaulted Mohammad Kaabnah with a sharp object and hit him on the head causing him injury. He was taken to hospital in Jericho, where he was reported in moderate condition.
Israel is trying to empty that area, known also as E1, of its Palestinian residents in order to build a large settlement.
21 june 2020
Dozens of Jewish settlers on Sunday forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem under police escort.
The Islamic Awqaf Authority reported that about 60 Israeli settlers, accompanied by armed police officers, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque through al-Maghareba Gate.
The settlers carried out provocative tours inside al-Aqsa compound before they left the site hours later. video
Al-Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily break-ins by Jewish settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Islamic Awqaf Authority reported that about 60 Israeli settlers, accompanied by armed police officers, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque through al-Maghareba Gate.
The settlers carried out provocative tours inside al-Aqsa compound before they left the site hours later. video
Al-Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily break-ins by Jewish settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.
