21 mar 2015
The girl was collecting food for family's livestock near the Moshav Ma'on cowsheds when 2 settlers started throwing stones at them; girl lightly wounded from stone that hit her head.
The Judea and Samaria Police was searching on Saturday for two suspects who allegedly threw stones at a 6-year-old Palestinian girl in At-Tuwani, near Moshav Ma'on in the Hebron area.
In a report to the police made with the help of a B'Tselem researcher, the Palestinians said masked men - allegedly Jewish settlers - threw stones and lightly wounded the girl in her head.
A Palestinian eye-witness said the wounded girl and another girl at the age of 14 - both from the village of a-Tuba - went to gather food for the family's livestock. Some 500 meters from the Moshav Ma'on cowsheds, they saw two settlers walking towards them. The two settlers allegedly started throwing stones at the girls to keep them away. Two of the stones hit the 6-year-old girl - one hit her on the head and the other hit her leg.
The Judea and Samaria Police was searching on Saturday for two suspects who allegedly threw stones at a 6-year-old Palestinian girl in At-Tuwani, near Moshav Ma'on in the Hebron area.
In a report to the police made with the help of a B'Tselem researcher, the Palestinians said masked men - allegedly Jewish settlers - threw stones and lightly wounded the girl in her head.
A Palestinian eye-witness said the wounded girl and another girl at the age of 14 - both from the village of a-Tuba - went to gather food for the family's livestock. Some 500 meters from the Moshav Ma'on cowsheds, they saw two settlers walking towards them. The two settlers allegedly started throwing stones at the girls to keep them away. Two of the stones hit the 6-year-old girl - one hit her on the head and the other hit her leg.
Extremist Jewish settlers opened fire at Palestinian farmers in a town near Ramallah on Saturday morning.
A Palestinian activist said more than ten settlers came from a nearby settlement, constructed on Palestinians’ lands in northern Ramallah, and fired at Palestinian farmers while working in their agricultural lands.
The shooting did not result in any casualties, the Palestinian activist pointed out.
Jewish extremist settlers frequently carry out aggressive practices against Palestinians and their properties in northern Ramallah in addition to confiscating thousands of dunums for settlement expansion.
A Palestinian activist said more than ten settlers came from a nearby settlement, constructed on Palestinians’ lands in northern Ramallah, and fired at Palestinian farmers while working in their agricultural lands.
The shooting did not result in any casualties, the Palestinian activist pointed out.
Jewish extremist settlers frequently carry out aggressive practices against Palestinians and their properties in northern Ramallah in addition to confiscating thousands of dunums for settlement expansion.
19 mar 2015
A group of Israeli settlers entered the Isaac Hall inside the Ibrahimi Mosque, in Hebron, on Thursday under armed protection from Israeli forces, witnesses said.
Local sources said that guards attempted to prevent settlers from entering the mosque, but that the army facilitated their entrance.
Under an agreement with endowment officials, Jewish visits to Isaac's Hall are limited to 10 per year, Ma'an further reports.
The agreement came into place after a Brooklyn-born Jewish settler massacred 29 Palestinians in the mosque after opening fire at worshipers in 1994.
The Ibrahimi Mosque is known to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs, and is the site where both faiths believe the Biblical patriarch Abraham is buried.
Around 700 settlers live in 80 homes in the city center of Hebron, surrounded by nearly 200,000 Palestinians. The settlers are protected by the Israeli army in the tightly controlled city, where many streets are off limits to Palestinians.
Local sources said that guards attempted to prevent settlers from entering the mosque, but that the army facilitated their entrance.
Under an agreement with endowment officials, Jewish visits to Isaac's Hall are limited to 10 per year, Ma'an further reports.
The agreement came into place after a Brooklyn-born Jewish settler massacred 29 Palestinians in the mosque after opening fire at worshipers in 1994.
The Ibrahimi Mosque is known to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs, and is the site where both faiths believe the Biblical patriarch Abraham is buried.
Around 700 settlers live in 80 homes in the city center of Hebron, surrounded by nearly 200,000 Palestinians. The settlers are protected by the Israeli army in the tightly controlled city, where many streets are off limits to Palestinians.
27 extremist Jewish settlers stormed the holy Aqsa Mosque esplanades under tight security measures by Israeli police.
Local sources pointed out that 27 settlers stormed the Mosque from al-Magharebah Gate under tight security measures by the Israeli police along with heavily armed Israeli Special Forces which are every morning deployed in the vicinity of the holy site to protect settlers.
A Jerusalemite woman confronted the Israeli forces by chants of Allahu Akabar and holding the Quran while a policeman took photos of the woman, the sources noted.
The pace of settlers’ incursions into the Aqsa Mosque has been remarkably increasing in recent weeks especially on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Escalation of daily offences including arrests among Jerusalemite people and banning their entry into the holy city in addition to holding their identity cards at the gates of the Mosque has also been clearly noticed recently.
Local sources pointed out that 27 settlers stormed the Mosque from al-Magharebah Gate under tight security measures by the Israeli police along with heavily armed Israeli Special Forces which are every morning deployed in the vicinity of the holy site to protect settlers.
A Jerusalemite woman confronted the Israeli forces by chants of Allahu Akabar and holding the Quran while a policeman took photos of the woman, the sources noted.
The pace of settlers’ incursions into the Aqsa Mosque has been remarkably increasing in recent weeks especially on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Escalation of daily offences including arrests among Jerusalemite people and banning their entry into the holy city in addition to holding their identity cards at the gates of the Mosque has also been clearly noticed recently.
Hundreds of Jewish settlers at dawn Thursday stormed the eastern area of Nablus city under tight military protection and performed Talmudic rituals in the mausoleum of Joseph's tomb.
According to local sources, a large number of Israeli soldiers were deployed in and around the eastern area of Nablus before escorting Jewish settlers aboard buses to the mausoleum.
Several Palestinian young men from the area confronted the invading troops and threw stones at their vehicles, which led to the break out of violent clashes.
Groups of settlers visit the area of Joseph's tomb on a weekly basis at the pretext it is a religious Jewish site belonging to Prophet Joseph (Yousuf in Arabic), but the grave, in fact, belongs to a Palestinian figure called Yousuf Dweikat.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped at dawn today eight Palestinian young men from their homes during campaigns in al-Khalil and Jenin.
In al-Khalil, six Palestinian young men were kidnapped during violent IOF raids on homes in the towns of Beit Ummar, Halhul, and Dura.
Another one received a summons for interrogation from the Israeli intelligence during the IOF campaign in Beit Ummar town.
In Jenin, the IOF kidnapped two others from their homes in the city and its refugee camp.
The IOF also raided several homes in Yabad and Zababdeh towns.
Dozens of Settlers Raid Muslim Monument near Nablus
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed, early Thursday, the monument of Sheikh Yousef Dweikat, a local religious figure, to the east of Nablus, said security sources.
Protected by Israeli forces, several buses packed with settlers stormed eastern Nablus and proceeded to Joseph Tomb, where they performed religious rituals, triggering clashes with the residents, according to WAFA.
Soldiers fired tear gas canisters at Palestinian locals who attempted to prevent settlers from storming the religious site. No arrests or injuries were reported.
The site of Joseph’s Tomb is contentious. Palestinians believe the site to be the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousef Dweikat, a local religious figure, while Israeli settlers believe it to belong to the biblical patriarch, Joseph.
According to local sources, a large number of Israeli soldiers were deployed in and around the eastern area of Nablus before escorting Jewish settlers aboard buses to the mausoleum.
Several Palestinian young men from the area confronted the invading troops and threw stones at their vehicles, which led to the break out of violent clashes.
Groups of settlers visit the area of Joseph's tomb on a weekly basis at the pretext it is a religious Jewish site belonging to Prophet Joseph (Yousuf in Arabic), but the grave, in fact, belongs to a Palestinian figure called Yousuf Dweikat.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped at dawn today eight Palestinian young men from their homes during campaigns in al-Khalil and Jenin.
In al-Khalil, six Palestinian young men were kidnapped during violent IOF raids on homes in the towns of Beit Ummar, Halhul, and Dura.
Another one received a summons for interrogation from the Israeli intelligence during the IOF campaign in Beit Ummar town.
In Jenin, the IOF kidnapped two others from their homes in the city and its refugee camp.
The IOF also raided several homes in Yabad and Zababdeh towns.
Dozens of Settlers Raid Muslim Monument near Nablus
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed, early Thursday, the monument of Sheikh Yousef Dweikat, a local religious figure, to the east of Nablus, said security sources.
Protected by Israeli forces, several buses packed with settlers stormed eastern Nablus and proceeded to Joseph Tomb, where they performed religious rituals, triggering clashes with the residents, according to WAFA.
Soldiers fired tear gas canisters at Palestinian locals who attempted to prevent settlers from storming the religious site. No arrests or injuries were reported.
The site of Joseph’s Tomb is contentious. Palestinians believe the site to be the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousef Dweikat, a local religious figure, while Israeli settlers believe it to belong to the biblical patriarch, Joseph.
18 mar 2015
A group of Jewish settlers on Wednesday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque's courtyards under police protection.
Media sources reported that 26 settlers escorted by policemen toured the Mosque's courtyards.
The unwelcome presence of the Jewish settlers prompted Palestinian worshipers to chant religious slogans to protest the desecration of the Islamic holy place.
One of the policemen took photos of the Palestinians who protested the entry of settlers to the Mosque in order to arrest them later.
Meanwhile, Israeli policemen at the King Faisal Gate prevented a Palestinian female teacher from entering the Aqsa Mosque along with 10 of her students after she refused to hand in her ID card.
The Israeli police still impose entry restrictions on Palestinian women in particular at the Aqsa Mosque and confiscate their ID cards before allowing them in.
Media sources reported that 26 settlers escorted by policemen toured the Mosque's courtyards.
The unwelcome presence of the Jewish settlers prompted Palestinian worshipers to chant religious slogans to protest the desecration of the Islamic holy place.
One of the policemen took photos of the Palestinians who protested the entry of settlers to the Mosque in order to arrest them later.
Meanwhile, Israeli policemen at the King Faisal Gate prevented a Palestinian female teacher from entering the Aqsa Mosque along with 10 of her students after she refused to hand in her ID card.
The Israeli police still impose entry restrictions on Palestinian women in particular at the Aqsa Mosque and confiscate their ID cards before allowing them in.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) in occupied East Jerusalem, said Israeli extremists broke into, and occupied, a residential building inhabited by the al-Malhi family, and two lands in Wadi Hilweh.
Silwanic said the extremists forged the properties' deeds; an issue that enabled the Elad settlement group to invade the building and occupy it. The property in question has four apartments.
The center added that the settlers, and their armed guards changed the locks on all doors, blockaded the windows, while the Police prevented the residents from entering the area, leading to clashes.
The Police then attacked a child, identified as Mohammad al-Malhi, 13, and placed him in one of their vehicles while beating him, before some residents managed to secure his release.
Silwanic said that, in 2007, the Elad group attempted to occupy the building, composed of four apartments and an 800-Meter land, but the family headed to court and managed to retrieve its property.
Elad claimed that the Malhi family was living in a property that belongs to the Absentee Property Department. The al-‘Abbasi family, that has been living abroad since many years, owns the building.
Silwanic said the District Court in Jerusalem, and the Central Court, previously affirmed the al-Malhi family has all legal document to inhabit the property. The ruling came after a five-year legal process.
The al-Malhi family said that, after the court ruling was made, one of its members forged some documents, an issue that made it easy for Elad to occupy the property.
The family added that the Israeli police handed, on Tuesday evening, their son Montaser, 18 years of age, an order for interrogation, and when they accompanied the child, on Wednesday morning, they were all detained while the settlers occupied the building.
The police also detained Seraj al-Malhi, 12, and Samah al-Malhi, who were alone in the building during the time of the attack.
In addition, Israeli extremists accompanied by dozens of soldiers, invaded and occupied, a Palestinian land belonging to the al-‘Abbasi family in Wadi Hilweh.
The 500 square/meter land is used as a playground for Palestinian children in the area.
They also occupied a 1200 square/meter land belonging to Sha’ban family, and started bulldozing it before placing a mobile home, in preparation to establish a new outpost.
Silwanic said the extremists forged the properties' deeds; an issue that enabled the Elad settlement group to invade the building and occupy it. The property in question has four apartments.
The center added that the settlers, and their armed guards changed the locks on all doors, blockaded the windows, while the Police prevented the residents from entering the area, leading to clashes.
The Police then attacked a child, identified as Mohammad al-Malhi, 13, and placed him in one of their vehicles while beating him, before some residents managed to secure his release.
Silwanic said that, in 2007, the Elad group attempted to occupy the building, composed of four apartments and an 800-Meter land, but the family headed to court and managed to retrieve its property.
Elad claimed that the Malhi family was living in a property that belongs to the Absentee Property Department. The al-‘Abbasi family, that has been living abroad since many years, owns the building.
Silwanic said the District Court in Jerusalem, and the Central Court, previously affirmed the al-Malhi family has all legal document to inhabit the property. The ruling came after a five-year legal process.
The al-Malhi family said that, after the court ruling was made, one of its members forged some documents, an issue that made it easy for Elad to occupy the property.
The family added that the Israeli police handed, on Tuesday evening, their son Montaser, 18 years of age, an order for interrogation, and when they accompanied the child, on Wednesday morning, they were all detained while the settlers occupied the building.
The police also detained Seraj al-Malhi, 12, and Samah al-Malhi, who were alone in the building during the time of the attack.
In addition, Israeli extremists accompanied by dozens of soldiers, invaded and occupied, a Palestinian land belonging to the al-‘Abbasi family in Wadi Hilweh.
The 500 square/meter land is used as a playground for Palestinian children in the area.
They also occupied a 1200 square/meter land belonging to Sha’ban family, and started bulldozing it before placing a mobile home, in preparation to establish a new outpost.
Two Jewish female settlers on Tuesday evening suffered minor injuries when Palestinian young men hurled stones at the bus they were aboard in occupied Jerusalem.
The Hebrew radio said that young men threw stones at a bus belonging to the Israeli transport company Egged as it was driving on Uzi Narkiss road near Beit Hanina junction.
It added that the Israeli police reached the scene and launched a manhunt for the youths.
Earlier on the same day, Palestinian resistance fighters opened fire at Israeli soldiers at Qalandiya checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, while one soldier suffered injuries described as minor when a Palestinian driver tried to run over soldiers at Gush Etzion junction near Bethlehem.
The Hebrew radio said that young men threw stones at a bus belonging to the Israeli transport company Egged as it was driving on Uzi Narkiss road near Beit Hanina junction.
It added that the Israeli police reached the scene and launched a manhunt for the youths.
Earlier on the same day, Palestinian resistance fighters opened fire at Israeli soldiers at Qalandiya checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, while one soldier suffered injuries described as minor when a Palestinian driver tried to run over soldiers at Gush Etzion junction near Bethlehem.
17 mar 2015
A gang of fanatic Jewish settlers on Tuesday evening attacked a Palestinian vehicle on Jenin-Nablus road and tried to physically assault its driver.
Local sources said that the settlers ambushed the car of Firas Obeid, from Silat Addaher town south of Jenin city, and embarked on smashing its body and windows.
The car sustained material damage, while its owner managed to escape the area before the setters assaulted him.
In a separate incident, Jewish settlers from the same area attacked two Palestinian famers on the same day during their presence on their own agricultural lands.
The victims, Anis Khalila and Amjad Kanan, suffered bruises and injuries, and received medical treatment in a hospital near Jenin.
Locals had already reported settlers' attacks on their property in Silat Addaher on Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Local sources said that the settlers ambushed the car of Firas Obeid, from Silat Addaher town south of Jenin city, and embarked on smashing its body and windows.
The car sustained material damage, while its owner managed to escape the area before the setters assaulted him.
In a separate incident, Jewish settlers from the same area attacked two Palestinian famers on the same day during their presence on their own agricultural lands.
The victims, Anis Khalila and Amjad Kanan, suffered bruises and injuries, and received medical treatment in a hospital near Jenin.
Locals had already reported settlers' attacks on their property in Silat Addaher on Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Sign at the entrance to the al Aqsa mosque compound before the change
Judaism's accepted ruling that entry to Jerusalem's al Aqsa mosque compound – the site of the biblical temples – is prohibited to Jews is apparently softening following a concerted campaign by settler groups and so-called Temple Mount organisations.
The settler-affiliated news portal Arutz 7 reports that the sign in the entrance to the al Aqsa compound has been changed to read “According to Torah law, entering the Temple Mount area by an impure person is strictly forbidden due to the holiness of the site”. Signed by Israel's Chief Rabbinate, the sign previously noted entry was forbidden to every Jewish person, regardless of his religious state of purity.
Thus, Israel's official rabbis have apparently, if only indirectly, provided tacit approval for the entry of Jews and Jewish Israelis into the al Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem.
The change was done only to the Hebrew version of the sign – the English sign remains as it was.
Yehuda Glick, head of the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation, reportedly welcomed the sign change and said that “the revolution is at its height. Today we advanced another milimeter in the process” of encouraging Jews to enter the al Aqsa mosque compound.
Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian Muslim worshippers in the al Aqsa mosque erupted in the second half of last year, following daily invasions of the mosque compound by Israeli settlers and right-wing politicians.
In November, Israel's leading ultra-orthodox newspaper called on Israel to ban Jews from entering Jerusalem's al Aqsa compound, known in Israel as the Temple Mount.Yated Ne'eman, a newspaper serving the Jewish ultra-orthodox community in Israel, published a leading commentary calling on Israel to prohibit the entry of Jews into the Temple Mount area.
“The Jews who speak of 'prayer in the holiest place for Jews' are not referring to prayer,” the paper writes. “They are presenting their political plan as a religious wish, and use their “teachings” as an ax to grind out political achievements. This is not a struggle for the right of prayer but a type of political demonstration”.
Israeli Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino publicly stated in January this year that Israeli public officials who enter Jerusalem's al Aqsa mosque compound represent a “security threat” to the state of Israel.
Prominent rabbis affiliated with the settler movement sent a letter to Israel's chief rabbis in recent months, demanding that the aforementioned sign be changed, as it has now been. Arutz 7 adds that Glick himself met recently with Chief Rabbi David Lau and the rabbi of Jerusalem to have the sign changed.
Judaism's accepted ruling that entry to Jerusalem's al Aqsa mosque compound – the site of the biblical temples – is prohibited to Jews is apparently softening following a concerted campaign by settler groups and so-called Temple Mount organisations.
The settler-affiliated news portal Arutz 7 reports that the sign in the entrance to the al Aqsa compound has been changed to read “According to Torah law, entering the Temple Mount area by an impure person is strictly forbidden due to the holiness of the site”. Signed by Israel's Chief Rabbinate, the sign previously noted entry was forbidden to every Jewish person, regardless of his religious state of purity.
Thus, Israel's official rabbis have apparently, if only indirectly, provided tacit approval for the entry of Jews and Jewish Israelis into the al Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem.
The change was done only to the Hebrew version of the sign – the English sign remains as it was.
Yehuda Glick, head of the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation, reportedly welcomed the sign change and said that “the revolution is at its height. Today we advanced another milimeter in the process” of encouraging Jews to enter the al Aqsa mosque compound.
Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian Muslim worshippers in the al Aqsa mosque erupted in the second half of last year, following daily invasions of the mosque compound by Israeli settlers and right-wing politicians.
In November, Israel's leading ultra-orthodox newspaper called on Israel to ban Jews from entering Jerusalem's al Aqsa compound, known in Israel as the Temple Mount.Yated Ne'eman, a newspaper serving the Jewish ultra-orthodox community in Israel, published a leading commentary calling on Israel to prohibit the entry of Jews into the Temple Mount area.
“The Jews who speak of 'prayer in the holiest place for Jews' are not referring to prayer,” the paper writes. “They are presenting their political plan as a religious wish, and use their “teachings” as an ax to grind out political achievements. This is not a struggle for the right of prayer but a type of political demonstration”.
Israeli Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino publicly stated in January this year that Israeli public officials who enter Jerusalem's al Aqsa mosque compound represent a “security threat” to the state of Israel.
Prominent rabbis affiliated with the settler movement sent a letter to Israel's chief rabbis in recent months, demanding that the aforementioned sign be changed, as it has now been. Arutz 7 adds that Glick himself met recently with Chief Rabbi David Lau and the rabbi of Jerusalem to have the sign changed.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) rounded up two Palestinians from Jericho in the eastern occupied West Bank.
Palestinian Prisoner Society said, in a press statement, that the IOF raided Jericho city, broke into a house belonging to Doweik Family and arrested the 60-year-old man Mohammad and the 25-year-old youth Fadi.
In a similar context, a group of extremist Jewish settlers on Tuesday afternoon assaulted two young men working in their agricultural lands located to the south of Jenin.
Local sources pointed out that the settlers brutally beat the Palestinians using empty bottles and batons.
Both men were moderately bruised and taken to hospital in Jenin, the sources added.
Palestinian Prisoner Society said, in a press statement, that the IOF raided Jericho city, broke into a house belonging to Doweik Family and arrested the 60-year-old man Mohammad and the 25-year-old youth Fadi.
In a similar context, a group of extremist Jewish settlers on Tuesday afternoon assaulted two young men working in their agricultural lands located to the south of Jenin.
Local sources pointed out that the settlers brutally beat the Palestinians using empty bottles and batons.
Both men were moderately bruised and taken to hospital in Jenin, the sources added.
Extremist Jewish settlers stormed Tuesday the Aqsa Mosque from al-Magharebah Gate under tight security measures imposed by Israeli policemen and Special Forces.
Eyewitnesses said the Jerusalemite worshipers gathered to defend the holy site and prevent the settlers from performing Talmudic rituals at the Mosque.
The eyewitnesses pointed out that an Israeli policeman attacked a Jerusalemite woman because she chanted “Allahu Akbar” when a Jewish settler provoked her. The worshipers in turn confronted the extremist settler.
The Israeli policemen deliberately held the identity cards of some young worshipers until they got out of the Aqsa Mosque.
Settlers’ intrusions into the holy site have been increasing and carried out on daily basis. Moreover, the Israeli policemen guarding the Mosque’s gates have continued to hold the identity cards of the Jerusalemite women as they entered the site and only returned them when the women got out of it.
Eyewitnesses said the Jerusalemite worshipers gathered to defend the holy site and prevent the settlers from performing Talmudic rituals at the Mosque.
The eyewitnesses pointed out that an Israeli policeman attacked a Jerusalemite woman because she chanted “Allahu Akbar” when a Jewish settler provoked her. The worshipers in turn confronted the extremist settler.
The Israeli policemen deliberately held the identity cards of some young worshipers until they got out of the Aqsa Mosque.
Settlers’ intrusions into the holy site have been increasing and carried out on daily basis. Moreover, the Israeli policemen guarding the Mosque’s gates have continued to hold the identity cards of the Jerusalemite women as they entered the site and only returned them when the women got out of it.
The Israeli Military Police stated Monday it apprehended an Israeli soldier from the Central District after writing Facebook posts on his page threatening to assassinate leaders of Israeli leftist parties.
According to the report, the soldier threatened that, should the left rise to power in the Israeli election; he will then become what he called “the second Yigal Amir.”
The soldier confessed to the charges against him, and will be soon indicted for incitement to commit violence, and issuing death threats, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported.
Yigal Amir is the Israeli fanatic who, on November 4, 1995, assassinated the then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin during a rally in Tel Aviv.
According to the report, the soldier threatened that, should the left rise to power in the Israeli election; he will then become what he called “the second Yigal Amir.”
The soldier confessed to the charges against him, and will be soon indicted for incitement to commit violence, and issuing death threats, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported.
Yigal Amir is the Israeli fanatic who, on November 4, 1995, assassinated the then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin during a rally in Tel Aviv.