5 mar 2019
Right-wing leaders has incited the Israeli government to build a synagogue inside the Aqsa Mosque compound.
According to The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, a large group of Israeli right-wing figures urged their government to build a synagogue for Jewish prayers.
The newspaper affirmed that leaders of the right wing also discussed, during a meeting they held last Sunday, the possibility of putting up a sign pointing to the existence of a synagogue inside the Mosque compound.
According to The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, a large group of Israeli right-wing figures urged their government to build a synagogue for Jewish prayers.
The newspaper affirmed that leaders of the right wing also discussed, during a meeting they held last Sunday, the possibility of putting up a sign pointing to the existence of a synagogue inside the Mosque compound.
Scores of extremist Israeli settlers on Tuesday forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque under police guard.
According to the Islamic Awqaf, the Israeli police allowed 30 settlers to enter al-Aqsa Mosque and perform Talmudic rituals near Bab al-Rahma area in the early morning hours.
Four Israeli intelligence officers stormed the site during the same period, the Islamic Awqaf said.
Israeli Temple Mount groups have called for mass break-ins into Bab al-Rahma prayer area on Thursday and called for a ban on the work of the Islamic Awqaf in al-Aqsa Mosque.
Over a week ago, dozens of Palestinian worshipers and Awqaf officials managed to open the gate of Bab al-Rahma area after 16 years of Israeli closure.
The Israeli police have arrested many of them and ordered others to stay away from the Mosque or the Old City of Jerusalem for different periods.
According to the Islamic Awqaf, the Israeli police allowed 30 settlers to enter al-Aqsa Mosque and perform Talmudic rituals near Bab al-Rahma area in the early morning hours.
Four Israeli intelligence officers stormed the site during the same period, the Islamic Awqaf said.
Israeli Temple Mount groups have called for mass break-ins into Bab al-Rahma prayer area on Thursday and called for a ban on the work of the Islamic Awqaf in al-Aqsa Mosque.
Over a week ago, dozens of Palestinian worshipers and Awqaf officials managed to open the gate of Bab al-Rahma area after 16 years of Israeli closure.
The Israeli police have arrested many of them and ordered others to stay away from the Mosque or the Old City of Jerusalem for different periods.
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Israeli settlers seized a Palestinian home belonging to the al-Halabi family, on Tuesday, in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. video
A Ma'an reporter said that Israeli settlers raided the al-Halabi family home, where an elderly Palestinian couple lives and who were out shopping for groceries at the time; the couple was thrown out by settlers upon arrival. Palestinian youths attempted to defend the home from seizure, however, Israeli police forces assaulted them and fired tear-gas bombs towards them. Sources confirmed that Israeli forces detained five of the youths. Their identity remained unknown. video Additionally, the Israeli settlers who seized the home, pepper sprayed |
Palestinian residents and students, resulting in a number of severe suffocation cases. video video
Sources also mentioned that home is located in a Palestinian-owned building, which is divided into four ownerships. Two belong to the al-Alami family, the third belongs to the Eshteiyeh family, and the fourth belongs to the al-Halabi family (amounts up to 40%) and measures 100-square-meters.
It is noteworthy that 60% of the al-Alami and Eshteiyeh ownership was previously seized by Israeli settlers as part of Israel’s settlement expansion plan.
The fate of Jerusalem has been a focal point of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades, with numerous tensions arising over Israeli threats regarding the status of non-Jewish religious sites in the city, and the "Judaization" of East Jerusalem through settlement construction and mass demolitions of Palestinian homes.
Sources also mentioned that home is located in a Palestinian-owned building, which is divided into four ownerships. Two belong to the al-Alami family, the third belongs to the Eshteiyeh family, and the fourth belongs to the al-Halabi family (amounts up to 40%) and measures 100-square-meters.
It is noteworthy that 60% of the al-Alami and Eshteiyeh ownership was previously seized by Israeli settlers as part of Israel’s settlement expansion plan.
The fate of Jerusalem has been a focal point of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades, with numerous tensions arising over Israeli threats regarding the status of non-Jewish religious sites in the city, and the "Judaization" of East Jerusalem through settlement construction and mass demolitions of Palestinian homes.
Israeli settlers attacked and surrounded a Palestinian high school in the Urif village, in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, injuring a student and damaging several vehicles, on Tuesday.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that 50 Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Yitzhar raided the eastern area of Urif, forcing the school to dismiss classes for the 11th time since the beginning of the school year.
Daghlas confirmed that one student was injured with rocks thrown by Israeli settlers; he was treated on the spot.
Israeli settlers attacked damaged three vehicles belonging to teachers at the school.
Locals told Ma'an that Israeli military vehicles raided the village at the same time of the attack, which caused clashes to erupt between Israeli soldiers and locals.
Israeli forces fired tear-gas bombs and stun grenades; no injuries were reported.
The Urif high school has been repeatedly attacked by Israeli settlers in the past few months.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that 50 Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Yitzhar raided the eastern area of Urif, forcing the school to dismiss classes for the 11th time since the beginning of the school year.
Daghlas confirmed that one student was injured with rocks thrown by Israeli settlers; he was treated on the spot.
Israeli settlers attacked damaged three vehicles belonging to teachers at the school.
Locals told Ma'an that Israeli military vehicles raided the village at the same time of the attack, which caused clashes to erupt between Israeli soldiers and locals.
Israeli forces fired tear-gas bombs and stun grenades; no injuries were reported.
The Urif high school has been repeatedly attacked by Israeli settlers in the past few months.
4 mar 2019
At least 51 Jewish settlers, including intelligence officers, on Monday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards under tight police protection.
According to the Islamic Awqaf Authority in Occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli police allowed 38 settlers to defile the Aqsa Mosque and perform rituals near Bab al-Rahma.
13 intelligence officers in uniform also toured the Mosque’s courtyards in the morning.
Meanwhile, Israeli policemen rounded up Aqsa guard Samer Abu Quwaider and took him to one of its centers in the Old City for interrogation.
The Israeli police recently banished dozens of Aqsa guards and Awqaf officials from the Aqsa Mosque after detaining and interrogating them after they opened the Bab al-Rahma area of the Aqsa Mosque.
According to the Islamic Awqaf Authority in Occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli police allowed 38 settlers to defile the Aqsa Mosque and perform rituals near Bab al-Rahma.
13 intelligence officers in uniform also toured the Mosque’s courtyards in the morning.
Meanwhile, Israeli policemen rounded up Aqsa guard Samer Abu Quwaider and took him to one of its centers in the Old City for interrogation.
The Israeli police recently banished dozens of Aqsa guards and Awqaf officials from the Aqsa Mosque after detaining and interrogating them after they opened the Bab al-Rahma area of the Aqsa Mosque.
3 mar 2019
Hordes of Jewish settlers on Sunday morning desecrated anew the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards under heavy police protection.
According to local sources, scores of settlers entered the Mosque through al-Maghariba Gate in groups and toured its courtyards and plateaus as they were receiving information about the alleged temple mounts from rabbis.
The Israeli occupation police intensified their presence at the Islamic holy site during the presence of settlers.
The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers 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.
According to local sources, scores of settlers entered the Mosque through al-Maghariba Gate in groups and toured its courtyards and plateaus as they were receiving information about the alleged temple mounts from rabbis.
The Israeli occupation police intensified their presence at the Islamic holy site during the presence of settlers.
The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers 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.
2 mar 2019
A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, on Friday evening, a Palestinian man from Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
Media sources said the man, identified as Amin Natsha, was walking near his work in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the center of the occupied city.
They added that the colonists assaulted the man, by kicking and punching him, causing various lacerations and bruises, before fleeing the scene.
The wounded man was then rushed to a Palestinian hospital in Jerusalem.
Media sources said the man, identified as Amin Natsha, was walking near his work in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the center of the occupied city.
They added that the colonists assaulted the man, by kicking and punching him, causing various lacerations and bruises, before fleeing the scene.
The wounded man was then rushed to a Palestinian hospital in Jerusalem.
A horde of extremist Jewish settlers on Friday afternoon assaulted Palestinian farmers in Fara’ata village, east of Qalqilya.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a group of settlers escorted by soldiers brutalized farmers living in the eastern area of the village and threatened to attack them if they come again to their agricultural lands.
The sources added that the settlers also detained two cars belonging to local residents for a while and threatened to burn crops in plots of land belonging to Fara’ata farmers.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a group of settlers escorted by soldiers brutalized farmers living in the eastern area of the village and threatened to attack them if they come again to their agricultural lands.
The sources added that the settlers also detained two cars belonging to local residents for a while and threatened to burn crops in plots of land belonging to Fara’ata farmers.
1 mar 2019
Israeli settlers on Friday attacked Palestinians in al-Mughayyir village in Ramallah.
Local sources said that as a group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers working in their lands, residents from the village confronted the attack and managed to force the settlers to withdraw.
They added that al-Mughayyir village is constantly attacked by Israeli settlers backed and protected by the Israeli army.
These attacks fall in line with a larger plan to take over the village in favor of settlement projects, they confirmed.
Local sources said that as a group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers working in their lands, residents from the village confronted the attack and managed to force the settlers to withdraw.
They added that al-Mughayyir village is constantly attacked by Israeli settlers backed and protected by the Israeli army.
These attacks fall in line with a larger plan to take over the village in favor of settlement projects, they confirmed.
28 feb 2019
Israeli forces sealed off a road in southern Nablus City, in the northern occupied West Bank, on Wednesday.
Activist Youssef Deiriyeh told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli forces completely sealed off the Wadi al-Radem road, with dirt mounds, for the fifth time in a row.
Deiriyeh pointed out that the closure comes as a result to complaints of several Israeli settlers, living in the Yanoun area.
The Wadi al-Radem road serves several Palestinian agricultural roads, and leads to wide spaces that would soon be used for solar panels and substitute energy.
Palestinian communities are routinely subjected to arbitrary road closures by Israeli military forces for purported “security reasons,” an act which rights groups have denounced as amounting to collective punishment.
Activist Youssef Deiriyeh told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli forces completely sealed off the Wadi al-Radem road, with dirt mounds, for the fifth time in a row.
Deiriyeh pointed out that the closure comes as a result to complaints of several Israeli settlers, living in the Yanoun area.
The Wadi al-Radem road serves several Palestinian agricultural roads, and leads to wide spaces that would soon be used for solar panels and substitute energy.
Palestinian communities are routinely subjected to arbitrary road closures by Israeli military forces for purported “security reasons,” an act which rights groups have denounced as amounting to collective punishment.
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Thursday morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
Over 27 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.
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.
Over 27 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.
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.
27 feb 2019
A horde of extremist Israeli settlers led by the fanatic rabbi Yehuda Glick stormed on Wednesday morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
Glick and the fanatic settlers showed up at al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police escort and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours.
On Tuesday, Israel’s agriculture minister Uri Ariel broke into the site and provocatively toured it, sparking the anger of the Muslim worshipers.
Glick and the fanatic settlers showed up at al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police escort and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours.
On Tuesday, Israel’s agriculture minister Uri Ariel broke into the site and provocatively toured it, sparking the anger of the Muslim worshipers.
26 feb 2019
Illegal Israeli colonialist settlers wrote, Tuesday, racist graffiti on the outer walls of Bab ar-Rahma Mosque, adjacent to the eastern wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The incident took place just a few days after dozens of Palestinians managed to reopen the ar-Rahma Mosque for the first time since Israel closed it in the year 2003.
The Palestinians in the city called for mass gatherings around Bab ar-Rahma, outside the mosque, to hold prayers and affirm their right to the holy site.
The Israeli army then initiated an extensive campaign in which the soldiers stormed and searched many homes in the occupied city, and abducted dozens around 60 Palestinians.
Among the abducted Palestinians are several sheikhs and Imams, including two high-level officials with the mosque.
In related news, the Israeli police handed a Palestinian teacher, identified as Hanadi Halawani, and order preventing her from entering Al-Aqsa compound for six months.
Halawani was taken prisoner, Wednesday, after the soldiers stormed her home in Jerusalem, and took her to an interrogated facility, before releasing her later.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a Sheikh of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Ra’ed Da’na, near his home in Jerusalem, in addition to 21 other Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.
The incident took place just a few days after dozens of Palestinians managed to reopen the ar-Rahma Mosque for the first time since Israel closed it in the year 2003.
The Palestinians in the city called for mass gatherings around Bab ar-Rahma, outside the mosque, to hold prayers and affirm their right to the holy site.
The Israeli army then initiated an extensive campaign in which the soldiers stormed and searched many homes in the occupied city, and abducted dozens around 60 Palestinians.
Among the abducted Palestinians are several sheikhs and Imams, including two high-level officials with the mosque.
In related news, the Israeli police handed a Palestinian teacher, identified as Hanadi Halawani, and order preventing her from entering Al-Aqsa compound for six months.
Halawani was taken prisoner, Wednesday, after the soldiers stormed her home in Jerusalem, and took her to an interrogated facility, before releasing her later.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a Sheikh of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, identified as Ra’ed Da’na, near his home in Jerusalem, in addition to 21 other Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.
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The Israeli Minister of Agriculture, Uri Ariel, stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem under armed security by Israeli forces, on Tuesday.
Head of the public relations office at the Islamic Endowment Department, Firas al-Dibs, said that Israeli Minister Ariel was heading a group of Israeli settlers into the Al-Aqsa compound via the Moroccans Gate, which has been under Israeli control since the occupation of Jerusalem City. Al-Dibs pointed out that Ariel took footage of the al-Rahma Gate (Gate of Mercy) prayer area that was opened recently. Prayer area of the al-Rahma Gate was closed Monday evening upon order by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and reopened on Tuesday Morning. Israeli police forces were deployed around al-Rahma prayer area since early morning hours and took footage of Palestinian guards who opened the area. The number of Israeli MK’s, who storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, has increased the past few months after Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to lift a ban that would previously not allow Israeli Knesset members to visit the compound every three months, after incursions were banned since October 2015. Netanyahu allowed members of the Knesset, mostly right-wing extremists, who support the demolition of the Islamic site in order to build a Jewish temple instead, to visit the Al-Aqsa compound once every three months. |
After Netanyahu lifted the ban, Palestinian Authority (PA) spokesman, Youssef al-Mahmoud, spoke out about the decision to lift the ban calling it a "serious provocation" and "encouraging harm to one of Islam’s holiest sites."
However, in the past two months, MKs such as Shuli Mualem, Yehuda Glick, and Uri Ariel have repeatedly entered the compound, violating the “every three months entry.”
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza, houses both the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque. The third holiest site in Islam, it is also venerated as Judaism's most holy place, as it sits where Jews believe the First and Second Temples once stood.
While Jewish visitation is permitted to the compound, non-Muslim worship at Al-Aqsa is prohibited according to an agreement signed between Israel and the Jordanian government after Israel’s illegal occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967.
However, in the past two months, MKs such as Shuli Mualem, Yehuda Glick, and Uri Ariel have repeatedly entered the compound, violating the “every three months entry.”
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza, houses both the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque. The third holiest site in Islam, it is also venerated as Judaism's most holy place, as it sits where Jews believe the First and Second Temples once stood.
While Jewish visitation is permitted to the compound, non-Muslim worship at Al-Aqsa is prohibited according to an agreement signed between Israel and the Jordanian government after Israel’s illegal occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967.
