20 may 2015
Israeli settlers, Wednesday morning, burned down 90 olive trees in Sarta town, near Salfit, in the southern occupied West Bank.
Eyewitnesses and farmers from the town said, according to the PNN, that Israeli occupation fire trucks and vehicles arrived to the scene, but did not interfere.
The witnesses added that fingers are pointing, again, toward Israeli settlers, since the town is annexed to the bypass road used regularly by settlers. It is also located between the two settlements of Brukin and Ariel.
Journalist and researcher Khaled Ma'ali said that the olive trees recently have been repeatedly targeted by settlers, causing the damage of thousands of trees in several areas.
Last month as well, Israeli settlers, most likely entering Salfit from the Immanuel settlement annexing Deir Istiya village, uprooted some 450 olive trees planted by Palestinian farmers.
On Sunday, settlers from Azfar and Bani Kadim, near Shyoukh village, East Hebron, uprooted or stole about 800 olive trees.
According to a report by the PLO international relations department, occupation forces and settlers cut down and destroyed more than 755 olive trees in the month of April alone.
During 2014, some 10,596 trees and seedlings were uprooted, with numbers still rising in 2015.
Eyewitnesses and farmers from the town said, according to the PNN, that Israeli occupation fire trucks and vehicles arrived to the scene, but did not interfere.
The witnesses added that fingers are pointing, again, toward Israeli settlers, since the town is annexed to the bypass road used regularly by settlers. It is also located between the two settlements of Brukin and Ariel.
Journalist and researcher Khaled Ma'ali said that the olive trees recently have been repeatedly targeted by settlers, causing the damage of thousands of trees in several areas.
Last month as well, Israeli settlers, most likely entering Salfit from the Immanuel settlement annexing Deir Istiya village, uprooted some 450 olive trees planted by Palestinian farmers.
On Sunday, settlers from Azfar and Bani Kadim, near Shyoukh village, East Hebron, uprooted or stole about 800 olive trees.
According to a report by the PLO international relations department, occupation forces and settlers cut down and destroyed more than 755 olive trees in the month of April alone.
During 2014, some 10,596 trees and seedlings were uprooted, with numbers still rising in 2015.
I too fight the Palestinian lie' sign at the right-wing protest
Some 200 Israeli Arabs mark Palestinian day of 'catastrophe' in 1948; 'recognizing the Nakba is the only way to resolve conflict,' says student.
Right-wing activists demonstrated against a ceremony at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday marking the Nakba, the day in which the Palestinians remember the "catastrophe" that led to the formation of the State of Israel and the exile of Palestinian refugees.
Some 200 Israeli Arabs and Hadash activists organized the ceremony, that took place outside the university's main gate. The protest was organized by right-wing organizations Im Tirtzu (whose goal is to strengthen and promote "Zionist values" throughout Israel), Lehava (Organization for Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land) and Fighting the Palestinian Lie.
Large police forces separated the two sides. Two people were detained by police after a right wing activist allegedly tried to take down the Palestinian flag flown during the ceremony, while an activist from the Nakba Day ceremony allegedly tried to take down a flag flown by the right-wing activists.
Fares Agrabiya, an accounting student who participated in the Nakba Day ceremony, said: "Recognizing the Nakba is the only way to solve the existing conflict and achieve peace in the future. In the ceremony, we sent a message to both Arab and Jewish students that there was a people living here in the past, and the land was not empty. We note the desire to bring back the refugees and those are important conditions to solving the conflict. Our ceremony was done without noise or shouting. Those who are weak are the ones always shouting."
The head of the Joint Arab Party, MK Ayman Odeh, said: "You can argue over all kinds of issues, but humanly speaking, you can't argue with the fact that the Palestinian people paid the heaviest price. The new state did not allow those who were exiled return. We ask to recognize the historical wrong and work to fix it without wronging others. This is our right."
Oren Halfon, the head of the Im Tirtzu faction at Tel Aviv University, described the Nakba Day ceremony as a "radical left-wing protest." "Like every year, the radical left seeks to undermine the basis of our existence in the country, to claim the state was formed in sin after murder and exile, and to deny that the Arabs are the ones who attacked and wanted to commit a second Holocaust.
We will fight for the truth." Right-wing activist Baruch Marzel also attended the protest, saying "there used to be an Arab village here and now there is a university. All of the bleeding heart leftists who preach at me and tell me not to live in Hebron - they can stay here, but shut up."
Meretz activists were also present in protest against the right-wing demonstrators.
Some 200 Israeli Arabs mark Palestinian day of 'catastrophe' in 1948; 'recognizing the Nakba is the only way to resolve conflict,' says student.
Right-wing activists demonstrated against a ceremony at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday marking the Nakba, the day in which the Palestinians remember the "catastrophe" that led to the formation of the State of Israel and the exile of Palestinian refugees.
Some 200 Israeli Arabs and Hadash activists organized the ceremony, that took place outside the university's main gate. The protest was organized by right-wing organizations Im Tirtzu (whose goal is to strengthen and promote "Zionist values" throughout Israel), Lehava (Organization for Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land) and Fighting the Palestinian Lie.
Large police forces separated the two sides. Two people were detained by police after a right wing activist allegedly tried to take down the Palestinian flag flown during the ceremony, while an activist from the Nakba Day ceremony allegedly tried to take down a flag flown by the right-wing activists.
Fares Agrabiya, an accounting student who participated in the Nakba Day ceremony, said: "Recognizing the Nakba is the only way to solve the existing conflict and achieve peace in the future. In the ceremony, we sent a message to both Arab and Jewish students that there was a people living here in the past, and the land was not empty. We note the desire to bring back the refugees and those are important conditions to solving the conflict. Our ceremony was done without noise or shouting. Those who are weak are the ones always shouting."
The head of the Joint Arab Party, MK Ayman Odeh, said: "You can argue over all kinds of issues, but humanly speaking, you can't argue with the fact that the Palestinian people paid the heaviest price. The new state did not allow those who were exiled return. We ask to recognize the historical wrong and work to fix it without wronging others. This is our right."
Oren Halfon, the head of the Im Tirtzu faction at Tel Aviv University, described the Nakba Day ceremony as a "radical left-wing protest." "Like every year, the radical left seeks to undermine the basis of our existence in the country, to claim the state was formed in sin after murder and exile, and to deny that the Arabs are the ones who attacked and wanted to commit a second Holocaust.
We will fight for the truth." Right-wing activist Baruch Marzel also attended the protest, saying "there used to be an Arab village here and now there is a university. All of the bleeding heart leftists who preach at me and tell me not to live in Hebron - they can stay here, but shut up."
Meretz activists were also present in protest against the right-wing demonstrators.
Extremist Jewish settlers stormed Wednesday different neighborhoods in the Old City of al-Khalil under Israeli security measures.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a number of Jewish settlers broke into the Old City which is leading to al-Haram al-Ibrahimi Mosque under tight security measures by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).
The settlers provocatively toured the Old City’s streets while IOF soldiers stopped the Palestinian passersby.
The IOF soldiers checked the identity cards of the Palestinians and even searched some of their children.
They tightened the security measures amid the presence of Israeli policemen who were deployed in the vicinity of al-Ibrahimi Mosque, the eyewitnesses added.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a number of Jewish settlers broke into the Old City which is leading to al-Haram al-Ibrahimi Mosque under tight security measures by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).
The settlers provocatively toured the Old City’s streets while IOF soldiers stopped the Palestinian passersby.
The IOF soldiers checked the identity cards of the Palestinians and even searched some of their children.
They tightened the security measures amid the presence of Israeli policemen who were deployed in the vicinity of al-Ibrahimi Mosque, the eyewitnesses added.
19 may 2015
A horde of Israeli extremist settlers on Tuesday morning broke into the plazas of Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque and physically assaulted members of al-Aqsa supervision personnel and peaceful Muslim worshipers.
A tape propagated by a media institution shows live video snapshots of Israeli settlers aggressively attacking al-Aqsa guards near Sabil Qaitbay, resulting in a fistfight between the guards and the Israeli vandals.
Tension has reportedly flared up at the holy site as a result of Israelis’ attempt to desecrate the mosque.
The situation has gone remarkably worse after large troops of the Israeli occupation forces suddenly showed up at the Mosque and beat up members of al-Aqsa supervision staff and Muslim congregation, further inflaming the already summering tension.
A tape propagated by a media institution shows live video snapshots of Israeli settlers aggressively attacking al-Aqsa guards near Sabil Qaitbay, resulting in a fistfight between the guards and the Israeli vandals.
Tension has reportedly flared up at the holy site as a result of Israelis’ attempt to desecrate the mosque.
The situation has gone remarkably worse after large troops of the Israeli occupation forces suddenly showed up at the Mosque and beat up members of al-Aqsa supervision staff and Muslim congregation, further inflaming the already summering tension.
A Palestinian media research centre has reported that the past few days have seen an increase in the number of attacks by Israeli forces against journalists and press freedoms in Palestine.
In a statement issued on Monday, the Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedom (MADA) said that the most recent assaults took place on Friday and Saturday. Israeli forces shot Nidal Ishtayeh from Nablus; he's a photographer who works for China's Xinhua news agency. Journalist Mohamed Yousry Al-Hattab from Gaza, who works for the Palestinian Network for Media, was also shot by the Israelis.
According to MADA, a series of attacks were also carried out by settlers and security personnel against a number of journalists in Jerusalem and Hawara while they were covering events over the weekend.
Rami Al-Khatib is a reporter for Jordan television's "An eye on Jerusalem" show. He was injured when settlers attacked him while he was covering a march in the city. According to Al-Khatib, the settlers attacked everyone, including press crews. Although the Israeli police had a presence, they did not intervene, suggesting that they are complicit in such attacks against the media. "They shut down our cameras and used sticks and empty bottles to attack us," the journalist added.
In a statement issued on Monday, the Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedom (MADA) said that the most recent assaults took place on Friday and Saturday. Israeli forces shot Nidal Ishtayeh from Nablus; he's a photographer who works for China's Xinhua news agency. Journalist Mohamed Yousry Al-Hattab from Gaza, who works for the Palestinian Network for Media, was also shot by the Israelis.
According to MADA, a series of attacks were also carried out by settlers and security personnel against a number of journalists in Jerusalem and Hawara while they were covering events over the weekend.
Rami Al-Khatib is a reporter for Jordan television's "An eye on Jerusalem" show. He was injured when settlers attacked him while he was covering a march in the city. According to Al-Khatib, the settlers attacked everyone, including press crews. Although the Israeli police had a presence, they did not intervene, suggesting that they are complicit in such attacks against the media. "They shut down our cameras and used sticks and empty bottles to attack us," the journalist added.
Israeli soldiers released, on Monday evening, a Palestinian child, from Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, after interrogating him for several hours in the police station, in Salah Eddin Street, and ordered him under house arrest.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) stated that the child has been identified as Mo’taz Yousef Abu Diab, 14 years of age.
Silwanic added that the child was released under the condition that he remains under house arrest for five days.
The order states that the child will be allowed to go to school in the town, as long as a family member accompanies him on the way to school, and the way back to his home.
His family stated the child was kidnapped, on Monday morning, while heading to school, after a group of fanatic Israeli settlers attacked him, in the central neighborhood.
The police claimed he hurled stones on the settlers, close to Beit Yonatan illegal outpost in Silwan, while eyewitnesses said the settlers assaulted him without any provocation by the child.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) stated that the child has been identified as Mo’taz Yousef Abu Diab, 14 years of age.
Silwanic added that the child was released under the condition that he remains under house arrest for five days.
The order states that the child will be allowed to go to school in the town, as long as a family member accompanies him on the way to school, and the way back to his home.
His family stated the child was kidnapped, on Monday morning, while heading to school, after a group of fanatic Israeli settlers attacked him, in the central neighborhood.
The police claimed he hurled stones on the settlers, close to Beit Yonatan illegal outpost in Silwan, while eyewitnesses said the settlers assaulted him without any provocation by the child.
18 may 2015
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Israeli soldiers and police officers used excessive force, on Sunday afternoon, against hundreds of Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, as they marched to counter a provocative Israeli procession marking the so-called “Jerusalem Day,” wounding at least 29 Palestinians, and kidnapped five.
The Israeli extremists attacked many Palestinians, and conducted provocative acts against Jerusalemite Palestinians who were forced by the police to close their stores and shops in Jerusalem’s Old City. Palestinian sources in the Old City said hundreds of police officers and soldiers were deployed in the alleys, in addition to pushing the Palestinians away from Bab al-‘Amoud area, in an attempt to prevent them from marching to counter the Israeli procession. Mounted officers and Border Guard police officers also attacked dozens of Palestinian journalists, and tried to prevent them from documenting the incidents and the Israeli violations. Eyewitnesses said dozens of Israeli fanatics were chanting “Death to Arabs,” as well as many other provocative slogans, while many also called for demolishing the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem in order “to rebuild the temple.” Meanwhile, the Palestinians marched carrying Palestinian flags while chanting for the liberation of Palestine, and called for ending the escalating Israeli violations against the residents and their holy sites, especially in occupied Jerusalem. |
It is worth mentioning that several Israeli left wing groups appealed the Israeli High Court to prevent the Israeli extremists from marching in Jerusalem’s Islamic Quarter, but the court denied the appeal.
In addition, clashes took place between the soldiers and local Palestinians in different Jerusalem neighborhoods and towns, especially in Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in addition to the neighborhoods of Suwwana, Wadi Al-Jouz, at-Tour, and the al-‘Eesawiyya town, while the soldiers kidnapped at least one Palestinian in Silwan, and injured dozens.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) quoted the head of the Emergency Unit of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Jerusalem, Amin Abu Ghazala, stating that at least 29 residents were injured.
Abu Ghazala said at least seven of the wounded residents were hospitalized, and that two residents suffered fractures in their arms and legs, 22 received treatment by field medics, and at least one was severely beaten by the soldiers with their guns and batons.
The Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers kidnapped Amir al-Basheeti, Amir al-Karaki, Sharif al-Rajabi, ‘Obada Najeeb and Mohammad Abu Sneina.
It added that the soldiers detained dozens of Palestinians after assaulting them, and released them after taking their personal information, and told them the police will be contacting them in the coming few days.
Silwanic further stated that the police fired concussion grenades at the Palestinian protesters, and assaulted several Palestinians.
It said that, due to Israeli restrictions and extensive military deployment, the residents marched in separate different groups in Sultan Suleiman Street, al-Magharba Square and near the Suleiman Cave area, before the police attacked them, and chases dozens of Palestinians.
Israeli Ynet News said dozens of Palestinian hurled stones and empty bottles at the police, and that one officer was injured, while one Palestinian was arrested allegedly for attacking an officer.
Jerusalem Day marks the illegal occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, and declaring it as the “eternal united capital of Israel.”
In addition, clashes took place between the soldiers and local Palestinians in different Jerusalem neighborhoods and towns, especially in Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in addition to the neighborhoods of Suwwana, Wadi Al-Jouz, at-Tour, and the al-‘Eesawiyya town, while the soldiers kidnapped at least one Palestinian in Silwan, and injured dozens.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) quoted the head of the Emergency Unit of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Jerusalem, Amin Abu Ghazala, stating that at least 29 residents were injured.
Abu Ghazala said at least seven of the wounded residents were hospitalized, and that two residents suffered fractures in their arms and legs, 22 received treatment by field medics, and at least one was severely beaten by the soldiers with their guns and batons.
The Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers kidnapped Amir al-Basheeti, Amir al-Karaki, Sharif al-Rajabi, ‘Obada Najeeb and Mohammad Abu Sneina.
It added that the soldiers detained dozens of Palestinians after assaulting them, and released them after taking their personal information, and told them the police will be contacting them in the coming few days.
Silwanic further stated that the police fired concussion grenades at the Palestinian protesters, and assaulted several Palestinians.
It said that, due to Israeli restrictions and extensive military deployment, the residents marched in separate different groups in Sultan Suleiman Street, al-Magharba Square and near the Suleiman Cave area, before the police attacked them, and chases dozens of Palestinians.
Israeli Ynet News said dozens of Palestinian hurled stones and empty bottles at the police, and that one officer was injured, while one Palestinian was arrested allegedly for attacking an officer.
Jerusalem Day marks the illegal occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, and declaring it as the “eternal united capital of Israel.”
Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Bat Ayin, northern Hebron area, set fire to an estimated 25 dunams of Palestinian land on Monday, destroying up to 250 olive trees, a local committee reported.
A spokesperson for the Beit Ummar popular committee, Muhammad Ayyad Awad, said that five Israeli settlers in white clothes between the ages of 16 and 20 had set fire to land in the Hilet Ikdeis north of Hebron.
Awad said, according to Ma'an News Agency, that the land was owned by Mahmoud Ali Abd al-Majid Hamdan, Naim Ahmad Abd al-Majid Hamdan, Muhammad Nour Abd al-Majid Hamdan and Wajih Ibrahim Abd al-Majid Hamdan.
Awad added that the land had been planted with olive trees, most of which were nearly 40 years old. He said that Israeli forces arrived on the scene, but alleged that they refused the landowners' demand that they call a firetruck to put out the fire.
The landowners said that they had been able to prevent the fire from spreading to other areas.
The fire comes a day after locals in al-Shiokh, northeast of Hebron, reported that 80 acres of land planted with hundreds of olive saplings had been vandalized by Jewish settlers from nearby illegal settlements.
Since 1967, approximately 800,000 olive trees have been uprooted by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to a joint report by the Palestinian Authority and the Applied Research Institute Jerusalem.
A spokesperson for the Beit Ummar popular committee, Muhammad Ayyad Awad, said that five Israeli settlers in white clothes between the ages of 16 and 20 had set fire to land in the Hilet Ikdeis north of Hebron.
Awad said, according to Ma'an News Agency, that the land was owned by Mahmoud Ali Abd al-Majid Hamdan, Naim Ahmad Abd al-Majid Hamdan, Muhammad Nour Abd al-Majid Hamdan and Wajih Ibrahim Abd al-Majid Hamdan.
Awad added that the land had been planted with olive trees, most of which were nearly 40 years old. He said that Israeli forces arrived on the scene, but alleged that they refused the landowners' demand that they call a firetruck to put out the fire.
The landowners said that they had been able to prevent the fire from spreading to other areas.
The fire comes a day after locals in al-Shiokh, northeast of Hebron, reported that 80 acres of land planted with hundreds of olive saplings had been vandalized by Jewish settlers from nearby illegal settlements.
Since 1967, approximately 800,000 olive trees have been uprooted by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to a joint report by the Palestinian Authority and the Applied Research Institute Jerusalem.
The Israeli Police Forces attacked Monday morning two Jerusalemites including one of the employees of the Islamic Waqf Department in al-Aqsa mosque, while a third one was detained after being brutally assaulted.
The Islamic Waqf Department said that one of its employees was severely beaten near Rahma Gate when he intervened to protect a Jerusalemite female worshiper from Israeli soldiers’ attacks.
Earlier this morning, 52 settlers, 18 military officials, and 10 Israeli students broke into al-Aqsa Mosque via the Magaribeh Gate under heavy police protection.
In their turn, Palestinian worshipers started shouting 'Allah Akbar' in an attempt to prevent the settlers’ break-in into the holy shrine.
Along the same line, a Jerusalemite young man was detained at Asbat Gate and taken to unknown detention center after being severely beaten and assaulted at hands of Israeli forces.
The Islamic Waqf Department said that one of its employees was severely beaten near Rahma Gate when he intervened to protect a Jerusalemite female worshiper from Israeli soldiers’ attacks.
Earlier this morning, 52 settlers, 18 military officials, and 10 Israeli students broke into al-Aqsa Mosque via the Magaribeh Gate under heavy police protection.
In their turn, Palestinian worshipers started shouting 'Allah Akbar' in an attempt to prevent the settlers’ break-in into the holy shrine.
Along the same line, a Jerusalemite young man was detained at Asbat Gate and taken to unknown detention center after being severely beaten and assaulted at hands of Israeli forces.
Yesh Din claims that investigations into complaints from Palestinians are rarely opened and followed up on even less.
Israeli settlers enjoy widespread impunity in crimes on Palestinians in the West Bank, according to a report from an Israeli organization for the defense of Human Rights on Monday.
According to Yesh Din, 85.3% of Palestinian complaints are closed without further action due to the inability of investigators to arrest suspects or to gather enough evidence to file an indictment.
Only 7.4% of complaints leading to indictments against suspects and only a third of these proceedings result in a conviction. In the end, says the NGO, "the probability that a complaint filed by a Palestinian from the Israeli police will lead to an effective investigation; the arrest of a suspect and his judgment is just 1.8%".
"The report reveals a disturbing picture of the conduct of law enforcement in general and the police in particular, in the field of ideological crimes (violence, property damage, seizure of land and others)," said Yesh Din. In the West Bank, Israeli settlements and Palestinian villages are sometimes just a few hundred meters from one another, particularly in "Area C" under Israeli civil and military control where, according to the UN, 298,000 Palestinians and 341,000 Israelis live in 135 settlements and hundreds of outposts.
Rights group: No law enforcement to deter settler crimes
The human rights organization Yesh Din warned in a new report issued Monday against the conduct of the Israeli law enforcement system in general, and the police in particular, in response to ideologically-motivated crime (including violence, damage to property, the seizure of land, and other offenses) carried out by settlers.
According to Yesh Din’s figures, 85.3 percent of investigative files are closed due the failure of the police investigators to locate suspects or to find sufficient evidence to enable indictment.
Only 7.4 percent of investigations yielded indictments against suspects.
Only one-third (32.7 percent) of legal proceedings have been ended in the full or partial conviction of the defendants.
The chance that a complaint submitted to the Israel Police by a Palestinian will lead to an effective investigation, the location of a suspect, prosecution, and ultimate conviction is just 1.9 percent.
The report detailed a series of failures at all stages of the investigations. The result of these failures is that around 85 percent of files are closed due to the failure of the police investigation to locate suspects or find sufficient evidence to indict suspects.
Law enforcement failures lead to meager results in terms of the indictment and conviction of offenders, the report pointed out.
Ziv Stahl, the director of Yesh Din’s Research Department and the author of the report, said that “the failures and structural problems described in the report lead to the inevitable conclusion that the law enforcement system in the West Bank lacks the most important component of all: a genuine motivation to investigate, prosecute, and convict Israeli offenders who attack Palestinians."
"Without enforcement there can be no deterrence. The state thereby conveys the message to offenders that it does not take a serious view of their actions, and perhaps even that it is not interested in halting these actions,” according to his statements.
Israeli settlers enjoy widespread impunity in crimes on Palestinians in the West Bank, according to a report from an Israeli organization for the defense of Human Rights on Monday.
According to Yesh Din, 85.3% of Palestinian complaints are closed without further action due to the inability of investigators to arrest suspects or to gather enough evidence to file an indictment.
Only 7.4% of complaints leading to indictments against suspects and only a third of these proceedings result in a conviction. In the end, says the NGO, "the probability that a complaint filed by a Palestinian from the Israeli police will lead to an effective investigation; the arrest of a suspect and his judgment is just 1.8%".
"The report reveals a disturbing picture of the conduct of law enforcement in general and the police in particular, in the field of ideological crimes (violence, property damage, seizure of land and others)," said Yesh Din. In the West Bank, Israeli settlements and Palestinian villages are sometimes just a few hundred meters from one another, particularly in "Area C" under Israeli civil and military control where, according to the UN, 298,000 Palestinians and 341,000 Israelis live in 135 settlements and hundreds of outposts.
Rights group: No law enforcement to deter settler crimes
The human rights organization Yesh Din warned in a new report issued Monday against the conduct of the Israeli law enforcement system in general, and the police in particular, in response to ideologically-motivated crime (including violence, damage to property, the seizure of land, and other offenses) carried out by settlers.
According to Yesh Din’s figures, 85.3 percent of investigative files are closed due the failure of the police investigators to locate suspects or to find sufficient evidence to enable indictment.
Only 7.4 percent of investigations yielded indictments against suspects.
Only one-third (32.7 percent) of legal proceedings have been ended in the full or partial conviction of the defendants.
The chance that a complaint submitted to the Israel Police by a Palestinian will lead to an effective investigation, the location of a suspect, prosecution, and ultimate conviction is just 1.9 percent.
The report detailed a series of failures at all stages of the investigations. The result of these failures is that around 85 percent of files are closed due to the failure of the police investigation to locate suspects or find sufficient evidence to indict suspects.
Law enforcement failures lead to meager results in terms of the indictment and conviction of offenders, the report pointed out.
Ziv Stahl, the director of Yesh Din’s Research Department and the author of the report, said that “the failures and structural problems described in the report lead to the inevitable conclusion that the law enforcement system in the West Bank lacks the most important component of all: a genuine motivation to investigate, prosecute, and convict Israeli offenders who attack Palestinians."
"Without enforcement there can be no deterrence. The state thereby conveys the message to offenders that it does not take a serious view of their actions, and perhaps even that it is not interested in halting these actions,” according to his statements.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a woman from the southern West Bank city of Hebron suffered a miscarriage after a number of Israeli fanatics assaulted her, in the center of the city.
The sources said Mirvat Sa’ad Abu Romeila, 37 years of age, was moved to the Hebron Governmental Hospital suffering various cuts and bruises, and that she also suffered the miscarriage as a result of being repeated beaten.
The assailants came from the illegal Ramat Yishai outpost, in the center of Hebron city.
The attack took place amidst several assaults carried out by Israeli fanatics during the funeral procession of Moshe Levinger, who died on May 16, 2015.
Levinger was a Zionist Orthodox Rabbi, who became a prominent leader in encouraging Jews to live in illegal Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
He was repeatedly arrested, and imprisoned, by Israel on various criminal charges, starting in 1975.
One of his arrests in 1984 was on suspicion of involvement with the Gush Emunim Underground terrorist group that carried out dozens of attacks against the Palestinians, including the June 1 1980 car bombing attacks against the then Mayor of Nablus Bassam Shakaa, and the then Mayor of Ramallah Karim Khalaf.
Shakaa lost both of his legs in the bombing, while Khalaf lost one of his legs.
Palestinian expectant lady aborts in attacks by Israeli vandals
A Palestinian lady sustained wounds and bruises on Monday while citizens’ properties sustained material damage in a wave of assaults launched by hordes of Israeli vandals across the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil.
Local sources said gangs of Israeli fanatic settlers stormed Tel Rumeida area, in al-Khalil, and physically assaulted a Palestinian pregnant woman, identified as Mirvat Abu Ermila.
The expectant casualty was rushed to a local hospital in al-Khalil so as to be urgently treated for the inflicted wounds.
The assault culminated in a round of stone-attacks targeting al-Jubari family homes. The vandals further chopped off irrigation pipes providing water for five families in al-Shuhada Street and wreaked havoc on al-Sharbati family home.
The sources said Mirvat Sa’ad Abu Romeila, 37 years of age, was moved to the Hebron Governmental Hospital suffering various cuts and bruises, and that she also suffered the miscarriage as a result of being repeated beaten.
The assailants came from the illegal Ramat Yishai outpost, in the center of Hebron city.
The attack took place amidst several assaults carried out by Israeli fanatics during the funeral procession of Moshe Levinger, who died on May 16, 2015.
Levinger was a Zionist Orthodox Rabbi, who became a prominent leader in encouraging Jews to live in illegal Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
He was repeatedly arrested, and imprisoned, by Israel on various criminal charges, starting in 1975.
One of his arrests in 1984 was on suspicion of involvement with the Gush Emunim Underground terrorist group that carried out dozens of attacks against the Palestinians, including the June 1 1980 car bombing attacks against the then Mayor of Nablus Bassam Shakaa, and the then Mayor of Ramallah Karim Khalaf.
Shakaa lost both of his legs in the bombing, while Khalaf lost one of his legs.
Palestinian expectant lady aborts in attacks by Israeli vandals
A Palestinian lady sustained wounds and bruises on Monday while citizens’ properties sustained material damage in a wave of assaults launched by hordes of Israeli vandals across the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil.
Local sources said gangs of Israeli fanatic settlers stormed Tel Rumeida area, in al-Khalil, and physically assaulted a Palestinian pregnant woman, identified as Mirvat Abu Ermila.
The expectant casualty was rushed to a local hospital in al-Khalil so as to be urgently treated for the inflicted wounds.
The assault culminated in a round of stone-attacks targeting al-Jubari family homes. The vandals further chopped off irrigation pipes providing water for five families in al-Shuhada Street and wreaked havoc on al-Sharbati family home.