24 may 2016
Israeli Meyashvei Zion association revealed that a new settlement project is scheduled to be built at the expense of the public park in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem.
Three buildings are scheduled to be built in the neighborhood, each one of them includes 12 new housing units, the settlement association explained. A number of Jerusalemite homes will be evacuated and demolished during the construction process, according to the association.
The confiscated land is located in Um Haroun area in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and owned by Hijazi and al-Saadi families. Commenting on the settlement project, Israeli Peace Now organization said that the evacuation of Jerusalemite Palestinians from their homes and properties is based on a discriminatory law, which allows the right of return to Jews only.
The establishment of settlement outposts in the heart of Palestinian neighborhood is a recipe for increased tensions, hatred and violence, according to the rights group.
Peace Now called on the Israeli government to prevent the eviction of the families from the properties since this is not a real estate issue but rather is a political issue that obstructs the possibility of reaching an agreement based on the two-state solution.
Last week the Jerusalem Magistrates Court ruled the eviction of five housing units in the neighborhood of Um Haroun in Sheikh Jarrah. Israeli judge Anna Schneider ruled that the Qiswani family must evict its home and leave it to the Shabali Company, owned by Jewish investors affiliated with Jerusalem City Council Member Arieh King.
King himself runs a settler organization called “Israel Land Fund,” and he is the one behind the efforts to evict Palestinian families and handing over their homes to settlers in Sheikh Jarrah in particular and in East Jerusalem in general. At the center of the lawsuit is plot 38 that includes three housing units, a café and a small college, in an area of approximately 220 square meters.
In 2007 the General Custodian released the property, which until then was rented to the Qiswani family that resided there since 1948, to a Jewish family. Then, in 2010, the Jewish family sold the majority of the property (11/16) to the Shabali Company. While the Qiswani family members argued that they have a lease for 20 years, provided to them by Meir Nadav of the General Custodian’s office, the court ruled that this document is invalid.
In 2008, Meyashvei Zion association illegally confiscated six Palestinian homes owned by al-Kurd family under the protection of Israeli police.
Three buildings are scheduled to be built in the neighborhood, each one of them includes 12 new housing units, the settlement association explained. A number of Jerusalemite homes will be evacuated and demolished during the construction process, according to the association.
The confiscated land is located in Um Haroun area in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and owned by Hijazi and al-Saadi families. Commenting on the settlement project, Israeli Peace Now organization said that the evacuation of Jerusalemite Palestinians from their homes and properties is based on a discriminatory law, which allows the right of return to Jews only.
The establishment of settlement outposts in the heart of Palestinian neighborhood is a recipe for increased tensions, hatred and violence, according to the rights group.
Peace Now called on the Israeli government to prevent the eviction of the families from the properties since this is not a real estate issue but rather is a political issue that obstructs the possibility of reaching an agreement based on the two-state solution.
Last week the Jerusalem Magistrates Court ruled the eviction of five housing units in the neighborhood of Um Haroun in Sheikh Jarrah. Israeli judge Anna Schneider ruled that the Qiswani family must evict its home and leave it to the Shabali Company, owned by Jewish investors affiliated with Jerusalem City Council Member Arieh King.
King himself runs a settler organization called “Israel Land Fund,” and he is the one behind the efforts to evict Palestinian families and handing over their homes to settlers in Sheikh Jarrah in particular and in East Jerusalem in general. At the center of the lawsuit is plot 38 that includes three housing units, a café and a small college, in an area of approximately 220 square meters.
In 2007 the General Custodian released the property, which until then was rented to the Qiswani family that resided there since 1948, to a Jewish family. Then, in 2010, the Jewish family sold the majority of the property (11/16) to the Shabali Company. While the Qiswani family members argued that they have a lease for 20 years, provided to them by Meir Nadav of the General Custodian’s office, the court ruled that this document is invalid.
In 2008, Meyashvei Zion association illegally confiscated six Palestinian homes owned by al-Kurd family under the protection of Israeli police.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Tuesday, two Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while a number of fanatic Israeli colonizers stole furniture of two Palestinian homes that were closed under direct military orders.
The WAFA News Agency has reported that several army vehicles invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, near Hebron, before breaking into and searching many homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Bayan Khaled al-Badawi, 27, and ‘Ali Jaber at-Teety, 21.
The soldiers also summoned Mohammad Issa Jawabra, 20, for interrogation in the Etzion military and security base.
On Monday evening, a number of fanatic Israeli colonizers invaded an alley, linking between the Shuhada and Shallala streets, in Hebron city, breaking into two homes, that were forced shut under military orders.
The assailants destroyed furniture in the two homes, and stole furniture from them, before leaving the area.
The two homes are owned by two families, Sayyed Ahmad and Tahboob, and were closed under direct Israeli military orders, and the families are not allowed even to enter them briefly.
The WAFA News Agency has reported that several army vehicles invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, near Hebron, before breaking into and searching many homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Bayan Khaled al-Badawi, 27, and ‘Ali Jaber at-Teety, 21.
The soldiers also summoned Mohammad Issa Jawabra, 20, for interrogation in the Etzion military and security base.
On Monday evening, a number of fanatic Israeli colonizers invaded an alley, linking between the Shuhada and Shallala streets, in Hebron city, breaking into two homes, that were forced shut under military orders.
The assailants destroyed furniture in the two homes, and stole furniture from them, before leaving the area.
The two homes are owned by two families, Sayyed Ahmad and Tahboob, and were closed under direct Israeli military orders, and the families are not allowed even to enter them briefly.
23 may 2016
Israeli bulldozers from Beduel settlement on Sunday leveled Palestinian plots of land belonging to Deir Ballut town, west of Salfit province.
Eyewitnesses said that two bulldozers leveled a vast tract of land in the town and prepared it for the building of more housing units.
Specialist in settlement affairs Khaled Maali said that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu had described the area extending from Ariel settlement to Beduel settlement as the balcony of Tel Aviv.
Maali added that Beduel settlement was founded in 1984 on annexed Palestinian lands belonging to Deir Ballut and Kafr Addik towns.
Eyewitnesses said that two bulldozers leveled a vast tract of land in the town and prepared it for the building of more housing units.
Specialist in settlement affairs Khaled Maali said that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu had described the area extending from Ariel settlement to Beduel settlement as the balcony of Tel Aviv.
Maali added that Beduel settlement was founded in 1984 on annexed Palestinian lands belonging to Deir Ballut and Kafr Addik towns.
22 may 2016
Considered by many to be one of the most extreme members of the right, Yehuda Glick's battle to allow Jews to visit the Temple Mount nearly cost him his life when he was severely injured by a Palestinian terrorist; this week, a year and a half after he was miraculously saved, Glick will be sworn in to the Knesset, replacing the newly-resigned Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon
It was only a year and a half ago that right-wing activist Yehuda Glick was dangling between life and death. After being shot point-blank four times by a terrorist, he managed to utter "Shema yisrael" (the Jewish declaration of faith that the devout strive to say before death) before falling into a dark sleep from which he arose ten days later. This week, following Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon's resignation, Glick is to be sworn in to the Knesset, which will make him perhaps the most controversial MK in the current government, having incited severe criticism from the Palestinians, the left, and the right.
"I feel that God hugged me, and that he didn't let me go for a minute while my life was in danger, wrapping me up in so much love," said Glick. "I was in such critical condition that a lot of people thought I wasn't going to make it, and that if I were, I'd be severely disabled for the rest of my life. And now here I am, standing on my own two feet and being sworn in to the Knesset. God must have thought I still have things to do in the Knesset. I'm glad to be alive and have God put his faith in me."
Glick's politics are tricky to pin down. On the one hand, he is considered an extremist who fights for the entry of Jews to the Temple Mount, which could potentially ignite the Middle East and the entire world at large. On the other hand, he is one of the most vocal detractors of Sgt. Elor Azaria, who shot a neutralized terrorist to death earlier this year. His stance earned Glick some new enemies, this time from the right. Glick has also voiced criticism over Yisrael Beytenu Leader Avigdor Lieberman's appointment as minister of defense and has pushed instead for a unity government with the Labor Party. This is despite the fact that it was Lieberman's recent agreement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that facilitated Glick's entry to the government.
"I understand Ya'alon's pain," said Glick. "But I think he shouldn't have resigned, and I even call upon him now—if there is still a chance—to stay. Ya'alon is an asset to the people of Israel and certainly to Likud."
Do you recant the things you said about Lieberman?
"I wish him a lot of luck. His success is our success. The position of minister of defense is the most senior position apart from that of the prime minister, and I hope he understands the obligation that comes with it. I also didn't like the comments Lieberman made against (Zionist Union Leader) Isaac Herzog. (Herzog) tried to do what he thought should be done, but the level of ridicule aimed at him at this point is beyond the pale."
Attacks from the right Glick, 51, vividly remembers October 29, 2014. "I was at an annual event celebrating the Rambam's visit to the Temple Mount," he recalled. "The event included a left-wing speaker and a Muslim and invoked a feeling of solidarity and strength. As it was winding down, the only people left were me and two of my friends, Moriah and Shai. My wife Yafi was bringing the car around. I started walking toward the car to load it up, when a short man with a small container stopped next to me. He said, 'I'm so sorry,' and since I didn't understand what he was referring to, I came closer. That was when he pulled out a gun, said, 'You're an enemy of Al-Aqsa' and shot me point-blank with four bullets in the center of my body.
"All four bullets entered and exited my body. I started bleeding. Moriah and Shai ran over to me, and I ran toward them, or rather limped. Then I lay down on the sidewalk. A few seconds later, Shai reached me. I hear Moriah saying, 'He's completely pale,' and Shai saying, 'We just witnessed a murder. Go take care of Yafi, and I'll take care of Yehuda.'"
"Shai lay on me, took my shirt off and screamed into my ear something I'll never forget: 'Rabbi Yehuda, don't leave us, we need you.' That was when I realized I was in mortal danger. Shai was on the phone with a paramedic friend of his, who was guiding him in how to treat me. He was trying to stop the blood when I began to stutter 'Shema Yisrael.' They put me in an ambulance, and my wife came in with me and held my hand. She spoke to me while I tried to calm her down. That was when I started losing consciousness."
Did the assassination attempt change you?
"I suppose it did. It became even clearer to me how dangerous violence can be, and how we as a democracy need to make sure that elected officials working toward certain principles are safe. One of the surgeons who operated on me was Muslim, and I think he did a lot more for Islam than the Muslim who shot me in the name of Islam. People who think God wants them to promote hatred are misinterpreting his will. Despite being all the more committed to the mission God has created me, I feel it has given me a new path for a dialogue with the many people who are willing to listen."
The Palestinians see you as a symbol for the extreme right, with your entry in to the Knesset together with Lieberman's new appointment seen as a radical break to the right.
"The Palestinian press is full of attacks against me as a radical Jew. They're right. I'm very extreme in my belief in peace. I'm extreme in my faith in a respectful dialogue, and that bothers those whose agenda is built on violence and hate. I'll keep working toward peace as well as human rights for everyone, and I'm sorry for any person who refuses to engage in a dialogue with me."
The father of eight (two of them foster children) and grandfather of six, Glick, who lives in the settlement of Otniel, has repeatedly enraged Palestinians, left-wing activists and moderate centrists. Over the last few months, he has even managed to anger his friends from the right when expressing his shock at the Hebron soldier who shot a neutralized terrorist. "The fact that the terrorist who set out on this mission didn't believe he would survive does not justify the soldier's horrifying actions," Glick had written on Twitter, adding that, despite the incident, the IDF remains the most moral army in the world.
Not that defending the IDF did him any good. Moments after the tweet went up, the soldier's supporters already began attacking him. The same day, Glick posted another tweet, saying, "It is grotesque and sickening to see the malicious satisfaction of those who dance upon the blood and protest the IDF following the soldier's behavior. No less sickening, though, are those who praise his actions." At this point, his Twitter and Facebook feeds began to fill up with personal threats, among them, "I'll get you yet, you stinking leftie," "Too bad they didn't murder you when you were injured" and "Too bad this is the man we were happy didn't die."
'We will be victorious at the Temple Mount!'Glick's Facebook cover photo has "We will be victorious at the Temple Mount!" written in bold letters, with his redheaded face appearing in his profile picture below. His father, former dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University, Prof. Shimon Glick, described his son during an interview to Ynet's sister publication, Yedioth Ahronoth, after his assassination attempt. "We agreed to disagree, and I love him with all my heart," said the senior Glick, whose political views differ from those of his son.
How does your father, a human rights activist, react to your joining the Knesset?
"My father is a very dear man. I myself am a human rights activist. I'm a very extreme person, who believes in human rights in an extreme way, and I got all that from my father. He is a humanist; he truly loves mankind."
"We don't always see eye to eye, but he was the one who taught me Jewish and Western values, which talk about a plethora of opinions. My parents taught me about human dignity, and that you should listen to the opinions of those who don't necessarily voice your own. The two of us communicate on a daily basis. He advises, encourages, supports and sometimes reprimands me. At times I accept what he tells me and at times I don't. He respects that."
What will do as an MK?
"I don't want to come out with any big declarations yet. Working in the Knesset is a team effort, not a solo one, and I'm going to be part of a wonderful, diverse group called Likud. We have a real democracy complete with distinct opinions. I am entering a government that is headed by a man, who despite what is said about him cares about the country and its people. I hope that I'll act in a cordial and open manner, and enter into a dialogue with people from all walks of life, both from the coalition and the opposition. I hope to be a part of promoting peace."
Glick continued, "I was elected to represent the Judea and Samaria region, and as their representative I am committed to doing anything to improve the security and quality of life in the area. There are half a million citizens living in the area (Jewish citizens. —NB) who should all have equal rights, and I hope we will figure out how to cohabitate in peace with the Arabs living with us."
Will you visit the Temple Mount as an MK?
"I hope so. I'm all for Jews and Muslims visiting the Temple Mount together, but if Prime Minister Netanyahu asks me not to go there, I won't."
You said the Temple Mount will be a center for peace.
"That's our goal, and the vision of the Jewish spirit. The Temple Mount is supposed to be the place out of which the message of 'They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks, neither shall they learn war any more' should come out."
It was only a year and a half ago that right-wing activist Yehuda Glick was dangling between life and death. After being shot point-blank four times by a terrorist, he managed to utter "Shema yisrael" (the Jewish declaration of faith that the devout strive to say before death) before falling into a dark sleep from which he arose ten days later. This week, following Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon's resignation, Glick is to be sworn in to the Knesset, which will make him perhaps the most controversial MK in the current government, having incited severe criticism from the Palestinians, the left, and the right.
"I feel that God hugged me, and that he didn't let me go for a minute while my life was in danger, wrapping me up in so much love," said Glick. "I was in such critical condition that a lot of people thought I wasn't going to make it, and that if I were, I'd be severely disabled for the rest of my life. And now here I am, standing on my own two feet and being sworn in to the Knesset. God must have thought I still have things to do in the Knesset. I'm glad to be alive and have God put his faith in me."
Glick's politics are tricky to pin down. On the one hand, he is considered an extremist who fights for the entry of Jews to the Temple Mount, which could potentially ignite the Middle East and the entire world at large. On the other hand, he is one of the most vocal detractors of Sgt. Elor Azaria, who shot a neutralized terrorist to death earlier this year. His stance earned Glick some new enemies, this time from the right. Glick has also voiced criticism over Yisrael Beytenu Leader Avigdor Lieberman's appointment as minister of defense and has pushed instead for a unity government with the Labor Party. This is despite the fact that it was Lieberman's recent agreement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that facilitated Glick's entry to the government.
"I understand Ya'alon's pain," said Glick. "But I think he shouldn't have resigned, and I even call upon him now—if there is still a chance—to stay. Ya'alon is an asset to the people of Israel and certainly to Likud."
Do you recant the things you said about Lieberman?
"I wish him a lot of luck. His success is our success. The position of minister of defense is the most senior position apart from that of the prime minister, and I hope he understands the obligation that comes with it. I also didn't like the comments Lieberman made against (Zionist Union Leader) Isaac Herzog. (Herzog) tried to do what he thought should be done, but the level of ridicule aimed at him at this point is beyond the pale."
Attacks from the right Glick, 51, vividly remembers October 29, 2014. "I was at an annual event celebrating the Rambam's visit to the Temple Mount," he recalled. "The event included a left-wing speaker and a Muslim and invoked a feeling of solidarity and strength. As it was winding down, the only people left were me and two of my friends, Moriah and Shai. My wife Yafi was bringing the car around. I started walking toward the car to load it up, when a short man with a small container stopped next to me. He said, 'I'm so sorry,' and since I didn't understand what he was referring to, I came closer. That was when he pulled out a gun, said, 'You're an enemy of Al-Aqsa' and shot me point-blank with four bullets in the center of my body.
"All four bullets entered and exited my body. I started bleeding. Moriah and Shai ran over to me, and I ran toward them, or rather limped. Then I lay down on the sidewalk. A few seconds later, Shai reached me. I hear Moriah saying, 'He's completely pale,' and Shai saying, 'We just witnessed a murder. Go take care of Yafi, and I'll take care of Yehuda.'"
"Shai lay on me, took my shirt off and screamed into my ear something I'll never forget: 'Rabbi Yehuda, don't leave us, we need you.' That was when I realized I was in mortal danger. Shai was on the phone with a paramedic friend of his, who was guiding him in how to treat me. He was trying to stop the blood when I began to stutter 'Shema Yisrael.' They put me in an ambulance, and my wife came in with me and held my hand. She spoke to me while I tried to calm her down. That was when I started losing consciousness."
Did the assassination attempt change you?
"I suppose it did. It became even clearer to me how dangerous violence can be, and how we as a democracy need to make sure that elected officials working toward certain principles are safe. One of the surgeons who operated on me was Muslim, and I think he did a lot more for Islam than the Muslim who shot me in the name of Islam. People who think God wants them to promote hatred are misinterpreting his will. Despite being all the more committed to the mission God has created me, I feel it has given me a new path for a dialogue with the many people who are willing to listen."
The Palestinians see you as a symbol for the extreme right, with your entry in to the Knesset together with Lieberman's new appointment seen as a radical break to the right.
"The Palestinian press is full of attacks against me as a radical Jew. They're right. I'm very extreme in my belief in peace. I'm extreme in my faith in a respectful dialogue, and that bothers those whose agenda is built on violence and hate. I'll keep working toward peace as well as human rights for everyone, and I'm sorry for any person who refuses to engage in a dialogue with me."
The father of eight (two of them foster children) and grandfather of six, Glick, who lives in the settlement of Otniel, has repeatedly enraged Palestinians, left-wing activists and moderate centrists. Over the last few months, he has even managed to anger his friends from the right when expressing his shock at the Hebron soldier who shot a neutralized terrorist. "The fact that the terrorist who set out on this mission didn't believe he would survive does not justify the soldier's horrifying actions," Glick had written on Twitter, adding that, despite the incident, the IDF remains the most moral army in the world.
Not that defending the IDF did him any good. Moments after the tweet went up, the soldier's supporters already began attacking him. The same day, Glick posted another tweet, saying, "It is grotesque and sickening to see the malicious satisfaction of those who dance upon the blood and protest the IDF following the soldier's behavior. No less sickening, though, are those who praise his actions." At this point, his Twitter and Facebook feeds began to fill up with personal threats, among them, "I'll get you yet, you stinking leftie," "Too bad they didn't murder you when you were injured" and "Too bad this is the man we were happy didn't die."
'We will be victorious at the Temple Mount!'Glick's Facebook cover photo has "We will be victorious at the Temple Mount!" written in bold letters, with his redheaded face appearing in his profile picture below. His father, former dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University, Prof. Shimon Glick, described his son during an interview to Ynet's sister publication, Yedioth Ahronoth, after his assassination attempt. "We agreed to disagree, and I love him with all my heart," said the senior Glick, whose political views differ from those of his son.
How does your father, a human rights activist, react to your joining the Knesset?
"My father is a very dear man. I myself am a human rights activist. I'm a very extreme person, who believes in human rights in an extreme way, and I got all that from my father. He is a humanist; he truly loves mankind."
"We don't always see eye to eye, but he was the one who taught me Jewish and Western values, which talk about a plethora of opinions. My parents taught me about human dignity, and that you should listen to the opinions of those who don't necessarily voice your own. The two of us communicate on a daily basis. He advises, encourages, supports and sometimes reprimands me. At times I accept what he tells me and at times I don't. He respects that."
What will do as an MK?
"I don't want to come out with any big declarations yet. Working in the Knesset is a team effort, not a solo one, and I'm going to be part of a wonderful, diverse group called Likud. We have a real democracy complete with distinct opinions. I am entering a government that is headed by a man, who despite what is said about him cares about the country and its people. I hope that I'll act in a cordial and open manner, and enter into a dialogue with people from all walks of life, both from the coalition and the opposition. I hope to be a part of promoting peace."
Glick continued, "I was elected to represent the Judea and Samaria region, and as their representative I am committed to doing anything to improve the security and quality of life in the area. There are half a million citizens living in the area (Jewish citizens. —NB) who should all have equal rights, and I hope we will figure out how to cohabitate in peace with the Arabs living with us."
Will you visit the Temple Mount as an MK?
"I hope so. I'm all for Jews and Muslims visiting the Temple Mount together, but if Prime Minister Netanyahu asks me not to go there, I won't."
You said the Temple Mount will be a center for peace.
"That's our goal, and the vision of the Jewish spirit. The Temple Mount is supposed to be the place out of which the message of 'They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks, neither shall they learn war any more' should come out."
Israeli settlers Sunday stormed the Aqsa Mosque from the Magharebah gate under the protection of Israeli police. According to Jerusalmite sources, some of the Jewish settlers attempted to perform Talmudic rituals at the Muslims’ holy site.
Meanwhile, worshipers along with Quran students at the Mosque confronted them by chanting Allah the greatest. Israeli police continued barring the Jerusalemites women whose names are listed in the ban of entry list from accessing the Aqsa Mosque along with other women who were sitting-in at the Aqsa's gates.
The settlers deliberately desecrate and break into the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque at seven o’clock in the early morning each day, taking advantage of the small numbers of Muslim worshipers at the that time.
Meanwhile, worshipers along with Quran students at the Mosque confronted them by chanting Allah the greatest. Israeli police continued barring the Jerusalemites women whose names are listed in the ban of entry list from accessing the Aqsa Mosque along with other women who were sitting-in at the Aqsa's gates.
The settlers deliberately desecrate and break into the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque at seven o’clock in the early morning each day, taking advantage of the small numbers of Muslim worshipers at the that time.
A horde of Jewish settlers on Saturday evening pitched a large tent on a mountainous hill overlooking Beit Furik village, east of Nablus.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the settlers stayed in the area until Sunday morning local sources have voiced their concern over settlers' attempt to establish a new settlement outpost on this hill, especially since they already carried out activities and performed rituals on it.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation army said its forces arrested at dawn Sunday two Palestinians affiliated with Hamas after raiding their homes in towns in Ramallah and al-Khalil provinces.
According to the army, one of the detainees is from al-Mazra'ah al-Qibliya town, northwest of Ramallah, and the other from Surif town, north of al-Khalil. The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) also handed a young man named Ibrahim Thawabteh during a dawn raid on his home in Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet in Etzion military base.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the settlers stayed in the area until Sunday morning local sources have voiced their concern over settlers' attempt to establish a new settlement outpost on this hill, especially since they already carried out activities and performed rituals on it.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation army said its forces arrested at dawn Sunday two Palestinians affiliated with Hamas after raiding their homes in towns in Ramallah and al-Khalil provinces.
According to the army, one of the detainees is from al-Mazra'ah al-Qibliya town, northwest of Ramallah, and the other from Surif town, north of al-Khalil. The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) also handed a young man named Ibrahim Thawabteh during a dawn raid on his home in Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet in Etzion military base.
20 may 2016
Palestinian members of local neighborhood watch committee, in Talfit village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, managed to capture two armed fanatic Israeli colonists, who invaded the village and attacked farmers.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of Israeli settlements file in the northern parts of the West Bank, said that the committee members managed to subdue the armed settlers, and handed them to the Palestinian Authority.
Daghlas added that the Palestinian Security Forces will later hand the infiltrating fanatics to the Israeli army.
He also stated that the two colonists were moved to the Palestinian police station in Qabalan village, and that the police confiscated their guns.
The Israeli army declared a state of high alert, and installed many roadblocks in the area.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of Israeli settlements file in the northern parts of the West Bank, said that the committee members managed to subdue the armed settlers, and handed them to the Palestinian Authority.
Daghlas added that the Palestinian Security Forces will later hand the infiltrating fanatics to the Israeli army.
He also stated that the two colonists were moved to the Palestinian police station in Qabalan village, and that the police confiscated their guns.
The Israeli army declared a state of high alert, and installed many roadblocks in the area.
18 may 2016
Groups of Israeli settlers stormed Wednesday morning al-Aqsa Mosque from the Israeli-controlled al-Magharibeh Gate under heavy protection of Israeli police and Special Forces.
Israeli police were deployed in large numbers in order to provide military protection for the intruding settlers.
Palestinian worshipers started shouting Takbeer in protest against the settlers’ presence in their holy shrine especially after some of them tried to perform Talmudic rituals in the compound.
Meanwhile, Palestinian women, who are denied access into the Mosque, continued to protest at the entrance to the holy shrine against Israeli ban on their entry.
Israeli police were deployed in large numbers in order to provide military protection for the intruding settlers.
Palestinian worshipers started shouting Takbeer in protest against the settlers’ presence in their holy shrine especially after some of them tried to perform Talmudic rituals in the compound.
Meanwhile, Palestinian women, who are denied access into the Mosque, continued to protest at the entrance to the holy shrine against Israeli ban on their entry.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) carried out overnight and at dawn Wednesday a large-scale raid and arrest campaign across the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.
Two leaders in Hamas Movement were among the detainees. In Jenin, Israeli forces arrested the former minister for prisoners’ affairs and the leader in Hamas Movement Wasfi Qubaha after violently breaking into his house and detaining his family members in one single room.
Qubaha spent more than 12 years behind Israeli bars in separate arrests. In Tulkarem, Israeli forces also detained the leader in the Movement Ra'afat Nasif from his house. Nasif spent several years in Israeli jails including two years in administrative detention.
An ex-detainee was also arrested in occupied Jerusalem, while another detainee was rounded up near Jenin. In Bethlehem, Israeli forces stormed different areas surrounding the city before arresting two young men and summoning three others for investigation.
In al-Khalil, a similar raid and search campaign was carried out throughout the city. Several detainees were rounded up during the campaign.
On the other hand, a group of Israeli settlers attacked overnight Palestinian homes in Tel al-Rumaidah in al-Khalil under the protection of Israeli forces.
Israeli soldiers also stormed at dawn today Iraq Burin town south of Nablus and summoned head and members of the village council for investigation over an alleged shooting attack on a nearby settlement.
Israeli forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance to the town since the early morning hours and started searching the passing-by vehicles. Similar searches were carried out at the entrance to Salem village east of the city, while tight military restrictions were imposed on Beit Furik town.
Two leaders in Hamas Movement were among the detainees. In Jenin, Israeli forces arrested the former minister for prisoners’ affairs and the leader in Hamas Movement Wasfi Qubaha after violently breaking into his house and detaining his family members in one single room.
Qubaha spent more than 12 years behind Israeli bars in separate arrests. In Tulkarem, Israeli forces also detained the leader in the Movement Ra'afat Nasif from his house. Nasif spent several years in Israeli jails including two years in administrative detention.
An ex-detainee was also arrested in occupied Jerusalem, while another detainee was rounded up near Jenin. In Bethlehem, Israeli forces stormed different areas surrounding the city before arresting two young men and summoning three others for investigation.
In al-Khalil, a similar raid and search campaign was carried out throughout the city. Several detainees were rounded up during the campaign.
On the other hand, a group of Israeli settlers attacked overnight Palestinian homes in Tel al-Rumaidah in al-Khalil under the protection of Israeli forces.
Israeli soldiers also stormed at dawn today Iraq Burin town south of Nablus and summoned head and members of the village council for investigation over an alleged shooting attack on a nearby settlement.
Israeli forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance to the town since the early morning hours and started searching the passing-by vehicles. Similar searches were carried out at the entrance to Salem village east of the city, while tight military restrictions were imposed on Beit Furik town.
17 may 2016
Head of the Supreme Islamic Council in occupied Jerusalem Sheikh Ikrima Sabri slammed on Tuesday the Israeli rabbis’ recent calls for the execution of Palestinians “without needless calculations”.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Sheikh Sabri said that the real terrorism is practiced by the Israeli occupation and not the Palestinian people.
Such calls would give a green light for Israeli soldiers to randomly shoot and kill Palestinian civilians without justification, he added.
He pointed, in this respect, to the Israeli numerous cases of cold-blooded executions by shooting at point blank.
Sheikh Sabri held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for creating an environment of insecurity and instability in the country.
A group of rabbis have called on their government to execute Palestinians instead of arresting them and “leave no one alive” in order to "ensure security in the holy land".
In a statement issued Tuesday, Sheikh Sabri said that the real terrorism is practiced by the Israeli occupation and not the Palestinian people.
Such calls would give a green light for Israeli soldiers to randomly shoot and kill Palestinian civilians without justification, he added.
He pointed, in this respect, to the Israeli numerous cases of cold-blooded executions by shooting at point blank.
Sheikh Sabri held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for creating an environment of insecurity and instability in the country.
A group of rabbis have called on their government to execute Palestinians instead of arresting them and “leave no one alive” in order to "ensure security in the holy land".
15 may 2016
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For the second time, the “Hassan Bek” mosque in Jaffa, was defaced on Saturday at dawn with racist graffiti written in Hebrew, similar to dozens of previous incidents that targeted mosques and churches, with slogans such as “Death to Arabs”, “Revenge,” and “Kahane was right.”
The graffiti defaced the western walls of the mosque; the attack is not the first against this mosque, as it was previously defaced with similar graffiti, in addition to being subject to various attacks, including throwing stones at its windows, and raising the Israeli flag on it, similar to what happened last month, on April 13. “We were not surprised by this attack; Zionist groups have been attacking it, calling for its removal, in the open, and the Police never took the issue seriously,” the Imam of the mosque, Sheikh Ahmad ‘Ajwa said, “Such violations escalated in recent weeks, and they all take place usually at dawn – the police don’t even have to work hard to catch the perpetrators if they intended to.” |
“But we fear further escalation, such as attacking the worshipers themselves, God forbid – We call on all nongovernmental organization to take an active part in preventing such attacks,” ‘Ajwa added, “We all need to be effectively involved in protecting the mosque, protecting holy sites, and we need to take all needed precautions.”
The attack is part of a series of very serious attacks targeting several churches and mosques in different parts of the country, including attacks targeting Christian and Islamic cemeteries.
On June 18, 2015, Israeli extremists set on fire the Church of the Multiplication, where Christians believe that Jesus multiplied loaves and fishes, and wrote graffiti in Hebrew on the walls that read, ‘False idols will be smashed’ and ‘Pagans’.
The fire was set at about 3 am in the early hours of Thursday morning, severely damaging church offices and storage rooms. The entire church was saturated with smoke damage. In addition, Hebrew graffiti was spray-painted all over the front entrance to the church reading ‘Pagans’ in red paint.
On February 26, 2015, a group of Israeli fanatics burnt a section of the Church of the Dormition, in occupied Jerusalem, causing significant damage, and wrote racist anti-Christian graffiti. The fanatics burnt a study room belonging to the Church, a bathing room, and toilet rooms, used by priests, and students of Christian Studies.
On February 25, 2015, a group of Israeli extremists burnt a mosque in the al-Jab’a village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and wrote racist anti-Arab and anti-Islamic graffiti.
On November 11, 2014, a number of fanatic Israeli settlers infiltrated into the al-Mogheer village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, set its mosque on fire, and wrote racist graffiti.
On June 19, 2012, A number of extremist Israeli settlers burnt a local mosque in Jaba’ Palestinian village, in occupied East Jerusalem, and defaced some of its walls.
The attack is part of a series of very serious attacks targeting several churches and mosques in different parts of the country, including attacks targeting Christian and Islamic cemeteries.
On June 18, 2015, Israeli extremists set on fire the Church of the Multiplication, where Christians believe that Jesus multiplied loaves and fishes, and wrote graffiti in Hebrew on the walls that read, ‘False idols will be smashed’ and ‘Pagans’.
The fire was set at about 3 am in the early hours of Thursday morning, severely damaging church offices and storage rooms. The entire church was saturated with smoke damage. In addition, Hebrew graffiti was spray-painted all over the front entrance to the church reading ‘Pagans’ in red paint.
On February 26, 2015, a group of Israeli fanatics burnt a section of the Church of the Dormition, in occupied Jerusalem, causing significant damage, and wrote racist anti-Christian graffiti. The fanatics burnt a study room belonging to the Church, a bathing room, and toilet rooms, used by priests, and students of Christian Studies.
On February 25, 2015, a group of Israeli extremists burnt a mosque in the al-Jab’a village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and wrote racist anti-Arab and anti-Islamic graffiti.
On November 11, 2014, a number of fanatic Israeli settlers infiltrated into the al-Mogheer village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, set its mosque on fire, and wrote racist graffiti.
On June 19, 2012, A number of extremist Israeli settlers burnt a local mosque in Jaba’ Palestinian village, in occupied East Jerusalem, and defaced some of its walls.
A Palestinian official report has revealed that the Israeli government intends to build a new settlement outpost on seized lands between Ramallah and Nablus cities.
In a report, the national bureau for defending the land and resisting settlement considered the Israeli government's decision to build this outpost a reward for "terrorist Jewish settlers," who made Amona settlement a base for their criminal activities.
According to the bureau, the new settlement would be composed of 139 housing units and built on Palestinian lands belonging to the villages of Qaryout, Jalud, Turmus Ayya and Mughir following an agreement between the Israeli government and Amana settlement movement.
The report also condemned the Israeli security authorities for seizing a Palestinian plot of land in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, east of Jerusalem, and giving it to Amana settlement movement, without a court order, to build a synagogue and offices.
The report also pointed out that Jewish settlers, under police protection, took over a Palestinian building recently in Saadiya neighborhood in the Old City of Jerusalem.
In a report, the national bureau for defending the land and resisting settlement considered the Israeli government's decision to build this outpost a reward for "terrorist Jewish settlers," who made Amona settlement a base for their criminal activities.
According to the bureau, the new settlement would be composed of 139 housing units and built on Palestinian lands belonging to the villages of Qaryout, Jalud, Turmus Ayya and Mughir following an agreement between the Israeli government and Amana settlement movement.
The report also condemned the Israeli security authorities for seizing a Palestinian plot of land in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, east of Jerusalem, and giving it to Amana settlement movement, without a court order, to build a synagogue and offices.
The report also pointed out that Jewish settlers, under police protection, took over a Palestinian building recently in Saadiya neighborhood in the Old City of Jerusalem.
14 may 2016
Dozens of fanatic Israeli colonists attacked, on Friday at night, a Palestinian home in Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, wounding a woman and a child.
Emad Abu Shamsiyya, coordinator of the Defender of Human Rights Coalition, said the extremist Israeli colonists invaded the home of Riyad Abu Hazza’ and assaulted Hazza’s wife, causing various cuts and bruises.
He added that one of the extremist invaders sprayed Hazza’s daughter’s face with pepper-spray, causing her to faint.
Several nonviolent activists rushed to the invaded home, removed the Israeli assailants, and provided first aid to the injured woman and her daughter, before local medics reached the property.
In related news, a number of fanatic Israeli colonists invaded, Friday, the al-Hafeera area, in Kafrit village meadows, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and attacked several Palestinians, while chanting racist slogans.
Emad Abu Shamsiyya, coordinator of the Defender of Human Rights Coalition, said the extremist Israeli colonists invaded the home of Riyad Abu Hazza’ and assaulted Hazza’s wife, causing various cuts and bruises.
He added that one of the extremist invaders sprayed Hazza’s daughter’s face with pepper-spray, causing her to faint.
Several nonviolent activists rushed to the invaded home, removed the Israeli assailants, and provided first aid to the injured woman and her daughter, before local medics reached the property.
In related news, a number of fanatic Israeli colonists invaded, Friday, the al-Hafeera area, in Kafrit village meadows, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and attacked several Palestinians, while chanting racist slogans.
