18 may 2020
A group of Jewish settlers on Sunday attacked a Palestinian citizen while driving his car in northern Ramallah.
According to eyewitnesses, Yazan Dawabsha, from Duma town in Nablus, was attacked by settlers as he was driving his car on a road near the villages of Khirbet Abu Falah and al-Mughayyir.
Dawabsha was driving back from Ramallah city to Nablus when suddenly a gang of settlers came out of a vehicle they were aboard and showered his car with rocks.
The driver was unhurt in the attack, but his car sustained extensive damage.
According to eyewitnesses, Yazan Dawabsha, from Duma town in Nablus, was attacked by settlers as he was driving his car on a road near the villages of Khirbet Abu Falah and al-Mughayyir.
Dawabsha was driving back from Ramallah city to Nablus when suddenly a gang of settlers came out of a vehicle they were aboard and showered his car with rocks.
The driver was unhurt in the attack, but his car sustained extensive damage.
Several Israeli colonists hurled stones, Sunday, at the building of the Local Municipal Council of Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank.
Salem Abu Mfarreh, the mayor of Teqoua’, said the colonists stopped their car in front of the Local Council’s building, before jumping out of their vehicle and throwing stones at the building.
He added that the attack is the second in the last few days, while in the first attack, the colonists also drew their weapons and threatened to shoot the Palestinians, before fleeing the town.
Salem Abu Mfarreh, the mayor of Teqoua’, said the colonists stopped their car in front of the Local Council’s building, before jumping out of their vehicle and throwing stones at the building.
He added that the attack is the second in the last few days, while in the first attack, the colonists also drew their weapons and threatened to shoot the Palestinians, before fleeing the town.
Several fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Sunday, a Palestinian olive orchard, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and cut more than 40 olive trees.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists stormed an olive orchard in Ras ad-Deir area in Yitma village, south of Nablus.
Daghlas added that the colonists then cut more than 40 olive trees, owned by a Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Nassim Najjar.
In addition to the settler attack in Nablus, Israeli settlers also cut down dozens of olive trees in the town of Nahalin, west of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Saturday, according to a local official.
Hani Fannoun, the deputy mayor of Nahalin, told the Palestinian Wafa News Agency that settlers from the illegal Israeli colony of Givout, located within the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, cut down 40 olive trees owned by three brothers and another local resident.
The attacks are part of ongoing and escalating Israeli violations targeting the Palestinians, their homes, and orchards in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
Israel’s colonies in the West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Conventions in addition to various United Nations resolutions.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists stormed an olive orchard in Ras ad-Deir area in Yitma village, south of Nablus.
Daghlas added that the colonists then cut more than 40 olive trees, owned by a Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Nassim Najjar.
In addition to the settler attack in Nablus, Israeli settlers also cut down dozens of olive trees in the town of Nahalin, west of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Saturday, according to a local official.
Hani Fannoun, the deputy mayor of Nahalin, told the Palestinian Wafa News Agency that settlers from the illegal Israeli colony of Givout, located within the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, cut down 40 olive trees owned by three brothers and another local resident.
The attacks are part of ongoing and escalating Israeli violations targeting the Palestinians, their homes, and orchards in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
Israel’s colonies in the West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Conventions in addition to various United Nations resolutions.
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An Israeli colonialist settler stabbed, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian teenage boy in the neck, in occupied East Jerusalem, causing a mild-to-moderate injury. video
Eyewitnesses said the colonist assaulted the teen, Mohammad Natsha, 17, and stabbed him with a sharp object in his neck. They added that the Israeli assailant is an ultra-orthodox Jewish settler, who fled the scene directly after assaulting the teen. The Israeli police was called to the scene, but did not make any arrests or reveal further information. The attack took place in the al-Misrara area in Salaheddin Street, in Jerusalem. The wounded teen is from Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood, north of the Old City. |
Ben-Uliel in court on Monday
Amiram Ben-Uliel also convicted of attempted murder, arson for attack on Palestinian Dawabsha family that killed parents and 18-month-old baby; avoids terror charges
The Lod District Court on Monday convicted a Jewish extremist of murder in a 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents.
The court ruled that the Jewish settler Amiram Ben-Uliel hurled firebombs into a West Bank home in July 2015, killing 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh. His mother, Riham, and father, Saad, later died of their wounds. Ali,s 4-year-old brother Ahmad survived.
The case sent shock waves through Israel and helped fuel months of Israeli-Palestinian violence. It came at a time when Israel was dealing with a wave of vigilante-style attacks by suspected Jewish extremists.
But the deadly firebombing in the West Bank village of Duma touched a particularly sensitive nerve.
In addition to three counts of murder, Ben-Uliel was convicted of two counts of attempted murder and one count of arson. The court acquitted him on charges of membership in a terror organization due to lack of evidence, but Judge Ruth Lorch in the verdict that it could be denied that the crime stemmed from "a racist act of revenge."
Hussein Dawabshe, the father of Riham, responded to the decision saying that it is important for justice to be done so no one else’s lives will be ruined and destroyed like the three murdered Dawabshes. "This trial will not bring back my family, but I want no one to ever go through such trauma again," Hussein said.
The attack was condemned across the Israeli political spectrum, 'with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then pledged "zero tolerance" in the fight to bring the assailants to justice. Investigators placed several suspects under administrative detention, a measure typically reserved for alleged Palestinian militants that allows authorities to hold suspects for months without charge.
Critics, however, noted that lesser non-deadly attacks, such as firebombings that damaged mosques and churches, had gone unpunished for years. And as the investigation into the Duma attack dragged on, Palestinians complained of a double-standard, where suspected Palestinian militants are quickly rounded up and prosecuted under a military legal system that gives them few rights while Jewish Israelis are protected by the country's criminal laws.
As the judges walked into the court, 25-year-old Ben-Uliel sat slouched in the dock, a large white skullcap on his head and blue mask on his face, reading what looked to be a biblical text.
The Shin Bet internal security service said Ben-Uliel had confessed to planning and carrying out the attack, and two others were accessories.
It said he claimed the arson was in retaliation for the killing of an Israeli by Palestinians a month earlier.
Ben-Uliel's lawyers said they were not surprised by the verdict and that their client's confession was allegedly made under torture.
The sentencing hearing was set for June 9.
Amiram Ben-Uliel also convicted of attempted murder, arson for attack on Palestinian Dawabsha family that killed parents and 18-month-old baby; avoids terror charges
The Lod District Court on Monday convicted a Jewish extremist of murder in a 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents.
The court ruled that the Jewish settler Amiram Ben-Uliel hurled firebombs into a West Bank home in July 2015, killing 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh. His mother, Riham, and father, Saad, later died of their wounds. Ali,s 4-year-old brother Ahmad survived.
The case sent shock waves through Israel and helped fuel months of Israeli-Palestinian violence. It came at a time when Israel was dealing with a wave of vigilante-style attacks by suspected Jewish extremists.
But the deadly firebombing in the West Bank village of Duma touched a particularly sensitive nerve.
In addition to three counts of murder, Ben-Uliel was convicted of two counts of attempted murder and one count of arson. The court acquitted him on charges of membership in a terror organization due to lack of evidence, but Judge Ruth Lorch in the verdict that it could be denied that the crime stemmed from "a racist act of revenge."
Hussein Dawabshe, the father of Riham, responded to the decision saying that it is important for justice to be done so no one else’s lives will be ruined and destroyed like the three murdered Dawabshes. "This trial will not bring back my family, but I want no one to ever go through such trauma again," Hussein said.
The attack was condemned across the Israeli political spectrum, 'with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then pledged "zero tolerance" in the fight to bring the assailants to justice. Investigators placed several suspects under administrative detention, a measure typically reserved for alleged Palestinian militants that allows authorities to hold suspects for months without charge.
Critics, however, noted that lesser non-deadly attacks, such as firebombings that damaged mosques and churches, had gone unpunished for years. And as the investigation into the Duma attack dragged on, Palestinians complained of a double-standard, where suspected Palestinian militants are quickly rounded up and prosecuted under a military legal system that gives them few rights while Jewish Israelis are protected by the country's criminal laws.
As the judges walked into the court, 25-year-old Ben-Uliel sat slouched in the dock, a large white skullcap on his head and blue mask on his face, reading what looked to be a biblical text.
The Shin Bet internal security service said Ben-Uliel had confessed to planning and carrying out the attack, and two others were accessories.
It said he claimed the arson was in retaliation for the killing of an Israeli by Palestinians a month earlier.
Ben-Uliel's lawyers said they were not surprised by the verdict and that their client's confession was allegedly made under torture.
The sentencing hearing was set for June 9.
17 may 2020
A herd of cows belonging to Jewish settlers wreaked havoc on cultivated plots of land belonging to Palestinian citizens in the northern Jordan Valley on Saturday.
Local activist Aref Daraghmeh said that settlers living in illegal settlements in the Jordan Valley released a flock of cows towards Palestinian plots of land in Umm Qiba area and let them graze there
Daraghmeh added that the cows caused widespread damage to wheat and vegetable crops.
He noted that the local farmers incurred heavy financial losses as a result of such practice by settlers.
Similar incidents had happened several times before in different areas of the occupied Palestinian territories, where settlers deliberately let their cattle graze in Palestinian agricultural fields.
Local activist Aref Daraghmeh said that settlers living in illegal settlements in the Jordan Valley released a flock of cows towards Palestinian plots of land in Umm Qiba area and let them graze there
Daraghmeh added that the cows caused widespread damage to wheat and vegetable crops.
He noted that the local farmers incurred heavy financial losses as a result of such practice by settlers.
Similar incidents had happened several times before in different areas of the occupied Palestinian territories, where settlers deliberately let their cattle graze in Palestinian agricultural fields.
Iyad Fawzi, from the village of Einabus, south of Nablus, was attacked by a group of settlers
Several Palestinian young men suffered injuries during violent clashes on Saturday evening with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Kafr Qaddum town, east of Qalqilya in the West Bank.
According to local sources, the IOF randomly fired tear gas grenades at the young men during the events, triggering flames in nearby fields.
Every week, Palestinians and foreign activists stage a weekly march in the town of Kafr Qaddum to protest Israel’s closure of the village’s main street and settlement activities.
The Israeli occupation army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
In a separate incident, a horde of Jewish settlers on the same day physically assaulted a Palestinian citizen in Einabus village, south of Nablus city.
Local sources in Einabus said that a local resident called Iyad Fawzi suffered injuries and bruises and received medical assistance in a hospital after settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar severely beat him and escaped the scene.
Several Palestinian young men suffered injuries during violent clashes on Saturday evening with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Kafr Qaddum town, east of Qalqilya in the West Bank.
According to local sources, the IOF randomly fired tear gas grenades at the young men during the events, triggering flames in nearby fields.
Every week, Palestinians and foreign activists stage a weekly march in the town of Kafr Qaddum to protest Israel’s closure of the village’s main street and settlement activities.
The Israeli occupation army blocked off the road after expanding the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim in 2003, forcing village residents to take a bypass road in order to travel to Nablus, which has extended the travel time to Nablus from 15 minutes to 40 minutes, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
In a separate incident, a horde of Jewish settlers on the same day physically assaulted a Palestinian citizen in Einabus village, south of Nablus city.
Local sources in Einabus said that a local resident called Iyad Fawzi suffered injuries and bruises and received medical assistance in a hospital after settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar severely beat him and escaped the scene.
15 may 2020
Israeli settlers Thursday evening attacked a number of Palestinian vehicles near Burin village, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that a large number of settlers hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles travelling along the road connecting the west Bank cities of Nablus and Qalqilia.
They also sneaked their way into Burin village in an attempt to attack the villagers’ houses, but their attack was fended off.
The attackers reportedly came from Yitzhar, an illegal colonial settlement inhabited by hardcore fanatic Jews.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that a large number of settlers hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles travelling along the road connecting the west Bank cities of Nablus and Qalqilia.
They also sneaked their way into Burin village in an attempt to attack the villagers’ houses, but their attack was fended off.
The attackers reportedly came from Yitzhar, an illegal colonial settlement inhabited by hardcore fanatic Jews.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
13 may 2020
A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the town of Beitin, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and write graffiti calling for “spilling blood.”
Local sources said the colonists infiltrated into the town, and wrote graffiti on many walls, and added that some graffiti said, “I will not leave until blood is spilled here,” and “the lives of our soldiers are more important than the lives of our enemies.”
The sources added that many locals noticed the invading colonists and chased them out of the village.
The incident comes just one day after an Israeli soldier, identified as Amit Ben Ygal, 21, was killed when the army invaded Ya’bad village, southwest of Jenin city. in the northern West Bank, after the army invaded it.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, the soldiers invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, killed a Palestinian child, identified as Zeid Fadel Qaisiyya, 15, and injured four young men.
Local sources said the colonists infiltrated into the town, and wrote graffiti on many walls, and added that some graffiti said, “I will not leave until blood is spilled here,” and “the lives of our soldiers are more important than the lives of our enemies.”
The sources added that many locals noticed the invading colonists and chased them out of the village.
The incident comes just one day after an Israeli soldier, identified as Amit Ben Ygal, 21, was killed when the army invaded Ya’bad village, southwest of Jenin city. in the northern West Bank, after the army invaded it.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, the soldiers invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, killed a Palestinian child, identified as Zeid Fadel Qaisiyya, 15, and injured four young men.
12 may 2020
Hordes of Israeli settlers on Monday raided Sebastia town north of the West Bank city of Nablus while escorted by armed forces.
Local sources said that dozens of Israeli settlers, guarded by heavily armed soldiers, stormed the archaeological area of Sebastia.
The Israeli soldiers threw a cordon around the site and prevented Palestinian residents from approaching the area, they added.
Sebastia’s archaeological site is constantly attacked and raided by Israeli settlers since it is part of Israel’s Judaization project in the West Bank.
Local sources said that dozens of Israeli settlers, guarded by heavily armed soldiers, stormed the archaeological area of Sebastia.
The Israeli soldiers threw a cordon around the site and prevented Palestinian residents from approaching the area, they added.
Sebastia’s archaeological site is constantly attacked and raided by Israeli settlers since it is part of Israel’s Judaization project in the West Bank.
11 may 2020
Israeli settlers today stole seedlings and agricultural tools from a Palestinian plants nursery located on the Nablus-Tulkarm road in the north of the West Bank, reported Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official monitoring Israeli settlement activities.
He said surveillance cameras documented settlers breaking into the nursery and steeling plants, pipes and other tools before running away.
He said surveillance cameras documented settlers breaking into the nursery and steeling plants, pipes and other tools before running away.
9 may 2020
Extremist Jewish settlers today chopped down around 40 olive trees belonging to Palestinians in the village of Al-Mughayyir, near the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, local sources said.
The trees belonged to two Palestinian villagers from Al-Mughayyir.
Israeli soldiers who were patrolling the scene reportedly prevented the two villagers from entering their farm and inspecting the damaged trees.
Settler violence is commonplace across the occupied West Bank, and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities as the Palestinian Authority has no jurisdiction over Israeli Jewish settlers.
Palestinians and rights groups have repeatedly blamed Israel for fostering a “culture of impunity” for Jewish settlers committing acts of violence against Palestinians.
The trees belonged to two Palestinian villagers from Al-Mughayyir.
Israeli soldiers who were patrolling the scene reportedly prevented the two villagers from entering their farm and inspecting the damaged trees.
Settler violence is commonplace across the occupied West Bank, and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities as the Palestinian Authority has no jurisdiction over Israeli Jewish settlers.
Palestinians and rights groups have repeatedly blamed Israel for fostering a “culture of impunity” for Jewish settlers committing acts of violence against Palestinians.