27 nov 2016
Yair Grinshpan
Thirty persons have been arrested on suspicion of arson and five for incitement, including a 37-year-old resident of Ganei Tikva who was granted conditional release.
Yair Grinshpan, a 37-year-old resident of Ganei Tikva near Petach Tikvah, was arrested on Saturday night after calling on his Facebook page “to burn Arab villages,” one of five persons arrested thus far for online incitement to violence following the recent wave of fires.
Grinshpan was granted conditional release by the Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court for of his suspected offenses of incitement to violence. He was ordered not to use his mobile phone or computer for the next month.
The suspect was arrested at midnight Sunday after writing, among other things: "What happened in Haifa and Jerusalem will happen in Umm al-Fahm," he wrote in reference to the Arab town located northwest of Jenin, "to burn the sons of bitches back."
"Just burning Arab villages in return; this is war," read another of his inflammatory posts. "To all the leftists who believe in piece, know that in the Palestinian Authority they're happily calling to burn more places here."
The accused's lawyer, Limor Bramli, claimed that her client was not permitted to consult with a lawyer before his arrest and protested the fact that his computer was taken without a warrant. "My client expressed his opinion on Facebook with a group of a lot of other people who expressed their opinion," she told Ynet. "There were opinions that were a lot more extreme than his opinions, but he was chosen as a scapegoat without a justified reason. He expressed an opinion and didn't tell others to commit a physical act. He wrote words in the framework of freedom of expression."
At the time of publication, the Israel Police have arrested 23 suspects for arson relating to the wave of fires that plagued the country over the past week, 18 of whom are Arab Israelis, with the rest being Palestinians. Twenty-three of them remain jailed. They have also arrested five persons—three Jews, including Grinshpan, and two Arabs—for online incitement.
The arrests for online incitement were carried out following the instructions of Interior Minister Gilad Erdan, who called on the police to work to curtail this trend.
The police reported to the government in the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday that some residents of Deir Hanna and Umm al-Fahm confessed to having intentionally started fires, the first admissions of guilt in the investigation.
Thirty persons have been arrested on suspicion of arson and five for incitement, including a 37-year-old resident of Ganei Tikva who was granted conditional release.
Yair Grinshpan, a 37-year-old resident of Ganei Tikva near Petach Tikvah, was arrested on Saturday night after calling on his Facebook page “to burn Arab villages,” one of five persons arrested thus far for online incitement to violence following the recent wave of fires.
Grinshpan was granted conditional release by the Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court for of his suspected offenses of incitement to violence. He was ordered not to use his mobile phone or computer for the next month.
The suspect was arrested at midnight Sunday after writing, among other things: "What happened in Haifa and Jerusalem will happen in Umm al-Fahm," he wrote in reference to the Arab town located northwest of Jenin, "to burn the sons of bitches back."
"Just burning Arab villages in return; this is war," read another of his inflammatory posts. "To all the leftists who believe in piece, know that in the Palestinian Authority they're happily calling to burn more places here."
The accused's lawyer, Limor Bramli, claimed that her client was not permitted to consult with a lawyer before his arrest and protested the fact that his computer was taken without a warrant. "My client expressed his opinion on Facebook with a group of a lot of other people who expressed their opinion," she told Ynet. "There were opinions that were a lot more extreme than his opinions, but he was chosen as a scapegoat without a justified reason. He expressed an opinion and didn't tell others to commit a physical act. He wrote words in the framework of freedom of expression."
At the time of publication, the Israel Police have arrested 23 suspects for arson relating to the wave of fires that plagued the country over the past week, 18 of whom are Arab Israelis, with the rest being Palestinians. Twenty-three of them remain jailed. They have also arrested five persons—three Jews, including Grinshpan, and two Arabs—for online incitement.
The arrests for online incitement were carried out following the instructions of Interior Minister Gilad Erdan, who called on the police to work to curtail this trend.
The police reported to the government in the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday that some residents of Deir Hanna and Umm al-Fahm confessed to having intentionally started fires, the first admissions of guilt in the investigation.
Around one hundred Jewish settlers broke into the holy Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning.
Quds Press reported that Israeli policemen and special forces secured the tour of 96 Jewish settlers inside the Islamic holy site from Bab al-Maghareba to Bab al-Silsila.
The agency reported that 300 Jewish settlers had entered the site on similar tours in the period November 19 -24 through Bab al-Maghareba who has been under Israeli control since the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967.
Quds Press reported that Israeli policemen and special forces secured the tour of 96 Jewish settlers inside the Islamic holy site from Bab al-Maghareba to Bab al-Silsila.
The agency reported that 300 Jewish settlers had entered the site on similar tours in the period November 19 -24 through Bab al-Maghareba who has been under Israeli control since the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967.
Israeli settlers, on Sunday, attempted to cultivate Palestinian-owned lands in the village of Sakout, near Tubas in the Jordan Valley, according to local sources.
Muataz Besharat, who monitors settlement activity in Jordan Valley, said that Israeli settlers, accompanied by agricultural equipment, broke into a land near the village and attempted to cultivate it. The land belongs to a local Palestinian villager, according to WAFA correspondence.
The ownership of the land, which comprises an area of 3,500 dunams, was reinstated to its original Palestinian owners earlier this year, after being illegally seized by Israeli settlers.
Muataz Besharat, who monitors settlement activity in Jordan Valley, said that Israeli settlers, accompanied by agricultural equipment, broke into a land near the village and attempted to cultivate it. The land belongs to a local Palestinian villager, according to WAFA correspondence.
The ownership of the land, which comprises an area of 3,500 dunams, was reinstated to its original Palestinian owners earlier this year, after being illegally seized by Israeli settlers.
26 nov 2016
A group of settlers attacked Saturday evening Palestinian residents in the Old City in al-Khalil to the south of occupied West Bank.
Eyewitnesses told PIC reporter that Israeli settlers stormed in large numbers the Old City and attacked local houses and shops.
A Palestinian young man was injured during the settlers’ attack and immediately taken to hospital.
A second young man was also injured during the attack before being arrested by Israeli forces.
The attack came only a day after hundreds of Jewish settlers assaulted Palestinian citizens and their property in different neighborhood of al-Khalil city.
Eyewitnesses told PIC reporter that Israeli settlers stormed in large numbers the Old City and attacked local houses and shops.
A Palestinian young man was injured during the settlers’ attack and immediately taken to hospital.
A second young man was also injured during the attack before being arrested by Israeli forces.
The attack came only a day after hundreds of Jewish settlers assaulted Palestinian citizens and their property in different neighborhood of al-Khalil city.
Fires continued to burn in different parts of Israel Saturday morning, with hundreds of Jewish settlers being evacuated from the West Bank settlement of Halamish.
The raging fire destroyed over 45 homes and caused damage to many others in the settlement, according to the Israeli police.
Vehicles and infrastructure were also either burned down or sustained damage in Halamish, where over 20 firefighting crews were dispatched to control the spread of flames.
The raging fire destroyed over 45 homes and caused damage to many others in the settlement, according to the Israeli police.
Vehicles and infrastructure were also either burned down or sustained damage in Halamish, where over 20 firefighting crews were dispatched to control the spread of flames.
A horde of Jewish settlers on Friday evening assaulted Palestinian citizens and their property in different neighborhood of al-Khalil city.
Local sources reported that settlers attacked homes in the areas of Wadi al-Haseen, Jaber and Wadi al-Nasara near Kiryat Arba settlement, east of al-Khalil city.
They said that the settlers brutalized citizens from the family of Jaber and pillaged a store belonging to a young man from the same family.
Two young men suffered injuries and received a medical care in Alia hospital in al-Khalil after settlers assaulted them in Jaber area, the sources added.
Local sources reported that settlers attacked homes in the areas of Wadi al-Haseen, Jaber and Wadi al-Nasara near Kiryat Arba settlement, east of al-Khalil city.
They said that the settlers brutalized citizens from the family of Jaber and pillaged a store belonging to a young man from the same family.
Two young men suffered injuries and received a medical care in Alia hospital in al-Khalil after settlers assaulted them in Jaber area, the sources added.
25 nov 2016
Safed's chief rabbi explains Fri. morning that shooting Arab arsonists would have saved the country from its current wave of flames; Rabbi Elyakim Levanon says that fires won't cease until 'Regulation Bill' is passed.
Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, posted a ruling on Jewish law on Friday morning that permits shooting Arabs who are trying to cause fires, even if this were to violate Shabbat. Another leading rabbi explained Thursday that the country's fires were divine punishment for delays in the "Regulation Bill."
Eliyahu answered a question that had been posed to him asking if Shabbat could be desecrated to stop, report or shoot Arabs trying to light fires near the questioner's home. The reply read in part, "The prime minister described the arson as terrorism. One of the heads of the Shin Bet called it a weapon of mass description. It's a miracle that people weren't burned alive, but we don't rely on miracles. It's certainly permitted and required to violate Shabbat to stop the fire and the arsonists. And if necessary, also to shoot them."
Eliyahu continued, "If in Beit Me'ir, Carmiel or Haifa they had shot the arsonists, we would have been spared from this disaster. I hope that the chief of staff and the police commissioner will give clear instructions to soldiers and police officers and citizens drawn from the fact that the fires have not finishes, and it is their responsibility."
Thursday night, Samaria Regional Council Rabbi Elyakim Levanon did not seem to believe that shooting arsonists could quench the flames. He posited that the dry weather and the fires that have broken out across the country as a partial result are divine punishment for the intended evacuation of West Bank settlements, such as Amona.
In his own publication, Levanon, another leading figure in Religious Zionism and on the right, wrote, "Anybody with eyes and brain in his head can see how the country thirsts for water. We're at the end of the month of November according to the Gregorian calendar, and there's still no sign of rain… strong winds… everything is dry, flammable, burning!"
He explained, "The hand of God is doing this" because "the Israeli government is delaying the passage of the Regulation Bill."
Levanon explained how the curse of conflagrations could be averted: "Until the shame of the threat of destroying the settlements in the Land of Israel, in Amona, in Ofra and in many other places is not removed, there will be a drought! The day that the decision is taken that can't be gotten around with legal wrangling—that very day the rains of blessing will begin to fall."
Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, posted a ruling on Jewish law on Friday morning that permits shooting Arabs who are trying to cause fires, even if this were to violate Shabbat. Another leading rabbi explained Thursday that the country's fires were divine punishment for delays in the "Regulation Bill."
Eliyahu answered a question that had been posed to him asking if Shabbat could be desecrated to stop, report or shoot Arabs trying to light fires near the questioner's home. The reply read in part, "The prime minister described the arson as terrorism. One of the heads of the Shin Bet called it a weapon of mass description. It's a miracle that people weren't burned alive, but we don't rely on miracles. It's certainly permitted and required to violate Shabbat to stop the fire and the arsonists. And if necessary, also to shoot them."
Eliyahu continued, "If in Beit Me'ir, Carmiel or Haifa they had shot the arsonists, we would have been spared from this disaster. I hope that the chief of staff and the police commissioner will give clear instructions to soldiers and police officers and citizens drawn from the fact that the fires have not finishes, and it is their responsibility."
Thursday night, Samaria Regional Council Rabbi Elyakim Levanon did not seem to believe that shooting arsonists could quench the flames. He posited that the dry weather and the fires that have broken out across the country as a partial result are divine punishment for the intended evacuation of West Bank settlements, such as Amona.
In his own publication, Levanon, another leading figure in Religious Zionism and on the right, wrote, "Anybody with eyes and brain in his head can see how the country thirsts for water. We're at the end of the month of November according to the Gregorian calendar, and there's still no sign of rain… strong winds… everything is dry, flammable, burning!"
He explained, "The hand of God is doing this" because "the Israeli government is delaying the passage of the Regulation Bill."
Levanon explained how the curse of conflagrations could be averted: "Until the shame of the threat of destroying the settlements in the Land of Israel, in Amona, in Ofra and in many other places is not removed, there will be a drought! The day that the decision is taken that can't be gotten around with legal wrangling—that very day the rains of blessing will begin to fall."
23 nov 2016
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Wednesday morning al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police protection.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that 36 Israeli settlers broke into al-Aqsa today morning via the Magharibeh gate escorted by large numbers of Israeli forces.
Israeli fanatic settlers have been forcing their way into the Mosque on almost daily basis.
Earlier Tuesday, Israeli military sources revealed that Israeli Ministers and MKs will regain permission to break into the al-Aqsa Mosque.
A ban on Israeli ministers and MKs has been in place for several months under the recommendations of the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu after tension has reached a peak in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that 36 Israeli settlers broke into al-Aqsa today morning via the Magharibeh gate escorted by large numbers of Israeli forces.
Israeli fanatic settlers have been forcing their way into the Mosque on almost daily basis.
Earlier Tuesday, Israeli military sources revealed that Israeli Ministers and MKs will regain permission to break into the al-Aqsa Mosque.
A ban on Israeli ministers and MKs has been in place for several months under the recommendations of the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu after tension has reached a peak in the occupied Palestinian territories.
22 nov 2016
Israeli settlers, on Tuesday, set fire to a Palestinian-owned home in Masafer Yatta, to the south of Hebron, according to a local activist.
Rateb al-Jabour, coordinator of the popular committee against the separation wall and settlements, told WAFA correspondence that settlers from the illegal settlement of Beit Yatir, built on Palestinian-owned land, attacked the home of Mohammed Abu Qbaita with Molotov cocktails, setting fire to the house and causing financial damages to the house.
No one was physically injured in the attack.
Rateb al-Jabour, coordinator of the popular committee against the separation wall and settlements, told WAFA correspondence that settlers from the illegal settlement of Beit Yatir, built on Palestinian-owned land, attacked the home of Mohammed Abu Qbaita with Molotov cocktails, setting fire to the house and causing financial damages to the house.
No one was physically injured in the attack.
