17 nov 2017
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked, Friday evening, a number of Palestinian houses located near Kiryat Arba settlement in al-Khalil’s Old City.
Local sources affirmed that heavily-armed settlers stormed the area under military protection and violently stormed a number of houses owned by Sa’afin family.
Two children were severely injured during the attack and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Local sources affirmed that heavily-armed settlers stormed the area under military protection and violently stormed a number of houses owned by Sa’afin family.
Two children were severely injured during the attack and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
TV7 Hebrew news revealed that settlers on Friday finished collecting donations allocated for establishing a new settlement neighborhood in al-Khalil city in the southern West Bank.
The move was backed by political figures and members of Israeli Knesset as well as American Jews.
TV7 quoted Noam Arnon, spokesman for settlers in al-Khalil, as saying that the donations are going to be spent on the construction of homes for Jewish settlers.
The new project plan aims at the establishment of 31 apartments, kindergartens and public facilities in the new illegal Jewish settlement neighborhood.
The move was backed by political figures and members of Israeli Knesset as well as American Jews.
TV7 quoted Noam Arnon, spokesman for settlers in al-Khalil, as saying that the donations are going to be spent on the construction of homes for Jewish settlers.
The new project plan aims at the establishment of 31 apartments, kindergartens and public facilities in the new illegal Jewish settlement neighborhood.
A Palestinian young man was shot and seriously injured by the Israeli occupation forces on Friday morning after he allegedly rammed his car into Israeli settlers near Gush Etzion illegal settlement, south of Bethlehem province.
Israeli sources have reported that the Palestinian rammed his car into two Israeli settlers at Efrat Junction and Gush Etzion Junction, south of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank, and drove towards Israeli soldiers before they shot him, causing him serious injuries.
According to the Israeli reports, the Palestinian first hit a settler at the Efrat Junction, and continued driving towards nearby Gush Etzion Junction, where he rammed another Israeli settler.
The Palestinian then reportedly exited his car, and allegedly ran towards a group of soldiers at Etzion Junction, in an attempt to stab them, but they shot him, inflicting serious wounds.
Israeli medics said the settlers suffered mild-to-moderate wounds.
Moments after the alleged attack, The occupation army closed off the area in anticipation of other anti-occupation attacks.
The first settler is reportedly aged 35; the second an elderly male, approximately 70 years of age.
The Palestinian driver was transferred to a hospital in Occupied Jerusalem for urgent treatment.
Two Israelis, One Palestinian, Injured Near Bethlehem
Israeli sources have reported, on Friday morning, that a Palestinian allegedly rammed and injured two Israeli settlers with his car, at Efrat Junction and Gush Etzion Junction, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and drove towards Israeli soldiers before they shot him, causing serious injuries.
Update: The Palestinian has been identified as Ezzeddin Karaja, 17, from Halhoul town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
According to a statement by the Israeli army, the Palestinian first rammed a settler at the Efrat South Junction, and continued driving towards nearby Gush Etzion Junction, where he rammed another Israeli.
Israeli daily Haaretz said that the Palestinian then exited his car, and reportedly ran towards a group of soldiers at Etzion Junction, “in an attempt to stab them,” but they shot him inflicting serious wounds.
Haaretz added that the settler who was injured at the Efrat Junction is an elderly male, identified David Ramati, 70, and suffered a mild injury, and that the second is also a male, 35, who suffered serious wounds.
Israeli sources have reported that the Palestinian rammed his car into two Israeli settlers at Efrat Junction and Gush Etzion Junction, south of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank, and drove towards Israeli soldiers before they shot him, causing him serious injuries.
According to the Israeli reports, the Palestinian first hit a settler at the Efrat Junction, and continued driving towards nearby Gush Etzion Junction, where he rammed another Israeli settler.
The Palestinian then reportedly exited his car, and allegedly ran towards a group of soldiers at Etzion Junction, in an attempt to stab them, but they shot him, inflicting serious wounds.
Israeli medics said the settlers suffered mild-to-moderate wounds.
Moments after the alleged attack, The occupation army closed off the area in anticipation of other anti-occupation attacks.
The first settler is reportedly aged 35; the second an elderly male, approximately 70 years of age.
The Palestinian driver was transferred to a hospital in Occupied Jerusalem for urgent treatment.
Two Israelis, One Palestinian, Injured Near Bethlehem
Israeli sources have reported, on Friday morning, that a Palestinian allegedly rammed and injured two Israeli settlers with his car, at Efrat Junction and Gush Etzion Junction, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and drove towards Israeli soldiers before they shot him, causing serious injuries.
Update: The Palestinian has been identified as Ezzeddin Karaja, 17, from Halhoul town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
According to a statement by the Israeli army, the Palestinian first rammed a settler at the Efrat South Junction, and continued driving towards nearby Gush Etzion Junction, where he rammed another Israeli.
Israeli daily Haaretz said that the Palestinian then exited his car, and reportedly ran towards a group of soldiers at Etzion Junction, “in an attempt to stab them,” but they shot him inflicting serious wounds.
Haaretz added that the settler who was injured at the Efrat Junction is an elderly male, identified David Ramati, 70, and suffered a mild injury, and that the second is also a male, 35, who suffered serious wounds.
16 nov 2017
A Palestinian lawyer was detained after attempting to report a settler attack in a police station in occupied Jerusalem.
The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz said the lawyer Tariq Bargouthi headed to Ma'aleh Adumim police station last Tuesday to file a complaint against a number of settlers who brutally attacked him along with his friend.
The policewoman, who took his report at the police station, quickly shifted to questioning him about municipal taxes he allegedly owed and issued him a court summons, the paper said.
The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz said the lawyer Tariq Bargouthi headed to Ma'aleh Adumim police station last Tuesday to file a complaint against a number of settlers who brutally attacked him along with his friend.
The policewoman, who took his report at the police station, quickly shifted to questioning him about municipal taxes he allegedly owed and issued him a court summons, the paper said.
Dozens of Israeli settlers on Thursday morning stormed the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police.
Jerusalemite sources reported that 140 settlers, in successive groups, stormed al-Aqsa Mosque from al-Maghareba gate while listening to Talmudic explanations and performing Jewish rituals.
Furthermore, another group of 36 Jewish students were allowed to tour all of the Mosque's plazas, except for roofed oratories, without following a certain path like other settlers.
Settlers' incursions into al-Aqsa Mosque are carried out almost on a daily basis and they are done in two rounds: The first begins from 7 to 11 a.m. and the second starts after the Muslim noon prayer and lasts for an hour.
Meanwhile, Israeli police arrested the Jerusalemite photographer Mustafa al-Kharouf from his home in Wad al-Joze neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem for unrevealed reasons.
On the other hand, the police released both female teachers: Khadija Khuwais and Hanadi Halawani. They were banned from entering al-Aqsa Mosque for unannounced terms.
Jerusalemite sources reported that 140 settlers, in successive groups, stormed al-Aqsa Mosque from al-Maghareba gate while listening to Talmudic explanations and performing Jewish rituals.
Furthermore, another group of 36 Jewish students were allowed to tour all of the Mosque's plazas, except for roofed oratories, without following a certain path like other settlers.
Settlers' incursions into al-Aqsa Mosque are carried out almost on a daily basis and they are done in two rounds: The first begins from 7 to 11 a.m. and the second starts after the Muslim noon prayer and lasts for an hour.
Meanwhile, Israeli police arrested the Jerusalemite photographer Mustafa al-Kharouf from his home in Wad al-Joze neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem for unrevealed reasons.
On the other hand, the police released both female teachers: Khadija Khuwais and Hanadi Halawani. They were banned from entering al-Aqsa Mosque for unannounced terms.
creation and steady expansion of the Israeli settlement Yitzhar, violent settlers do anything they can to harm the Palestinian farmers and families, without any risk of being punished for these crimes.
A farmer from Burin, whose olive field was set on fire, explained to us that the settler group chased him and his two companions and that they managed to escape.
The Palestinian Fire-brigade of Burin waited for permission from the Israeli authority to extinguish the fire, which they apparently did not get.
Israel is authoritative for the security in Area-C, and should, instead of blocking the Palestinian Fire brigade, fight any fire in Area-C themselves, which it has not done in the 25 year since this authority was agreed on, in the Oslo accords.
Instead of this, we saw border police, settler security and the settlers side-by-side, in the illegal Hilltop outpost, looking at the burning fields.
The next day, 6 November, 2017, at 8:30 AM, a group of nine settlers tried to attack farmers and workers who had official permission of the Israeli security authority, to harvest and cultivate the fields of the Owda family, which was partly burned down the previous day.
The large group of border police refused us entrance to the the area, which apparently was declared a closed military zone. The commander showed us the declaration on a paper, which didn’t show many details.
A farmer from Burin, whose olive field was set on fire, explained to us that the settler group chased him and his two companions and that they managed to escape.
The Palestinian Fire-brigade of Burin waited for permission from the Israeli authority to extinguish the fire, which they apparently did not get.
Israel is authoritative for the security in Area-C, and should, instead of blocking the Palestinian Fire brigade, fight any fire in Area-C themselves, which it has not done in the 25 year since this authority was agreed on, in the Oslo accords.
Instead of this, we saw border police, settler security and the settlers side-by-side, in the illegal Hilltop outpost, looking at the burning fields.
The next day, 6 November, 2017, at 8:30 AM, a group of nine settlers tried to attack farmers and workers who had official permission of the Israeli security authority, to harvest and cultivate the fields of the Owda family, which was partly burned down the previous day.
The large group of border police refused us entrance to the the area, which apparently was declared a closed military zone. The commander showed us the declaration on a paper, which didn’t show many details.
14 nov 2017
Groups of Jewish settlers escorted by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed the Old City of al-Khalil on Tuesday morning and attacked Palestinian citizens.
The PIC reporter said that IOF soldiers closed a number of shops, checked the IDs of the Palestinian youths at their entry to the Old City and arrested Khalil al-Tamimi, 18, and took him to an unknown destination.
Settlers, from the illegal settlement outposts in al-Khalil: Beit Hadassah, Beit Romano and Tel Rumeida, broke into the historic area in the city and attacked shops’ owners and the passingby Palestinians.
The PIC reporter said that IOF soldiers closed a number of shops, checked the IDs of the Palestinian youths at their entry to the Old City and arrested Khalil al-Tamimi, 18, and took him to an unknown destination.
Settlers, from the illegal settlement outposts in al-Khalil: Beit Hadassah, Beit Romano and Tel Rumeida, broke into the historic area in the city and attacked shops’ owners and the passingby Palestinians.
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Tuesday morning the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque via al-Magharibah gate under heavy police protection.
According to Quds Press, 88 settlers, in successive groups, broke into the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque and roamed the plazas of the holy site while performing Talmudic rituals before exiting from al-Silsila gate.
Three officers of the Israeli intelligence and eight police officers were among the group of settlers in their incursion into the holy site.
The Jewish settlers then gathered in front of the Mosque's Silsila gate and started dancing and singing in clear provocation to Muslim worshipers.
According to Quds Press, 88 settlers, in successive groups, broke into the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque and roamed the plazas of the holy site while performing Talmudic rituals before exiting from al-Silsila gate.
Three officers of the Israeli intelligence and eight police officers were among the group of settlers in their incursion into the holy site.
The Jewish settlers then gathered in front of the Mosque's Silsila gate and started dancing and singing in clear provocation to Muslim worshipers.
Six Palestinian citizens suffered injuries on Monday night when a horde of Jewish settlers and soldiers attacked them in Kafr Qallil town, south of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank.
According to local sources, settlers stormed the upper area of Kafr Qallil and embarked on throwing stones at local residents.
Consequently, violent clashes broke out between local young men and Israeli soldiers, who rushed to the area to back up the settlers.
Medical sources said that a Red Crescent ambulance crew provided medical assistance to four young men after they suffered injuries during the events.
Two Palestinian citizens also suffered injuries last night when settlers hurled stones at their cars on a road near Huwara checkpoint, south of Nablus.
Israeli Colonists Injure Two Palestinians Near Nablus
A group of Israeli colonists hurled stones, on Monday evening, at many Palestinian cars, wounding two residents after smashing the front shields of their cars, near Nablus, in northern West Bank.
The colonists attacked the Palestinian cars near Huwwara military roadblock, south of Nablus.
The attacks led to the injury of the two Palestinians, and caused damage to several cars.
Furthermore, a group of colonists attacked Palestinian farmers in Kufur Qalil village, near Huwwara; there have been no reports of physical injuries.
According to local sources, settlers stormed the upper area of Kafr Qallil and embarked on throwing stones at local residents.
Consequently, violent clashes broke out between local young men and Israeli soldiers, who rushed to the area to back up the settlers.
Medical sources said that a Red Crescent ambulance crew provided medical assistance to four young men after they suffered injuries during the events.
Two Palestinian citizens also suffered injuries last night when settlers hurled stones at their cars on a road near Huwara checkpoint, south of Nablus.
Israeli Colonists Injure Two Palestinians Near Nablus
A group of Israeli colonists hurled stones, on Monday evening, at many Palestinian cars, wounding two residents after smashing the front shields of their cars, near Nablus, in northern West Bank.
The colonists attacked the Palestinian cars near Huwwara military roadblock, south of Nablus.
The attacks led to the injury of the two Palestinians, and caused damage to several cars.
Furthermore, a group of colonists attacked Palestinian farmers in Kufur Qalil village, near Huwwara; there have been no reports of physical injuries.
13 nov 2017
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested, Monday afternoon, a Palestinian child from al-Khalil’s Old City, south of West Bank.
As he was leaving his school, the child was brutally attacked by an Israeli settlers living in a nearby settlement illegally built in the area.
The child tried to defend himself, however; IOF soldiers intervened and arrested the schoolboy.
The detained minor was then taken to unknown detention center.
As he was leaving his school, the child was brutally attacked by an Israeli settlers living in a nearby settlement illegally built in the area.
The child tried to defend himself, however; IOF soldiers intervened and arrested the schoolboy.
The detained minor was then taken to unknown detention center.
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Monday morning the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque via al-Magharibah gate under heavy police protection.
Some 50 settlers broke into the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque under protection by Israeli policemen and heavily armed Special Forces who escorted settlers while roaming the plazas of the holy site and receiving Talmudic rituals before exiting from al-Silsila gate.
Israeli police tightened the grip at the gates of the holy shrine and scrutinized and confiscated the IDs of Muslim worshipers during their entry to the Mosque.
Some 50 settlers broke into the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque under protection by Israeli policemen and heavily armed Special Forces who escorted settlers while roaming the plazas of the holy site and receiving Talmudic rituals before exiting from al-Silsila gate.
Israeli police tightened the grip at the gates of the holy shrine and scrutinized and confiscated the IDs of Muslim worshipers during their entry to the Mosque.
12 nov 2017
Israeli settlers on Sunday morning leveled Palestinian lands in Asira al-Qibliyeh town, south of the northern occupied West Bank province of Nablus.
Head of Asira al-Qibliyeh Village Council, Hafedh Saleh, told a PIC news correspondent that an Israeli bulldozer razed Palestinian land tracts near the illegal settlement outpost of Yitzhar, built on Palestinian lands in the area.
According to Saleh, the measure makes part of Israeli attempts to expand the aforementioned settlement, built in 2002 and comprising makeshift homes and structures for raising livestock.
He added that the bulldozing activity, carried out under the supervision of Israeli army patrols, had been carried out at a distance of less than 150 meters away from Palestinian homes and residential facilities.
Head of Asira al-Qibliyeh Village Council, Hafedh Saleh, told a PIC news correspondent that an Israeli bulldozer razed Palestinian land tracts near the illegal settlement outpost of Yitzhar, built on Palestinian lands in the area.
According to Saleh, the measure makes part of Israeli attempts to expand the aforementioned settlement, built in 2002 and comprising makeshift homes and structures for raising livestock.
He added that the bulldozing activity, carried out under the supervision of Israeli army patrols, had been carried out at a distance of less than 150 meters away from Palestinian homes and residential facilities.
The Israeli occupation army on Saturday evening escorted 35,000 Israeli settlers as they stormed the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil.
According to a statement by the Israeli army, the number of Israeli settlers who defiled the Ibrahimi Mosque and the Jewish Neighborhood has seen a swift upsurge from recent years.
Director of the Ibrahimi Mosque, Hefdhi Abu Sneineh, said the break-in represents a flagrant violation of the sanctity of the site and makes part of Israeli attempts to impose a new fait accompli in the area.
He added that flocks of Israeli military jeeps and settler hordes have been spotted near the site on Saturday.
At the same time, the occupation forces closed off the Beer Sheba street, in al-Khalil, to allow Israeli settlers to march to the so-called Atna'el bin Kannaz shrine.
The Israeli occupation authorities often shut the doors of the Ibrahimi Mosque before the Muslim worshipers under the recommendations of the Shamgar Commission, formed following the notorious Israeli massacre at the site in 1994 to temporally divide the mosque.
In early July, UNESCO registered the Old City of al-Khalil and the Ibrahimi Mosque on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The decision, passed in the 41st meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in Kraków, makes al-Khalil the fourth Palestinian site registered in the list in addition to Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Battir.
According to a statement by the Israeli army, the number of Israeli settlers who defiled the Ibrahimi Mosque and the Jewish Neighborhood has seen a swift upsurge from recent years.
Director of the Ibrahimi Mosque, Hefdhi Abu Sneineh, said the break-in represents a flagrant violation of the sanctity of the site and makes part of Israeli attempts to impose a new fait accompli in the area.
He added that flocks of Israeli military jeeps and settler hordes have been spotted near the site on Saturday.
At the same time, the occupation forces closed off the Beer Sheba street, in al-Khalil, to allow Israeli settlers to march to the so-called Atna'el bin Kannaz shrine.
The Israeli occupation authorities often shut the doors of the Ibrahimi Mosque before the Muslim worshipers under the recommendations of the Shamgar Commission, formed following the notorious Israeli massacre at the site in 1994 to temporally divide the mosque.
In early July, UNESCO registered the Old City of al-Khalil and the Ibrahimi Mosque on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The decision, passed in the 41st meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in Kraków, makes al-Khalil the fourth Palestinian site registered in the list in addition to Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Battir.
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Sunday morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam.
55 Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque as part of the morning break-in shift and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours.
Israeli police troops cordoned off the plazas of the site and intensified their presence near al-Qibli place of worship.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the Israeli police near the main entrances to the site. Several worshipers have been searched and dozens more have had their IDs seized while attempting to enter al-Aqsa to perform their daily prayers.
55 Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque as part of the morning break-in shift and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours.
Israeli police troops cordoned off the plazas of the site and intensified their presence near al-Qibli place of worship.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the Israeli police near the main entrances to the site. Several worshipers have been searched and dozens more have had their IDs seized while attempting to enter al-Aqsa to perform their daily prayers.
Israeli settlers on Sunday razed privately-owned Palestinian lands in Asira al-Qibliya village in Nablus province.
Head of the Asira al-Qibliya village council, Hafez Saleh, said that a group of Israeli settlers broke into Jabal Salman area and started to bulldoze Palestinian citizens' lands.
Saleh explained in statements to Quds Press that the bulldozing operations were carried out in lands that Palestinians are denied access to under the pretext that they are close to the outposts belonging to Yitzhar settlement.
He pointed out that no intervention was witnessed from the Israeli soldiers stationed in a nearby camp to stop the settler aggression.
Hafez added that he has contacted the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee and other concerned institutions to work to put an end to the Israeli settlers' attempts to expand one of the settlement outposts established in the area.
Head of the Asira al-Qibliya village council, Hafez Saleh, said that a group of Israeli settlers broke into Jabal Salman area and started to bulldoze Palestinian citizens' lands.
Saleh explained in statements to Quds Press that the bulldozing operations were carried out in lands that Palestinians are denied access to under the pretext that they are close to the outposts belonging to Yitzhar settlement.
He pointed out that no intervention was witnessed from the Israeli soldiers stationed in a nearby camp to stop the settler aggression.
Hafez added that he has contacted the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee and other concerned institutions to work to put an end to the Israeli settlers' attempts to expand one of the settlement outposts established in the area.