23 nov 2017
Dozens of Israeli settlers on Thursday evening stormed archaeological sites west of al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar, in the southern occupied West Bank.
A PIC news correspondent said dozens of Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Karmi Tsur, built on Palestinian land in Halhul and Beit Ummar, broke into a historical site in Jala area and performed sacrilegious rituals.
Extremist settlers attacked a Palestinian family while they were picking olives. 64-year-old Khalil Adi sustained bruises in his head and was taken to the public hospital.
Palestinian farmers have frequently been banned from reaching their ranches near the Karmi Tsur illegal outpost.
A PIC news correspondent said dozens of Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Karmi Tsur, built on Palestinian land in Halhul and Beit Ummar, broke into a historical site in Jala area and performed sacrilegious rituals.
Extremist settlers attacked a Palestinian family while they were picking olives. 64-year-old Khalil Adi sustained bruises in his head and was taken to the public hospital.
Palestinian farmers have frequently been banned from reaching their ranches near the Karmi Tsur illegal outpost.
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Thursday al-Aqsa Mosque via the Israeli-controlled al-Aqsa Mosque, Palestinian Islamic Endowments Department revealed.
According to the sources, 44 settlers broke into al-Aqsa courtyards in the presence of a large number of Israeli policemen and armed special forces.
Meanwhile, 50 Jewish students had broken into al-Aqsa Mosque during the morning shift of incursions.
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.
According to the sources, 44 settlers broke into al-Aqsa courtyards in the presence of a large number of Israeli policemen and armed special forces.
Meanwhile, 50 Jewish students had broken into al-Aqsa Mosque during the morning shift of incursions.
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.
Israeli soldiers confiscated, Thursday, a garbage collection truck owned by the Joint Services Council for Solid Waste Management, from ‘Aqraba village, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Yousef Deeriyya, a member of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Aqraba, said the soldiers chased the truck, and confiscated it, after collecting and burning the garbage the designated area in ad-Dowwa area, northeast of Aqaba.
The army said that the colonist settlers, living on illegally-confiscated Palestinian lands, “were annoyed by the noise.”
It is worth mentioning that Israel has been trying to prevent the Palestinians from using that area for the collection and disposal of garbage and trash, as it is trying to illegally confiscate it, for the benefit of the colonists.
Last August, the soldiers confiscated a garbage collection truck, owned by Qabalan Local Council, after stopping it near Aqraba.
Yousef Deeriyya, a member of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Aqraba, said the soldiers chased the truck, and confiscated it, after collecting and burning the garbage the designated area in ad-Dowwa area, northeast of Aqaba.
The army said that the colonist settlers, living on illegally-confiscated Palestinian lands, “were annoyed by the noise.”
It is worth mentioning that Israel has been trying to prevent the Palestinians from using that area for the collection and disposal of garbage and trash, as it is trying to illegally confiscate it, for the benefit of the colonists.
Last August, the soldiers confiscated a garbage collection truck, owned by Qabalan Local Council, after stopping it near Aqraba.
22 nov 2017
69 Israeli settlers on Wednesday morning stormed the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police.
Jerusalemite sources reported that 47 settlers and 22 Jewish students broke into al-Aqsa Mosque from al-Maghareba gate and carried out tours throughout the Mosque's plazas.
Meanwhile, Israeli police continued to impose tight restrictions on Palestinian worshipers’ access into the compound.
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.
Jerusalemite sources reported that 47 settlers and 22 Jewish students broke into al-Aqsa Mosque from al-Maghareba gate and carried out tours throughout the Mosque's plazas.
Meanwhile, Israeli police continued to impose tight restrictions on Palestinian worshipers’ access into the compound.
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.
21 nov 2017
Israeli right-wing activist Baruch Marzel called for the execution of all Palestinians who are shot and injured during alleged anti-occupation attacks instead of providing them with medical treatment.
In an interview with Arutz Sheva, Marzel, a rabbi, said, "I've noticed that the State of Israel has been deteriorating since the Elor Azariya affair.
Terrorists are not killed and soldiers do not finish the job and do not make sure that the terrorist is dead. The terrorist is evacuated by MDA to our hospitals and receives treatment for hundreds of thousands of shekels alongside the wounded Jew.”
“The time has come for the Israeli government to stop humiliating its victims and the people of Israel. The terrorist must not be treated. A terrorist must die as soon as he comes to harm Jews," he continued.
“Have we gone crazy? To give treatment to a terrorist instead of killing him - that’s our morality? ‘He who comes to kill you, pamper him first.”
The Israeli soldier Elor Azariya who shot and killed a wounded Palestinian, who was incapacitated having already been shot, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for manslaughter.
The March 24 shooting, in the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil, was filmed by activists from the Israeli B'Tselem human rights group.
That video shows the young Palestinian lying on the ground while bleeding.
Azariya then delivers the fatal blow, shooting him again in the head without any provocation.
Rabbi Urges Israeli Military to ‘Finish Off’ Wounded Palestinians
In an interview with Arutz Sheva, Marzel, a rabbi, said, "I've noticed that the State of Israel has been deteriorating since the Elor Azariya affair.
Terrorists are not killed and soldiers do not finish the job and do not make sure that the terrorist is dead. The terrorist is evacuated by MDA to our hospitals and receives treatment for hundreds of thousands of shekels alongside the wounded Jew.”
“The time has come for the Israeli government to stop humiliating its victims and the people of Israel. The terrorist must not be treated. A terrorist must die as soon as he comes to harm Jews," he continued.
“Have we gone crazy? To give treatment to a terrorist instead of killing him - that’s our morality? ‘He who comes to kill you, pamper him first.”
The Israeli soldier Elor Azariya who shot and killed a wounded Palestinian, who was incapacitated having already been shot, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for manslaughter.
The March 24 shooting, in the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil, was filmed by activists from the Israeli B'Tselem human rights group.
That video shows the young Palestinian lying on the ground while bleeding.
Azariya then delivers the fatal blow, shooting him again in the head without any provocation.
Rabbi Urges Israeli Military to ‘Finish Off’ Wounded Palestinians
A Jewish rabbi has urged Israeli occupation forces to “finish off” wounded Palestinians who carry out resistance attacks, and to refrain from providing them with medical treatment or first aid, leaving them to bleed to death.
The right-wing, Rabbi Baruch Marzel, who lives in an illegal settlement in Hebron, claims that “since the Elor Azarya affair, terrorists are not killed and soldiers do not finish the job and do not make sure that the terrorist is dead.”
However, according to the PNN, the facts on the ground indicate that Israelis have been continuously targeting unarmed Palestinians. The most recent incident was when a member of the Givati Brigade killed a young Palestinian man, Mohammed Musa, 29, and left him to bleed to death. His sister Latifa Musa, 33, was wounded, which forced the brigade’s leadership in the occupied West Bank to reprimand the soldier and dismiss another officer.
Elor Azarya shot Abdul Fattah Al-Sharif as he lay motionless on the floor in occupied Hebron on 24 March 2016. After pulling the trigger Azaria said: “He deserved to die.”
Marzel also told Israel’s Channel 7: “The terrorist is evacuated by [Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical service] MDA to our hospitals and receives treatment for hundreds of thousands of shekels alongside the wounded Jew.
The time has come for the Israeli government to stop humiliating its victims and the people of Israel. The terrorist must not be treated. A terrorist must die as soon as he comes to harm Jews.”
The right-wing, Rabbi Baruch Marzel, who lives in an illegal settlement in Hebron, claims that “since the Elor Azarya affair, terrorists are not killed and soldiers do not finish the job and do not make sure that the terrorist is dead.”
However, according to the PNN, the facts on the ground indicate that Israelis have been continuously targeting unarmed Palestinians. The most recent incident was when a member of the Givati Brigade killed a young Palestinian man, Mohammed Musa, 29, and left him to bleed to death. His sister Latifa Musa, 33, was wounded, which forced the brigade’s leadership in the occupied West Bank to reprimand the soldier and dismiss another officer.
Elor Azarya shot Abdul Fattah Al-Sharif as he lay motionless on the floor in occupied Hebron on 24 March 2016. After pulling the trigger Azaria said: “He deserved to die.”
Marzel also told Israel’s Channel 7: “The terrorist is evacuated by [Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical service] MDA to our hospitals and receives treatment for hundreds of thousands of shekels alongside the wounded Jew.
The time has come for the Israeli government to stop humiliating its victims and the people of Israel. The terrorist must not be treated. A terrorist must die as soon as he comes to harm Jews.”
Israeli police facilitated the entry of 45 Jewish settlers into the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday morning.
The PIC reporter said that the Israeli police allowed the entry of four groups of settlers into the holy Islamic site in the morning hours.
He added that special forces escorted the settlers throughout their tour in the holy site, adding that a number of settlers tried to perform Talmudic rituals in the eastern courtyards of the Mosque.
The PIC reporter said that the Israeli police allowed the entry of four groups of settlers into the holy Islamic site in the morning hours.
He added that special forces escorted the settlers throughout their tour in the holy site, adding that a number of settlers tried to perform Talmudic rituals in the eastern courtyards of the Mosque.
Two Palestinian young men suffered bullet injuries during violent clashes at dawn Tuesday with Israeli soldiers in the eastern area of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank.
The clashes broke out after soldiers stormed the city to provide protection for settlers flocking to Joseph’s Tomb for rituals.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of troops aboard military vehicles entered after midnight the eastern neighborhoods of Nablus city, where many of them were deployed throughout the streets and rooftops of some homes and buildings.
Later, other military vehicles were seen escorting buses carrying hundreds of Jewish settlers as they were heading for the area where the Joseph’s Tomb is located.
The eyewitnesses added that local young men rallied on the streets of Amman and al-Hisba and at the northern entrance to Balata refugee camp, and embarked on blocking roads with burning tires and throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at soldiers.
Medical sources said that one young man was rushed to Rafidia hospital after he suffered a live bullet injury and another one was treated on site for rubber bullet wounds.
Earlier, young men set fire to settlers’ car after they infiltrated into the same area without prior coordination with the Israeli army.
The clashes broke out after soldiers stormed the city to provide protection for settlers flocking to Joseph’s Tomb for rituals.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of troops aboard military vehicles entered after midnight the eastern neighborhoods of Nablus city, where many of them were deployed throughout the streets and rooftops of some homes and buildings.
Later, other military vehicles were seen escorting buses carrying hundreds of Jewish settlers as they were heading for the area where the Joseph’s Tomb is located.
The eyewitnesses added that local young men rallied on the streets of Amman and al-Hisba and at the northern entrance to Balata refugee camp, and embarked on blocking roads with burning tires and throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at soldiers.
Medical sources said that one young man was rushed to Rafidia hospital after he suffered a live bullet injury and another one was treated on site for rubber bullet wounds.
Earlier, young men set fire to settlers’ car after they infiltrated into the same area without prior coordination with the Israeli army.
Israeli settlers assaulted an Islamic cemetery in Jerusalem’s Prophet Daoud Mount on Monday.
According to local sources, Israeli settlers stormed a cemetery adjacent to Daoud’s shrine comprising tombs of the Palestinian Dajani family before they smashed headstones.
The cemetery is home to 55 graves. Six bodies were also buried around its walls. The cemetery has been permanently targeted by the Israeli authorities and settlers since 1948 after they seized the shrine.
According to local sources, Israeli settlers stormed a cemetery adjacent to Daoud’s shrine comprising tombs of the Palestinian Dajani family before they smashed headstones.
The cemetery is home to 55 graves. Six bodies were also buried around its walls. The cemetery has been permanently targeted by the Israeli authorities and settlers since 1948 after they seized the shrine.
20 nov 2017
Dozens of Israeli settlers on Monday morning stormed the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem under the protection of the Israeli police.
About 44 settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque from the Israeli-controlled Bab al-Maghareba Gate and roamed the courtyards of the holy site for more than three hours in the presence of a large number of Israeli policemen and Special Forces, Quds Press reported.
It noted that 12 Jewish students had broken into al-Aqsa Mosque during the morning shift of incursions.
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.
About 44 settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque from the Israeli-controlled Bab al-Maghareba Gate and roamed the courtyards of the holy site for more than three hours in the presence of a large number of Israeli policemen and Special Forces, Quds Press reported.
It noted that 12 Jewish students had broken into al-Aqsa Mosque during the morning shift of incursions.
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.
An Israeli court recently issued a verdict ordering the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian prisoners to pay 62 million shekels ($17.6 million) in compensation to the families of Jewish settlers killed in a 2001 shooting attack.
According to Maariv newspaper, the verdict, which was issued by the Israeli district court in Jerusalem last Friday, accused the PA of funding and providing the means for acts of terrorism.
The ruling referred to a shooting attack that was carried out at the start of the second Intifada (uprising) by resistance fighters affiliated with al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Fatah.
Such Israeli steps raise a question whether the PA will respond and file compensation lawsuits against Israel with international courts over the death of hundreds of Palestinians at the hands of its troops and settlers in the West Bank and Gaza.
According to Maariv newspaper, the verdict, which was issued by the Israeli district court in Jerusalem last Friday, accused the PA of funding and providing the means for acts of terrorism.
The ruling referred to a shooting attack that was carried out at the start of the second Intifada (uprising) by resistance fighters affiliated with al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Fatah.
Such Israeli steps raise a question whether the PA will respond and file compensation lawsuits against Israel with international courts over the death of hundreds of Palestinians at the hands of its troops and settlers in the West Bank and Gaza.
19 nov 2017
Dozens of Jewish settlers broke into the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning under Israeli security protection provided by special police forces.
The PIC reporter said that 86 settlers entered the holy Islamic site via the Maghareba Gate in six separate groups and roamed its plazas.
He added that 35 Israeli students toured the Aqsa Mosque compound along with guides, who explained to the students the history of the alleged Jewish Temple.
Many Muslim worshipers and Quran students were present in the holy site during the provocative tours, the reporter underlined.
The PIC reporter said that 86 settlers entered the holy Islamic site via the Maghareba Gate in six separate groups and roamed its plazas.
He added that 35 Israeli students toured the Aqsa Mosque compound along with guides, who explained to the students the history of the alleged Jewish Temple.
Many Muslim worshipers and Quran students were present in the holy site during the provocative tours, the reporter underlined.
A number of Palestinians, among them minors, were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Sunday in abduction sweeps rocking the West Bank.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of six Palestinians at predawn time on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
At the same time, dozens of Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli soldiers broke into Nabi Younes shrine and performed sacrilegious rituals, sparking tension in the area.
Meanwhile, two Palestinian minors—12-year-old Mohamed Ikhleil and 16-year-old Bashar al-Teit—along with Malek al-Teit, aged 19, were kidnapped by the IOF from their homes in al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar, in the southern West Bank.
Clashes also flared up shortly after the IOF rolled into Tulkarem city and attacked the Palestinian protesters with spates of teargas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.
The Palestinian anti-occupation youths reacted to the assault by hurling stones at the heavily-armed occupation troops.
The IOF also stormed Tulkarem’s refugee camp and kidnapped two Palestinian youths—Asid Ka’biya and Basel al-Belidi—after they wreaked havoc on their family homes.
The Israeli soldiers also stormed the home of the Palestinian ex-prisoner Abdullah al-Aleimi in the city and ravaged the building, triggering panic among the inhabitants.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of six Palestinians at predawn time on allegations of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
At the same time, dozens of Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli soldiers broke into Nabi Younes shrine and performed sacrilegious rituals, sparking tension in the area.
Meanwhile, two Palestinian minors—12-year-old Mohamed Ikhleil and 16-year-old Bashar al-Teit—along with Malek al-Teit, aged 19, were kidnapped by the IOF from their homes in al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar, in the southern West Bank.
Clashes also flared up shortly after the IOF rolled into Tulkarem city and attacked the Palestinian protesters with spates of teargas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.
The Palestinian anti-occupation youths reacted to the assault by hurling stones at the heavily-armed occupation troops.
The IOF also stormed Tulkarem’s refugee camp and kidnapped two Palestinian youths—Asid Ka’biya and Basel al-Belidi—after they wreaked havoc on their family homes.
The Israeli soldiers also stormed the home of the Palestinian ex-prisoner Abdullah al-Aleimi in the city and ravaged the building, triggering panic among the inhabitants.
At least two Palestinian citizens suffered injuries and several cars sustained damage during a stone-throwing attack by Jewish settlers on Road 60 in the eastern area of al-Khalil province in the occupied West Bank.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of settlers from the illegal settlements of Kiryat Arba and Kharsina rallied on Road 60 and hurled stones at Palestinian cars.
They added that two passengers identified as Shaaban Jaber, 56, and Ali al-Manasra, 73, were rushed to hospital after they suffered injuries from broken glass.
The attack also caused damage to other Palestinian cars traveling on the road.
Several soldiers were deployed along the road to provide protection for the settlers.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of settlers from the illegal settlements of Kiryat Arba and Kharsina rallied on Road 60 and hurled stones at Palestinian cars.
They added that two passengers identified as Shaaban Jaber, 56, and Ali al-Manasra, 73, were rushed to hospital after they suffered injuries from broken glass.
The attack also caused damage to other Palestinian cars traveling on the road.
Several soldiers were deployed along the road to provide protection for the settlers.
18 nov 2017
The Israeli military completely surrounded and isolated, on Friday evening, the town of Halhoul, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, as a collective punishment measure against the entire town, after a Palestinian boy attacked and mildly injured two colonist settlers, earlier in the day.
The Palestinian has been identified as Ezzeddin Ibrahim Karja, 17, from Halhoul. The soldiers shot him with several live rounds, causing serious wounds.
The Israeli army said that it decided to impose a siege on the town, “after assessing the security situation,” and that Karja’s family has been summoned for interrogation.
Lawyer Karim ‘Ajwa, of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, stated that Ezzeddin was still in a very serious condition at the Intensive Care Unit in Hadassah Israeli Medical Center in occupied Jerusalem.
In related news, Israeli colonists attacked two Palestinian children in Wadi an-Nassara area, near the illegal Keryat Arba’ colony, east of Hebron city.
Media sources in Hebron said the colonists hurled stones at many Palestinian homes, and sprayed several children with pepper spray, causing two to suffocate.
The Palestinian has been identified as Ezzeddin Ibrahim Karja, 17, from Halhoul. The soldiers shot him with several live rounds, causing serious wounds.
The Israeli army said that it decided to impose a siege on the town, “after assessing the security situation,” and that Karja’s family has been summoned for interrogation.
Lawyer Karim ‘Ajwa, of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, stated that Ezzeddin was still in a very serious condition at the Intensive Care Unit in Hadassah Israeli Medical Center in occupied Jerusalem.
In related news, Israeli colonists attacked two Palestinian children in Wadi an-Nassara area, near the illegal Keryat Arba’ colony, east of Hebron city.
Media sources in Hebron said the colonists hurled stones at many Palestinian homes, and sprayed several children with pepper spray, causing two to suffocate.
A group of extremist Israeli colonists burnt, Friday, Palestinian agricultural lands in Burin village, southwest of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and attacked many villagers and firefighters.
The Israeli assailants came from Yitzhar illegal colony, and nearby outposts, built on illegally confiscated Palestinian lands, and set fire to olive orchards in the area.
The attackers also assaulted many villagers and firefighters, while trying to extinguish fires set in Palestinian lands close to Givat Ronin illegal colonialist outpost.
The Palestinians eventually managed to remove the colonists and extinguish the fires.
The Israeli assailants came from Yitzhar illegal colony, and nearby outposts, built on illegally confiscated Palestinian lands, and set fire to olive orchards in the area.
The attackers also assaulted many villagers and firefighters, while trying to extinguish fires set in Palestinian lands close to Givat Ronin illegal colonialist outpost.
The Palestinians eventually managed to remove the colonists and extinguish the fires.