19 nov 2018
Dozens of Israeli settlers on Monday morning stormed al-Aqsa Mosque while escorted by a large police force.
Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department said that 46 Jewish settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque during the morning hours, roamed its courtyards, and performed Talmudic rituals.
It added that 28 Israeli government officials along with 11 army officers entered the Mosque during the same period.
The Israeli police escorted the settlers during the break-in until they left the site via al-Silsila Gate.
According to the Islamic Awqaf Department, another group of settlers is scheduled to visit the Mosque following noon prayer.
Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department said that 46 Jewish settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque during the morning hours, roamed its courtyards, and performed Talmudic rituals.
It added that 28 Israeli government officials along with 11 army officers entered the Mosque during the same period.
The Israeli police escorted the settlers during the break-in until they left the site via al-Silsila Gate.
According to the Islamic Awqaf Department, another group of settlers is scheduled to visit the Mosque following noon prayer.
Tension flared up in Urif town, south of Nablus, on Monday morning after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas canisters at Palestinian children heading to the town's school.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers prevented Palestinian journalists and medical crews from approaching the area and threw a cordon around Urif.
In a related context, a group of Israeli settlers at daybreak attacked Palestinian property in Urif and attempted to burn a tractor.
The PIC reporter said, quoting eyewitnesses, that the settlers sneaked into the town at dawn, hurled stones at the Palestinian citizens' houses, and attempted to burn a tractor. The town's residents clashed with them and forced them out of their area.
Israeli settlers have recently stepped up their attacks on Palestinian citizens and their property in Urif.
Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers shot, earlier Monday, three Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after the residents intercepted illegal colonialist settlers invading their village, and attacked homes.
Adel Amer, the Secretary of Orif Local Council, said the Palestinians intercepted dozens of colonists, who infiltrated into the village at dawn, before the soldiers attacked the villagers, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
He added that the soldiers shot three Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Amer also said that many soldiers surrounded the area leading to Orif Secondary School, just as the students started heading to there in the morning, and prevented them from approaching it.
The soldiers abducted two children, who remain identified at the time of this report, and took them to a nearby military base.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the home of Samir Mohammad Sawalma, and detained him and his family in one room, before using the property and its rooftop as a military post and a monitoring tower.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers prevented Palestinian journalists and medical crews from approaching the area and threw a cordon around Urif.
In a related context, a group of Israeli settlers at daybreak attacked Palestinian property in Urif and attempted to burn a tractor.
The PIC reporter said, quoting eyewitnesses, that the settlers sneaked into the town at dawn, hurled stones at the Palestinian citizens' houses, and attempted to burn a tractor. The town's residents clashed with them and forced them out of their area.
Israeli settlers have recently stepped up their attacks on Palestinian citizens and their property in Urif.
Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers shot, earlier Monday, three Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after the residents intercepted illegal colonialist settlers invading their village, and attacked homes.
Adel Amer, the Secretary of Orif Local Council, said the Palestinians intercepted dozens of colonists, who infiltrated into the village at dawn, before the soldiers attacked the villagers, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
He added that the soldiers shot three Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Amer also said that many soldiers surrounded the area leading to Orif Secondary School, just as the students started heading to there in the morning, and prevented them from approaching it.
The soldiers abducted two children, who remain identified at the time of this report, and took them to a nearby military base.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the home of Samir Mohammad Sawalma, and detained him and his family in one room, before using the property and its rooftop as a military post and a monitoring tower.
18 nov 2018
Groups of extremist Jewish settlers, including Israeli agriculture minister Uri Ariel, desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards under police protection on Sunday morning.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that about 53 settlers and eight intelligence officers toured the Mosque, adding that Ariel was among them. video
The Islamic Awqaf Authority, for its part, said that the Israeli police provided protection for some settlers as they were performing rituals near al-Rahma Gate of the Mosque.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that about 53 settlers and eight intelligence officers toured the Mosque, adding that Ariel was among them. video
The Islamic Awqaf Authority, for its part, said that the Israeli police provided protection for some settlers as they were performing rituals near al-Rahma Gate of the Mosque.
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A group of extremist illegal Israeli colonists attacked, Sunday, a Palestinian ambulance while rushing to a patient in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, causing damage.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has reported that it received a call from a family of a patient in Tal Romeida neighborhood, in Hebron city, and headed towards the Shuhada Street, after coordinating the ambulance’s passage through the closed Shuhada Street. It added that, once the ambulance reached the Shuhada Street, the illegal settlers started throwing stones at it, and obstructed the road, although it was sounding its siren and trying to reach the patient. Eid Abu Monshar, a medic with the PRCS, said the Israeli assailants saw the ambulance rushing to the patient, yet, started throwing stones at it. Mohammad Zghayyar, a spokesperson with the Youth Coalition against |
Settlements in Hebron, said that the coalition activists, along with internationals, witnessed at least fifteen illegal Israeli colonialist settlers attacking the ambulance and closing the road.
He added that coalition members started filming the attacked, before the soldiers assaulted them and forced them away.
He added that coalition members started filming the attacked, before the soldiers assaulted them and forced them away.
17 nov 2018
Israeli settlers, on Saturday, reportedly attacked a Palestinian farmer, along with his family, while they were picking olives in the Jabal Jales area, to the east of Hebron city, in the occupied West Bank.
Local resident Rashed al-Tamini, who was picking olives with his family, said that settlers from a nearby illegal Israeli settlement attacked them with stones, spreading panic among them, including the children.
No injuries were reported, according to WAFA.
Almost a few days ago, settlers destroyed and uprooted fully grown olive trees belonging to al-Tamimi family, in the same area.
Also on Saturday, Palestinians planting trees on Urif village land, in the north of the West Bank, were attacked by Israeli soldiers with both live and rubber-coated bullets, and with tear gas, according to a local official.
The Fateh movement, the Wall and Settlements Resistance Commission and the Palestinian Authority’s agricultural department, in Nablus, joined hands in planting trees on Urif village land threatened with Israeli takeover.
However, even before the tree planting began, Israeli soldiers in the area fired live bullets, rubber-coated metal rounds and tear gas at the gathering, causing cases of suffocation and forcing the activists to disperse and to take cover, to avoid being hit, according to Ghassa Daghlas, from the Wall and Settlements Resistance Commission.
Urif is constantly attacked by Israeli-army backed Jewish settlers who live in illegal settlements to the south of Nablus.
Medical sources said that three Palestinians were injured from live bullets fired by soldiers, one reported in serious condition and transported to hospital.
Others were treated for rubber-coated bullet wounds and for tear gas inhalation.
Local resident Rashed al-Tamini, who was picking olives with his family, said that settlers from a nearby illegal Israeli settlement attacked them with stones, spreading panic among them, including the children.
No injuries were reported, according to WAFA.
Almost a few days ago, settlers destroyed and uprooted fully grown olive trees belonging to al-Tamimi family, in the same area.
Also on Saturday, Palestinians planting trees on Urif village land, in the north of the West Bank, were attacked by Israeli soldiers with both live and rubber-coated bullets, and with tear gas, according to a local official.
The Fateh movement, the Wall and Settlements Resistance Commission and the Palestinian Authority’s agricultural department, in Nablus, joined hands in planting trees on Urif village land threatened with Israeli takeover.
However, even before the tree planting began, Israeli soldiers in the area fired live bullets, rubber-coated metal rounds and tear gas at the gathering, causing cases of suffocation and forcing the activists to disperse and to take cover, to avoid being hit, according to Ghassa Daghlas, from the Wall and Settlements Resistance Commission.
Urif is constantly attacked by Israeli-army backed Jewish settlers who live in illegal settlements to the south of Nablus.
Medical sources said that three Palestinians were injured from live bullets fired by soldiers, one reported in serious condition and transported to hospital.
Others were treated for rubber-coated bullet wounds and for tear gas inhalation.
A group of extrimist Jewish settlers on Saturday morning attacked Palestinian families in the Old City of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) settlers from the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba stormed the neighborhoods of Wadi al-Nasara and Jaber and assaulted families inside their homes.
The family of Hasan Jaber was among those who were assaulted by the settlers.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that a horde of settlers broke into and ransacked the house of Hasan Jaber and physically assaulted his wife and his 14-year-old son, Sa’ad, at the pretext that Palestinian children threw them with stones and fled towards the house.
Sa’ad was injured in the settlers’ attack and was rushed to a local hospital for medical assistance.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) settlers from the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba stormed the neighborhoods of Wadi al-Nasara and Jaber and assaulted families inside their homes.
The family of Hasan Jaber was among those who were assaulted by the settlers.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that a horde of settlers broke into and ransacked the house of Hasan Jaber and physically assaulted his wife and his 14-year-old son, Sa’ad, at the pretext that Palestinian children threw them with stones and fled towards the house.
Sa’ad was injured in the settlers’ attack and was rushed to a local hospital for medical assistance.
16 nov 2018
Israel’s Supreme Court issued a verdict green-lighting the demolition of the Palestinian school of Tahadi 5 in Beit Ta’mur village, east of Bethlehem.
Director of the Anti-Settlement Committee in Bethlehem Hasan Brijiya said the court rule signaled the go-ahead for the demolition of the school by the Israeli military and settlers.
Attorney Emil Mashreki will reportedly file an appeal at Israel’s Central Court to outlaw the demolition of the school.
Brijiya said the Palestinian locals will maintain vigil in the area so as to stand on guard to any projected demolition measure.
In a clear violation of all laws and human rights principles, including the right to education and access to educational institutions, many Palestinian schools in Palestinian villages and Bedouin communities are attacked by Israeli soldiers and settlers.
Director of the Anti-Settlement Committee in Bethlehem Hasan Brijiya said the court rule signaled the go-ahead for the demolition of the school by the Israeli military and settlers.
Attorney Emil Mashreki will reportedly file an appeal at Israel’s Central Court to outlaw the demolition of the school.
Brijiya said the Palestinian locals will maintain vigil in the area so as to stand on guard to any projected demolition measure.
In a clear violation of all laws and human rights principles, including the right to education and access to educational institutions, many Palestinian schools in Palestinian villages and Bedouin communities are attacked by Israeli soldiers and settlers.
15 nov 2018
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Thursday morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
A horde of 35 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.
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.
A horde of 35 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.
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.
Extremist Israeli settlers burned overnight Thursday a Palestinian car in Nablus and spray-painted graffiti calling for revenge against the Palestinians.
Police officers launched a probe after the locals filed a complaint over the hate crime.
The arson-attack was carried out at around 03:00 a.m.
A graffiti reading “don’t play around with us” was sprayed by the Israeli fanatics on a nearby wall.
Prejudice-motivated attacks by Israeli settlers have been a routine practice in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across the occupied Palestinian territories in violation of international law.
All settlements across the West Bank are illegal under international law, particularly article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which establishes that the occupying power shall not deport or forcibly transfer civilian population in territory it occupies.
Police officers launched a probe after the locals filed a complaint over the hate crime.
The arson-attack was carried out at around 03:00 a.m.
A graffiti reading “don’t play around with us” was sprayed by the Israeli fanatics on a nearby wall.
Prejudice-motivated attacks by Israeli settlers have been a routine practice in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across the occupied Palestinian territories in violation of international law.
All settlements across the West Bank are illegal under international law, particularly article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which establishes that the occupying power shall not deport or forcibly transfer civilian population in territory it occupies.
14 nov 2018
In protest of Gaza ceasefire and efforts to reach an arrangement with Hamas, Defense Minister Lieberman resigns and quits the government; Israel is 'buying short-term quiet at the cost of serious damage to national security on the long term,' he charges.
Avigdor Lieberman resigned from his post as defense minister on Wednesday in protest of the latest ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, criticizing it as "surrender to terrorism."
"The question being asked is why now. As far as I'm concerned, the ceasefire yesterday, along with the entire process of reaching an arrangement with Hamas, means surrendering to terrorism," Lieberman said at during a special meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu faction.
He also urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call early elections as soon as possible.
Lieberman charged that in negotiating with Hamas, Israel was "buying short-term quiet at the cost of serious damage to national security on the long term."
"It's no secret there have been disagreements between the prime minister and myself in recent months," he said. "I'll mention allowing in (to Gaza) Qatari-funded fuel, which I thought was a mistake. It was only after the prime minister issued a written order that I had to allow the Qatari-funded fuel into the strip."
Lieberman's resignation will come into effect within 48 hours. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to take on the defense minister's job until further notice.
Immigration and Absorption Minister Sofa Landver, who is a member of Lieberman's party, is also expected to tend in her resignation from the government.
A senior Likud official said that Lieberman's resignation "doesn't necessarily mean calling early elections at a time of such a sensitive security situation. The government can live out its days."
Hamas rejoiced at Lieberman's resignation, saying he is "admitting defeat and acknowledging his inability to handle the Palestinian resistance."
"This is a political victory for Gaza, which succeeded in standing strong and causing a political earthquake in Israel," Hamas added in a statement.
Islamic Jihad also saw the resignation as "a victory to our people's steadfast resistance to the occupation."
Avigdor Lieberman resigned from his post as defense minister on Wednesday in protest of the latest ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, criticizing it as "surrender to terrorism."
"The question being asked is why now. As far as I'm concerned, the ceasefire yesterday, along with the entire process of reaching an arrangement with Hamas, means surrendering to terrorism," Lieberman said at during a special meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu faction.
He also urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call early elections as soon as possible.
Lieberman charged that in negotiating with Hamas, Israel was "buying short-term quiet at the cost of serious damage to national security on the long term."
"It's no secret there have been disagreements between the prime minister and myself in recent months," he said. "I'll mention allowing in (to Gaza) Qatari-funded fuel, which I thought was a mistake. It was only after the prime minister issued a written order that I had to allow the Qatari-funded fuel into the strip."
Lieberman's resignation will come into effect within 48 hours. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to take on the defense minister's job until further notice.
Immigration and Absorption Minister Sofa Landver, who is a member of Lieberman's party, is also expected to tend in her resignation from the government.
A senior Likud official said that Lieberman's resignation "doesn't necessarily mean calling early elections at a time of such a sensitive security situation. The government can live out its days."
Hamas rejoiced at Lieberman's resignation, saying he is "admitting defeat and acknowledging his inability to handle the Palestinian resistance."
"This is a political victory for Gaza, which succeeded in standing strong and causing a political earthquake in Israel," Hamas added in a statement.
Islamic Jihad also saw the resignation as "a victory to our people's steadfast resistance to the occupation."
A group of fanatic illegal Israeli paramilitary settlers infiltrated, on Wednesday at dawn, into Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, burnt a Palestinian car, and wrote racist graffiti.
Media sources in Nablus said the assailants burnt a car, owned by Mahmoud Mahfouth Shehada, after causing damage to it.
They added that the colonists also wrote racist anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab graffiti, before fleeing the area. video
The attack is part of ongoing violation against the Palestinians, their homes, lands and property in several parts of the West Bank.
On October 12th, a Palestinian woman, identified as Aisha Mohammed Talal al-Rabi, 47, was killed by a group of Israeli paramilitary settlers, who used large rocks to attack the car she was riding in with her husband.
Aisha was killed, and her husband injured in the attack, which took place south of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Media sources in Nablus said the assailants burnt a car, owned by Mahmoud Mahfouth Shehada, after causing damage to it.
They added that the colonists also wrote racist anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab graffiti, before fleeing the area. video
The attack is part of ongoing violation against the Palestinians, their homes, lands and property in several parts of the West Bank.
On October 12th, a Palestinian woman, identified as Aisha Mohammed Talal al-Rabi, 47, was killed by a group of Israeli paramilitary settlers, who used large rocks to attack the car she was riding in with her husband.
Aisha was killed, and her husband injured in the attack, which took place south of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday morning, a young Palestinian man as he approached the perimeter fence, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and abducted him.
Media sources in Gaza said the young man, in his twenty was shot in his leg, before the soldiers abducted him and took him to an unknown destination.
The incident is the latest of a serious of similar assaults carried out by the soldiers against the Palestinians near the perimeter fence, including farmers working on their own lands.
On Wednesday morning, dozens of Israeli colonialist settlers gathered near Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) commercial crossing with Gaza, and prevented many trucks, loaded with goods, food, fuel and cooking gas, and construction materials, from reaching the terminal, on their way to Gaza.
Dozens of colonists gathered near the terminal since morning hours, and stopped the trucks, for the second time since Sunday, after closing the road leading to the only commercial crossing.
Settlers protesting ceasefire close Karam Abu Salem crossing
Dozens of Israeli settlers at night on Tuesday marched near Karam Abu Salem commercial crossing with the Gaza Strip.
Hebrew media sources reported that the march came as a protest step after the Israeli government agreed on a ceasefire agreement with Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza Strip.
The same sources said that the protesting settlers burned car tires and prevented the entry of trucks loaded with goods into the enclave.
The Israeli occupation army on Monday and Tuesday launched a large-scale military operation bombing several civilian targets in the Gaza Strip, including the al-Aqsa TV channel building. Palestinian resistance groups responded by firing hundreds of rockets toward Israeli settlements neighboring Gaza.
Seven Palestinian resistance fighters were killed after they clashed with an Israeli special force that sneaked into Gaza on Sunday evening, and seven civilians were killed by Israeli airstrikes on Monday and Tuesday, according to Palestinian sources.
The Israeli media said that two Israelis were killed and 90 others injured by the Palestinian resistance rockets.
Media sources in Gaza said the young man, in his twenty was shot in his leg, before the soldiers abducted him and took him to an unknown destination.
The incident is the latest of a serious of similar assaults carried out by the soldiers against the Palestinians near the perimeter fence, including farmers working on their own lands.
On Wednesday morning, dozens of Israeli colonialist settlers gathered near Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) commercial crossing with Gaza, and prevented many trucks, loaded with goods, food, fuel and cooking gas, and construction materials, from reaching the terminal, on their way to Gaza.
Dozens of colonists gathered near the terminal since morning hours, and stopped the trucks, for the second time since Sunday, after closing the road leading to the only commercial crossing.
Settlers protesting ceasefire close Karam Abu Salem crossing
Dozens of Israeli settlers at night on Tuesday marched near Karam Abu Salem commercial crossing with the Gaza Strip.
Hebrew media sources reported that the march came as a protest step after the Israeli government agreed on a ceasefire agreement with Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza Strip.
The same sources said that the protesting settlers burned car tires and prevented the entry of trucks loaded with goods into the enclave.
The Israeli occupation army on Monday and Tuesday launched a large-scale military operation bombing several civilian targets in the Gaza Strip, including the al-Aqsa TV channel building. Palestinian resistance groups responded by firing hundreds of rockets toward Israeli settlements neighboring Gaza.
Seven Palestinian resistance fighters were killed after they clashed with an Israeli special force that sneaked into Gaza on Sunday evening, and seven civilians were killed by Israeli airstrikes on Monday and Tuesday, according to Palestinian sources.
The Israeli media said that two Israelis were killed and 90 others injured by the Palestinian resistance rockets.
