25 oct 2015
The Israeli occupation authorities and settlers have proceeded with the construction of dozens of illegal settlement units near the Rotem settlement in the northern Jordan Valley at the expense of Palestinians’ own lands, Palestinian sources reported Sunday.
Local sources said Israeli settlers from the illegal Rotem settlement in northern Jordan Valley have started construction work to expand the settlement and build dozens of Israeli settlement units in the eastern corners of the area.
The same sources spoke out against the arbitrary and illegal misappropriation of Palestinian lands by the Israeli authorities and settlers as part of intents to stretch the boundaries of the illegal settlement.
Bedouins’ village council in the northern Jordan Valley warned of the escalated pace of Israeli illegal settlement and misappropriation of Palestinian lands along with the demolition of native homes in an attempt to mar Palestinians’ lives and pave the way for forcible deportation.
Local sources said Israeli settlers from the illegal Rotem settlement in northern Jordan Valley have started construction work to expand the settlement and build dozens of Israeli settlement units in the eastern corners of the area.
The same sources spoke out against the arbitrary and illegal misappropriation of Palestinian lands by the Israeli authorities and settlers as part of intents to stretch the boundaries of the illegal settlement.
Bedouins’ village council in the northern Jordan Valley warned of the escalated pace of Israeli illegal settlement and misappropriation of Palestinian lands along with the demolition of native homes in an attempt to mar Palestinians’ lives and pave the way for forcible deportation.
Palestinian medical sources have reported Sunday, that one resident suffered life-threatening wounds, and another suffered a light injury, after paramilitary Israeli settlers opened fire on Palestinians, picking olives in their orchard, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Kayed Jaradat, head of the Local Council of Sa'ir town, near Hebron, said a number of paramilitary Israeli settlers fired live rounds on the Palestinians, and attempted to abduct one of them.
Jaradat added that the Israeli assailants shot Azzam Ezzat Shalalda, 22 years of age, with at least four rounds, one in the neck, another in the abdomen and the rest in his legs.
Jihad Shawar, head of the Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron, said the wounded Palestinian was instantly moved to the surgery ward.
On Sunday morning, a paramilitary Israeli settler was moderately injured after being stabbed, close to the entrance of Metzad colony, in the Gush Etzion settlement block.
According to Israeli Ynetnews, the settler, 58, was hit in the head after stones were hurled on his car, and that he pulled over and left his vehicle, "before a Palestinian dressed as an ultra-Orthodox man stabbed him in the chest."
It added that the settler then "opened fire on the attacker and wounded him, but he managed to escape towards Sa'ir." The army initiated a search campaign in the Sa'ir, and that one soldier was lightly wounded with a stone thrown at him during clashed with Palestinian protesters.
Kayed Jaradat, head of the Local Council of Sa'ir town, near Hebron, said a number of paramilitary Israeli settlers fired live rounds on the Palestinians, and attempted to abduct one of them.
Jaradat added that the Israeli assailants shot Azzam Ezzat Shalalda, 22 years of age, with at least four rounds, one in the neck, another in the abdomen and the rest in his legs.
Jihad Shawar, head of the Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron, said the wounded Palestinian was instantly moved to the surgery ward.
On Sunday morning, a paramilitary Israeli settler was moderately injured after being stabbed, close to the entrance of Metzad colony, in the Gush Etzion settlement block.
According to Israeli Ynetnews, the settler, 58, was hit in the head after stones were hurled on his car, and that he pulled over and left his vehicle, "before a Palestinian dressed as an ultra-Orthodox man stabbed him in the chest."
It added that the settler then "opened fire on the attacker and wounded him, but he managed to escape towards Sa'ir." The army initiated a search campaign in the Sa'ir, and that one soldier was lightly wounded with a stone thrown at him during clashed with Palestinian protesters.
An Israeli settler was stabbed and moderately wounded near Gush Etzion settlement bloc to the south of Bethlehem city on Sunday morning.
The settler, according to Hebrew media, said that a Palestinian stabbed him then headed to Sa’ir village to the north east of al-Khalil.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli occupation forces arrived to the scene and opened indiscriminate fire at Palestinian civilians in the area seriously wounding a 20-year-old youth in the neck.
They added that Azzam Shalalde, who is from Sa’ir village, was rushed to al-Ahli hospital in al-Khalil where his condition was described as “critical”.
Meanwhile, Shalade relatives told the PIC reporter that they were picking olives in Teko area near Bethlehem when Israeli settlers opened fire at them.
Large numbers of IOF soldiers closed all entrances of Sa’ir village and were looking for a Scuda car in which, they claimed, the attacker fled to the village’s valley.
The settler, according to Hebrew media, said that a Palestinian stabbed him then headed to Sa’ir village to the north east of al-Khalil.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli occupation forces arrived to the scene and opened indiscriminate fire at Palestinian civilians in the area seriously wounding a 20-year-old youth in the neck.
They added that Azzam Shalalde, who is from Sa’ir village, was rushed to al-Ahli hospital in al-Khalil where his condition was described as “critical”.
Meanwhile, Shalade relatives told the PIC reporter that they were picking olives in Teko area near Bethlehem when Israeli settlers opened fire at them.
Large numbers of IOF soldiers closed all entrances of Sa’ir village and were looking for a Scuda car in which, they claimed, the attacker fled to the village’s valley.
A horde of Israeli fanatic settlers on Sunday morning stormed Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate, sparking further tension across Occupied Jerusalem city.
Local sources were quoted by a PIC journalist as reporting that at least 15 Israeli vandals broke into the holy al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police escort.
The break-in was reportedly carried out moments before Israeli occupation troops were stationed across the al-Aqsa Mosque, which testifies to the evidently premeditated and malevolent nature of the break-in.
Tension has been running high across the occupied Palestinian territories as Israeli fanatic vandals and soldiers stepped up sacrilegious assaults on and around Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam.
Local sources were quoted by a PIC journalist as reporting that at least 15 Israeli vandals broke into the holy al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police escort.
The break-in was reportedly carried out moments before Israeli occupation troops were stationed across the al-Aqsa Mosque, which testifies to the evidently premeditated and malevolent nature of the break-in.
Tension has been running high across the occupied Palestinian territories as Israeli fanatic vandals and soldiers stepped up sacrilegious assaults on and around Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam.
Israel’s so-called price tag gangs at dawn Sunday burned down a Palestinian car and sprayed racist anti-Muslim graffiti in eastern Occupied Jerusalem.
A PIC news correspondent quoted local sources as reporting that hordes of Israeli price tag vandals smeared racist graffiti in Hebrew language inciting murder of Arabs and Muslims.
Price tag gangs have often desecrated Islamic and Christian sacred places of worship.
Observers said the fact that such a terrorist mob has been granted a quasi-systematic immunity from the occupation authorities stands as a barefaced proof of the inherently sadistic and preplanned nature of Israeli terrorism against the Palestinian people and Islamic holy sites.
A PIC news correspondent quoted local sources as reporting that hordes of Israeli price tag vandals smeared racist graffiti in Hebrew language inciting murder of Arabs and Muslims.
Price tag gangs have often desecrated Islamic and Christian sacred places of worship.
Observers said the fact that such a terrorist mob has been granted a quasi-systematic immunity from the occupation authorities stands as a barefaced proof of the inherently sadistic and preplanned nature of Israeli terrorism against the Palestinian people and Islamic holy sites.
Several Palestinian young men on Saturday evening suffered bullet injuries during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Bethlehem and Jenin.
Medical sources reported that two young men suffered injuries from rubber bullets fired by soldiers during the confrontations that started at the northern entrance to Bethlehem city.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the events started in the vicinity of Bilal Ibn Rabah Mosque, where the young men clashed with the invading troops, who showered them with tear gas and opened fire at them.
The violent clashes broke out after a large number of Israeli soldiers stormed an area near the Mosque to provide protection for Jewish settlers during their visit to a tomb there they claim to be sacred.
In Jenin, others also suffered injuries from rubber bullets and tear gas during similar events in Zububa town west of the city.
A medical source in the city said that all the wounded were provided with on-site medical assistance, including members of a family, who suffocated after a tear gas canister landed inside their house.
The PIC was told that a young man called Ibrahim Jaradat was taken prisoner by the invading troops during their campaign in Jenin.
In a separate incident, Jewish settlers from Mevo Dotan settlement in Yabud town, southwest of Jenin, sabotaged on the same day a greenhouse belonging to a Palestinian citizen and caused damage to its agricultural contents, according to local sources.
Medical sources reported that two young men suffered injuries from rubber bullets fired by soldiers during the confrontations that started at the northern entrance to Bethlehem city.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the events started in the vicinity of Bilal Ibn Rabah Mosque, where the young men clashed with the invading troops, who showered them with tear gas and opened fire at them.
The violent clashes broke out after a large number of Israeli soldiers stormed an area near the Mosque to provide protection for Jewish settlers during their visit to a tomb there they claim to be sacred.
In Jenin, others also suffered injuries from rubber bullets and tear gas during similar events in Zububa town west of the city.
A medical source in the city said that all the wounded were provided with on-site medical assistance, including members of a family, who suffocated after a tear gas canister landed inside their house.
The PIC was told that a young man called Ibrahim Jaradat was taken prisoner by the invading troops during their campaign in Jenin.
In a separate incident, Jewish settlers from Mevo Dotan settlement in Yabud town, southwest of Jenin, sabotaged on the same day a greenhouse belonging to a Palestinian citizen and caused damage to its agricultural contents, according to local sources.
Medical sources have reported, on Saturday evening, that several Palestinians, including a child, have been injured by Israeli army fire in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and occupied Jerusalem. Israeli extremists destroy a hothouse near Jenin.
The sources said a child, 13 years of age, was shot with two rubber-coated steel bullets in Hizma town, east of Jerusalem, and that one of the bullets struck him in the face, while the other in his left shoulder.
He was moved to the Palestine Medical Center in Ramallah; doctors said the wounded child suffered a moderate but stable injury.
In addition, a Palestinian teen was shot, also with a rubber-coated steel bullet, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque area, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Medics said dozens of residents, including families, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, as the soldiers gas bombs targeting a number of homes.
Many injuries were also reported in Zabbouba village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading it.
The Red Crescent in Jenin said all of the wounded received treatment by local medics, and that many were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, and the rest suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, including resident Mohammad Taleb and his family, after Israeli gas bombs were fired into their home.
In related news, extremists living in the Mabo Dothan illegal Israeli colonialist outpost, built on Palestinian lands belonging to the residents of Ya’bad town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, destroyed a hothouse belonging to Kayed Abu Bakr.
The estimated loses of this attack are approximately 15.000 New Israeli Shekels ($3.857).
The sources said a child, 13 years of age, was shot with two rubber-coated steel bullets in Hizma town, east of Jerusalem, and that one of the bullets struck him in the face, while the other in his left shoulder.
He was moved to the Palestine Medical Center in Ramallah; doctors said the wounded child suffered a moderate but stable injury.
In addition, a Palestinian teen was shot, also with a rubber-coated steel bullet, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque area, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Medics said dozens of residents, including families, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, as the soldiers gas bombs targeting a number of homes.
Many injuries were also reported in Zabbouba village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading it.
The Red Crescent in Jenin said all of the wounded received treatment by local medics, and that many were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, and the rest suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, including resident Mohammad Taleb and his family, after Israeli gas bombs were fired into their home.
In related news, extremists living in the Mabo Dothan illegal Israeli colonialist outpost, built on Palestinian lands belonging to the residents of Ya’bad town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, destroyed a hothouse belonging to Kayed Abu Bakr.
The estimated loses of this attack are approximately 15.000 New Israeli Shekels ($3.857).
24 oct 2015
Extremist Jewish settlers Saturday stormed and torched dozens of dunums of Palestinians’ lands in Bourin town to the south of Nablus city in the northern West Bank.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the residents of Bourin town confronted Jewish settlers who torched their agricultural lands leading to spreading of fire to large wide areas.
The eyewitnesses underlined that clashes erupted between Palestinian residents and settlers before Israeli forces reached the place for the protection of fanatic settlers.
The settlers retreated after clashes to Yitzhar settlement and Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters at Palestinians.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the residents of Bourin town confronted Jewish settlers who torched their agricultural lands leading to spreading of fire to large wide areas.
The eyewitnesses underlined that clashes erupted between Palestinian residents and settlers before Israeli forces reached the place for the protection of fanatic settlers.
The settlers retreated after clashes to Yitzhar settlement and Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters at Palestinians.
Israeli settlers, on Friday, attempted to attack the home of a Palestinian teen who was shot after allegedly attempting to attack the illegal Yitzhar settlement in the occupied West Bank.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an News Agency that dozens of settlers gathered near the Palestinian residence in the town of Madama, near Nablus, and attempted to attack the home, but were stopped by dozens of locals.
The home belonged to Istabraq Ahmad Noor, 15, who was shot on Wednesday after Israeli forces claimed she was planning to sneak into the Yitzhar settlement to stab residents inside.
Daghlas said that a stand-off between Madama locals and Israeli settlers lasted nearly an hour, where they threw rocks at each other until the group of settlers retreated.
Palestinian Popular Struggle Front central committee member Munadel Haniye said that dozens of Israeli settlers also attempted to storm the Beit Furik checkpoint in Nablus and attack residents in the village.
Israeli forces closed the checkpoint for over an hour to prevent their entrance, he added.
The Yizhar settlement where Noor was shot Wednesday has gained notoriety among both Israelis and Palestinians as a bastion of extremists and its Israeli residents regularly carry out attacks on Palestinians and their property.
Last week, settlers from the Yitzhar settlement threw stones at locals picking olives in the Nablus-area village of Burin, injuring four Palestinians. Dozens of acres of Palestinian agricultural land was also burned.
While Israeli settlers regularly carry out attacks on Palestinian locals, attack exchanges have increased throughout the occupied West Bank between Israeli settlers and Palestinians since two settlers were shot dead by Palestinian gunmen on Oct. 1.
A former senior officer in the Israeli army, Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon, said Thursday in a court hearing that settler violence fuels attacks by Palestinians, according to Israeli daily Haaretz.
“Some of the motivation of the Palestinians to carry out terror attacks is due to the violence of right-wing elements in the West Bank,” Haaretz quoted the officer as saying.
As revenge attacks continue, some Palestinian communities in the occupied territory have formed voluntary groups to guard communities against settler attacks.
Last week Riyad Mansour, the permanent observer for Palestine to the UN, asked the UN Security Council to intervene in order to stop aggression by settlers, including the implementation of a measure to disarm settlers.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an News Agency that dozens of settlers gathered near the Palestinian residence in the town of Madama, near Nablus, and attempted to attack the home, but were stopped by dozens of locals.
The home belonged to Istabraq Ahmad Noor, 15, who was shot on Wednesday after Israeli forces claimed she was planning to sneak into the Yitzhar settlement to stab residents inside.
Daghlas said that a stand-off between Madama locals and Israeli settlers lasted nearly an hour, where they threw rocks at each other until the group of settlers retreated.
Palestinian Popular Struggle Front central committee member Munadel Haniye said that dozens of Israeli settlers also attempted to storm the Beit Furik checkpoint in Nablus and attack residents in the village.
Israeli forces closed the checkpoint for over an hour to prevent their entrance, he added.
The Yizhar settlement where Noor was shot Wednesday has gained notoriety among both Israelis and Palestinians as a bastion of extremists and its Israeli residents regularly carry out attacks on Palestinians and their property.
Last week, settlers from the Yitzhar settlement threw stones at locals picking olives in the Nablus-area village of Burin, injuring four Palestinians. Dozens of acres of Palestinian agricultural land was also burned.
While Israeli settlers regularly carry out attacks on Palestinian locals, attack exchanges have increased throughout the occupied West Bank between Israeli settlers and Palestinians since two settlers were shot dead by Palestinian gunmen on Oct. 1.
A former senior officer in the Israeli army, Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon, said Thursday in a court hearing that settler violence fuels attacks by Palestinians, according to Israeli daily Haaretz.
“Some of the motivation of the Palestinians to carry out terror attacks is due to the violence of right-wing elements in the West Bank,” Haaretz quoted the officer as saying.
As revenge attacks continue, some Palestinian communities in the occupied territory have formed voluntary groups to guard communities against settler attacks.
Last week Riyad Mansour, the permanent observer for Palestine to the UN, asked the UN Security Council to intervene in order to stop aggression by settlers, including the implementation of a measure to disarm settlers.
23 oct 2015
headlock, before the masked man runs back up a hill in the area.
Ascherman told Israeli news site Haaretz that he approached the Jewish settler after he saw him attempting to steal olives from a Palestinian orchard.
Israeli police reportedly described the incident as "friction" between left wing and right wing Israeli activists during the olive harvest.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has documented 180 instances of settler-related violence against Palestinians and their property since the start of 2015. Nearly 90 percent of cases of settler violence investigated by Israeli forces are closed without indictments.
Ascherman told Israeli news site Haaretz that he approached the Jewish settler after he saw him attempting to steal olives from a Palestinian orchard.
Israeli police reportedly described the incident as "friction" between left wing and right wing Israeli activists during the olive harvest.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has documented 180 instances of settler-related violence against Palestinians and their property since the start of 2015. Nearly 90 percent of cases of settler violence investigated by Israeli forces are closed without indictments.
Three Israeli settlers were injured after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at their vehicle near the illegal settlement of Beit El, in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli army and media.
The army said that the firebomb injured a mother and her two children while they were driving down Route 60. A four-year-old sustained burns across her body and was left in moderate condition, while the other two were left with light injuries, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
The injured were taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center, in Jerusalem. No immediate information was given on the suspects.
Ongoing attacks between Palestinian locals and Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have increased since two Israeli settlers were shot dead by Palestinian gunmen on October 1st.
Israeli settlers subsequently carried out a spate of reprisal attacks following the fatal shooting, while more than 200 Israeli settlers, on Sunday, attacked the Palestinian villages of Wad al-Haseen and Wad al-Nasara, near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, near Hebron.
Ma'an News Agency reported that, during the attack, Israeli settlers threw stones and firebombs at Palestinian homes, injuring at least three people, two of whom were minors, while Israeli forces later shot and injured one Palestinian with live fire.
Over 50 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the month, and at least nine Israelis have died in attacks by Palestinians.
The army said that the firebomb injured a mother and her two children while they were driving down Route 60. A four-year-old sustained burns across her body and was left in moderate condition, while the other two were left with light injuries, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
The injured were taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center, in Jerusalem. No immediate information was given on the suspects.
Ongoing attacks between Palestinian locals and Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have increased since two Israeli settlers were shot dead by Palestinian gunmen on October 1st.
Israeli settlers subsequently carried out a spate of reprisal attacks following the fatal shooting, while more than 200 Israeli settlers, on Sunday, attacked the Palestinian villages of Wad al-Haseen and Wad al-Nasara, near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, near Hebron.
Ma'an News Agency reported that, during the attack, Israeli settlers threw stones and firebombs at Palestinian homes, injuring at least three people, two of whom were minors, while Israeli forces later shot and injured one Palestinian with live fire.
Over 50 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the month, and at least nine Israelis have died in attacks by Palestinians.
One hundred senior rabbis have signed a declaration re-imposing a ban on the entry of Jews to the Aqsa Mosque.
According to the Hebrew media, the chief rabbinate reiterated its previous opposition of Jewish visits to the Aqsa Mosque, which the Jews call the temple mount.
The Hebrew media stated that the main reason behind this renewed religious opinion was the angry Palestinian reaction to the repeated break-ins at the Aqsa Mosque by Jewish settlers, which led to widespread deadly attacks against them.
According to the Hebrew media, the chief rabbinate reiterated its previous opposition of Jewish visits to the Aqsa Mosque, which the Jews call the temple mount.
The Hebrew media stated that the main reason behind this renewed religious opinion was the angry Palestinian reaction to the repeated break-ins at the Aqsa Mosque by Jewish settlers, which led to widespread deadly attacks against them.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) declared since the early morning hours of Friday a state of high alert in occupied Jerusalem, West Bank, and along Gaza borders in anticipation of the outbreak of expected clashes as Palestinians call for day of anger.
Thousands of Israeli policemen and soldiers were deployed since the morning hours throughout occupied Jerusalem and West Bank and within the Green Line cities as huge marches are scheduled to be organized after Friday prayers in protest against Israeli crimes.
Over the past three weeks, more than 54 Palestinians have been killed, while almost 2000 others were injured by Israeli gunfire during the clashes that broke out in protest against Israeli attempts to take full control of al-Aqsa Mosque and occupied Jerusalem.
Earlier Thursday, Hamas called for a Friday of Anger across the occupied Palestinian territories in protest at Israel’s growing terrorism against Palestinian civilians and Islamic places of worship.
Hamas called on the Palestinian masses across the occupied West Bank to join the sweeping rallies set to be staged Friday following noon prayers.
Meanwhile, violent clashes broke out in al-Fawar refugee camp south of al-Khalil as Israeli forces stormed it today morning.
A Palestinian young man was arrested during the clashes; while another was shot and injured with a rubber bullet, eyewitnesses said.
Heavily armed settlers were also seen at the entrance to the camp accompanied with Israeli soldiers.
Thousands of Israeli policemen and soldiers were deployed since the morning hours throughout occupied Jerusalem and West Bank and within the Green Line cities as huge marches are scheduled to be organized after Friday prayers in protest against Israeli crimes.
Over the past three weeks, more than 54 Palestinians have been killed, while almost 2000 others were injured by Israeli gunfire during the clashes that broke out in protest against Israeli attempts to take full control of al-Aqsa Mosque and occupied Jerusalem.
Earlier Thursday, Hamas called for a Friday of Anger across the occupied Palestinian territories in protest at Israel’s growing terrorism against Palestinian civilians and Islamic places of worship.
Hamas called on the Palestinian masses across the occupied West Bank to join the sweeping rallies set to be staged Friday following noon prayers.
Meanwhile, violent clashes broke out in al-Fawar refugee camp south of al-Khalil as Israeli forces stormed it today morning.
A Palestinian young man was arrested during the clashes; while another was shot and injured with a rubber bullet, eyewitnesses said.
Heavily armed settlers were also seen at the entrance to the camp accompanied with Israeli soldiers.
Two Palestinians were injured Friday morning in two separate attacks south of Bethlehem in the West Bank.
An Israeli settler rammed, with his vehicle, a Palestinian citizen as he drove his motorcycle near Takoa town east of the city before fleeing the scene.
The settler deliberately opened his car door and hit the Palestinian motorcyclist, causing him different injuries and bruises.
In another attack, a Palestinian teen was brutally beaten with rifle butts at the hands of Israeli soldiers while on his way to work.
The 18-year-old teen was taken to hospital as he suffered fractures and bruises all over his body in the attack.
Earlier Friday, Israeli forces stormed Takoa town at dawn and broke into a number of local homes.
Locals revealed that surveillance cameras were installed in the stormed buildings.
An Israeli settler rammed, with his vehicle, a Palestinian citizen as he drove his motorcycle near Takoa town east of the city before fleeing the scene.
The settler deliberately opened his car door and hit the Palestinian motorcyclist, causing him different injuries and bruises.
In another attack, a Palestinian teen was brutally beaten with rifle butts at the hands of Israeli soldiers while on his way to work.
The 18-year-old teen was taken to hospital as he suffered fractures and bruises all over his body in the attack.
Earlier Friday, Israeli forces stormed Takoa town at dawn and broke into a number of local homes.
Locals revealed that surveillance cameras were installed in the stormed buildings.
Israeli schools, affiliated with the formal religious education funded by the Ministry of Education, distributed a diary brochure to pupils, which shows under the title of 'My social testimonials', several topics including: ‘Love of the country and the temple’.
One of the requirements the students have to do is praying from the depths of their heart for the construction of Solomon’s temple, and that they have the opportunity to do the obligation of offering Qurban.
Pictures and videos watched by pupils, within this course, depict the temple replacing al-Aqsa Mosque.
A report published in Haaretz newspaper on Thursday stressed that: "This is not a personal initiative." The social chapter components are based on an official curriculum program for religious education, it added.
The program is also covered by the support of the Israeli Ministry of Education provided for the 'Temple Institute' for many years. In 2014 for example the Ministry of Education transferred the sum of 330 thousand shekels to the institute which delivers lectures and organizes workshops not only for the religious students but also for the ordinary schoolchildren
Haaretz newspaper quoted an official at the Israeli Ministry of Education as saying that the idea of this curriculum began seven years ago.
The program is considered in the current academic year as one of the mandatory subjects within the central theme allocated for "Faith". This program is taught to the primary grades, from first grade to the sixth.
The newspaper quoted from a chapter titled "biblical guidance" the following: "We cannot talk about the land of Israel without talking about the temple. The land of Israel and the temple are conjoined to each other. The temple is the inner layer, and a summary of all previous layers. The temple is the epitome of the wishes of the people of Israel and all humanity".
According to this chapter, too, "It seems to us that the temple is far from us just because we are far from it, but when we approach it by our minds, yearning, and acts, God will give us the honor of constructing it."
The website of this course includes the following paragraph entitled: the Hebrew "Dream of the ninth of August" the day in which the Jews used to fast to mark the memory of the destruction of the temple, and which is wrote by rabbi Nehemiah Kuperschmidt of the “Fire of the Torah" organization:
'I have a dream, that is I accompany Ahmadi Nejad, Hassan Nasrallah, Mahmoud Abbas and Ban Ki-moon in a tour in the new temple, the third temple that is just built on Temple Mount (i.e. the Holy Shrine) in Jerusalem so that they see from there the inauguration ceremony of the new king of Israel and then the Vatican brings back the golden lamp and the high priest inaugurates him anew '.
This official Israeli curriculum proves the deceptiveness of the Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu who recently repeated that he does not seek to change the status quo at al-Aqsa Mosque.
In addition, a report by the Israeli human rights organization "Ir Amim" made a year and a half ago revealed the Israeli occupation government’s support for the so-called temple movements.
The organization called for a halt to the financial support for these movements, but the Israeli government ignored these calls so far.
One of the requirements the students have to do is praying from the depths of their heart for the construction of Solomon’s temple, and that they have the opportunity to do the obligation of offering Qurban.
Pictures and videos watched by pupils, within this course, depict the temple replacing al-Aqsa Mosque.
A report published in Haaretz newspaper on Thursday stressed that: "This is not a personal initiative." The social chapter components are based on an official curriculum program for religious education, it added.
The program is also covered by the support of the Israeli Ministry of Education provided for the 'Temple Institute' for many years. In 2014 for example the Ministry of Education transferred the sum of 330 thousand shekels to the institute which delivers lectures and organizes workshops not only for the religious students but also for the ordinary schoolchildren
Haaretz newspaper quoted an official at the Israeli Ministry of Education as saying that the idea of this curriculum began seven years ago.
The program is considered in the current academic year as one of the mandatory subjects within the central theme allocated for "Faith". This program is taught to the primary grades, from first grade to the sixth.
The newspaper quoted from a chapter titled "biblical guidance" the following: "We cannot talk about the land of Israel without talking about the temple. The land of Israel and the temple are conjoined to each other. The temple is the inner layer, and a summary of all previous layers. The temple is the epitome of the wishes of the people of Israel and all humanity".
According to this chapter, too, "It seems to us that the temple is far from us just because we are far from it, but when we approach it by our minds, yearning, and acts, God will give us the honor of constructing it."
The website of this course includes the following paragraph entitled: the Hebrew "Dream of the ninth of August" the day in which the Jews used to fast to mark the memory of the destruction of the temple, and which is wrote by rabbi Nehemiah Kuperschmidt of the “Fire of the Torah" organization:
'I have a dream, that is I accompany Ahmadi Nejad, Hassan Nasrallah, Mahmoud Abbas and Ban Ki-moon in a tour in the new temple, the third temple that is just built on Temple Mount (i.e. the Holy Shrine) in Jerusalem so that they see from there the inauguration ceremony of the new king of Israel and then the Vatican brings back the golden lamp and the high priest inaugurates him anew '.
This official Israeli curriculum proves the deceptiveness of the Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu who recently repeated that he does not seek to change the status quo at al-Aqsa Mosque.
In addition, a report by the Israeli human rights organization "Ir Amim" made a year and a half ago revealed the Israeli occupation government’s support for the so-called temple movements.
The organization called for a halt to the financial support for these movements, but the Israeli government ignored these calls so far.
A number of extremist Israeli settlers, living in illegal colonialist outposts in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, attempted on Thursday evening, to kidnap two children in the Old City.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the settlers attempted to kidnap Mo’tasem and his brother Monatser Raed Tamimi, 8 and 10 years of age, in the Sahla area, close to the Ibrahim Mosque.
The settlers tried to drag the two children to their car, but local residents noticed the assault, and rushed towards them.
The assailants ran back into their car, and sped away, without being able to kidnap the children who suffered anxiety attacks.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the settlers attempted to kidnap Mo’tasem and his brother Monatser Raed Tamimi, 8 and 10 years of age, in the Sahla area, close to the Ibrahim Mosque.
The settlers tried to drag the two children to their car, but local residents noticed the assault, and rushed towards them.
The assailants ran back into their car, and sped away, without being able to kidnap the children who suffered anxiety attacks.