31 oct 2016
Israeli bulldozers from the Leshem settlement, on Monday, continued leveling lands west of Salfit, in the northern occupied West Bank, while Israeli forces confiscated farming equipment in Tubas.
The bulldozers came, this time, to a new area near Deir Ballout town, to the west of Salfit.
Activist and expert in the settlement files, Khaled Ma’ali, said that the Leshem settlement, which was announced three years ago, was built on private Palestinian land used for agriculture and farming.
Ma’ali added that the settlement had erased archaeological sites and surrounded the Deir Sim’an, violating the international law.
In addition, one thousand Israeli settlers broke into Kafl Hares area and carried out Talmudic rituals under heavy protection of the Israeli army.
At about the same time, Israeli forces confiscated four tractors belonging to four families living near Tubas, in the northern West Bank.
The bulldozers came, this time, to a new area near Deir Ballout town, to the west of Salfit.
Activist and expert in the settlement files, Khaled Ma’ali, said that the Leshem settlement, which was announced three years ago, was built on private Palestinian land used for agriculture and farming.
Ma’ali added that the settlement had erased archaeological sites and surrounded the Deir Sim’an, violating the international law.
In addition, one thousand Israeli settlers broke into Kafl Hares area and carried out Talmudic rituals under heavy protection of the Israeli army.
At about the same time, Israeli forces confiscated four tractors belonging to four families living near Tubas, in the northern West Bank.
Hundreds of Israeli fanatics, escorted by soldiers, stormed on early Monday morning Kafl Haris town, to the north of Salfit, and performed provocative rituals in Islamic holy shrines and archaeological sites.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli army troops rolled into Kafl Haris at predawn time and closed off the main access roads out of and into the area.
Buses carrying hundreds of Israeli fanatics showed up in the area at the crack of dawn.
The Israeli fanatics performed sacrilegious rituals inside three Islamic holy shrines.
According to the 0404 news site, the occupation army provided a tight security shield for over 1,000 settlers.
A home to several Islamic holy shrines and prophets' tombs, Kaf Haris has been the permanent target of Israeli sacrilegious assaults.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli army troops rolled into Kafl Haris at predawn time and closed off the main access roads out of and into the area.
Buses carrying hundreds of Israeli fanatics showed up in the area at the crack of dawn.
The Israeli fanatics performed sacrilegious rituals inside three Islamic holy shrines.
According to the 0404 news site, the occupation army provided a tight security shield for over 1,000 settlers.
A home to several Islamic holy shrines and prophets' tombs, Kaf Haris has been the permanent target of Israeli sacrilegious assaults.
30 oct 2016
Different groups of Jewish settlers escorted by police forces on Sunday morning desecrated anew the Aqsa Mosque’s western courtyards.
At an early morning hour, the Israeli police deployed its forces in different parts of the Mosque’s courtyards before allowing settler groups to enter through al-Maghariba Gate.
During their tours at the Islamic holy site, some settlers tried to perform rituals and refrained from doing so after they saw angry reactions from Muslim worshipers, who loudly chanted religious slogans.
Outside the Mosque’s gates, the Israeli police prevented several Jerusalemite citizens, including women, from entering because there were still Israeli orders banning their presence in the Islamic holy shrine.
At an early morning hour, the Israeli police deployed its forces in different parts of the Mosque’s courtyards before allowing settler groups to enter through al-Maghariba Gate.
During their tours at the Islamic holy site, some settlers tried to perform rituals and refrained from doing so after they saw angry reactions from Muslim worshipers, who loudly chanted religious slogans.
Outside the Mosque’s gates, the Israeli police prevented several Jerusalemite citizens, including women, from entering because there were still Israeli orders banning their presence in the Islamic holy shrine.
A Palestinian child suffered several injuries on Saturday evening after Israeli soldiers physically assaulted him in Beitunia town, west of Ramallah.
The Red Crescent said that one of its ambulance crews evacuated 13-year-old Ameer Farrukh from an area near the bypass road in Beitunia after his exposure to severe beating by soldiers.
It added that the child suffered leg fractures and bruises in different parts of his body.
Local sources asserted the boy was assaulted on Idrees farm near the Israeli-controlled bypass road, noting that he was alone in the area.
In a separate incident, a group of Palestinian farmers from Huwara town in Nablus survived a possible attack by Jewish settlers from Yitzhar settlement after an Israeli security guard premeditatedly prevented them from harvesting olives from their grove.
According to Huwara municipal chief Naser Hawari, a security guard from Yitzhar settlement intercepted the farmers upon their arrival at their olive fields in al-Lahf area, west of the town, and told them that they could not collect olives, claiming that their coordination with the Israeli authorities to enter their land had been cancelled.
As a result, the farmers had to go back and as they were walking, they saw a horde of settlers blocking the main road waiting to assault them, so they took another route to avoid them.
The farmers had already been permitted by the Israeli authorities to enter their fields to harvest olives for three days.
The Red Crescent said that one of its ambulance crews evacuated 13-year-old Ameer Farrukh from an area near the bypass road in Beitunia after his exposure to severe beating by soldiers.
It added that the child suffered leg fractures and bruises in different parts of his body.
Local sources asserted the boy was assaulted on Idrees farm near the Israeli-controlled bypass road, noting that he was alone in the area.
In a separate incident, a group of Palestinian farmers from Huwara town in Nablus survived a possible attack by Jewish settlers from Yitzhar settlement after an Israeli security guard premeditatedly prevented them from harvesting olives from their grove.
According to Huwara municipal chief Naser Hawari, a security guard from Yitzhar settlement intercepted the farmers upon their arrival at their olive fields in al-Lahf area, west of the town, and told them that they could not collect olives, claiming that their coordination with the Israeli authorities to enter their land had been cancelled.
As a result, the farmers had to go back and as they were walking, they saw a horde of settlers blocking the main road waiting to assault them, so they took another route to avoid them.
The farmers had already been permitted by the Israeli authorities to enter their fields to harvest olives for three days.
29 oct 2016
A group of extremist Israeli colonists invaded, earlier Saturday, a Palestinian olive orchard in Wad al-Harayeq area, south of Nahhalin town, west of Bethlehem, and cut more than 18 large olive trees.
The assailants apparently tried to cut more trees, but a fence that was around large areas of the orchard foiled their attempts.
Journalist Hani Fannoun told the Maan News Agency that the lands, owned by his family, are located close to the Gush Etzion settlement block, especially Beit Ayin colonialist outpost.
Fannoun added that the orchard, and the lands around it, were illegally confiscated by Israel, but the family managed to regain control over their orchards more than twenty years ago, after heading to the Israeli Supreme Court.
Fannoun also stated that the land in question is more than ten Dunams (2.47 Acres), and that the lands around it have been illegally confiscated by Israel and became part of Israeli colonies in the area.
It is worth mentioning that various orchards in the area have been subject to frequent similar attacks by groups of extremist Israeli colonizers, especially before and during the olive harvest season.
The assailants apparently tried to cut more trees, but a fence that was around large areas of the orchard foiled their attempts.
Journalist Hani Fannoun told the Maan News Agency that the lands, owned by his family, are located close to the Gush Etzion settlement block, especially Beit Ayin colonialist outpost.
Fannoun added that the orchard, and the lands around it, were illegally confiscated by Israel, but the family managed to regain control over their orchards more than twenty years ago, after heading to the Israeli Supreme Court.
Fannoun also stated that the land in question is more than ten Dunams (2.47 Acres), and that the lands around it have been illegally confiscated by Israel and became part of Israeli colonies in the area.
It is worth mentioning that various orchards in the area have been subject to frequent similar attacks by groups of extremist Israeli colonizers, especially before and during the olive harvest season.
28 oct 2016
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) erected Friday afternoon a number of checkpoints at the entrances to al-Khalil to the south of West Bank.
Eyewitnesses affirmed that several Palestinian vehicles were stopped and searched at an Israeli military checkpoint near Halhul Bridge in the city.
Two Iron Gates were also closed while another military checkpoint was erected to the west of the city, the sources added.
Israeli forces were also deployed in large numbers in different areas in the city which led to the outbreak of violent clashes after Friday prayers.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers stormed Einbos town, south of Nablus, under the protection of Israeli forces in total provocation to local farmers who were harvesting their olive trees in the area.
Along the same line, Israeli forces arrested a local farmer from his agricultural land in Qusin town, west of the city, and forced several others to leave their lands.
Eyewitnesses affirmed that several Palestinian vehicles were stopped and searched at an Israeli military checkpoint near Halhul Bridge in the city.
Two Iron Gates were also closed while another military checkpoint was erected to the west of the city, the sources added.
Israeli forces were also deployed in large numbers in different areas in the city which led to the outbreak of violent clashes after Friday prayers.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers stormed Einbos town, south of Nablus, under the protection of Israeli forces in total provocation to local farmers who were harvesting their olive trees in the area.
Along the same line, Israeli forces arrested a local farmer from his agricultural land in Qusin town, west of the city, and forced several others to leave their lands.
Dozens of Israeli settlers organized Friday afternoon a provocative march in Hawara town, south of Nablus.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a group of settlers stormed the town after unidentified persons sprayed pro-resistance slogans on an Israeli watchtower near Yitzhar junction.
Israeli forces were deployed in large numbers in the area in order to provide protection for the settlers’ march.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a group of settlers stormed the town after unidentified persons sprayed pro-resistance slogans on an Israeli watchtower near Yitzhar junction.
Israeli forces were deployed in large numbers in the area in order to provide protection for the settlers’ march.
27 oct 2016
A group of Israeli settlers attacked Wednesday evening a Palestinian farmer while picking his olive trees in Turmus'ayya town, north of Ramallah.
Local sources affirmed to the PIC reporter that four Israeli settlers coming from Adi Elad settlement, illegally built near the town, brutally attacked the farmer while picking olives in his agricultural land.
The sources pointed out that Israeli forces, who were stationed in the area, did not intervene to stop the attack.
Local sources affirmed to the PIC reporter that four Israeli settlers coming from Adi Elad settlement, illegally built near the town, brutally attacked the farmer while picking olives in his agricultural land.
The sources pointed out that Israeli forces, who were stationed in the area, did not intervene to stop the attack.
Mohammad Daoud 61
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Wednesday, that a Palestinian man died from wounds suffered Tuesday when a speeding Israeli settler’s car struck his horse-drawn cart, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, causing very serious injuries.
The sources stated that Mohammad Daoud, 61, died from his serious wounds on Wednesday evening, and that his wife, Maela Ali Daoud, is still receiving treatment for her moderate-to-severe wounds, at the Darwish Nazzal Hospital, in Qalqilia.
Palestinian Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Luay Erzeiqat, said in a press release that Daoud died at the Nablus Specialty Hospital, in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West bank, from wounds he suffered after being struck by the settler’s car.
The Israeli army said it is still looking into the incident to determine its nature, whether it is a deliberate attack or a hit and run, but did not provide any further information.
There have been many Palestinians were killed after being struck by speeding Israeli settlers’ cars in the occupied West Bank, also leading to dozens of injuries, while the settlers usually continue driving to their destinations before the army or the police even reach the scene.
Maan said that extremist Israeli colonists, illegally living in the occupied West Bank, have carried out 88 attacks against the Palestinians and their properties since the beginning of this year, while in 2015, they carried out at least 221 attacks.
It is worth mentioning that many attacks against the Palestinians remain unreported and undocumented by the Israeli army and police, and even in many documented attacks, the assailants are not prosecuted and are their attacks are met with impunity.
There are 500.000 to 600.000 Israelis living in more than 192 colonies and 323 outposts illegal built in the occupied Palestinian territory, in direct violation of International Law, and the Fourth Geneva Convention to which Israel is a signatory.
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Wednesday, that a Palestinian man died from wounds suffered Tuesday when a speeding Israeli settler’s car struck his horse-drawn cart, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, causing very serious injuries.
The sources stated that Mohammad Daoud, 61, died from his serious wounds on Wednesday evening, and that his wife, Maela Ali Daoud, is still receiving treatment for her moderate-to-severe wounds, at the Darwish Nazzal Hospital, in Qalqilia.
Palestinian Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Luay Erzeiqat, said in a press release that Daoud died at the Nablus Specialty Hospital, in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West bank, from wounds he suffered after being struck by the settler’s car.
The Israeli army said it is still looking into the incident to determine its nature, whether it is a deliberate attack or a hit and run, but did not provide any further information.
There have been many Palestinians were killed after being struck by speeding Israeli settlers’ cars in the occupied West Bank, also leading to dozens of injuries, while the settlers usually continue driving to their destinations before the army or the police even reach the scene.
Maan said that extremist Israeli colonists, illegally living in the occupied West Bank, have carried out 88 attacks against the Palestinians and their properties since the beginning of this year, while in 2015, they carried out at least 221 attacks.
It is worth mentioning that many attacks against the Palestinians remain unreported and undocumented by the Israeli army and police, and even in many documented attacks, the assailants are not prosecuted and are their attacks are met with impunity.
There are 500.000 to 600.000 Israelis living in more than 192 colonies and 323 outposts illegal built in the occupied Palestinian territory, in direct violation of International Law, and the Fourth Geneva Convention to which Israel is a signatory.
