8 oct 2018
The frequency of Israeli attacks and incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock is increasing in an attempt to create facts on the ground that embody the Israeli dream of building the so-called Temple.
By emptying Al-Aqsa Mosque from its worshipers and staff, the Israeli occupation authorities seek to create a suitable atmosphere for settlers to practice their rituals and hideous plans against the Mosque.
In a dangerous precedent, over the past week, Al-Aqsa guards detected a burning object approaching the shrine and the Dome of the Rock, fired from the Al-Buraq Wall, where extremist settlers have an increasingly strong presence.
Al-Aqsa guards told the PIC that the fire balloon was launched from Al-Buraq Wall towards the Dome of the Rock.
This is the first incident of its kind in which fire balloons were flown to target sanctuaries in Occupied Jerusalem. In other new incidents, drones were recently spotted taking photos of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
However, it is not the first time that Al-Aqsa Mosque was the target of an arson attack by Israeli settlers.
On August 21, 1969, an Australian fanatic Jew, Denis Michael Rohan, entered Al-Aqsa Mosque from Al-Guanameh Gate and set fire to it.
At the time, the fire broke out in the eastern wing of the chapel on the southern side of Al-Aqsa Mosque. The fire reached the façades of the Mosque, its ceiling, carpets, rare decorations and the furniture and copies of holy Quran.
The fire also engulfed the historic pulpit of the Mosque, which was brought by Salah al-Din from the city of Aleppo, when Muslims restored the city of Jerusalem in 1187. The pulpit had been a beautiful landmark, as Sultan Nur al-Din Zanki ordered preparing it to be sent to Al-Aqsa after the liberation of the Mosque.
It was found that the incendiary substance was poured from inside and outside the chapel.
A serious incident
The Director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Omar al-Kiswani told the Palestinian Information Center: “This is a dangerous incident, the source of which is Israeli extremists, and it will not pass unnoticed.”
He explained that these incidents are staged by Israeli extremists, adding: “We informed the Israeli police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Jordan and its embassy, in addition to the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf.”
A fierce onslaught
He noted that “The fierce onslaught against the city of Jerusalem has increased since the announcement of the US administration of its plan to transfer its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.”
He added that “the occupation authorities carry out an integrated plan to impose sovereignty over Al-Aqsa Mosque by force,” pointing out that it expels worshipers and arrests employees during the storming of Al-Aqsa by extremist settlers.”
Exiling employees and worshipers
The Israeli occupation authorities have recently banished more than 12 staff members of Al-Aqsa Mosque guards and staff for a period ranging from one to eight months.
According to PIC follow-up, the most prominent figures the Israeli authorities prevented from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque include: Rami al-Fakhouri, Mahmoud Abd al-Latif, Jihad Qaws, Rawhi al-Qulagasi, Raed al-Zaghir, Abu al-Thaer and Shadi Matar, who were barred from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for six months, while Hamza al-Zaghir, Hussam Sidr, Mu'min Hashim, Jamil al-Abbasi and Yacoub al-Dabbagh were barred from the Mosque for three months.
Al-Kiswani called for increasing presence at Al-Aqsa Mosque to resist the Israeli incursions.
He stressed that prayer and presence are means of steadfastness to confront the Israeli attacks against Al-Aqsa.
Sharp increase
The Jerusalem Center for Israeli and Palestinian Studies said that Israeli settlers intensified their incursions into Al-Aqsa during the month of August (2018), with some 2,841 settlers entering its backyards, including Israeli intelligence, military personnel and students of the alleged temple.
According to a report, 2,247 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa in August, including 337 Israeli special forces and 67 Israeli intelligence agents, while 190 students from the so-called Students of the Temple group stormed Al-Aqsa courtyards.
According to the Jerusalem Center, 41,206 tourists entered Al-Aqsa during August.
In mid-August, Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Aqsa courtyards and arrested six female worshipers from its yards. They later released them on condition that they are banned from the Mosque for varying periods.
The occupation authorities continue to deprive dozens of Jerusalemites from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, putting them on a black list and imposing a security ban on their entry to the Old City and Al-Aqsa.
By emptying Al-Aqsa Mosque from its worshipers and staff, the Israeli occupation authorities seek to create a suitable atmosphere for settlers to practice their rituals and hideous plans against the Mosque.
In a dangerous precedent, over the past week, Al-Aqsa guards detected a burning object approaching the shrine and the Dome of the Rock, fired from the Al-Buraq Wall, where extremist settlers have an increasingly strong presence.
Al-Aqsa guards told the PIC that the fire balloon was launched from Al-Buraq Wall towards the Dome of the Rock.
This is the first incident of its kind in which fire balloons were flown to target sanctuaries in Occupied Jerusalem. In other new incidents, drones were recently spotted taking photos of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
However, it is not the first time that Al-Aqsa Mosque was the target of an arson attack by Israeli settlers.
On August 21, 1969, an Australian fanatic Jew, Denis Michael Rohan, entered Al-Aqsa Mosque from Al-Guanameh Gate and set fire to it.
At the time, the fire broke out in the eastern wing of the chapel on the southern side of Al-Aqsa Mosque. The fire reached the façades of the Mosque, its ceiling, carpets, rare decorations and the furniture and copies of holy Quran.
The fire also engulfed the historic pulpit of the Mosque, which was brought by Salah al-Din from the city of Aleppo, when Muslims restored the city of Jerusalem in 1187. The pulpit had been a beautiful landmark, as Sultan Nur al-Din Zanki ordered preparing it to be sent to Al-Aqsa after the liberation of the Mosque.
It was found that the incendiary substance was poured from inside and outside the chapel.
A serious incident
The Director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Omar al-Kiswani told the Palestinian Information Center: “This is a dangerous incident, the source of which is Israeli extremists, and it will not pass unnoticed.”
He explained that these incidents are staged by Israeli extremists, adding: “We informed the Israeli police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Jordan and its embassy, in addition to the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf.”
A fierce onslaught
He noted that “The fierce onslaught against the city of Jerusalem has increased since the announcement of the US administration of its plan to transfer its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.”
He added that “the occupation authorities carry out an integrated plan to impose sovereignty over Al-Aqsa Mosque by force,” pointing out that it expels worshipers and arrests employees during the storming of Al-Aqsa by extremist settlers.”
Exiling employees and worshipers
The Israeli occupation authorities have recently banished more than 12 staff members of Al-Aqsa Mosque guards and staff for a period ranging from one to eight months.
According to PIC follow-up, the most prominent figures the Israeli authorities prevented from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque include: Rami al-Fakhouri, Mahmoud Abd al-Latif, Jihad Qaws, Rawhi al-Qulagasi, Raed al-Zaghir, Abu al-Thaer and Shadi Matar, who were barred from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for six months, while Hamza al-Zaghir, Hussam Sidr, Mu'min Hashim, Jamil al-Abbasi and Yacoub al-Dabbagh were barred from the Mosque for three months.
Al-Kiswani called for increasing presence at Al-Aqsa Mosque to resist the Israeli incursions.
He stressed that prayer and presence are means of steadfastness to confront the Israeli attacks against Al-Aqsa.
Sharp increase
The Jerusalem Center for Israeli and Palestinian Studies said that Israeli settlers intensified their incursions into Al-Aqsa during the month of August (2018), with some 2,841 settlers entering its backyards, including Israeli intelligence, military personnel and students of the alleged temple.
According to a report, 2,247 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa in August, including 337 Israeli special forces and 67 Israeli intelligence agents, while 190 students from the so-called Students of the Temple group stormed Al-Aqsa courtyards.
According to the Jerusalem Center, 41,206 tourists entered Al-Aqsa during August.
In mid-August, Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Aqsa courtyards and arrested six female worshipers from its yards. They later released them on condition that they are banned from the Mosque for varying periods.
The occupation authorities continue to deprive dozens of Jerusalemites from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, putting them on a black list and imposing a security ban on their entry to the Old City and Al-Aqsa.
A group of Jewish settlers backed by Israeli police forced their way into occupied Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday morning.
About 52 settlers stormed the al-Aqsa complex through al-Magharbeh Gate under Israeli police protection, Quds Press reported.
Two army officers also broke into the holy shrine and conducted a provocative tour, the sources added.
Over the past few weeks, more than 2000 settlers – often accompanied by Israeli security forces –broke into the Al-Aqsa complex. The frequent violations anger Palestinian Muslims and occasionally lead to violent confrontations.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 war. It later annexed the holy city in 1980 – in a move never recognized by the international community – claiming it as the capital of the self-proclaimed Jewish state.
About 52 settlers stormed the al-Aqsa complex through al-Magharbeh Gate under Israeli police protection, Quds Press reported.
Two army officers also broke into the holy shrine and conducted a provocative tour, the sources added.
Over the past few weeks, more than 2000 settlers – often accompanied by Israeli security forces –broke into the Al-Aqsa complex. The frequent violations anger Palestinian Muslims and occasionally lead to violent confrontations.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 war. It later annexed the holy city in 1980 – in a move never recognized by the international community – claiming it as the capital of the self-proclaimed Jewish state.
A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, Monday, the village of Shoshahla in the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and photographed many homes, in addition to the local mosque.
Ahmad Salah, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said that invasion was carried out by a group of illegal colonists, accompanied by the head of Neve Daniel colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
Salah added that the settlers told the residents that they intend to pave a new bypass road, which links with the main Hebron-Jerusalem road, and extends to the mountaintop where Shoshahla is located.
He added that the villagers in Shoshahla have been subject to repeated invasions and violation by the illegal colonialist settlers, who constantly try to confiscate its lands for the expansion of the colony.
Settlers Plan to Seize Palestinian Land to Open Road for Themselves
Jewish settlers from the illegal Nave Daniel settlement, south of Bethlehem, told Palestinian residents of the village of Shoshahleh in the Bethlehem-area town of al-Khader that they intend to open a road that will connect their settlement to the main Jerusalem-Hebron road, a local official said on Monday.
Ahmad Salah, from the anti-wall and anti-settlements committee in al-Khader, told WAFA that the head of Navi Danial settlement and other settlers broke into Shoshahleh village in a barbaric way, photographing homes and an old mosque.
When the settlers were questioned about their reason for coming to the village and for taking pictures of homes, they told the residents that they are going to build a bypass road to the main highway that would go through that part of the village, which means seizing Palestinian land.
Ahmad Salah, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said that invasion was carried out by a group of illegal colonists, accompanied by the head of Neve Daniel colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
Salah added that the settlers told the residents that they intend to pave a new bypass road, which links with the main Hebron-Jerusalem road, and extends to the mountaintop where Shoshahla is located.
He added that the villagers in Shoshahla have been subject to repeated invasions and violation by the illegal colonialist settlers, who constantly try to confiscate its lands for the expansion of the colony.
Settlers Plan to Seize Palestinian Land to Open Road for Themselves
Jewish settlers from the illegal Nave Daniel settlement, south of Bethlehem, told Palestinian residents of the village of Shoshahleh in the Bethlehem-area town of al-Khader that they intend to open a road that will connect their settlement to the main Jerusalem-Hebron road, a local official said on Monday.
Ahmad Salah, from the anti-wall and anti-settlements committee in al-Khader, told WAFA that the head of Navi Danial settlement and other settlers broke into Shoshahleh village in a barbaric way, photographing homes and an old mosque.
When the settlers were questioned about their reason for coming to the village and for taking pictures of homes, they told the residents that they are going to build a bypass road to the main highway that would go through that part of the village, which means seizing Palestinian land.
Fanatic Israeli settlers broke into Bidia town, west of Salfit, at daybreak Monday and vandalized Palestinian property, sparking terror in the area.
Eye-witnesses said Israeli fanatics showed up in Bidia town and hurled stones at Palestinian cars parked in the area, smashing their windows.
The majority of Israeli settlers residing in the occupied Palestinian territories frequently engage in acts of violence and staged vandalism against Palestinians.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable civilians and homes, among others.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across the occupied 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 transfer parts of its own population into the territory it occupies.
Eye-witnesses said Israeli fanatics showed up in Bidia town and hurled stones at Palestinian cars parked in the area, smashing their windows.
The majority of Israeli settlers residing in the occupied Palestinian territories frequently engage in acts of violence and staged vandalism against Palestinians.
Settlers' violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable civilians and homes, among others.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across the occupied 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 transfer parts of its own population into the territory it occupies.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, twelve Palestinians, including one woman, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
The soldiers invaded and searched many homes across the West Bank, and violently searched them before abducting the twelve Palestinians, including the Fairouz Na’alwa, the sister of Ashraf Waleed Suleiman Na’alwa, 23, who shot and killed two Israeli settlers, identified as Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 28, from Rosh HaAyin, and Ziv Hagbi, 35, from Rishon LeZion.
Furthermore, several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after the soldiers invaded Nablus, in northern West Bank, and attacked dozens of protesters.
In addition, dozens of illegal colonialist settlers, accompanied by soldiers, invaded the archeological area in Kifl Hares, near Salfit.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
The soldiers invaded and searched many homes across the West Bank, and violently searched them before abducting the twelve Palestinians, including the Fairouz Na’alwa, the sister of Ashraf Waleed Suleiman Na’alwa, 23, who shot and killed two Israeli settlers, identified as Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 28, from Rosh HaAyin, and Ziv Hagbi, 35, from Rishon LeZion.
Furthermore, several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after the soldiers invaded Nablus, in northern West Bank, and attacked dozens of protesters.
In addition, dozens of illegal colonialist settlers, accompanied by soldiers, invaded the archeological area in Kifl Hares, near Salfit.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Fairouz Na’alwa, Nablus.
- Mohammad al-Bahsh, Nablus.
- Hamed Hashash, Balata refugee camp, Nablus.
- Sous Marshoud, Balata refugee camp, Nablus.
- Ammar Abu Mustafa, Balata refuge camp, Nablus.
- Lu’ay Husam Abu al-‘Auf, Tulkarem.
- Ameed Azzam Na’alwa, Tulkarem.
- Laith Bassam Mahdawi, Tulkarem.
- Ra’fat Masalma, Beit Awwa, Hebron.
- Akram Jom’a Hamayel, Kafr Malik, Ramallah.
- Fuad Dar Khalil, Sinjil, Ramallah.
- Awad Abu Alia, al-Mughayyir, Ramallah.
Israeli settlers, on Sunday morning, cut and destroyed about 40 olive trees in the town of Turmusaya, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
According to local PNN sources, farmers who went out on their lands, today, found out that over 40 olive trees in their own lands, near the settlement outpost “Adi Aad”, have been cut down and destroyed.
This is the second consecutive attack on olive trees in the area during this week. This month is the season for “olive picking” in Palestine, known for its quality product of olives and olive oil.
According to local PNN sources, farmers who went out on their lands, today, found out that over 40 olive trees in their own lands, near the settlement outpost “Adi Aad”, have been cut down and destroyed.
This is the second consecutive attack on olive trees in the area during this week. This month is the season for “olive picking” in Palestine, known for its quality product of olives and olive oil.
More than 100 Jewish settlers, accompanied by Israeli security forces, forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday, according to local sources.
WAFA correspondence said that more than 75 extremist Israeli settlers and about 30 students of Talmudic yeshivas broke into the holy mosque in groups, under heavy protection from Israeli police.
The settlers performed Talmudic rituals and prayers while at the holy site.
In late 2015, repeated incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, compound by Jewish settlers and Israeli security personnel, sparked months-long tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
WAFA correspondence said that more than 75 extremist Israeli settlers and about 30 students of Talmudic yeshivas broke into the holy mosque in groups, under heavy protection from Israeli police.
The settlers performed Talmudic rituals and prayers while at the holy site.
In late 2015, repeated incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, compound by Jewish settlers and Israeli security personnel, sparked months-long tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
6 oct 2018
Several Palestinian vehicles on Saturday afternoon were partially damaged by stones thrown by Israeli settlers on the main road between Nablus and Qalqilya, north of the West Bank.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that a group of Israeli settlers from Kedumim settlement gathered near the settlement's entrance, hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles, and chanted racist slogans against Arabs.
There are 423 settlement outposts covering about 46% of the West Bank's area. These outposts are inhabited by nearly 700,000 settlers who carry out attacks against Palestinian citizens on almost a daily basis.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that a group of Israeli settlers from Kedumim settlement gathered near the settlement's entrance, hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles, and chanted racist slogans against Arabs.
There are 423 settlement outposts covering about 46% of the West Bank's area. These outposts are inhabited by nearly 700,000 settlers who carry out attacks against Palestinian citizens on almost a daily basis.
Palestinian guards at the Aqsa Mosque captured a Jewish settler wearing plain clothes on the roof of al-Marwani prayer building during the Friday prayer and handed him over to Israeli police officers outside the holy site.
Local sources said that the settler was pretending to be a Palestinian Muslim when he was caught.
About 50,000 Palestinians from Occupied Jerusalem and the 1948 occupied lands observed the Friday khutba (sermon) and prayer at the Aqsa Mosque.
Local sources said that the settler was pretending to be a Palestinian Muslim when he was caught.
About 50,000 Palestinians from Occupied Jerusalem and the 1948 occupied lands observed the Friday khutba (sermon) and prayer at the Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday prevented Palestinian farmers from gathering olives in Salem town, east of Nablus in the West Bank.
Farmer Amin Ashtiyeh told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that his family went in the early morning to their plots of land near the road between the illegal settlements of Itamar and Elon Moreh east of Nablus, but Israeli soldiers intercepted them and prevented them from entering the area.
The farmer added that the soldiers ordered them not to approach the area at the pretext that there were hundreds of Jewish settlers performing rituals and celebrating on the road and nearby lands.
Farmer Amin Ashtiyeh told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that his family went in the early morning to their plots of land near the road between the illegal settlements of Itamar and Elon Moreh east of Nablus, but Israeli soldiers intercepted them and prevented them from entering the area.
The farmer added that the soldiers ordered them not to approach the area at the pretext that there were hundreds of Jewish settlers performing rituals and celebrating on the road and nearby lands.
5 oct 2018
Hundreds of Jewish settlers under military guard on Friday morning stormed Sebastia town, northwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, for rituals.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that several buses and vehicles carrying settlers entered the archeological area of the town and performed rituals under military escort.
The town is frequently stormed by settlers and soldiers at the pretext of visiting ancient sites they claim to be Jewish.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that several buses and vehicles carrying settlers entered the archeological area of the town and performed rituals under military escort.
The town is frequently stormed by settlers and soldiers at the pretext of visiting ancient sites they claim to be Jewish.
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Israeli settlers stole on Thursday Palestinian olive crops in Burin village, south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank.
Yehya Qadoos, head of Burin village council, told PIC that Israeli settlers crept into land lots belonging to Palestinian farmers and located near an Israeli military camp in the village, before they took away the olive harvest. video He said the theft has been carried out in the presence of the Israeli military. As Palestinians embark on picking their olives, considered one of the main income-generating seasons for thousands of Palestinian families in the occupied territories, Israeli settlers increase assaults on Palestinian farmers and grab their harvest under heavy military escort. |
Israeli settlers, escorted by soldiers and policemen, grabbed on Thursday a historic building in Jerusalem’s Old City.
The building, owned by the Palestinian Joudeh family, is located near holy al-Aqsa Mosque and was recently used as a clinic.
Israeli settlers also took over on Wednesday two buildings covering 120 square meters each and a land lot of over one dunum in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, in Silwan.
The building, owned by the Palestinian Joudeh family, is located near holy al-Aqsa Mosque and was recently used as a clinic.
Israeli settlers also took over on Wednesday two buildings covering 120 square meters each and a land lot of over one dunum in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, in Silwan.
4 oct 2018
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A Jewish settler driving at high speed on Wednesday evening hit a herd of sheep, killing some of them, after he tried to run over their owner on a road in a West Bank area south of al-Khalil.
A local source told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a shepherd called Ismail ad-Daghamin was crossing Road 60 near Ghuwein hamlet and as-Samu village in al-Khalil with his cattle when a settler accelerated his car towards him in an attempt to kill him. Seven sheep died immediately in the vehicular attack, while the shepherd miraculously survived. |
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Wednesday, that a man was injured after being struck by a speeding colonialist settler’s car at a military roadblock, near Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The sources said the man, Nassif Saleh Khalifa, suffered a moderate injury, and was rushed to a Palestinian hospital.
The Palestinian, a day laborer working in occupied Jerusalem, was heading back home in Ni’lin, and was struck by the car while on the sidewalk.
The sources said the man, Nassif Saleh Khalifa, suffered a moderate injury, and was rushed to a Palestinian hospital.
The Palestinian, a day laborer working in occupied Jerusalem, was heading back home in Ni’lin, and was struck by the car while on the sidewalk.
