9 oct 2019
A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, on Tuesday evening, dozens of Palestinian cars, driving on a road in northern West Bank.
Media sources said the assailants hurled stones at the Palestinian cars, driving on Ramallah-Nablus Road, near the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
They added that the attacks led to damage in many cars, and that the assailants also attempted to physically assault several Palestinians.
Media sources said the assailants hurled stones at the Palestinian cars, driving on Ramallah-Nablus Road, near the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
They added that the attacks led to damage in many cars, and that the assailants also attempted to physically assault several Palestinians.
Hordes of Jewish settlers on Wednesday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards under tight police guard.
According to local sources, about 200 settlers entered the Mosque in groups and toured its courtyards. video
The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Israeli occupation police close al-Maghariba Gate, which is used by Jews to enter the Mosque, at 10:30 am after the settlers complete their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon, the same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers.
During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place.
Hamas: Settlers’ descration of Aqsa needs strong Palestinian response
The Hamas Movement has condemned the escalating break-ins by Jewish settlers at the Aqsa Mosque as “aggression against the Palestinian people and the Arab and Muslim nations and acts of desecration aimed at Judaizing the Islamic holy site.”
In a press release on Tuesday, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum stressed the need for strong and effective reactions from the Palestinian people from all spectra to defend the Aqsa Mosque against what he called as the ongoing criminal practices by Jewish settlers.
Barhoum appealed to the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to assume their role in confronting and putting an end to Israel’s systematic aggression against the Aqsa Mosque.
According to local sources, about 200 settlers entered the Mosque in groups and toured its courtyards. video
The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Israeli occupation police close al-Maghariba Gate, which is used by Jews to enter the Mosque, at 10:30 am after the settlers complete their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon, the same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers.
During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place.
Hamas: Settlers’ descration of Aqsa needs strong Palestinian response
The Hamas Movement has condemned the escalating break-ins by Jewish settlers at the Aqsa Mosque as “aggression against the Palestinian people and the Arab and Muslim nations and acts of desecration aimed at Judaizing the Islamic holy site.”
In a press release on Tuesday, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum stressed the need for strong and effective reactions from the Palestinian people from all spectra to defend the Aqsa Mosque against what he called as the ongoing criminal practices by Jewish settlers.
Barhoum appealed to the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to assume their role in confronting and putting an end to Israel’s systematic aggression against the Aqsa Mosque.
8 oct 2019
A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonialist settlers burnt, Tuesday, dozens of Palestinian olive trees in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported.
Eyewitnesses said the armed paramilitary colonists invaded olive orchards in the area between Burin and Huwwara and burnt the trees.
They added that the fire consumed at least 70 olive trees, before Palestinian firefighters managed to extinguish it.
The attack was carried out less the 24 hours after the colonists cut and uprooted 36 Palestinian olive trees in isolated behind the illegal Annexation Wall, and the Palestinians cannot enter them without a permit from the Israeli army.
Eyewitnesses said the armed paramilitary colonists invaded olive orchards in the area between Burin and Huwwara and burnt the trees.
They added that the fire consumed at least 70 olive trees, before Palestinian firefighters managed to extinguish it.
The attack was carried out less the 24 hours after the colonists cut and uprooted 36 Palestinian olive trees in isolated behind the illegal Annexation Wall, and the Palestinians cannot enter them without a permit from the Israeli army.
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Thousands of Jewish settlers on Monday night swarmed the Aqsa Mosque’s western wall plaza to perform rituals on the occasion of Yom Kippur, amid tight police restrictions on the movement of Jerusalemite citizens. video video
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation police have intensified the presence of its forces in the Old City of Jerusalem and at the Aqsa Mosque and its vicinity, closed roads and restricted the movement of native residents. During the last few days, the Israeli police also allowed hundreds of settlers to defile the Aqsa Mosque after extremist Jewish groups called for mass break-ins at the Islamic holy site. |
7 oct 2019
Israeli forces bulldozed around 30 dunams of Palestinian lands, in an area adjacent to the illegal Israeli settlement of Kharsina, to the east of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, as a prelude to the construction of a new settlement outpost, there, said a local activist.
Abd al-Hadi Hantash, an expert in settlements and maps, said Israeli bulldozers razed around 30 dunams of land, then laid base course — a layer of material used for the construction of roads — and removed the electricity poles belonging to the Hebron municipality, cutting off power to several Palestinian residents in the area, as a prelude to build a new settlement outpost there.
Israeli forces paved a road in the said area almost two months ago, in order to connect the new settlement outpost with other nearby settlements located adjacent to Bypass Road 60, built on confiscated Palestinian land.
In related news, extremist Israeli settlers, today, chopped dozens of olive trees, in the village of Burin, to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, said local WAFA sources.
The sources said that settlers from Yitzhar, an illegal settlement inhabited by hardline extremist Jews, uprooted about 36 olive trees in the area of “Khillet al-Goul”, an area which belongs to the villagers of Burin.
Meanwhile, students were evicted from Burin High School, after the guard of the aforementioned settlement drew his gun on them.
The school’s principal, Ibraheem Omran, said that the school was evicted after the guard made threats and called Israeli soldiers to the scene.
Attacks on education by Israeli military forces and Israeli settlers, in the Palestinian territories, constitute grave violations of children’s rights to education and development. These attacks are particularly prevalent in the most vulnerable areas of the West Bank – Area C, H2 and Jerusalem.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settler 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 occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
Furthermore, today, the Israeli military halted the construction of a water collection well and detained three Palestinians in Khirbet Samra, in the northern Jordan Valley.
Aref Daraghmeh, a local activist, said that an Israeli military force broke into Khirber Samra, preventing three workers from proceeding with the restoration works of a water collection well, before detaining them.
The valley, which is a fertile strip of land running west along the Jordan River, is home to about 65,000 Palestinians and makes up approximately 30% of the West Bank.
Since 1967, when the Israeli army occupied the West Bank, Israel has transferred at least 11,000 of its Jewish citizens to the Jordan Valley. Some of the settlements in which they live were built almost entirely on private Palestinian land.
The Israel military has also designated about 46 percent of the Jordan Valley as a closed military zone since the beginning of the occupation in June of 1967, and has been utilizing the pretext of military drills to forcefully displace Palestinian families living there, as part of a policy of ethnic cleansing and stifling Palestinian development in the area.
Approximately 6,200 Palestinians live in 38 communities in places earmarked for military use, and have had to obtain permission from Israeli authorities to enter and live in their communities.
In violation of international law, the Israeli military not only temporarily displaces the communities on a regular basis, but also confiscates their farmlands, demolishing their homes and infrastructure, from time to time.
Besides undergoing temporary displacement, the Palestinian families living there face a myriad restrictions on access to resources and services.
Meanwhile, Israel exploits the resources of the area and generates profit by allocating generous tracts of land and water resources for the benefit of settlers.
Israeli politicians have made it clear, on several occasions, that the highly strategic Jordan Valley area would remain under their control, in any eventuality.
Abd al-Hadi Hantash, an expert in settlements and maps, said Israeli bulldozers razed around 30 dunams of land, then laid base course — a layer of material used for the construction of roads — and removed the electricity poles belonging to the Hebron municipality, cutting off power to several Palestinian residents in the area, as a prelude to build a new settlement outpost there.
Israeli forces paved a road in the said area almost two months ago, in order to connect the new settlement outpost with other nearby settlements located adjacent to Bypass Road 60, built on confiscated Palestinian land.
In related news, extremist Israeli settlers, today, chopped dozens of olive trees, in the village of Burin, to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, said local WAFA sources.
The sources said that settlers from Yitzhar, an illegal settlement inhabited by hardline extremist Jews, uprooted about 36 olive trees in the area of “Khillet al-Goul”, an area which belongs to the villagers of Burin.
Meanwhile, students were evicted from Burin High School, after the guard of the aforementioned settlement drew his gun on them.
The school’s principal, Ibraheem Omran, said that the school was evicted after the guard made threats and called Israeli soldiers to the scene.
Attacks on education by Israeli military forces and Israeli settlers, in the Palestinian territories, constitute grave violations of children’s rights to education and development. These attacks are particularly prevalent in the most vulnerable areas of the West Bank – Area C, H2 and Jerusalem.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settler 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 occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
Furthermore, today, the Israeli military halted the construction of a water collection well and detained three Palestinians in Khirbet Samra, in the northern Jordan Valley.
Aref Daraghmeh, a local activist, said that an Israeli military force broke into Khirber Samra, preventing three workers from proceeding with the restoration works of a water collection well, before detaining them.
The valley, which is a fertile strip of land running west along the Jordan River, is home to about 65,000 Palestinians and makes up approximately 30% of the West Bank.
Since 1967, when the Israeli army occupied the West Bank, Israel has transferred at least 11,000 of its Jewish citizens to the Jordan Valley. Some of the settlements in which they live were built almost entirely on private Palestinian land.
The Israel military has also designated about 46 percent of the Jordan Valley as a closed military zone since the beginning of the occupation in June of 1967, and has been utilizing the pretext of military drills to forcefully displace Palestinian families living there, as part of a policy of ethnic cleansing and stifling Palestinian development in the area.
Approximately 6,200 Palestinians live in 38 communities in places earmarked for military use, and have had to obtain permission from Israeli authorities to enter and live in their communities.
In violation of international law, the Israeli military not only temporarily displaces the communities on a regular basis, but also confiscates their farmlands, demolishing their homes and infrastructure, from time to time.
Besides undergoing temporary displacement, the Palestinian families living there face a myriad restrictions on access to resources and services.
Meanwhile, Israel exploits the resources of the area and generates profit by allocating generous tracts of land and water resources for the benefit of settlers.
Israeli politicians have made it clear, on several occasions, that the highly strategic Jordan Valley area would remain under their control, in any eventuality.
Israeli occupation forces on Sunday night stormed the eastern area of Nablus City to accompany Israeli settlers in a break-in into Joseph's Tomb. video
Eyewitnesses said that several Israeli military jeeps surrounded the site and the neighboring areas to make way for the settler raid. video
Violent clashes broke out after the Israeli forces heavily fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets at the Palestinian residents who attempted to confront the break-in.
A Palestinian journalist was injured by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the abdomen.
According to Israeli media sources, an Israeli minister and nearly 1,000 Israeli settlers broke into Joseph's Tomb and performed Talmudic rituals at the site on Sunday night. video
Soldiers Injure Five Palestinians In Nablus
Israeli soldiers injured, on Monday at dawn, five young Palestinian men, including a journalist, during protests that erupted after the army accompanied dozens of illegal colonialist settlers into Joseph’s Tomb, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Media sources said Palestinians protested the invasion into the site, and its surrounding areas, and hurled stones at the army jeeps.
They added that the soldiers shot at least five Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
One of the wounded Palestinians is a journalist, identified as Mo’tasem Saqf el-Heit, who was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the abdomen.
The incidents took place after many army jeeps accompanied 17 Israeli buses, and many cars, carrying around 1100 illegal colonialist settlers, and headed towards Joseph’s Tombs, while the soldiers closed its surrounding areas, preventing the Palestinians from entering them.
Among the Israelis who participated in the invasion are Eli Cohen, a member of Knesset and the Minister of Economy and Industry, in addition to, Yossi Dagan, the head of the so-called “Regional Council of Settlements,” in northern West Bank.
Joseph’s Tomb is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Samaritans alike. The Israeli military allows Jews to visit as part of organized pilgrimages, despite the site being in Area A where the PA has full control and prohibits Muslims from worshiping at the site.
Ultra-orthodox and nationalist Jews regularly try to visit the shrine without approval, as many Jews believe the tomb to be the final resting place of the biblical figure in the Old Testament.
Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousif Dweikat, a local religious and social figure.
Eyewitnesses said that several Israeli military jeeps surrounded the site and the neighboring areas to make way for the settler raid. video
Violent clashes broke out after the Israeli forces heavily fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets at the Palestinian residents who attempted to confront the break-in.
A Palestinian journalist was injured by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the abdomen.
According to Israeli media sources, an Israeli minister and nearly 1,000 Israeli settlers broke into Joseph's Tomb and performed Talmudic rituals at the site on Sunday night. video
Soldiers Injure Five Palestinians In Nablus
Israeli soldiers injured, on Monday at dawn, five young Palestinian men, including a journalist, during protests that erupted after the army accompanied dozens of illegal colonialist settlers into Joseph’s Tomb, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Media sources said Palestinians protested the invasion into the site, and its surrounding areas, and hurled stones at the army jeeps.
They added that the soldiers shot at least five Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
One of the wounded Palestinians is a journalist, identified as Mo’tasem Saqf el-Heit, who was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the abdomen.
The incidents took place after many army jeeps accompanied 17 Israeli buses, and many cars, carrying around 1100 illegal colonialist settlers, and headed towards Joseph’s Tombs, while the soldiers closed its surrounding areas, preventing the Palestinians from entering them.
Among the Israelis who participated in the invasion are Eli Cohen, a member of Knesset and the Minister of Economy and Industry, in addition to, Yossi Dagan, the head of the so-called “Regional Council of Settlements,” in northern West Bank.
Joseph’s Tomb is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Samaritans alike. The Israeli military allows Jews to visit as part of organized pilgrimages, despite the site being in Area A where the PA has full control and prohibits Muslims from worshiping at the site.
Ultra-orthodox and nationalist Jews regularly try to visit the shrine without approval, as many Jews believe the tomb to be the final resting place of the biblical figure in the Old Testament.
Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yousif Dweikat, a local religious and social figure.
6 oct 2019
A horde of Jewish settlers at dawn Sunday infiltrated into Qira village in northern Salfit in the Occupied West Bank, sabotaged car tires and defaced cars and walls with racist slurs.
Chief of the village council Aisha Namer said that the settlers entered the village at 02:00 am and embarked on puncturing tires of 13 cars and spray-painting racist graffiti on walls of homes and cars.
According to human rights groups, incidents of sabotage and violence by extremist Jewish settlers against Palestinians and their property are a daily occurrence throughout the West Bank.
However, Israeli law enforcement authorities exhibit extreme incompetence in addressing such widespread occurrence of settlers’ crimes.
The vast majority of investigation files regarding harm to Palestinians and their property are closed due to deliberate police failure to investigate properly. The deficiencies and flaws in the work of the Israeli police are clearly noticed at every stage of an investigation when the victim is a Palestinian citizen.
Chief of the village council Aisha Namer said that the settlers entered the village at 02:00 am and embarked on puncturing tires of 13 cars and spray-painting racist graffiti on walls of homes and cars.
According to human rights groups, incidents of sabotage and violence by extremist Jewish settlers against Palestinians and their property are a daily occurrence throughout the West Bank.
However, Israeli law enforcement authorities exhibit extreme incompetence in addressing such widespread occurrence of settlers’ crimes.
The vast majority of investigation files regarding harm to Palestinians and their property are closed due to deliberate police failure to investigate properly. The deficiencies and flaws in the work of the Israeli police are clearly noticed at every stage of an investigation when the victim is a Palestinian citizen.
Dozens of Jewish settlers on Sunday morning barged into the Aqsa Mosque compound under tight police protection.
According to the Islamic Awqaf Authority, 121 settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards, amid attempts by settlers to perform rituals.
However, about 62 settlers performed rituals the moment they entered the Mosque through al-Maghariba Gate, while the mosque guards prevented many others from doing so during their tours at the Islamic site.
The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Israeli occupation police close al-Maghariba Gate, which is used by Jews to enter the Mosque, at 10:30 am after the settlers complete their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon, the same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers.
During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place.
According to the Islamic Awqaf Authority, 121 settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards, amid attempts by settlers to perform rituals.
However, about 62 settlers performed rituals the moment they entered the Mosque through al-Maghariba Gate, while the mosque guards prevented many others from doing so during their tours at the Islamic site.
The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Israeli occupation police close al-Maghariba Gate, which is used by Jews to enter the Mosque, at 10:30 am after the settlers complete their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon, the same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers.
During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place.
