21 sept 2015
Jewish settlers Sunday celebrated a provocative dancing concert at al-Haram al-Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil.
Local sources revealed that groups of settlers celebrated a dancing concert in the plazas of the holy mosque under tight security measures by Israeli forces. It is the first time that Jewish settlers conduct such a concert, the sources pointed out.
By such provocative practices, Israelis intend to Judaize the Islamic holy places in the West Bank.
Israeli forces prevent Palestinians from entering al-Haram al-Ibrahimi Mosque under the pretext of Jewish holidays in full disregard to the Islamic holy first ten days of the month of the Haj current season.
Local sources revealed that groups of settlers celebrated a dancing concert in the plazas of the holy mosque under tight security measures by Israeli forces. It is the first time that Jewish settlers conduct such a concert, the sources pointed out.
By such provocative practices, Israelis intend to Judaize the Islamic holy places in the West Bank.
Israeli forces prevent Palestinians from entering al-Haram al-Ibrahimi Mosque under the pretext of Jewish holidays in full disregard to the Islamic holy first ten days of the month of the Haj current season.
A Palestinian child on Sunday evening suffered injuries when an Israeli car deliberately hit him in al-Khalil city.
WAFA news agency quoted security sources as saying that a Jewish settler rammed his car into seven-year-old Omar Idris near the Ibrahimi Mosque and badly injured him.
The settler escaped the scene, while the kid was rushed to hospital for urgent medical assistance.
WAFA news agency quoted security sources as saying that a Jewish settler rammed his car into seven-year-old Omar Idris near the Ibrahimi Mosque and badly injured him.
The settler escaped the scene, while the kid was rushed to hospital for urgent medical assistance.
The occupation forces arrested one woman and assaulted several other while they were at Al-Aqsa Gates after being prevented from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation arrested Jihad Ghazzawi after assaulting and beating her.
Since the morning hours, the forces assaulted the women present at Al-Silsileh Gate and forced them to stay away from the area while a group of settlers protested in the area and practiced their religious rituals protected by the Israeli police in an attempt to provoke the Jerusalemites.
The forces harassed the women near Al-Aqsa Gates and attempted to prevent them from staying around the gates especially Al-Majles and l-Qataneen; they randomly sprayed pepper gas near Hutta Gate.
It is noteworthy that the occupation forces prevented nearly 60 Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque (men, women and journalists) under the pretext of initiating problems inside Al-Aqsa; note that their names are listed in the “black lists” distributed at Al-Aqsa Gates.
On Sunday, 146 extremist settlers broke into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque through Dung Gate protected by the police amid chants of “God is Great” by the worshippers.
He occupation police continued on Sunday to detain the men’s IDs before entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Journalists’ sit-in
A group of journalists carried out a sit-in near Al-Qataneen Gate to condemn the Israeli assaults against them in the past few days as several journalists were attacked, injured or arrested.
Arrests
The occupation authorities arrested on Sunday early morning three young men from the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber after raiding their homes. The detainees are: Mohammad Wasim Aweisat, Mohammad Aziz Aweisat and Jihad Ahmad Sroor.
The forces also arrested the child Bara’ Mahmoud from the village of Esawyeh.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation arrested Jihad Ghazzawi after assaulting and beating her.
Since the morning hours, the forces assaulted the women present at Al-Silsileh Gate and forced them to stay away from the area while a group of settlers protested in the area and practiced their religious rituals protected by the Israeli police in an attempt to provoke the Jerusalemites.
The forces harassed the women near Al-Aqsa Gates and attempted to prevent them from staying around the gates especially Al-Majles and l-Qataneen; they randomly sprayed pepper gas near Hutta Gate.
It is noteworthy that the occupation forces prevented nearly 60 Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque (men, women and journalists) under the pretext of initiating problems inside Al-Aqsa; note that their names are listed in the “black lists” distributed at Al-Aqsa Gates.
On Sunday, 146 extremist settlers broke into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque through Dung Gate protected by the police amid chants of “God is Great” by the worshippers.
He occupation police continued on Sunday to detain the men’s IDs before entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Journalists’ sit-in
A group of journalists carried out a sit-in near Al-Qataneen Gate to condemn the Israeli assaults against them in the past few days as several journalists were attacked, injured or arrested.
Arrests
The occupation authorities arrested on Sunday early morning three young men from the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber after raiding their homes. The detainees are: Mohammad Wasim Aweisat, Mohammad Aziz Aweisat and Jihad Ahmad Sroor.
The forces also arrested the child Bara’ Mahmoud from the village of Esawyeh.
20 sept 2015
Yedioth Ahronoth Hebrew newspaper disclosed that Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff rejects new Israeli envoy Dani Dayan as ambassador to Brazil due to being settler leader.
Bazilian President Dilma Rousseff asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel the appointment of former settler leader Dani Dayan as ambassador to her country, the Ynet news site reported Sunday.
Rousseff is worried that accepting Dayan as ambassador would be understood as support for Israeli settlements, the report said.
While the rejection of an ambassador by a host country is rare, governments sometimes encourage the withdrawal of certain appointments to avoid diplomatic confrontations.
Rousseff has faced pressure from 40 Brazilian organizations who signed a petition to reject Dayan based on his background representing the umbrella settlement movement Yesha Council. In August, a petition was presented to the Brazilian government calling the appointment “a violation of the international legitimacy and sovereignty of Brazil.”
If Israel goes ahead with the appointment as planned and receives a formal rejection from Brazil, it would be seen as a diplomatic crisis, damaging the closer ties the two countries have developed in recent years.
Bazilian President Dilma Rousseff asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel the appointment of former settler leader Dani Dayan as ambassador to her country, the Ynet news site reported Sunday.
Rousseff is worried that accepting Dayan as ambassador would be understood as support for Israeli settlements, the report said.
While the rejection of an ambassador by a host country is rare, governments sometimes encourage the withdrawal of certain appointments to avoid diplomatic confrontations.
Rousseff has faced pressure from 40 Brazilian organizations who signed a petition to reject Dayan based on his background representing the umbrella settlement movement Yesha Council. In August, a petition was presented to the Brazilian government calling the appointment “a violation of the international legitimacy and sovereignty of Brazil.”
If Israel goes ahead with the appointment as planned and receives a formal rejection from Brazil, it would be seen as a diplomatic crisis, damaging the closer ties the two countries have developed in recent years.
A suspected Israeli settler allegedly opened fire, on Saturday, at a Palestinian vehicle near the illegal Israeli settlement of Elon Moreh, in the northern occupied West Bank, a local monitor said.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settler activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an News Agency that one person drove the car of the attacker, which has Israeli number plates, while another shot live rounds at a Palestinian vehicle with Palestinian number plates.
No injuries have been reported.
Daghlas added that the victim in the shooting has been identified as Ammar Naim Sarkaji. No description of the attacker's vehicle has been given at this time.
The Palestinians were said to have been travelling from the village of Beit Dajan to Nablus in the northern West Bank during the attack.
Tensions with Israeli settlers have been running high in the occupied Palestinian territory since an 18-month-old Palestinian toddler and his parents were killed in an arson attack on their home in southern Nablus at the end of July.
The toddler's father died a week after the attack, while the mother, Riham Dawabsha, succumbed to her wounds on Sept. 7, more than one month later.
Israeli settlers have carried out at least 148 attacks on Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank since the start of this year, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Only 1.9 percent of complaints submitted by Palestinians against Israeli settler attacks result in a conviction, the Israeli human rights group Yesh Din reported.
There are more than 500,000 Israelis living in settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, in contravention of international law.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settler activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an News Agency that one person drove the car of the attacker, which has Israeli number plates, while another shot live rounds at a Palestinian vehicle with Palestinian number plates.
No injuries have been reported.
Daghlas added that the victim in the shooting has been identified as Ammar Naim Sarkaji. No description of the attacker's vehicle has been given at this time.
The Palestinians were said to have been travelling from the village of Beit Dajan to Nablus in the northern West Bank during the attack.
Tensions with Israeli settlers have been running high in the occupied Palestinian territory since an 18-month-old Palestinian toddler and his parents were killed in an arson attack on their home in southern Nablus at the end of July.
The toddler's father died a week after the attack, while the mother, Riham Dawabsha, succumbed to her wounds on Sept. 7, more than one month later.
Israeli settlers have carried out at least 148 attacks on Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank since the start of this year, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Only 1.9 percent of complaints submitted by Palestinians against Israeli settler attacks result in a conviction, the Israeli human rights group Yesh Din reported.
There are more than 500,000 Israelis living in settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, in contravention of international law.
About 43 Israeli settlers and intelligence members barged into the yards of Al-Aqsa mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, heavily guarded by Israeli police units.
Israeli forces abducted one Palestinian near one of the mosque gates.
According to the PNN, the violations come as the Yeshivat Makor Chaim rightist orthodox school called on a wide break-into the mosque this morning, with students and rabbis.
Consequently, Israeli forces prevented female worshipers and Murabits (guards) from entering the mosque, and forcefully displaced them from the mosque surroundings and gates to let the settlers enter at ease.
On a related note, a number of settlers have organized a demonstration on Bab Al-Silsila (Gate) calling on more people to perform Talmudic rituals inside the mosque.
“Women for the temple” organization has also called on an “educational day” to teach about the proclaimed temple-mount, as the temple coalition called on more settlers to barge into the mosque for four days this month.
The situation in Jerusalem has been intense and nervous for the past week, after Israeli attacks and closures of Al-Aqsa mosque.
Dozens of Palestinians were reportedly injured on Friday when Israeli and Palestinian Authority forces suppressed protests across the West Bank amid continuing entry restrictions the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.
The clashes are still continuing in cities all over the West Bank.
Israeli forces abducted one Palestinian near one of the mosque gates.
According to the PNN, the violations come as the Yeshivat Makor Chaim rightist orthodox school called on a wide break-into the mosque this morning, with students and rabbis.
Consequently, Israeli forces prevented female worshipers and Murabits (guards) from entering the mosque, and forcefully displaced them from the mosque surroundings and gates to let the settlers enter at ease.
On a related note, a number of settlers have organized a demonstration on Bab Al-Silsila (Gate) calling on more people to perform Talmudic rituals inside the mosque.
“Women for the temple” organization has also called on an “educational day” to teach about the proclaimed temple-mount, as the temple coalition called on more settlers to barge into the mosque for four days this month.
The situation in Jerusalem has been intense and nervous for the past week, after Israeli attacks and closures of Al-Aqsa mosque.
Dozens of Palestinians were reportedly injured on Friday when Israeli and Palestinian Authority forces suppressed protests across the West Bank amid continuing entry restrictions the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.
The clashes are still continuing in cities all over the West Bank.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the West Bank districts of Jenin and Ramallah, searched homes and kidnapped four in Jenin, and two in Ramallah. One of the kidnapped was shot by army fire prior to his abduction.
Several military vehicles invaded the Jenin refugee camp, and Jabal Abu Thheir area in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before the soldiers stormed a number of homes and violently searched them, causing property damage.
The soldiers kidnapped Qais Ghaleb Mohammad ‘Arqawi, 20, Mo’men Mohammad Touqan, 19, Haitham Hatem Nabhan, 20, and Mohammad Jamal Abu Saqer, 18, who was shot by army fire before the soldiers abducted him.
In addition, soldiers invaded Nabi Saleh village, west of Ramallah, stormed homes and kidnapped 2 Palestinians, identified as Maher Mahmoud Tamimi, 19, and Ezzeddin Abdul-Hafith Tamimi, 18. Maher was injured after the soldiers assaulted him.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and many local youths; the army fired gas bombs at the protesters and a number of homes, in addition to firing concussion grenades; several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
On Saturday at night, Israeli extremists opened fire on a Palestinian car near Beit Dajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Resident Ammar Sarkaji said he was driving near the main entrance of the village, and that his daughter was with him. The attack led to property damage but no injuries.
Several military vehicles invaded the Jenin refugee camp, and Jabal Abu Thheir area in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, before the soldiers stormed a number of homes and violently searched them, causing property damage.
The soldiers kidnapped Qais Ghaleb Mohammad ‘Arqawi, 20, Mo’men Mohammad Touqan, 19, Haitham Hatem Nabhan, 20, and Mohammad Jamal Abu Saqer, 18, who was shot by army fire before the soldiers abducted him.
In addition, soldiers invaded Nabi Saleh village, west of Ramallah, stormed homes and kidnapped 2 Palestinians, identified as Maher Mahmoud Tamimi, 19, and Ezzeddin Abdul-Hafith Tamimi, 18. Maher was injured after the soldiers assaulted him.
The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and many local youths; the army fired gas bombs at the protesters and a number of homes, in addition to firing concussion grenades; several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
On Saturday at night, Israeli extremists opened fire on a Palestinian car near Beit Dajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Resident Ammar Sarkaji said he was driving near the main entrance of the village, and that his daughter was with him. The attack led to property damage but no injuries.
Israeli extremist groups called for launching mass break-ins at Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday morning.
The calls were launched by an Israeli "religious" school whose members stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque several times before. At least 350 Israeli fanatics are reportedly enrolled at the school.
Tension has been running high al-Aqsa after the Israeli occupation soldiers closed it before the peaceful Muslim congregation while they propped up desecration break-ins and attacks on the unarmed Muslim sit-inners.
The Israeli occupation police have also been chasing down all youth protesters across Occupied Jerusalem under the recommendations of the ill-famed minister of the interior Gilad Erdan.
The police threatened to bring all the arrestees before the court and work on issuing the harshest penalties against them in what observers dubbed a barefaced attempt to quell the breath of resistance in Occupied Jerusalem.
The calls were launched by an Israeli "religious" school whose members stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque several times before. At least 350 Israeli fanatics are reportedly enrolled at the school.
Tension has been running high al-Aqsa after the Israeli occupation soldiers closed it before the peaceful Muslim congregation while they propped up desecration break-ins and attacks on the unarmed Muslim sit-inners.
The Israeli occupation police have also been chasing down all youth protesters across Occupied Jerusalem under the recommendations of the ill-famed minister of the interior Gilad Erdan.
The police threatened to bring all the arrestees before the court and work on issuing the harshest penalties against them in what observers dubbed a barefaced attempt to quell the breath of resistance in Occupied Jerusalem.
19 sept 2015
Israeli settlers, Saturday, buried a Palestinian-owned water well in the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, with dirt and rocks to prevent the owner from using it to irrigate his crops.
Coordinator of the anti wall and settlement committee, Ahmad Salah, informed WAFA that a group of settlers filled a water well belonging to local Mohammad al-Baik with dirt and rocks, noting that the well is located in an agricultural land adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Eliezer, built illegally on the land of the town’s land.
The activist said that the well was built there almost 60 years ago and is used for irrigation purposes.
According to B’Tselem, the Israeli information center for human rights, “Israeli civilians have perpetrated various forms of violence against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, damaging their lands, their persons and their property.”
The center stressed that, “As the occupying force, Israel must protect the Palestinians in the West Bank. However, the Israeli authorities neglect to fulfill this responsibility and do not do enough to prevent Israeli civilians from attacking Palestinians, their property and their lands.”
“The undeclared policy of the Israeli authorities in response to these attacks is lenient and conciliatory. Perpetrators are rarely tried, and many cases are not investigated at all or are closed with no operative conclusions.”
According to OCHA, ““The Israeli authorities repeatedly fail to enforce the rule of law in response to Israeli settlers’ acts of violence against Palestinians. Israeli forces often fail to stop attacks and follow-up afterwards is inadequate or poorly conducted. Measures of the current system, including requiring Palestinians to file complaints at police stations located inside Israeli settlements, actively work against the rule of law by discouraging Palestinians from filing complaints.”
Meanwhile, Al-Haq human rights organization stated that, “The illegal Israeli settlement policy of transferring Israeli civilians into occupied territory is directly responsible for creating a hostile environment that puts civilians, both Israeli and Palestinian, in harm's way.”
Settlements are illegal under international law as they violate Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits the transfer of the occupying power’s civilian population into occupied territory.
Coordinator of the anti wall and settlement committee, Ahmad Salah, informed WAFA that a group of settlers filled a water well belonging to local Mohammad al-Baik with dirt and rocks, noting that the well is located in an agricultural land adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Eliezer, built illegally on the land of the town’s land.
The activist said that the well was built there almost 60 years ago and is used for irrigation purposes.
According to B’Tselem, the Israeli information center for human rights, “Israeli civilians have perpetrated various forms of violence against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, damaging their lands, their persons and their property.”
The center stressed that, “As the occupying force, Israel must protect the Palestinians in the West Bank. However, the Israeli authorities neglect to fulfill this responsibility and do not do enough to prevent Israeli civilians from attacking Palestinians, their property and their lands.”
“The undeclared policy of the Israeli authorities in response to these attacks is lenient and conciliatory. Perpetrators are rarely tried, and many cases are not investigated at all or are closed with no operative conclusions.”
According to OCHA, ““The Israeli authorities repeatedly fail to enforce the rule of law in response to Israeli settlers’ acts of violence against Palestinians. Israeli forces often fail to stop attacks and follow-up afterwards is inadequate or poorly conducted. Measures of the current system, including requiring Palestinians to file complaints at police stations located inside Israeli settlements, actively work against the rule of law by discouraging Palestinians from filing complaints.”
Meanwhile, Al-Haq human rights organization stated that, “The illegal Israeli settlement policy of transferring Israeli civilians into occupied territory is directly responsible for creating a hostile environment that puts civilians, both Israeli and Palestinian, in harm's way.”
Settlements are illegal under international law as they violate Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits the transfer of the occupying power’s civilian population into occupied territory.
Jabari family children.
The children of the Jabari family in Jabari neighbourhood of al-Khalil are singing along to a Palestinian children’s television show. It is a sunny Saturday morning but in the small living area, six tiny children sit with their mothers who explain to us that they do not go outside because of the settlers. They quietly recite every word of the television songs to themselves.
With the massive illegal Israeli settlement, Kiryat Arba – home to nearly eight thousand Israeli settlers, directly facing their home, Saturday morning’s aren’t the only time the Jabari family is being affected. They have a newly built synagogue behind them, along with an Israeli police station. All are connected by a path that brings settlers along the family property on a regular basis. “The settlers jump behind our home in the night. They bang on the children’s windows and terrorize them.”
International human rights observers from the ISM and others have been providing protective presence for the family who, with so many children living in the home, haven’t had running water since the second Intifada. Their well, fronting the home, contains more trash than water and once they are able to procure the resources to repair it, it is subject to the same assault the family themselves endure month in and month out.
“During the Jewish holiday, the settlers filled the streets praying loudly. They shouted curse words at us.” Settlers had built a synagogue tent structure in recent months which was ordered demolished by the Israeli court system. Yet even with this small justice being done, a greater injustice persists. The land, belonging to Palestinians, has now been declared by Israeli forces to be a ‘closed military zone,’ which makes it off limits to all but Israeli military personnel.
However, settlers routinely frequent the area to pray under the protection of the Israeli army, while Palestinians are barred completely from entering. For the Jabari family, protective presence carries on as does the settler violence, harassment and constant intrusion into their lives.
The children of the Jabari family in Jabari neighbourhood of al-Khalil are singing along to a Palestinian children’s television show. It is a sunny Saturday morning but in the small living area, six tiny children sit with their mothers who explain to us that they do not go outside because of the settlers. They quietly recite every word of the television songs to themselves.
With the massive illegal Israeli settlement, Kiryat Arba – home to nearly eight thousand Israeli settlers, directly facing their home, Saturday morning’s aren’t the only time the Jabari family is being affected. They have a newly built synagogue behind them, along with an Israeli police station. All are connected by a path that brings settlers along the family property on a regular basis. “The settlers jump behind our home in the night. They bang on the children’s windows and terrorize them.”
International human rights observers from the ISM and others have been providing protective presence for the family who, with so many children living in the home, haven’t had running water since the second Intifada. Their well, fronting the home, contains more trash than water and once they are able to procure the resources to repair it, it is subject to the same assault the family themselves endure month in and month out.
“During the Jewish holiday, the settlers filled the streets praying loudly. They shouted curse words at us.” Settlers had built a synagogue tent structure in recent months which was ordered demolished by the Israeli court system. Yet even with this small justice being done, a greater injustice persists. The land, belonging to Palestinians, has now been declared by Israeli forces to be a ‘closed military zone,’ which makes it off limits to all but Israeli military personnel.
However, settlers routinely frequent the area to pray under the protection of the Israeli army, while Palestinians are barred completely from entering. For the Jabari family, protective presence carries on as does the settler violence, harassment and constant intrusion into their lives.
A Torah school called on its students along with staff to carry out massive incursion into the Aqsa Mosque on Sunday morning.
Israeli websites shared on Facebook posters for the Torah school calling for massive storming of the Muslims’ holy Aqsa Mosque with the participation of school students, fanatic teachers and Rabbis on Sunday.
The extremist school which has 350 Jewish students conducted a series of previous incursions into the Aqsa Mosque. It calls for storming the holy site for the three coming days.
The Israeli pace of incursion into the Aqsa Mosque usually gets increased during the days of repentance which precede the Day of Atonement within Jewish holidays.
Israeli websites shared on Facebook posters for the Torah school calling for massive storming of the Muslims’ holy Aqsa Mosque with the participation of school students, fanatic teachers and Rabbis on Sunday.
The extremist school which has 350 Jewish students conducted a series of previous incursions into the Aqsa Mosque. It calls for storming the holy site for the three coming days.
The Israeli pace of incursion into the Aqsa Mosque usually gets increased during the days of repentance which precede the Day of Atonement within Jewish holidays.
17 sept 2015
Groups of Jewish settlers stormed Thursday morning the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque amid tight security measures by Israeli police and forces.
Local sources revealed that 67 Jewish settlers broke into the Aqsa Mosque from the Magharebah gate under the protection of Israeli police officers. Muslim worshipers confronted the settlers by chanting “Allah The Greatest”.
The settlers included key figures in the Israeli right-wing Likud party who provoked Muslims by taking photos in front of the Dome of the Rock and by dancing and singing at the Silsilah exit gate of the holy site.
Meanwhile, groups of settlers gathered at the Silsilah gate and performed Talmudic rituals while chanting Jerusalem their capital.
Muslim sit-inners confronted the settlers’ gathering and carried pro-Aqsa banners. Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian man and transferred him to a police station in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Israeli forces are still banning scores of Palestinians from accessing the Muslims’ Aqsa Mosque from morning until evening until the end of the period of settlers’ enforced tours.
Local sources revealed that 67 Jewish settlers broke into the Aqsa Mosque from the Magharebah gate under the protection of Israeli police officers. Muslim worshipers confronted the settlers by chanting “Allah The Greatest”.
The settlers included key figures in the Israeli right-wing Likud party who provoked Muslims by taking photos in front of the Dome of the Rock and by dancing and singing at the Silsilah exit gate of the holy site.
Meanwhile, groups of settlers gathered at the Silsilah gate and performed Talmudic rituals while chanting Jerusalem their capital.
Muslim sit-inners confronted the settlers’ gathering and carried pro-Aqsa banners. Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian man and transferred him to a police station in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Israeli forces are still banning scores of Palestinians from accessing the Muslims’ Aqsa Mosque from morning until evening until the end of the period of settlers’ enforced tours.
The Israeli Likud party has called via social media networks for mass break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday.
Members of the Likud party’s youth movement were set to make collective break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday, hours after police made a fresh series of arrests of Palestinian worshipers and sit-inners.
The planned break-ins by young members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political party came to “celebrate the Yom Kippur Holiday” (the Jewish Day of Atonement).
Members of the movement called for massive participation in the break-ins during the ten days before Yom Kippur.
Al-Aqsa gates are open for the Jewish visitors throughout the whole month, one of the Jewish Rabbis said.
Members of the movement told Israel Radio that "the visit aimed to assert Israeli sovereignty over the flashpoint site.”
Since the beginning of the week, a state of tension has prevailed in occupied Jerusalem as large numbers of settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque amid heavy police protection.
Israeli authorities decided to ban Palestinian worshipers and sit-inners’ entry into al-Aqsa Mosque while facilitating settlers’ access under the pretext of Jewish holidays.
Members of the Likud party’s youth movement were set to make collective break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday, hours after police made a fresh series of arrests of Palestinian worshipers and sit-inners.
The planned break-ins by young members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political party came to “celebrate the Yom Kippur Holiday” (the Jewish Day of Atonement).
Members of the movement called for massive participation in the break-ins during the ten days before Yom Kippur.
Al-Aqsa gates are open for the Jewish visitors throughout the whole month, one of the Jewish Rabbis said.
Members of the movement told Israel Radio that "the visit aimed to assert Israeli sovereignty over the flashpoint site.”
Since the beginning of the week, a state of tension has prevailed in occupied Jerusalem as large numbers of settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque amid heavy police protection.
Israeli authorities decided to ban Palestinian worshipers and sit-inners’ entry into al-Aqsa Mosque while facilitating settlers’ access under the pretext of Jewish holidays.
Jewish extremist settlers assaulted Wednesday night a Palestinian man near Nablus city in the northern West Bank. He was injured and bruised all over his body.
The family of the injured young man Saeed Anabtawi, 20, from Anabta town east of Tulkarem, revealed that the settlers attacked him when he was on his way to visit to his fiancée in a town near Nablus.
He was assaulted when he reached a road nearby Sahvei Shomron settlement. A Jewish vehicle crossed his way with four armed settlers who attacked him by severe beating.
The family said that one of the fanatic settlers fired at Saeed’s car, and then the other three forced him to go out of his car and violently attacked him. He was transferred to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus and his condition was described as moderate.
The family of the injured young man Saeed Anabtawi, 20, from Anabta town east of Tulkarem, revealed that the settlers attacked him when he was on his way to visit to his fiancée in a town near Nablus.
He was assaulted when he reached a road nearby Sahvei Shomron settlement. A Jewish vehicle crossed his way with four armed settlers who attacked him by severe beating.
The family said that one of the fanatic settlers fired at Saeed’s car, and then the other three forced him to go out of his car and violently attacked him. He was transferred to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus and his condition was described as moderate.
About 600 thousand settlers live in the West Bank and half of them are in Jerusalem district, said the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) in a Thursday press release.
WAFA correspondence reports that PCBS presented data detailing the distribution of settlements across West Bank districts, and the total number of settlers in Jerusalem and West Bank from 2009 to 2014.
According to PCBS, there were a total of 150 settlements in the West Bank at the end of 2014. The majority are located in Jerusalem district, including 26 settlements; 16 are established on land annexed by Israel and 10 others are established in West Jerusalem.
With regards to the distribution of settlements across West Bank districts, data indicates that there are 26 Jewish-only settlements in Jerusalem district, 26 in Ramallah and al-Bireh districts, 20 in Hebron, and 17 in Jericho and the Jordan Valley districts.
Date also indicated that there are 13 settlements in Bethlehem district, 13 in Salfit, 12 in Nablus, eight in Qalqiliya, seven in Tubas, five in Jenin and three others in Tulkarem district.
With regards to the growing numbers of settlers, PCBS data indicate that in East Jerusalem the number of settlers jumped from 192,768 in 2009 to 210,420 in 2014 and in the West Bank it jumped from 506,869 in 2009 to 599,901 in 2014.
Data also showed that a total of 286,997 settlers, accounting for 47.8% of all settlers in the West Bank, are concentrated in Jerusalem district, including 210,420 settlers in East Jerusalem.
It said that a total of 120,417 settlers are in Ramallah and al-Bireh districts, 72,626 settlers are in Bethlehem, and 37,350 are in Salfit. There are also about 35,900 settlers in Qalqiliya district, 18,000 in Hebron, 15,500 in Nablus, 5,800 in Jericho and the Jordan Valley districts, 3,000 in Tulkarem, 2,400 settlers in Jenin, and 1,800 settlers in Tubas.
The settlements are in violation of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which establishes that the occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.
The Security Council, the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council and the International Court of Justice have all confirmed that the construction and expansion of Israeli settlements and other settlement-related activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are illegal under international law.
WAFA correspondence reports that PCBS presented data detailing the distribution of settlements across West Bank districts, and the total number of settlers in Jerusalem and West Bank from 2009 to 2014.
According to PCBS, there were a total of 150 settlements in the West Bank at the end of 2014. The majority are located in Jerusalem district, including 26 settlements; 16 are established on land annexed by Israel and 10 others are established in West Jerusalem.
With regards to the distribution of settlements across West Bank districts, data indicates that there are 26 Jewish-only settlements in Jerusalem district, 26 in Ramallah and al-Bireh districts, 20 in Hebron, and 17 in Jericho and the Jordan Valley districts.
Date also indicated that there are 13 settlements in Bethlehem district, 13 in Salfit, 12 in Nablus, eight in Qalqiliya, seven in Tubas, five in Jenin and three others in Tulkarem district.
With regards to the growing numbers of settlers, PCBS data indicate that in East Jerusalem the number of settlers jumped from 192,768 in 2009 to 210,420 in 2014 and in the West Bank it jumped from 506,869 in 2009 to 599,901 in 2014.
Data also showed that a total of 286,997 settlers, accounting for 47.8% of all settlers in the West Bank, are concentrated in Jerusalem district, including 210,420 settlers in East Jerusalem.
It said that a total of 120,417 settlers are in Ramallah and al-Bireh districts, 72,626 settlers are in Bethlehem, and 37,350 are in Salfit. There are also about 35,900 settlers in Qalqiliya district, 18,000 in Hebron, 15,500 in Nablus, 5,800 in Jericho and the Jordan Valley districts, 3,000 in Tulkarem, 2,400 settlers in Jenin, and 1,800 settlers in Tubas.
The settlements are in violation of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which establishes that the occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.
The Security Council, the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council and the International Court of Justice have all confirmed that the construction and expansion of Israeli settlements and other settlement-related activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are illegal under international law.
Netanyahu to toughen penalties against Palestinians minors
Israel has approved the use of sniper rifles against stone throwers in Jerusalem, Channel 10 reports on Thursday morning.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the Attorney General to authorize sniper to target the stone throwers as part of his declared “war” on stone throwers in Jerusalem, PNN reported.
See: Netanyahu Approves Harsher Penalties for Stone Throwers
Also approved was the arrest of minors and children under the age of 10 and 5 who throw stones, in addition to a fine up to 100,000 Shekels, about US $ 26,000.
According to Days of Palestine, Netanyahu said that Palestinian children who throw stones at the Israeli occupation forces, deserve long-term imprisonment and their fathers must pay their fines.
His remarks came after three consecutive days of Israeli violence against Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
Despite international calls to calm down, Israeli forces stormed the site for the fourth day, prevented Palestinian worshipers from entering into it and giving chance for extremist Israeli settlers to desecrate it.
Netanyahu made the announcement at the start of an emergency meeting of ministers and security officials that was called after the death of an Israeli driver, who lost control of his car on Sunday. Israeli police have said that they believe he lost control after a stone was thrown at his car, although they have released no evidence and the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court has issued a gag order on the details of the incident.
“It has been decided to toughen the measures in many areas; a modification of the rules of engagement will be examined as well as the establishment of a minimum penalty for those who throw stones,” the Israeli PM said.
Israel has approved the use of sniper rifles against stone throwers in Jerusalem, Channel 10 reports on Thursday morning.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the Attorney General to authorize sniper to target the stone throwers as part of his declared “war” on stone throwers in Jerusalem, PNN reported.
See: Netanyahu Approves Harsher Penalties for Stone Throwers
Also approved was the arrest of minors and children under the age of 10 and 5 who throw stones, in addition to a fine up to 100,000 Shekels, about US $ 26,000.
According to Days of Palestine, Netanyahu said that Palestinian children who throw stones at the Israeli occupation forces, deserve long-term imprisonment and their fathers must pay their fines.
His remarks came after three consecutive days of Israeli violence against Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
Despite international calls to calm down, Israeli forces stormed the site for the fourth day, prevented Palestinian worshipers from entering into it and giving chance for extremist Israeli settlers to desecrate it.
Netanyahu made the announcement at the start of an emergency meeting of ministers and security officials that was called after the death of an Israeli driver, who lost control of his car on Sunday. Israeli police have said that they believe he lost control after a stone was thrown at his car, although they have released no evidence and the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court has issued a gag order on the details of the incident.
“It has been decided to toughen the measures in many areas; a modification of the rules of engagement will be examined as well as the establishment of a minimum penalty for those who throw stones,” the Israeli PM said.
16 sept 2015
Israeli police, on Wednesday, assaulted two Islamic Waqf guards and a number of women, with their clubs, at al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, according to local sources.
Omar Keswani, director of al-Aqsa Mosque, said the police assaulted the guards and women while they were attempting to confront Jewish fanatics who broke into the Mosque to perform rituals there.
The guards were transferred to hospital for medical treatment, according to WAFA.
Earlier the day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to consider more stringent measures against Palestinians rock-throwers who protest against Jewish entry to al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police.
According to Israeli media, Netanyahu stressed during a Wednesday meeting, in his office, that Israel is committed to maintaining the status quo at al-Aqsa Mosque, but he will not allow what he described as “rioters” to prevent Jews from visiting the site.
This came after a three-day round of violent clashes which took place at the Islamic site, prompted by calls from Jewish fanatics to organize large-scale Jewish visits there to mark to beginning of the Jewish new year Rosh Hashanah.
On Tuesday, Israeli police attempted to storm al-Qibili Mosque in the compound and damaged its historical doors in order to detain Palestinian worshippers barricading themselves inside.
Israel has been enforcing a unilateral temporal division on the mosque during the past few weeks, a measure that was widely condemned and rejected, particularly by Jordan, which is responsible for Jerusalem's holy sites in line with a 1994 peace treaty with Israel. The Israeli ongoing attacks on the mosque were also denounced by the US, UN, and EU.
Omar Keswani, director of al-Aqsa Mosque, said the police assaulted the guards and women while they were attempting to confront Jewish fanatics who broke into the Mosque to perform rituals there.
The guards were transferred to hospital for medical treatment, according to WAFA.
Earlier the day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to consider more stringent measures against Palestinians rock-throwers who protest against Jewish entry to al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police.
According to Israeli media, Netanyahu stressed during a Wednesday meeting, in his office, that Israel is committed to maintaining the status quo at al-Aqsa Mosque, but he will not allow what he described as “rioters” to prevent Jews from visiting the site.
This came after a three-day round of violent clashes which took place at the Islamic site, prompted by calls from Jewish fanatics to organize large-scale Jewish visits there to mark to beginning of the Jewish new year Rosh Hashanah.
On Tuesday, Israeli police attempted to storm al-Qibili Mosque in the compound and damaged its historical doors in order to detain Palestinian worshippers barricading themselves inside.
Israel has been enforcing a unilateral temporal division on the mosque during the past few weeks, a measure that was widely condemned and rejected, particularly by Jordan, which is responsible for Jerusalem's holy sites in line with a 1994 peace treaty with Israel. The Israeli ongoing attacks on the mosque were also denounced by the US, UN, and EU.
Hundreds of Jewish settlers escorted by soldiers on Tuesday night desecrated the courtyards of the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil city and committed provocative acts against the Muslims.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) scores of settlers rallied in the external courtyards of the Mosque, which had been recently closed to Muslims by the Israeli army at the pretext of celebrating Jewish occasions.
The sources added that the settlers deliberately made noisy sounds and loudly chanted racist slurs against the Arabs while performing dances.
The Israeli occupation army prevented yesterday the Palestinians from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque for the second day at the pretext of Jewish celebrations.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) scores of settlers rallied in the external courtyards of the Mosque, which had been recently closed to Muslims by the Israeli army at the pretext of celebrating Jewish occasions.
The sources added that the settlers deliberately made noisy sounds and loudly chanted racist slurs against the Arabs while performing dances.
The Israeli occupation army prevented yesterday the Palestinians from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque for the second day at the pretext of Jewish celebrations.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will head an urgent session, on Tuesday evening, to discuss punishment for stone-throwing.
Israeli radio reported, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, that the session would be to discuss measures in confronting stone-throwing directed at Israeli vehicles in Jerusalem.
It was reported that the announcement comes in the wake of a deadly car crash Israeli police claimed was caused by stone-throwing.
Netanyahu is said to be seeking fast-track legislation for setting a minimum sentence for stone and firebomb throwing. He also will discuss providing administrative detention against the doers.
Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation routinely throw rocks at heavily armed security forces during clashes, as one of the few means available to protest their subjugation.
Youth often throw stones at settler cars driving in the occupied West Bank, while it is also common for settlers themselves -- both armed and protected by armed Israeli forces-- to target Palestinian vehicles with rocks.
Settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is routine and goes unpunished by Israel, with 324 incidents of violence recorded in 2014, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Israeli radio reported, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, that the session would be to discuss measures in confronting stone-throwing directed at Israeli vehicles in Jerusalem.
It was reported that the announcement comes in the wake of a deadly car crash Israeli police claimed was caused by stone-throwing.
Netanyahu is said to be seeking fast-track legislation for setting a minimum sentence for stone and firebomb throwing. He also will discuss providing administrative detention against the doers.
Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation routinely throw rocks at heavily armed security forces during clashes, as one of the few means available to protest their subjugation.
Youth often throw stones at settler cars driving in the occupied West Bank, while it is also common for settlers themselves -- both armed and protected by armed Israeli forces-- to target Palestinian vehicles with rocks.
Settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is routine and goes unpunished by Israel, with 324 incidents of violence recorded in 2014, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.