19 sept 2018
Scores of Israeli soldiers and settlers on Wednesday broke into a Palestinian archaeological site in al-Khalil and performed Talmudic rituals.
The PIC reporter said that dozens of settlers, escorted by Israeli forces, forced their way into Haram er-Rama site in al-Khalil city.
Israeli forces closed all roads leading to the site, while the settlers performed Talmudic rituals and dances and chanted racist slogans against Arabs and Palestinians.
Traffic was disrupted in the area and some Palestinian shops were closed for fear of settler attacks.
The PIC reporter said that dozens of settlers, escorted by Israeli forces, forced their way into Haram er-Rama site in al-Khalil city.
Israeli forces closed all roads leading to the site, while the settlers performed Talmudic rituals and dances and chanted racist slogans against Arabs and Palestinians.
Traffic was disrupted in the area and some Palestinian shops were closed for fear of settler attacks.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Wednesday closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil city before Muslim worshipers in order to allow Jewish settlers to mark Yom Kippur at the Islamic holy site.
According to director of the Ibrahimi Mosque Sheikh Hafdhi Abu Asnaina, the IOA will also close the Mosque before Muslims next Tuesday and Wednesday to allow settlers to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
The Mosque will be closed for another Jewish occasion on October 27.
The Mosque had already been closed for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur last Sunday.
According to director of the Ibrahimi Mosque Sheikh Hafdhi Abu Asnaina, the IOA will also close the Mosque before Muslims next Tuesday and Wednesday to allow settlers to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
The Mosque will be closed for another Jewish occasion on October 27.
The Mosque had already been closed for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur last Sunday.
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Israeli settlers on Wednesday morning stormed Jerusalem’s Aqsa Mosque to mark the Jewish Yom Kippur holiday, triggering anger among the Muslim worshipers.
Dozens of Israeli settlers have showed up at the site, escorted by an officer who was caught just a few days earlier carrying a bottle of wine at the Mosque. Dozens more are expected to show up at the site in the next few hours. Israeli police also banned the chief of al-Aqsa’s female guards, Zeinat Sabah, from entering the site and ordered her to turn herself in for questioning at the Qishleh detention center on Thursday morning. |
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On Tuesday, 326 extremist Israeli settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque. Seven Palestinians were banned by the Israeli police from Jerusalem’s Old City and al-Aqsa.
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18 sept 2018
Groups of Israeli settlers on Tuesday attacked Palestinian workers in Jama'in town, south of the West Bank city of Nablus.
Anti-settlement activist Ghassan Daghlas said that over 50 settlers harassed Palestinians working in different quarries in Jama'in.
Daghlas added that the settlers assaulted some workers and rioted in the area before they withdrew.
Settler attacks have been stepped up recently on Palestinian citizens and their property in the West Bank under the protection of the Israeli army.
Anti-settlement activist Ghassan Daghlas said that over 50 settlers harassed Palestinians working in different quarries in Jama'in.
Daghlas added that the settlers assaulted some workers and rioted in the area before they withdrew.
Settler attacks have been stepped up recently on Palestinian citizens and their property in the West Bank under the protection of the Israeli army.
The Israeli army abducted, Tuesday, five Palestinians and injured four others, after dozens of soldiers and officers accompanied nearly 300 colonialist settlers in provocative tours into the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem.
Firas al-Dibis, the media coordinator of the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department in occupied Jerusalem, said the soldiers, including undercover officers, assaulted many Palestinians, wounding four employees of the Waqf department.
He added that the wounded persons received the needed treatment, before they were moved to the al-Makassed hospital, in Jerusalem. video
Al-Dibis also stated that the soldiers abducted five Palestinians, including Waqf Employees, identified as Haitham Halawani, Raed Zghayyar, Salman Abu Sbeih, Gheith Nasser Gheith and Mahmoud Mo’nes. video video
The attacks took place following a series of provocative tours by soldiers and colonialist settlers into the holy site through the al-Magharba Gate.
In related news, the soldiers abducted two young men, identified as Hamza Zghayyar and Rami Fakhouri, from the Old City.
Firas al-Dibis, the media coordinator of the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department in occupied Jerusalem, said the soldiers, including undercover officers, assaulted many Palestinians, wounding four employees of the Waqf department.
He added that the wounded persons received the needed treatment, before they were moved to the al-Makassed hospital, in Jerusalem. video
Al-Dibis also stated that the soldiers abducted five Palestinians, including Waqf Employees, identified as Haitham Halawani, Raed Zghayyar, Salman Abu Sbeih, Gheith Nasser Gheith and Mahmoud Mo’nes. video video
The attacks took place following a series of provocative tours by soldiers and colonialist settlers into the holy site through the al-Magharba Gate.
In related news, the soldiers abducted two young men, identified as Hamza Zghayyar and Rami Fakhouri, from the Old City.
17 sept 2018
Israeli bulldozers on Monday rolled into Khillet al-Nahla, south of Bethlehem, in a measure deemed to be a sign of a preplanned scheme of collective punishment against Palestinian farmers.
Palestinian locals raised concerns over Israeli attempts to bulldoze their cultivated lands in anticipation of their confiscation in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Eye-witnesses said the assault comes in response to an anti-occupation stabbing attack carried out by a Palestinian youth near Etzion settlement, which left an Israeli settler dead.
Palestinian locals raised concerns over Israeli attempts to bulldoze their cultivated lands in anticipation of their confiscation in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Eye-witnesses said the assault comes in response to an anti-occupation stabbing attack carried out by a Palestinian youth near Etzion settlement, which left an Israeli settler dead.
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Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday, and performed religious Jewish prayers under the protection of heavily armed Israeli forces.
Spokesman for the Islamic Endowment department (Waqf), Firas al-Dibs, said that dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the compound through the Moroccan Gate in successive groups. Al-Dibs added, according to Ma’an, that many of the Israeli settlers performed religious Jewish prayers on the occasion of the upcoming Jewish holidays. Israeli settlers have called for increased visits to the compound, to perform rituals, due to Israel’s Yom Kippur also known as the Day of Atonement, one of the most sacred holidays in Judaism, which starts at sunset, on Tuesday, and ends at sunset, on Wednesday. The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza, houses both the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque. The third holiest site in Islam, it is also venerated as Judaism’s most holy place, as it sits where Jews believe the First and Second Temples once stood. While Jewish visitation is permitted to the compound, non-Muslim worship at Al-Aqsa is prohibited, according to an agreement signed between Israel and the Jordanian government after Israel’s illegal occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967. |
The videos show large groups of Israeli settlers storming the compound:
114 extremist Israeli settlers break into Aqsa Mosque
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Monday morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
114 Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque as part of the morning break-in shift and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours.
Dozens more are expected to show up at the site in the next few hours.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the Israeli police near the main entrances to the site.
Several worshipers have been searched and dozens more have had their IDs seized while attempting to enter al-Aqsa to perform their daily prayers.
114 extremist Israeli settlers break into Aqsa Mosque
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Monday morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
114 Israeli settlers, escorted by policemen, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque as part of the morning break-in shift and carried out a round of sacrilegious tours.
Dozens more are expected to show up at the site in the next few hours.
At the same time, the peaceful Muslim worshipers have been subjected to tough crackdowns and restrictions by the Israeli police near the main entrances to the site.
Several worshipers have been searched and dozens more have had their IDs seized while attempting to enter al-Aqsa to perform their daily prayers.
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Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Sunday at night, at least eight Palestinians, including two medics, near Joseph Tomb area, east of Nablus city, in northern West Bank.
The soldiers attacked many Palestinian protesters with live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, in addition to firing live rounds at a Palestinian ambulance. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers shot six Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, before they were rushed to local hospitals for further treatment. |
It added that the medics also provided the needed treatment to many Palestinians, who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also fired live rounds at a Palestinian ambulance, belonging to the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), smashing its windshield, and mildly wounding two medics, identified as Jareer Qandil and Amir al-Bizra.
The incident took place after dozens of soldiers accompanied many buses, carrying Israeli colonialist settlers to visit “Joseph’s Tomb,” in Nablus.
The colonialist settlers started dancing and chanting provocatively near the shrine.
Joseph’s Tomb is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians and Samaritans, but Israel prevents the Palestinians from entering the site, although the shrine is located in an area under control by the Palestinian Authority.
Palestinians generally hold that the tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yusef Dweikat, a local religious figure.
The soldiers also fired live rounds at a Palestinian ambulance, belonging to the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), smashing its windshield, and mildly wounding two medics, identified as Jareer Qandil and Amir al-Bizra.
The incident took place after dozens of soldiers accompanied many buses, carrying Israeli colonialist settlers to visit “Joseph’s Tomb,” in Nablus.
The colonialist settlers started dancing and chanting provocatively near the shrine.
Joseph’s Tomb is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians and Samaritans, but Israel prevents the Palestinians from entering the site, although the shrine is located in an area under control by the Palestinian Authority.
Palestinians generally hold that the tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yusef Dweikat, a local religious figure.
16 sept 2018
Extremist Israeli settlers on Sunday chased down Palestinian herders while they were grazing their livestock in open fields in Khillet Hamad village in the Jordan Valley.
Local activist Aref Daraghmeh, who monitors Israeli violations in the area, said Israeli settlers cracked down on Palestinian shepherds in Khallet Hamad pastures in the presence of Israeli army patrols.
Israeli settlers routinely show up on occupied Palestinian land and attack shepherds, steal livestock, and damage crops.
Local activist Aref Daraghmeh, who monitors Israeli violations in the area, said Israeli settlers cracked down on Palestinian shepherds in Khallet Hamad pastures in the presence of Israeli army patrols.
Israeli settlers routinely show up on occupied Palestinian land and attack shepherds, steal livestock, and damage crops.
13 sept 2018
Israeli settlers on Thursday burned dozens of olive trees in Minya town, south of Bethlehem in occupied West Bank.
According to Quds Press, Israeli settlers torched olive trees planted on Palestinian land belonging to Matur family.
The Palestinian locals were shocked as they caught sight of 200 of olive trees reduced to ashes as preparations for olive-picking got underway in the occupied territories.
According to Quds Press, Israeli settlers torched olive trees planted on Palestinian land belonging to Matur family.
The Palestinian locals were shocked as they caught sight of 200 of olive trees reduced to ashes as preparations for olive-picking got underway in the occupied territories.
Israelis residing in the Atz Afraim outpost continue to level Palestinian lands in Mesha village, west of Salfit, to expand illegal settlement.
Eye-witnesses said Israeli settlers have been bulldozing Palestinian lands to establish new facilities in the area.
The occupation authorities continue to prevent Palestinian farmers from entering their land lots behind the apartheid wall.
Researcher Khaled Maali said four Israeli settlements engulf Mesha village after they were built on private Palestinian land in the area.
Eye-witnesses said Israeli settlers have been bulldozing Palestinian lands to establish new facilities in the area.
The occupation authorities continue to prevent Palestinian farmers from entering their land lots behind the apartheid wall.
Researcher Khaled Maali said four Israeli settlements engulf Mesha village after they were built on private Palestinian land in the area.
Dozens of Israeli settlers and soldiers on Thursday morning forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque via the Israeli-controlled al-Magharibah gate.
The media coordinator at the Islamic Waqf in occupied Jerusalem Firas al-Debes affirmed that 98 settlers and 25 soldiers in civilian clothes were allowed access into al-Aqsa amid tight police protection.
During their tour, the settlers performed Talmudic rituals in total provocation to Palestinian worshipers and al-Aqsa’s guards.
The media coordinator at the Islamic Waqf in occupied Jerusalem Firas al-Debes affirmed that 98 settlers and 25 soldiers in civilian clothes were allowed access into al-Aqsa amid tight police protection.
During their tour, the settlers performed Talmudic rituals in total provocation to Palestinian worshipers and al-Aqsa’s guards.
A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers infiltrated, on Thursday at dawn, into Jaloud village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, punctured tires of several cars and wrote racist graffiti.
The Local Council in Jaloud village said the assailants came from “Ahiya” nearby illegal Israeli colony, built in private Palestinian lands.
It added that the colonizers punctured tires of three cars, owned by Mohammad Kamal, Hussein Kamal Abbad and Ali Kamel Abbad, in the eastern part of the village.
The colonizers also write racist graffiti on many walls and cars, before fleeing the scene.
The Local Council in Jaloud village said the assailants came from “Ahiya” nearby illegal Israeli colony, built in private Palestinian lands.
It added that the colonizers punctured tires of three cars, owned by Mohammad Kamal, Hussein Kamal Abbad and Ali Kamel Abbad, in the eastern part of the village.
The colonizers also write racist graffiti on many walls and cars, before fleeing the scene.
The Supreme Islamic Commission in occupied Jerusalem called on the Palestinians to join a mass-vigil at al-Aqsa Mosque on Saturday to protest Israel’s sacrilegious schemes against the holy site.
The commission warned in a Thursday statement against Israel’s increasing break-ins at al-Aqsa which it said will reach a peak on September 19.
“Facts on the ground prove that the Israeli government seeks to alter the defacto situation by boosting settler break-ins at the site”, it said.
“The Aqsa Mosque has and will forever remain Muslims’ exclusive property”, the commission stated, holding the Israeli occupation responsible for the upshots of its sacrilegious assaults at the site and urging the international community to work on halting such aggressions.
The commission warned in a Thursday statement against Israel’s increasing break-ins at al-Aqsa which it said will reach a peak on September 19.
“Facts on the ground prove that the Israeli government seeks to alter the defacto situation by boosting settler break-ins at the site”, it said.
“The Aqsa Mosque has and will forever remain Muslims’ exclusive property”, the commission stated, holding the Israeli occupation responsible for the upshots of its sacrilegious assaults at the site and urging the international community to work on halting such aggressions.
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that a child was hospitalized, on Wednesday at night, after an illegal Israeli colonialist settler pepper-sprayed him in Jaber neighborhood.
The sources said the child, identified as Ahmad Mohammad Jaber, 11, was attacked by the colonialist settler in his neighborhood, before being rushed to a local hospital.
His father filed an official complaint with the Israeli police, but numerous similar assaults and violations have gone un-investigated by the army and the police.
The attack is part of seriously-escalating violations against the Palestinians, especially the children, in Hebron city, and have also targeted many homes and buildings.
The sources said the child, identified as Ahmad Mohammad Jaber, 11, was attacked by the colonialist settler in his neighborhood, before being rushed to a local hospital.
His father filed an official complaint with the Israeli police, but numerous similar assaults and violations have gone un-investigated by the army and the police.
The attack is part of seriously-escalating violations against the Palestinians, especially the children, in Hebron city, and have also targeted many homes and buildings.
