5 sept 2019
Extremist Israeli settlers last night chopped down Palestinian-owned olive trees in Burin village, in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, only days after they set fire to other trees in the same fields, reported Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settlement activity.
He told WAFA that a number of settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar sneaked into the land in the village during the night and started to cut down the trees.
He pointed out that the settlers were riding motorcycles in the area, part of which has been seized by the settlers and planted with grape vines.
Palestinians often complain that settlers’ vandalism of Palestinian property and attacks against the civilian population is rampant in the occupied West Bank and often done under the eyes of the Israeli army.
Several Palestinians were killed, some burnt alive, in attacks by settlers and hundreds of dunums of land planted with olive and other trees were torched and destroyed by the settlers without anyone being detained or tried for their actions.
He told WAFA that a number of settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar sneaked into the land in the village during the night and started to cut down the trees.
He pointed out that the settlers were riding motorcycles in the area, part of which has been seized by the settlers and planted with grape vines.
Palestinians often complain that settlers’ vandalism of Palestinian property and attacks against the civilian population is rampant in the occupied West Bank and often done under the eyes of the Israeli army.
Several Palestinians were killed, some burnt alive, in attacks by settlers and hundreds of dunums of land planted with olive and other trees were torched and destroyed by the settlers without anyone being detained or tried for their actions.
Dozens of Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, on Wednesday evening, after Israeli soldiers attacked them when they intercepted a group of illegal colonialist settlers who invaded their lands, and burnt olive trees, in Madama village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Ehab al-Qet, a member of Madama Village Council, told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA), that the colonists attacked the southern area of the village, before local youngsters incepted them and started throwing stones at them.
He added that many soldiers were in the area with the colonists and started firing a barrage of gas bombs at the villagers, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Al-Qet also said that the colonists set many olive trees ablaze, while the soldiers prevented the Palestinians from reaching their orchards to extinguish the fire.
Settlers attack Palestinians, their property in Nablus towns
Hordes of extremist Jewish settlers on Wednesday evening attacked Palestinian citizens and their property in Madama and Burin town, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
According to local sources, dozens of settlers from Yitzhar settlement stormed the southern area of Madama under security and military protection and embarked on burning and destroying several olive trees.
Later, some local residents from Madama tried to confront the settlers before soldiers intervened and fired volleys of tear gas canisters at the latter, causing them to suffer from injuries.
In a separate incident, settlers from the same settlements infiltrated overnight into the nearby town of Burin and wreaked havoc on several olive trees.
Ehab al-Qet, a member of Madama Village Council, told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA), that the colonists attacked the southern area of the village, before local youngsters incepted them and started throwing stones at them.
He added that many soldiers were in the area with the colonists and started firing a barrage of gas bombs at the villagers, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Al-Qet also said that the colonists set many olive trees ablaze, while the soldiers prevented the Palestinians from reaching their orchards to extinguish the fire.
Settlers attack Palestinians, their property in Nablus towns
Hordes of extremist Jewish settlers on Wednesday evening attacked Palestinian citizens and their property in Madama and Burin town, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
According to local sources, dozens of settlers from Yitzhar settlement stormed the southern area of Madama under security and military protection and embarked on burning and destroying several olive trees.
Later, some local residents from Madama tried to confront the settlers before soldiers intervened and fired volleys of tear gas canisters at the latter, causing them to suffer from injuries.
In a separate incident, settlers from the same settlements infiltrated overnight into the nearby town of Burin and wreaked havoc on several olive trees.
4 sept 2019
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday defiled the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil hours after the President of Israel Reuven Rivlin visited the site.
Netanyahu's visit came just ahead of Israeli elections with the Prime Minister seeking to attract votes from Israeli settlers.
"We're not strangers in Hebron. We'll stay in it forever," said Netanyahu who attended a ceremony marking 90 years since 60 Israelis were killed in al-Khalil during the Palestinian Al-Buraq Revolution in 1929.
The Ibrahimi Mosque is located in the Old City of al-Khalil where around 400 Jewish settlers live under hefty Israeli army security.
The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry condemned Netanyahu's visit and described it as "racist" and "provocative".
"This is a purely colonialist, racist visit that Netanyahu is doing at the height of an election battle in an attempt to win votes from the right and the extreme right," the ministry said in a statement.
The Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs said that the visit is a "serious escalation" that would "drag the region into a religious war with grave consequences."
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, for its part denounced the visit and stressed that al-Khalil, Jerusalem and all Palestinian cities will remain Arab, and that all Israeli attempts to alter their identity will fail.
Netanyahu's visit came just ahead of Israeli elections with the Prime Minister seeking to attract votes from Israeli settlers.
"We're not strangers in Hebron. We'll stay in it forever," said Netanyahu who attended a ceremony marking 90 years since 60 Israelis were killed in al-Khalil during the Palestinian Al-Buraq Revolution in 1929.
The Ibrahimi Mosque is located in the Old City of al-Khalil where around 400 Jewish settlers live under hefty Israeli army security.
The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry condemned Netanyahu's visit and described it as "racist" and "provocative".
"This is a purely colonialist, racist visit that Netanyahu is doing at the height of an election battle in an attempt to win votes from the right and the extreme right," the ministry said in a statement.
The Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs said that the visit is a "serious escalation" that would "drag the region into a religious war with grave consequences."
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, for its part denounced the visit and stressed that al-Khalil, Jerusalem and all Palestinian cities will remain Arab, and that all Israeli attempts to alter their identity will fail.
Groups of Jewish settlers on Wednesday morning defiled al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem while accompanied by Israeli police forces.
Manager of al-Aqsa Mosque compound Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani said that scores of extremist Israeli settlers forced their way into the holy site through al-Maghareba Gate which is under complete Israeli control.
Sheikh al-Kiswani said that the settlers carried out provocative tours inside the mosque while al-Aqsa guards confronted those who attempted to perform Talmudic rituals in the Islamic site.
Israeli settlers on almost a daily basis raid al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police presence.
Manager of al-Aqsa Mosque compound Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani said that scores of extremist Israeli settlers forced their way into the holy site through al-Maghareba Gate which is under complete Israeli control.
Sheikh al-Kiswani said that the settlers carried out provocative tours inside the mosque while al-Aqsa guards confronted those who attempted to perform Talmudic rituals in the Islamic site.
Israeli settlers on almost a daily basis raid al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police presence.
Human Right Defenders (HRD) in al-Khalil has expressed its rejection of Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s intended desecration of the Ibrahimi Mosque on Wednesday, urging al-Khalil residents to express their anger at this visit.
In a press release, HRD warned that Netanyahu’s visit to al-Khali is aimed at supporting settlers and giving the impression that al-Khalil is a Jewish city.
HRD called on all the native citizens of the Old City of al-Khalil, al-Shuhada Street, Tel Rumeida, Wadi al-Husain, Haret Jabera, al-Salaymeh and Wadi al-Gharus to express their rejection of Netanyahu’s visit through raising Palestinian flags on rooftops of their homes.
In a press release, HRD warned that Netanyahu’s visit to al-Khali is aimed at supporting settlers and giving the impression that al-Khalil is a Jewish city.
HRD called on all the native citizens of the Old City of al-Khalil, al-Shuhada Street, Tel Rumeida, Wadi al-Husain, Haret Jabera, al-Salaymeh and Wadi al-Gharus to express their rejection of Netanyahu’s visit through raising Palestinian flags on rooftops of their homes.
A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonialist settlers installed, Tuesday, a large tent in Tal Romeida Palestinian neighborhood in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, to welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who intends to conduct a provocative visit to the city, Wednesday.
The colonists installed the tent in the Palestinian neighborhood, which falls under full Israeli military control, to receive Netanyahu, who will be touring in the occupied city as part of his reelection campaign ahead of the Knesset elections on the 17th of this month.
Tal Romeida is a historic and archeological area, located northwest of the Ibrahimi Mosque, where Israel also built the illegal Ramat Yishai colony on Palestinian land in the Old City.
Ramat Yishai is one of four outposts in the Old City of Hebron; Beit Hadassah in the barricaded Shuhada Street, Beit Romano which was installed in Osama Bin al-Monqith School for Boys, located at the entrances of the Old City and the Shuhada Street, and Avraham Avino, which was installed in the closed Fruits and Vegetables Market in the Sahla Street.
In related news, an armed Israeli colonist fired many live rounds at Palestinians selling fruits and vegetables at a junction between Burqa and Bazaria towns, north of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The attack did not lead to casualties but forced the Palestinians to leave in fear of further assaults and violations.
The colonists installed the tent in the Palestinian neighborhood, which falls under full Israeli military control, to receive Netanyahu, who will be touring in the occupied city as part of his reelection campaign ahead of the Knesset elections on the 17th of this month.
Tal Romeida is a historic and archeological area, located northwest of the Ibrahimi Mosque, where Israel also built the illegal Ramat Yishai colony on Palestinian land in the Old City.
Ramat Yishai is one of four outposts in the Old City of Hebron; Beit Hadassah in the barricaded Shuhada Street, Beit Romano which was installed in Osama Bin al-Monqith School for Boys, located at the entrances of the Old City and the Shuhada Street, and Avraham Avino, which was installed in the closed Fruits and Vegetables Market in the Sahla Street.
In related news, an armed Israeli colonist fired many live rounds at Palestinians selling fruits and vegetables at a junction between Burqa and Bazaria towns, north of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The attack did not lead to casualties but forced the Palestinians to leave in fear of further assaults and violations.
3 sept 2019
An Israeli settler on Tuesday opened fire at Palestinian citizens north of the West Bank city of Nablus.
Anti-settlement activist Ghassan Daghlas said that an Israeli settler opened fire at a group of Palestinian vendors in an area between Burqa and Bizzariya villages. No injuries were reported.
There are about 503 Israeli settler outposts built randomly in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Nearly 800,000 settlers live there and attack the Palestinians on almost a daily basis.
Anti-settlement activist Ghassan Daghlas said that an Israeli settler opened fire at a group of Palestinian vendors in an area between Burqa and Bizzariya villages. No injuries were reported.
There are about 503 Israeli settler outposts built randomly in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Nearly 800,000 settlers live there and attack the Palestinians on almost a daily basis.
Israeli settlers on Tuesday morning erected a caravan on a newly seized Palestinian land in Beit Jala town, west of Bethlehem.
Local sources said that the four-dunum land, owned by the Palestinian citizen Saba Skandar, was seized by the Israeli authorities on Monday without prior notice.
The sources said that the land was surrounded by barbed wire, and a generator and other electronic devices were brought to the caravan.
Journalists were prevented from approaching the area, they added.
Local sources said that the four-dunum land, owned by the Palestinian citizen Saba Skandar, was seized by the Israeli authorities on Monday without prior notice.
The sources said that the land was surrounded by barbed wire, and a generator and other electronic devices were brought to the caravan.
Journalists were prevented from approaching the area, they added.
A horde of armed Jewish settlers on Monday appropriated and bulldozed a Palestinian-owned tract of agricultural land in Beit Jala town, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
Local official Hasan Berijiya said that bulldozers escorted by a group of settlers carrying weapons stormed the agricultural area of al-Makhrour in the town and embarked on razing four dunums of land belonging to a local resident called Saba Iskandar.
Berijiya added that the settlers wanted to place mobile homes on this piece of land.
He noted that the seized land is located near the Palestinian restaurant and the house that had been demolished about a week ago by the Israeli occupation authority.
Local official Hasan Berijiya said that bulldozers escorted by a group of settlers carrying weapons stormed the agricultural area of al-Makhrour in the town and embarked on razing four dunums of land belonging to a local resident called Saba Iskandar.
Berijiya added that the settlers wanted to place mobile homes on this piece of land.
He noted that the seized land is located near the Palestinian restaurant and the house that had been demolished about a week ago by the Israeli occupation authority.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) said it would annex hundreds of dunums of Palestinian land in Jinsafut town, east of Qalqilya, to build a road for nearby settlements.
According to local sources, the IOA told the Palestinian side of its plan to annex 1,000 dunums of land to build the road.
The Israeli plan would lead to uprooting dozens of olive trees and dismembering Palestinian-owned lands in the area.
Chief of the Jinsafut local council Eid Eid said the road would connect the illegal settlements in the area with each other and deprive Palestinian farmers of their lands.
According to local sources, the IOA told the Palestinian side of its plan to annex 1,000 dunums of land to build the road.
The Israeli plan would lead to uprooting dozens of olive trees and dismembering Palestinian-owned lands in the area.
Chief of the Jinsafut local council Eid Eid said the road would connect the illegal settlements in the area with each other and deprive Palestinian farmers of their lands.
1 sept 2019
Israeli settlers attacked with stones Palestinian-registered vehicles passing near the illegal Israeli settlement of 'Kokhav HaShahar’ to the northeast of Ramallah, causing damages to some.
Local witnesses told WAFA one of the damaged vehicles belongs to local resident Rafiq Abu Alia, from the nearby village of al-Mughayyer.
Extremist Israeli settlers’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settlers' 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.
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 civilian population into the territory it occupies.
Local witnesses told WAFA one of the damaged vehicles belongs to local resident Rafiq Abu Alia, from the nearby village of al-Mughayyer.
Extremist Israeli settlers’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settlers' 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.
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 civilian population into the territory it occupies.
31 aug 2019
A Palestinian farmer on Saturday morning suffered moderate injuries when extremist Jewish settlers physically assaulted him in the south of Bethlehem.
According to local eyewitnesses, farmer Ayman Sa’ad from Artas village in Bethlehem was trying to enter the area where his own land is located when settlers from the illegal settlements of Gush Etzion attacked him.
The farmer was moderately injured in his face and was taken to hospital for medical assistance.
According to local eyewitnesses, farmer Ayman Sa’ad from Artas village in Bethlehem was trying to enter the area where his own land is located when settlers from the illegal settlements of Gush Etzion attacked him.
The farmer was moderately injured in his face and was taken to hospital for medical assistance.
