14 apr 2014
Israeli war minister Moshe Ya’alon gave permission to three Israeli families to break into the so-called Rugby building in al-Khalil city, as the court and the head of the Israeli Civil Administration have already ruled. Israel radio said that the building was evacuated for more than five years after the Supreme Court rejected the objection made by two Palestinian native citizens who said they are the house’s owners.
The Court ruled that the new Jewish purchasers are the building’s “legitimate owners” and that the settlement council in the West Bank welcomed the decision and wished for more professional and rapid actions in similar future situations.
Yariv Oppenheimer, current Secretary-General of Peace Now Movement said, “The allowance of settlers into the building is a pretext to bring negotiations to a halt,” charging that Ya’alon had “bowed to extremist right-wingers.”
The Court ruled that the new Jewish purchasers are the building’s “legitimate owners” and that the settlement council in the West Bank welcomed the decision and wished for more professional and rapid actions in similar future situations.
Yariv Oppenheimer, current Secretary-General of Peace Now Movement said, “The allowance of settlers into the building is a pretext to bring negotiations to a halt,” charging that Ya’alon had “bowed to extremist right-wingers.”
In their latest redrawing of the map of the West Bank at the expense of Palestinians, Israeli occupation authorities have declared about 250 acres of territory south of Bethlehem to be land belonging to the state, paving the way for it to be used to expand three Israeli settlements.
The step, approved by the hard-line defence minister Moshe Ya’alon, comes at a particularly sensitive time in Israeli-Palestinian relations, with the peace process on the brink of expiry after Israel failed to fulfil a commitment to release a group of Palestinian prisoners on 29 March, and the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas subsequently applied for membership in 15 international treaties and conventions.
It is the largest declaration of state lands in the West Bank since 2004, and draws on 19th-century Ottoman Turkish law to take over Palestinian land found to have been uncultivated for a decade. Palestinians, who are given 45 days to appeal, view the measure as tantamount to expropriation, with many of them saying that Israeli strictures on their movement make cultivation of the land impossible.
An Israeli official sought to play down the significance of the move, saying: “This is a process… that has been going on for years. It is not new.” He added that what Mr Ya’alon had approved was a “declaration of intention to turn the land into state land if there aren’t objections”. However, the declaration itself, obtained by The Independent, says the land in question “is government property”. Signs in Hebrew and Arabic have been posted on the land saying: “Government Property. No Trespassing”.
Three Palestinian villages will lose land – Beit Omar, Naalin and al-Khader – and it’s thought that the territory will be used to expand Neve Daniel, Elazar and Alon Shvut settlements, and by residents of the Netiv Ha’avot settler outpost.
“This is a big chunk of land that once allocated to settlers will give them big room for expansion,” said Dror Etkes, head of Kerem Navot, a dovish organisation specialising in West Bank land issues. Noting that the order was signed on 6 April at the height of the crisis in the peace talks, Mr Etkes said it was aimed “to make the whole thing collapse”.
The move came as three Israeli settler families took up occupancy of building with 20 apartments in the West Bank city of Hebron after Israel’s supreme court last month ruled they had purchased the property legally. Palestinians and Israeli doves consider this to be the equivalent of a new settlement in Hebron.
Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, condemned the settlement steps: “This is a government of land theft and expansionism and it is the worst enemy of peace. Israel is doing everything possible to torpedo any chance of peace.”
Mark Regev, spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, responded: “In all cases, disputes regarding land ownership are ultimately decided by the Israeli Supreme Court which is known internationally for its professionalism and objectivity.”
Source: The INDEPENDENT
The step, approved by the hard-line defence minister Moshe Ya’alon, comes at a particularly sensitive time in Israeli-Palestinian relations, with the peace process on the brink of expiry after Israel failed to fulfil a commitment to release a group of Palestinian prisoners on 29 March, and the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas subsequently applied for membership in 15 international treaties and conventions.
It is the largest declaration of state lands in the West Bank since 2004, and draws on 19th-century Ottoman Turkish law to take over Palestinian land found to have been uncultivated for a decade. Palestinians, who are given 45 days to appeal, view the measure as tantamount to expropriation, with many of them saying that Israeli strictures on their movement make cultivation of the land impossible.
An Israeli official sought to play down the significance of the move, saying: “This is a process… that has been going on for years. It is not new.” He added that what Mr Ya’alon had approved was a “declaration of intention to turn the land into state land if there aren’t objections”. However, the declaration itself, obtained by The Independent, says the land in question “is government property”. Signs in Hebrew and Arabic have been posted on the land saying: “Government Property. No Trespassing”.
Three Palestinian villages will lose land – Beit Omar, Naalin and al-Khader – and it’s thought that the territory will be used to expand Neve Daniel, Elazar and Alon Shvut settlements, and by residents of the Netiv Ha’avot settler outpost.
“This is a big chunk of land that once allocated to settlers will give them big room for expansion,” said Dror Etkes, head of Kerem Navot, a dovish organisation specialising in West Bank land issues. Noting that the order was signed on 6 April at the height of the crisis in the peace talks, Mr Etkes said it was aimed “to make the whole thing collapse”.
The move came as three Israeli settler families took up occupancy of building with 20 apartments in the West Bank city of Hebron after Israel’s supreme court last month ruled they had purchased the property legally. Palestinians and Israeli doves consider this to be the equivalent of a new settlement in Hebron.
Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, condemned the settlement steps: “This is a government of land theft and expansionism and it is the worst enemy of peace. Israel is doing everything possible to torpedo any chance of peace.”
Mark Regev, spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, responded: “In all cases, disputes regarding land ownership are ultimately decided by the Israeli Supreme Court which is known internationally for its professionalism and objectivity.”
Source: The INDEPENDENT
Palestinian men (right) who were trying to plant olives trees on land close to an Israeli military camp in the Jordan Valley, argue with Israeli soldiers after they were asked to leave the area, on April 8, 2014 in the occupied West Bank.
Israel has gone ahead and destroyed several EU-funded humanitarian projects in a settlement zone in the West Bank, despite diplomatic threats and repeated calls to desist, it has been revealed by EurActiv.
There are concerns not only that this is against international law, but that disrupting the area’s territorial coherence could seriously undermine any prospect of peace with the Palestinians.
The E1 corridor, as it’s called, contains an area known as Ras-a-Baba (or Jabal-al-Baba), overlooking Jerusalem. It has been a target of the Netanyahu government ever since 2012. The three projects destroyed will be joining whole scores of other EU-funded structures that Israel has destroyed, without regard for international law, as Europe believes, calling the area “a red line”, a report by EurActiv, an EU policy news and discussion portal, has revealed.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is believed to have ordered the destruction of these projects hours after the Palestinians expressed a wish to join 15 UN treaties, and after he halted all ongoing talks with the Palestinian authorities.
The plan is to reportedly link Jerusalem with the Ma’ale settlement. The dismantling of the three humanitarian shelters started April 8 and is causing much outrage among both critics of Israel’s policies and the EU. And this is happening at a particularly sensitive time, with US Secretary of State John Kerry at pains to broker a peace deal with the Palestinian Authority.
Now discussions have been revived about reining in Israel’s initiatives by demanding some sort of compensation, coupled with diplomatic and legal pressure. Some EU officials contacted by EurActiv have called this a breach of international law, and that Israel should halt the construction “immediately.”
All previous destruction of Palestinian homes in the E1 zone has resulted in Israeli settlement construction. Netanyahu appears to have had his eye on the area since November 2012, when a plan to build 3,000 Jewish homes was conceived. A total of 79 EU-funded aid projects were dismantled in areas of the West Bank then, followed by a further 54 in 2013.
EU officials then said that this would mean a serious derailing of peace negotiations with the Palestinian authorities.
The chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, had harsh words for the new plan – that this is “more than a provocation, it is a crime.”
“We ask the EU to apply their laws in relation to Israel… this is consistent with the Israeli policy of forced displacement of the Palestinian population around occupied East Jerusalem,” he also said. The latter words were echoed by EU diplomats contacted by EurActiv.
One of them, based locally, saw a clear incentive for Israel to make some money: “The location is definitely an attractive area and when you go there it is easy to understand why it is coveted by the Israelis… "It is quite beautiful and there's a nice view of Jerusalem. It is also between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem and is prime real estate."
Another, a top EU official, who spoke to the news portal, had this to say: "While we acknowledge that these events come at a politically sensitive time, where parties to the conflict are currently negotiating a peace deal… we must nevertheless denounce the humanitarian consequences of such actions and try to prevent further demolitions from occurring by unreservedly condemning them."
In 2012, the EU Foreign Affairs Council promised to closely monitor developments and adjust its actions to Israel’s. On April 11, a formal complaint was delivered to the Israeli government with promises of more concrete action to follow.
The high-ranking diplomat told EurActiv that "one of the key messages coming up will be a call for freeze on demolitions and for a fair planning and zoning regime to be put in place… I don’t know if it will happen today, but it is in the pipeline.”
Any compensation will have to be substantial, seeing as Israel is responsible for nearly 50 million euro’s worth of destruction of aid projects since 2002. Half of that was funded by the EU.
EurActiv spoke to another EU diplomat on condition of anonymity, who confirmed unofficially that many member states were already onboard with the idea of seeking compensation “from Israel whenever EU-funded humanitarian aid projects are destroyed.”
The diplomat believes that the lack of opposition to the idea is a reaction to the E1 demolitions.
A letter from the EU’s humanitarian aid commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, was sent to Israel’s defense minister, Moshe Ya’Alon. It did not contain any request for compensation though, which is to be decided by the time the final proposal to the EC is made.
However, Israeli authorities have a different view on the matter. A spokesman said in a statement that the caravans built by the EU had been “assembled illegally” and that “at least two of the buildings [were] located on state land and within the jurisdiction of the city of Ma'ale Adumim.”
“It is important to note that the elements in question were carefully dismantled and seized by the authorized bodies of the Civil Administration and that their owners can act according to the standard procedure in order to get them back from the Supervision Unit," he added.
But the problem here is that no meaningful mechanism exists to allow for such settlements, which basically means that nothing will change with regard to how the situation is approached in the future, and will probably continue to mean the EU is has a hand in breaking Israeli law.
"I think every diplomat working here realizes that we are here to help the Palestinians and build Palestinian institutions, but in the end we end up funding the occupation as we are taking care of the responsibilities that Israel should take care of as an occupying power," another unnamed EU source based in Jerusalem told EurActiv.
It now remains to be seen what the EC threats against Israel will achieve, what with half of the West Bank now swallowed up by upcoming Israeli settlement projects.
Source: RT
Israel has gone ahead and destroyed several EU-funded humanitarian projects in a settlement zone in the West Bank, despite diplomatic threats and repeated calls to desist, it has been revealed by EurActiv.
There are concerns not only that this is against international law, but that disrupting the area’s territorial coherence could seriously undermine any prospect of peace with the Palestinians.
The E1 corridor, as it’s called, contains an area known as Ras-a-Baba (or Jabal-al-Baba), overlooking Jerusalem. It has been a target of the Netanyahu government ever since 2012. The three projects destroyed will be joining whole scores of other EU-funded structures that Israel has destroyed, without regard for international law, as Europe believes, calling the area “a red line”, a report by EurActiv, an EU policy news and discussion portal, has revealed.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is believed to have ordered the destruction of these projects hours after the Palestinians expressed a wish to join 15 UN treaties, and after he halted all ongoing talks with the Palestinian authorities.
The plan is to reportedly link Jerusalem with the Ma’ale settlement. The dismantling of the three humanitarian shelters started April 8 and is causing much outrage among both critics of Israel’s policies and the EU. And this is happening at a particularly sensitive time, with US Secretary of State John Kerry at pains to broker a peace deal with the Palestinian Authority.
Now discussions have been revived about reining in Israel’s initiatives by demanding some sort of compensation, coupled with diplomatic and legal pressure. Some EU officials contacted by EurActiv have called this a breach of international law, and that Israel should halt the construction “immediately.”
All previous destruction of Palestinian homes in the E1 zone has resulted in Israeli settlement construction. Netanyahu appears to have had his eye on the area since November 2012, when a plan to build 3,000 Jewish homes was conceived. A total of 79 EU-funded aid projects were dismantled in areas of the West Bank then, followed by a further 54 in 2013.
EU officials then said that this would mean a serious derailing of peace negotiations with the Palestinian authorities.
The chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, had harsh words for the new plan – that this is “more than a provocation, it is a crime.”
“We ask the EU to apply their laws in relation to Israel… this is consistent with the Israeli policy of forced displacement of the Palestinian population around occupied East Jerusalem,” he also said. The latter words were echoed by EU diplomats contacted by EurActiv.
One of them, based locally, saw a clear incentive for Israel to make some money: “The location is definitely an attractive area and when you go there it is easy to understand why it is coveted by the Israelis… "It is quite beautiful and there's a nice view of Jerusalem. It is also between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem and is prime real estate."
Another, a top EU official, who spoke to the news portal, had this to say: "While we acknowledge that these events come at a politically sensitive time, where parties to the conflict are currently negotiating a peace deal… we must nevertheless denounce the humanitarian consequences of such actions and try to prevent further demolitions from occurring by unreservedly condemning them."
In 2012, the EU Foreign Affairs Council promised to closely monitor developments and adjust its actions to Israel’s. On April 11, a formal complaint was delivered to the Israeli government with promises of more concrete action to follow.
The high-ranking diplomat told EurActiv that "one of the key messages coming up will be a call for freeze on demolitions and for a fair planning and zoning regime to be put in place… I don’t know if it will happen today, but it is in the pipeline.”
Any compensation will have to be substantial, seeing as Israel is responsible for nearly 50 million euro’s worth of destruction of aid projects since 2002. Half of that was funded by the EU.
EurActiv spoke to another EU diplomat on condition of anonymity, who confirmed unofficially that many member states were already onboard with the idea of seeking compensation “from Israel whenever EU-funded humanitarian aid projects are destroyed.”
The diplomat believes that the lack of opposition to the idea is a reaction to the E1 demolitions.
A letter from the EU’s humanitarian aid commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, was sent to Israel’s defense minister, Moshe Ya’Alon. It did not contain any request for compensation though, which is to be decided by the time the final proposal to the EC is made.
However, Israeli authorities have a different view on the matter. A spokesman said in a statement that the caravans built by the EU had been “assembled illegally” and that “at least two of the buildings [were] located on state land and within the jurisdiction of the city of Ma'ale Adumim.”
“It is important to note that the elements in question were carefully dismantled and seized by the authorized bodies of the Civil Administration and that their owners can act according to the standard procedure in order to get them back from the Supervision Unit," he added.
But the problem here is that no meaningful mechanism exists to allow for such settlements, which basically means that nothing will change with regard to how the situation is approached in the future, and will probably continue to mean the EU is has a hand in breaking Israeli law.
"I think every diplomat working here realizes that we are here to help the Palestinians and build Palestinian institutions, but in the end we end up funding the occupation as we are taking care of the responsibilities that Israel should take care of as an occupying power," another unnamed EU source based in Jerusalem told EurActiv.
It now remains to be seen what the EC threats against Israel will achieve, what with half of the West Bank now swallowed up by upcoming Israeli settlement projects.
Source: RT
13 apr 2014
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided southern Gaza Strip on Sunday night under heavy firing of smoke bombs. Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers escorted four military bulldozers into eastern Khan Younis and leveled land near Qarara town.
They said that the soldiers fired smoke bombs before and during the incursion.
They said that the soldiers fired smoke bombs before and during the incursion.
12 apr 2014
Israeli forces late Friday began to confiscate tax clearance certificates from Palestinian merchants at the main commercial crossing between Israel and the West Bank, Palestinian security sources told Ma'an.
The sources said Israeli officers took clearance certificates by force from several merchants at al-Jalameh crossing in Jenin in an apparent effort to enforce the latest round of sanctions against Palestinians announced by Israeli officials Friday.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was not familiar with the incident.
Separately, the sources said the al-Jalameh crossing would be closed from Sunday to Tuesday due to the Passover holiday.
Merchants regularly deliver tax clearance certificates the Palestinian Authority, which receives tax revenues from Israel on a monthly basis according to the certificates.
Israel, which collects about $111 million in taxes on behalf of the PA -- two-thirds of its revenues -- announced Friday it would freeze the transfer of that money in a new round of sanctions.
PLO chief negotiator Saeb Erakat lashed out at the move, calling it an act of "Israeli hijacking and the theft of the Palestinian people's money."
The decision is a "violation of international law and norms by Israel" in revenge for the Palestinians' move to join a raft of international treaties as a state, Erakat said.
Peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians were relaunched in July under the auspices of the US after nearly three years of impasse.
Israel's government has announced the construction of thousands of settler housing units and its army has killed 60 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza since the negotiations began.
The sources said Israeli officers took clearance certificates by force from several merchants at al-Jalameh crossing in Jenin in an apparent effort to enforce the latest round of sanctions against Palestinians announced by Israeli officials Friday.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was not familiar with the incident.
Separately, the sources said the al-Jalameh crossing would be closed from Sunday to Tuesday due to the Passover holiday.
Merchants regularly deliver tax clearance certificates the Palestinian Authority, which receives tax revenues from Israel on a monthly basis according to the certificates.
Israel, which collects about $111 million in taxes on behalf of the PA -- two-thirds of its revenues -- announced Friday it would freeze the transfer of that money in a new round of sanctions.
PLO chief negotiator Saeb Erakat lashed out at the move, calling it an act of "Israeli hijacking and the theft of the Palestinian people's money."
The decision is a "violation of international law and norms by Israel" in revenge for the Palestinians' move to join a raft of international treaties as a state, Erakat said.
Peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians were relaunched in July under the auspices of the US after nearly three years of impasse.
Israel's government has announced the construction of thousands of settler housing units and its army has killed 60 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza since the negotiations began.
Israel has demolished several European Union-funded humanitarian housing shelters in a highly sensitive strip of West Bank land near Jerusalem, an EU official said Friday.
"On April 9, three of some 18 residential structures were demolished ... in Jabal al-Baba," an area outside the sprawling settlement of Maale Adumim, a spokesman for the EU's delegation to the Palestinian territories told AFP.
The tin huts, used to house Palestinians made homeless by severe winter weather at the beginning of the year, were "partially funded by EU member states," the official said.
Israel issued demolition orders on all 18 structures in February, the official said, and EU delegates "raised this with the Israeli authorities" both at that time of and after the demolitions.
The EU official said that there were ongoing discussions with Israeli authorities over the demolitions, but a report by EurActiv, a Brussels-based news service, said diplomats were demanding financial compensation.
"On April 9, three of some 18 residential structures were demolished ... in Jabal al-Baba," an area outside the sprawling settlement of Maale Adumim, a spokesman for the EU's delegation to the Palestinian territories told AFP.
The tin huts, used to house Palestinians made homeless by severe winter weather at the beginning of the year, were "partially funded by EU member states," the official said.
Israel issued demolition orders on all 18 structures in February, the official said, and EU delegates "raised this with the Israeli authorities" both at that time of and after the demolitions.
The EU official said that there were ongoing discussions with Israeli authorities over the demolitions, but a report by EurActiv, a Brussels-based news service, said diplomats were demanding financial compensation.
Palestinian men (right) who were trying to plant olives trees on land close to an Israeli military camp in the Jordan Valley, argue with Israeli soldiers after they were asked to leave the area, on April 8, 2014 in the occupied West Bank.
"We should ask for compensation from Israel whenever EU-funded humanitarian aid projects are destroyed," EurActiv quoted an anonymous diplomat as saying.
Israel's military administration of the occupied Palestinian territories could not immediately comment on the demolitions.
The structures were located in E1, a highly contentious area in the West Bank east of Jerusalem.
Angela Godfrey-Goldstein, an advocacy officer of the Jahalin Association representing Palestinian Bedouin, condemned the demolitions, calling E1 "Obama's red line" for Israeli settlement construction.
Godfrey-Goldstein told Ma'an Wednesday that the demolitions were "presumably revenge" for the PLO's decision to apply for applying for accession to 15 international treaties in late March.
On March 12, Israeli bulldozers demolished a residential building, a car wash, and a shop in Jabal al-Baba.
Israel has been planning construction in E1 since the early 1990s but nothing has ever been built there due to heavy international pressure. Plans for building 1,200 units unveiled in December 2012 were quickly put on the back burner after the announcement triggered a major diplomatic backlash.
The PLO says construction in E1 would effectively cut the West Bank in two and prevent the creation of a contiguous Palestinian state.
Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. It has demolished at least 27,000 Palestinian homes and structures since occupying the West Bank in 1967, according to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
"We should ask for compensation from Israel whenever EU-funded humanitarian aid projects are destroyed," EurActiv quoted an anonymous diplomat as saying.
Israel's military administration of the occupied Palestinian territories could not immediately comment on the demolitions.
The structures were located in E1, a highly contentious area in the West Bank east of Jerusalem.
Angela Godfrey-Goldstein, an advocacy officer of the Jahalin Association representing Palestinian Bedouin, condemned the demolitions, calling E1 "Obama's red line" for Israeli settlement construction.
Godfrey-Goldstein told Ma'an Wednesday that the demolitions were "presumably revenge" for the PLO's decision to apply for applying for accession to 15 international treaties in late March.
On March 12, Israeli bulldozers demolished a residential building, a car wash, and a shop in Jabal al-Baba.
Israel has been planning construction in E1 since the early 1990s but nothing has ever been built there due to heavy international pressure. Plans for building 1,200 units unveiled in December 2012 were quickly put on the back burner after the announcement triggered a major diplomatic backlash.
The PLO says construction in E1 would effectively cut the West Bank in two and prevent the creation of a contiguous Palestinian state.
Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. It has demolished at least 27,000 Palestinian homes and structures since occupying the West Bank in 1967, according to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
11 apr 2014
Israeli civil administration plans to confiscate 180 dunams of Palestinian private lands in the Ein Yabrud and Silwad villages to the north of Ramallah in order to establish a wastewater treatment plant for Ofra settlement, Haaretz reported.
In a report published Wednesday, Haaretz explained that the plant has been under construction since 2007 on 20 dumans but the settlement council decided to expand the area of the plant by confiscating more Palestinian lands.
In a report published Wednesday, Haaretz explained that the plant has been under construction since 2007 on 20 dumans but the settlement council decided to expand the area of the plant by confiscating more Palestinian lands.
The Israeli army closed a main agricultural road that leads to thousands of Dunams of Palestinian farmlands, east of Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The road was blocked 1by a 20-centimeter high concrete wall.
The Maan News Agency has reported that the road leads to farmlands in the areas of Ereq Safy, Khallet Kammoon, and Brekot, and that the lands belong to several families, including Sleiby and Abu Ayyash.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar town, stated that the wall extends from the al-Baraka hospital, on the outskirts of the al-Arroub refugee camp in the north, to the Etzion junction.
It would lead to the isolation of more than 5000 Dunams; the Palestinians in that area already lost 12000 Dunams that were illegally annexed for settlement construction activities. (One Dunams is 0.247 Acres)
Awad said the villagers used to have dirt dozens of roads leading to their lands, including roads that fit agricultural tractors and equipment, way before Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967, but are now all blocked by this wall.
“These roads are all there, on maps, including Israeli maps; but Israel wanted to close them all”, he said, “Now, after the army blocked these roads, the lands in the eastern side of Beit Ummar became isolated; villagers cannot access them, therefore, the lands are now surrounded and isolated”.
The villagers voiced appeals to local and international organizations to help them, and ensure they can access their own lands, by pressuring Israel to reconsider its decision that is mean to allow the expansion of Israeli settlements by isolating and confiscating Palestinian-owned lands.
The Maan News Agency has reported that the road leads to farmlands in the areas of Ereq Safy, Khallet Kammoon, and Brekot, and that the lands belong to several families, including Sleiby and Abu Ayyash.
Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar town, stated that the wall extends from the al-Baraka hospital, on the outskirts of the al-Arroub refugee camp in the north, to the Etzion junction.
It would lead to the isolation of more than 5000 Dunams; the Palestinians in that area already lost 12000 Dunams that were illegally annexed for settlement construction activities. (One Dunams is 0.247 Acres)
Awad said the villagers used to have dirt dozens of roads leading to their lands, including roads that fit agricultural tractors and equipment, way before Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967, but are now all blocked by this wall.
“These roads are all there, on maps, including Israeli maps; but Israel wanted to close them all”, he said, “Now, after the army blocked these roads, the lands in the eastern side of Beit Ummar became isolated; villagers cannot access them, therefore, the lands are now surrounded and isolated”.
The villagers voiced appeals to local and international organizations to help them, and ensure they can access their own lands, by pressuring Israel to reconsider its decision that is mean to allow the expansion of Israeli settlements by isolating and confiscating Palestinian-owned lands.
10 apr 2014
Israeli forces, on Thursday, tore down and confiscated several tents that the Palestinian Red Crescent had erected, east of Nablus, in order to house families whose houses were demolished by Israeli forces a few days before, a Palestinian official said.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement-related activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that several Israeli military vehicles raided the al-Jawana area between the villages of Tana and Beit Furik, Thursday, morning and pulled down four tents.
He explained that the tents were donated by the Palestinian Red Crescent Association and had served as temporary dwellings for Palestinian families.
The families used to live in structures made of metal bars and tin sheets in the area, but Israeli forces had demolished those structures last week.
Daghlas added that Israeli soldiers delivered demolition orders to other residents on behalf of the Israeli Civil Administration. In addition, a number of agricultural tractors were confiscated.
A spokesperson for the civil administration could not be reached for comment.
Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. It has demolished at least 27,000 Palestinian homes and structures since occupying the West Bank in 1967, according to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
Israel destroyed more than 663 Palestinian properties in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2013, displacing 1,101 people, according to UNOCHA. Around 241 more people have been displaced just since the beginning of 2014.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement-related activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that several Israeli military vehicles raided the al-Jawana area between the villages of Tana and Beit Furik, Thursday, morning and pulled down four tents.
He explained that the tents were donated by the Palestinian Red Crescent Association and had served as temporary dwellings for Palestinian families.
The families used to live in structures made of metal bars and tin sheets in the area, but Israeli forces had demolished those structures last week.
Daghlas added that Israeli soldiers delivered demolition orders to other residents on behalf of the Israeli Civil Administration. In addition, a number of agricultural tractors were confiscated.
A spokesperson for the civil administration could not be reached for comment.
Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. It has demolished at least 27,000 Palestinian homes and structures since occupying the West Bank in 1967, according to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
Israel destroyed more than 663 Palestinian properties in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2013, displacing 1,101 people, according to UNOCHA. Around 241 more people have been displaced just since the beginning of 2014.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has informed on Thursday morning Palestinian farmers in Khader village, south of Bethlehem, of its intention to confiscate their agricultural lands and prevent their access to them. Israeli occupation forces have erected banners in those lands saying that the farmers cannot access their agricultural lands. The Israeli decision includes the confiscation of 984 dunums of Khader and Nahalin towns west of the city, and Beit Ummar north of al-Khalil.
The IOA informed the farmers that they could submit appeals against the confiscation decision within 45 days.
In a related context, the IOA declared its intention to confiscate 180 dunums of Palestinian lands north of Ramallah in order to build a sewage treatment facility, Haaretz newspaper revealed.
The Civil Administration intends to confiscate 180 dunums (44.5 acres) of land belonging to residents of the villages of Ein Yabrud and Silwad, in order to build a facility for treating the sewage of the West Bank settlement of Ofra, according to the Hebrew newspaper.
The project was proposed in 2007, when Israeli Civil Administration demanded the linking of neighboring villages' sewage to the project; however, the Palestinian villagers refused to do so after the Israeli confiscation decision.
Meanwhile, Israeli authorities have confiscated an agricultural land in the vicinity of Jalama military crossing that links Jenin with Palestinian lands occupied in 1948, aiming to expand the crossing few months after the confiscation of 8 acres in the same area.
Head of Jalama village council Khaled Abu Farha stated that Israeli bulldozers started last night razing the lands to impose a status quo in the area.
On the other hand, IOF have continued over the two consecutive days drilling operations in Yitzhar settlement near Madama town, south of Nablus, as a prelude to confiscate more lands east of Asira village.
Yitzhar annexed more Palestinian land during the second intifada. Israeli forces have recently intensified their presence in the area, eyewitnesses said.
For his part, member of the Popular Committee against Settlements Ahmad Salah told Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter that the confiscation of Palestinian lands had been escalated in occupied West Bank in favor of settlement expansion.
The IOA informed the farmers that they could submit appeals against the confiscation decision within 45 days.
In a related context, the IOA declared its intention to confiscate 180 dunums of Palestinian lands north of Ramallah in order to build a sewage treatment facility, Haaretz newspaper revealed.
The Civil Administration intends to confiscate 180 dunums (44.5 acres) of land belonging to residents of the villages of Ein Yabrud and Silwad, in order to build a facility for treating the sewage of the West Bank settlement of Ofra, according to the Hebrew newspaper.
The project was proposed in 2007, when Israeli Civil Administration demanded the linking of neighboring villages' sewage to the project; however, the Palestinian villagers refused to do so after the Israeli confiscation decision.
Meanwhile, Israeli authorities have confiscated an agricultural land in the vicinity of Jalama military crossing that links Jenin with Palestinian lands occupied in 1948, aiming to expand the crossing few months after the confiscation of 8 acres in the same area.
Head of Jalama village council Khaled Abu Farha stated that Israeli bulldozers started last night razing the lands to impose a status quo in the area.
On the other hand, IOF have continued over the two consecutive days drilling operations in Yitzhar settlement near Madama town, south of Nablus, as a prelude to confiscate more lands east of Asira village.
Yitzhar annexed more Palestinian land during the second intifada. Israeli forces have recently intensified their presence in the area, eyewitnesses said.
For his part, member of the Popular Committee against Settlements Ahmad Salah told Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter that the confiscation of Palestinian lands had been escalated in occupied West Bank in favor of settlement expansion.
The Israeli civil administration on Thursday, seized 180 dunums of Palestinian land in the villages of Ein Yabrud and Silwad north of Ramallah, under the pretext of constructing a wastewater treatment plant in favor of Ofra illegal settlement.
Haaretz reported that the procedures for building the wastewater treatment plant have started in 2007, but Israel didn't give the Israeli regional council a license for construction.
The regional council in the West Bank has started to search for an alternative solution through establishing the plant on a Palestinian land in the nearby villages without obtaining a construction permit.
Haaretz reported that the procedures for building the wastewater treatment plant have started in 2007, but Israel didn't give the Israeli regional council a license for construction.
The regional council in the West Bank has started to search for an alternative solution through establishing the plant on a Palestinian land in the nearby villages without obtaining a construction permit.
The Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage revealed that the Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) and the so-called Israeli Heritage Authority had dug a new tunnel down the Buraq Square in the holy al-Aqsa Mosque. The excavation process was carried out beginning with al-Buraq Square and heading westwards in the direction of al-Khalil gate in Occupied Jerusalem, the Foundation’s photo-based statement said on Wednesday.
According to the Foundation, such excavations make part of the Tunnel-Network undertaken underneath Silwan town, south of al-Aqsa Mosque.
The excavation processes were found out during a field visit to the Tunnel-Network, connected to the Silwan network, dug below and around al-Aqsa area by the IOA.
The Foundation further documented, upon its arrival to the excavation area down al-Buraq Square, the presence of an iron staircase followed by a door that was closed, before heading to an adjacent area where they surprisingly caught sight of a long tunnel. The end of the tunnel couldn't be reached even after long-while-walks. The Foundation further spotted that the tunnel is gradually moving westwards.
According to the Foundation, such excavations make part of the Tunnel-Network undertaken underneath Silwan town, south of al-Aqsa Mosque.
The excavation processes were found out during a field visit to the Tunnel-Network, connected to the Silwan network, dug below and around al-Aqsa area by the IOA.
The Foundation further documented, upon its arrival to the excavation area down al-Buraq Square, the presence of an iron staircase followed by a door that was closed, before heading to an adjacent area where they surprisingly caught sight of a long tunnel. The end of the tunnel couldn't be reached even after long-while-walks. The Foundation further spotted that the tunnel is gradually moving westwards.
Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett urged Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to annex some 60 percent of the West Bank in response to the Palestinians’ stopping talks with Israel and turning to the UN.
All 350,000 of the Jews in Judea and Samaria live in Area C, some 60% of the area. Of the Palestinians in the West Bank, 97% live in Area A, which is under full Palestinian control, and Area B, which is under Palestinian civil control and Israeli occupation control.
“It is clear that the diplomatic process has run its course and that we are entering a new era,” Bennett wrote Netanyahu. “We have been hitting our heads against the wall of negotiations over and over again for years and we kept getting surprised when the wall did not break. The time has come for new thinking.”
Bennett launched a public relations initiative Wednesday for his “Settlement Blocs First” plan, which calls for annexing blocs such as Ariel, Gush Etzion, Ma’aleh Adumim, Beit El-Ofra and communities that overlook Ben-Gurion Airport. He explained his plan on CNN Wednesday night and intends to push it to the international community.
A Hebrew video with subtitles in multiple languages that the Jerusalem and Diaspora affairs minister released explained why the plan could be practical. It says that the international community does not recognize Israel’s annexation of eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, so annexing part of the West Bank would just add another thing for the world to complain about.
The three-staged plan starts with annexing Area C and offering citizenship to its Palestinians.
It calls for giving the Palestinians upgraded autonomy in Areas A and B. The third stage is massive investment in Palestinian areas to improve their quality of life and improve their lives.
“We should be taking a bottom- up strategy rather than creating an artificial state in the heart of Israel,” a source close to Bennett said.
Environmental Protection Minister Amir Peretz blamed Bayit Yehudi Wednesday for the stalemate in diplomatic talks. Unlike his Hatnua colleague, MK Amram Mitzna, he did not call for leaving the coalition.
He said he supports staying in the “government”, because he believes his party leader, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, can still advance the diplomatic process.
Peretz told “Army” Radio that he did not see any other possible coalition being built in the current Knesset.
ALRAY contributed to this
Source JP
All 350,000 of the Jews in Judea and Samaria live in Area C, some 60% of the area. Of the Palestinians in the West Bank, 97% live in Area A, which is under full Palestinian control, and Area B, which is under Palestinian civil control and Israeli occupation control.
“It is clear that the diplomatic process has run its course and that we are entering a new era,” Bennett wrote Netanyahu. “We have been hitting our heads against the wall of negotiations over and over again for years and we kept getting surprised when the wall did not break. The time has come for new thinking.”
Bennett launched a public relations initiative Wednesday for his “Settlement Blocs First” plan, which calls for annexing blocs such as Ariel, Gush Etzion, Ma’aleh Adumim, Beit El-Ofra and communities that overlook Ben-Gurion Airport. He explained his plan on CNN Wednesday night and intends to push it to the international community.
A Hebrew video with subtitles in multiple languages that the Jerusalem and Diaspora affairs minister released explained why the plan could be practical. It says that the international community does not recognize Israel’s annexation of eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, so annexing part of the West Bank would just add another thing for the world to complain about.
The three-staged plan starts with annexing Area C and offering citizenship to its Palestinians.
It calls for giving the Palestinians upgraded autonomy in Areas A and B. The third stage is massive investment in Palestinian areas to improve their quality of life and improve their lives.
“We should be taking a bottom- up strategy rather than creating an artificial state in the heart of Israel,” a source close to Bennett said.
Environmental Protection Minister Amir Peretz blamed Bayit Yehudi Wednesday for the stalemate in diplomatic talks. Unlike his Hatnua colleague, MK Amram Mitzna, he did not call for leaving the coalition.
He said he supports staying in the “government”, because he believes his party leader, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, can still advance the diplomatic process.
Peretz told “Army” Radio that he did not see any other possible coalition being built in the current Knesset.
ALRAY contributed to this
Source JP
9 apr 2014
After just three weeks in their new home, the Slemiah family from the village of Ithna have received a demolition order from the Israeli army.
The newly built house is on land that has been owned by the family for centuries, and the family has now been forced to pay large sums of money to organize many legal documents for the upcoming court hearing.
Wesam Slemiah (28), Ansar (22) and the children Line (2) and Laith (4) live in the outskirts of the city of Ithna, west of Hebron in the West Bank.
Wesam borrowed money from his cousin to be able to build the house, and the land he was building on has been owned by his family for many years.
Shortly after moving in, they received a demolition order from the Israeli army saying that the land did not belong to them. This is something that also has happened to many of their neighbors in the past six years.
In order to prove ownership of the land, the family has had to pay large sums of money to different authorities. Altogether, the costs exceed one month of income for the family.
They now have all the papers necessary to prove their ownership, and on 24th April their documents will be taken to a court for further decisions.
During the last six years, two houses in the area have been demolished.
The families usually have to pay the charges for the bulldozer to destroy their homes. If they do not have the money, Israeli forces confiscate their ID’s to force them to pay.
This has happened to a neighboring family to the Slemiah family, their house has been demolished twice.
Partly with money from the UN, that family managed to rebuild their house, a project which ISM took part of, and today their third house is still standing.
As well as demolition orders that are extremely costly when the case goes to court, many structures used to house sheep and other animals have also been demolished by the Israeli military.
Residents in the area also speak of night raids from the Israeli army, and reoccurring harassment that are making everyday life extremely difficult.
The house raids have been occurring in the village since the start of the First Intifada [1987].
Wesam has been forced to stay home from his job since the demolition order arrived.
The Slemiah family is worried about what will happen to their new home, and are frightened that the Israeli army could arrive at any moment.
When an ISM activist asked Wesam and Ansar what they think of their future, they answered: “There’s an occupation here, what can we do?”.
The newly built house is on land that has been owned by the family for centuries, and the family has now been forced to pay large sums of money to organize many legal documents for the upcoming court hearing.
Wesam Slemiah (28), Ansar (22) and the children Line (2) and Laith (4) live in the outskirts of the city of Ithna, west of Hebron in the West Bank.
Wesam borrowed money from his cousin to be able to build the house, and the land he was building on has been owned by his family for many years.
Shortly after moving in, they received a demolition order from the Israeli army saying that the land did not belong to them. This is something that also has happened to many of their neighbors in the past six years.
In order to prove ownership of the land, the family has had to pay large sums of money to different authorities. Altogether, the costs exceed one month of income for the family.
They now have all the papers necessary to prove their ownership, and on 24th April their documents will be taken to a court for further decisions.
During the last six years, two houses in the area have been demolished.
The families usually have to pay the charges for the bulldozer to destroy their homes. If they do not have the money, Israeli forces confiscate their ID’s to force them to pay.
This has happened to a neighboring family to the Slemiah family, their house has been demolished twice.
Partly with money from the UN, that family managed to rebuild their house, a project which ISM took part of, and today their third house is still standing.
As well as demolition orders that are extremely costly when the case goes to court, many structures used to house sheep and other animals have also been demolished by the Israeli military.
Residents in the area also speak of night raids from the Israeli army, and reoccurring harassment that are making everyday life extremely difficult.
The house raids have been occurring in the village since the start of the First Intifada [1987].
Wesam has been forced to stay home from his job since the demolition order arrived.
The Slemiah family is worried about what will happen to their new home, and are frightened that the Israeli army could arrive at any moment.
When an ISM activist asked Wesam and Ansar what they think of their future, they answered: “There’s an occupation here, what can we do?”.
Israeli settlers from Ariel settlement built on Salfit land continued to steal the city's groundwater while flooding its agricultural lands with the settlement's sewage waters. Researcher Khalid Maali said on Wednesday that Palestinian farmers in the area left their agricultural lands after being continuously flooded with sewage waters by Israeli settlers.
He pointed out that Israeli authorities continued to steal Salfit's groundwater and resources due to the city's important site where it is located over a lake that contains more than three and a half million cubic meters of water.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers from Efrat settlement have flooded Tuesday Palestinian agricultural lands, an area of 8 acres, in Khader town in Bethlehem with sewage water.
The land's owner is no longer able to use his agricultural land or to reap its grape harvest due to the pollution caused by Israeli settlers.
Large Palestinian agricultural lands have been subjected to such attacks, which led to heavy losses to their owners.
He pointed out that Israeli authorities continued to steal Salfit's groundwater and resources due to the city's important site where it is located over a lake that contains more than three and a half million cubic meters of water.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers from Efrat settlement have flooded Tuesday Palestinian agricultural lands, an area of 8 acres, in Khader town in Bethlehem with sewage water.
The land's owner is no longer able to use his agricultural land or to reap its grape harvest due to the pollution caused by Israeli settlers.
Large Palestinian agricultural lands have been subjected to such attacks, which led to heavy losses to their owners.
On Tuesday, April 08, 2014, the Israeli occupation authorities demolished agricultural rooms and a water closet belonging to citizens from Hebron.
Eyewitnesses stated to an Land Research Center (LRC) observer that:
"A force of the Israeli occupation army and staff of the Civil Administration raided the area of Farsh Al Hawa, west of Hebron, early this morning and embarked on demolishing the rooms people built on their agricultural lands."
Details:
The Israeli bulldozer leveled a 20 m2 shed belonging to Bassam Dwaik and was used for repose as well as a toilet made of iron slabs near the shed.
Furthermore, the Israeli authorities demolished another shed that belonged to Al Yazori family and was 20 m2 in area .
Witnesses asserted to a member of monitoring Israeli violations team at LRC that:
"The Israeli occupation authorities also demolished a well and a 12 m2 agricultural room that were Bilal Dwaik's property."
Land Research Center , part of Arab Studies Society, considers that the attacks on any Palestinian structure in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, assaults on human beings and their dignity.
(Source: Land Research Center)
Eyewitnesses stated to an Land Research Center (LRC) observer that:
"A force of the Israeli occupation army and staff of the Civil Administration raided the area of Farsh Al Hawa, west of Hebron, early this morning and embarked on demolishing the rooms people built on their agricultural lands."
Details:
The Israeli bulldozer leveled a 20 m2 shed belonging to Bassam Dwaik and was used for repose as well as a toilet made of iron slabs near the shed.
Furthermore, the Israeli authorities demolished another shed that belonged to Al Yazori family and was 20 m2 in area .
Witnesses asserted to a member of monitoring Israeli violations team at LRC that:
"The Israeli occupation authorities also demolished a well and a 12 m2 agricultural room that were Bilal Dwaik's property."
Land Research Center , part of Arab Studies Society, considers that the attacks on any Palestinian structure in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, assaults on human beings and their dignity.
(Source: Land Research Center)
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Israeli bulldozers on Wednesday demolished several Palestinian Bedouin houses in the Negev desert, locals said.
Police vehicles escorted bulldozers across the Negev as they demolished a number of structures in villages not recognized by Israeli authorities. In the village of al-Zaarura, bulldozers demolished two houses belonging to the Abu Judah family, witnesses said. Locals in the village of Kseifa said that bulldozers demolished houses and tore down trees. Demolitions across the Negev are still ongoing, residents told Ma'an Wednesday afternoon. |
Israel refuses to recognize more than 35 Bedouin villages in the Negev, which collectively house nearly 90,000 people. Many were founded before 1966, when Bedouins were concentrated on reserves by the state and ruled under martial law, as were all Palestinian citizens of Israel.
The Israeli state denies them access to basic services and infrastructure, such as electricity and running water, and refuses to place them under municipal jurisdiction.
Some communities are subject to frequent demolitions by authorities. The proposed Prawer Plan -- which would have forcibly removed nearly 40,000 of these Bedouins from their homes in order to make room for Jewish towns in the region -- was taken off the agenda late last year after widespread protest by Palestinians.
The Israeli state denies them access to basic services and infrastructure, such as electricity and running water, and refuses to place them under municipal jurisdiction.
Some communities are subject to frequent demolitions by authorities. The proposed Prawer Plan -- which would have forcibly removed nearly 40,000 of these Bedouins from their homes in order to make room for Jewish towns in the region -- was taken off the agenda late last year after widespread protest by Palestinians.
Israeli forces and civil administration officers handed demolition and eviction orders to Palestinian families in East Jerusalem on Wednesday.
Popular committee spokesman Hani Halabiya told Ma'an that civil administration officers delivered the orders to families in the Jabal al-Baba neighborhood east of al-Ezariya.
Bedouins from the Jahalin tribe live in homes made of steel, wood and tin boards as well as tents in Jabal al-Baba hill, Halabiya said.
He highlighted that civil administration officers with Israeli troops ordered the families to demolish 18 dwellings measuring 80 square meters each. Families were also notified that they must stop construction of four more steel structures.
Israeli forces, added Halabiya, demolished seven structures in Jabal al-Baba a week ago. Four structures were used as dwellings and three were cattle farms. The Israelis cited construction without license as pretext for demolition.
Israel is trying to displace the community of Jabal al-Baba to expand the nearby settlement of Maale Adumim.
In the 1950s, the al-Jahalin community was forcibly displaced from its ancestral home in the Negev desert and resettled east of Jerusalem.
Israeli forces displaced groups of the community in the 1990s to make way for the Maale Adumim settlement.
Popular committee spokesman Hani Halabiya told Ma'an that civil administration officers delivered the orders to families in the Jabal al-Baba neighborhood east of al-Ezariya.
Bedouins from the Jahalin tribe live in homes made of steel, wood and tin boards as well as tents in Jabal al-Baba hill, Halabiya said.
He highlighted that civil administration officers with Israeli troops ordered the families to demolish 18 dwellings measuring 80 square meters each. Families were also notified that they must stop construction of four more steel structures.
Israeli forces, added Halabiya, demolished seven structures in Jabal al-Baba a week ago. Four structures were used as dwellings and three were cattle farms. The Israelis cited construction without license as pretext for demolition.
Israel is trying to displace the community of Jabal al-Baba to expand the nearby settlement of Maale Adumim.
In the 1950s, the al-Jahalin community was forcibly displaced from its ancestral home in the Negev desert and resettled east of Jerusalem.
Israeli forces displaced groups of the community in the 1990s to make way for the Maale Adumim settlement.
Dozens of Palestinian citizens suffered suffocation in clashes erupted with Israeli Occupation Forces in Aida refugee camp to the north of Bethlehem in the West Bank.
Daily clashes erupt in the camp between Palestinian citizens and Israeli forces.
Witnesses from the camp said the IOF heavily fired tear gas and sonic bombs at citizens' houses and Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
Clashes were erupted around Abu Bakr al- Sediq mosque in the camp and in A'al Qatamish neighborhood. Several gas grenades were fired at the neighboring houses, witnesses added. Several suffocation cases among Palestinians were reported.
In a relevant vein, the IOF captured Tuesday evening a water tank and kept it in its military camps nearby al-Maleh village in the northern Jordan Valley.
Local sources said that the captured tank provides dozens of Palestinian families with drinking water in al-Maleh village, showing that capturing it deprives the families from water.
“ It is not the first time the IOF captures water tanks from the area and deprives Palestinians of drinking water.” The sources added.
Daily clashes erupt in the camp between Palestinian citizens and Israeli forces.
Witnesses from the camp said the IOF heavily fired tear gas and sonic bombs at citizens' houses and Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
Clashes were erupted around Abu Bakr al- Sediq mosque in the camp and in A'al Qatamish neighborhood. Several gas grenades were fired at the neighboring houses, witnesses added. Several suffocation cases among Palestinians were reported.
In a relevant vein, the IOF captured Tuesday evening a water tank and kept it in its military camps nearby al-Maleh village in the northern Jordan Valley.
Local sources said that the captured tank provides dozens of Palestinian families with drinking water in al-Maleh village, showing that capturing it deprives the families from water.
“ It is not the first time the IOF captures water tanks from the area and deprives Palestinians of drinking water.” The sources added.
Israeli Occupation Forces arrested on Wednesday, two Palestinians from the West Bank city of Hebron.
Security sources said that IOF forces raided al-Tabaka village in Hebron and arrested the 16-year-old Mahmoud Hrebat, after searching his house. The forces also arrested the 28-year-old Imad Nimer Daoud and took him to an unknown location.
The sources added that Israeli forces raided Deir Samet village, south of Hebron, and handed a number of citizens from al-Hroub family demolition notices against their stores.
In a related context, Israeli forces raided several neighborhoods in Hebron, set several military checkpoints on the main entrances of the villages of Sa'ir, Halhoul, al-Thahriyeh and Durah, searched the vehicles of the Palestinian citizens and checked their IDs.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian from the city of Bethlehem.
Local sources said that Israeli forces raided the house of Fathi al-Shweiki in as-Saf Street in central Bethlehem, took him to the work place of his son Ahmed and arrested him, adding that Ahmed is working in one of the bakeries in the city.
Security sources said that IOF forces raided al-Tabaka village in Hebron and arrested the 16-year-old Mahmoud Hrebat, after searching his house. The forces also arrested the 28-year-old Imad Nimer Daoud and took him to an unknown location.
The sources added that Israeli forces raided Deir Samet village, south of Hebron, and handed a number of citizens from al-Hroub family demolition notices against their stores.
In a related context, Israeli forces raided several neighborhoods in Hebron, set several military checkpoints on the main entrances of the villages of Sa'ir, Halhoul, al-Thahriyeh and Durah, searched the vehicles of the Palestinian citizens and checked their IDs.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian from the city of Bethlehem.
Local sources said that Israeli forces raided the house of Fathi al-Shweiki in as-Saf Street in central Bethlehem, took him to the work place of his son Ahmed and arrested him, adding that Ahmed is working in one of the bakeries in the city.
