20 jan 2015
The Israeli army, on Tuesday, demolished two homes, a store and an animal barn in the village of Khallat al-Mai, south of Hebron, according to local sources.
Mohammad Mehesen, coordinator of the People’s Anti-Settlement Committee, told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that an Israeli army force, accompanied by military vehicles, broke into the village and proceeded to demolish the two houses and other structures belonging to local residents.
The two houses shelter 14 members from the Rab’i clan, whereas the animal structure is used for livestock husbandry.
Owners of the two houses, Hussein and Hassan Rab’i, both brothers, were not allowed to evacuate the furniture of their homes when the Israeli military arrived.
Soldiers also assaulted a number of local residents in the village, hitting them with the butts of their rifles.
Khallat al-Mai is located in Area C of the occupied West Bank, which is under complete Israeli control, where Israeli authorities rarely issue construction permits for Palestinians, forcing many to attempt construction without one.
Israeli authorities frequently demolish homes in the South Hebron Hills, where Khallat al-Mai is located, as well as in the Jordan Valley. As of May 31st, 2014, the homes of at least 450 Palestinians – including 229 minors –have been demolished more than once, in this area, according to the Israeli human rights group, B’Tselem.
The Israeli Committee against House Demolitions (ICAHD) stated that “the demolition of Palestinian homes and other structures, forced or resulting displacement, and land expropriation are politically and ethnically motivated.”
“The goal is to limit development and confine the four million Palestinian residents of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza to small enclaves, thus effectively foreclosing any viable, contiguous Palestinian state and ensuring Israeli control and the 'Judaization' of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem,” ICAHD further explained.
ICAHD estimates that some 27,000 Palestinian structures have been demolished in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 1967, based on information collected from the Israeli Ministry of Interior, the Jerusalem Municipality, the Civil Administration, UN bodies and agencies, Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights groups, our field monitoring, and other sources.
Mohammad Mehesen, coordinator of the People’s Anti-Settlement Committee, told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that an Israeli army force, accompanied by military vehicles, broke into the village and proceeded to demolish the two houses and other structures belonging to local residents.
The two houses shelter 14 members from the Rab’i clan, whereas the animal structure is used for livestock husbandry.
Owners of the two houses, Hussein and Hassan Rab’i, both brothers, were not allowed to evacuate the furniture of their homes when the Israeli military arrived.
Soldiers also assaulted a number of local residents in the village, hitting them with the butts of their rifles.
Khallat al-Mai is located in Area C of the occupied West Bank, which is under complete Israeli control, where Israeli authorities rarely issue construction permits for Palestinians, forcing many to attempt construction without one.
Israeli authorities frequently demolish homes in the South Hebron Hills, where Khallat al-Mai is located, as well as in the Jordan Valley. As of May 31st, 2014, the homes of at least 450 Palestinians – including 229 minors –have been demolished more than once, in this area, according to the Israeli human rights group, B’Tselem.
The Israeli Committee against House Demolitions (ICAHD) stated that “the demolition of Palestinian homes and other structures, forced or resulting displacement, and land expropriation are politically and ethnically motivated.”
“The goal is to limit development and confine the four million Palestinian residents of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza to small enclaves, thus effectively foreclosing any viable, contiguous Palestinian state and ensuring Israeli control and the 'Judaization' of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem,” ICAHD further explained.
ICAHD estimates that some 27,000 Palestinian structures have been demolished in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 1967, based on information collected from the Israeli Ministry of Interior, the Jerusalem Municipality, the Civil Administration, UN bodies and agencies, Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights groups, our field monitoring, and other sources.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed Tuesday two hamlets in the West Bank. Two houses have been razed and 20 other facilities were handed demolition notifications.
The Coordinator of Anti-Wall and Settlement Committee in Yatta town in al-Khalil, Ratib al-Jabour told the PIC reporter that the Israeli army bulldozers invaded “Dairat” hamlet near the town and demolished two houses in addition to other stores and stockades which belong to Palestinians.
He added the IOF razed many houses in the hamlet in different times aiming at expelling Palestinians out of their lands in order to expand Jewish settlements.
In the same context, the Israeli forces stormed a Bedouin hamlet in the Northern Jordan Valley and handed four Palestinian families notices demanding them to evacuate their homes in preparation for demolition.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the demolition notices included more than twenty facilities for four Bedouin families.
All the houses of the hamlet have previously received demolition notifications. The people living in the hamlet work as herdsmen in Wadi al-Maleh in the Northern Jordan Valley which is located between a settlement zone and Israeli military camps, the sources said.
The Israeli Occupation Authority is seeking to evacuate this zone for settlement expansion purposes, the sources added.
The Coordinator of Anti-Wall and Settlement Committee in Yatta town in al-Khalil, Ratib al-Jabour told the PIC reporter that the Israeli army bulldozers invaded “Dairat” hamlet near the town and demolished two houses in addition to other stores and stockades which belong to Palestinians.
He added the IOF razed many houses in the hamlet in different times aiming at expelling Palestinians out of their lands in order to expand Jewish settlements.
In the same context, the Israeli forces stormed a Bedouin hamlet in the Northern Jordan Valley and handed four Palestinian families notices demanding them to evacuate their homes in preparation for demolition.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the demolition notices included more than twenty facilities for four Bedouin families.
All the houses of the hamlet have previously received demolition notifications. The people living in the hamlet work as herdsmen in Wadi al-Maleh in the Northern Jordan Valley which is located between a settlement zone and Israeli military camps, the sources said.
The Israeli Occupation Authority is seeking to evacuate this zone for settlement expansion purposes, the sources added.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday ordered the Palestinian residents in Khirbet Ibziq hamlet in the northern Jordan Valley to evacuate their homes.
Locals said that the IOF demanded all residents of the hamlet to leave their homes before six o'clock on Tuesday morning at the pretext of conducting military drills in the area.
In addition to its systematic displacement of the Jordan Valley natives, the Israeli army deliberately leaves behind unexploded devices and mines each time it conducts military drills in the Jordan Valley, which endangers their lives.
Locals said that the IOF demanded all residents of the hamlet to leave their homes before six o'clock on Tuesday morning at the pretext of conducting military drills in the area.
In addition to its systematic displacement of the Jordan Valley natives, the Israeli army deliberately leaves behind unexploded devices and mines each time it conducts military drills in the Jordan Valley, which endangers their lives.
A number of Israeli military and police vehicles, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded the al-‘Eesawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and demolished a Palestinian home belonging to a local family.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers demolished the 180 square/meter home of Rehby Dari that was constructed nearly 10 months ago.
It added that the Jerusalem City Council is threatening to demolish around 100 more Palestinian homes in the town, allegedly for being built “without construction permits.”
Dari said he eventually had to construct his home without a permit due to exaggerated conditions and extremely high fees, imposed by the city council on the Palestinians, largely preventing them from building or expanding their properties, on their own lands, to accommodate their natural population growth.
“The occupation simply does not want us here; we are not welcome in our own city, Jerusalem,” he said, “They are fighting our steadfastness, that is why they ask for large amounts of cash for some paper work; approving an application for a construction permit takes years, and ends up being denied.”
Dari further stated that the soldiers stormed his home during dawn hours, and removed the family before demolishing the property, although he received the demolition order only 24 hours before his building was leveled.
Silwanic said clashes took place during the invasion, and that the soldiers fired concussion grenades, gas bombs, and rubber-coated metal bullets; one women, in her thirties, was injured and three schoolchildren were kidnapped.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian man, identified as Mohammad Shawkat al-Khatib, as he was leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and took him to an interrogation facility.
Al-Khatib was kidnapped while dozens of Israeli extremists invaded the yards of the Mosque, while local worshipers tried to push them away.
On Monday at night and earlier Tuesday, soldiers kidnapped thirteen Palestinians in the West Bank, and Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers demolished the 180 square/meter home of Rehby Dari that was constructed nearly 10 months ago.
It added that the Jerusalem City Council is threatening to demolish around 100 more Palestinian homes in the town, allegedly for being built “without construction permits.”
Dari said he eventually had to construct his home without a permit due to exaggerated conditions and extremely high fees, imposed by the city council on the Palestinians, largely preventing them from building or expanding their properties, on their own lands, to accommodate their natural population growth.
“The occupation simply does not want us here; we are not welcome in our own city, Jerusalem,” he said, “They are fighting our steadfastness, that is why they ask for large amounts of cash for some paper work; approving an application for a construction permit takes years, and ends up being denied.”
Dari further stated that the soldiers stormed his home during dawn hours, and removed the family before demolishing the property, although he received the demolition order only 24 hours before his building was leveled.
Silwanic said clashes took place during the invasion, and that the soldiers fired concussion grenades, gas bombs, and rubber-coated metal bullets; one women, in her thirties, was injured and three schoolchildren were kidnapped.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian man, identified as Mohammad Shawkat al-Khatib, as he was leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and took him to an interrogation facility.
Al-Khatib was kidnapped while dozens of Israeli extremists invaded the yards of the Mosque, while local worshipers tried to push them away.
On Monday at night and earlier Tuesday, soldiers kidnapped thirteen Palestinians in the West Bank, and Jerusalem.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) demolished Monday an agricultural facility in Bani Naim town east of al-Khalil to the south of the West Bank.
Local sources reported that Israeli forces stormed the area and used a bulldozer to demolish a shed for being allegedly built without permit.
The IOF confiscated the destroyed tin parts of the shed, used to shelter cows, to prevent any future attempt for its re-establishment, the sources added.
Local sources reported that Israeli forces stormed the area and used a bulldozer to demolish a shed for being allegedly built without permit.
The IOF confiscated the destroyed tin parts of the shed, used to shelter cows, to prevent any future attempt for its re-establishment, the sources added.
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One of Last Remaining Palestinian Houses on Shuhada Street Sealed
Israeli soldiers arrived at the home of Amal Hashem Dundeis on Monday afternoon with orders to weld her doors shut. Soldiers claim a molotov cocktail had been thrown from nearby into an illegal Israeli settlement. Two adjoining houses on Shuhada Street in Hebron (also known as Al-Khalil) were welded shut Monday by Israeli soldiers. The houses belonging to elderly Palestinian woman, Amal Hashem Dundeis, have been in her family for centuries. Christian Peacemaker Teams of Palestine, a nonviolent advocacy group headquartered in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, along with members of the International Solidarity Movement were present at the time. CPT reports that the elderly Mrs. Dundeis sat in a chair in front of her door before soldiers forced her to move. The soldiers used flux welders and soldering guns to seal shut the doors to the houses. While international and Palestinian observers were at the scene |
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with Mrs. Dundeis and her children, the soldiers moved them back to
the street, according to reports from the International Solidarity
Movement.
The CPT said one of their photographers was violently shoved by a soldier as the crowd gathered was being taunted by illegal Israeli settlers. When a journalist asked a soldier why Mrs. Dundeis was being punished for an alleged incident with a molotov cocktail being thrown into an illegal settlement, the journalist is said to have gotten no response. Israel has been accused in the Russell Tribunal Report 2014 and by Amnesty International of collective punishment previously, a violation of international law.
ISM reports that Amal Hashem Dundeis and her family were living across the street from the houses in a rented apartment. Mrs. Dundeis told journalists that her family had owned the properties for hundreds of years and she was distraught at the actions of the Israeli soldiers.
Mrs. Dundeis, who suffers from high blood pressure and diabetes, collapsed at one point and was taken to hospital by ambulance. Her request to have an international volunteer accompany her in the ambulance ride was denied by the soldiers.
Shuhada Street in Hebron has become known as "Apartheid Street" by international volunteers in Hebron. The majority of Palestinian residents have long moved and what was once a very busy shopping district has become deserted and vacant. Illegal Israeli settlers have moved into nearby neighborhoods and the Israeli army patrol the area separating Palestinians into a small section of Hebron.
The ISM reports that the few remaining Palestinians who live in the Shuhada Street neighborhood must bar their doors and windows due to regular violent raids by illegal settlers.
There is no information on Mrs. Dundeis condition or if she has been released from hospital. The doors to her houses are now completely sealed and remain empty.
The CPT said one of their photographers was violently shoved by a soldier as the crowd gathered was being taunted by illegal Israeli settlers. When a journalist asked a soldier why Mrs. Dundeis was being punished for an alleged incident with a molotov cocktail being thrown into an illegal settlement, the journalist is said to have gotten no response. Israel has been accused in the Russell Tribunal Report 2014 and by Amnesty International of collective punishment previously, a violation of international law.
ISM reports that Amal Hashem Dundeis and her family were living across the street from the houses in a rented apartment. Mrs. Dundeis told journalists that her family had owned the properties for hundreds of years and she was distraught at the actions of the Israeli soldiers.
Mrs. Dundeis, who suffers from high blood pressure and diabetes, collapsed at one point and was taken to hospital by ambulance. Her request to have an international volunteer accompany her in the ambulance ride was denied by the soldiers.
Shuhada Street in Hebron has become known as "Apartheid Street" by international volunteers in Hebron. The majority of Palestinian residents have long moved and what was once a very busy shopping district has become deserted and vacant. Illegal Israeli settlers have moved into nearby neighborhoods and the Israeli army patrol the area separating Palestinians into a small section of Hebron.
The ISM reports that the few remaining Palestinians who live in the Shuhada Street neighborhood must bar their doors and windows due to regular violent raids by illegal settlers.
There is no information on Mrs. Dundeis condition or if she has been released from hospital. The doors to her houses are now completely sealed and remain empty.
19 jan 2015
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Barta’a village, southwest of Jenin city in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and handed a demolition order of an amusement park, run by the Barta’a Cooperative Society.
Photojournalist Baha’ Qabaha, said a large military force, accompanied by personnel of the Israeli Planning and Construction Committee, invaded the park, and ordered a halt on ongoing constructions in preparation for completely removing the park.
Qabaha said is the third warrant issued by the Israeli military against the public area and its amusement park, adding that the village and its public facilities are subject to frequent Israeli violations, including the destruction of homes and property, in addition to repeated invasion and arrests.
The village lost hundreds of Dunams of farmlands for Israel’s military and settlement activities, while the army has a permanent roadblock on the road that leads to the villagers' lands and orchards.
Extremist Israeli settlers also carry out frequent attacks against Palestinian lands and orchards in the area.
Photojournalist Baha’ Qabaha, said a large military force, accompanied by personnel of the Israeli Planning and Construction Committee, invaded the park, and ordered a halt on ongoing constructions in preparation for completely removing the park.
Qabaha said is the third warrant issued by the Israeli military against the public area and its amusement park, adding that the village and its public facilities are subject to frequent Israeli violations, including the destruction of homes and property, in addition to repeated invasion and arrests.
The village lost hundreds of Dunams of farmlands for Israel’s military and settlement activities, while the army has a permanent roadblock on the road that leads to the villagers' lands and orchards.
Extremist Israeli settlers also carry out frequent attacks against Palestinian lands and orchards in the area.
17 jan 2015
Hamoked center for the defense of the individual called on the Israeli supreme court to hold another hearing to listen to the general petition filed against Israel's systematic demolition of Palestinian homes in occupied Jerusalem.
The center stated on Saturday that the Israeli supreme court declined last month the petition filed by it and other human rights groups against Israel's punitive house demolition policy in Jerusalem, which was intensively used in the summer of 2014.
The center added that the court ignored its legal arguments against the lawfulness of regulation 119 and the need to revisit it, in view of the fact that the issue had not been discussed on its merits since the 1980s and there had been significant changes in the international law since then.
It also said that the main arguments in its petition to the court highlighted that the punitive demolition policy constitutes collective punishment and destruction of property owned by people who are protected under the international law.
Hamoked warned that the persistence in the punitive demolition policy would lead to major implications for Israel, saying that the court rejected its petition on the same day the Palestinians signed up to the International Criminal Court's Rome Statute, which allows the investigation of reported violations and war crimes in the West Bank.
It added that since the demolition policy pursued by Israel is considered a war crime, the court should hold a new hearing to reconsider its last verdict.
The center stated on Saturday that the Israeli supreme court declined last month the petition filed by it and other human rights groups against Israel's punitive house demolition policy in Jerusalem, which was intensively used in the summer of 2014.
The center added that the court ignored its legal arguments against the lawfulness of regulation 119 and the need to revisit it, in view of the fact that the issue had not been discussed on its merits since the 1980s and there had been significant changes in the international law since then.
It also said that the main arguments in its petition to the court highlighted that the punitive demolition policy constitutes collective punishment and destruction of property owned by people who are protected under the international law.
Hamoked warned that the persistence in the punitive demolition policy would lead to major implications for Israel, saying that the court rejected its petition on the same day the Palestinians signed up to the International Criminal Court's Rome Statute, which allows the investigation of reported violations and war crimes in the West Bank.
It added that since the demolition policy pursued by Israel is considered a war crime, the court should hold a new hearing to reconsider its last verdict.
Israeli police released Friday evening the Jerusalemite child Sabih Abu Sabih on bail estimated at 10,000 Shekels.
Family sources said that the boy was released and placed under house arrest for five days, in addition to being prevented from having access to al-Aqsa Mosque for a whole month.
Israeli authorities usually impose tight restrictions on Jerusalemites and prevent their access to the holy shrine under flimsy pretexts, while allowing settlers’ break-ins on daily basis.
Meanwhile, local residents in Jabal Mukabir town in occupied Jerusalem declared Friday their intention to start a number of protest steps against Israeli municipality’s restrictions on building permits for Palestinians in the town.
During a sit-in organized yesterday in the town, chairman of the committee for defense of Jabal Mukabir Suleiman Shkirat said that 150 Israeli demolition orders have been received in the town.
Since 1967, 2200 Palestinian homes had been demolished in occupied Jerusalem while 20,000 other homes are threatened with demolition under the pretext of being built without permit, he underlined.
Palestinians must go through a complex and time-consuming administrative process to obtain a construction permit to build one or two-storey buildings in occupied Jerusalem, many of which are turned down forcing them to build homes in violation of "Israeli rules". By building illegally they expose themselves to high fines and the threat of house demolition.
Family sources said that the boy was released and placed under house arrest for five days, in addition to being prevented from having access to al-Aqsa Mosque for a whole month.
Israeli authorities usually impose tight restrictions on Jerusalemites and prevent their access to the holy shrine under flimsy pretexts, while allowing settlers’ break-ins on daily basis.
Meanwhile, local residents in Jabal Mukabir town in occupied Jerusalem declared Friday their intention to start a number of protest steps against Israeli municipality’s restrictions on building permits for Palestinians in the town.
During a sit-in organized yesterday in the town, chairman of the committee for defense of Jabal Mukabir Suleiman Shkirat said that 150 Israeli demolition orders have been received in the town.
Since 1967, 2200 Palestinian homes had been demolished in occupied Jerusalem while 20,000 other homes are threatened with demolition under the pretext of being built without permit, he underlined.
Palestinians must go through a complex and time-consuming administrative process to obtain a construction permit to build one or two-storey buildings in occupied Jerusalem, many of which are turned down forcing them to build homes in violation of "Israeli rules". By building illegally they expose themselves to high fines and the threat of house demolition.
16 jan 2015
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped at dawn Friday six Palestinian citizens from their homes in different West Bank areas.
Israeli media sources claimed that six wanted Palestinians were nabbed today including three accused of carrying out alleged attacks against Israelis.
In Jenin, local sources confirmed that Israeli forces stole a large amount of money and jewelry from a family after breaking into its home in Sannur town south of Jenin.
The sources explained that a large number of Israeli troops stormed Sannur and kidnapped 24-year-old Mohamed Safi from his parents' home.
They added that the soldiers ransacked the house and stole 23,000 shekels, about 7,000 dollars, as well as gold jewelry belonging to Mohamed's sister-in-law.
In a separate incident, clashes broke out in Bartaa town, located behind the separation wall, when Israeli troops stormed the local market in the town.
According to eyewitnesses, the confrontations started when Israeli soldiers raided shops and attacked owners and workers. Many citizens suffered from inhaling tear gas during the events.
Israeli media sources claimed that six wanted Palestinians were nabbed today including three accused of carrying out alleged attacks against Israelis.
In Jenin, local sources confirmed that Israeli forces stole a large amount of money and jewelry from a family after breaking into its home in Sannur town south of Jenin.
The sources explained that a large number of Israeli troops stormed Sannur and kidnapped 24-year-old Mohamed Safi from his parents' home.
They added that the soldiers ransacked the house and stole 23,000 shekels, about 7,000 dollars, as well as gold jewelry belonging to Mohamed's sister-in-law.
In a separate incident, clashes broke out in Bartaa town, located behind the separation wall, when Israeli troops stormed the local market in the town.
According to eyewitnesses, the confrontations started when Israeli soldiers raided shops and attacked owners and workers. Many citizens suffered from inhaling tear gas during the events.
15 jan 2015
A group of extremist Israeli settlers, accompanied by three bulldozers, invaded Palestinian lands, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and started bulldozing and uprooting them.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, south of Bethlehem, Hasan Breijiyya, told the WAFA Palestinian News Agency that the setters drove three bulldozers into Khallet an-Nahla area, close to the Efrat illegal colony, and starting bulldozing nearly 30 Dunams of farmlands.
The lands belong to resident Mohammad Yahia ‘Ayyash; it has been repeated invaded, and bulldozed, by the Israeli fanatics.
Breijiyya said the bulldozing and uprooting in the area aims at paving a new road that would lead to an illegal settlement outpost the settlers intend to establish.
He added that, in 2013, a group of armed Israeli extremists, invaded the area and installed a tent, meant to be the foundation of the new illegal outpost.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, south of Bethlehem, Hasan Breijiyya, told the WAFA Palestinian News Agency that the setters drove three bulldozers into Khallet an-Nahla area, close to the Efrat illegal colony, and starting bulldozing nearly 30 Dunams of farmlands.
The lands belong to resident Mohammad Yahia ‘Ayyash; it has been repeated invaded, and bulldozed, by the Israeli fanatics.
Breijiyya said the bulldozing and uprooting in the area aims at paving a new road that would lead to an illegal settlement outpost the settlers intend to establish.
He added that, in 2013, a group of armed Israeli extremists, invaded the area and installed a tent, meant to be the foundation of the new illegal outpost.
Israeli Civil Administration in the West Bank ordered the inhabitants of a Bedouin village in Jericho to leave their homes near a Jewish settlement.
70 Bedouins, including 27 children of Kaabneh tribe who were in the first place moved to the area 30 years ago by a previous Israeli Civil Administration order, were ordered to leave the village.
However, the evacuation order claimed the presence of the Bedouins in the area is an “incursion onto state land” near Mitzpeh Yeriho settlement.
A report published by Haaretz Hebrew newspaper mentioned that the village was built along with 25 other Palestinian hamlets of Jahalin and Kaabneh Bedouin tribes under the responsibility of the Israeli government.
The report added the Israeli Civil Administration intends to forcibly move all the villages for the expansion of Jewish settlements.
Israeli inspectors arrived at the place with three Border Guards and handed 15 evacuation notices to inhabitants in accordance with a military order issued in 1999, the Bedouins said.
They were displaced in 1948 from their homes in Negev and settled down in eastern West Bank.
The Bedouins have been frequently displaced whenever there is construction of new Jewish settlements.
70 Bedouins, including 27 children of Kaabneh tribe who were in the first place moved to the area 30 years ago by a previous Israeli Civil Administration order, were ordered to leave the village.
However, the evacuation order claimed the presence of the Bedouins in the area is an “incursion onto state land” near Mitzpeh Yeriho settlement.
A report published by Haaretz Hebrew newspaper mentioned that the village was built along with 25 other Palestinian hamlets of Jahalin and Kaabneh Bedouin tribes under the responsibility of the Israeli government.
The report added the Israeli Civil Administration intends to forcibly move all the villages for the expansion of Jewish settlements.
Israeli inspectors arrived at the place with three Border Guards and handed 15 evacuation notices to inhabitants in accordance with a military order issued in 1999, the Bedouins said.
They were displaced in 1948 from their homes in Negev and settled down in eastern West Bank.
The Bedouins have been frequently displaced whenever there is construction of new Jewish settlements.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Thursday handed Palestinians living in Tulkarem district military notifications that one hundred dunums of their agricultural lands would be confiscated.
The IOF claimed that the land to be confiscated is under Israeli authority in accordance with the Oslo Accords.
Ahmad Ismail, owner of one of the threatened land lots, said the occupation forces examined and surveyed the lands as a preparatory action for their confiscation.
He said the owners of territories were notified with confiscation previously, noting that the issue has been brought to Israeli courts.
He added the Israeli occupation authority threatened the owners with immediate confiscation in case of plantation or reclamation of the lands.
The owners of the threatened lands called the Palestinian Authority, human rights organizations as well as media agencies to get acquainted with the impact of such frequent violations against Palestinians.
They also called for visiting the region and supporting the steadfastness of its people.
The IOF claimed that the land to be confiscated is under Israeli authority in accordance with the Oslo Accords.
Ahmad Ismail, owner of one of the threatened land lots, said the occupation forces examined and surveyed the lands as a preparatory action for their confiscation.
He said the owners of territories were notified with confiscation previously, noting that the issue has been brought to Israeli courts.
He added the Israeli occupation authority threatened the owners with immediate confiscation in case of plantation or reclamation of the lands.
The owners of the threatened lands called the Palestinian Authority, human rights organizations as well as media agencies to get acquainted with the impact of such frequent violations against Palestinians.
They also called for visiting the region and supporting the steadfastness of its people.
14 jan 2015
Israeli bulldozers escorted by army forces razed Wednesday morning “al-Araqib” village in Negev to the south of 1948 occupied territories.
Local sources said heavy forces of the Israeli army stormed, besieged and banned access to the village after its men went out for work. Women and children had to take refuge in the village’s cemetery despite the extreme cold weather hitting the region, just to escape the army soldiers' assaults, the sources added.
The demolition of the village is part of the Israeli plans to expel more than 120 thousand Palestinians from their homes to establish new Jewish settlements on the ruins of the so-called unrecognized Palestinian villages.
The demolition was met with wide condemnation on the part of the indigenous population of the Negev, describing it as a brutal violation of the Palestinians’ human rights.
Local sources said heavy forces of the Israeli army stormed, besieged and banned access to the village after its men went out for work. Women and children had to take refuge in the village’s cemetery despite the extreme cold weather hitting the region, just to escape the army soldiers' assaults, the sources added.
The demolition of the village is part of the Israeli plans to expel more than 120 thousand Palestinians from their homes to establish new Jewish settlements on the ruins of the so-called unrecognized Palestinian villages.
The demolition was met with wide condemnation on the part of the indigenous population of the Negev, describing it as a brutal violation of the Palestinians’ human rights.
Israeli settlers’ bulldozers razed more Palestinian lands in Salfit province to the north of the West Bank to pave the way for settlement expansion.
Expert in settlements affairs Khaled Maali quoted local farmers as saying that bulldozers belonging to Israeli settlers razed Palestinian agricultural lands in nine different areas in the province.
The bulldozing operations aim at establishing new roads to link the nearby settlements and to build new housing units and workshops for the settlers.
He warned of the seriousness of Israeli schemes to separate the north half of West Bank from its southern half.
Maali pointed out that settlers of Ariel settlement continued to deliberately dump their sewage water into the local valleys of the province.
Expert in settlements affairs Khaled Maali quoted local farmers as saying that bulldozers belonging to Israeli settlers razed Palestinian agricultural lands in nine different areas in the province.
The bulldozing operations aim at establishing new roads to link the nearby settlements and to build new housing units and workshops for the settlers.
He warned of the seriousness of Israeli schemes to separate the north half of West Bank from its southern half.
Maali pointed out that settlers of Ariel settlement continued to deliberately dump their sewage water into the local valleys of the province.
13 jan 2015
The Israeli supreme court in occupied Jerusalem on Monday rejected the petition filed by a Palestinian citizen against a decision to demolish part of his house at the pretext it prevents daylight and air from reaching one of the nearby Jewish settlers' homes.
Ayed Kastero, owner of the house, said the Israeli municipal authorities intend to remove the roofs of three rooms as well as a balcony and the walled stair landing at the third floor of his building, which is located in al-Qarmi neighborhood of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Five Jewish settlement groups had filed a lawsuit in 2005 against Kastero, demanding the demolition of the house on allegations that it obstructs daylight and ventilation to a settler's home and poses a threat to the safety of other settlers living nearby.
Kastero lives with his wife and nine members of his family in this building, which was built according to a plan approved by the Israeli authorities themselves.
He described the court decision as politically-motivated and part of an Israeli scheme to expel the native residents from their neighborhood.
Ayed Kastero, owner of the house, said the Israeli municipal authorities intend to remove the roofs of three rooms as well as a balcony and the walled stair landing at the third floor of his building, which is located in al-Qarmi neighborhood of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Five Jewish settlement groups had filed a lawsuit in 2005 against Kastero, demanding the demolition of the house on allegations that it obstructs daylight and ventilation to a settler's home and poses a threat to the safety of other settlers living nearby.
Kastero lives with his wife and nine members of his family in this building, which was built according to a plan approved by the Israeli authorities themselves.
He described the court decision as politically-motivated and part of an Israeli scheme to expel the native residents from their neighborhood.
Israeli police closed Monday the offices of two Islamic charity institutions in Nazareth to the north of Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 for allegedly funding Hamas Movement.
The two charities strongly denied Israeli claims, confirming that their work is only related to defending al-Aqsa Mosque and occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli police's statement identified the institutions as Muslim Women for Al-Aqsa and Al-Fajr Institution for Islamic Art in the city of Nazareth, noting that the closures follow a decision made by war minister Moshe Ya’alon on December 29, when he declared them banned organizations.
Israeli police closed down the charities after taking away computers, documents, and bank records from the two offices.
According to the police's statement, the charity institutions were suspected of financing Hamas Movement and the Islamic movement within the Green Line.
The two charities were formed in October 2014 by the northern branch of the Islamic Movement within the Green Line to organize Quran courses for women inside al-Aqsa Mosque with the purpose of intensifying the Muslim presence in the holy shrine.
The Islamic movement strongly slammed the Israeli brutal decision to close the institutions, considering it a punitive measure against its continued defense of al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli decision fell as part of Israeli tight restrictions imposed on Palestinian presence in the holy shrine, and Israeli systematic campaigns aiming to Judaize Islamic holy sites, the movement charged.
The two charities strongly denied Israeli claims, confirming that their work is only related to defending al-Aqsa Mosque and occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli police's statement identified the institutions as Muslim Women for Al-Aqsa and Al-Fajr Institution for Islamic Art in the city of Nazareth, noting that the closures follow a decision made by war minister Moshe Ya’alon on December 29, when he declared them banned organizations.
Israeli police closed down the charities after taking away computers, documents, and bank records from the two offices.
According to the police's statement, the charity institutions were suspected of financing Hamas Movement and the Islamic movement within the Green Line.
The two charities were formed in October 2014 by the northern branch of the Islamic Movement within the Green Line to organize Quran courses for women inside al-Aqsa Mosque with the purpose of intensifying the Muslim presence in the holy shrine.
The Islamic movement strongly slammed the Israeli brutal decision to close the institutions, considering it a punitive measure against its continued defense of al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli decision fell as part of Israeli tight restrictions imposed on Palestinian presence in the holy shrine, and Israeli systematic campaigns aiming to Judaize Islamic holy sites, the movement charged.
