8 oct 2015
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) issued at dawn Thursday a demolition notice for a local home in Nablus belonging to the ex-detainee Nimer Haj Mohamed who was exiled to Gaza.
Family sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers stormed and violently searched their home early today.
During the raid, the Israeli commanding officer notified the family of the decision to demolish the three-story home within two weeks.
The Israeli officer also informed the family that their father Nimer has been named in the Israeli list of assassination targets.
The ex-detainee Nimer was arrested in 2004 and sentenced to life term sentence before being released during Shalit Swap Deal in 2011 and sent to Gaza.
He spent seven years out of his sentence, in addition to 11 years in previous arrest.
Israeli authorities have tightened restrictions and punitive measures against Palestinians in an attempt to prevent any further deterioration in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Over the past week, there have been increasing clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians over the storming of the al-Aqsa Mosque by settlers, who are being backed by Israel's right-wing government.
Family sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers stormed and violently searched their home early today.
During the raid, the Israeli commanding officer notified the family of the decision to demolish the three-story home within two weeks.
The Israeli officer also informed the family that their father Nimer has been named in the Israeli list of assassination targets.
The ex-detainee Nimer was arrested in 2004 and sentenced to life term sentence before being released during Shalit Swap Deal in 2011 and sent to Gaza.
He spent seven years out of his sentence, in addition to 11 years in previous arrest.
Israeli authorities have tightened restrictions and punitive measures against Palestinians in an attempt to prevent any further deterioration in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Over the past week, there have been increasing clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians over the storming of the al-Aqsa Mosque by settlers, who are being backed by Israel's right-wing government.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday stormed the family home of the slain Palestinian youngster Dhiaa Talahma in the southern West Bank and kidnapped his brother, along with two other youths.
According to local sources, the IOF soldiers broke into the family home of Dhiaa Talahma, shot dead by the IOF earlier last week, and kidnapped his brother Mohamed shortly after they ravaged the building and threatened to reduce it to rubble.
The occupation soldiers further summoned Dhiaa’s father and brother Mahmoud for interrogation at the Gush Etzion camp, in northern al-Khalil city.
15-year-old Ayham Sayed Ahmad was also kidnapped by the IOF from Dura town.
Youngster Mo’taz al-Nmoura was aggressively beaten by the IOF troops in Ehneina area and kidnapped shortly afterwards.
Earlier, overnight Wednesday the IOF detained the two Palestinian journalists Raed al-Sherif and Raed al-Zugheir while they were covering the clashes that rocked al-Khalil province and dragged them to an Israeli detention center. The two journalists were released a couple of hours later.
Violent clashes burst out overnight Wednesday across the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil and culminated in abductions and injuries among the unarmed Palestinian protesters.
According to local sources, the IOF soldiers broke into the family home of Dhiaa Talahma, shot dead by the IOF earlier last week, and kidnapped his brother Mohamed shortly after they ravaged the building and threatened to reduce it to rubble.
The occupation soldiers further summoned Dhiaa’s father and brother Mahmoud for interrogation at the Gush Etzion camp, in northern al-Khalil city.
15-year-old Ayham Sayed Ahmad was also kidnapped by the IOF from Dura town.
Youngster Mo’taz al-Nmoura was aggressively beaten by the IOF troops in Ehneina area and kidnapped shortly afterwards.
Earlier, overnight Wednesday the IOF detained the two Palestinian journalists Raed al-Sherif and Raed al-Zugheir while they were covering the clashes that rocked al-Khalil province and dragged them to an Israeli detention center. The two journalists were released a couple of hours later.
Violent clashes burst out overnight Wednesday across the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil and culminated in abductions and injuries among the unarmed Palestinian protesters.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at predawn time on Thursday rolled into the northern West Bank province of Nablus and wreaked havoc on dozens of Palestinian family homes.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that the IOF stormed Nablus’ southwestern town of Tel at 3 a.m. and ravaged scores of Palestinian civilian homes.
“The occupation troops broke into our homes at predawn time and locked up all of our family members in a single room before they smashed whatever came in their way and turned the building upside down,” the Aseida family told the PIC.
A number of Palestinian civilians were subjected to exhaustive interrogation by the IOF in the assault.
According to eye-witnesses, the Israeli occupation soldiers misappropriated thousands of shekel-cash and gold ornaments.
A number of Palestinian citizens choked on tear gas after they were targeted with barrages of tear gas canisters randomly unleashed by the IOF during the clashes that burst out following the break-in.
A similar assault was carried out in Beit Furik town, in eastern Nablus, where the IOF rummaged through Palestinian family homes and smashed their properties.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that the IOF stormed Nablus’ southwestern town of Tel at 3 a.m. and ravaged scores of Palestinian civilian homes.
“The occupation troops broke into our homes at predawn time and locked up all of our family members in a single room before they smashed whatever came in their way and turned the building upside down,” the Aseida family told the PIC.
A number of Palestinian civilians were subjected to exhaustive interrogation by the IOF in the assault.
According to eye-witnesses, the Israeli occupation soldiers misappropriated thousands of shekel-cash and gold ornaments.
A number of Palestinian citizens choked on tear gas after they were targeted with barrages of tear gas canisters randomly unleashed by the IOF during the clashes that burst out following the break-in.
A similar assault was carried out in Beit Furik town, in eastern Nablus, where the IOF rummaged through Palestinian family homes and smashed their properties.
6 oct 2015
Two Houses Destroyed in Jabal al-Mukaber Village and Room Closed with Concrete in al-Thawri Neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem.
As part of the collective punishment policy practiced by Israeli forces against families of Palestinians accused of carrying out attacks against Israeli forces and/or settlers, on Tuesday morning, 06 October 2015, Israeli forces destroyed two houses in Jabal al-Mokabber village, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and rendered their inhabitants outdoor.
They also closed a room in a house belonging to a third family in ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan village, south of the Old City.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns this crime that is added to the series of crimes committed by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem in particular and in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) in general.
PCHR stresses that this crime is part of the collective punishment policy adopted by Israeli forces against innocent Palestinians in violation of article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention that prohibits collective punishment and retaliatory measures against protected persons and their property.
According to investigation conducted by PCHR, at approximately 00:30 on Tuesday, 06 October 2015, Israeli forces, including special units and intelligence officers, accompanied by explosive experts moved into Jabal al-Mokabber village, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, while a helicopter was hovering overhead.
They raided two houses belonging to the families of Mohammed Ja'abis and Ghassan Abu Jamal.
They obliged their occupants and over 23 neighboring families to leave their houses while firing sound bombs and tear gas canisters to frighten them and prevent them from approaching the area.
Israeli forces then planted explosives inside the two houses and remotely blew them up.
As a result, the two houses were completely destroyed while other houses sustained serious damage. It should be noted that the 110-square-meter house of Ghassan Abu Jamal used to shelter his wife, Nadia, and their 3 children, while the house of al-Ja'abees is located on the second floor in a 2-story building.
In the same context, Israeli forces raided in the early morning a house belonging to Mo'taz Ibrahim Khalil Hejazi in ath-Thouri neighborhood in the south of East Jerusalem. They surrounded the house, closed its windows with iron plates and then poured concrete in his room.
- Mohammed Nayef Ja'abis (21), from Jabal al-Mokabber village, was killed on 04 August 2014, when Israeli forces fired over 21 bullets at him from a close range after the bulldozer he was driving hit a bus on Street no. 1 opposite to Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Ja'abis was in his work, yet Israeli forces claim that he carried out an attack against the bus.
- Former prisoner Mo'taz Ibrahim Khalil Hejazi (32) was killed on 30 October 2014, when Israeli special forces opened fire at him while being surrounded on the roof of his family's house in ath-Thouri neighborhood in Silwan village, under the pretext that he opened fire at Rabbi Yehuda Glick, west of Jerusalem.
- Ghassan Mohammed Abu al-Jamal (32) was killed along with Odai Abed Abu al-Jamal after carrying out an attack on a synagogue in "Har Nov" area in Deir Yassin village in occupied Jerusalem. Israeli forces closed Odai's house with concrete in July.
PCHR reiterates its condemnation of the destruction of the two houses and closure of a room, which are part of the collective punishment policy adopted by Israeli forces against the Palestinian civilians.
PCHR reminds that article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention provides, "No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited".
Therefore, PCHR calls upon the international community to take immediate and effective action to put an end to such crimes and reiterates its call for the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 to fulfill their obligations under Article 1; i.e., to respect and to ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances, and their obligation under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
These grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the same Convention and Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions.
As part of the collective punishment policy practiced by Israeli forces against families of Palestinians accused of carrying out attacks against Israeli forces and/or settlers, on Tuesday morning, 06 October 2015, Israeli forces destroyed two houses in Jabal al-Mokabber village, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and rendered their inhabitants outdoor.
They also closed a room in a house belonging to a third family in ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan village, south of the Old City.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns this crime that is added to the series of crimes committed by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem in particular and in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) in general.
PCHR stresses that this crime is part of the collective punishment policy adopted by Israeli forces against innocent Palestinians in violation of article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention that prohibits collective punishment and retaliatory measures against protected persons and their property.
According to investigation conducted by PCHR, at approximately 00:30 on Tuesday, 06 October 2015, Israeli forces, including special units and intelligence officers, accompanied by explosive experts moved into Jabal al-Mokabber village, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, while a helicopter was hovering overhead.
They raided two houses belonging to the families of Mohammed Ja'abis and Ghassan Abu Jamal.
They obliged their occupants and over 23 neighboring families to leave their houses while firing sound bombs and tear gas canisters to frighten them and prevent them from approaching the area.
Israeli forces then planted explosives inside the two houses and remotely blew them up.
As a result, the two houses were completely destroyed while other houses sustained serious damage. It should be noted that the 110-square-meter house of Ghassan Abu Jamal used to shelter his wife, Nadia, and their 3 children, while the house of al-Ja'abees is located on the second floor in a 2-story building.
In the same context, Israeli forces raided in the early morning a house belonging to Mo'taz Ibrahim Khalil Hejazi in ath-Thouri neighborhood in the south of East Jerusalem. They surrounded the house, closed its windows with iron plates and then poured concrete in his room.
- Mohammed Nayef Ja'abis (21), from Jabal al-Mokabber village, was killed on 04 August 2014, when Israeli forces fired over 21 bullets at him from a close range after the bulldozer he was driving hit a bus on Street no. 1 opposite to Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Ja'abis was in his work, yet Israeli forces claim that he carried out an attack against the bus.
- Former prisoner Mo'taz Ibrahim Khalil Hejazi (32) was killed on 30 October 2014, when Israeli special forces opened fire at him while being surrounded on the roof of his family's house in ath-Thouri neighborhood in Silwan village, under the pretext that he opened fire at Rabbi Yehuda Glick, west of Jerusalem.
- Ghassan Mohammed Abu al-Jamal (32) was killed along with Odai Abed Abu al-Jamal after carrying out an attack on a synagogue in "Har Nov" area in Deir Yassin village in occupied Jerusalem. Israeli forces closed Odai's house with concrete in July.
PCHR reiterates its condemnation of the destruction of the two houses and closure of a room, which are part of the collective punishment policy adopted by Israeli forces against the Palestinian civilians.
PCHR reminds that article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention provides, "No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited".
Therefore, PCHR calls upon the international community to take immediate and effective action to put an end to such crimes and reiterates its call for the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 to fulfill their obligations under Article 1; i.e., to respect and to ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances, and their obligation under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
These grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the same Convention and Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions.
Israeli forces stormed the homes of Muhammad Jaabis and Ghassan Abu Jamal and demolished them with explosives.
The Israeli occupation troops demolished at predawn time Tuesday the family homes of two Palestinian activists from Occupied Jerusalem who were killed in anti-occupation attacks last year.
As the Israeli occupation government vowed to crackdown on a wave of anti-occupation activism, the Israeli soldiers demolished the family homes of Ghassan Abu Jamal and Muhammed Ja’abis.
The Israeli troops further sealed off a room in the residence of Mu’taz Hijazi in Occupied Jerusalem with concrete piles in possible preparation for demolition as well.
The demolitions came hours after Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to expedite the punitive measures following a surge in anti-occupation attacks in Occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank in recent weeks.
Despite the recent uptick in terror attacks by Israeli soldiers and vandals, Netanyahu threatened to send thousands of additional policemen and soldiers into Occupied Jerusalem and West Bank areas in order to quell further anti-occupation protests.
He also ordered a wider use of arbitrary administrative detentions against the Palestinians and slapping entry ban on those who show any form of resistance to Israeli violence in Jerusalem’s Old City and the Aqsa Mosque.
Netanyahu further charged occupation officials with setting up a mechanism that would expedite arbitrary home demolitions against Palestinian activists.
Attackers' Homes Demolished at Netanyahu's Urging
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, demolished two homes belonging to the families of Palestinians who carried out attacks on Israelis last year, just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a new process to expedite home demolitions.
Locals in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabbir told Ma'an News Agency that, early on Tuesday morning, Israeli forces stormed the homes of Muhammad Jaabis and Ghassan Abu Jamal and demolished them with explosives.
Ghassan Abu Jamal was shot dead along with his cousin, Uday, after they killed four Israelis in a high-profile attack on a synagogue, in November of last year.
Separately, Jaabis was shot dead when he ran an excavator into an Israeli bus, killing one and injuring several others.
Locals said that neighboring homes sustained damage during Tuesday's demolitions. Meanwhile, in a third house, also in East Jerusalem, Israelis forces filled a room with concrete. Israeli forces stormed and ransacked the home of Mutaz Hijazi's family in Silwan neighborhood, before filling Hijazi's former room with concrete.
Hijazi was shot dead on the roof of the house on Oct. 30, 2014, after he was accused of the attempted assassination of right-wing rabbi activist Yehuda Glick.
Israeli forces reportedly detained all family members and moved them away from the home.
'No restrictions' for Israeli forces
The demolitions followed a marathon 6-hour meeting of Israel's security cabinet on Monday night, during which Netanyahu reportedly called on Israel's Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked to find ways to speed up the legal process for the demolition of "terrorists' homes."
Education Minister Naftali Bennett used the same meeting to call for a policy of new settlement construction following every Palestinian attack.
Ahead of the meeting, Netanyahu had pledged new measures including swifter demolition of homes belonging to Palestinians accused of attacks on Israelis and broader use of administrative detention.
In a statement released by his office on Monday, the Israeli prime minister said that extra troops had been deployed across the occupied Palestinian territory who were "going deeply into the Arab neighborhoods, which has not been done in the past."
He pledged to "demolish terrorists' homes," and said that his government was "allowing our forces to take strong action against those who throw rocks and firebombs."
By Monday evening, two Palestinians had been killed in clashes, including a 13-year-old boy. Around 500 more had been injured, including 41 with live rounds, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.
"We are not prepared to give immunity to any rioter, inciter or terrorist anywhere," Netanyahu said, adding that there were "no restrictions on the action of our security forces."
The Israeli army confirmed Tuesday's demolitions, saying they were carried out on the directive of Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon.
The Israeli occupation troops demolished at predawn time Tuesday the family homes of two Palestinian activists from Occupied Jerusalem who were killed in anti-occupation attacks last year.
As the Israeli occupation government vowed to crackdown on a wave of anti-occupation activism, the Israeli soldiers demolished the family homes of Ghassan Abu Jamal and Muhammed Ja’abis.
The Israeli troops further sealed off a room in the residence of Mu’taz Hijazi in Occupied Jerusalem with concrete piles in possible preparation for demolition as well.
The demolitions came hours after Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to expedite the punitive measures following a surge in anti-occupation attacks in Occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank in recent weeks.
Despite the recent uptick in terror attacks by Israeli soldiers and vandals, Netanyahu threatened to send thousands of additional policemen and soldiers into Occupied Jerusalem and West Bank areas in order to quell further anti-occupation protests.
He also ordered a wider use of arbitrary administrative detentions against the Palestinians and slapping entry ban on those who show any form of resistance to Israeli violence in Jerusalem’s Old City and the Aqsa Mosque.
Netanyahu further charged occupation officials with setting up a mechanism that would expedite arbitrary home demolitions against Palestinian activists.
Attackers' Homes Demolished at Netanyahu's Urging
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, demolished two homes belonging to the families of Palestinians who carried out attacks on Israelis last year, just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a new process to expedite home demolitions.
Locals in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabbir told Ma'an News Agency that, early on Tuesday morning, Israeli forces stormed the homes of Muhammad Jaabis and Ghassan Abu Jamal and demolished them with explosives.
Ghassan Abu Jamal was shot dead along with his cousin, Uday, after they killed four Israelis in a high-profile attack on a synagogue, in November of last year.
Separately, Jaabis was shot dead when he ran an excavator into an Israeli bus, killing one and injuring several others.
Locals said that neighboring homes sustained damage during Tuesday's demolitions. Meanwhile, in a third house, also in East Jerusalem, Israelis forces filled a room with concrete. Israeli forces stormed and ransacked the home of Mutaz Hijazi's family in Silwan neighborhood, before filling Hijazi's former room with concrete.
Hijazi was shot dead on the roof of the house on Oct. 30, 2014, after he was accused of the attempted assassination of right-wing rabbi activist Yehuda Glick.
Israeli forces reportedly detained all family members and moved them away from the home.
'No restrictions' for Israeli forces
The demolitions followed a marathon 6-hour meeting of Israel's security cabinet on Monday night, during which Netanyahu reportedly called on Israel's Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked to find ways to speed up the legal process for the demolition of "terrorists' homes."
Education Minister Naftali Bennett used the same meeting to call for a policy of new settlement construction following every Palestinian attack.
Ahead of the meeting, Netanyahu had pledged new measures including swifter demolition of homes belonging to Palestinians accused of attacks on Israelis and broader use of administrative detention.
In a statement released by his office on Monday, the Israeli prime minister said that extra troops had been deployed across the occupied Palestinian territory who were "going deeply into the Arab neighborhoods, which has not been done in the past."
He pledged to "demolish terrorists' homes," and said that his government was "allowing our forces to take strong action against those who throw rocks and firebombs."
By Monday evening, two Palestinians had been killed in clashes, including a 13-year-old boy. Around 500 more had been injured, including 41 with live rounds, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.
"We are not prepared to give immunity to any rioter, inciter or terrorist anywhere," Netanyahu said, adding that there were "no restrictions on the action of our security forces."
The Israeli army confirmed Tuesday's demolitions, saying they were carried out on the directive of Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon.
Israeli settlement map (archive image)
Thousands of Israelis, including legislators and , gathered Monday in front of the home of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, calling for increased theft of Palestinian land for the expansion of Israeli colonies.
The settlers who organized the rally set up a tent and stage outside of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home, and a sound system blasted the words of the speakers along with bands playing music supportive of the settlers’ expansion campaign.
Yossi Dagan, the head of a right-wing settler group, called on the Prime Minister to establish more colonies in the northern part of the West Bank near Nablus, which is an area that is supposed to be under complete Palestinian control under the Oslo Accords of 1993, but has been increasingly violated by Israeli expansion in recent years.
“In light of recent terrorist attacks”, one of the speakers shouted, the Israeli government should forcibly take over more Palestinian land. No one at the rally addressed the fact that this expansion is likely to anger Palestinians whose land is taken, and further exacerbate the tension that has already reached a breaking point after decades of unabated Israeli encroachment onto Palestinian land.
The protesters were addressed by two Israeli Cabinet ministers, Social Affairs Minister Haim Katz and Minister of Tourism Yariv Levin. Levin stated, “We're here to strengthen the government to do the things we all believe in”, adding that he hopes to pressure the Prime Minister to increase the expansion of colonies in order "to beat terrorism in [the] most Jewish way possible."
Katz said, “we must start building kindergartens and schools, expand existing settlements and build new ones.” The expansion he calls for is in direct violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, to which Israel is a signatory, which prohibits the transfer of civilian populations into land captured and occupied by an invading military.
The Israeli military has illegally occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank since 1967. In that time, particularly since the Oslo Agreement was signed in 1993, Israeli military bases and settlement colonies have significantly expanded, with hundreds of thousands of civilians building houses and developments on illegally seized Palestinian land.
Thousands of Israelis, including legislators and , gathered Monday in front of the home of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, calling for increased theft of Palestinian land for the expansion of Israeli colonies.
The settlers who organized the rally set up a tent and stage outside of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home, and a sound system blasted the words of the speakers along with bands playing music supportive of the settlers’ expansion campaign.
Yossi Dagan, the head of a right-wing settler group, called on the Prime Minister to establish more colonies in the northern part of the West Bank near Nablus, which is an area that is supposed to be under complete Palestinian control under the Oslo Accords of 1993, but has been increasingly violated by Israeli expansion in recent years.
“In light of recent terrorist attacks”, one of the speakers shouted, the Israeli government should forcibly take over more Palestinian land. No one at the rally addressed the fact that this expansion is likely to anger Palestinians whose land is taken, and further exacerbate the tension that has already reached a breaking point after decades of unabated Israeli encroachment onto Palestinian land.
The protesters were addressed by two Israeli Cabinet ministers, Social Affairs Minister Haim Katz and Minister of Tourism Yariv Levin. Levin stated, “We're here to strengthen the government to do the things we all believe in”, adding that he hopes to pressure the Prime Minister to increase the expansion of colonies in order "to beat terrorism in [the] most Jewish way possible."
Katz said, “we must start building kindergartens and schools, expand existing settlements and build new ones.” The expansion he calls for is in direct violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, to which Israel is a signatory, which prohibits the transfer of civilian populations into land captured and occupied by an invading military.
The Israeli military has illegally occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank since 1967. In that time, particularly since the Oslo Agreement was signed in 1993, Israeli military bases and settlement colonies have significantly expanded, with hundreds of thousands of civilians building houses and developments on illegally seized Palestinian land.
5 oct 2015
After Israeli forces threatened to demolish the home of martyr Muhannad Halabi (19) who was shot dead after stabbing and killing two settlers in Jerusalem, the family decided to tear down their own home.
The family and friends on Sunday afternoon evacuated the house, located in Ramallah, and started tearing down the walls with sizzles and hammers, according to PNN.
Israel pledged to demolish the homes of any “Palestinian attackers,” as a puniushment, and also to repress any rivals from happening.
The family and friends on Sunday afternoon evacuated the house, located in Ramallah, and started tearing down the walls with sizzles and hammers, according to PNN.
Israel pledged to demolish the homes of any “Palestinian attackers,” as a puniushment, and also to repress any rivals from happening.
4 oct 2015
The Israeli occupation forces at dawn Sunday rolled into the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank, and barraged the family home of the anti-occupation fighter Qays al-Saadi.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that dozens of Israeli army troops stormed the Jenin refugee camp and opened fire on the house of the resistance fighter Qays al-Saadi, triggering violent clashes around the camp.
The Israeli troops further climbed over the rooftops of Palestinian civilian homes at a time when at least 40 military jeeps have been cordoning off the camp from all corners.
Violent clashes have rocked Jenin since predawn hours after the IOF stepped up arbitrary assaults across the city, chasing down al-Saadi in such a remarkably frenzied manner.
Dozens of Palestinian civilians sustained live bullet wounds and others choked on tear gas in the assault.
The Israeli Channel 10 said the occupation army slammed a LAW rocket into al-Saadi’s family home on claims that reports were released on his intents to carry out an anti-occupation attack.
The same sources added that the IOF soldiers have begun to bombard the house since 7 a.m and that the shelling started a fire in it.
The Israeli soldiers have also prevented fire crews from reaching the scene to put out the fire.
The IOF further broke into the home of the Palestinian civilian Nayef Turkman, in the American neighborhood, in Jenin, and wreaked havoc on the building before they aggressively attacked the local residents.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that dozens of Israeli army troops stormed the Jenin refugee camp and opened fire on the house of the resistance fighter Qays al-Saadi, triggering violent clashes around the camp.
The Israeli troops further climbed over the rooftops of Palestinian civilian homes at a time when at least 40 military jeeps have been cordoning off the camp from all corners.
Violent clashes have rocked Jenin since predawn hours after the IOF stepped up arbitrary assaults across the city, chasing down al-Saadi in such a remarkably frenzied manner.
Dozens of Palestinian civilians sustained live bullet wounds and others choked on tear gas in the assault.
The Israeli Channel 10 said the occupation army slammed a LAW rocket into al-Saadi’s family home on claims that reports were released on his intents to carry out an anti-occupation attack.
The same sources added that the IOF soldiers have begun to bombard the house since 7 a.m and that the shelling started a fire in it.
The Israeli soldiers have also prevented fire crews from reaching the scene to put out the fire.
The IOF further broke into the home of the Palestinian civilian Nayef Turkman, in the American neighborhood, in Jenin, and wreaked havoc on the building before they aggressively attacked the local residents.
3 oct 2015
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) installed on Friday mobile homes and pitched tents at Beit Furik checkpoint near Nablus after Israeli settlers declared intention to set up a new settlement there.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces started bulldozing the surrounding areas as a prelude to set up a new settlement in the area that witnessed Thursday’s shooting attack during which an Israeli officer and his wife were shot dead.
Earlier Friday, Israeli radio reported that Israeli settlers living in the northern West Bank settlements decided to establish a new settlement at the road linking between Etmar and Alon Moreh settlements near Beit Furik checkpoint.
Israeli settlers intensified Friday their attacks and violations against Palestinian citizens and properties in the West Bank in the wake of the Nablus shooting attack in which an Israeli officer and his wife were shot dead.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces started bulldozing the surrounding areas as a prelude to set up a new settlement in the area that witnessed Thursday’s shooting attack during which an Israeli officer and his wife were shot dead.
Earlier Friday, Israeli radio reported that Israeli settlers living in the northern West Bank settlements decided to establish a new settlement at the road linking between Etmar and Alon Moreh settlements near Beit Furik checkpoint.
Israeli settlers intensified Friday their attacks and violations against Palestinian citizens and properties in the West Bank in the wake of the Nablus shooting attack in which an Israeli officer and his wife were shot dead.
29 sept 2015
Israeli Municipality of Jerusalem refused a map sketch prepared by Palestinian inhabitants of al-Issawiya town in Occupied Jerusalem after being deprived of construction permits for years because of the unavailability of such a sketch.
Iroshalim Hebrew newspaper disclosed that the municipality’s refusal of the sketch will lead to hindering the issuance of building permits so that Palestinians can construct over their own lands.
The municipality justified the refusal by lack of funding and waiting for the coming budget. Meanwhile, it is working on establishing a public park on the expense of Palestinians’ lands in al-Issawiya and al-Tour towns. The Israeli environment authority, however, said there is no real value of establishing a park in that area.
The Israeli appeal committee refused the municipality’s decision to establish the park, but the latter issued a new decision to garden the area. The gardening decision stipulates for the confiscation of Palestinians’ lands for five years for building a temporary park over the lands.
Iroshalim Hebrew newspaper disclosed that the municipality’s refusal of the sketch will lead to hindering the issuance of building permits so that Palestinians can construct over their own lands.
The municipality justified the refusal by lack of funding and waiting for the coming budget. Meanwhile, it is working on establishing a public park on the expense of Palestinians’ lands in al-Issawiya and al-Tour towns. The Israeli environment authority, however, said there is no real value of establishing a park in that area.
The Israeli appeal committee refused the municipality’s decision to establish the park, but the latter issued a new decision to garden the area. The gardening decision stipulates for the confiscation of Palestinians’ lands for five years for building a temporary park over the lands.
28 sept 2015
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) notified Palestinian farmers that 140 olive trees will be demolished west of Salfit in the West Bank.
The Israeli decision to remove the trees came under the pretext of being located in nature reserve, local farmers revealed.
Palestinian researcher Khaled Maali said that the IOA used to confiscate Palestinian agricultural lands and uproot Palestinian-owned trees under the same pretext, as there are currently three nature reserves in the same area that are exploited in settlement expansion.
Maali called on local and international institutions to intervene urgently in order to cancel the Israeli decision against the olive trees.
The Israeli decision to remove the trees came under the pretext of being located in nature reserve, local farmers revealed.
Palestinian researcher Khaled Maali said that the IOA used to confiscate Palestinian agricultural lands and uproot Palestinian-owned trees under the same pretext, as there are currently three nature reserves in the same area that are exploited in settlement expansion.
Maali called on local and international institutions to intervene urgently in order to cancel the Israeli decision against the olive trees.
26 sept 2015
Popular Committees against Separation Wall and Settlement in the southern West Bank organized on Saturday a march in protest against confiscating Beit al-Barakah in al-Khalil by Israeli settlers.
The coordinator of the National Committee against Settlement in Bethlehem Hasan Braijeye said, in a press statement, that Palestinian activists and solidarity people participated in the march which headed to Beit al-Barakah taken over by Jewish settlers.
The marchers raised Palestinian flags and chanted national slogans calling for ending the Israeli occupation amid intensive presence of Israeli army troops. The IOF soldiers prevented demonstrators from reaching location.
Priest Dani Awad who participated in the march said Beit al-Barakah is a Christian endowment for all of the Palestinian people. Struggle will continue until the house which is part of the Presbyterian Church is liberated, he added.
The coordinator of the National Committee against Settlement in Bethlehem Hasan Braijeye said, in a press statement, that Palestinian activists and solidarity people participated in the march which headed to Beit al-Barakah taken over by Jewish settlers.
The marchers raised Palestinian flags and chanted national slogans calling for ending the Israeli occupation amid intensive presence of Israeli army troops. The IOF soldiers prevented demonstrators from reaching location.
Priest Dani Awad who participated in the march said Beit al-Barakah is a Christian endowment for all of the Palestinian people. Struggle will continue until the house which is part of the Presbyterian Church is liberated, he added.
23 sept 2015
The Israeli settlements sewage water has polluted spring water and plants in the city of Salfit.
Local farmers informed the PIC that the Israeli settlement of Yakir pumped sewage water into Palestinian agricultural lands to the west of Salfit. This water then polluted the plants, and the spring water in the area, they added.
Twenty four Israeli settlements including four factories pour their sewage water in the valley of the city of Salfit while land leveling works in the area is routinely reported for settlement expansion.
In another context, Jewish settlers in Nablus ran over a herd of sheep at dawn Tuesday near Aqraba town to the east of the city.
Shepherd Ayesh Daajnah told the PIC reporter that Jewish settlers in a vehicle ran over his herd of over 300 sheep. 40 sheep at least were crushed and 30 others were injured.
He pointed out that Israeli forces refused to count all the dead sheep, appealing to competent authorities to make up for his loss. He asked for an investigation into the incident.
Local farmers informed the PIC that the Israeli settlement of Yakir pumped sewage water into Palestinian agricultural lands to the west of Salfit. This water then polluted the plants, and the spring water in the area, they added.
Twenty four Israeli settlements including four factories pour their sewage water in the valley of the city of Salfit while land leveling works in the area is routinely reported for settlement expansion.
In another context, Jewish settlers in Nablus ran over a herd of sheep at dawn Tuesday near Aqraba town to the east of the city.
Shepherd Ayesh Daajnah told the PIC reporter that Jewish settlers in a vehicle ran over his herd of over 300 sheep. 40 sheep at least were crushed and 30 others were injured.
He pointed out that Israeli forces refused to count all the dead sheep, appealing to competent authorities to make up for his loss. He asked for an investigation into the incident.
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned in its new report titled “Under Threat: Demolition Orders in Area C of the West Bank”, of the Israeli escalated demolition policy in the West Bank.
Official data released by the Israeli authorities indicate that over 11,000 demolition orders - affecting an estimated 13,000 Palestinian-owned structures, including homes, are awaiting implementation in Area C of the West Bank, the report said.
“These orders heighten the vulnerability of thousands of poor Palestinian households, some of whom are at imminent risk of forcible displacement. Israel retains direct control over Area C, which encompasses more than 60 per cent of the West Bank and is home to approximately 300,000 Palestinians. Due to the lack of adequate planning and discriminatory allocation of public land, it is nearly impossible for Palestinians to obtain building permits in most of Area C.”
Area C is a home to approximately 300,000 Palestinians currently residing in 532 residential areas. Many of these residential areas are located entirely in Area C, but, in other cases, the area is part of a larger community, part of which is located in Areas A or B.
According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, there are also about 356,000 Israelis residing in 135 settlements and some 100 settlement outposts established in Area C; both are considered to contravene international law, while the settlement outposts are also considered illegal under Israeli law.
The planning and zoning regime applied by the Israeli authorities, including the ways in which public land is allocated, makes it virtually impossible for Palestinians to obtain building permits in most of Area C. Even basic residential and livelihood structures, such as a tent or a fence, require a building permit.
The report warned that this situation impedes the development of adequate housing, infrastructure and livelihoods in the Area C Palestinian communities, and has significant consequences for the entire West Bank population.
Structures built without permits are regularly served with demolition orders. While only a minority of the orders issued are executed, these orders do not expire and leave affected households in a state of chronic uncertainty and threat. Where the orders are implemented, they have resulted in displacement and disruption of livelihoods, the entrenchment of poverty and increased aid dependency, the report concluded.
Official data released by the Israeli authorities indicate that over 11,000 demolition orders - affecting an estimated 13,000 Palestinian-owned structures, including homes, are awaiting implementation in Area C of the West Bank, the report said.
“These orders heighten the vulnerability of thousands of poor Palestinian households, some of whom are at imminent risk of forcible displacement. Israel retains direct control over Area C, which encompasses more than 60 per cent of the West Bank and is home to approximately 300,000 Palestinians. Due to the lack of adequate planning and discriminatory allocation of public land, it is nearly impossible for Palestinians to obtain building permits in most of Area C.”
Area C is a home to approximately 300,000 Palestinians currently residing in 532 residential areas. Many of these residential areas are located entirely in Area C, but, in other cases, the area is part of a larger community, part of which is located in Areas A or B.
According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, there are also about 356,000 Israelis residing in 135 settlements and some 100 settlement outposts established in Area C; both are considered to contravene international law, while the settlement outposts are also considered illegal under Israeli law.
The planning and zoning regime applied by the Israeli authorities, including the ways in which public land is allocated, makes it virtually impossible for Palestinians to obtain building permits in most of Area C. Even basic residential and livelihood structures, such as a tent or a fence, require a building permit.
The report warned that this situation impedes the development of adequate housing, infrastructure and livelihoods in the Area C Palestinian communities, and has significant consequences for the entire West Bank population.
Structures built without permits are regularly served with demolition orders. While only a minority of the orders issued are executed, these orders do not expire and leave affected households in a state of chronic uncertainty and threat. Where the orders are implemented, they have resulted in displacement and disruption of livelihoods, the entrenchment of poverty and increased aid dependency, the report concluded.
