9 dec 2015
Israeli special forces on Wednesday kidnapped a senior member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) from his home in Tubas city.
Local sources said that special forces erected barriers on al-Fari'ah street in Tubas and stormed the house of 30-year-old Iyad al-Maslamani, a noted DFLP figure in the city, before rounding him up.
Three young men from the city also suffered bullet injuries during clashes with Israeli soldiers who came to back up the special forces.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday raided several homes and kidnapped Palestinians during campaigns in different areas of al-Khalil province.
The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in al-Khalil said that Israeli soldiers kidnapped three young men from their homes in Beit Ummar town, north of the city.
The detainees were identified as Hamza Abu Mariya, 16, Rabie Awad, 19, and Abdul-Naser Abu Mariya, 17.
The IOF also stormed Sa'ir town, east of al-Khalil, and ransacked the house of a wounded young man called Jawad al-Farroukh before bundling him into an Israeli ambulance and driving off.
In addition, the IOF raided the home of martyr Ihab Masuda in Jabal Asharif area in al-Khalil, tore off wall pictures belonging to him, handed his brothers summonses for interrogation from the Shin Bet, and took measurement of the house as a prelude to demolishing it.
The invading troops also took measurements of another house belonging to the family of martyr Malek Asharif in the city.
Local sources said that special forces erected barriers on al-Fari'ah street in Tubas and stormed the house of 30-year-old Iyad al-Maslamani, a noted DFLP figure in the city, before rounding him up.
Three young men from the city also suffered bullet injuries during clashes with Israeli soldiers who came to back up the special forces.
In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday raided several homes and kidnapped Palestinians during campaigns in different areas of al-Khalil province.
The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in al-Khalil said that Israeli soldiers kidnapped three young men from their homes in Beit Ummar town, north of the city.
The detainees were identified as Hamza Abu Mariya, 16, Rabie Awad, 19, and Abdul-Naser Abu Mariya, 17.
The IOF also stormed Sa'ir town, east of al-Khalil, and ransacked the house of a wounded young man called Jawad al-Farroukh before bundling him into an Israeli ambulance and driving off.
In addition, the IOF raided the home of martyr Ihab Masuda in Jabal Asharif area in al-Khalil, tore off wall pictures belonging to him, handed his brothers summonses for interrogation from the Shin Bet, and took measurement of the house as a prelude to demolishing it.
The invading troops also took measurements of another house belonging to the family of martyr Malek Asharif in the city.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Wednesday three Palestinians in Nablus and threatened to demolish a local home belonging to a Palestinian prisoner held in Israeli jails.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers stormed different neighborhoods in the city since the early morning hours before raiding and searching a number of local homes.
Three youths were kidnapped from their homes during the raid, the sources added.
A local home belonging to the prisoner Amjed Alawi was also stormed, where Israeli forces took its measurements as a prelude to demolish it.
Alawi was recently detained for allegedly being involved in Itmar shooting attack.
A second home owned by the prisoner Zaid Amer was also raided and searched, while Israeli forces broke into the home of the slain Palestinian youth Bassim Salah who was shot and killed for allegedly carrying out a stabbing attack in occupied Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, Palestinian students at Birzeit University declared a day of rage on Wednesday in protest against Israeli escalated crimes across the country.
A student march is scheduled to head to the Beit El checkpoint Wednesday afternoon.
Student Council at Birzeit University called for mass participation in the march.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers stormed different neighborhoods in the city since the early morning hours before raiding and searching a number of local homes.
Three youths were kidnapped from their homes during the raid, the sources added.
A local home belonging to the prisoner Amjed Alawi was also stormed, where Israeli forces took its measurements as a prelude to demolish it.
Alawi was recently detained for allegedly being involved in Itmar shooting attack.
A second home owned by the prisoner Zaid Amer was also raided and searched, while Israeli forces broke into the home of the slain Palestinian youth Bassim Salah who was shot and killed for allegedly carrying out a stabbing attack in occupied Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, Palestinian students at Birzeit University declared a day of rage on Wednesday in protest against Israeli escalated crimes across the country.
A student march is scheduled to head to the Beit El checkpoint Wednesday afternoon.
Student Council at Birzeit University called for mass participation in the march.
The Israeli occupation customs personnel at the Haifa port in northern 1948 Occupied Palestine confiscated 4,000 kuffiyeh-wearing dolls, citing their allegedly inciting nature.
The dolls, according to the Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post, were dressed in a style popular among Palestinian anti-occupation protesters, with a white and black checkered Kuffiyeh, or scarf, wrapped around the head and face, and another scarf in the Palestinian flag colors of red, green and white draped around the neck.
On the neck scarf is a picture of Dome of the Rock, located on the holy al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem, and the slogans, "Jerusalem is ours" and "Jerusalem, here we come," inscribed in Arabic. The right hand of the doll is gripping a stone.
The dolls, which originated in the United Arab Emirates, were spotted by the occupation authorities at Haifa customs and kept for further investigation, according to the Israeli news outlets.
Ofir Gendelman, an Israeli government spokesman, claimed that the toys fit with a trend of incitement to violence in some Palestinian school lessons and television programs.
The consignment of dolls arrived in the thick of a wave of violence which has seen 117 Palestinians, including 25 children and five girls, killed and thousands more wounded by the Israeli occupation army and terrorists since early October month.
The dolls, according to the Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post, were dressed in a style popular among Palestinian anti-occupation protesters, with a white and black checkered Kuffiyeh, or scarf, wrapped around the head and face, and another scarf in the Palestinian flag colors of red, green and white draped around the neck.
On the neck scarf is a picture of Dome of the Rock, located on the holy al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem, and the slogans, "Jerusalem is ours" and "Jerusalem, here we come," inscribed in Arabic. The right hand of the doll is gripping a stone.
The dolls, which originated in the United Arab Emirates, were spotted by the occupation authorities at Haifa customs and kept for further investigation, according to the Israeli news outlets.
Ofir Gendelman, an Israeli government spokesman, claimed that the toys fit with a trend of incitement to violence in some Palestinian school lessons and television programs.
The consignment of dolls arrived in the thick of a wave of violence which has seen 117 Palestinians, including 25 children and five girls, killed and thousands more wounded by the Israeli occupation army and terrorists since early October month.
Israeli military bulldozers on Tuesday destroyed a Palestinian-owned olive and lemon field in Shufa village, southeast of Tulkarem city.
Anti-settlement activist Abdul-Kareem Dalbah told Quds Press that four bulldozers, escorted by military vehicles, razed 27 dunums of cultivated land in Shufa and removed an agricultural plastic structure.
Dalbah added that the bulldozers uprooted and confiscated about 200 olive and lemon trees, pointed out that the olive trees were perennial.
A group of settlers from Avnei Hefetz settlement near the village came along with the bulldozers and soldiers.
According to Dalbah, the Israeli occupation army claims the land belongs to the state of Israel.
He also reported that the soldiers assaulted the landowner and Shufa villagers and prevented journalists from documenting their violations.
For his part, Munir Ismail, owner of the bulldozed land, said the Israeli army justified its measure against his land that it had not been cultivated and taken care of by its owners.
He affirmed that he has documents proving his ownership of the land.
Anti-settlement activist Abdul-Kareem Dalbah told Quds Press that four bulldozers, escorted by military vehicles, razed 27 dunums of cultivated land in Shufa and removed an agricultural plastic structure.
Dalbah added that the bulldozers uprooted and confiscated about 200 olive and lemon trees, pointed out that the olive trees were perennial.
A group of settlers from Avnei Hefetz settlement near the village came along with the bulldozers and soldiers.
According to Dalbah, the Israeli occupation army claims the land belongs to the state of Israel.
He also reported that the soldiers assaulted the landowner and Shufa villagers and prevented journalists from documenting their violations.
For his part, Munir Ismail, owner of the bulldozed land, said the Israeli army justified its measure against his land that it had not been cultivated and taken care of by its owners.
He affirmed that he has documents proving his ownership of the land.
8 dec 2015
Israeli justice minister Ayelet Shaked has proposed a new law allowing the government to seize homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out stabbing or car-ramming attacks in addition to demolishing them.
According to Maariv newspaper on Monday, Shaked submitted a bill in this regard to the Israeli ministerial committee for legislation in order to strengthen Israel's ability to fight Palestinian vehicular and stabbing attacks in particular.
The justice minister explained that her bill, if approved, would expand the powers of the security authorities and further deter Palestinians from attacking Israelis.
Ayelet Shaked, a member of the ultra-nationalist Jewish Home party, had previously introduced and supported several bills targeting the Palestinians, including one calling for issuing actual prison verdicts against detained children.
According to Maariv newspaper on Monday, Shaked submitted a bill in this regard to the Israeli ministerial committee for legislation in order to strengthen Israel's ability to fight Palestinian vehicular and stabbing attacks in particular.
The justice minister explained that her bill, if approved, would expand the powers of the security authorities and further deter Palestinians from attacking Israelis.
Ayelet Shaked, a member of the ultra-nationalist Jewish Home party, had previously introduced and supported several bills targeting the Palestinians, including one calling for issuing actual prison verdicts against detained children.
7 dec 2015
The Israeli occupation army on Sunday ordered, with no stated reason, Palestinian citizens to stop construction and cultivation works on their own plots of land in Beit Ummar town, north of al-Khalil city.
Anti-settlement activist Mohamed Awad told Quds Press that employees from the civil administration of the Israeli army handed brothers Issa and Anwar Alami notices ordering them to halt construction works at their new homes in Beit Ummar town.
Another resident of the town named Safwan Baragith was handed a similar notice, Awad added.
The civil administration also handed Yousuf Abu Ayyash a notice ordering him to stop working his three-dunum agricultural land in Wad al-Arab area of the town.
Anti-settlement activist Mohamed Awad told Quds Press that employees from the civil administration of the Israeli army handed brothers Issa and Anwar Alami notices ordering them to halt construction works at their new homes in Beit Ummar town.
Another resident of the town named Safwan Baragith was handed a similar notice, Awad added.
The civil administration also handed Yousuf Abu Ayyash a notice ordering him to stop working his three-dunum agricultural land in Wad al-Arab area of the town.
The Israeli Occupation forces (IOF) launched at dawn Monday a large-scale raid and arrest campaign across occupied West Bank.
Three Palestinians were detained in Nablus, as IOF soldiers stormed and violently searched their homes at dawn today. Two ex-prisoners were also among the detainees.
In al-Khalil, IOF arrested two youths after storming Halhul town. A child with special needs was also kidnapped after breaking into his family home in the town.
Another detainee was rounded up in Beit Ummar town, north of the city, while a second one was arrested in Khulet Hadur area.
In Jenin, two youths were arrested from their homes in Jenin refugee camp, north of the city. One of the detainees is a former political prisoner in PA jails.
Israeli forces also broke into the home of the leader in Hamas Movement Jamal Abu Haija before carrying out a combing operation in the surrounding areas.
Along the same line, IOF brutally stormed and searched three homes in Ramallah belonging to families of three martyrs who were earlier shot and killed for allegedly carrying out stabbing attacks against Israeli soldiers.
During the raids, the Israeli forces took measurements of the three homes as a prelude to demolish them as part of the Israeli collective punishment policy.
Three Palestinians were detained in Nablus, as IOF soldiers stormed and violently searched their homes at dawn today. Two ex-prisoners were also among the detainees.
In al-Khalil, IOF arrested two youths after storming Halhul town. A child with special needs was also kidnapped after breaking into his family home in the town.
Another detainee was rounded up in Beit Ummar town, north of the city, while a second one was arrested in Khulet Hadur area.
In Jenin, two youths were arrested from their homes in Jenin refugee camp, north of the city. One of the detainees is a former political prisoner in PA jails.
Israeli forces also broke into the home of the leader in Hamas Movement Jamal Abu Haija before carrying out a combing operation in the surrounding areas.
Along the same line, IOF brutally stormed and searched three homes in Ramallah belonging to families of three martyrs who were earlier shot and killed for allegedly carrying out stabbing attacks against Israeli soldiers.
During the raids, the Israeli forces took measurements of the three homes as a prelude to demolish them as part of the Israeli collective punishment policy.
6 dec 2015
A group of national figures and local activists have launched a campaign for the reconstruction of five homes demolished by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) earlier last month in Nablus.
The demolished homes belong to five Palestinian prisoners arrested recently for being involved in the shooting attack near Itmar settlement.
The campaign’s supervisor Abdulallah al-Atira told the PIC reporter that the campaign aims to rebuild the demolished Palestinian homes that were recently demolished by IOF in Nablus.
A number of businessmen have declared their support to and participation in the campaign, he pointed out.
We hope to see participation of a sizable percentage, he continued. “No one in Nablus would accept that prisoners’ families remain without home or shelter.”
Abdulallah Hamed, one of the prisoners’ family members, expressed his gratitude to the people of Nablus who “made great efforts in support of prisoners and martyrs’ families.”
It is not the first time when people of Nablus manage to rebuild homes demolished by Israeli army, he said.
During the event, primary school children donated their pocket money in support of the campaign.
The demolished homes belong to five Palestinian prisoners arrested recently for being involved in the shooting attack near Itmar settlement.
The campaign’s supervisor Abdulallah al-Atira told the PIC reporter that the campaign aims to rebuild the demolished Palestinian homes that were recently demolished by IOF in Nablus.
A number of businessmen have declared their support to and participation in the campaign, he pointed out.
We hope to see participation of a sizable percentage, he continued. “No one in Nablus would accept that prisoners’ families remain without home or shelter.”
Abdulallah Hamed, one of the prisoners’ family members, expressed his gratitude to the people of Nablus who “made great efforts in support of prisoners and martyrs’ families.”
It is not the first time when people of Nablus manage to rebuild homes demolished by Israeli army, he said.
During the event, primary school children donated their pocket money in support of the campaign.
Israeli forces Sunday confiscated construction equipment of a newly built UN-funded housing project in al-Tabban district in Masafir Yatta in al-Khalil.
Coordinator of the National Committee against Settlement in Yatta Rateb al-Jabour, told Quds Press that Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) claimed that the confiscation was made because of lacking construction permits.
Al-Jabour pointed out that the confiscated equipment belongs to two Palestinian families of Abu Ebaid and al-Hamamda.
Israeli forces without a prior notice confiscated the construction equipment just few days after the families received them from a European association for the purpose of continuing the construction of the tin-roofed houses, al-Jabour added.
Coordinator of the National Committee against Settlement in Yatta Rateb al-Jabour, told Quds Press that Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) claimed that the confiscation was made because of lacking construction permits.
Al-Jabour pointed out that the confiscated equipment belongs to two Palestinian families of Abu Ebaid and al-Hamamda.
Israeli forces without a prior notice confiscated the construction equipment just few days after the families received them from a European association for the purpose of continuing the construction of the tin-roofed houses, al-Jabour added.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn and on Saturday evening, eight Palestinians in Jenin, Bethlehem and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.
On Sunday at dawn, dozens of soldiers invaded Kafr Dan village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched several homes and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Maher Tahseen 'Aabed, 39, and Mohammad Mustafa ‘Aabed, 29.
The army invaded their homes after smashing the front doors, and ransacked the properties causing excessive damage.
The soldiers invaded the al-'Obeyyat area, east of the city, and kidnapped Ala' Awad Mohammad 'Obeyyat, 24, and his brother Malek, 20, after searching their family home.
Their father said the soldiers stole 25.000 Jordanian dinars and gold worth close to 5000 dinars, from the property, and added that, besides Mohammad and Malek, he has two other sons imprisoned by Israel.
On Saturday at night, the army invaded Jouret ash-Sham'a area, south of Bethlehem, searched a number of homes, and kidnapped Zoheir Faisal Hasan, 32, Mustafa Mohammad Odah, 25, and Waleed Amin 'Adawiyya, 22.
On Saturday evening, the soldiers kidnapped Jihad Issa Taqatqa, 18, from Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, as he was walking near the Ibrahimi mosque, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
In related news, shots were fired on an Israeli military jeep, near the Entael colony, built on Palestinian lands south of Hebron.
The army reported no injuries, and said the soldiers conducted searches in the area and installed a roadblock on the main road of Sammoa' nearby town.
On Sunday at dawn, dozens of soldiers invaded Kafr Dan village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched several homes and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Maher Tahseen 'Aabed, 39, and Mohammad Mustafa ‘Aabed, 29.
The army invaded their homes after smashing the front doors, and ransacked the properties causing excessive damage.
The soldiers invaded the al-'Obeyyat area, east of the city, and kidnapped Ala' Awad Mohammad 'Obeyyat, 24, and his brother Malek, 20, after searching their family home.
Their father said the soldiers stole 25.000 Jordanian dinars and gold worth close to 5000 dinars, from the property, and added that, besides Mohammad and Malek, he has two other sons imprisoned by Israel.
On Saturday at night, the army invaded Jouret ash-Sham'a area, south of Bethlehem, searched a number of homes, and kidnapped Zoheir Faisal Hasan, 32, Mustafa Mohammad Odah, 25, and Waleed Amin 'Adawiyya, 22.
On Saturday evening, the soldiers kidnapped Jihad Issa Taqatqa, 18, from Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, as he was walking near the Ibrahimi mosque, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
In related news, shots were fired on an Israeli military jeep, near the Entael colony, built on Palestinian lands south of Hebron.
The army reported no injuries, and said the soldiers conducted searches in the area and installed a roadblock on the main road of Sammoa' nearby town.
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Dozens of Palestinian university students choked on tear gas on Sunday morning as the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) showered Palestinian schools in southern al-Khalil province with randomly-shot spates of tear gas grenades.
Eyewitnesses said dozens of Palestinian students enrolled at schools adjacent to an Israeli military checkpoint sustained breathing disorders due to heavy inhalation of tear gas. The IOF sealed off the southern entrance to Bethlehem city, in the southern occupied West Bank, and allowed settlers’ free movement out of and into the area. The IOF soldiers further rolled into Bethlehem city at the crack of dawn before they kidnapped two Palestinian youths and misappropriated locals’ money. |
The Israeli soldiers, escorted by sniffer dogs, broke into the family home of citizen Awad Muhamad Abiyat, blew up its gates, and wreaked havoc on the building and other adjacent structures before they kidnapped his two sons Malek, 20, and Alaa, 24.
Abiyat’s family said the IOF soldiers stole 25,000 Jordanian dinars saved for the family’s commercial needs.
Abiyat’s wife and daughters were also subjected to offensive inspection and questioning in the assault.
Meanwhile, 10 Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF following abrupt break-ins launched across al-Khalil province.
Abiyat’s family said the IOF soldiers stole 25,000 Jordanian dinars saved for the family’s commercial needs.
Abiyat’s wife and daughters were also subjected to offensive inspection and questioning in the assault.
Meanwhile, 10 Palestinians were kidnapped by the IOF following abrupt break-ins launched across al-Khalil province.
Israeli forces distributed demolition notices to raze housing and commercial facilities in Silwan town to the east of Occupied Jerusalem for the usual claim of lacking construction permits.
The website of Wadi Helweh Information Center revealed that Israeli municipality teams distributed on Friday five demolition notices in three districts in Silwan town. The destruction notifications included facilities dating back to over 17 years and sheltering many Palestinian families.
Over the past few months, Israeli forces distributed 23 destruction orders of housing and commercial buildings in addition to a mosque in the same town.
The website of Wadi Helweh Information Center revealed that Israeli municipality teams distributed on Friday five demolition notices in three districts in Silwan town. The destruction notifications included facilities dating back to over 17 years and sheltering many Palestinian families.
Over the past few months, Israeli forces distributed 23 destruction orders of housing and commercial buildings in addition to a mosque in the same town.
5 dec 2015
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah made a statement, this Friday, regarding the recent demolitions and confiscations of Palestinians houses and structures in Area C.
It reads as follows, according to the PNN:
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah express deep concern, once again, at an increasing number of demolitions and confiscations of Palestinian structures in Area C in recent days.
These include repeated demolitions and confiscations of human and animal shelters at Al Hadidiya in Tubas Governorate in late November and the dismantlement and confiscation of tents there on 3rd December.
The latter were provided through the European Union in response to humanitarian need. In addition on 18th November, the community in Fasayil, already subject to demolitions in August, received verbal warnings of Israel’s intention to carry out further demolitions.
All of the communities affected are herder communities mainly depending on livestock. They are particularly vulnerable, faced with homelessness, potential displacement and at risk, especially as winter approaches.
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah call on the Government of Israel to return the confiscated EU humanitarian assistance to the community in Al Hadidiya in order to ensure the community’s physical protection in its place of living ahead of the winter season.
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah recall the Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions of 14 May 2012 and 20 July 2015, in which the EU called upon Israel to meet its obligations regarding the living conditions of the Palestinian population in Area C as well as its strong opposition to Israel’s settlement policy and actions taken in this context, such as building the separation barrier beyond the 1967 line, demolitions and confiscation – including of EU funded projects – evictions, forced transfers including of Bedouins, illegal outposts, settler violence and restrictions of movement and access.
It reads as follows, according to the PNN:
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah express deep concern, once again, at an increasing number of demolitions and confiscations of Palestinian structures in Area C in recent days.
These include repeated demolitions and confiscations of human and animal shelters at Al Hadidiya in Tubas Governorate in late November and the dismantlement and confiscation of tents there on 3rd December.
The latter were provided through the European Union in response to humanitarian need. In addition on 18th November, the community in Fasayil, already subject to demolitions in August, received verbal warnings of Israel’s intention to carry out further demolitions.
All of the communities affected are herder communities mainly depending on livestock. They are particularly vulnerable, faced with homelessness, potential displacement and at risk, especially as winter approaches.
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah call on the Government of Israel to return the confiscated EU humanitarian assistance to the community in Al Hadidiya in order to ensure the community’s physical protection in its place of living ahead of the winter season.
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah recall the Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions of 14 May 2012 and 20 July 2015, in which the EU called upon Israel to meet its obligations regarding the living conditions of the Palestinian population in Area C as well as its strong opposition to Israel’s settlement policy and actions taken in this context, such as building the separation barrier beyond the 1967 line, demolitions and confiscation – including of EU funded projects – evictions, forced transfers including of Bedouins, illegal outposts, settler violence and restrictions of movement and access.
4 dec 2015
The Palestinian Ghaith-Sub Laban family has appealed for urgent action to prevent their imminent forced eviction and displacement from their home in occupied East Jerusalem.
Battling forced eviction from their home for a number of years, the Ghaith-Sub Laban family gathered outside of the headquarters of the European Union and the Office of the U.S. Console, appealing for an urgent intervention to stop the forced eviction from their home in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.
A petition, signed by over 13,000 Jerusalemites, was also handed to the EU’s ambassador to push for an end to Israel’s forced deportation of the Palestinians.
The house owner, Noura Ghaith-Sub Laban, said the Israeli occupation has been pursuing such policies of forced deportation to expand illegal settlement at the expense of Palestinians.
She said the family is deeply attached to their home, where they have set up roots for dozens of years and which carries generations of memories.
She said the family’s lawyer appealed to the Magistrate’s Court to cancel the eviction order but the occupation authorities have shown no serious concern over or consideration of their case.
She added that the Israeli occupation deprived her of the right to health insurance for seven months and threatened to rescind her ID in case of further protest.
In mid-October, the Israeli District Court ruled for the evacuation of the Ghaith Sub Laban family’s home in Occupied Jerusalem within 45 days, in addition to a 10,000 shekel-fine.
Throughout the history of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, many civilians were forcefully displaced by Israel’s unlawful evictions and house demolitions.
“We have fought non-stop for the past years just to live in peace in the houses where we were born and grew up,” an elderly Palestinian said.
“When shall Israelis understand that these houses are not just walls for us? Every corner and every old wall and tile have memories for us. Evicting us will not only make us homeless, it will deprive us of our fundamental rights and dignity as human beings. Our lives will never be the same,” he added.
Battling forced eviction from their home for a number of years, the Ghaith-Sub Laban family gathered outside of the headquarters of the European Union and the Office of the U.S. Console, appealing for an urgent intervention to stop the forced eviction from their home in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.
A petition, signed by over 13,000 Jerusalemites, was also handed to the EU’s ambassador to push for an end to Israel’s forced deportation of the Palestinians.
The house owner, Noura Ghaith-Sub Laban, said the Israeli occupation has been pursuing such policies of forced deportation to expand illegal settlement at the expense of Palestinians.
She said the family is deeply attached to their home, where they have set up roots for dozens of years and which carries generations of memories.
She said the family’s lawyer appealed to the Magistrate’s Court to cancel the eviction order but the occupation authorities have shown no serious concern over or consideration of their case.
She added that the Israeli occupation deprived her of the right to health insurance for seven months and threatened to rescind her ID in case of further protest.
In mid-October, the Israeli District Court ruled for the evacuation of the Ghaith Sub Laban family’s home in Occupied Jerusalem within 45 days, in addition to a 10,000 shekel-fine.
Throughout the history of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, many civilians were forcefully displaced by Israel’s unlawful evictions and house demolitions.
“We have fought non-stop for the past years just to live in peace in the houses where we were born and grew up,” an elderly Palestinian said.
“When shall Israelis understand that these houses are not just walls for us? Every corner and every old wall and tile have memories for us. Evicting us will not only make us homeless, it will deprive us of our fundamental rights and dignity as human beings. Our lives will never be the same,” he added.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday rolled into the southern West Bank province of Bethlehem and wreaked havoc on the family home of the slain Palestinian youth Isam Thawabteh.
A PIC news reporter said the IOF stormed Bethlehem’s southern town of Beit Fajar and broke into Thawabteh’s home.
The occupation troops ravaged Thawabteh’s family home and inspected water pipes and power lines in an attempt to pave the way for its demolition.
The IOF further stormed the homes of citizens Mahmoud Thawabteh and Jihad Diriyeh before they subjected the native residents to exhaustive questioning.
A PIC news reporter said the IOF stormed Bethlehem’s southern town of Beit Fajar and broke into Thawabteh’s home.
The occupation troops ravaged Thawabteh’s family home and inspected water pipes and power lines in an attempt to pave the way for its demolition.
The IOF further stormed the homes of citizens Mahmoud Thawabteh and Jihad Diriyeh before they subjected the native residents to exhaustive questioning.