6 jan 2016
The Israeli military, on Wednesday, demolished a mosque in the unrecognized Palestinian Bedouin village of Rakhama in the Negev in southern Israel, Talal Abu Arar, a Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, stated.
Abu Arar said he attempted to prevent the demolition, but had been unable to convince the Israeli authorities. "(They) do not spare any effort in exerting pressure on the Arab population of the Negev in their attempt to empty the land of Arabs and to displace them," he said.
"The demolition of the mosque today, and mosque demolitions in the Negev in general, is a declaration of war on Islam, in line with the religious war Israel has been igniting in the region," Abu Arar said.
The Palestinian MK slammed Israel for not providing "any services to Palestinians in unrecognized villages." Despite collecting taxes from Palestinians, he said that "Israeli authorities demolish their homes and close the doors of livelihoods in their faces."
Rakhama is one of around 40 Bedouin villages in the Negev that Israel refuses to recognize -- together holding nearly 90,000 people.
Israeli authorities last month demolished structures in the Bedouin village of al-Araqib, also in the Negev, for the 92nd time.
Israeli policy regarding Palestinian Bedouins -- who live under the constant threat of displacement -- has been slammed by Human Rights Watch in the past as completely disregarding international law, which forbids discriminatory evictions.
Abu Arar said he attempted to prevent the demolition, but had been unable to convince the Israeli authorities. "(They) do not spare any effort in exerting pressure on the Arab population of the Negev in their attempt to empty the land of Arabs and to displace them," he said.
"The demolition of the mosque today, and mosque demolitions in the Negev in general, is a declaration of war on Islam, in line with the religious war Israel has been igniting in the region," Abu Arar said.
The Palestinian MK slammed Israel for not providing "any services to Palestinians in unrecognized villages." Despite collecting taxes from Palestinians, he said that "Israeli authorities demolish their homes and close the doors of livelihoods in their faces."
Rakhama is one of around 40 Bedouin villages in the Negev that Israel refuses to recognize -- together holding nearly 90,000 people.
Israeli authorities last month demolished structures in the Bedouin village of al-Araqib, also in the Negev, for the 92nd time.
Israeli policy regarding Palestinian Bedouins -- who live under the constant threat of displacement -- has been slammed by Human Rights Watch in the past as completely disregarding international law, which forbids discriminatory evictions.
The Israeli Minister of Defense, Moshe Ya’alon, has “permitted” adding the seized church of Beit Al-Baraka to the expanding illegal settlement, Gush Etzion, located south to Bethlehem, central occupied West Bank.
According to Israeli media, the move will expand the settlement by some 40 dunams.
According to the PNN, the church was purchased last May by a Jewish American millionaire, through a Norwegian woman who claimed she was member of an American church. It is now surrounded by soldiers and an already existing military point, right on the other side of the road where Al-Arroub refugee camp lies.
The name of the historical church, built in the 1940’s, has been changed from Beit Al-Baraka to the Hebrew name, Beit Barcha. It also consists of eight buildings.
According to the Israel National News, Ya’alon’s permit allows the building to be included under the auspices of the Etzion council and also will allow for the buildings to be inhabited immediately. Since the buildings previously existed, there is no need for a building permit.
The Israeli military has repressed several Palestinian protests against the seizure and the illegal expansion, which will engorge more Palestinian land.
The Israeli military wing for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) also issued a statement which said: “The addition of Bayit-Al-Barka to the auspices of the regional council of Gush Etzion was evaluated according to the existing criteria which had been established by the relevant professional parties. It was ratified by the Executive branch of government and was finalized in accordance with their directive.”
According to Israeli media, the move will expand the settlement by some 40 dunams.
According to the PNN, the church was purchased last May by a Jewish American millionaire, through a Norwegian woman who claimed she was member of an American church. It is now surrounded by soldiers and an already existing military point, right on the other side of the road where Al-Arroub refugee camp lies.
The name of the historical church, built in the 1940’s, has been changed from Beit Al-Baraka to the Hebrew name, Beit Barcha. It also consists of eight buildings.
According to the Israel National News, Ya’alon’s permit allows the building to be included under the auspices of the Etzion council and also will allow for the buildings to be inhabited immediately. Since the buildings previously existed, there is no need for a building permit.
The Israeli military has repressed several Palestinian protests against the seizure and the illegal expansion, which will engorge more Palestinian land.
The Israeli military wing for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) also issued a statement which said: “The addition of Bayit-Al-Barka to the auspices of the regional council of Gush Etzion was evaluated according to the existing criteria which had been established by the relevant professional parties. It was ratified by the Executive branch of government and was finalized in accordance with their directive.”
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Israeli forces, on Wednesday morning, demolished five dwellings housing Palestinian Bedouin families in the Abu Nuwwar community east of Jerusalem -- part of the wider E1 corridor -- leaving 25 people homeless.
Dawood al-Jahalin, a spokesperson for the Abu Nuwwar Bedouin community, told Ma'an News Agency that Israeli military and police vehicles surrounded the area at around 8:30 a.m., before bulldozers demolished five dwellings and an agricultural structure. The families were not given any time to remove their belongings before the dwellings -- made of steel, wood, and canvas -- were torn down, he said. |
"I showed them a court decision banning demolition, but the officer in charge refused to see it and instead told me he had a demolition order from the Civil Administration," al-Jahalin said.
He said that the Israeli authorities had repeatedly attempted to persuade the families to leave their land. "They offers us blank checks and alternative land, but we refused and will continue to refuse to leave our land, and we will rebuild the dwellings this evening."
Israel's Civil Administration said in a statement that the families had refused to move to "legal buildings with appropriate infrastructure near their current illegal structures." As a result, it said two "illegal structures" were demolished following "the required executive procedures."
Abu Nuwwar is one of several Bedouin villages facing forced evacuation due to plans by Israeli authorities to build thousands of homes for Jewish-only settlements in the E1 corridor.
Although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to suspend work on the housing units in 2013, settlement watchdog Peace Now reported last week that the Ministry of Housing has "quietly" continued planning 8,372 homes in the corridor.
Settlement construction in E1 would effectively divide the West Bank and make the creation of a contiguous Palestinian state -- as envisaged by the internationally backed two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict -- almost impossible.
Israeli activity in E1 has attracted widespread international condemnation, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has in the past said that "E1 is a red line that cannot be crossed."
He said that the Israeli authorities had repeatedly attempted to persuade the families to leave their land. "They offers us blank checks and alternative land, but we refused and will continue to refuse to leave our land, and we will rebuild the dwellings this evening."
Israel's Civil Administration said in a statement that the families had refused to move to "legal buildings with appropriate infrastructure near their current illegal structures." As a result, it said two "illegal structures" were demolished following "the required executive procedures."
Abu Nuwwar is one of several Bedouin villages facing forced evacuation due to plans by Israeli authorities to build thousands of homes for Jewish-only settlements in the E1 corridor.
Although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to suspend work on the housing units in 2013, settlement watchdog Peace Now reported last week that the Ministry of Housing has "quietly" continued planning 8,372 homes in the corridor.
Settlement construction in E1 would effectively divide the West Bank and make the creation of a contiguous Palestinian state -- as envisaged by the internationally backed two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict -- almost impossible.
Israeli activity in E1 has attracted widespread international condemnation, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has in the past said that "E1 is a red line that cannot be crossed."
5 jan 2016
The Israeli army, Tuesday, delivered a notification to demolish two agricultural structures and to stop the construction work on a house in Beit Ummar, a town located to the north of Hebron, according to local sources.
Yousef Abu Maria, an anti-settlement activist in the town, told WAFA that an Israeli army force broke into Beit Zana and Feredes areas, just outside the town, and notified local Palestinians about a military order to demolish two private-owned animal barns.
The army also handed Saber Abu Maria, a local Palestinian, a military order to stop the construction work on his house, under the pretext of construction without a permit. The force also seized a tractor in the area, according to WAFA.
Also on Tuesday, Israeli forces confiscated construction materials and equipment belonging to the municipality of Dahiriya, to the southwest of Hebron, according to local sources.
An Israeli army force broke into Wadi al-Khalil neighborhood outside the town, where they obstructed a municipal project to open an agricultural road; run by Dahiriya municipality in cooperation with Action Against Hunger (ACF).
The army seized some of the construction materials and equipment used in the project, as well as handed over a notice to stop the project immediately, under the pretext of lacking an Israeli-issued work permit in the area.
The project area is located in Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli military and civil control.
Israel rarely issues construction permits for Palestinians in Area C and in East Jerusalem, forcing Palestinians to construct without obtaining an Israeli permit.
Issuing permits for Palestinians, unlike for Jewish settlers, requires unreasonable fees that most families cannot afford to pay.
The Israeli Committee against House Demolitions (ICAHD) explains in a special report that “in almost all cases Palestinians have no choice but to build ‘illegally’, as permits are almost impossible to obtain.”
“Many Palestinians have suffered multiple displacements, having lost their homes and livelihoods more than once. Forced displacement has a series of immediate and longer-term physical, socio-economic and psycho-social impacts on Palestinian families.”
It added, “It deprives them of their home and land – often their main asset – and frequently results in disruption to livelihoods, a reduced standard of living and limited access to basic services. The impact on children can be particularly devastating,” said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Yousef Abu Maria, an anti-settlement activist in the town, told WAFA that an Israeli army force broke into Beit Zana and Feredes areas, just outside the town, and notified local Palestinians about a military order to demolish two private-owned animal barns.
The army also handed Saber Abu Maria, a local Palestinian, a military order to stop the construction work on his house, under the pretext of construction without a permit. The force also seized a tractor in the area, according to WAFA.
Also on Tuesday, Israeli forces confiscated construction materials and equipment belonging to the municipality of Dahiriya, to the southwest of Hebron, according to local sources.
An Israeli army force broke into Wadi al-Khalil neighborhood outside the town, where they obstructed a municipal project to open an agricultural road; run by Dahiriya municipality in cooperation with Action Against Hunger (ACF).
The army seized some of the construction materials and equipment used in the project, as well as handed over a notice to stop the project immediately, under the pretext of lacking an Israeli-issued work permit in the area.
The project area is located in Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli military and civil control.
Israel rarely issues construction permits for Palestinians in Area C and in East Jerusalem, forcing Palestinians to construct without obtaining an Israeli permit.
Issuing permits for Palestinians, unlike for Jewish settlers, requires unreasonable fees that most families cannot afford to pay.
The Israeli Committee against House Demolitions (ICAHD) explains in a special report that “in almost all cases Palestinians have no choice but to build ‘illegally’, as permits are almost impossible to obtain.”
“Many Palestinians have suffered multiple displacements, having lost their homes and livelihoods more than once. Forced displacement has a series of immediate and longer-term physical, socio-economic and psycho-social impacts on Palestinian families.”
It added, “It deprives them of their home and land – often their main asset – and frequently results in disruption to livelihoods, a reduced standard of living and limited access to basic services. The impact on children can be particularly devastating,” said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Bulldozer excavating the hillside. In the back sits the illegal Avne Hefez settlement. At the center lies the construction site. At far right sits the first house of Shufa and at far left, the first building of the Avne Hefez settlement. The road in the middle is for exclusive settler use.
On the 22nd of December, Israeli forces started excavating land belonging to the Palestinian village of Shufa. Residents fear the possibility of settlement expansion will threaten the future of their village.
Shufa village is very close to Avne Hefez, an illegal Israeli settlement that was established in 1987, which originally comprised 44 dunums of land. The settlement has continued expanding ever since and currently covers 3.000 dunums of land, all belonging to Palestinian villagers from the area.
Unlike most other villages in the West Bank, Shufa is located on top of a hill, while the Avne Hefez settlement is located at a lower point. Israeli bulldozers and excavators are now digging the side of the hill where Shufa is located, just a few hundred meters from the center of the village. The landowner hasn’t received any previous notice of the excavation, and what exactly the Israeli army intends to build is still not known.One assumption is that they are trying to connect both Avne Hefez and Enav settlements with a nearby illegal outpost. Villagers fear that Israel intends to create a big settlement block in the area, by connecting these three places. Since the construction site is located at the bottom of the hill, posing a strategic disadvantage for the Israelis, the residents of Shufa are afraid that the Israeli forces will use certain measures, typically on the pretext of ‘security’, to prevent Palestinians from accessing their farm land on that particular part of the hill in the future.
Palestinians living next to Avne Hefez are already facing a lot of difficulties. Farmers are not allowed to enter their farmlands located next to the illegal settlement if they don’t hold a special permit. Israel, in turn, hardly ever gives them these permits. In a more extreme example of the harassment that farmers have to face, the Israeli military recently demolished 4 greenhouse structures in a farm belonging to a villager of Kafa, as well as uprooting more than 100 trees.
In addition to all this, the villagers in Shufa are in desperate need of an increased water supply, in order to irrigate their farmlands. But Israel doesn’t let them finish a newly constructed water pipeline that starts in the nearby village of Esba Shufa, and is planned to go all the way to Shufa. The reason for Israel to stop this pipeline construction is that part of it is meant to go through the land area designated as Area C: the territory that comprises 60% of the West Bank and is under full Israeli control. Residents of Shufa also mentioned that the neighboring village of Saffarin is facing worse water problems. They do not have a drinking water pipeline at all, and must buy water from surrounding Palestinian villages at double the normal price.
Shufa is just a few minutes drive from Tulkarm. Since the 2nd intifada, Israeli forces have closed the road between Shufa and Tulkarm periodically, forcing the residents to make 32 km detours in order to get to Tulkarm. During a demonstration on Friday, December 18th, villagers from Shufa removed the illegal Israeli roadblock. Israeli commanders then promised that the road will be kept open. But until now, the road has remained closed most of the time. The few occasions when the soldiers open the road, they begin checking all ID-cards, allowing only residents of Shufa to pass through.
On the 22nd of December, Israeli forces started excavating land belonging to the Palestinian village of Shufa. Residents fear the possibility of settlement expansion will threaten the future of their village.
Shufa village is very close to Avne Hefez, an illegal Israeli settlement that was established in 1987, which originally comprised 44 dunums of land. The settlement has continued expanding ever since and currently covers 3.000 dunums of land, all belonging to Palestinian villagers from the area.
Unlike most other villages in the West Bank, Shufa is located on top of a hill, while the Avne Hefez settlement is located at a lower point. Israeli bulldozers and excavators are now digging the side of the hill where Shufa is located, just a few hundred meters from the center of the village. The landowner hasn’t received any previous notice of the excavation, and what exactly the Israeli army intends to build is still not known.One assumption is that they are trying to connect both Avne Hefez and Enav settlements with a nearby illegal outpost. Villagers fear that Israel intends to create a big settlement block in the area, by connecting these three places. Since the construction site is located at the bottom of the hill, posing a strategic disadvantage for the Israelis, the residents of Shufa are afraid that the Israeli forces will use certain measures, typically on the pretext of ‘security’, to prevent Palestinians from accessing their farm land on that particular part of the hill in the future.
Palestinians living next to Avne Hefez are already facing a lot of difficulties. Farmers are not allowed to enter their farmlands located next to the illegal settlement if they don’t hold a special permit. Israel, in turn, hardly ever gives them these permits. In a more extreme example of the harassment that farmers have to face, the Israeli military recently demolished 4 greenhouse structures in a farm belonging to a villager of Kafa, as well as uprooting more than 100 trees.
In addition to all this, the villagers in Shufa are in desperate need of an increased water supply, in order to irrigate their farmlands. But Israel doesn’t let them finish a newly constructed water pipeline that starts in the nearby village of Esba Shufa, and is planned to go all the way to Shufa. The reason for Israel to stop this pipeline construction is that part of it is meant to go through the land area designated as Area C: the territory that comprises 60% of the West Bank and is under full Israeli control. Residents of Shufa also mentioned that the neighboring village of Saffarin is facing worse water problems. They do not have a drinking water pipeline at all, and must buy water from surrounding Palestinian villages at double the normal price.
Shufa is just a few minutes drive from Tulkarm. Since the 2nd intifada, Israeli forces have closed the road between Shufa and Tulkarm periodically, forcing the residents to make 32 km detours in order to get to Tulkarm. During a demonstration on Friday, December 18th, villagers from Shufa removed the illegal Israeli roadblock. Israeli commanders then promised that the road will be kept open. But until now, the road has remained closed most of the time. The few occasions when the soldiers open the road, they begin checking all ID-cards, allowing only residents of Shufa to pass through.
4 jan 2016
Heavily-armed Israeli soldiers forced Monday morning two Palestinian families to evacuate their houses in Jabal Mukabir neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem in preparation for demolishing them.
More than 1,000 Israeli soldiers were deployed in the surrounding areas of both houses and imposed tight restrictions on the locals’ movement before starting to raze the two houses.
The targeted houses belong to the two slain Palestinians Bahaa Alyan and Alaa Abu Jamal who were killed by Israeli forces for allegedly carrying out attacks against Israelis.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the two families were forced to stay outdoors despite the extreme rainy and cold weather conditions and the Israeli occupation forces started the demolition process from within.
Human rights and political activists condemned the series of decisions recently approved by the Israeli government, most significant of which: accelerating the demolition process of homes of Palestinians who allegedly carried out anti-occupation attacks in the Palestinian territories.
Israeli forces demolish homes of 2 Palestinian attackers in Jerusalem
Israeli forces on Monday demolished the family home of a Palestinian attacker killed in October and sealed off the home of another attacker's family with cement, the families told Ma'an.
The homes, in the Jabal al-Mukabbir neighborhood of East Jerusalem, belonged to relatives of Alaa Abu Jamal and Baha Elayyan who were both shot dead on Oct. 13 after carrying out separate attacks that left four Israelis dead.
Israeli forces reportedly stormed the homes and ordered the families to evacuate them before they proceeded with the demolitions.
Abu Jamal's family told Ma'an that Israeli forces sealed with cement the home of Safa Abu Jamal, Alaa's sister, after claiming to have secret information that it belonged to her slain brother.
The home consisted of one floor and three apartments, and was lived in by Safa, her husband, and their two children, the family said.
They added that Israeli authorities had earlier decided not to demolish the home after ruling that it belonged to Safa and not to her brother, Alaa.
Meanwhile, the father of Baha Elayyan told Ma'an that his family had been ordered to evacuate his home while Israeli forces demolished its interior walls.
The home is an apartment on the second floor of a three-story building, measuring 130 square meters and currently housing eight family members.
Punitive home demolitions were expedited at the request of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in mid-October, and many have been carried out since.
The move came despite past recommendations by an Israeli military committee that the practice does not deter attacks.
While families who receive demolition orders are given the opportunity to appeal the measures, Israel’s High Court of Justice typically rejects such appeals, according to Israeli watchdog Hamoked.
Israeli rights group B’Tselem condemned the practice in October as "court sanctioned revenge," carried out on family members who have not committed crimes, amounting to collective punishment.
The Israeli authorities have been holding the bodies of Alaa Abu Jamal and Baha Elayyan since they were shot dead in another controversial Israeli practice that has been seen by some as further raising tensions. Video Video
More than 1,000 Israeli soldiers were deployed in the surrounding areas of both houses and imposed tight restrictions on the locals’ movement before starting to raze the two houses.
The targeted houses belong to the two slain Palestinians Bahaa Alyan and Alaa Abu Jamal who were killed by Israeli forces for allegedly carrying out attacks against Israelis.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the two families were forced to stay outdoors despite the extreme rainy and cold weather conditions and the Israeli occupation forces started the demolition process from within.
Human rights and political activists condemned the series of decisions recently approved by the Israeli government, most significant of which: accelerating the demolition process of homes of Palestinians who allegedly carried out anti-occupation attacks in the Palestinian territories.
Israeli forces demolish homes of 2 Palestinian attackers in Jerusalem
Israeli forces on Monday demolished the family home of a Palestinian attacker killed in October and sealed off the home of another attacker's family with cement, the families told Ma'an.
The homes, in the Jabal al-Mukabbir neighborhood of East Jerusalem, belonged to relatives of Alaa Abu Jamal and Baha Elayyan who were both shot dead on Oct. 13 after carrying out separate attacks that left four Israelis dead.
Israeli forces reportedly stormed the homes and ordered the families to evacuate them before they proceeded with the demolitions.
Abu Jamal's family told Ma'an that Israeli forces sealed with cement the home of Safa Abu Jamal, Alaa's sister, after claiming to have secret information that it belonged to her slain brother.
The home consisted of one floor and three apartments, and was lived in by Safa, her husband, and their two children, the family said.
They added that Israeli authorities had earlier decided not to demolish the home after ruling that it belonged to Safa and not to her brother, Alaa.
Meanwhile, the father of Baha Elayyan told Ma'an that his family had been ordered to evacuate his home while Israeli forces demolished its interior walls.
The home is an apartment on the second floor of a three-story building, measuring 130 square meters and currently housing eight family members.
Punitive home demolitions were expedited at the request of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in mid-October, and many have been carried out since.
The move came despite past recommendations by an Israeli military committee that the practice does not deter attacks.
While families who receive demolition orders are given the opportunity to appeal the measures, Israel’s High Court of Justice typically rejects such appeals, according to Israeli watchdog Hamoked.
Israeli rights group B’Tselem condemned the practice in October as "court sanctioned revenge," carried out on family members who have not committed crimes, amounting to collective punishment.
The Israeli authorities have been holding the bodies of Alaa Abu Jamal and Baha Elayyan since they were shot dead in another controversial Israeli practice that has been seen by some as further raising tensions. Video Video
3 jan 2016
Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) forced the family of Palestinian martyr Ibrahim Skafi to evacuate their home and move out their furniture in preparation to be razed.
The IOA last Thursday handed a demolition order to the family to destroy their house which is located in the third floor of a building in the city; it houses eight people, Bilal Skafi, the uncle of the martyr, said.
The Palestinian martyr Skafi was killed by Israeli gunfire on November 04, 2015 near Halhoul town in northern al-Khalil.
Human rights and political activists condemned the series of decisions recently been approved by the Israeli government, most significant, accelerating the demolition process of homes of Palestinians who carried out anti-occupation attacks in the Palestinian territories.
Palestinian family forced to evacuate their house in al-Khalil
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) forced a Palestinian family to evacuate their house in al-Khalil as a prelude to demolish it.
Last week, Israeli forces handed over a demolition notification to Eskafi family whose son was killed by Israeli fire on November 4, for an alleged vehicular car attack against Israeli soldiers near Halhul town, north of al-Khalil.
The house, threatened with demolition, is 120 square meters floor area and inhabited by eight family members.
On 27 October, Amnesty International released a report that called into question a number of accounts in which Palestinians were shot and killed after alleged stabbing incidents. The group found that many of the cases, including the death of the martyr Eskafi, were extrajudicial killings.
The IOA last Thursday handed a demolition order to the family to destroy their house which is located in the third floor of a building in the city; it houses eight people, Bilal Skafi, the uncle of the martyr, said.
The Palestinian martyr Skafi was killed by Israeli gunfire on November 04, 2015 near Halhoul town in northern al-Khalil.
Human rights and political activists condemned the series of decisions recently been approved by the Israeli government, most significant, accelerating the demolition process of homes of Palestinians who carried out anti-occupation attacks in the Palestinian territories.
Palestinian family forced to evacuate their house in al-Khalil
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) forced a Palestinian family to evacuate their house in al-Khalil as a prelude to demolish it.
Last week, Israeli forces handed over a demolition notification to Eskafi family whose son was killed by Israeli fire on November 4, for an alleged vehicular car attack against Israeli soldiers near Halhul town, north of al-Khalil.
The house, threatened with demolition, is 120 square meters floor area and inhabited by eight family members.
On 27 October, Amnesty International released a report that called into question a number of accounts in which Palestinians were shot and killed after alleged stabbing incidents. The group found that many of the cases, including the death of the martyr Eskafi, were extrajudicial killings.
A number of Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday and others were summoned to questioning in a predawn sweep launched across the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that the IOF stormed the Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, at predawn time and wreaked havoc on civilian homes before they kidnapped the youngster Raed Abu Shalel.
Abu Shalel, an ex-prisoner, had been incarcerated for seven years in Israeli occupation jails.
The IOF further rolled into Jenin’s southwestern town of Yabad, in the northern occupied West Bank, and cracked down on the Palestinian locals.
The Israeli occupation troops showered Palestinian neighborhoods, near the illegal Dotan settlement, with flare bombs overnight, local sources told a PIC journalist.
The IOF reportedly rummaged into the family homes of civilian Yahya Abu Shamla and his brothers, in western Yabad, and raked through residential neighborhoods all night.
Meanwhile, the IOF ordered the family of the slain Palestinian youth Ibrahim Iskafi to evacuate their home, located in the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil, within 48 hours so as to pave the way for the projected demolition of the building.
The IOF further summoned ex-prisoner Saleh al-Najar for interrogation and kidnapped two Palestinian citizens from al-Khalil’s town of Beit Ummar.
Two Palestinians, identified as Youssef al-Sheikh and Marah Rabah, were, meanwhile, kidnapped by the occupation army from Bethlehem.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinian brothers, from the Muheissan family, and another youth, identified as Muhammad al-Maqdisi, from Jerusalem’s al-Issawiya neighborhood.
A PIC news reporter quoted local sources as stating that the IOF stormed the Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, at predawn time and wreaked havoc on civilian homes before they kidnapped the youngster Raed Abu Shalel.
Abu Shalel, an ex-prisoner, had been incarcerated for seven years in Israeli occupation jails.
The IOF further rolled into Jenin’s southwestern town of Yabad, in the northern occupied West Bank, and cracked down on the Palestinian locals.
The Israeli occupation troops showered Palestinian neighborhoods, near the illegal Dotan settlement, with flare bombs overnight, local sources told a PIC journalist.
The IOF reportedly rummaged into the family homes of civilian Yahya Abu Shamla and his brothers, in western Yabad, and raked through residential neighborhoods all night.
Meanwhile, the IOF ordered the family of the slain Palestinian youth Ibrahim Iskafi to evacuate their home, located in the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil, within 48 hours so as to pave the way for the projected demolition of the building.
The IOF further summoned ex-prisoner Saleh al-Najar for interrogation and kidnapped two Palestinian citizens from al-Khalil’s town of Beit Ummar.
Two Palestinians, identified as Youssef al-Sheikh and Marah Rabah, were, meanwhile, kidnapped by the occupation army from Bethlehem.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinian brothers, from the Muheissan family, and another youth, identified as Muhammad al-Maqdisi, from Jerusalem’s al-Issawiya neighborhood.
1 jan 2015
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday stormed the house of 22-year-old Hasan Bazur, who carried out, the day before, a vehicular attack on Israeli soldiers south of Jenin city.
The father of the slain young man said that Israeli soldiers broke into and ransacked his house in Raba village, east of Jenin, and took its measurements as a prelude to demolishing it later.
He added that Israeli officers interrogated one of his sons as other soldiers were raiding the nearby house of his brother Samir.
Bazur was shot dead on Thursday afternoon immediately after he attacked with his car a group of soldiers at Beita junction, south of Nablus, and injured one of them.
In a related context, scores of Palestinian citizens marched, following the Friday prayers, in the funeral of martyr Bazur in his native town, Raba, south of Jenin.
The Israeli occupation authority on Thursday evening handed over the body of the martyr to the Palestinian side.
The father of the slain young man said that Israeli soldiers broke into and ransacked his house in Raba village, east of Jenin, and took its measurements as a prelude to demolishing it later.
He added that Israeli officers interrogated one of his sons as other soldiers were raiding the nearby house of his brother Samir.
Bazur was shot dead on Thursday afternoon immediately after he attacked with his car a group of soldiers at Beita junction, south of Nablus, and injured one of them.
In a related context, scores of Palestinian citizens marched, following the Friday prayers, in the funeral of martyr Bazur in his native town, Raba, south of Jenin.
The Israeli occupation authority on Thursday evening handed over the body of the martyr to the Palestinian side.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday started the construction of a military watchtower at the entrance to Sa’ir town, in eastern al-Khalil city.
Sa’ir mayor, Kayed Jaradat, said in a press statement the Israeli occupation army bulldozed a Palestinian land owned by Ismail al-Shalaldeh, in a move aimed at paving the way for the establishment of a military watchtower in the area.
Jaradat added that the IOF has increasingly seized Palestinian lands in the area under the security pretext.
The mayor voiced concern that the IOF would confiscate other Palestinian land lots under the same pretext.
Over recent weeks, the Israeli occupation army has tightened military grip around al-Khalil province in an attempt to snuff out the flames of the ongoing anti-occupation Jerusalem Intifada (Uprising), which started in early October.
Sa’ir mayor, Kayed Jaradat, said in a press statement the Israeli occupation army bulldozed a Palestinian land owned by Ismail al-Shalaldeh, in a move aimed at paving the way for the establishment of a military watchtower in the area.
Jaradat added that the IOF has increasingly seized Palestinian lands in the area under the security pretext.
The mayor voiced concern that the IOF would confiscate other Palestinian land lots under the same pretext.
Over recent weeks, the Israeli occupation army has tightened military grip around al-Khalil province in an attempt to snuff out the flames of the ongoing anti-occupation Jerusalem Intifada (Uprising), which started in early October.
Israeli authorities on Friday returned 11 buses to a Palestinian transport company that were initially confiscated for transporting youth to demonstrations.
Palestinian Ministry of Civil Affairs told Ma’an that the buses were returned to the al-Tamimi bus company in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an in November after eight of the buses were seized that the transport company was an "illegal association known to have links to the Hamas terror organization."
The buses were reportedly taken on the grounds that the company had been providing transportation for large groups to partake in "violent riots" against Israeli forces, the spokesperson added at the time.
Regular demonstrations -- often organized by local universities -- had been frequently held near the Israeli military checkpoints that surround and control movement in and out of Nablus prior to the November seizure.
Such demonstrations often led to large-scale clashes between youth and Israeli soldiers.
Palestinian Ministry of Civil Affairs told Ma’an that the buses were returned to the al-Tamimi bus company in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an in November after eight of the buses were seized that the transport company was an "illegal association known to have links to the Hamas terror organization."
The buses were reportedly taken on the grounds that the company had been providing transportation for large groups to partake in "violent riots" against Israeli forces, the spokesperson added at the time.
Regular demonstrations -- often organized by local universities -- had been frequently held near the Israeli military checkpoints that surround and control movement in and out of Nablus prior to the November seizure.
Such demonstrations often led to large-scale clashes between youth and Israeli soldiers.
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