29 feb 2016
Israeli forces, on Monday morning, have demolished about ten facilities, including tents, barns and residential structures, in the Khillat Khader community of Al-Farisiyya area, east of Tubas district, northern Jordan Valley, under the pretext of “no building permit.”
According to the head of the local council of al-Maleh area, Aaref Daraghmeh, Israeli troops and tanks stormed the community and demolished ten structures including tents which are home to at least four families made up of 20 people.
This is the second time these structures have been demolished by Israeli forces within the past month alone, as five structures were demolished two weeks ago.
Within the past quarter of the year, Israeli forces have already demolished more than 130 facilities, on and off.
Three weeks ago, Israel announced the confiscation of 1,540 dunams (380 acres) of land near Jericho, in the Valleys, adding that the lands are in the final stages of being declared state lands.
This seizure is the largest appropriation in the West Bank since August of 2014.
Daraghmeh said that the local council has called on international associations to provide the families with new tents, and asked for protection of Palestinians from continuous illegal Israeli demolitions.
Israeli occupation knocks down civilian structures in Jordan Valley
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on early Monday morning knocked down dozens of Palestinian homes and civilian structures in the northern Jordan Valley.
Activist Mootaz Besharat told a PIC journalist that the Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished tents, livestock barracks, and a power generator, all of which belong to Palestinians whose homes were knocked down just a few weeks ago.
He said the demolition targeted Palestinian buildings located in the Farisiya area, adjacent to the illegal Israeli settlement of Mikhola.
The occupation troops and settlers have often cracked down on the Palestinians of al-Farisiya area and wreaked havoc on their residential tents in an attempt to force them out of the area in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
According to the head of the local council of al-Maleh area, Aaref Daraghmeh, Israeli troops and tanks stormed the community and demolished ten structures including tents which are home to at least four families made up of 20 people.
This is the second time these structures have been demolished by Israeli forces within the past month alone, as five structures were demolished two weeks ago.
Within the past quarter of the year, Israeli forces have already demolished more than 130 facilities, on and off.
Three weeks ago, Israel announced the confiscation of 1,540 dunams (380 acres) of land near Jericho, in the Valleys, adding that the lands are in the final stages of being declared state lands.
This seizure is the largest appropriation in the West Bank since August of 2014.
Daraghmeh said that the local council has called on international associations to provide the families with new tents, and asked for protection of Palestinians from continuous illegal Israeli demolitions.
Israeli occupation knocks down civilian structures in Jordan Valley
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on early Monday morning knocked down dozens of Palestinian homes and civilian structures in the northern Jordan Valley.
Activist Mootaz Besharat told a PIC journalist that the Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished tents, livestock barracks, and a power generator, all of which belong to Palestinians whose homes were knocked down just a few weeks ago.
He said the demolition targeted Palestinian buildings located in the Farisiya area, adjacent to the illegal Israeli settlement of Mikhola.
The occupation troops and settlers have often cracked down on the Palestinians of al-Farisiya area and wreaked havoc on their residential tents in an attempt to force them out of the area in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) and police distributed administrative demolition orders targeting two Palestinian buildings in the Shu’fat refugee camp, near the Israeli illegal settlement of Ramat Shlomo.
Hussein Aziza from the Shu’fat refugee camp said he was shocked when he found the demolition order pasted on his house door at an early morning hour.
He said his two-story house was built in 1991.
Meanwhile, Israeli municipal teams, escorted by policemen, sprayed a Palestinian school in al-Sahl area, in the Shu’fat refugee camp, with white cement.
Instructor Hanadi Abdul Rahman said the Israeli municipal staff sprayed even the pictures drawn by schoolchildren to decorate the walls. An Israeli municipal team escorted by occupation soldiers also removed pictures drawn on the walls of the Wadi Helwa neighborhood, in Silwan.
Hussein Aziza from the Shu’fat refugee camp said he was shocked when he found the demolition order pasted on his house door at an early morning hour.
He said his two-story house was built in 1991.
Meanwhile, Israeli municipal teams, escorted by policemen, sprayed a Palestinian school in al-Sahl area, in the Shu’fat refugee camp, with white cement.
Instructor Hanadi Abdul Rahman said the Israeli municipal staff sprayed even the pictures drawn by schoolchildren to decorate the walls. An Israeli municipal team escorted by occupation soldiers also removed pictures drawn on the walls of the Wadi Helwa neighborhood, in Silwan.
Israeli settlers seized 600 more dunums of private Palestinian lands in 2015 in the northern Jordan Valley which were confiscated by Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) under military pretexts.
According to a report issued by the Haaretz newspaper on Monday, the lands are located near the Jordan River where the IOA prohibited the owners of these lands from entering the area for security reasons.
A so-called Decree 151 issued by the IOA following the occupation of the West Bank in 1967 had banned Palestinians from reaching their own lands in that area.
However, the occupation army allowed the settlers to take profit from the lands after they had built an apartheid wall and a buffer zone under the pretext of limiting infiltration out of and into the Jordan Valley.
In January 2013, Haaretz reported that 5,000 dunums of these lands were being cultivated by the settlers and in 2015 settlers began cultivating an additional 600 dunums.
According to a report issued by the Haaretz newspaper on Monday, the lands are located near the Jordan River where the IOA prohibited the owners of these lands from entering the area for security reasons.
A so-called Decree 151 issued by the IOA following the occupation of the West Bank in 1967 had banned Palestinians from reaching their own lands in that area.
However, the occupation army allowed the settlers to take profit from the lands after they had built an apartheid wall and a buffer zone under the pretext of limiting infiltration out of and into the Jordan Valley.
In January 2013, Haaretz reported that 5,000 dunums of these lands were being cultivated by the settlers and in 2015 settlers began cultivating an additional 600 dunums.
The Palestinian natives of Salfit town warned of Israeli intents to install a cable-car system on Palestinian lands in Qarawat Bani Hassan town.
Local Palestinian farmers said the Israeli occupation authorities prevented them from cultivating their lands while allowing Israelis residing in the Havat Yair illegal settlement to level the lands, build more settlement units, and establish a cable-car system.
Researcher Khaled Maali said the Havat Yair settlement outpost was illegally built in 2001 at the expense of Palestinian lands in northeastern Qarawat Bani Hassan town.
He added that the IOA had been declaring the area a natural reserve to pave the way for more settlement expansion at the same time as it has allowed Israeli settlers to uproot olive trees and wreak havoc on Palestinian crops as part of a larger scheme of ethnic cleansing.
Local Palestinian farmers said the Israeli occupation authorities prevented them from cultivating their lands while allowing Israelis residing in the Havat Yair illegal settlement to level the lands, build more settlement units, and establish a cable-car system.
Researcher Khaled Maali said the Havat Yair settlement outpost was illegally built in 2001 at the expense of Palestinian lands in northeastern Qarawat Bani Hassan town.
He added that the IOA had been declaring the area a natural reserve to pave the way for more settlement expansion at the same time as it has allowed Israeli settlers to uproot olive trees and wreak havoc on Palestinian crops as part of a larger scheme of ethnic cleansing.
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, at least eight Palestinians, in different parts of the West Bank, and took them to a number of interrogation facilities and military bases. The army also demolished residential structures east of Tubas.
Several army vehicles invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched homes, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Mujahid al-Qutub.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Forik town, east of Nablus, and kidnapped two young men, identified as Amir Nasasra and Nasr Sha’ban Hanani.
In addition, the soldiers also kidnapped Ahmad Bilal Abu ar-Rob, from Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, as he was working in al-Batouf, in the Galilee.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Hafeth Sa’aida, was kidnapped after the soldiers invaded and ransacked his home, in the al-Yamoun town, northwest of Jenin.
In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, the soldiers invaded and searched a number of homes in Hebron city, and Surif town, northwest of the city, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers kidnaped Mohammad Arafat al-Qawasmi, from his home in Abu Kteila area, in addition to Yousef Wahid Abu Farra, 25, and Taqieddin Jamal al-Hour, 23, from their homes in Surif.
In related news, several army jeeps and bulldozers invaded the al-Farisiyya area, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, east of Tubas, and demolished residential tents and structures, belonging to four families. The attack is the second this month.
Several army vehicles invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched homes, and kidnapped a young man, identified as Mujahid al-Qutub.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Forik town, east of Nablus, and kidnapped two young men, identified as Amir Nasasra and Nasr Sha’ban Hanani.
In addition, the soldiers also kidnapped Ahmad Bilal Abu ar-Rob, from Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, as he was working in al-Batouf, in the Galilee.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Hafeth Sa’aida, was kidnapped after the soldiers invaded and ransacked his home, in the al-Yamoun town, northwest of Jenin.
In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, the soldiers invaded and searched a number of homes in Hebron city, and Surif town, northwest of the city, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers kidnaped Mohammad Arafat al-Qawasmi, from his home in Abu Kteila area, in addition to Yousef Wahid Abu Farra, 25, and Taqieddin Jamal al-Hour, 23, from their homes in Surif.
In related news, several army jeeps and bulldozers invaded the al-Farisiyya area, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, east of Tubas, and demolished residential tents and structures, belonging to four families. The attack is the second this month.
28 feb 2016
The settlement organization “Ateerat Cohanim” handed the sons of late Abdel Majid Rajabi three judicial reports asking them for their land in the neighborhood of Batn Al-Hawa in Silwan south of Al-Aqsa Mosque which also has a building established on it with 12 residential apartments; 92 individuals live in the building.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center explained in a statement on Friday night that Ateerat Cohanim organization handed Fathi Rajabi, Harbi Rajabi, Talal Rajabi and Yaccoub Rajabi judicial reports asking them for their land. The organization gave the family 20 days to respond to their claims at court; they claim that the land is owned by three Jews from Yemen who used to live and own the land before 1948.
Yaccoub Rajabi, member of Batn Al-Hawa committee and one of those affected, explained that the residential apartments are between 60-70 square meters each where 93 individuals live including 64 children.
Rajabi added that his grandfather Abdel Majid and his sons and grandsons live in the apartments after they had bought the land in 1966 and have all the official documents to prove that.
He added that most of the families in the neighborhood of Batn Al-Hawa are at risk of being evacuated from their home in favor of Ateerat Cohanim settlement organization that claims that Jews from Yemen own the lands. They have received judicial orders and are fighting their cases in the Israeli courts to prove their ownership and refute the settlers’ claims. He pointed out that the organization handed other members of Rajabi family similar orders few days ago.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center explained that Rajabi family building is at risk of being seized fall within the plan of Ateerat Cohanim to seize 5000 square meters from the area of “Batn Al-Hawa”. The plan was revealed by the center last May and claims that Yemen Jews owned the lands since 1881. The area is into 6 sections numbered 73, 75, 88, 95, 96 and 97.
The center explained that the land has between 30-35 residential buildings where more than 80 families consisting of nearly 436 individuals live. All the residents have been living in the neighborhood for many years after buying the lands and property from their previous owners. Court acknowledged Yemen settlers’ ownership of the land of Batn Al-Hawa.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center explained in a statement on Friday night that Ateerat Cohanim organization handed Fathi Rajabi, Harbi Rajabi, Talal Rajabi and Yaccoub Rajabi judicial reports asking them for their land. The organization gave the family 20 days to respond to their claims at court; they claim that the land is owned by three Jews from Yemen who used to live and own the land before 1948.
Yaccoub Rajabi, member of Batn Al-Hawa committee and one of those affected, explained that the residential apartments are between 60-70 square meters each where 93 individuals live including 64 children.
Rajabi added that his grandfather Abdel Majid and his sons and grandsons live in the apartments after they had bought the land in 1966 and have all the official documents to prove that.
He added that most of the families in the neighborhood of Batn Al-Hawa are at risk of being evacuated from their home in favor of Ateerat Cohanim settlement organization that claims that Jews from Yemen own the lands. They have received judicial orders and are fighting their cases in the Israeli courts to prove their ownership and refute the settlers’ claims. He pointed out that the organization handed other members of Rajabi family similar orders few days ago.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center explained that Rajabi family building is at risk of being seized fall within the plan of Ateerat Cohanim to seize 5000 square meters from the area of “Batn Al-Hawa”. The plan was revealed by the center last May and claims that Yemen Jews owned the lands since 1881. The area is into 6 sections numbered 73, 75, 88, 95, 96 and 97.
The center explained that the land has between 30-35 residential buildings where more than 80 families consisting of nearly 436 individuals live. All the residents have been living in the neighborhood for many years after buying the lands and property from their previous owners. Court acknowledged Yemen settlers’ ownership of the land of Batn Al-Hawa.
Chairman of the anti-settlement committee in Occupied Jerusalem, Hamdy Diab, warned of Israeli intents to engulf Occupied Jerusalem with illegal settlement as part of the so-called “Greater Jerusalem” scheme.
Speaking to the PIC, Diab said the Greater Jerusalem scheme has enclosed the Palestinian existence in Occupied Jerusalem within three settlement blocs: Kfar Etzion, in southern Occupied Jerusalem, and Ma’ale Adumim and E1 area, to the east.
The Israeli apartheid wall dismembered Jerusalem’s ties with such Palestinian neighborhoods as the Shu’fat camp, al-Ram, al-Izriya, and Abu Dis, among others, Diab added.
He said the number of Israelis residing in illegal settlements across Occupied Jerusalem has gone up to 400,000. The same number has been documented in the occupied West Bank.
The activist spoke out against a “fierce Israeli campaign” to Judaize Occupied Jerusalem, in addition to the striking surge in illegal settlement expansion. He added that the occupation authorities have been striving to prop up ties between the southern Kfar Etzion settlement and the E1 settlement scheme, to the east, in an attempt to merge them within a large settlement bloc.
According to Diab, the Israeli occupation approved the confiscation of 12,900 dunums of Palestinian lands to connect the different illegal settlements, on the one hand, and to attach those very settlements to highways and the light rail networks.
He slammed the silence maintained by the Palestinian Authority as regards such Israeli schemes, calling for mobilizing mass protests against Israeli Judaization plans and boosting anti-settlement activism across the occupied Palestinian territories.
Speaking to the PIC, Diab said the Greater Jerusalem scheme has enclosed the Palestinian existence in Occupied Jerusalem within three settlement blocs: Kfar Etzion, in southern Occupied Jerusalem, and Ma’ale Adumim and E1 area, to the east.
The Israeli apartheid wall dismembered Jerusalem’s ties with such Palestinian neighborhoods as the Shu’fat camp, al-Ram, al-Izriya, and Abu Dis, among others, Diab added.
He said the number of Israelis residing in illegal settlements across Occupied Jerusalem has gone up to 400,000. The same number has been documented in the occupied West Bank.
The activist spoke out against a “fierce Israeli campaign” to Judaize Occupied Jerusalem, in addition to the striking surge in illegal settlement expansion. He added that the occupation authorities have been striving to prop up ties between the southern Kfar Etzion settlement and the E1 settlement scheme, to the east, in an attempt to merge them within a large settlement bloc.
According to Diab, the Israeli occupation approved the confiscation of 12,900 dunums of Palestinian lands to connect the different illegal settlements, on the one hand, and to attach those very settlements to highways and the light rail networks.
He slammed the silence maintained by the Palestinian Authority as regards such Israeli schemes, calling for mobilizing mass protests against Israeli Judaization plans and boosting anti-settlement activism across the occupied Palestinian territories.
A Palestinian expert in reconstruction warned of the imminent collapse of Palestinian buildings and homes in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem due to Israeli excavations.
Speaking to the PIC, engineer Mustafa Abu Zahra called on Arabs and Muslims to support Occupied Jerusalem after Israeli underground tunnels and excavations damaged its infrastructure.
He said the damaged residential neighborhoods date back to the Ottoman period and have been homes for Palestinians’ for centuries. Several cracks and fissures emerged on the walls and rooftops of several Palestinian homes and civilian structures in Occupied Jerusalem following the striking surge in Israeli diggings and underground tunnels.
“Every single home, every single site, and every single wall is a bulletproof vest for Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque, the Old City, and Occupied Jerusalem,” the expert added.
Speaking to the PIC, engineer Mustafa Abu Zahra called on Arabs and Muslims to support Occupied Jerusalem after Israeli underground tunnels and excavations damaged its infrastructure.
He said the damaged residential neighborhoods date back to the Ottoman period and have been homes for Palestinians’ for centuries. Several cracks and fissures emerged on the walls and rooftops of several Palestinian homes and civilian structures in Occupied Jerusalem following the striking surge in Israeli diggings and underground tunnels.
“Every single home, every single site, and every single wall is a bulletproof vest for Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque, the Old City, and Occupied Jerusalem,” the expert added.
27 feb 2016
Israeli army, police, and border forces raided a Palestinian construction company north of Hebron on Saturday, seizing machinery worth around 1 million shekels ($255,552).
Activist Muhammad Ayyad Awad said Israeli forces raided the Ghazalah Building Materials company near Beit Ummar and seized electronic machines used for cutting iron.
Company owner Muhammad Mustafa Ghazalah reported that the machines were bought legally from Tel Aviv, but that Israeli police insisted on seizing them until Ghazalah could bring them the ownership documents.
Awad added that the raid lasted for over two and a half hours, during which they prevented people and vehicles from passing through the road where the company is located.
Activist Muhammad Ayyad Awad said Israeli forces raided the Ghazalah Building Materials company near Beit Ummar and seized electronic machines used for cutting iron.
Company owner Muhammad Mustafa Ghazalah reported that the machines were bought legally from Tel Aviv, but that Israeli police insisted on seizing them until Ghazalah could bring them the ownership documents.
Awad added that the raid lasted for over two and a half hours, during which they prevented people and vehicles from passing through the road where the company is located.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided Friday afternoon Abu Nawar Bedouin hamlet, east of Jerusalem, and confiscated two tents used for teaching children of Bedouins in the area.
The representative of Abu Nawar hamlet, Abu Imad Jahalin, told Quds Press that the occupation troops confiscated two tents which were used as classrooms for Palestinian students of the region, to replace the caravans which were confiscated by the IOF earlier on Sunday.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers opened fire on shepherds in al-Maleh region, in the northern Jordan Valley (East Jerusalem), while chasing them. No injuries were reported.
Head of the Wadi al-Maleh Local Council Aref Daraghma said that the Israeli soldiers chased the shepherds and livestock breeders in al-Maleh thermal baths; they also confiscated some livestock, and transferred them to the Israeli Nahal camp.
Earlier at dawn Sunday, crews of the Israeli civil administration, under military protection of the IOF, stormed Abu Nawar hamlet, dismantled and confiscated its only school, which consisted of six rooms and caravans, and confiscated its educational utensils, in addition to three toilets.
The hamlet houses 105 Palestinian families over of an area of almost 389 dunums. Palestinians inhabited Al-Maleh region since the fifties of the past century, and they depend for their livelihoods on agriculture and raising sheep, thus they cannot live in other regions.
The Israeli occupation authorities intend to displace the Palestinian residents in favor of the settlement project, E1, which is the most dangerous of settlement projects, as it separates the southern areas of the West Bank from the northern areas, other than imposing full control over Occupied Jerusalem.
The representative of Abu Nawar hamlet, Abu Imad Jahalin, told Quds Press that the occupation troops confiscated two tents which were used as classrooms for Palestinian students of the region, to replace the caravans which were confiscated by the IOF earlier on Sunday.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers opened fire on shepherds in al-Maleh region, in the northern Jordan Valley (East Jerusalem), while chasing them. No injuries were reported.
Head of the Wadi al-Maleh Local Council Aref Daraghma said that the Israeli soldiers chased the shepherds and livestock breeders in al-Maleh thermal baths; they also confiscated some livestock, and transferred them to the Israeli Nahal camp.
Earlier at dawn Sunday, crews of the Israeli civil administration, under military protection of the IOF, stormed Abu Nawar hamlet, dismantled and confiscated its only school, which consisted of six rooms and caravans, and confiscated its educational utensils, in addition to three toilets.
The hamlet houses 105 Palestinian families over of an area of almost 389 dunums. Palestinians inhabited Al-Maleh region since the fifties of the past century, and they depend for their livelihoods on agriculture and raising sheep, thus they cannot live in other regions.
The Israeli occupation authorities intend to displace the Palestinian residents in favor of the settlement project, E1, which is the most dangerous of settlement projects, as it separates the southern areas of the West Bank from the northern areas, other than imposing full control over Occupied Jerusalem.
26 feb 2016
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday rolled into Jenin’s southern town of Qabatiya and wreaked havoc on the home of a Palestinian prisoner, before they threatened to demolish it.
A PIC journalist quoted local sources as stating that the occupation troops rummaged into the home of the newly arrested detainee Bilal Ahmad Abu Zeid before they took measurements of the building and threatened to knock it down.
The IOF soldiers reportedly cracked down on the detainee’s family and sparked a state of panic among children and women.
The Israeli occupation authority has accused Abu Zeid of helping three Palestinian youths to enter Occupied Jerusalem and carry out an anti-occupation shooting attack in Bab al-Amoud area in early February.
A PIC journalist quoted local sources as stating that the occupation troops rummaged into the home of the newly arrested detainee Bilal Ahmad Abu Zeid before they took measurements of the building and threatened to knock it down.
The IOF soldiers reportedly cracked down on the detainee’s family and sparked a state of panic among children and women.
The Israeli occupation authority has accused Abu Zeid of helping three Palestinian youths to enter Occupied Jerusalem and carry out an anti-occupation shooting attack in Bab al-Amoud area in early February.
25 feb 2016
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Thursday morning demolished several businesses near Ni'lin town, west of Ramallah city, at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Head of the Ni'lin municipal council Nader Khawaja said that Israeli bulldozers knocked down nine industrial and commercial facilities near the town.
The razed facilities included a glass workshop and an auto service garage located by the side of road 446, which is used by settlers. The demolition of these businesses, according to Khawaja, will deprive 15 families of their sources of livelihood.
The IOF had demolished last year 645 Palestinian homes and structures in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Head of the Ni'lin municipal council Nader Khawaja said that Israeli bulldozers knocked down nine industrial and commercial facilities near the town.
The razed facilities included a glass workshop and an auto service garage located by the side of road 446, which is used by settlers. The demolition of these businesses, according to Khawaja, will deprive 15 families of their sources of livelihood.
The IOF had demolished last year 645 Palestinian homes and structures in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Fathali announced, in a press conference held in Beirut on Wednesday, offering financial aid to the families of Palestinian martyrs and owners of demolished homes during Jerusalem Intifada.
The website of al-Manar TV satellite channel quoted Fathali as saying that his country will allocate seven thousand dollars to each martyr's family and thirty thousand dollars to each of the families whose homes were demolished by Israeli forces during the uprising.
The ambassador affirmed his country's backing to the Palestinian people's struggle toward liberation and independence. He also called for the unity of the Muslim and Arab nation as regards the Palestinian Question.
The website of al-Manar TV satellite channel quoted Fathali as saying that his country will allocate seven thousand dollars to each martyr's family and thirty thousand dollars to each of the families whose homes were demolished by Israeli forces during the uprising.
The ambassador affirmed his country's backing to the Palestinian people's struggle toward liberation and independence. He also called for the unity of the Muslim and Arab nation as regards the Palestinian Question.
Head of the Supreme Islamic Committee (SIC) in Occupied Jerusalem, Ekrema Sabri, said Wednesday that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) had stepped up aggressions on Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque and the Islamic places of worship.
“The Israeli occupation continues to violate the sanctity of Muslims’ al-Aqsa in its ongoing campaign against Islamic holy sites,” said Sabri.
Israeli groups campaigning for illegal settlement turned the sacred Umayyad Palaces into podiums for an Israeli festival and installed kit in the area.
On Tuesday evening Israeli settler groups also filmed a movie at the site despite objections from the Jerusalem Endowment Department. The IOA has further stolen a set of archaeological stones from the Umayyad Palaces claiming they are of Jewish origin.
Sabri further slammed the IOA and settlers for violating the sanctity of sacred places of worship, particularly the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
“The Israeli occupation continues to violate the sanctity of Muslims’ al-Aqsa in its ongoing campaign against Islamic holy sites,” said Sabri.
Israeli groups campaigning for illegal settlement turned the sacred Umayyad Palaces into podiums for an Israeli festival and installed kit in the area.
On Tuesday evening Israeli settler groups also filmed a movie at the site despite objections from the Jerusalem Endowment Department. The IOA has further stolen a set of archaeological stones from the Umayyad Palaces claiming they are of Jewish origin.
Sabri further slammed the IOA and settlers for violating the sanctity of sacred places of worship, particularly the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) issued orders to demolish nine Palestinian family homes in Occupied Jerusalem’s eastern village of al-Issawiya.
Member of al-Issawiya follow-up committee Muhammad Abu al-Hums said Israeli municipal crews, escorted by army troops, rolled into the village and posted administrative demolition orders on the doors of nine Palestinian homes in Abu Reyaleh neighborhood.
He added that the demolition notifications make part of a larger Israeli scheme of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian natives of al-Issawiya.
A couple of weeks ago the IOA notified the demolition of 20 Palestinian homes in al-Issawiya village and confiscated hundreds of acres in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Member of al-Issawiya follow-up committee Muhammad Abu al-Hums said Israeli municipal crews, escorted by army troops, rolled into the village and posted administrative demolition orders on the doors of nine Palestinian homes in Abu Reyaleh neighborhood.
He added that the demolition notifications make part of a larger Israeli scheme of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian natives of al-Issawiya.
A couple of weeks ago the IOA notified the demolition of 20 Palestinian homes in al-Issawiya village and confiscated hundreds of acres in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Several Israeli military vehicles and armored bulldozers, invaded on Thursday at dawn Nil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and demolished agricultural structures and barns.
Mohammad ‘Amira, a member of the Popular Committee in Bil’in, said a large military force surrounded the village, and invaded it, especially the al-Emhallel area, in its eastern part.
He added that the soldiers proceeded to demolish agricultural structures, barns several sheds.
The army claims the structures “are close to a settlement road,” although the colonies and their segregated roads were illegally built on Palestinian lands.
Mohammad ‘Amira, a member of the Popular Committee in Bil’in, said a large military force surrounded the village, and invaded it, especially the al-Emhallel area, in its eastern part.
He added that the soldiers proceeded to demolish agricultural structures, barns several sheds.
The army claims the structures “are close to a settlement road,” although the colonies and their segregated roads were illegally built on Palestinian lands.
