26 sept 2016
The Israeli occupation army on Monday morning bulldozed a junkyard and agricultural structures belonging to Palestinian citizens in different areas of Nablus province.
Photojournalist Mahmoud Shahada said that Israeli bulldozers escorted by soldiers demolished a container in a yard for junk vehicles in Huwara town, south of Nablus. Shahada, who witnessed what happened, added that an Israeli officer ordered the owners, Osama Shahada and Salama Hammad, to remove all wrecked vehicles and scrapheap from their yard.
The Israeli army also knocked down, without prior notice, agricultural structures containing livestock feed and farming equipment in Beit Dajan town, east of Nablus.
Photojournalist Mahmoud Shahada said that Israeli bulldozers escorted by soldiers demolished a container in a yard for junk vehicles in Huwara town, south of Nablus. Shahada, who witnessed what happened, added that an Israeli officer ordered the owners, Osama Shahada and Salama Hammad, to remove all wrecked vehicles and scrapheap from their yard.
The Israeli army also knocked down, without prior notice, agricultural structures containing livestock feed and farming equipment in Beit Dajan town, east of Nablus.
Israeli settlers from Areil settlement, illegally built north of Salfit, stole stones from the city to pave new streets for newly built settlement units.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that Israeli bulldozers were leveling the area and left with several massive stones.
Palestinian researcher Khaled Maali affirmed that Israeli occupation authorities violate the article 55 of the Fourth Protocol to the Hague Convention which states that “The occupying State shall be regarded only as administrator and usufructuary of public buildings, real estate, forests, and agricultural estates belonging to the hostile State, and situated in the occupied country.
It must safeguard the capital of these properties, and administer them in accordance with the rules of usufruct.”
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that Israeli bulldozers were leveling the area and left with several massive stones.
Palestinian researcher Khaled Maali affirmed that Israeli occupation authorities violate the article 55 of the Fourth Protocol to the Hague Convention which states that “The occupying State shall be regarded only as administrator and usufructuary of public buildings, real estate, forests, and agricultural estates belonging to the hostile State, and situated in the occupied country.
It must safeguard the capital of these properties, and administer them in accordance with the rules of usufruct.”
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Monday, several areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped three young Palestinian men, in addition to bulldozing an agricultural land in Beit Ummar town, north of the city.
Rateb Jabour, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Hebron, said the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Atef Raba’, 42, and Issa Talab Abu Fanous, 37.
Jabour added that the soldiers also invaded a mosque and a graveyard in Deir al-Hawa neighborhood, in the town, and searched them.
The soldiers also invaded al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Wadea’ Nasser al-Jondi, 17, after searching his family’s home, in addition to searching several nearby homes.
In Hebron city, the soldiers installed several roadblocks on its northern and southern roads, in addition to the main road leading to Sa’ir town and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, before stopping and searching dozens of cars.
In Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, army vehicles invaded an agricultural belonging to Mohammad Ahmad Abu Ayyash, and bulldozed parts of it, in order to expand a road and install a military tower.
Jabour stated that the soldiers bulldozed the land, two meters wide for a distance of 40 meters long, close to the main entrance of Beit Ummar.
Rateb Jabour, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Hebron, said the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Atef Raba’, 42, and Issa Talab Abu Fanous, 37.
Jabour added that the soldiers also invaded a mosque and a graveyard in Deir al-Hawa neighborhood, in the town, and searched them.
The soldiers also invaded al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and kidnapped Wadea’ Nasser al-Jondi, 17, after searching his family’s home, in addition to searching several nearby homes.
In Hebron city, the soldiers installed several roadblocks on its northern and southern roads, in addition to the main road leading to Sa’ir town and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, before stopping and searching dozens of cars.
In Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, army vehicles invaded an agricultural belonging to Mohammad Ahmad Abu Ayyash, and bulldozed parts of it, in order to expand a road and install a military tower.
Jabour stated that the soldiers bulldozed the land, two meters wide for a distance of 40 meters long, close to the main entrance of Beit Ummar.
Israeli soldiers and officials of the “Civil Administration Office” invaded, Sunday, the Abu Nowwar Bedouin committee in the al-Ezariyya town, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and took pictures of a room that was added to the local elementary school.
Daoud Jahalin, the spokesperson of Abu Nowwar community, said the soldiers surrounded the local school, and photographed a recently added room, an issue that raises fears the army intends to demolish it, especially since most demolition orders are issued by the Civil Administration of the Israeli army, in the occupied West Bank.
Jahalin added that dozens of soldiers also invaded Abu Nowwar community on Saturday, and conducted various provocative acts.
It is worth mentioning that on February 21, 2016, the army invaded the Abu Nowwar community and confiscated seven mobile homes that were donated by the European Union to be used for schooling the children, and were placed on six Dunams (1.48 Acres) of land to provide schooling to sixty male and female students.
Abu Nowwar is one of many communities inhabited by Palestinians who are initially from the Negev, and were displaced by Israel in the 1950’s, and are currently facing further displacement and demolitions for the construction and expansions of Israel’s illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank, including in and around occupied Jerusalem.
Also Sunday, many military vehicles invaded the al-Ja’abees area, in Jabal al-Mokabber south of Jerusalem.
The army also surrounded Al-Quds University in Abu Dis town, southeast of Jerusalem, and clashed with many Palestinians, after the soldiers harassed and assaulted several students.
Daoud Jahalin, the spokesperson of Abu Nowwar community, said the soldiers surrounded the local school, and photographed a recently added room, an issue that raises fears the army intends to demolish it, especially since most demolition orders are issued by the Civil Administration of the Israeli army, in the occupied West Bank.
Jahalin added that dozens of soldiers also invaded Abu Nowwar community on Saturday, and conducted various provocative acts.
It is worth mentioning that on February 21, 2016, the army invaded the Abu Nowwar community and confiscated seven mobile homes that were donated by the European Union to be used for schooling the children, and were placed on six Dunams (1.48 Acres) of land to provide schooling to sixty male and female students.
Abu Nowwar is one of many communities inhabited by Palestinians who are initially from the Negev, and were displaced by Israel in the 1950’s, and are currently facing further displacement and demolitions for the construction and expansions of Israel’s illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank, including in and around occupied Jerusalem.
Also Sunday, many military vehicles invaded the al-Ja’abees area, in Jabal al-Mokabber south of Jerusalem.
The army also surrounded Al-Quds University in Abu Dis town, southeast of Jerusalem, and clashed with many Palestinians, after the soldiers harassed and assaulted several students.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday rolled into Yatta town, in southern al-Khalil province, and took measurements of a Palestinian prisoner’s home, paving the way for its demolition.
Reporting from Yatta town, in the southern occupied West Bank, a PIC news reporter said dozens of Israeli vehicles and military jeeps escorted by engineering units, broke into the home of prisoner Younis Ayesh Zein, 22, and forced the family members out before they took measurements of the home and hollowed out the walls in preparation for the demolition procedure.
Zein was arrested by the Israeli occupation army last June on allegations of planning an anti-occupation attack carried out by the two prisoners Khaled and Muhammad Mukhamreh in Tel Aviv.
Meanwhile, a military checkpoint was abruptly pitched by the IOF at the main entrance to the Fawar refugee camp, blocking Palestinians’ access to their schools and workplaces.
A PIC news correspondent said the checkpoint was set up at the peak hours, from 7:30 a.m to 9 a.m., resulting in queues of school children, workers, and vehicles, all lined up in the streets.
The occupation soldiers further inspected Palestinian IDs and stopped cars at the checkpoint. Several schoolchildren were also detained for long hours because they did not carry their personal IDs and were released only after their parents showed up at the scene.
Reporting from Yatta town, in the southern occupied West Bank, a PIC news reporter said dozens of Israeli vehicles and military jeeps escorted by engineering units, broke into the home of prisoner Younis Ayesh Zein, 22, and forced the family members out before they took measurements of the home and hollowed out the walls in preparation for the demolition procedure.
Zein was arrested by the Israeli occupation army last June on allegations of planning an anti-occupation attack carried out by the two prisoners Khaled and Muhammad Mukhamreh in Tel Aviv.
Meanwhile, a military checkpoint was abruptly pitched by the IOF at the main entrance to the Fawar refugee camp, blocking Palestinians’ access to their schools and workplaces.
A PIC news correspondent said the checkpoint was set up at the peak hours, from 7:30 a.m to 9 a.m., resulting in queues of school children, workers, and vehicles, all lined up in the streets.
The occupation soldiers further inspected Palestinian IDs and stopped cars at the checkpoint. Several schoolchildren were also detained for long hours because they did not carry their personal IDs and were released only after their parents showed up at the scene.
Israeli bulldozers moved from Leshem illegal settlement and levelled Palestinian-owned agricultural lands in Deir Ballut town west of Salfit.
Local sources affirmed that the bulldozers leveled large areas of olive groves. Local farmers immediately rushed to the area in an attempt to prevent the destruction of their olive trees.
Leshem settlement was illegally built at the expense of Deir Ballut, Kafer Deek, and Rafat town lands and continues to expand at the expense of the neighboring agricultural lands.
Local sources affirmed that the bulldozers leveled large areas of olive groves. Local farmers immediately rushed to the area in an attempt to prevent the destruction of their olive trees.
Leshem settlement was illegally built at the expense of Deir Ballut, Kafer Deek, and Rafat town lands and continues to expand at the expense of the neighboring agricultural lands.
An Israeli army patrol stormed on Sunday a nature reserve in the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil and its soldiers razed cultivated land lots.
Coordinator for the national anti-settlement committee in southern al-Khalil, Rateb al-Jabour, said the Israeli occupation army broke into the al-Daqiqa nature reserve in Yatta, removed barbed wire surrounding the area, and leveled vast land tracts covering an area of over 100 dunums.
According to al-Jabour, the Israeli forces threatened to devastate the reserve upon three earlier occasions on claims of surpassing the border fence.
He added that the nature reserve was built some eight years ago with the help of foreign charities and is planted with 5,000 unfruitful trees.
The reserve also includes eight wells for amassing rainwater. The Israeli occupation authorities and military forces have often razed Palestinian natural resources and nature reserves to the ground in an attempt to destabilize the ecological balance across the occupied Palestinian territories and force the locals to abandon their native lands.
Coordinator for the national anti-settlement committee in southern al-Khalil, Rateb al-Jabour, said the Israeli occupation army broke into the al-Daqiqa nature reserve in Yatta, removed barbed wire surrounding the area, and leveled vast land tracts covering an area of over 100 dunums.
According to al-Jabour, the Israeli forces threatened to devastate the reserve upon three earlier occasions on claims of surpassing the border fence.
He added that the nature reserve was built some eight years ago with the help of foreign charities and is planted with 5,000 unfruitful trees.
The reserve also includes eight wells for amassing rainwater. The Israeli occupation authorities and military forces have often razed Palestinian natural resources and nature reserves to the ground in an attempt to destabilize the ecological balance across the occupied Palestinian territories and force the locals to abandon their native lands.
A Palestinian citizen was rushed to hospital on Sunday to be treated for injuries sustained shortly after he was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Salfit province.
A PIC news correspondent said the Palestinian citizen Amer Youssef Abdullah was arrested by the IOF after he protested over the bulldozing of his olive orchard by Israeli settlers in eastern Deir Balout town, to the west of Salfit.
The captive was announced injured moments after he was dragged by the IOF to an Israeli military jeep near the bulldozing scene.
Israeli soldiers claimed the arrestee sustained wounds in an accidental jeep crash and was transferred to a hospital in 1948 Occupied Palestine for treatment. Israeli bulldozers leveled several Palestinian lands in Deir Balout, sparking rage among the local farmers.
A PIC news correspondent said the Palestinian citizen Amer Youssef Abdullah was arrested by the IOF after he protested over the bulldozing of his olive orchard by Israeli settlers in eastern Deir Balout town, to the west of Salfit.
The captive was announced injured moments after he was dragged by the IOF to an Israeli military jeep near the bulldozing scene.
Israeli soldiers claimed the arrestee sustained wounds in an accidental jeep crash and was transferred to a hospital in 1948 Occupied Palestine for treatment. Israeli bulldozers leveled several Palestinian lands in Deir Balout, sparking rage among the local farmers.
23 sept 2016
An Israeli settler confiscated Thursday a Palestinian-owned land in Jordan Valley in occupied West Bank after he had earlier built a mobile house and a sheep pen in the area.
The local rights activist Mutaz Basharat affirmed that an Israeli settler erected a mobile house and a sheep pen over a land of 350 dunums, owned by Palestinian citizens.
Basharat pointed out that the settler erected the mobile house to pave the way for the confiscation of the whole land which is located near the illegal Israeli settlement of Makhula.
He said a number of Israeli settlers had earlier built settlement outposts near the area in anticipation of confiscating the whole land.
Israeli authorities had evacuated nearly 1000 dunums confiscated by Israeli settlers in 1980.
The local rights activist Mutaz Basharat affirmed that an Israeli settler erected a mobile house and a sheep pen over a land of 350 dunums, owned by Palestinian citizens.
Basharat pointed out that the settler erected the mobile house to pave the way for the confiscation of the whole land which is located near the illegal Israeli settlement of Makhula.
He said a number of Israeli settlers had earlier built settlement outposts near the area in anticipation of confiscating the whole land.
Israeli authorities had evacuated nearly 1000 dunums confiscated by Israeli settlers in 1980.
22 sept 2016
Palestinian citizens residing near the illegal Israeli Amona settlement outpost on Wednesday evening filed objections over Israel’s misappropriation of five more land lots.
Israel is considering classifying 39 Palestinian land lots as absentees property as part of its intents to expand the Amona outpost.
A couple of weeks earlier, Palestinians from nearby towns filed similar objections and provided pictures proving that the land lots were cultivated by Palestinians after and prior to 1967.
According to the Hebrew daily Haaretz, the Israeli government's legal adviser has been seeking a way to declare the lands as absentee property abandoned by its owners in 1967.
The Amona illegal settlement outpost is built on Palestinian private lands. Israeli residents of the outpost and 25 MKs and ministers from the Likud party called for the enactment of a law legitimizing the settlement units built on those lands.
Israel is considering classifying 39 Palestinian land lots as absentees property as part of its intents to expand the Amona outpost.
A couple of weeks earlier, Palestinians from nearby towns filed similar objections and provided pictures proving that the land lots were cultivated by Palestinians after and prior to 1967.
According to the Hebrew daily Haaretz, the Israeli government's legal adviser has been seeking a way to declare the lands as absentee property abandoned by its owners in 1967.
The Amona illegal settlement outpost is built on Palestinian private lands. Israeli residents of the outpost and 25 MKs and ministers from the Likud party called for the enactment of a law legitimizing the settlement units built on those lands.
Israeli municipal crews in occupied Jerusalem handed over demolition notifications against 26 apartments in Issawiya town north of occupied Jerusalem.
Local activist Mohamed Abu Humas told the PIC reporter that some of the notified homes were built more than three decades ago.
The notified apartments are home for at least 250 people including children and women, he pointed out.
Abu Humas expressed deep fear of a new Israeli “massacre” against the buildings which some of them include eight apartments while others include four apartments.
He called on human rights institutions to intervene immediately to stop the Israeli demolition orders that came as part of “the Israeli revenge policy against the Issawiya residents for their participation in the Jerusalem Intifada.”
For its part, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the international community’s neglect of the Palestinian families’ suffering, saying that they are not just numbers.
The ministry held the Israeli government fully responsible for the serious implications of its demolition policy. It also called on the international community to bear its moral, political, and legal responsibility towards the Palestinian people’s suffering.
Time has come to prosecute Israel’s war crimes, the ministry stressed.
Local activist Mohamed Abu Humas told the PIC reporter that some of the notified homes were built more than three decades ago.
The notified apartments are home for at least 250 people including children and women, he pointed out.
Abu Humas expressed deep fear of a new Israeli “massacre” against the buildings which some of them include eight apartments while others include four apartments.
He called on human rights institutions to intervene immediately to stop the Israeli demolition orders that came as part of “the Israeli revenge policy against the Issawiya residents for their participation in the Jerusalem Intifada.”
For its part, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the international community’s neglect of the Palestinian families’ suffering, saying that they are not just numbers.
The ministry held the Israeli government fully responsible for the serious implications of its demolition policy. It also called on the international community to bear its moral, political, and legal responsibility towards the Palestinian people’s suffering.
Time has come to prosecute Israel’s war crimes, the ministry stressed.
Five Palestinian prisoners, held in Etizon detention center, have been subjected to severe beating and ill-treatment during their detention at the hands of Israeli occupation forces, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed.
Following her visit to Etizon detention center, the PPS lawyer Jaklin Fararja quoted the prisoner Ayatollah Shehadeh, 19, as saying that a group of Israeli soldiers stormed his house after blowing up its front door.
The house was violently searched, while an amount of money estimated at 60,000 shekels and gold jewelry were missing after the raid, in addition to mobile phones, he continued.
Israeli forces then brutally arrested Shehadeh and his mother and left them without food and drink for more than 24 hours, the lawyer said.
The prisoner Ammar Rughby, 18, affirmed to the PPS lawyer that he was subjected to severe beating at the hands of Israeli soldiers who violently stormed his family house in al-Khalil before his arrest.
The Israeli soldiers continued to hit him all over his body while on their way to the detention center, the lawyer quoted Rughby as affirming, saying that the bruises were still visible on his body.
Along the same line, the prisoner Mohamed Qawasma, 21, the brothers Ali and Mus’ab Amr and the prisoner Abdul Rahman Sabah, 26, affirmed that they were subjected to severe beating all over their bodies with rifle butts during their arrest.
Following her visit to Etizon detention center, the PPS lawyer Jaklin Fararja quoted the prisoner Ayatollah Shehadeh, 19, as saying that a group of Israeli soldiers stormed his house after blowing up its front door.
The house was violently searched, while an amount of money estimated at 60,000 shekels and gold jewelry were missing after the raid, in addition to mobile phones, he continued.
Israeli forces then brutally arrested Shehadeh and his mother and left them without food and drink for more than 24 hours, the lawyer said.
The prisoner Ammar Rughby, 18, affirmed to the PPS lawyer that he was subjected to severe beating at the hands of Israeli soldiers who violently stormed his family house in al-Khalil before his arrest.
The Israeli soldiers continued to hit him all over his body while on their way to the detention center, the lawyer quoted Rughby as affirming, saying that the bruises were still visible on his body.
Along the same line, the prisoner Mohamed Qawasma, 21, the brothers Ali and Mus’ab Amr and the prisoner Abdul Rahman Sabah, 26, affirmed that they were subjected to severe beating all over their bodies with rifle butts during their arrest.
21 sept 2016
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) ordered on Wednesday 15 Palestinian families to evacuate their homes in the northern Jordan Valley, paving the way for projected military maneuvers in the area.
Local anti-settlement activist Motaz Bisharat said the Israeli Civil Administration handed evacuation notifications to 15 Palestinian families in preparation for army drills.
The IOA claimed the evacuation is only provisional. Quoted by a PIC news correspondent, a Palestinian native inhabitant of the Jordan Valley said: “Where should our children and wives seek shelter now?
This has always been the case, we’ll be wandering in streets until military maneuvers are over.”
“How dare Israelis force us out of our own and only homes just to carry out drills and prop up military grip around our neck? It’s like stealing our loafs of bread and forcing us to pay the price,” said an elderly woman.
Local anti-settlement activist Motaz Bisharat said the Israeli Civil Administration handed evacuation notifications to 15 Palestinian families in preparation for army drills.
The IOA claimed the evacuation is only provisional. Quoted by a PIC news correspondent, a Palestinian native inhabitant of the Jordan Valley said: “Where should our children and wives seek shelter now?
This has always been the case, we’ll be wandering in streets until military maneuvers are over.”
“How dare Israelis force us out of our own and only homes just to carry out drills and prop up military grip around our neck? It’s like stealing our loafs of bread and forcing us to pay the price,” said an elderly woman.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, approximately at 2:30 after midnight, the village of Bil’in in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, broke into and searched several homes and confiscated hard discs from a number of laptops.
Most of the invaded homes belong to nonviolent activists, senior members of the Popular Committee against the Wall in Bil’in, including Dr. Rateb Abu Rahma, his brother Abdullah Abu Rahma, in addition to Ahmad Abu Rahma Mohammad al-Khatib, Ashraf Abu Rahma and photojournalist Haitham Khatib.
Photojournalist Khatib said four military jeeps and two army trucks, carrying around six soldiers, invaded the village and started searching homes before confiscating hard disks from a number of laptops.
“The soldiers just said they will be the property back, but no one believes this,” he said, “They took my car before and never returned it; they are just lying.”
Coordinator of the Popular Committee in Bil’in, Dr. Rateb Abu Rahma, denounced the latest military invasion, and the searches of homes, in addition to the illegal confiscation of private property.
Abu Rahma added that the escalating Israeli violations will not be able to stop the nonviolent, popular resistance, in the village.
The protests in Bil’in started approximately twelve years ago, and kept going despite the ongoing excessive use of force and escalating violations, including night raids, home invasions and curfews, and despite the death of several nonviolent activists on the hands of the Israeli military.
The villages managed to regain 1200 Dunams of orchards, out of 2300 Dunams illegally confiscated and isolated by Israel for the construction of the Wall and the illegal colonies.
Most of the invaded homes belong to nonviolent activists, senior members of the Popular Committee against the Wall in Bil’in, including Dr. Rateb Abu Rahma, his brother Abdullah Abu Rahma, in addition to Ahmad Abu Rahma Mohammad al-Khatib, Ashraf Abu Rahma and photojournalist Haitham Khatib.
Photojournalist Khatib said four military jeeps and two army trucks, carrying around six soldiers, invaded the village and started searching homes before confiscating hard disks from a number of laptops.
“The soldiers just said they will be the property back, but no one believes this,” he said, “They took my car before and never returned it; they are just lying.”
Coordinator of the Popular Committee in Bil’in, Dr. Rateb Abu Rahma, denounced the latest military invasion, and the searches of homes, in addition to the illegal confiscation of private property.
Abu Rahma added that the escalating Israeli violations will not be able to stop the nonviolent, popular resistance, in the village.
The protests in Bil’in started approximately twelve years ago, and kept going despite the ongoing excessive use of force and escalating violations, including night raids, home invasions and curfews, and despite the death of several nonviolent activists on the hands of the Israeli military.
The villages managed to regain 1200 Dunams of orchards, out of 2300 Dunams illegally confiscated and isolated by Israel for the construction of the Wall and the illegal colonies.
20 sept 2016
Two Palestinian prisoners, from Bethlehem, were subjected to very bad treatment during their detention in Etzion detention center, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said.
The prisoner Mohaned Jaber, 24, affirmed to the PPS lawyer Jaklin Fararja who managed to meet them in Etizon detention center that he was subjected to severe beating at the hands of Israeli soldiers who stormed his family house in Bethlehem before his arrest.
The Israeli soldiers continued to hit him all over his body while on their way to the detention center, the lawyer quoted Jaber as saying.
For his part, the prisoner Ayatollah Shehadeh, 19, said that a group of Israeli soldiers stormed his house after blowing up its front door. The house was violently searched, while an amount of money was missing after the raid, he continued.
All the family members were assaulted and detained for few hours during the search campaign, according to his statements. Israeli forces then brutally arrested Shehadeh and his mother and left them without food and drink for more than 24 hours.
The three detainees were detained late on Monday, while they are scheduled to be brought to court on September 22.
The prisoner Mohaned Jaber, 24, affirmed to the PPS lawyer Jaklin Fararja who managed to meet them in Etizon detention center that he was subjected to severe beating at the hands of Israeli soldiers who stormed his family house in Bethlehem before his arrest.
The Israeli soldiers continued to hit him all over his body while on their way to the detention center, the lawyer quoted Jaber as saying.
For his part, the prisoner Ayatollah Shehadeh, 19, said that a group of Israeli soldiers stormed his house after blowing up its front door. The house was violently searched, while an amount of money was missing after the raid, he continued.
All the family members were assaulted and detained for few hours during the search campaign, according to his statements. Israeli forces then brutally arrested Shehadeh and his mother and left them without food and drink for more than 24 hours.
The three detainees were detained late on Monday, while they are scheduled to be brought to court on September 22.
Israeli bulldozers destroyed Tuesday morning a Palestinian-owned facility southeast of occupied Jerusalem.
Quds Press affirmed that Israeli bulldozers stormed Sur Baher town under military protection and surrounded a local agriculture facility before starting the demolition process under the pretext of being built without permit.
Because of the Israeli government’s complex and discriminatory building regulations, Palestinian Jerusalemites are often forced to build or extend their homes without permits.
Meanwhile, Israeli construction of settlements intended solely for occupancy by Israeli Jewish residents continues unabated on Palestinian land in and around Jerusalem.
Quds Press affirmed that Israeli bulldozers stormed Sur Baher town under military protection and surrounded a local agriculture facility before starting the demolition process under the pretext of being built without permit.
Because of the Israeli government’s complex and discriminatory building regulations, Palestinian Jerusalemites are often forced to build or extend their homes without permits.
Meanwhile, Israeli construction of settlements intended solely for occupancy by Israeli Jewish residents continues unabated on Palestinian land in and around Jerusalem.
Israeli bulldozers demolished on Monday the Bedouin village of al-Araqib for the 103rd time, in a new war of attrition against the Palestinian Bedouin community.
The Israeli government demanded that the al-Araqib natives pay a fine of one million shekels to cover the demolition expenses.
Activist Aziz al-Touri, from al-Araqib, said the Israeli authorities have been waging a slow and methodical war of attrition against Bedouin residents of unrecognized villages in an effort to expel them.
He added that Israeli army patrols have frequently stormed the village and took pictures of civilian homes and tents so as to pave the way for the demolition process.
The Israeli forces further knocked down the village’s Islamic cemetery. As a result, most of al-Araqib’s residents have indeed left over the years to neighboring towns.
The tactics used by the Israeli authority against these citizens is pretty much identical to that which it uses in Area C of the occupied West Bank, where Palestinian residents are deprived of basic services and their homes are repeatedly demolished.
Al-Araqib is one of 51 “unrecognized” Bedouin villages in the Negev desert in southern 1948 Occupied Palestine, a definition which means Israel refuses to provide Palestinian natives with connections to the national resources and provide them with basic facilities.
The Israeli authorities have often expropriated Palestinian lands in the area, dispossessing the Bedouin communities of their only source of life—nature. The first demolition in the village took place almost six years ago, on July 27, 2010.
The Israeli government demanded that the al-Araqib natives pay a fine of one million shekels to cover the demolition expenses.
Activist Aziz al-Touri, from al-Araqib, said the Israeli authorities have been waging a slow and methodical war of attrition against Bedouin residents of unrecognized villages in an effort to expel them.
He added that Israeli army patrols have frequently stormed the village and took pictures of civilian homes and tents so as to pave the way for the demolition process.
The Israeli forces further knocked down the village’s Islamic cemetery. As a result, most of al-Araqib’s residents have indeed left over the years to neighboring towns.
The tactics used by the Israeli authority against these citizens is pretty much identical to that which it uses in Area C of the occupied West Bank, where Palestinian residents are deprived of basic services and their homes are repeatedly demolished.
Al-Araqib is one of 51 “unrecognized” Bedouin villages in the Negev desert in southern 1948 Occupied Palestine, a definition which means Israel refuses to provide Palestinian natives with connections to the national resources and provide them with basic facilities.
The Israeli authorities have often expropriated Palestinian lands in the area, dispossessing the Bedouin communities of their only source of life—nature. The first demolition in the village took place almost six years ago, on July 27, 2010.
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