5 dec 2016
Heavy material losses were inflicted on Palestinian properties in the Jordan Valley due to the Israeli military drills over the past week.
The local activist Aref Daraghmeh affirmed that Israeli military drills inflicted heavy losses in dozens of agricultural lands in the Jordan Valley.
Over the past week, Israeli military vehicles have been deployed in large numbers throughout the Jordan Valley under the pretext of military drills.
Dozens of families were forcibly displaced during the drills period.
Heavy material losses are usually inflicted in such military drills in the area, where agricultural materials, sheds, and houses are partially or totally damaged.
The local activist Aref Daraghmeh affirmed that Israeli military drills inflicted heavy losses in dozens of agricultural lands in the Jordan Valley.
Over the past week, Israeli military vehicles have been deployed in large numbers throughout the Jordan Valley under the pretext of military drills.
Dozens of families were forcibly displaced during the drills period.
Heavy material losses are usually inflicted in such military drills in the area, where agricultural materials, sheds, and houses are partially or totally damaged.
The Israeli authorities issued late Sunday evacuation orders against eight Palestinian-owned facilities in Umm al-Hairan village in Negev.
Head of the popular committee in the village Raed Abu Qei’an affirmed that Israel Land Administration crews stormed the village on Sunday escorted by Israeli police forces and delivered the evacuation orders.
The evacuation orders were delivered against four houses and four sheds in the village, he added.
Abu Qei’an pointed out that Israeli authorities are preparing for a new demolition campaign against the village in the near future.
On Nov. 22, Israeli forces stormed the village with the aim of demolishing 15 homes, inhabited by 90 residents mostly children and women.
However, the massive popular presence had succeeded to prevent the demolition process.
Israeli authorities seek to demolish the village and to forcibly displace its residents for the sole purpose of establishing a new Jewish settlement named "Hiran" over its ruins in a flagrant violation of international laws and principles.
Umm al-Hiran is one of 51 unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev. The villages are deprived of basic services like housing, water, electricity, education, and health care.
Earlier in November, Amnesty International called on the Israeli authorities to stop violating Umm al-Hiran residents’ right for housing and their basic human needs.
Head of the popular committee in the village Raed Abu Qei’an affirmed that Israel Land Administration crews stormed the village on Sunday escorted by Israeli police forces and delivered the evacuation orders.
The evacuation orders were delivered against four houses and four sheds in the village, he added.
Abu Qei’an pointed out that Israeli authorities are preparing for a new demolition campaign against the village in the near future.
On Nov. 22, Israeli forces stormed the village with the aim of demolishing 15 homes, inhabited by 90 residents mostly children and women.
However, the massive popular presence had succeeded to prevent the demolition process.
Israeli authorities seek to demolish the village and to forcibly displace its residents for the sole purpose of establishing a new Jewish settlement named "Hiran" over its ruins in a flagrant violation of international laws and principles.
Umm al-Hiran is one of 51 unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev. The villages are deprived of basic services like housing, water, electricity, education, and health care.
Earlier in November, Amnesty International called on the Israeli authorities to stop violating Umm al-Hiran residents’ right for housing and their basic human needs.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking ways to legitimize nearly 4,000 settlement units illegally built on Palestinian private lands in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli Channel 7 said a strategic deal is about to see the day as soon as a compromise will be reached between Netanyahu and Bayit Yehudi chairman Education Minister Naftali Bennett over the settlement bid.
The compromise will culminate in the legalization of 4,000 settlement units, along with dozens of other isolated houses.
A report broadcast by Channel 7 warned of underway attempts to sanction dozens of thousands of settlement buildings illegally built on Palestinians’ own lands.
The bid does not only seek to whitewash the illegal settlement in Amona outpost. 55 other outposts, comprising 797 settlement units built on 3,067 dunums of Palestinian lands, are also to take profit from the settlement-whitewash process.
The sought-after compromise will also bring about a legalization of 3,125 illegal settlement units established on Palestinian lands covering an overall area of 5,014 dunums.
A few days earlier, the Israeli legal adviser, under pressure from Netanyahu, ruled for the transfer of Amona settlement units to three nearby land lots on claims that they make part of absentee land property.
The Israeli Channel 7 said a strategic deal is about to see the day as soon as a compromise will be reached between Netanyahu and Bayit Yehudi chairman Education Minister Naftali Bennett over the settlement bid.
The compromise will culminate in the legalization of 4,000 settlement units, along with dozens of other isolated houses.
A report broadcast by Channel 7 warned of underway attempts to sanction dozens of thousands of settlement buildings illegally built on Palestinians’ own lands.
The bid does not only seek to whitewash the illegal settlement in Amona outpost. 55 other outposts, comprising 797 settlement units built on 3,067 dunums of Palestinian lands, are also to take profit from the settlement-whitewash process.
The sought-after compromise will also bring about a legalization of 3,125 illegal settlement units established on Palestinian lands covering an overall area of 5,014 dunums.
A few days earlier, the Israeli legal adviser, under pressure from Netanyahu, ruled for the transfer of Amona settlement units to three nearby land lots on claims that they make part of absentee land property.
Israeli military vehicles have been deployed in large numbers throughout the Jordan Valley, east of the occupied West Bank, under the pretext of military drills.
The local activist Aref Daraghmeh affirmed that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) intensified their presence in the area over the past week under the pretext of military drills.
He pointed out that Israeli military drills are scheduled to take place in the area over the coming two days.
The military drills will forcibly displace more than ten Palestinian families, he continued.
Israeli forces started deploying throughout the Jordan Valley last Tuesday as a prelude to carry out large-scale maneuvers in the northern Jordan Valley, forcing Palestinians out of their homes.
Heavy material losses are usually inflicted in such military drills in the area, where agricultural materials, sheds, and houses are partially or totally damaged.
The local activist Aref Daraghmeh affirmed that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) intensified their presence in the area over the past week under the pretext of military drills.
He pointed out that Israeli military drills are scheduled to take place in the area over the coming two days.
The military drills will forcibly displace more than ten Palestinian families, he continued.
Israeli forces started deploying throughout the Jordan Valley last Tuesday as a prelude to carry out large-scale maneuvers in the northern Jordan Valley, forcing Palestinians out of their homes.
Heavy material losses are usually inflicted in such military drills in the area, where agricultural materials, sheds, and houses are partially or totally damaged.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) issued Sunday evening a stop work order against rehabilitating an agricultural road in Jaloud village, south of Nablus.
The Village Council affirmed that Israeli forces detained late Sunday the Palestinian workers and confiscated their tools.
The workers were then released after nearly a two-hour detention, the sources added.
The Israeli forces threatened the workers to confiscate their bulldozers and other tools if they continue the rehabilitation working.
According to the source, the rehabilitation project was funded by the Italian Civil Volunteer Group (GVC) in collaboration with the French international relief.
The notified road was to be rehabilitated to best provide services for Palestinians in Jaloud village and to protect the village from Israeli settlement expansion.
The Village Council affirmed that Israeli forces detained late Sunday the Palestinian workers and confiscated their tools.
The workers were then released after nearly a two-hour detention, the sources added.
The Israeli forces threatened the workers to confiscate their bulldozers and other tools if they continue the rehabilitation working.
According to the source, the rehabilitation project was funded by the Italian Civil Volunteer Group (GVC) in collaboration with the French international relief.
The notified road was to be rehabilitated to best provide services for Palestinians in Jaloud village and to protect the village from Israeli settlement expansion.
4 dec 2016
Israeli forces on Sunday at dawn opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip, according to witnesses.
Witnesses told Ma'an that Israeli naval forces opened fire at the fishing boats while at sea in both the northern and southern Gaza Strip.
No injuries were reported.
Shortly after the fisherman were shot at, Israeli naval forces detained two fishermen and confiscated their boats off the cost of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, according to the head of the fishermen's union Nizar Ayyash.
Ayyash told Ma’an that Israeli naval forces detained brothers Sahfiq and Saadi, confiscated their fishing boats boats and took the boats to Israel's Ashdod port.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an she would look into reports of the incidents.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone" which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
Palestinians who work near the “buffer zone” often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The Israeli army regularly open fires on Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sectors of the blockaded coastal enclave.
Israeli forces also regularly detain Palestinian fisherman off the coast of Gaza working within the fishing zone, generally for alleged security reasons.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Israeli forces detained 71 fishermen and confiscated 22 fishing boats throughout 2015.
The center said that Israeli naval forces also opened fire on Palestinian fishermen at least 139 times over the course of the year, wounding 24 and damaging 16 fishing boats.
Witnesses told Ma'an that Israeli naval forces opened fire at the fishing boats while at sea in both the northern and southern Gaza Strip.
No injuries were reported.
Shortly after the fisherman were shot at, Israeli naval forces detained two fishermen and confiscated their boats off the cost of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, according to the head of the fishermen's union Nizar Ayyash.
Ayyash told Ma’an that Israeli naval forces detained brothers Sahfiq and Saadi, confiscated their fishing boats boats and took the boats to Israel's Ashdod port.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an she would look into reports of the incidents.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone" which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
Palestinians who work near the “buffer zone” often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The Israeli army regularly open fires on Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sectors of the blockaded coastal enclave.
Israeli forces also regularly detain Palestinian fisherman off the coast of Gaza working within the fishing zone, generally for alleged security reasons.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Israeli forces detained 71 fishermen and confiscated 22 fishing boats throughout 2015.
The center said that Israeli naval forces also opened fire on Palestinian fishermen at least 139 times over the course of the year, wounding 24 and damaging 16 fishing boats.
3 dec 2016
Two Palestinian brothers in the neighborhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem were forced to demolish their own homes on Saturday in compliance with an Israeli court order.
One of the owners, Said al-Abbasi told Ma’an that he and his brother Nasr had built their homes in the Karm al-Sheikh area of Silwan two-and-a-half years ago.
However, before construction could be completed, the Jerusalem municipality delivered demolition orders for their homes.
During the court hearings, the Abbasi brothers, who are the fathers 12 children combined, were forced to close the construction site with concrete until all legal proceedings had concluded.
Said told Ma’an that the Jerusalem municipality had threatened to imprison the two brothers if they tried to resume construction at the site.
According to the brothers, they had attempted to obtain a license from the Jerusalem municipality over the past two years, but all their efforts were rejected. An Israeli court rules in October that the houses must be demolished for lacking Israeli-issued building permits and the fact that the homes were being built on land the municipality had declared an “open space reserve.”
The brothers eventually chose to self-demolish their homes to avoid costly fees charged to Palestinians by the municipality if they were to carry out the demolition.
A spokesperson for the Jerusalem municipality was not immediately available to comment on the incident.
At the end of last month, Israeli forces demolished two Palestinian structures in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Jabal al-Mukabbir and Silwan.
Earlier last month, Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian home that was under construction, and sealed off restaurant in the Jerusalem area, leaving four families without a source of income.
Israeli bulldozers also demolished the foundation of a mosque in the village of Sur Bahir in Jerusalem, just a few hours after several agricultural structures were demolished in Silwan and Jabal al-Mukabbir, amid a spate of demolitions that day across the occupied Palestinian territory.
Nine Palestinian households were also left without a steady income in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina when they were forced to demolish their own commercial stores, and 12 Palestinians were left homeless when they were forced to demolish their apartments in Jabal al-Mukabbir.
Though the Israeli Jerusalem municipality has said it receives a disproportionately low number of permit applications from Palestinian communities in East Jerusalem compared to the Jewish population, and that Palestinian applications "see high approval ratings," procedures to apply for Israeli-issued building permits are lengthy, sometimes lasting for several years, while the application costs can reach up to 300,000 shekels ($79,180).
As four out of five of Palestinians in East Jerusalem live under the poverty line, applying for these permits is nearly impossible. As a result, only 7 percent of Jerusalem building permits go to Palestinian neighborhoods.
Demolitions of Palestinian structures and homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem have seen an unprecedented surge this year, with the number of structures demolished in the first half of 2016 well exceeding the total number of demolitions carried out in all of 2015.
At least 1,569 Palestinians have been displaced since the beginning of 2016 as a result of demolitions in the occupied territory, compared to 688 Palestinians displaced over the entirety of 2015, according to UN documentation.
Jerusalemite forced to demolish his house
The Israeli occupation authorities forced Saturday morning a Jerusalemite citizen to demolish his own house under the pretext of being built without permit.
The citizen Said Abbasi was forced early today to demolish his house in Silwan town, south of al-Aqsa Mosque, local sources affirmed.
Jerusalemites are forced to demolish their threatened houses by their own hands to avoid paying the Israeli demolition fees.
There has been an upsurge in demolitions of Palestinian property across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem as the number of structures demolished in the first half of 2016 exceeded the total number of demolitions in the entire previous year 2015, said the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the occupied Territories (B’Tselem).
One of the owners, Said al-Abbasi told Ma’an that he and his brother Nasr had built their homes in the Karm al-Sheikh area of Silwan two-and-a-half years ago.
However, before construction could be completed, the Jerusalem municipality delivered demolition orders for their homes.
During the court hearings, the Abbasi brothers, who are the fathers 12 children combined, were forced to close the construction site with concrete until all legal proceedings had concluded.
Said told Ma’an that the Jerusalem municipality had threatened to imprison the two brothers if they tried to resume construction at the site.
According to the brothers, they had attempted to obtain a license from the Jerusalem municipality over the past two years, but all their efforts were rejected. An Israeli court rules in October that the houses must be demolished for lacking Israeli-issued building permits and the fact that the homes were being built on land the municipality had declared an “open space reserve.”
The brothers eventually chose to self-demolish their homes to avoid costly fees charged to Palestinians by the municipality if they were to carry out the demolition.
A spokesperson for the Jerusalem municipality was not immediately available to comment on the incident.
At the end of last month, Israeli forces demolished two Palestinian structures in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Jabal al-Mukabbir and Silwan.
Earlier last month, Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian home that was under construction, and sealed off restaurant in the Jerusalem area, leaving four families without a source of income.
Israeli bulldozers also demolished the foundation of a mosque in the village of Sur Bahir in Jerusalem, just a few hours after several agricultural structures were demolished in Silwan and Jabal al-Mukabbir, amid a spate of demolitions that day across the occupied Palestinian territory.
Nine Palestinian households were also left without a steady income in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina when they were forced to demolish their own commercial stores, and 12 Palestinians were left homeless when they were forced to demolish their apartments in Jabal al-Mukabbir.
Though the Israeli Jerusalem municipality has said it receives a disproportionately low number of permit applications from Palestinian communities in East Jerusalem compared to the Jewish population, and that Palestinian applications "see high approval ratings," procedures to apply for Israeli-issued building permits are lengthy, sometimes lasting for several years, while the application costs can reach up to 300,000 shekels ($79,180).
As four out of five of Palestinians in East Jerusalem live under the poverty line, applying for these permits is nearly impossible. As a result, only 7 percent of Jerusalem building permits go to Palestinian neighborhoods.
Demolitions of Palestinian structures and homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem have seen an unprecedented surge this year, with the number of structures demolished in the first half of 2016 well exceeding the total number of demolitions carried out in all of 2015.
At least 1,569 Palestinians have been displaced since the beginning of 2016 as a result of demolitions in the occupied territory, compared to 688 Palestinians displaced over the entirety of 2015, according to UN documentation.
Jerusalemite forced to demolish his house
The Israeli occupation authorities forced Saturday morning a Jerusalemite citizen to demolish his own house under the pretext of being built without permit.
The citizen Said Abbasi was forced early today to demolish his house in Silwan town, south of al-Aqsa Mosque, local sources affirmed.
Jerusalemites are forced to demolish their threatened houses by their own hands to avoid paying the Israeli demolition fees.
There has been an upsurge in demolitions of Palestinian property across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem as the number of structures demolished in the first half of 2016 exceeded the total number of demolitions in the entire previous year 2015, said the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the occupied Territories (B’Tselem).
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