14 dec 2016
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Birzeit University Campus, in Birzeit city in central West bank, violently searched several buildings, causing excessive damage, and confiscated computers.
The head of the Student Senate in Birzeit University Ahmad al-‘Ayesh, said the soldiers invaded many buildings in the university, starting approximately at 3:30 at dawn, and smashed many doors, especially the main administration office, a computer lab, the science college, and Kamal Nasser Hall.
Al-‘Ayesh added that the violent search caused excessive damage, and that the soldiers also illegally confiscated computers, flags, various files and students’ belongings, especially members of the Islamic Bloc and the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Al-‘Ayesh stated that this was the third invasion by the soldiers into the university campus in the last three years, and called for immediate intervention by legal and human rights groups around the world, to stop the escalating Israeli violations against students, staff and their educational facilities.
The University strongly denounced the illegal invasion, searches and confiscation of property by the soldiers, and added that it is currently trying to estimate the total damage and losses.
The head of the Student Senate in Birzeit University Ahmad al-‘Ayesh, said the soldiers invaded many buildings in the university, starting approximately at 3:30 at dawn, and smashed many doors, especially the main administration office, a computer lab, the science college, and Kamal Nasser Hall.
Al-‘Ayesh added that the violent search caused excessive damage, and that the soldiers also illegally confiscated computers, flags, various files and students’ belongings, especially members of the Islamic Bloc and the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Al-‘Ayesh stated that this was the third invasion by the soldiers into the university campus in the last three years, and called for immediate intervention by legal and human rights groups around the world, to stop the escalating Israeli violations against students, staff and their educational facilities.
The University strongly denounced the illegal invasion, searches and confiscation of property by the soldiers, and added that it is currently trying to estimate the total damage and losses.
Israeli bulldozers on Wednesday razed a Palestinian home in Occupied Jerusalem to the ground.
A PIC news correspondent said three Israeli bulldozers rolled into Occupied Jerusalem’s town of Beit Hanina at the early morning hours and knocked down a Palestinian home.
Prior to the demolition, the Israeli occupation forces cordoned off the home, located in Hizma village, in Beit Hanina.
The demolition was reportedly carried out under the pretext of unlicensed construction.
A PIC news correspondent said three Israeli bulldozers rolled into Occupied Jerusalem’s town of Beit Hanina at the early morning hours and knocked down a Palestinian home.
Prior to the demolition, the Israeli occupation forces cordoned off the home, located in Hizma village, in Beit Hanina.
The demolition was reportedly carried out under the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Eyewitnesses reported that a number of Israeli settlers are expanding an outpost they recently started to establish in Khillat Hamad area in the northern Jordan Valley.
They told the PIC reporter that the Israeli settlers brought on Monday tractors and plowed the lands of the site they took over two months ago.
On Tuesday, they added, the Israeli settlers brought construction materials in preparation for the construction of a settlement outpost in the area.
The Israeli occupation authorities have recently intensified the confiscation operations and military training in the northern Jordan Valley.
They told the PIC reporter that the Israeli settlers brought on Monday tractors and plowed the lands of the site they took over two months ago.
On Tuesday, they added, the Israeli settlers brought construction materials in preparation for the construction of a settlement outpost in the area.
The Israeli occupation authorities have recently intensified the confiscation operations and military training in the northern Jordan Valley.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) handed on Tuesday demolition notices to owners of two houses in Edhna town to the west of al-Khalil city under the pretext of building without a permit.
The Quds Press news agency, quoting the public relations department in the municipality of Edhna town, said that the IOA handed demolition notices to Mohammad Saleh for his two houses claiming that they were built in Area C without a prior permit.
The agency pointed out that two-thirds of Edhna town is classified under Area C (according to the Oslo Agreement signed by the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Israel in 1993). 20 thousand dunums of the town's lands were confiscated by the IOA, it added.
The Quds Press news agency, quoting the public relations department in the municipality of Edhna town, said that the IOA handed demolition notices to Mohammad Saleh for his two houses claiming that they were built in Area C without a prior permit.
The agency pointed out that two-thirds of Edhna town is classified under Area C (according to the Oslo Agreement signed by the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Israel in 1993). 20 thousand dunums of the town's lands were confiscated by the IOA, it added.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used bulldozers to level Palestinian agricultural land in al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, on Tuesday.
“Israeli bulldozers levelled five dunums of cultivated land belonging to Abdullah Ghuneim near the settlement of Neve Daniel,” according to anti-settlement activist, Ahmed Salah.
Salah pointed out that the IOF soldiers bulldozed had damaged the same land lot a month and a half ago and now re-leveled it so as to ensure that its owners would not reclaim or farm it anew.
“Israeli bulldozers levelled five dunums of cultivated land belonging to Abdullah Ghuneim near the settlement of Neve Daniel,” according to anti-settlement activist, Ahmed Salah.
Salah pointed out that the IOF soldiers bulldozed had damaged the same land lot a month and a half ago and now re-leveled it so as to ensure that its owners would not reclaim or farm it anew.
13 dec 2016
At least eight Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday in a mass abduction sweep launched across the West Bank.
The Israeli radio claimed that eight Palestinians were arrested on suspicion of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The same source added that the occupation army seized a home-made rifle in Balata refugee camp, in Nablus and arrested the rifle holder.
At the same time, dozens of Israeli settlers forced their way into Joseph’s Tomb, in eastern Nablus under a tight security shield.
A PIC on-the-spot reporter said buses carrying Israeli fanatics flocked to Beit Furik checkpoint at 1 a.m while a chain of military checkpoints was pitched by the Israeli border police patrols at al-Ghazi crossroads and Amman Street.
The IOF cordoned off Balata camp, sparking violent clashes with Palestinian protesters.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers broke into the family home of prisoner Ahmad Hani Hamdi in Nablus at 1:30 a.m. and wreaked havoc on the building before they stole jewelry worth 8,000 dinars. Jewels estimated at 4,000 dinars belong to the family’s bride-to-be daughter.
The father displayed bills proving that the family purchased the jewelry from a recognized jeweler and refused to sign the confiscation document after he found out that the data jotted down by the soldiers did not match the stolen belongings.
The family appealed to the human rights institutions to work on returning the stolen jewelry.
Ahmad’s sister, Israa, said her brother has been held in Israeli detention for over one month and that her husband Muayad Sharab has been locked up in Israeli jails for 118 days running.
Overnight, the IOF kidnapped Ali Mohamed Mseimi and Bassem Hassan Marshoud from the Balata camp, in eastern Nablus as they tried to pass through a flying checkpoint set up near Yatma town. The occupation army claimed the youngsters were holding a gun.
Youngster Mo’men Kmeil, 20, was also kidnapped by the IOF from his own family home in Jenin’s southern town of Qabatiya.
Meanwhile, violent clashes burst out in Qalqilya, where the IOF unleashed spates of bullet fire and stun grenades. The occupation troops further rummaged into civilian homes and subjected the residents to intensive questioning.
Clashes also rocked Nour Shams camp in Tulkarem at the crack of dawn after the occupation soldiers kidnapped 18-year-old Mohamed Darwish from his own family home and dragged him to an unknown destination.
The occupation troops attacked the Palestinian protesters with waves of teargas canisters and sound bombs. Several civilians choked on teargas inside their homes.
The Israeli radio claimed that eight Palestinians were arrested on suspicion of involvement in anti-occupation activities.
The same source added that the occupation army seized a home-made rifle in Balata refugee camp, in Nablus and arrested the rifle holder.
At the same time, dozens of Israeli settlers forced their way into Joseph’s Tomb, in eastern Nablus under a tight security shield.
A PIC on-the-spot reporter said buses carrying Israeli fanatics flocked to Beit Furik checkpoint at 1 a.m while a chain of military checkpoints was pitched by the Israeli border police patrols at al-Ghazi crossroads and Amman Street.
The IOF cordoned off Balata camp, sparking violent clashes with Palestinian protesters.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers broke into the family home of prisoner Ahmad Hani Hamdi in Nablus at 1:30 a.m. and wreaked havoc on the building before they stole jewelry worth 8,000 dinars. Jewels estimated at 4,000 dinars belong to the family’s bride-to-be daughter.
The father displayed bills proving that the family purchased the jewelry from a recognized jeweler and refused to sign the confiscation document after he found out that the data jotted down by the soldiers did not match the stolen belongings.
The family appealed to the human rights institutions to work on returning the stolen jewelry.
Ahmad’s sister, Israa, said her brother has been held in Israeli detention for over one month and that her husband Muayad Sharab has been locked up in Israeli jails for 118 days running.
Overnight, the IOF kidnapped Ali Mohamed Mseimi and Bassem Hassan Marshoud from the Balata camp, in eastern Nablus as they tried to pass through a flying checkpoint set up near Yatma town. The occupation army claimed the youngsters were holding a gun.
Youngster Mo’men Kmeil, 20, was also kidnapped by the IOF from his own family home in Jenin’s southern town of Qabatiya.
Meanwhile, violent clashes burst out in Qalqilya, where the IOF unleashed spates of bullet fire and stun grenades. The occupation troops further rummaged into civilian homes and subjected the residents to intensive questioning.
Clashes also rocked Nour Shams camp in Tulkarem at the crack of dawn after the occupation soldiers kidnapped 18-year-old Mohamed Darwish from his own family home and dragged him to an unknown destination.
The occupation troops attacked the Palestinian protesters with waves of teargas canisters and sound bombs. Several civilians choked on teargas inside their homes.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday confiscated a mobile clinic in Al-Khalil’s southern town of Yatta.
A PIC news correspondent said the IOF seized a mobile medical truck that started only three days ago to provide sick civilians with medical treatment.
The IOF soldiers, escorting a tractor and a crane, took away the mobile medical caravan to an unknown destination.
Funded by an Italian institution, the mobile clinic project was initiated by the Palestinian Health Ministry to provide health care for some 120 Palestinian patients in Yatta, in the southern occupied West Bank.
The Israeli occupation army has often cracked down on Palestinians in Yatta town, declaring Palestinian lands in the area zones of military drilling. At the same time, several Palestinian land lots have been seized in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
A PIC news correspondent said the IOF seized a mobile medical truck that started only three days ago to provide sick civilians with medical treatment.
The IOF soldiers, escorting a tractor and a crane, took away the mobile medical caravan to an unknown destination.
Funded by an Italian institution, the mobile clinic project was initiated by the Palestinian Health Ministry to provide health care for some 120 Palestinian patients in Yatta, in the southern occupied West Bank.
The Israeli occupation army has often cracked down on Palestinians in Yatta town, declaring Palestinian lands in the area zones of military drilling. At the same time, several Palestinian land lots have been seized in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Israeli forces, on Monday, seized an irrigation network in al-Baqa’a area, east of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, according to local sources.
WAFA correspondence said that Israeli army forces, accompanied by heavy machinery, broke into the area and seized an irrigation network belonging to farmers from the Jaber family.
Local farmers said that seizure of the network was part of a series of Israeli measures, against area dwellers, with the aim of forcing them to evacuate the area for the benefit of expanding nearby Israeli settlements such as Kiryat Arba and Kharsina.
WAFA correspondence said that Israeli army forces, accompanied by heavy machinery, broke into the area and seized an irrigation network belonging to farmers from the Jaber family.
Local farmers said that seizure of the network was part of a series of Israeli measures, against area dwellers, with the aim of forcing them to evacuate the area for the benefit of expanding nearby Israeli settlements such as Kiryat Arba and Kharsina.
11 dec 2016
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A new video released by the Negotiations Affairs Department, titled “East Jerusalem: Israel’s Colonial Project Unraveled,” declares that Israel’s policy in the city, since the 1967 occupation, is three fold: creating a Jewish majority, reducing Palestinian presence and isolating East Jerusalem and dividing it from its West Bank parts.
According to WAFA, the 2:43-minute documentary describes the policy as one of “special colonial segregation enforced by Israel’s settlement enterprise.” According to the video, Israel has turned 35 percent of the area in East |
Jerusalem into land for settlement construction, leaving only 13 percent of the area for Palestinian construction, amounting to a severe housing crisis and forcing many Palestinians to build without a permit.
A total of 3,500 homes were reportedly demolished under the pretext of being built without permit, and around 25,000 more are slated for demolition under the same pretext, leaving 100,000 Palestinians at risk of displacement.
Israel also revoked the residency status of some 14,500 Palestinians in East Jerusalem under all variety of pretexts, while it built thousands of housing units for settlers and opened bypass roads for them through Palestinian land.
This policy created a Jewish settlement population of 100,000 in East Jerusalem, in addition to 200,000 on the western side of the city, in comparison to 300,000 Palestinians holding Jerusalem residency, and including 100,000 who live outside a 240 kilometer-long concrete wall and fence built to separate Israel and occupied East Jerusalem from the West Bank.
“Colonized, impoverished and segregated.” With these words the Negotiations Affairs Department video concludes its narrative of the future facing occupied East Jerusalem and its Palestinian residents.
A total of 3,500 homes were reportedly demolished under the pretext of being built without permit, and around 25,000 more are slated for demolition under the same pretext, leaving 100,000 Palestinians at risk of displacement.
Israel also revoked the residency status of some 14,500 Palestinians in East Jerusalem under all variety of pretexts, while it built thousands of housing units for settlers and opened bypass roads for them through Palestinian land.
This policy created a Jewish settlement population of 100,000 in East Jerusalem, in addition to 200,000 on the western side of the city, in comparison to 300,000 Palestinians holding Jerusalem residency, and including 100,000 who live outside a 240 kilometer-long concrete wall and fence built to separate Israel and occupied East Jerusalem from the West Bank.
“Colonized, impoverished and segregated.” With these words the Negotiations Affairs Department video concludes its narrative of the future facing occupied East Jerusalem and its Palestinian residents.
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