11 apr 2017
Several Israeli military vehicles, accompanied by a bulldozer, invaded Palestinian orchards, on Tuesday morning, and uprooted 18 olive trees, in Deir Ballout, in the West Bank governorate of Salfit.
The invasion was carried out into orchards in the southern part of Deir Ballout village, after the soldier surrounded them.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said the soldiers are trying to prepare for installing new water pipelines, to link them with nearby illegal colonies, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands.
The invasion was carried out into orchards in the southern part of Deir Ballout village, after the soldier surrounded them.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said the soldiers are trying to prepare for installing new water pipelines, to link them with nearby illegal colonies, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) levelled Tuesday morning Palestinian lands south of Nablus as a prelude to confiscate it.
Local sources affirmed to the PIC reporter that Israeli bulldozers razed Palestinian-owned lands located near Jabara military checkpoint south of the city.
The sources pointed out that paving works are also taking place in the area.
The Israeli land-razing operations raised fear among locals over new Israeli confiscation plans in the area.
Local sources affirmed to the PIC reporter that Israeli bulldozers razed Palestinian-owned lands located near Jabara military checkpoint south of the city.
The sources pointed out that paving works are also taking place in the area.
The Israeli land-razing operations raised fear among locals over new Israeli confiscation plans in the area.
Israeli bulldozers on Tuesday morning leveled Palestinian cultivated lands north of Kafr al-Dik town in favor of illegal settlement construction.
According to eye-witnesses, Israeli bulldozers leveled Palestinian cultivated lands and archeological sites near Deir Sam’an village, paving the way for the establishment of a new bypass road for Israelis residing in the nearby illegal settlement outpost of Leshem.
Palestinian farmer Mahmoud al-Dik said the Israeli forces and settlers have ceaselessly attempted to grab Kafr al-Dik’s northern lands for illegal settlement expansion.
He added that 1/3 of Kafr al-Dik lands have either been confiscated or threatened with confiscation. Other land lots in the town fall under the Area C Category, which means Palestinian construction activity in the area is outlawed.
According to eye-witnesses, Israeli bulldozers leveled Palestinian cultivated lands and archeological sites near Deir Sam’an village, paving the way for the establishment of a new bypass road for Israelis residing in the nearby illegal settlement outpost of Leshem.
Palestinian farmer Mahmoud al-Dik said the Israeli forces and settlers have ceaselessly attempted to grab Kafr al-Dik’s northern lands for illegal settlement expansion.
He added that 1/3 of Kafr al-Dik lands have either been confiscated or threatened with confiscation. Other land lots in the town fall under the Area C Category, which means Palestinian construction activity in the area is outlawed.
10 apr 2017
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian homes, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, violently searched them and abducted two Palestinians, in addition to confiscating machines from a lathe workshop.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the soldiers abducted Rafat Maher Sharabati, from his home, and invaded his father’s lathe workshop, before confiscating machines and equipment.
The soldiers also abducted another Palestinian, identified as Mos’ab Abu Turki, after invading and ransacking his home, in the city.
Furthermore, the soldiers installed many roadblocks at the main roads leading to Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, in addition to Hebron’s northern road, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many residents while inspecting their ID cards.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the soldiers abducted Rafat Maher Sharabati, from his home, and invaded his father’s lathe workshop, before confiscating machines and equipment.
The soldiers also abducted another Palestinian, identified as Mos’ab Abu Turki, after invading and ransacking his home, in the city.
Furthermore, the soldiers installed many roadblocks at the main roads leading to Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, in addition to Hebron’s northern road, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many residents while inspecting their ID cards.
Many extremist Israeli colonists invaded, earlier Monday, Palestinian olive orchards in Mikhmas village, southeast of the occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and uprooted 310 old olive trees, owned by several Palestinian villagers.
Media sources said the assailants invaded orchards, owned by Ali Aref al-Haj, Abdul-Samea’ Mhanna and Dahesh Mhanna.
The sources added that Israeli soldiers came to the orchards while the settlers were uprooting the old olive trees, but did not remove or apprehend any of them.
The attack is the second targeting Mikhmas orchards in the past two years, as the previous invasion into the orchards resulting in uprooting 200 olive trees.
Media sources said the assailants invaded orchards, owned by Ali Aref al-Haj, Abdul-Samea’ Mhanna and Dahesh Mhanna.
The sources added that Israeli soldiers came to the orchards while the settlers were uprooting the old olive trees, but did not remove or apprehend any of them.
The attack is the second targeting Mikhmas orchards in the past two years, as the previous invasion into the orchards resulting in uprooting 200 olive trees.
9 apr 2017
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Sunday stormed a Palestinian blacksmith shop in al-Shouyoukh town, northeast of al-Khalil, and seized all its equipment.
A PIC news correspondent said heavily armed Israeli patrols, escorted by military vehicles and a truck, rolled into a lathe owned by al-Kurki family in al-Shoyoukh and confiscated all the machines and equipment, before they sealed off its doors on claims that it is used to manufacture weapons.
The assault falls in with a mass abduction sweep launched by the IOF across al-Khalil and Bethlehem.
Reporting from al-Khalil, a PIC correspondent said the Israeli troops wreaked havoc on the family home of ex-prisoner Luay al-Tawil before they seized his car.
A number of Palestinian anti-occupation protesters were kidnapped by the IOF in the campaign.
A PIC news correspondent said heavily armed Israeli patrols, escorted by military vehicles and a truck, rolled into a lathe owned by al-Kurki family in al-Shoyoukh and confiscated all the machines and equipment, before they sealed off its doors on claims that it is used to manufacture weapons.
The assault falls in with a mass abduction sweep launched by the IOF across al-Khalil and Bethlehem.
Reporting from al-Khalil, a PIC correspondent said the Israeli troops wreaked havoc on the family home of ex-prisoner Luay al-Tawil before they seized his car.
A number of Palestinian anti-occupation protesters were kidnapped by the IOF in the campaign.
Qaryout village council called on the Palestinians to speak up against Israel’s arbitrary confiscation of their lands.
Qaryout village council, south of Nablus, urged the Palestinians who have had their lands seized by the Israeli authorities to provide proof of land ownership and appeal the confiscation within a week’s time.
The calls were launched following an Israeli decision to expropriate Palestinian land lots south of Nablus province.
Qaryout village council, south of Nablus, urged the Palestinians who have had their lands seized by the Israeli authorities to provide proof of land ownership and appeal the confiscation within a week’s time.
The calls were launched following an Israeli decision to expropriate Palestinian land lots south of Nablus province.
8 apr 2017
The map presented by Israeli forces showing the Qar’an home (top left) running along the boundary of Area B, but within Area C
On 5th April, 2017, Israeli forces told Abbas Qar’an and his family that their home in al-Bireh was going to be demolished. The homes of two other anti-occupation activists in the area received similar threats.
ISM activists met with Abbas, the son of the homeowner, to hear his story.
Israeli forces arrived at the family home, located west of the illegal Israeli settlement of Psagot, whilst Abbas was at work and presented the demolition notice to his wife. After his wife refused to take the order, the soldiers left it outside the house, weighed-down with a rock. The notice comes from the district coordination office in the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit El, charging the Qar’an family of building a house without the right permit.
On the local municipality map, Abbas’ home lies well within the boundaries of Area A – under full Palestinian control. However, Israeli authorities claim the boundary line runs straight through the family’s home, with a majority of the rooms lying within Area C – under full Israeli control.
Whilst no specific date has been given for the demolition, the order states that he must go to the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit El within three days of the notice to challenge the demolition. The family home was built in 1960 – decades before the Oslo Accords that created the so-called “Areas” (A,B,C) – and the family insists that all of their paperwork is in order.
It is also unclear if the demolition order is against a single house or the whole building, meaning that a form collective punishment is looming over all of the residents in the building.
On 5th April, 2017, Israeli forces told Abbas Qar’an and his family that their home in al-Bireh was going to be demolished. The homes of two other anti-occupation activists in the area received similar threats.
ISM activists met with Abbas, the son of the homeowner, to hear his story.
Israeli forces arrived at the family home, located west of the illegal Israeli settlement of Psagot, whilst Abbas was at work and presented the demolition notice to his wife. After his wife refused to take the order, the soldiers left it outside the house, weighed-down with a rock. The notice comes from the district coordination office in the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit El, charging the Qar’an family of building a house without the right permit.
On the local municipality map, Abbas’ home lies well within the boundaries of Area A – under full Palestinian control. However, Israeli authorities claim the boundary line runs straight through the family’s home, with a majority of the rooms lying within Area C – under full Israeli control.
Whilst no specific date has been given for the demolition, the order states that he must go to the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit El within three days of the notice to challenge the demolition. The family home was built in 1960 – decades before the Oslo Accords that created the so-called “Areas” (A,B,C) – and the family insists that all of their paperwork is in order.
It is also unclear if the demolition order is against a single house or the whole building, meaning that a form collective punishment is looming over all of the residents in the building.
The local municipality map, showing the home (red) within the boundaries of Area A.
Abbas lives in Jabal al-Taweel with his wife and four children: fifteen year old Hamza; twelve year old Murad; five year old Jenna; and his eighteen month old daughter, Judy. Abbas tells us that he and his family have been targeted by Israeli authorities due to his past involvement in activism against the occupation for which he spent seven years in Israeli military prison. Despite both he and his father being American citizens, Abbas was denied all travel beyond the occupied West Bank for twenty years.
Abbas and his family are not alone, as the homes of other activists have been targeted for demolition in the al-Bireh area: Abbas’ cousin, Rami Ishtawi, has also been threatened with demolition orders by Israeli authorities; while the home of Bajes Nahkleh – currently in an Israeli prison – in nearby al-Jalazone refugee camp (Area B – Palestinian civil control, Israeli security control) has also been threatened with the demolition of his home.
The Qar’an family does not know what they will do should the demolitions go ahead and the family home lost, but they claim that the Palestinian community has already offered them places to stay if Israeli forces carry out their threats. At the end of the interview, Abbas wished to thank all the internationals who travel to Palestine to hear the stories of families like his and to support all Palestinian people, who suffer daily under the occupation.
The family are currently pursuing a legal case against the demolition.
Abbas lives in Jabal al-Taweel with his wife and four children: fifteen year old Hamza; twelve year old Murad; five year old Jenna; and his eighteen month old daughter, Judy. Abbas tells us that he and his family have been targeted by Israeli authorities due to his past involvement in activism against the occupation for which he spent seven years in Israeli military prison. Despite both he and his father being American citizens, Abbas was denied all travel beyond the occupied West Bank for twenty years.
Abbas and his family are not alone, as the homes of other activists have been targeted for demolition in the al-Bireh area: Abbas’ cousin, Rami Ishtawi, has also been threatened with demolition orders by Israeli authorities; while the home of Bajes Nahkleh – currently in an Israeli prison – in nearby al-Jalazone refugee camp (Area B – Palestinian civil control, Israeli security control) has also been threatened with the demolition of his home.
The Qar’an family does not know what they will do should the demolitions go ahead and the family home lost, but they claim that the Palestinian community has already offered them places to stay if Israeli forces carry out their threats. At the end of the interview, Abbas wished to thank all the internationals who travel to Palestine to hear the stories of families like his and to support all Palestinian people, who suffer daily under the occupation.
The family are currently pursuing a legal case against the demolition.
7 apr 2017
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, in central West Bank, broke into and ransacked several homes, and abducted four Palestinians, in addition to preventing local mosques from opening for dawn prayers.
The soldiers violently invaded and searched many homes in the town, illegally confiscated cars and sums of cash, tore many permits of laborers who work in Jerusalem, and confiscated several others.
The soldiers also abducted Ahmad Mousa Hamed, 51, and his son, Mousa, 17, in addition to Mohammad Omar Hamed, 23, and Mo’tasem Abdul-Majid Hamed.
It is worth mentioning that Ahmad is the father of Malek Hamed, who was detained by the army after killing an Israeli soldier and mildly wounding another, in what the military described as a “deliberate ramming attack.”
During the invasion of the family home, the soldiers took measurements of the property, in preparation for demolishing it later.
Furthermore, the soldiers prevented local mosques for opening for dawn prayers, and prevented the local from heading to them.
The soldiers violently invaded and searched many homes in the town, illegally confiscated cars and sums of cash, tore many permits of laborers who work in Jerusalem, and confiscated several others.
The soldiers also abducted Ahmad Mousa Hamed, 51, and his son, Mousa, 17, in addition to Mohammad Omar Hamed, 23, and Mo’tasem Abdul-Majid Hamed.
It is worth mentioning that Ahmad is the father of Malek Hamed, who was detained by the army after killing an Israeli soldier and mildly wounding another, in what the military described as a “deliberate ramming attack.”
During the invasion of the family home, the soldiers took measurements of the property, in preparation for demolishing it later.
Furthermore, the soldiers prevented local mosques for opening for dawn prayers, and prevented the local from heading to them.
6 apr 2017
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Three Palestinian homes belonging to Uwaidah family in Silwan town in Occupied Jerusalem sustained cracks due to the ongoing Israeli excavations beneath residential neighborhoods.
The family told Wadi Hilweh Information Center that Israeli excavations have escalated over the past three days in an unprecedented manner leading to widened fissures on the walls and roofs of their homes which house 16 people including 10 children. The family pointed out that they called the police who summoned municipality teams. Urgent eviction and closure orders were issued after checking the three homes and classifying them as dangerous buildings. |