2 may 2017
Israeli occupation authority bulldozers leveled on Tuesday morning Palestinian lands north of Brukin town, west of Salfit.
A PIC news correspondent quoted eyewitnesses as stating that bulldozers and excavators from the industrial zone of Ariel settlement outpost leveled Palestinian lands and rock-strewn areas north of Brukin, in the central occupied West Bank.
Researcher Khaled Maali said the Israeli occupation forces and settlers have often bulldozed Palestinians’ cultivated lands across Salfit in favor of illegal settlement expansion, which represents a flagrant violation of the international law.
A PIC news correspondent quoted eyewitnesses as stating that bulldozers and excavators from the industrial zone of Ariel settlement outpost leveled Palestinian lands and rock-strewn areas north of Brukin, in the central occupied West Bank.
Researcher Khaled Maali said the Israeli occupation forces and settlers have often bulldozed Palestinians’ cultivated lands across Salfit in favor of illegal settlement expansion, which represents a flagrant violation of the international law.
1 may 2017
Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight, two young Palestinian men in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Surif town, northwest of Hebron, after invading and searching their homes, and confiscated a car.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted Marwan ‘Ashour, 20, from his home in Abu Sneina neighborhood, in the center of the city.
The soldiers also invaded Gheith Family hall, in southern Hebron, after smashing its doors, and violently searched it, causing excessive damage.
Also in Hebron, the soldiers invaded the home of Adel Barakat Gheith, and illegally confiscated his private car.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Surif town, and abducted Malek Taiseer Eghneimat, after breaking into his home and violently searching it.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted Marwan ‘Ashour, 20, from his home in Abu Sneina neighborhood, in the center of the city.
The soldiers also invaded Gheith Family hall, in southern Hebron, after smashing its doors, and violently searched it, causing excessive damage.
Also in Hebron, the soldiers invaded the home of Adel Barakat Gheith, and illegally confiscated his private car.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Surif town, and abducted Malek Taiseer Eghneimat, after breaking into his home and violently searching it.
30 apr 2017
Israeli authorities, Saturday, resumed construction of the apartheid wall on land seized from Palestinians in the village of al-Walaja, northeast of the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, according to a local activist.
Hasan Brijiyeh, from the wall and settlements committee in Bethlehem, told WAFA that Israeli occupation authorities placed a four-meter-high barbed wire fence in the Ein Jwaizeh area, to the northwest of al-Walaja village, completely enclosing the village.
According to B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, “Construction of the barrier in the West Bank gravely violates the rights of Palestinians in the areas affected, restricting their access to their lands, crucial services and relatives on the other side of the barrier. The barrier also prevents any possibility of economic development.”
Some 85% of the Barrier’s route runs inside the West Bank, rather than along the Green Line; if completed as planned, the Barrier will isolate 9.4% of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, said the United Nations OCHA.
Hasan Brijiyeh, from the wall and settlements committee in Bethlehem, told WAFA that Israeli occupation authorities placed a four-meter-high barbed wire fence in the Ein Jwaizeh area, to the northwest of al-Walaja village, completely enclosing the village.
According to B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, “Construction of the barrier in the West Bank gravely violates the rights of Palestinians in the areas affected, restricting their access to their lands, crucial services and relatives on the other side of the barrier. The barrier also prevents any possibility of economic development.”
Some 85% of the Barrier’s route runs inside the West Bank, rather than along the Green Line; if completed as planned, the Barrier will isolate 9.4% of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, said the United Nations OCHA.
The Israeli occupation navy on Sunday morning kidnapped two fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip and confiscated their boat.
A local committee documenting Israel’s violations against Gaza fishermen said, in a press release, that Israeli gunboats encircled and opened fire at a fishing boat off the northern shores of Gaza, rounded up two fishermen aboard it and towed it to an unknown place.
The seized boat belongs to Adnan Abu Rayyala and the two detained fishermen are his sons, Sha’ban, 33, and Mohamed, 20, according to the committee.
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging or seizing their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
Under the 1993 Oslo accords, Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza. Over the past 18 years, however, Israel has reduced the fishing area gradually to a limit of three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.
But fishermen and human rights groups say that, since the 2008-09 war in Gaza, the Israeli army regularly enforces a limit even closer to the shore.
A local committee documenting Israel’s violations against Gaza fishermen said, in a press release, that Israeli gunboats encircled and opened fire at a fishing boat off the northern shores of Gaza, rounded up two fishermen aboard it and towed it to an unknown place.
The seized boat belongs to Adnan Abu Rayyala and the two detained fishermen are his sons, Sha’ban, 33, and Mohamed, 20, according to the committee.
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging or seizing their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
Under the 1993 Oslo accords, Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza. Over the past 18 years, however, Israel has reduced the fishing area gradually to a limit of three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.
But fishermen and human rights groups say that, since the 2008-09 war in Gaza, the Israeli army regularly enforces a limit even closer to the shore.
27 apr 2017
Violent clashes erupted on Thursday afternoon after extremist settlers set fire to agricultural land in Bourin town south of Nablus city in the northern West Bank.
Head of Bourin council, Raed al-Najjar, told the PIC reporter that a group of fanatic settlers of a nearby settlement outpost torched olive trees and agricultural lands east of the town.
Clashes broke out when the inhabitants rushed to the area in order to confront the attacking settlers. Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas canisters at the Palestinian protesters.
Head of Bourin council, Raed al-Najjar, told the PIC reporter that a group of fanatic settlers of a nearby settlement outpost torched olive trees and agricultural lands east of the town.
Clashes broke out when the inhabitants rushed to the area in order to confront the attacking settlers. Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas canisters at the Palestinian protesters.
26 apr 2017
On Wednesday morning, Israeli military jeeps, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded the town of Ya’bad, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, confiscated 60 tons of woods and demolished a small charcoal manufacturing facility.
Eyewitnesses said several army jeeps invaded the town, before two military bulldozers demolished a charcoal manufacturing structure, owned by resident Kayed Abu Bakr.
They added that the soldiers also loaded approximately 60 tons of wood, owned by Mahmoud Ahmad Abu Bakr and Rafiq Sobhi Zeid, into their trucks and illegally confiscating them.
Eyewitnesses said several army jeeps invaded the town, before two military bulldozers demolished a charcoal manufacturing structure, owned by resident Kayed Abu Bakr.
They added that the soldiers also loaded approximately 60 tons of wood, owned by Mahmoud Ahmad Abu Bakr and Rafiq Sobhi Zeid, into their trucks and illegally confiscating them.
25 apr 2017
The Jerusalem municipality announced plans on Tuesday to expropriate land in the Arab neighborhood of Ras Al-Amud in Occupied Jerusalem, next to a Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.
The move is the first step towards the construction of a visitor center to serve those visiting the Jewish burial ground in the area.
According to the Hebrew daily Haaretz newspaper, the center is to be built in between the main road running through the neighborhood and the wall surrounding the cemetery, nearby a recently closed mosque. It is not far from al-Aqsa Mosque as well.
The planned visitor center aims at seizing 1,300 square meters of Occupied Jerusalem lands. The project can be appealed within 60 days before the issuance of a construction permit.
The move is the first step towards the construction of a visitor center to serve those visiting the Jewish burial ground in the area.
According to the Hebrew daily Haaretz newspaper, the center is to be built in between the main road running through the neighborhood and the wall surrounding the cemetery, nearby a recently closed mosque. It is not far from al-Aqsa Mosque as well.
The planned visitor center aims at seizing 1,300 square meters of Occupied Jerusalem lands. The project can be appealed within 60 days before the issuance of a construction permit.
A group of Israeli settlers burned 100 olive trees on Tuesday in Beit Ta'mir village to the east of Bethlehem city.
Representative of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee, Hasan Breijia, said that the settlers set fire to 100 olive trees in Palestinian lands close to an illegal settlement outpost.
Breijia pointed out that the burned trees, which are planted over an area of 5 dunums, belong to the two citizens Mubarak and Mohammed Zawahra.
Representative of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee, Hasan Breijia, said that the settlers set fire to 100 olive trees in Palestinian lands close to an illegal settlement outpost.
Breijia pointed out that the burned trees, which are planted over an area of 5 dunums, belong to the two citizens Mubarak and Mohammed Zawahra.
The Israeli forces demolished the Bedouin village of al-Araqeeb in the Negev region of southern Israel for the 112th time on Tuesday.
Israeli bulldozers escorted by Israeli police raided the village, which is "unrecognized" by the Israeli authorities, in the morning and started the demolition, while Israeli police closed all entrances leading to the village.
Al-Araqeeb is one of 35 Bedouin villages considered “unrecognized” by the Israeli authorities.
Rights groups said that the demolition of al-Araqeeb and other unrecognized Bedouin villages is a central Israeli policy aimed at removing the indigenous Palestinian population from the Negev and transferring them to government-zoned townships to make room for the expansion of Jewish-only towns.
Israeli authorities have also refused to connect unrecognized Bedouin villages to the national water and electricity grids, while excluding the communities from access to health and educational services, and basic infrastructure.
Israeli bulldozers escorted by Israeli police raided the village, which is "unrecognized" by the Israeli authorities, in the morning and started the demolition, while Israeli police closed all entrances leading to the village.
Al-Araqeeb is one of 35 Bedouin villages considered “unrecognized” by the Israeli authorities.
Rights groups said that the demolition of al-Araqeeb and other unrecognized Bedouin villages is a central Israeli policy aimed at removing the indigenous Palestinian population from the Negev and transferring them to government-zoned townships to make room for the expansion of Jewish-only towns.
Israeli authorities have also refused to connect unrecognized Bedouin villages to the national water and electricity grids, while excluding the communities from access to health and educational services, and basic infrastructure.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Monday night embarked on bulldozing vast tracts of annexed Palestinian land, south of Jenin city, in order to expand the illegal settlement of Shaked.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli bulldozers leveled about 30 dunums of land belonging to Daher al-Maleh village near Ya’bad town, south of Jenin.
They noted that the annexed lands, which are isolated by the Israeli separation wall, belong to Palestinian citizens from the families of al-Khatib and Zaid al-Kilani.
Israel has imposed movement restrictions on the residents of Daher al-Maleh since it was isolated by the wall in 2003.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli bulldozers leveled about 30 dunums of land belonging to Daher al-Maleh village near Ya’bad town, south of Jenin.
They noted that the annexed lands, which are isolated by the Israeli separation wall, belong to Palestinian citizens from the families of al-Khatib and Zaid al-Kilani.
Israel has imposed movement restrictions on the residents of Daher al-Maleh since it was isolated by the wall in 2003.
Several Israeli army vehicles, and bulldozers, invaded on Tuesday at dawn, Ni’lin village, west of Ramallah in central West Bank, and demolished six Palestinian shops.
Bil’in Village Council head, Abdul-Hafith Mosleh, said a large military force invaded the village, approximately at 3 at dawn, and demolishes six shops.
He added that the army claimed the shops “are too close to the military roadblock” installed by the soldiers, near the main entrance of the village.
Bil’in Village Council head, Abdul-Hafith Mosleh, said a large military force invaded the village, approximately at 3 at dawn, and demolishes six shops.
He added that the army claimed the shops “are too close to the military roadblock” installed by the soldiers, near the main entrance of the village.
24 apr 2017
Extremist Jewish settlers leveled on Monday morning Palestinian agricultural land near al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem city, for the expansion of the illegal Sidi Bouaz settlement that was established by force in the area.
The anti-settlement activist in Bethlehem, Hassan Breijiye, said that the land leveled belongs to Ibrahim Sbeih from al-Khader town.
He told Quds Press that the land leveling aimed at constructing new mobile houses for settlers.
Breijiye also pointed out that the illegal land leveling usually takes place in spite of the fact that Palestinian owners of affected lands in that area possess official documents that prove their ownership of the land.
The anti-settlement activist in Bethlehem, Hassan Breijiye, said that the land leveled belongs to Ibrahim Sbeih from al-Khader town.
He told Quds Press that the land leveling aimed at constructing new mobile houses for settlers.
Breijiye also pointed out that the illegal land leveling usually takes place in spite of the fact that Palestinian owners of affected lands in that area possess official documents that prove their ownership of the land.
An Israeli military camp set up in Umm Zuqa, in the northern Jordan Valley, supplied a nearby illegal settlement outpost with water.
The settlement outpost, which was supplied with water, was built in early January 2017 on Palestinian private land, after Israeli settlers brought a herd of 30 cows to the area.
Israel’s coordinator for the government affairs claimed that an order was issued to stop construction works. However, the settlement was established soon after and has been expanding at the expense of Palestinian land lots.
The Israeli authorities further installed several water tanks and solar panels in the outpost. Dozens of trees have also been planted.
Activists from the leftist Machsom Watch group said Israeli settlers have showed up in the settlement quite frequently.
Last week, a pipe running from the largest water tank in the settlement outpost and whose edges were covered with mud was detected in the area in what was believed to be a sign of Israeli attempts to conceal field evidence of illegal settlement expansion.
The settlement outpost, which was supplied with water, was built in early January 2017 on Palestinian private land, after Israeli settlers brought a herd of 30 cows to the area.
Israel’s coordinator for the government affairs claimed that an order was issued to stop construction works. However, the settlement was established soon after and has been expanding at the expense of Palestinian land lots.
The Israeli authorities further installed several water tanks and solar panels in the outpost. Dozens of trees have also been planted.
Activists from the leftist Machsom Watch group said Israeli settlers have showed up in the settlement quite frequently.
Last week, a pipe running from the largest water tank in the settlement outpost and whose edges were covered with mud was detected in the area in what was believed to be a sign of Israeli attempts to conceal field evidence of illegal settlement expansion.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) renewed the administrative detention of Sheikh Bajes Nakhla, who is currently held in solitary confinement, for three months.
Sheikh Nakhla, from Jalazoun refugee camp to the north of Ramallah, spent more than 18 years in Israeli jails, mostly in administrative detention.
In 1992, he was deported to Marj Al-Zuhour in Southern Lebanon for a whole year.
His house was recently notified with demolition, his wife affirmed.
Sheikh Nakhla, from Jalazoun refugee camp to the north of Ramallah, spent more than 18 years in Israeli jails, mostly in administrative detention.
In 1992, he was deported to Marj Al-Zuhour in Southern Lebanon for a whole year.
His house was recently notified with demolition, his wife affirmed.
