30 apr 2019
Israeli authorities delivered a stop-construction notice to solar panels, in the northern Jordan Valley, in the occupied West Bank, ordering halt of construction, on Monday.
Mutaz Bisharat, a Palestinian official in charge of Jordan Valley's Israeli settlements file at the Palestinian Authority (PA), said that the Israeli authorities raided the area and delivered a stop-construction notice to solar panels used for providing electricity to Palestinian residents.
Bisharat added that the solar panels were supplied through NGO humanitarian projects.
Forming a third of the occupied West Bank and with 88 percent of its land classified as Area C, the Jordan Valley has long been a strategic area of land unlikely to return to Palestinians following Israel's occupation in 1967.
Mutaz Bisharat, a Palestinian official in charge of Jordan Valley's Israeli settlements file at the Palestinian Authority (PA), said that the Israeli authorities raided the area and delivered a stop-construction notice to solar panels used for providing electricity to Palestinian residents.
Bisharat added that the solar panels were supplied through NGO humanitarian projects.
Forming a third of the occupied West Bank and with 88 percent of its land classified as Area C, the Jordan Valley has long been a strategic area of land unlikely to return to Palestinians following Israel's occupation in 1967.
The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem has issued two demolition orders against two buildings in Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of construction without permit, according to local WAFA sources.
Sources said that Israeli police and border guards accompanied municipality staff who presented the camp’s popular committee members with demolition orders against a vocational training center and an all-purpose hall that was under construction.
The municipality said that the two buildings were not licensed, even though construction within refugee camps is supervised by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
Sources said that Israeli police and border guards accompanied municipality staff who presented the camp’s popular committee members with demolition orders against a vocational training center and an all-purpose hall that was under construction.
The municipality said that the two buildings were not licensed, even though construction within refugee camps is supervised by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
For the second straight day, Israeli forces invaded Silwan neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, to carry out demolitions of Palestinian homes, and beat back residents who tried to stop them.
The Israeli forces reportedly used tear gas, stun grenades, pushing and beating against the residents, causing injuries.
At least seven youth were injured by Israeli forces, several of whom were hit by rubber-coated steel bullets, according to local sources. video video
The Israeli authorities had issued demolition orders for three homes in the Wadi Yasol neighborhood of Silwan, in East Jerusalem, just south of the Al Aqsa Mosque.
When the troops arrived with military vehicles and armored D9 bulldozer to demolish the three homes, belonging to brothers Anas and Qusay Burqan, a number of local residents came out to the street to protest, and to try to prevent the demolition.
The protesters did not manage to stop the demolition, and the Israeli soldiers entered the homes after spraying the protesters with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets.
They forced the residents out of their homes, and demolished them.
This follows similar demolitions in the same neighborhood the day before.
The Israeli forces reportedly used tear gas, stun grenades, pushing and beating against the residents, causing injuries.
At least seven youth were injured by Israeli forces, several of whom were hit by rubber-coated steel bullets, according to local sources. video video
The Israeli authorities had issued demolition orders for three homes in the Wadi Yasol neighborhood of Silwan, in East Jerusalem, just south of the Al Aqsa Mosque.
When the troops arrived with military vehicles and armored D9 bulldozer to demolish the three homes, belonging to brothers Anas and Qusay Burqan, a number of local residents came out to the street to protest, and to try to prevent the demolition.
The protesters did not manage to stop the demolition, and the Israeli soldiers entered the homes after spraying the protesters with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets.
They forced the residents out of their homes, and demolished them.
This follows similar demolitions in the same neighborhood the day before.
The Israeli authorities on Monday demolished several Palestinian facilities in Occupied Jerusalem for allegedly being unlicensed.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality demolished 25 residential and agricultural structures in the towns of Silwan, Sur Baher, and Jabal al-Mukabber.
Wadi Hilweh said that Israeli bulldozers demolished mobile houses, stores, sheep barns, and different agricultural facilities privately-owned by Palestinian citizens in Jabal al-Mukabber.
In Sur Baher, the Israeli municipality forced a Palestinian citizen to demolish his own home, and destroyed a sheep barn.
Meanwhile in Silwan, according to Wadi Hilweh, Israeli bulldozers demolished a parking lot in al-Thawri neighborhood.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality demolished 25 residential and agricultural structures in the towns of Silwan, Sur Baher, and Jabal al-Mukabber.
Wadi Hilweh said that Israeli bulldozers demolished mobile houses, stores, sheep barns, and different agricultural facilities privately-owned by Palestinian citizens in Jabal al-Mukabber.
In Sur Baher, the Israeli municipality forced a Palestinian citizen to demolish his own home, and destroyed a sheep barn.
Meanwhile in Silwan, according to Wadi Hilweh, Israeli bulldozers demolished a parking lot in al-Thawri neighborhood.
29 apr 2019
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used military bulldozers to raze Palestinian cultivated land lots in Beit Jala to the west of Bethlehem on Monday.
Owner of the land Walid Zireina said that the IOF soldiers broke into his and his brother’s land and bulldozed the four-dunum land lot, noting that Israeli municipality teams were in the company of the soldiers.
He pointed out that the bulldozing cut off dozens of olive trees, noting that the land included at least 200 olives trees.
He said that the IOF declared the area a closed military zone and arrested his brother Ayman, who was in his land during the process.
Owner of the land Walid Zireina said that the IOF soldiers broke into his and his brother’s land and bulldozed the four-dunum land lot, noting that Israeli municipality teams were in the company of the soldiers.
He pointed out that the bulldozing cut off dozens of olive trees, noting that the land included at least 200 olives trees.
He said that the IOF declared the area a closed military zone and arrested his brother Ayman, who was in his land during the process.
Israeli soldiers demolished, on Monday morning, a garage in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and handed an order for the demolition of one home, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported.
The soldiers invaded the ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan, and demolished a Garage, owned by Kamal Shweiki, reportedly for being built without a permit.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Wadi Qaddoum neighborhood, in Silwan, and handed a warrant to Mohammad Sa’id Salayma to complete the demolition of his home.
Silwanic said the Palestinian had to demolish his property several days ago, after receiving an order from the City Council, for building it without a permit.
Many Palestinians who receive demolition orders are forced to tear down their own homes and property in order to avoid further excessively high fees and fines that they incur when Israel demolishes their homes and bills them for the expenses.
While Israel continues to build and expand its illegal colonies in occupied Palestine, in direct violation of International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention and various international resolutions, the Palestinians in and around east Jerusalem, and the rest of Area C (%61 the occupied West Bank), continue to be largely denied construction permits, in addition to the excessively high costs of the applications.
The soldiers invaded the ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan, and demolished a Garage, owned by Kamal Shweiki, reportedly for being built without a permit.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Wadi Qaddoum neighborhood, in Silwan, and handed a warrant to Mohammad Sa’id Salayma to complete the demolition of his home.
Silwanic said the Palestinian had to demolish his property several days ago, after receiving an order from the City Council, for building it without a permit.
Many Palestinians who receive demolition orders are forced to tear down their own homes and property in order to avoid further excessively high fees and fines that they incur when Israel demolishes their homes and bills them for the expenses.
While Israel continues to build and expand its illegal colonies in occupied Palestine, in direct violation of International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention and various international resolutions, the Palestinians in and around east Jerusalem, and the rest of Area C (%61 the occupied West Bank), continue to be largely denied construction permits, in addition to the excessively high costs of the applications.
Three Palestinians were injured on Sunday evening after Israeli settlers attacked them in Ras Karkar village, west of Ramallah.
Activist Rateb Abu Rahma said that the injured are Mohammed al-Dik, 53, Osama Matar, 49, and Zahid Eshtayya, 42.
Abu Rahma said that a group of Israeli settlers attacked the three Palestinians during their work in a land in Jabal al-Risan area, assaulted them, and hurled rocks at them.
The injured men suffered bruises and different wounds and were taken to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah for treatment.
The Israeli occupation is seeking to seize the Palestinian lands of Jabal al-Risan because of its strategic location, with the aim of linking several existing settlements and separating Ramallah villages from each other.
Activist Rateb Abu Rahma said that the injured are Mohammed al-Dik, 53, Osama Matar, 49, and Zahid Eshtayya, 42.
Abu Rahma said that a group of Israeli settlers attacked the three Palestinians during their work in a land in Jabal al-Risan area, assaulted them, and hurled rocks at them.
The injured men suffered bruises and different wounds and were taken to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah for treatment.
The Israeli occupation is seeking to seize the Palestinian lands of Jabal al-Risan because of its strategic location, with the aim of linking several existing settlements and separating Ramallah villages from each other.
28 apr 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) has issued a military decree giving itself the right to annex 401 dunums of land from Palestinian areas in al-Khalil to build a bypass for Jewish settlers.
Palestinian official Jamal al-Omla, from the Land Research Center, said that the annexed land is located in Beit Ummar town, Halhul town, Beit Kharf hamlet, Ras al-Qadi area and al-Darji hamlet.
Omla warned that this road would have serious repercussions for the local residents in the entire area, adding that the road would go through Palestinian lands and homes and would lead to the destruction of agricultural plots of land and houses.
Palestinian official Jamal al-Omla, from the Land Research Center, said that the annexed land is located in Beit Ummar town, Halhul town, Beit Kharf hamlet, Ras al-Qadi area and al-Darji hamlet.
Omla warned that this road would have serious repercussions for the local residents in the entire area, adding that the road would go through Palestinian lands and homes and would lead to the destruction of agricultural plots of land and houses.
24 apr 2019
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Omar Abu Laila
Israeli soldiers demolished, on Wednesday at dawn, the family home of Omar Abu Laila, in the az-Zawiya town, west of Salfit, in Central West Bank. Media sources said dozens of soldiers, accompanied by military bulldozers, invaded az-Zawiya, late at night, Tuesday, and headed towards the home. They added that the army surrounded the town, and declared it a closed military zone, preventing the Palestinians from entering or leaving it. The invasion was carried out by at least thirty armored Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers. |
During the invasion, Israeli Army Corps of Engineers proceeded to wire the property, and detonated it several hours later.
They added that the soldiers also attacked, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, at Palestinian journalists, trying to document the invasion and demolition.
The detonated home was a four-story building; the explosion leveled the building, and caused damage to many surrounding homes.
Prior to demolishing it, the soldiers stormed and searched dozens of surrounding homes, and forced at least fifty families out of their homes.
The invasion and demolition lasted for more than seven hours, while dozens of Palestinian youngsters hurled stones at the invading soldiers, who fired many live rounds, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Talking to the Palestinian TV, Na’im Shqeir, the mayor of az-Zawiya, described the invasions and the demolition as a “barbaric act” targeting dozens of families, and aiming at terrorizing them.”
Omar Abu Laila, 19, was killed by Israeli soldiers, on March 19th, 2019, after the soldiers surrounded a home, and exchanged fire with him in Abwein village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The soldiers took his corpse and never handed it back to his family.
Abu Laila is suspected of killing Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger and Staff Sgt. Gal Keidan, after he reportedly stabbed Keidan and shot Ettinger, on March 17, 2019.
The decision to demolish the family home was made shortly after the stabbing incident.
The demolition of homes is an act of collective punishment illegal under International Law, and Fourth Geneva Convention and various international treaties.
Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 states: “Individual responsibility, collective penalties, pillage and reprisals. No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed. … Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, collective punishment is a war crime.
It prohibits “penalties of any kind inflicted on persons or entire groups of persons, in defiance of the most elementary principles of humanity, for acts that these persons have not committed.”
They added that the soldiers also attacked, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, at Palestinian journalists, trying to document the invasion and demolition.
The detonated home was a four-story building; the explosion leveled the building, and caused damage to many surrounding homes.
Prior to demolishing it, the soldiers stormed and searched dozens of surrounding homes, and forced at least fifty families out of their homes.
The invasion and demolition lasted for more than seven hours, while dozens of Palestinian youngsters hurled stones at the invading soldiers, who fired many live rounds, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Talking to the Palestinian TV, Na’im Shqeir, the mayor of az-Zawiya, described the invasions and the demolition as a “barbaric act” targeting dozens of families, and aiming at terrorizing them.”
Omar Abu Laila, 19, was killed by Israeli soldiers, on March 19th, 2019, after the soldiers surrounded a home, and exchanged fire with him in Abwein village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The soldiers took his corpse and never handed it back to his family.
Abu Laila is suspected of killing Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger and Staff Sgt. Gal Keidan, after he reportedly stabbed Keidan and shot Ettinger, on March 17, 2019.
The decision to demolish the family home was made shortly after the stabbing incident.
The demolition of homes is an act of collective punishment illegal under International Law, and Fourth Geneva Convention and various international treaties.
Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 states: “Individual responsibility, collective penalties, pillage and reprisals. No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed. … Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, collective punishment is a war crime.
It prohibits “penalties of any kind inflicted on persons or entire groups of persons, in defiance of the most elementary principles of humanity, for acts that these persons have not committed.”
22 apr 2019
An Israeli court ordered the eviction of Israeli settlers from a Palestinian-owned home that they held illegally since 2005 in Hebron City, in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, on Monday.
Hebrew-language news outlets reported that the Jerusalem Magistrate Court rejected claims by Israeli settlers, stating that given their "long occupation" of the property and their investments to improve it, the home should remain theirs.
The court rejected the claims and ordered the Israeli settlers to pay the Palestinian family 580,000 shekels ($161,000) as compensation for the years it was held illegally by the settlers.
The legal owners, the Bakri family, were represented by attorney, Samer Shehadeh, who confirmed that the Israeli settlers were appealing the court ruling.
The home is located in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, in the center of Hebron City, and sits on 0.75 acres of land.
Palestinian residents in Hebron said that Tal Construction & Investments LTD., the company which bought the home based on forged documents, is registered as a Jordanian company, however, is operated by Israeli settlers who aim to promote illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank.
Tal Construction bought the Hebron home in 2005 from Hani al-Batash, who claimed to have legal rights over the property, for $300,000 and handed it over to Israeli families.
Nevertheless, Israeli police launched an investigation into the issue and determined that the documents used during the transaction were forged and that al-Batash was not the legal owner of the property.
The area of Tel Rumeida has long been a flash-point for tensions between Palestinians and Israeli settlers and military, as it is located near illegal Israeli settlements whose residents are notoriously aggressive toward Palestinians.
Tel Rumeida is located within the area of the city designated as H2, an area taking over the bulk of Hebron's Old City that is under full Israeli military control, and the site of five illegal Israeli settlements which continually expand into surrounding Palestinian neighborhoods.
The Israeli-controlled H2 area is home to 30,000 Palestinians and around 800 Israeli settlers who live under the protection of Israeli forces.
Some 800 notoriously aggressive Israeli settlers now live under the protection of the Israeli military in the Old City of Hebron, surrounded by more than 30,000 Palestinians.
Hebrew-language news outlets reported that the Jerusalem Magistrate Court rejected claims by Israeli settlers, stating that given their "long occupation" of the property and their investments to improve it, the home should remain theirs.
The court rejected the claims and ordered the Israeli settlers to pay the Palestinian family 580,000 shekels ($161,000) as compensation for the years it was held illegally by the settlers.
The legal owners, the Bakri family, were represented by attorney, Samer Shehadeh, who confirmed that the Israeli settlers were appealing the court ruling.
The home is located in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, in the center of Hebron City, and sits on 0.75 acres of land.
Palestinian residents in Hebron said that Tal Construction & Investments LTD., the company which bought the home based on forged documents, is registered as a Jordanian company, however, is operated by Israeli settlers who aim to promote illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank.
Tal Construction bought the Hebron home in 2005 from Hani al-Batash, who claimed to have legal rights over the property, for $300,000 and handed it over to Israeli families.
Nevertheless, Israeli police launched an investigation into the issue and determined that the documents used during the transaction were forged and that al-Batash was not the legal owner of the property.
The area of Tel Rumeida has long been a flash-point for tensions between Palestinians and Israeli settlers and military, as it is located near illegal Israeli settlements whose residents are notoriously aggressive toward Palestinians.
Tel Rumeida is located within the area of the city designated as H2, an area taking over the bulk of Hebron's Old City that is under full Israeli military control, and the site of five illegal Israeli settlements which continually expand into surrounding Palestinian neighborhoods.
The Israeli-controlled H2 area is home to 30,000 Palestinians and around 800 Israeli settlers who live under the protection of Israeli forces.
Some 800 notoriously aggressive Israeli settlers now live under the protection of the Israeli military in the Old City of Hebron, surrounded by more than 30,000 Palestinians.
19 apr 2019
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Israeli forces demolished the house of Palestinian prisoner Arafat Irfaiya, 19, in the Wadi al-Harya in southern Hebron of the southern occupied West Bank, on predawn Friday.
Spokesperson of the Israeli army said that its forces demolished two apartments in Hebron, belonging to Irfaiya’s family, who is accused of killing an Israeli settler in Jerusalem two months ago. Israeli forces had escorted bulldozers and military vehicles surrounding Irfaiya’s house since late Thursday night. A Ma’an reporter said that clashes erupted between local youths and Israeli forces afterwards, during which Israeli soldiers fired tear-gas bombs and stun grenades. No injuries were reported. |
An Israeli court had previously rejected the family’s appeal against the demolition.
Israel always demolishes family homes of Palestinians, who were involved in attacking Israelis as part of its collective punishment policy against the Palestinian people.
Israel has come under harsh condemnation over the past several years for its response to attacks committed by Palestinians on Israelis, which rights groups have said amounted to "collective punishment" on family members and entire communities in a clear violation of international law.
Israel always demolishes family homes of Palestinians, who were involved in attacking Israelis as part of its collective punishment policy against the Palestinian people.
Israel has come under harsh condemnation over the past several years for its response to attacks committed by Palestinians on Israelis, which rights groups have said amounted to "collective punishment" on family members and entire communities in a clear violation of international law.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday stormed az-Zawiya town, west of Salfit in the West Bank, and broke into the home of martyr Omar Abu Laila, who recently carried out a stabbing and shooting operation at Ariel junction.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that troops aboard military vehicles and on foot encircled and raided the house of Abu Laila and took its measurements as a prelude to demolishing it.
They said that soldiers used drills to make holes in the house’ walls before telling Abu Laila’s family that they would come later to raze it.
The Israeli occupation authority already demolished dozens of Palestinian homes in different areas of the West Bank as a punitive measure against Palestinian families whose sons or daughters killed or attempted to kill Israelis.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that troops aboard military vehicles and on foot encircled and raided the house of Abu Laila and took its measurements as a prelude to demolishing it.
They said that soldiers used drills to make holes in the house’ walls before telling Abu Laila’s family that they would come later to raze it.
The Israeli occupation authority already demolished dozens of Palestinian homes in different areas of the West Bank as a punitive measure against Palestinian families whose sons or daughters killed or attempted to kill Israelis.
18 apr 2019
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Israeli forces dismantled a Palestinian-owned tent in the Susiya village in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron for the second time in a row, on Thursday morning.
Coordinator of a local popular committee in the South Hebron Hills, Fouad al-Umour, said that Israeli forces dismantled and confiscated a tent, belonging to Hussein al-Nawajaa. Israeli forces also confiscated equipment used to set up the tent. Israeli forces had dismantled al-Nawajaa's tent, on Tuesday, leaving him and his 10-member family homeless. |
The Israeli occupation army on Wednesday demolished three agricultural rooms belonging to Palestinian farmers in al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.
Local official Hasan Berejiya said that one Israeli bulldozer escorted by soldiers stormed Shawshahla area in al-Khader town and embarked on knocking down three agricultural rooms at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
The razed structures belonged to farmers Munder Salah, Sa’ad Salah and Habbas Salah.
Recently, the Israeli army closed a main road leading to Shawshahla area and prevented homeowners from entering it for several hours a day.
Local official Hasan Berejiya said that one Israeli bulldozer escorted by soldiers stormed Shawshahla area in al-Khader town and embarked on knocking down three agricultural rooms at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
The razed structures belonged to farmers Munder Salah, Sa’ad Salah and Habbas Salah.
Recently, the Israeli army closed a main road leading to Shawshahla area and prevented homeowners from entering it for several hours a day.
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