20 dec 2018
Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, razed on Thursday a Palestinian-owned agricultural land in the village of Um Saffa, to the northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Head of Um Saffa’s village council Marwan Sabah said that Israeli settlers accompanied with bulldozers started razing a 500-dunum land in the village aiming to expand the nearby illegal Jewish settlement of Ateret.
Sabah said the village has been a frequent target of attacks by extremist Jewish settlers for years.
Head of Um Saffa’s village council Marwan Sabah said that Israeli settlers accompanied with bulldozers started razing a 500-dunum land in the village aiming to expand the nearby illegal Jewish settlement of Ateret.
Sabah said the village has been a frequent target of attacks by extremist Jewish settlers for years.
The European Union (EU) expressed, on Thursday, "strong concern" regarding the dismantling of a Palestinian school, serving 40 Palestinian schoolchildren in the al-Simiya village in the southern West Bank district of al-Khalil by the Israeli authorities on December 5th.
The EU missions said, in a statement, that this is the fifth demolition or confiscation of school and kindergarten structures which the Israeli authorities have carried out in the West Bank in 2018.
According to the EU statement, a total of 50 schools, in Area C and East Jerusalem, have received demolition or stop work orders by Israel "creating a coercive environment affecting more than 5,000 school children."
"Every child has the right to access education and States have an obligation to protect, respect and fulfil this right, by ensuring that schools are inviolable safe spaces for children."
The statement added "In line with its long-standing position on this issue, the EU calls upon the Israeli authorities to halt demolitions and confiscations of Palestinian houses and property, in accordance with its obligations as an occupying power under international humanitarian law, and to cease the policies of settlement construction and expansion, of designating land for exclusive Israeli use and of denying Palestinian development, all of which threaten the two-state solution."
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah also called upon the Israeli authorities to rebuild the school structures in the same place without delay.
The EU missions said, in a statement, that this is the fifth demolition or confiscation of school and kindergarten structures which the Israeli authorities have carried out in the West Bank in 2018.
According to the EU statement, a total of 50 schools, in Area C and East Jerusalem, have received demolition or stop work orders by Israel "creating a coercive environment affecting more than 5,000 school children."
"Every child has the right to access education and States have an obligation to protect, respect and fulfil this right, by ensuring that schools are inviolable safe spaces for children."
The statement added "In line with its long-standing position on this issue, the EU calls upon the Israeli authorities to halt demolitions and confiscations of Palestinian houses and property, in accordance with its obligations as an occupying power under international humanitarian law, and to cease the policies of settlement construction and expansion, of designating land for exclusive Israeli use and of denying Palestinian development, all of which threaten the two-state solution."
The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah also called upon the Israeli authorities to rebuild the school structures in the same place without delay.
Israeli settlers razed on Thursday Palestinian lands in Bethlehem’s town of Battir, in the occupied West Bank, in an attempt to use them for settlement purposes.
Hasan Breijieh, from the local anti-settlement committee, said that settlers bulldozed Palestinian land in Battir as they paved the way for the establishment of a new settlement outpost.
The Palestinian locals have stood on guard to the settlers who broke into their land and prevented the bulldozers from inflicting further damage on their cultivated tracts.
Hasan Breijieh, from the local anti-settlement committee, said that settlers bulldozed Palestinian land in Battir as they paved the way for the establishment of a new settlement outpost.
The Palestinian locals have stood on guard to the settlers who broke into their land and prevented the bulldozers from inflicting further damage on their cultivated tracts.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Wednesday demolished a Palestinian house in Umm al-Fahm city near Haifa at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
The Hebrew website 0404 said that the Israeli police found an explosive device in the house and neutralized it before carrying out the demolition.
It also claimed that the house was knocked down after an Israeli court issued a verdict in this regard.
The Hebrew website 0404 said that the Israeli police found an explosive device in the house and neutralized it before carrying out the demolition.
It also claimed that the house was knocked down after an Israeli court issued a verdict in this regard.
19 dec 2018
The Palestinian young man Abdullah Abu Affas on Wednesday was forced to demolish his own house in Wadi al-Ne'am village in the Negev to avoid paying a heavy fine to the Israeli authorities.
The Israeli authorities on Tuesday ordered Abu Affas to demolish his house, only a week after his wedding, for allegedly being unlicensed.
Otherwise, the Israeli authorities would carry out the demolition and force him to pay the costs.
Wadi al-Ne'am is one of the unrecognized Arab villages in the Negev, and it has a population of about 1,500.
Wadi al-Ne'am residents, over the past 60 years, have lived without recognition or any possibility of development and expansion. The village lacks basic services like water, electricity, and infrastructure, and the residents are constantly threatened with forcible transfer.
The Israeli authorities on Tuesday ordered Abu Affas to demolish his house, only a week after his wedding, for allegedly being unlicensed.
Otherwise, the Israeli authorities would carry out the demolition and force him to pay the costs.
Wadi al-Ne'am is one of the unrecognized Arab villages in the Negev, and it has a population of about 1,500.
Wadi al-Ne'am residents, over the past 60 years, have lived without recognition or any possibility of development and expansion. The village lacks basic services like water, electricity, and infrastructure, and the residents are constantly threatened with forcible transfer.
Israeli
settlers on Tuesday evening destroyed and uprooted dozens of
Palestinian-owned trees in Tarqumiyah town, west of al-Khalil city.
Hashem al-Badarin, a Palestinian official in charge of documenting agricultural damages, said that Israelis from Adora settlement uprooted over 100 trees planted in Tarqumiyah lands.
Such attacks, which are witnessed on a regular basis in the area, are aimed at seizing more Palestinian lands in favor of settlement expansion projects.
In a related context, a group of Israeli settlers on Wednesday morning bulldozed Palestinian lands in Asira al-Qibliya village, south of Nablus.
Anti-settlement activist Ghassan Daghlas told Wafa that Israeli settlers' bulldozers leveled vast tracts of Palestinian lands in the village to pave the way for the expansion of Yitzhar settlement.
Hashem al-Badarin, a Palestinian official in charge of documenting agricultural damages, said that Israelis from Adora settlement uprooted over 100 trees planted in Tarqumiyah lands.
Such attacks, which are witnessed on a regular basis in the area, are aimed at seizing more Palestinian lands in favor of settlement expansion projects.
In a related context, a group of Israeli settlers on Wednesday morning bulldozed Palestinian lands in Asira al-Qibliya village, south of Nablus.
Anti-settlement activist Ghassan Daghlas told Wafa that Israeli settlers' bulldozers leveled vast tracts of Palestinian lands in the village to pave the way for the expansion of Yitzhar settlement.
Dozens of extremist illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, Wednesday, Palestinian farmlands in ‘Asira al-Qibliya town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and uprooted them.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists brought a bulldozer and other equipment to uproot the Palestinian lands.
He added that the invasion targeted Basin #1, also known as the al-Kharroub area of ‘Asira al-Qibliya.
The latest violation and assault is part of numerous attacks against the Palestinians and their lands in that area, especially since the settlers aim at expanding their illegal colony of Yitzhar, which was built on private Palestinian lands
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists brought a bulldozer and other equipment to uproot the Palestinian lands.
He added that the invasion targeted Basin #1, also known as the al-Kharroub area of ‘Asira al-Qibliya.
The latest violation and assault is part of numerous attacks against the Palestinians and their lands in that area, especially since the settlers aim at expanding their illegal colony of Yitzhar, which was built on private Palestinian lands
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, at dawn, dozens of Palestinian homes and buildings in the al-‘Isawiya town in occupied Jerusalem, and violently searched them, before interrogating many Palestinians, and abducted at least twenty of them, in addition to summoning two others for interrogation.
Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, said dozens of soldiers surrounded the town, and were heavily deployed in many areas, especially on its main entrance, before invading it.
He added that the soldiers installed roadblocks in the town, before conducting massive and violent searches of cars, homes, commercial buildings, and a gas station where they also confiscated a propane tank. video
Abu al-Hummus further stated that the soldiers summoned two Palestinians for interrogation, and installed a military tent at the western entrance of the town to use it as an “operation room,” after complete sealing the area.
Israeli police officers were also deployed at the entrance of the town, during early morning hours, before stopping and searching dozens of vehicles, including buses transporting children to their schools.
Fifteen of the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, said dozens of soldiers surrounded the town, and were heavily deployed in many areas, especially on its main entrance, before invading it.
He added that the soldiers installed roadblocks in the town, before conducting massive and violent searches of cars, homes, commercial buildings, and a gas station where they also confiscated a propane tank. video
Abu al-Hummus further stated that the soldiers summoned two Palestinians for interrogation, and installed a military tent at the western entrance of the town to use it as an “operation room,” after complete sealing the area.
Israeli police officers were also deployed at the entrance of the town, during early morning hours, before stopping and searching dozens of vehicles, including buses transporting children to their schools.
Fifteen of the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Mohammad Aziz Obeid.
- Rami Esmat Obeid.
- Taha ‘Ayesh Obeid.
- Mohammad Sultan Obeid.
- Zaki Sultan Obeid.
- Saber Sha’ban Obeid.
- Abed Khaled Na’aji.
- Karam Mohammad Oleyyan.
- Saleh Abu ‘Assab.
- Mohammad Mer’ey Dirbas.
- Qassem Monir Dirbas.
- Mohammad Ahmad Abu Ryala.
- Ayyoub Na’im Hamdan.
- Haroun Mohammad Mheisin.
- Qussai Jamal Abu Ali.
18 dec 2018
Israeli forces uprooted hundreds of cactus seedlings belonging to a Palestinian resident in the Bardala village in the northern occupied West Bank, on Tuesday afternoon.
A Palestinian official in charge of Jordan Valley's Israeli settlements file at the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mutaz Bisharat, said that Israeli forces uprooted 200 five-month-old cactus seedlings.
Bisharat added that the seedlings belong to local resident Faris Sawafta in Bardala in the Jordan Valley.
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 unpredictability of the training drills leaves rural Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley anxious about when they will be displaced, and whether the next time will be permanent.
Palestinian residents of the Jordan Valley regularly face evacuations and interruption due to Israeli military exercises on or near their land. The Jordan Valley district of Tubas is one of the West Bank's most important agricultural centers.
The majority of the Jordan Valley is under full Israeli military control, while at least 44% of the total land in the Jordan Valley has been re-appropriated by Israeli forces for military purposes and training exercises.
According to the Palestinian nonprofit the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ), using data from the Palestine Ministry of Wall and Colonization Affairs, the group reported that more than 400,000 dunams (98,842 acres) of the 720,000 dunams (177,916 acres) that make up the total area of the Jordan Valley has been transformed into closed military and firing zones, with at least 27,000 dunams (6,672 acres) confiscated for illegal Israeli settlement building.
Palestinians in the Jordan Valley are one of the most vulnerable groups to displacement, with over 60 percent of the 6,000 Palestinians forcibly displaced since 2008 belonged to herding or Bedouin communities, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
A Palestinian official in charge of Jordan Valley's Israeli settlements file at the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mutaz Bisharat, said that Israeli forces uprooted 200 five-month-old cactus seedlings.
Bisharat added that the seedlings belong to local resident Faris Sawafta in Bardala in the Jordan Valley.
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 unpredictability of the training drills leaves rural Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley anxious about when they will be displaced, and whether the next time will be permanent.
Palestinian residents of the Jordan Valley regularly face evacuations and interruption due to Israeli military exercises on or near their land. The Jordan Valley district of Tubas is one of the West Bank's most important agricultural centers.
The majority of the Jordan Valley is under full Israeli military control, while at least 44% of the total land in the Jordan Valley has been re-appropriated by Israeli forces for military purposes and training exercises.
According to the Palestinian nonprofit the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ), using data from the Palestine Ministry of Wall and Colonization Affairs, the group reported that more than 400,000 dunams (98,842 acres) of the 720,000 dunams (177,916 acres) that make up the total area of the Jordan Valley has been transformed into closed military and firing zones, with at least 27,000 dunams (6,672 acres) confiscated for illegal Israeli settlement building.
Palestinians in the Jordan Valley are one of the most vulnerable groups to displacement, with over 60 percent of the 6,000 Palestinians forcibly displaced since 2008 belonged to herding or Bedouin communities, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Israeli forces informed the family of Palestinian prisoner Khalil Jabbarin that the Israeli authorities decided to demolish the family house in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, on Tuesday.
Sources said that Israeli forces informed Jabbarin's family of the order to demolish their home in Yatta, as part of its "collective punishment" policy against Palestinians who were involved in attacking Israelis.
Jabbarin, 16, was shot, injured and imprisoned by Israeli forces, in September, after he had carried out a stabbing attack reportedly killing an Israeli settler.
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 authorities has demolished two Palestinian homes during the past week, belonging to families of Palestinians accused of attacking Israelis, one belonging to the Abu Hmeid family in Ramallah and one belonging to Ashraf Naalwa's family in Tulkarm, after the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed to accelerate demolishing homes of Palestinians who attacked Israelis in following recent Palestinian attacks that resulted in killing Israeli soldiers.
Sources said that Israeli forces informed Jabbarin's family of the order to demolish their home in Yatta, as part of its "collective punishment" policy against Palestinians who were involved in attacking Israelis.
Jabbarin, 16, was shot, injured and imprisoned by Israeli forces, in September, after he had carried out a stabbing attack reportedly killing an Israeli settler.
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 authorities has demolished two Palestinian homes during the past week, belonging to families of Palestinians accused of attacking Israelis, one belonging to the Abu Hmeid family in Ramallah and one belonging to Ashraf Naalwa's family in Tulkarm, after the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed to accelerate demolishing homes of Palestinians who attacked Israelis in following recent Palestinian attacks that resulted in killing Israeli soldiers.
Undercover Israeli officers kidnapped, Tuesday, a young Palestinian political prisoner, after ambushing near his home, following his release from prison after serving a year behind bars, while the soldiers abducted his father, and several members of his family.
The undercover soldiers and police officers infiltrated into the al-Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and ambushed the young man near his home, before abducting him just hours after his release from prison.
Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, said the undercover soldiers ambushed and kidnapped Anas Ali Dirbas, and took him to an unknown destination, before he was able to enter his home.
He added that more than 100 soldiers and police officers invaded the town, and assaulted many members of Dirbas family, before abducting his father, and a few of his male cousins.
Abu al-Hummus stated that the soldiers assaulted the abducted Palestinians, and confiscated three cars.
He said that the army and police have recently stepped-up the policy of abducting Palestinian political prisoners shortly after their release, and some cases instantly, in addition to imposing severe restrictions on them.
The undercover soldiers and police officers infiltrated into the al-Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and ambushed the young man near his home, before abducting him just hours after his release from prison.
Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, said the undercover soldiers ambushed and kidnapped Anas Ali Dirbas, and took him to an unknown destination, before he was able to enter his home.
He added that more than 100 soldiers and police officers invaded the town, and assaulted many members of Dirbas family, before abducting his father, and a few of his male cousins.
Abu al-Hummus stated that the soldiers assaulted the abducted Palestinians, and confiscated three cars.
He said that the army and police have recently stepped-up the policy of abducting Palestinian political prisoners shortly after their release, and some cases instantly, in addition to imposing severe restrictions on them.
The Israeli military on Tuesday invaded the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukaber in Jerusalem and demolished two Palestinian-owned apartment buildings under the pretext that they were “built without a permit”.
Israel has issued no permits for Palestinians to build on their land in Jerusalem since 1967, but the excuse is frequently provided for the demolition of Palestinian homes in areas that they are trying to annex that these homes are “constructed without a permit”.
According to local news sources, the Israeli military bulldozers, backed by troops from the special forces and Israeli police from Jerusalem, stormed the neighborhood of Farouk in the Jabal al-Mukaber area of southern Jerusalem. They then surrounded two apartment buildings and prepared the demolition process.
The buildings were owned by the Aql family, and were meant to house the grown children of Amin Fahma. One of the family members is about to get married, and was supposed to move into one of the units after the wedding. The building was recently completed, and was about 200 square meters in size. video
The family had filed an appeal with the court of the Israeli government’s rejection of their construction, and had just last week had that appeal denied by the Israeli High Court.
Israeli municipality razes Palestinian home in east Jerusalem
The Israeli municipality in Occupied Jerusalem demolished on Tuesday morning a new Palestinian home in Jabel Mukaber neighborhood, southeast of the holy city.
Local sources said that police forces escorting a municipal crew stormed Jabel Mukaber and encircled the house before a bulldozer knocked down the house, which was composed of two apartments.
The Israeli municipality justified the measure by claiming the house was built with no permits, according to the sources.
The homeowner, Ameen Aqeel, did not receive any prior notice from the Israeli municipality warning him of its intent to demolish the house.
Israel has issued no permits for Palestinians to build on their land in Jerusalem since 1967, but the excuse is frequently provided for the demolition of Palestinian homes in areas that they are trying to annex that these homes are “constructed without a permit”.
According to local news sources, the Israeli military bulldozers, backed by troops from the special forces and Israeli police from Jerusalem, stormed the neighborhood of Farouk in the Jabal al-Mukaber area of southern Jerusalem. They then surrounded two apartment buildings and prepared the demolition process.
The buildings were owned by the Aql family, and were meant to house the grown children of Amin Fahma. One of the family members is about to get married, and was supposed to move into one of the units after the wedding. The building was recently completed, and was about 200 square meters in size. video
The family had filed an appeal with the court of the Israeli government’s rejection of their construction, and had just last week had that appeal denied by the Israeli High Court.
Israeli municipality razes Palestinian home in east Jerusalem
The Israeli municipality in Occupied Jerusalem demolished on Tuesday morning a new Palestinian home in Jabel Mukaber neighborhood, southeast of the holy city.
Local sources said that police forces escorting a municipal crew stormed Jabel Mukaber and encircled the house before a bulldozer knocked down the house, which was composed of two apartments.
The Israeli municipality justified the measure by claiming the house was built with no permits, according to the sources.
The homeowner, Ameen Aqeel, did not receive any prior notice from the Israeli municipality warning him of its intent to demolish the house.
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