28 jan 2020
Israeli military today issued a military order to seize hundreds of dunams of Palestinian farmland in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, according to local sources.
Hasan Breijieh, an anti-settlement and wall activist, told WAFA that he received a copy of an Israeli military plan to expand the borders of the illegal colonial settlement of Asfar, built illegally on lands belonging to Ash-Shuyukh and Sa'ir, both located to the north of Hebron city.
Breijeh added that the plan entails the confiscation of tens of dunams of Palestinian farmland planted olive and almond trees in basin No. 8 in al- Ash-Shuyukh town and basin No. 20 in Sa'ir for the expansion of the colonial settlement.
According to the Israeli anti-settlement group, Peace Now, “Over the years, Israel has used a number of legal and bureaucratic procedures in order to appropriate West Bank lands, with the primary objective of establishing settlements and providing land reserves for them.”
“Using primarily these five methods: seizure for military purposes; declaration of state lands; seizure of absentee property; confiscation for public needs; and initial registration, Israel has managed to take over about 50% of the lands in the West Bank, barring the local Palestinian public from using them.”
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The number of settlers has almost tripled since the Oslo Accords of 1993, when settlers’ number estimated 252,000. Illegal colonial settlements have leapt from 144 to 515 in that time.
Israel’s nation-state law, passed in July 2018, enshrines Jewish supremacy, and states that building and strengthening the colonial settlements is a “national interest.”
Hasan Breijieh, an anti-settlement and wall activist, told WAFA that he received a copy of an Israeli military plan to expand the borders of the illegal colonial settlement of Asfar, built illegally on lands belonging to Ash-Shuyukh and Sa'ir, both located to the north of Hebron city.
Breijeh added that the plan entails the confiscation of tens of dunams of Palestinian farmland planted olive and almond trees in basin No. 8 in al- Ash-Shuyukh town and basin No. 20 in Sa'ir for the expansion of the colonial settlement.
According to the Israeli anti-settlement group, Peace Now, “Over the years, Israel has used a number of legal and bureaucratic procedures in order to appropriate West Bank lands, with the primary objective of establishing settlements and providing land reserves for them.”
“Using primarily these five methods: seizure for military purposes; declaration of state lands; seizure of absentee property; confiscation for public needs; and initial registration, Israel has managed to take over about 50% of the lands in the West Bank, barring the local Palestinian public from using them.”
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The number of settlers has almost tripled since the Oslo Accords of 1993, when settlers’ number estimated 252,000. Illegal colonial settlements have leapt from 144 to 515 in that time.
Israel’s nation-state law, passed in July 2018, enshrines Jewish supremacy, and states that building and strengthening the colonial settlements is a “national interest.”
Israeli police today morning demolished a Palestinian store in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz, reported WAFA correspondent.
He said that heavily-armed Israeli police and staff of the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem stormed Wadi al-Joz neighborhood, where they cordoned off a sanitary ware store. video
Wadi Hilweh Information Center, a Silwan-based watchdog, posted a video showing police allowing the store owners to remove some of the sanitary fittings, before the heavy machinery tore down the store, built of tin sheets.
Using the pretext of illegal building, Israel demolishes structures on a regular basis to restrict Palestinian expansion in occupied Jerusalem and driven them out of the city.
At the same time, the municipality and government build tens of thousands of housing units in illegal settlements in Jerusalem for Jews with a goal to offset the demographic balance in favor of the Jewish settlers in the occupied city.
Although Palestinians in East Jerusalem, a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian Territory that has been subject to Israeli military occupation since 1967, they are denied their citizenship rights and are instead classified only as "residents" whose permits can be revoked by Israel for a variety of reasons, including insufficient loyalty to the State of Israel.
They are also discriminated against in all aspects of life including housing, employment and services, and are unable to access services in the West Bank due to the construction of Israel's separation wall.
He said that heavily-armed Israeli police and staff of the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem stormed Wadi al-Joz neighborhood, where they cordoned off a sanitary ware store. video
Wadi Hilweh Information Center, a Silwan-based watchdog, posted a video showing police allowing the store owners to remove some of the sanitary fittings, before the heavy machinery tore down the store, built of tin sheets.
Using the pretext of illegal building, Israel demolishes structures on a regular basis to restrict Palestinian expansion in occupied Jerusalem and driven them out of the city.
At the same time, the municipality and government build tens of thousands of housing units in illegal settlements in Jerusalem for Jews with a goal to offset the demographic balance in favor of the Jewish settlers in the occupied city.
Although Palestinians in East Jerusalem, a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian Territory that has been subject to Israeli military occupation since 1967, they are denied their citizenship rights and are instead classified only as "residents" whose permits can be revoked by Israel for a variety of reasons, including insufficient loyalty to the State of Israel.
They are also discriminated against in all aspects of life including housing, employment and services, and are unable to access services in the West Bank due to the construction of Israel's separation wall.
27 jan 2020
Israeli forces seized a bulldozer and an excavator owned by a Palestinian resident in the village of Susiya, in the south Hebron Hills, the southern occupied West Bank, said a local official.
Head of Susiya village council, Jihad al-Nawaja, told WAFA Israeli forces stormed an elementary school in the village and seized a bulldozer and an excavator working on the rehabilitation of the school’s courtyard.
Head of Susiya village council, Jihad al-Nawaja, told WAFA Israeli forces stormed an elementary school in the village and seized a bulldozer and an excavator working on the rehabilitation of the school’s courtyard.
The Israeli authorities, on Sunday, demolished a water well in the village of al-Zawiyah in Salfit, central occupied West Bank, and delivered demolition notices to others.
The mayor of al-Zawiyah, Mohmoud Muqdadi, told Quds News Network (QNN) that “over 100 Israeli soldiers accompanied by bulldozers demolished a water well owned by Muath Musleh, and notified locals of the occupation state’s plans to demolish 10 other water wells.”
“The villagers gathered in the area, resulting in the prevention of the occupation forces from carrying out the demolitions,” added Muqdadi, stating that soldiers announced their plans to return to demolish the rest of the wells.
Muqdadi also stressed that “the local community will continue to protest, as they have done in the past, to prevent the occupation forces from demolishing water wells.” The villagers have organized protests that prevented the occupation authorities from building the apartheid wall on the village’s land.
“The locals of al-Zawiya, as well as the municipality, are determined to continue construction and cultivation in order to prevent the occupation state from confiscating it”, Muqdadi said.
“If they demolish a water well, we will build another,” he concluded.
Important to note that Resolution 64/292 of the United Nations General Assembly recognizes the human right to water and sanitation, and acknowledges that clean drinking water and sanitation are essential to the realisation of all human rights.
The mayor of al-Zawiyah, Mohmoud Muqdadi, told Quds News Network (QNN) that “over 100 Israeli soldiers accompanied by bulldozers demolished a water well owned by Muath Musleh, and notified locals of the occupation state’s plans to demolish 10 other water wells.”
“The villagers gathered in the area, resulting in the prevention of the occupation forces from carrying out the demolitions,” added Muqdadi, stating that soldiers announced their plans to return to demolish the rest of the wells.
Muqdadi also stressed that “the local community will continue to protest, as they have done in the past, to prevent the occupation forces from demolishing water wells.” The villagers have organized protests that prevented the occupation authorities from building the apartheid wall on the village’s land.
“The locals of al-Zawiya, as well as the municipality, are determined to continue construction and cultivation in order to prevent the occupation state from confiscating it”, Muqdadi said.
“If they demolish a water well, we will build another,” he concluded.
Important to note that Resolution 64/292 of the United Nations General Assembly recognizes the human right to water and sanitation, and acknowledges that clean drinking water and sanitation are essential to the realisation of all human rights.
Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians, Confiscate Agricultural Equipment And Uproot Olive Trees in Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Sunday at night and on Monday at dawn, Hebron city, in addition to Doura town and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, in southern West Bank, abducted two Palestinians and confiscated agricultural equipment, in addition to uprooting olive trees.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded, on Monday at dawn, Doura town, southwest of Hebron, searched homes and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mahmoud Dahman al-Fasfous.
They added that the soldiers also invaded homes in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and abducted Yazan Ezzeddin Tealakh, 21.
In addition, the soldiers installed many military roadblocks on Hebron’s northern and southern roads, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated the Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
On Sunday at night, the soldiers invaded Birin village, southwest of Hebron, and confiscated agricultural equipment, owned by Ribhi Rabah Rajabi, in addition to cutting and uprooting olive trees in the area.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded, on Monday at dawn, Doura town, southwest of Hebron, searched homes and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mahmoud Dahman al-Fasfous.
They added that the soldiers also invaded homes in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and abducted Yazan Ezzeddin Tealakh, 21.
In addition, the soldiers installed many military roadblocks on Hebron’s northern and southern roads, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated the Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
On Sunday at night, the soldiers invaded Birin village, southwest of Hebron, and confiscated agricultural equipment, owned by Ribhi Rabah Rajabi, in addition to cutting and uprooting olive trees in the area.
An Israeli court on Sunday issued a ruling in favor of the Ateret Cohanim settler group and ordered the eviction of five Palestinian families from their own homes in Silwan district, east of Occupied Jerusalem.
The families to be evicted live in a five-story apartment building belonging to the family of Duweik in the Baten al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan district. 25 individuals, including children, would be homeless if the court order was implemented.
Mazen Duweik, one of the real estate owners, stated that his grandfather had bought the land where the building was built in 1963 and since then his children and grandchildren have been living in it.
According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, the Jerusalem magistrate court rejected the objections that had been filed by the Duweik family against previous court eviction notices it received in 2014 from Ateret Cohanim, and gave the family until next August to evacuate the building.
Ateret Cohanim claim the land on which the building was built belong to Jews who owned it in the past.
The same settler group won a similar lawsuit recently against the Jerusalemite family of Rajbi, whose members have been living in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood since 1975.
84 Palestinian families living in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood received during the past years court eviction orders.
All the families in this neighborhood have been fighting lengthy and costly legal battles to prove their right to the lands their grandparents had bought from previous owners.
The families to be evicted live in a five-story apartment building belonging to the family of Duweik in the Baten al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan district. 25 individuals, including children, would be homeless if the court order was implemented.
Mazen Duweik, one of the real estate owners, stated that his grandfather had bought the land where the building was built in 1963 and since then his children and grandchildren have been living in it.
According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, the Jerusalem magistrate court rejected the objections that had been filed by the Duweik family against previous court eviction notices it received in 2014 from Ateret Cohanim, and gave the family until next August to evacuate the building.
Ateret Cohanim claim the land on which the building was built belong to Jews who owned it in the past.
The same settler group won a similar lawsuit recently against the Jerusalemite family of Rajbi, whose members have been living in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood since 1975.
84 Palestinian families living in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood received during the past years court eviction orders.
All the families in this neighborhood have been fighting lengthy and costly legal battles to prove their right to the lands their grandparents had bought from previous owners.
Israeli forces destroyed a water collection well, on Sunday, in the Palestinian al–Zawiya village, west of Salfit, central occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported.
Head of al-Zawiyah village council, Mohmoud Muqdadi, said Israeli forces and bulldozers stormed the village and demolished the well, owned by a local Palestinian villager, for apparently lacking an Israeli ‘permit’.
Israel demolishes the homes of Palestinians for lacking a permit, while withholding permission to build at the same time, yet allowing illegal settlements to expand.
Israeli army destroys water well in Salfit
The Israeli occupation army on Sunday demolished a water well used for agricultural purposes and notified local residents of its intention to destroy 10 others in az-Zawiya town in the west of Salfit.
Az-Zawiya mayor Mahmoud Muqidi said that Israeli soldiers stormed Serisiya area in the town and sealed a well with dirt and rocks, adding that the well belonged to a local resident called Muadh Muslih.
The soldiers also notified local residents of intents to remove 10 other wells soon in the area.
In a separate incident, bulldozers belongings to Jewish settlers from the illegal West Bank settlement of Ariel razed a vast tract of fertile grazing and agricultural land in the north of Salfit. The land belongs to Palestinian farmers living in the area.
Local sources said that the Israeli occupation authority bulldozed the land in order to expand the settlement of Ariel.
Head of al-Zawiyah village council, Mohmoud Muqdadi, said Israeli forces and bulldozers stormed the village and demolished the well, owned by a local Palestinian villager, for apparently lacking an Israeli ‘permit’.
Israel demolishes the homes of Palestinians for lacking a permit, while withholding permission to build at the same time, yet allowing illegal settlements to expand.
Israeli army destroys water well in Salfit
The Israeli occupation army on Sunday demolished a water well used for agricultural purposes and notified local residents of its intention to destroy 10 others in az-Zawiya town in the west of Salfit.
Az-Zawiya mayor Mahmoud Muqidi said that Israeli soldiers stormed Serisiya area in the town and sealed a well with dirt and rocks, adding that the well belonged to a local resident called Muadh Muslih.
The soldiers also notified local residents of intents to remove 10 other wells soon in the area.
In a separate incident, bulldozers belongings to Jewish settlers from the illegal West Bank settlement of Ariel razed a vast tract of fertile grazing and agricultural land in the north of Salfit. The land belongs to Palestinian farmers living in the area.
Local sources said that the Israeli occupation authority bulldozed the land in order to expand the settlement of Ariel.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, the village of Rommana, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and delivered demolition orders targeting four under-construction Palestinian homes.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the village from various directions and handed the military orders to the Palestinians.
The owners of the homes said the Israeli army wants to demolish their properties due to their proximity to the illegal Annexation Wall, which was built on their lands.
The army is also claiming the Palestinians started the construction of their homes “without a permit from the Civil Administration Office,” the executive branch of Israel’s illegal military occupation of Palestine.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the village from various directions and handed the military orders to the Palestinians.
The owners of the homes said the Israeli army wants to demolish their properties due to their proximity to the illegal Annexation Wall, which was built on their lands.
The army is also claiming the Palestinians started the construction of their homes “without a permit from the Civil Administration Office,” the executive branch of Israel’s illegal military occupation of Palestine.
26 jan 2020
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, a former political prisoner, and summoned another Palestinian for interrogation, in addition to confiscating a bulldozer in the northern West Bank governorate of Nablus.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Burqa village, north of Nablus, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Monjid Ragheb Salah.
Daghlas added that the soldiers also invaded the home of Mo’in Sha’er, and summoned him for interrogation.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Zawata village, northwest of Nablus, confiscated a bulldozer, after stopping the Palestinians from finishing work aimed at paving a new road, and briefly detained several Palestinians.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Burqa village, north of Nablus, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Monjid Ragheb Salah.
Daghlas added that the soldiers also invaded the home of Mo’in Sha’er, and summoned him for interrogation.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Zawata village, northwest of Nablus, confiscated a bulldozer, after stopping the Palestinians from finishing work aimed at paving a new road, and briefly detained several Palestinians.
