12 july 2017
The Israeli occupation bulldozers on Wednesday morning knocked down a Palestinian family home and commercial structures in Occupied Jerusalem under the pretext of unlicensed construction.
According to eye-witnesses, Israeli municipal crews escorted by special units and military bulldozers stormed al-Sal’a neighborhood, in Jerusalem’s southern town of Jabal al-Mukabir, and cordoned off the targeted home before they reduced it to rubble.
The house owner, Mousa Abeidat, said he was shocked as he caught sight of the Israeli troops who broke into his home and demolished it without prior notification.
The demolished building covers an area of 200 square meters.
At the same time, the Israeli bulldozers reduced Palestinian commercial structures in Silwan town, south of al-Aqsa Mosque, to rubble.
The demolished structures included a car wash and a set of tin huts.
Jerusalem; Israeli Soldiers Demolish Storage Rooms, Car-wash Facility, And Abduct A Young Man After Shooting Him
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the al-Jisir area, between Jabal al-Mokabber and Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished storage rooms and a car-wash facility, owned by Mousa Obeidat, and abducted one Palestinian after shooting him.
The soldiers invaded the facilities and demolished them, under the pretext of being constructed without a permit from the Jerusalem City Council.
Many Palestinians protested the invasion and the demolitions, before the soldiers shot a young man, identified as Ali Ziad Odah, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his leg, and abducted him, after repeatedly assaulting him.
According to eye-witnesses, Israeli municipal crews escorted by special units and military bulldozers stormed al-Sal’a neighborhood, in Jerusalem’s southern town of Jabal al-Mukabir, and cordoned off the targeted home before they reduced it to rubble.
The house owner, Mousa Abeidat, said he was shocked as he caught sight of the Israeli troops who broke into his home and demolished it without prior notification.
The demolished building covers an area of 200 square meters.
At the same time, the Israeli bulldozers reduced Palestinian commercial structures in Silwan town, south of al-Aqsa Mosque, to rubble.
The demolished structures included a car wash and a set of tin huts.
Jerusalem; Israeli Soldiers Demolish Storage Rooms, Car-wash Facility, And Abduct A Young Man After Shooting Him
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the al-Jisir area, between Jabal al-Mokabber and Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished storage rooms and a car-wash facility, owned by Mousa Obeidat, and abducted one Palestinian after shooting him.
The soldiers invaded the facilities and demolished them, under the pretext of being constructed without a permit from the Jerusalem City Council.
Many Palestinians protested the invasion and the demolitions, before the soldiers shot a young man, identified as Ali Ziad Odah, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his leg, and abducted him, after repeatedly assaulting him.
11 july 2017
Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the al-‘Eesawiyya village, in occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished a four-story apartment building, which also includes two warehouses, that were built by a Palestinian family on their own land.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers surrounded the building, consisting of six apartments, and two warehouses, and demolished it.
The building, and the warehouses, are owned by members of Mahmoud family in al-‘Eesawiyya, and was constructed a year ago, on 800 square meters of land.
The family said that the soldiers previously photographed the building, before the City Council issued an order for demolishing it, under the pretext of being built without a permit.
The family hired a lawyer who was filed appeals against the demolition orders, and started the paperwork to obtain the needed permits for the building.
The case was supposed to be discussed in a hearing that with the local court of the Jerusalem City Council, which was scheduled for today, but the soldiers demolished the building, just hours before the hearing was to take place.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers surrounded the building, consisting of six apartments, and two warehouses, and demolished it.
The building, and the warehouses, are owned by members of Mahmoud family in al-‘Eesawiyya, and was constructed a year ago, on 800 square meters of land.
The family said that the soldiers previously photographed the building, before the City Council issued an order for demolishing it, under the pretext of being built without a permit.
The family hired a lawyer who was filed appeals against the demolition orders, and started the paperwork to obtain the needed permits for the building.
The case was supposed to be discussed in a hearing that with the local court of the Jerusalem City Council, which was scheduled for today, but the soldiers demolished the building, just hours before the hearing was to take place.
10 july 2017
Violent clashes burst out south of holy al-Aqsa Mosque, in Occupied Jerusalem, after Israeli settlers attempted to seize a Palestinian land lot.
A PIC news correspondent said a group of Israeli settlers, escorted by a special unit, broke into Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, in Silwan, and attempted to grab hold of a Palestinian land owned by al-Rajabi and Basbous families.
The occupation forces claimed that a court decision signaled a green light for the settlers’ takeover of the land but refused to show the alleged court rule to the land owners.
The Israeli soldiers showered Palestinian homes in the area with pepper spray and attacked the anti-occupation youth with batons and rifle butts, leaving dozens wounded.
A court hearing is set to be held by the end of July to decide on the targeted land lot.
A PIC news correspondent said a group of Israeli settlers, escorted by a special unit, broke into Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, in Silwan, and attempted to grab hold of a Palestinian land owned by al-Rajabi and Basbous families.
The occupation forces claimed that a court decision signaled a green light for the settlers’ takeover of the land but refused to show the alleged court rule to the land owners.
The Israeli soldiers showered Palestinian homes in the area with pepper spray and attacked the anti-occupation youth with batons and rifle butts, leaving dozens wounded.
A court hearing is set to be held by the end of July to decide on the targeted land lot.
8 july 2017
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided on Saturday dawn a number of Palestinian houses in different areas of the occupied West Bank and interrogated their residents.
Violent confrontations broke out between Palestinian youths and the IOF soldiers as the latter stormed Beit Rima town in Ramallah province. The Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs while the Palestinian youths responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
The IOF raided the house of Yousuf al-Najjar in Silwad town to the north of Ramallah city and confiscated a surveillance camera's recording device that belongs to him.
Meanwhile in Bethlehem, the IOF broke into a house for al-'Asa family in al-Ubeidiya town and handed their son Hamza al-'Asa an order to appear before the Israeli Intelligence.
In another development, the Israeli Jerusalem Municipality crews delivered on Saturday morning a demolition notice for the house of Faraj Siam located in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood in Silwan town under the pretext of building without a permit.
This came few days after his son Mohammed Siam was handed a similar demolition notice for his house.
An agricultural tractor was stolen by the IOF on Friday from a Palestinian land south of Tubas city.
Local sources reported that the Israeli forces took the tractor to the nearby al-Hamra checkpoint and detained its driver and other Palestinian workers for several hours.
Violent confrontations broke out between Palestinian youths and the IOF soldiers as the latter stormed Beit Rima town in Ramallah province. The Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs while the Palestinian youths responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
The IOF raided the house of Yousuf al-Najjar in Silwad town to the north of Ramallah city and confiscated a surveillance camera's recording device that belongs to him.
Meanwhile in Bethlehem, the IOF broke into a house for al-'Asa family in al-Ubeidiya town and handed their son Hamza al-'Asa an order to appear before the Israeli Intelligence.
In another development, the Israeli Jerusalem Municipality crews delivered on Saturday morning a demolition notice for the house of Faraj Siam located in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood in Silwan town under the pretext of building without a permit.
This came few days after his son Mohammed Siam was handed a similar demolition notice for his house.
An agricultural tractor was stolen by the IOF on Friday from a Palestinian land south of Tubas city.
Local sources reported that the Israeli forces took the tractor to the nearby al-Hamra checkpoint and detained its driver and other Palestinian workers for several hours.
7 july 2017
The Israeli occupation forces on Friday seized an agricultural tractor from a Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley.
Anti-settlement activist Aref Daraghma said the Israeli soldiers stole an agricultural tractor from a Palestinian land near al-Hamra checkpoint, in the Jordan Valley.
The seized tractor reportedly belongs to the Palestinian farmer Salem Ramadin.
Palestinian agricultural kit in the Jordan Valley has often been misappropriated by the Israeli occupation forces as part of underway attempts to crack down on Palestinian farmers and force them out of their own lands.
Anti-settlement activist Aref Daraghma said the Israeli soldiers stole an agricultural tractor from a Palestinian land near al-Hamra checkpoint, in the Jordan Valley.
The seized tractor reportedly belongs to the Palestinian farmer Salem Ramadin.
Palestinian agricultural kit in the Jordan Valley has often been misappropriated by the Israeli occupation forces as part of underway attempts to crack down on Palestinian farmers and force them out of their own lands.
Unidentified persons destroyed late yesterday a memorial dedicated to the Palestinian martyr Khaled Nazzal in Burqin town south of Jenin.
On Wednesday, local residents re-erected a monument set up in honor of a Palestinian martyr in the town of Jenin, a few days after it was bulldozed by the Israeli forces.
The monument was earlier demolished two times by Israeli military.
The first was last Friday when Israeli forces entered Jenin and removed the monument.
On Saturday, local activists again restored the monument to its location.
For a second time, Israeli soldiers entered Jenin early Sunday morning to demolish the monument before It was also erected in Nazzal’s honor.
On Wednesday, local residents re-erected a monument set up in honor of a Palestinian martyr in the town of Jenin, a few days after it was bulldozed by the Israeli forces.
The monument was earlier demolished two times by Israeli military.
The first was last Friday when Israeli forces entered Jenin and removed the monument.
On Saturday, local activists again restored the monument to its location.
For a second time, Israeli soldiers entered Jenin early Sunday morning to demolish the monument before It was also erected in Nazzal’s honor.
6 july 2017
Palestinians setting up roots in Salfit sounded distress signals on Thursday after the Israeli occupation authorities cut water supplies pouring into the city.
According to local sources, water supplies to Salfit have been curtailed by up to 60%, forcing the local municipality to rein in the distribution and consumption of drinking water.
Researcher Khaled Maali said the IOA has been transferring water supplies stolen from the Palestinians to some 25 illegal settlement outposts built on Palestinian lands in Salfit.
In Maali’s terms, such moves make part of Israeli attempts to tighten the noose around Palestinians’ neck in Salfit so as to force them out of the area in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
According to local sources, water supplies to Salfit have been curtailed by up to 60%, forcing the local municipality to rein in the distribution and consumption of drinking water.
Researcher Khaled Maali said the IOA has been transferring water supplies stolen from the Palestinians to some 25 illegal settlement outposts built on Palestinian lands in Salfit.
In Maali’s terms, such moves make part of Israeli attempts to tighten the noose around Palestinians’ neck in Salfit so as to force them out of the area in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the town of Doha, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, broke into a lathe workshop and confiscated one machine.
The invasion was carried out by several army jeeps, and truck, before the soldiers stormed a lathe workshop, owned by members of Abu Tarboush family, violently searched the property and confiscated a lathe machine.
The soldiers also invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched many homes, causing damage, and withdrew later without conducting any arrests.
The invasion was carried out by several army jeeps, and truck, before the soldiers stormed a lathe workshop, owned by members of Abu Tarboush family, violently searched the property and confiscated a lathe machine.
The soldiers also invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched many homes, causing damage, and withdrew later without conducting any arrests.
5 july 2017
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) handed out on Wednesday an order to stop the construction of four housing tents and stockyards in al-Hadidiya area in the northern Jordan Valley.
The Palestinian expert in settlement affairs, Aref Daraghmeh, said that the properties under construction belong to Mohammad Bani Odeh.
The Palestinian expert in settlement affairs, Aref Daraghmeh, said that the properties under construction belong to Mohammad Bani Odeh.
The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday morning stormed Khirbet al-Hima in the northern Jordan Valley and removed solar-powered devices.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers along with Civil Administration and Energy Authority staff members, broke into the area a few days earlier and subjected the Palestinian locals to exhaustive questioning.
The Israeli soldiers took out solar energy cells without prior notifications.
The locals said the move dovetails Israeli attempts to force them out of the area.
The snatched cells are reportedly funded by European institutions as part of underway endeavors to secure much-needed power supplies for Palestinians setting up roots in the Jordan Valley.
The Israeli occupation authorities have frequently held sway over Palestinian solar cells, water tanks, and agricultural kit in Khirbet al-Hima in an attempt to tighten the noose around Palestinians’ neck and grab hold of their lands in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers along with Civil Administration and Energy Authority staff members, broke into the area a few days earlier and subjected the Palestinian locals to exhaustive questioning.
The Israeli soldiers took out solar energy cells without prior notifications.
The locals said the move dovetails Israeli attempts to force them out of the area.
The snatched cells are reportedly funded by European institutions as part of underway endeavors to secure much-needed power supplies for Palestinians setting up roots in the Jordan Valley.
The Israeli occupation authorities have frequently held sway over Palestinian solar cells, water tanks, and agricultural kit in Khirbet al-Hima in an attempt to tighten the noose around Palestinians’ neck and grab hold of their lands in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) demolished the Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Negev region for the 115th time on Wednesday morning as part of Israel’s displacement policy against Palestinians.
Israeli bulldozers escorted by Israeli police raided the village early today and started the demolition, leaving dozens of families without shelter despite the very hot weather.
Al-Araqib is one of 45 Bedouin villages considered “unrecognized” by Israeli authorities.
Rights groups have claimed that the demolition of al-Araqib 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 Israeli communities.
Israeli bulldozers escorted by Israeli police raided the village early today and started the demolition, leaving dozens of families without shelter despite the very hot weather.
Al-Araqib is one of 45 Bedouin villages considered “unrecognized” by Israeli authorities.
Rights groups have claimed that the demolition of al-Araqib 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 Israeli communities.
4 july 2017
Israeli occupation authorities are to discuss the approval of 1,800 settlement units in the Sheikh Jarrah Neighbourhood, in the heart of occupied Jerusalem.
According to Israeli rights watchdog Peace Now, the Israeli Jerusalem Regional Committee would discuss the approval of the project on July 16.
The project requires the expulsion of five Palestinian families from the occupied Palestinian neighbourhood, according to Days of Palestine.
Peace Now said that two buildings, five and seven stores, are planned to replace the houses of the five Palestinian families.
Additionally, a nine-story yeshiva campus that includes student accommodation and a six-story office building are also planned to be built in Sheikh Jarrah.
Peace Now said that this is the first time in recent years that new settlement units are being planned for settlers within a Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem.
Settlers have been engaged in an ongoing legal battle over the two plans, which aim to be established on the property where the five Palestinian families reside, for a total of 13 settlement units.
The families in question are regarded, legally, as protected tenants in the Israeli-owned properties, a status that was achieved according to an Israeli law which allows Jewish Israelis to claim ownership of property if they can prove it was under Jewish ownership before 1948.
However, the law only applies to Jewish Israelis, and not to Palestinians who were dispossessed of their lands and properties prior to and after the establishment of Israel in 1948, despite their right being upheld by UN General Assembly Resolution 194.
According to Israeli rights watchdog Peace Now, the Israeli Jerusalem Regional Committee would discuss the approval of the project on July 16.
The project requires the expulsion of five Palestinian families from the occupied Palestinian neighbourhood, according to Days of Palestine.
Peace Now said that two buildings, five and seven stores, are planned to replace the houses of the five Palestinian families.
Additionally, a nine-story yeshiva campus that includes student accommodation and a six-story office building are also planned to be built in Sheikh Jarrah.
Peace Now said that this is the first time in recent years that new settlement units are being planned for settlers within a Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem.
Settlers have been engaged in an ongoing legal battle over the two plans, which aim to be established on the property where the five Palestinian families reside, for a total of 13 settlement units.
The families in question are regarded, legally, as protected tenants in the Israeli-owned properties, a status that was achieved according to an Israeli law which allows Jewish Israelis to claim ownership of property if they can prove it was under Jewish ownership before 1948.
However, the law only applies to Jewish Israelis, and not to Palestinians who were dispossessed of their lands and properties prior to and after the establishment of Israel in 1948, despite their right being upheld by UN General Assembly Resolution 194.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the towns of Deir Abu Mashal and Silwad, north and east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and handed demolition ordered targeting the homes of three Palestinians, who were killed in June after killing an Israeli officer, and a similar order against the home of a detainee from Silwad, who was taken prisoner after the army claimed he deliberately rammed soldiers with his car, killing one.
The soldiers invaded Deir Abu Mashal town, after surrounding it, and broke into the family homes of Bara’ Ibrahim Saleh, 18, Adel Hasan Ankoush, 18, and Osama Ahmad Ata, 19, who were killed in June, after killing an Israeli soldier and wounding several others.
The soldiers then handed the three families demolition orders targeting their homes.
The soldiers also invaded the family home of Malek Ahmad Hamed, who was taken prisoner in April after killing an Israeli soldier, in what the army claimed “a deliberate car ramming attack,” and handed the family a demolition order against their home. Hamed is from Silwad town, east of Ramallah.
The four families were granted 48 hours to appeal against the demolition orders with the Civil Administration Office, run by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank.
The soldiers invaded Deir Abu Mashal town, after surrounding it, and broke into the family homes of Bara’ Ibrahim Saleh, 18, Adel Hasan Ankoush, 18, and Osama Ahmad Ata, 19, who were killed in June, after killing an Israeli soldier and wounding several others.
The soldiers then handed the three families demolition orders targeting their homes.
The soldiers also invaded the family home of Malek Ahmad Hamed, who was taken prisoner in April after killing an Israeli soldier, in what the army claimed “a deliberate car ramming attack,” and handed the family a demolition order against their home. Hamed is from Silwad town, east of Ramallah.
The four families were granted 48 hours to appeal against the demolition orders with the Civil Administration Office, run by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli soldiers demolished, Tuesday, a Palestinian home in Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of occupied East Jerusalem, a stable for horses in Silwan town, and bulldozed a farmland in Za’im town, east of Jerusalem.
Dozens of soldiers, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded Beit Hanina neighborhood, after surrounding and isolating it, and demolished a home, reportedly for being “built without a permit.”
The soldiers also invaded Wadi Yasoul neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and demolished a stable for horses.
Furthermore, the soldiers bulldozed and uprooted a farmland, owned by Tareq Abu Sbeitan, in Za’im town, east of Jerusalem, without a warrant or even a explanation.
Dozens of soldiers, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded Beit Hanina neighborhood, after surrounding and isolating it, and demolished a home, reportedly for being “built without a permit.”
The soldiers also invaded Wadi Yasoul neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and demolished a stable for horses.
Furthermore, the soldiers bulldozed and uprooted a farmland, owned by Tareq Abu Sbeitan, in Za’im town, east of Jerusalem, without a warrant or even a explanation.