21 july 2018
The head of the Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) Amjad Najjar, stated that Israeli soldiers resort to the excessive use of force during their nightly invasions into Palestinian homes, and deliberately cause damage to furniture and property during the violent searches their conduct.
In a statement released Saturday, Najjar said that the PPS documented more than 300 abductions of Palestinians from their homes, in the past few months, in which the soldiers caused excessive damage to the homes, including destroying furniture, breaking and removing floor tiles, slashing furniture, tearing apart books, destroying bedrooms and closets, in addition to stealing money under vague pretexts.
Najjar also said that the soldiers illegally confiscated eleven Palestinian cars owned by the abducted persons, or by former political prisoners.
He stated that dozens of Palestinians provided sworn testimonies to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society in which they revealed the extent of damage caused to their homes, stating that the soldiers also wired and detonated their main doors of their homes before storming them.
The families also said that the soldiers even destroyed photo albums, damaged or confiscated computers, laptops and mobile phones without any legal cause or justification.
Najjar stated that, in many cases, the soldiers forced the families in one room while searching their homes, and by the time they are allowed out, they realize the extent of damage caused to their property.
He said that the soldiers sometimes raid the fridges of the families, use their microwave ovens and eat their food, “just like mercenaries would do, they would cause the utmost level of destruction before they leave.”
“What Israel’s army is doing is piracy and theft,” Najjar stated, “They terrify the families, the women and children, and cause extensive and serious destruction.”
Najjar urged the International Red Cross and various legal and human rights organizations to intervene and put an end to what he called “the escalating organized crimes, committed by the Israeli army Mafia against the Palestinian civilians,” and stated that such violations must be prosecuted.
He also said that the families already face dire economic conditions, and these violent Israeli military invasions and searches cause them heavy financial burdens, and called for forming a special committee to compensate them for their losses.
In a statement released Saturday, Najjar said that the PPS documented more than 300 abductions of Palestinians from their homes, in the past few months, in which the soldiers caused excessive damage to the homes, including destroying furniture, breaking and removing floor tiles, slashing furniture, tearing apart books, destroying bedrooms and closets, in addition to stealing money under vague pretexts.
Najjar also said that the soldiers illegally confiscated eleven Palestinian cars owned by the abducted persons, or by former political prisoners.
He stated that dozens of Palestinians provided sworn testimonies to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society in which they revealed the extent of damage caused to their homes, stating that the soldiers also wired and detonated their main doors of their homes before storming them.
The families also said that the soldiers even destroyed photo albums, damaged or confiscated computers, laptops and mobile phones without any legal cause or justification.
Najjar stated that, in many cases, the soldiers forced the families in one room while searching their homes, and by the time they are allowed out, they realize the extent of damage caused to their property.
He said that the soldiers sometimes raid the fridges of the families, use their microwave ovens and eat their food, “just like mercenaries would do, they would cause the utmost level of destruction before they leave.”
“What Israel’s army is doing is piracy and theft,” Najjar stated, “They terrify the families, the women and children, and cause extensive and serious destruction.”
Najjar urged the International Red Cross and various legal and human rights organizations to intervene and put an end to what he called “the escalating organized crimes, committed by the Israeli army Mafia against the Palestinian civilians,” and stated that such violations must be prosecuted.
He also said that the families already face dire economic conditions, and these violent Israeli military invasions and searches cause them heavy financial burdens, and called for forming a special committee to compensate them for their losses.
20 july 2018
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Friday morning Susiya area, south of Yatta, in the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil, sparking terror among civilians.
A PIC news correspondent said cars carrying fanatic Israeli settlers rolled into Susiya in the morning. Dozens of settlers stepped in the area and performed provocative rituals near Palestinian homes.
The locals expressed concern that the break-in would herald an Israeli scheme to hold sway over Palestinian lands in the area in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Speaking with PIC, Palestinian citizen Hasan al-Hreini said: “Israeli settlers step up such assaults on Fridays and Saturdays so as to terrorize our children and force us out of our homes.”
“This is the land where our fathers, mothers, and forebears have set up roots for thousands of years. We will never ever give it up. Our land is worth our souls”, he added.
A PIC news correspondent said cars carrying fanatic Israeli settlers rolled into Susiya in the morning. Dozens of settlers stepped in the area and performed provocative rituals near Palestinian homes.
The locals expressed concern that the break-in would herald an Israeli scheme to hold sway over Palestinian lands in the area in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Speaking with PIC, Palestinian citizen Hasan al-Hreini said: “Israeli settlers step up such assaults on Fridays and Saturdays so as to terrorize our children and force us out of our homes.”
“This is the land where our fathers, mothers, and forebears have set up roots for thousands of years. We will never ever give it up. Our land is worth our souls”, he added.
19 july 2018
Israeli police demolished on Thursday morning two Palestinian-owned houses in Beit Hanina town, in occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of being built without permit.
Police forces stormed the town early today accompanied with a number of bulldozers and started demolishing two houses belonging to Shawamra and Abu Armiya families.
Israel has escalated over the past few days its demolition policy where a Palestinian house was demolished in Shufat neighborhood on Tuesday, while a Jerusalemite man was forced to demolish his own house in Silwan town on Monday.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces destroyed water pipelines in Furush Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus.
Deputy Mayor of Furush Beit Dajan, Azzam al-Hajj Mohammad, said that Israeli forces escorted bulldozers as they destroyed pipelines supplying water for farmlands and residential homes under the pretext of being unauthorized.
Palestinian Families Demolish Own Homes in East Jerusalem
Two Palestinian families demolished their own four homes with a heavy heart on Thursday, in East Jerusalem.
According to Ma’an News Agency, locals said that the two families, Shawamreh and Abu Rmeileh, watched as bulldozers demolished their four homes in the Beit Hanina neighborhood.
The families, who were left homeless, pointed out that they have been living in their homes for about 17 years, and were proud for not giving up their homes to Israeli settlers.
The total space of the land, on which the houses are built, is 3 dunams (0.74 acres).
Following the demolition, both families insisted on setting up tents near the demolition area, where they will be staying and will find shade under the trees surrounding their homes, that they have grown for several years. They continued to say that “there is no other place for us to go.”
In 2006, an Israeli settler, Aryeh King, had claimed ownership of the land and orally informed both Palestinian families had built their homes; King had sent notices to the families to claim the land and demanding they pay rent.
Later in 2013, King appealed to an Israeli court and highlighted, in the papers and documents, that the land is owned by settlers; the court then approved the land ownership to the Israeli settlers.
The Israeli court ruled in favor of the settlers and granted them the land upon which the four Palestinian homes were built. The court sent a notice to the families to evacuate the area by August 1st.
However, both families refused to evacuate the area. They feared that their homes would be taken to only become another illegal Israeli settlement point.
As a form of protest against the Israeli settlers attempting to displace them and gain their property, the two Palestinian families took the matter in their own hands and demolished their own homes.
Under the pretext of building without a permit, Israeli authorities fined the Shawamreh family 120,000 shekels, while the Abu Rmeileh family was fined 75,000 shekels.
Police forces stormed the town early today accompanied with a number of bulldozers and started demolishing two houses belonging to Shawamra and Abu Armiya families.
Israel has escalated over the past few days its demolition policy where a Palestinian house was demolished in Shufat neighborhood on Tuesday, while a Jerusalemite man was forced to demolish his own house in Silwan town on Monday.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces destroyed water pipelines in Furush Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus.
Deputy Mayor of Furush Beit Dajan, Azzam al-Hajj Mohammad, said that Israeli forces escorted bulldozers as they destroyed pipelines supplying water for farmlands and residential homes under the pretext of being unauthorized.
Palestinian Families Demolish Own Homes in East Jerusalem
Two Palestinian families demolished their own four homes with a heavy heart on Thursday, in East Jerusalem.
According to Ma’an News Agency, locals said that the two families, Shawamreh and Abu Rmeileh, watched as bulldozers demolished their four homes in the Beit Hanina neighborhood.
The families, who were left homeless, pointed out that they have been living in their homes for about 17 years, and were proud for not giving up their homes to Israeli settlers.
The total space of the land, on which the houses are built, is 3 dunams (0.74 acres).
Following the demolition, both families insisted on setting up tents near the demolition area, where they will be staying and will find shade under the trees surrounding their homes, that they have grown for several years. They continued to say that “there is no other place for us to go.”
In 2006, an Israeli settler, Aryeh King, had claimed ownership of the land and orally informed both Palestinian families had built their homes; King had sent notices to the families to claim the land and demanding they pay rent.
Later in 2013, King appealed to an Israeli court and highlighted, in the papers and documents, that the land is owned by settlers; the court then approved the land ownership to the Israeli settlers.
The Israeli court ruled in favor of the settlers and granted them the land upon which the four Palestinian homes were built. The court sent a notice to the families to evacuate the area by August 1st.
However, both families refused to evacuate the area. They feared that their homes would be taken to only become another illegal Israeli settlement point.
As a form of protest against the Israeli settlers attempting to displace them and gain their property, the two Palestinian families took the matter in their own hands and demolished their own homes.
Under the pretext of building without a permit, Israeli authorities fined the Shawamreh family 120,000 shekels, while the Abu Rmeileh family was fined 75,000 shekels.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has reactivated a plan to seize a vast tract of Palestinian land to build a road connecting the illegal settlements of Beit Aryeh and Ofarim, west of Ramallah city.
According to the Land Research Center (LRC), the IOA had announced in early July its intent to execute a previous plan to annex another 324 dunums of Palestinian-owned land from the villages of Aboud and al-Lubban al-Gharbi, west of Ramallah, to build the road.
LRC said that Israel’s annexation of more land from these two villages was an illegal measure aimed at besieging the Palestinians in the area and appropriating their land to serve settlements deemed as illegal under international law.
The land on which Beit Aryeh and Ofarim had been confiscated a long time ago by Israel from the Palestinian villages of Aboud and al-Lubban al-Gharbi.
In 2011, the Israeli army signed an agreement with the municipality of Beit Aryeh approving the construction of 100 homes and a bypass road between Beit Aryeh and Ofarim.
Israel Approves The Illegal Annexation of Palestinian Lands Near Ramallah
The Israeli authorities announced the illegal annexation of hundreds of Dunams of Palestinian lands in order to pave a new segregated road linking between the illegal colonies of Ofarim and Beit Aryeh, built on private lands, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The Land Research Center (LRC) of the Arab Studies Society issued a statement, Thursday, revealing that the Israeli decision was made earlier this month, and aims at activating a structural plan, dubbed as 6/201, which aims at the illegal annexation of 324 Dunams of Palestinian lands in the al-Lubban al-Gharbi, northwest of Ramallah, and ‘Aboud village, west of the city.
The LRC said that the structural plan aims at linking the two colonies, regarded by Israel as one settlement, by paving a new road, creating a constant geographic continuity, by illegally annexing more Palestinian lands.
It added that the plan would likely lead to the construction a new colonialist neighborhood on the sides of the new road, which will eventually create a large block, leading to more illegal annexation of Palestinian lands, and the isolation of Palestinian communities.
The LRC said that the new project, which declared the Palestinian lands as “state land” is an illegal measure that aims at surrounding and isolating the Palestinians, and stealing their lands for the benefit of Israel’s colonies, built in direct violation of International Humanitarian Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention and various resolutions and treaties.
Furthermore, the LRC said the new road will obstruct any natural growth of Palestinian towns, in addition to creating the illusion that the colonies are the original structures in the area, while the Palestinian communities are “just random constructions.”
It stated that all of Israel’s colonialist activities aim at foiling any attempt to establish a viable, continuous Palestinian state, and added that the “two-state solution is no longer feasible due to the ongoing Israeli obstacles and illegal policies.”
According to the Land Research Center (LRC), the IOA had announced in early July its intent to execute a previous plan to annex another 324 dunums of Palestinian-owned land from the villages of Aboud and al-Lubban al-Gharbi, west of Ramallah, to build the road.
LRC said that Israel’s annexation of more land from these two villages was an illegal measure aimed at besieging the Palestinians in the area and appropriating their land to serve settlements deemed as illegal under international law.
The land on which Beit Aryeh and Ofarim had been confiscated a long time ago by Israel from the Palestinian villages of Aboud and al-Lubban al-Gharbi.
In 2011, the Israeli army signed an agreement with the municipality of Beit Aryeh approving the construction of 100 homes and a bypass road between Beit Aryeh and Ofarim.
Israel Approves The Illegal Annexation of Palestinian Lands Near Ramallah
The Israeli authorities announced the illegal annexation of hundreds of Dunams of Palestinian lands in order to pave a new segregated road linking between the illegal colonies of Ofarim and Beit Aryeh, built on private lands, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The Land Research Center (LRC) of the Arab Studies Society issued a statement, Thursday, revealing that the Israeli decision was made earlier this month, and aims at activating a structural plan, dubbed as 6/201, which aims at the illegal annexation of 324 Dunams of Palestinian lands in the al-Lubban al-Gharbi, northwest of Ramallah, and ‘Aboud village, west of the city.
The LRC said that the structural plan aims at linking the two colonies, regarded by Israel as one settlement, by paving a new road, creating a constant geographic continuity, by illegally annexing more Palestinian lands.
It added that the plan would likely lead to the construction a new colonialist neighborhood on the sides of the new road, which will eventually create a large block, leading to more illegal annexation of Palestinian lands, and the isolation of Palestinian communities.
The LRC said that the new project, which declared the Palestinian lands as “state land” is an illegal measure that aims at surrounding and isolating the Palestinians, and stealing their lands for the benefit of Israel’s colonies, built in direct violation of International Humanitarian Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention and various resolutions and treaties.
Furthermore, the LRC said the new road will obstruct any natural growth of Palestinian towns, in addition to creating the illusion that the colonies are the original structures in the area, while the Palestinian communities are “just random constructions.”
It stated that all of Israel’s colonialist activities aim at foiling any attempt to establish a viable, continuous Palestinian state, and added that the “two-state solution is no longer feasible due to the ongoing Israeli obstacles and illegal policies.”
18 july 2018
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday uprooted 350 fruitful trees in Salfit’s village of Deir Ballout, in the northern West Bank.
Local sources said that Israeli bulldozers have uprooted about 350 olive, fig, and almond trees for the past 72 hours in Bab al-Marj area in Deir Ballout town, belonging to Idris Abdullah.
IOF soldiers also handed over a demolition order stipulating the destruction of a structure in the area for settlement expansion.
Local sources said that Israeli bulldozers have uprooted about 350 olive, fig, and almond trees for the past 72 hours in Bab al-Marj area in Deir Ballout town, belonging to Idris Abdullah.
IOF soldiers also handed over a demolition order stipulating the destruction of a structure in the area for settlement expansion.
Israeli bulldozers on Wednesday demolished four Palestinian houses in Lod city in the central 1948 occupied Palestine for allegedly being unlicensed.
Local sources reported that Israeli bulldozers at daybreak stormed the city under the protection of Israeli police forces and demolished four residential buildings owned by al-Sani' family.
They said that the demolition led to the displacement of at least 40 Palestinians living in the four houses.
Al-Sani' family said that they were surprised by large police forces surrounding the houses and ordering them to leave to start the demolition.
Representative of the Palestinian community in Lod Abdul-Karim Zabarqa said that the extremist Israeli government has recently stepped up its punitive measures, especially demolitions, against Palestinian citizens.
Zabarqa added that a state of anger prevailed among the Palestinian citizens following the demolition, noting that the residents of Lod over the past weeks have organized a series of demonstrations in protest at the demolition policy pursued against Arab houses in the city.
Local sources reported that Israeli bulldozers at daybreak stormed the city under the protection of Israeli police forces and demolished four residential buildings owned by al-Sani' family.
They said that the demolition led to the displacement of at least 40 Palestinians living in the four houses.
Al-Sani' family said that they were surprised by large police forces surrounding the houses and ordering them to leave to start the demolition.
Representative of the Palestinian community in Lod Abdul-Karim Zabarqa said that the extremist Israeli government has recently stepped up its punitive measures, especially demolitions, against Palestinian citizens.
Zabarqa added that a state of anger prevailed among the Palestinian citizens following the demolition, noting that the residents of Lod over the past weeks have organized a series of demonstrations in protest at the demolition policy pursued against Arab houses in the city.
Israeli bulldozers on Wednesday leveled Palestinian lands east of Deir Balout town, to the west of Salfit, in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Over recent days, over 100 olive trees got chopped down and cultivated lands bulldozed as part of Israel’s illegal settlement activities across Salfit.
Palestinian farmer Abdullah Idris said Israeli bulldozes uprooted his olive trees and destroyed his crops planted on his private land.
Idris warned of underway attempts by the Israeli occupation authorities to grab hold of fertile lands in the area.
Researcher Khaled Maali has warned of the swift pace of Israel’s settlement activity in the area, which he said contravenes international laws and treaties.
Over recent days, over 100 olive trees got chopped down and cultivated lands bulldozed as part of Israel’s illegal settlement activities across Salfit.
Palestinian farmer Abdullah Idris said Israeli bulldozes uprooted his olive trees and destroyed his crops planted on his private land.
Idris warned of underway attempts by the Israeli occupation authorities to grab hold of fertile lands in the area.
Researcher Khaled Maali has warned of the swift pace of Israel’s settlement activity in the area, which he said contravenes international laws and treaties.
Israeli bulldozers at dawn Wednesday demolished two Palestinian houses in al-Duyuk al-Tahta area in Jericho city.
Local sources reported that Israeli bulldozers stormed the area early Wednesday under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.
The sources added that the two houses were knocked down under the pretext of being unlicensed.
Local sources reported that Israeli bulldozers stormed the area early Wednesday under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.
The sources added that the two houses were knocked down under the pretext of being unlicensed.
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