20 july 2020

The Israeli occupation army on Monday demolished a Palestinian home and displaced its residents near al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.
Local official Hasan Bureijia said that Israeli bulldozers escorted by soldiers knocked down the house of Mohamed Mustafa in Shushahla village near al-Khader town at the pretext of unlicensed construction. video video
The same house was rebuilt after the Israeli army demolished it in 2002.
Like many areas in the occupied West Bank, Shushahla village is exposed to a frenzied demolition campaign aimed at expelling its local residents from the area.
Local official Hasan Bureijia said that Israeli bulldozers escorted by soldiers knocked down the house of Mohamed Mustafa in Shushahla village near al-Khader town at the pretext of unlicensed construction. video video
The same house was rebuilt after the Israeli army demolished it in 2002.
Like many areas in the occupied West Bank, Shushahla village is exposed to a frenzied demolition campaign aimed at expelling its local residents from the area.

Israeli bulldozers at dawn Monday demolished a commercial facility in the industrial zone in the Palestinian city of Kafr Qasim in Israel (the 1948 occupied lands)
According to local sources, bulldozers belonging to the planning authority stormed the industrial zone in the city under police guard and knocked down the facility at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Last year, the Israeli authorities demolished a number of commercial facilities and delivered evacuation orders against more than 200 others in the same industrial zone.
Three Palestinian homes were also razed last March in Kafr Qasim.
According to local sources, bulldozers belonging to the planning authority stormed the industrial zone in the city under police guard and knocked down the facility at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Last year, the Israeli authorities demolished a number of commercial facilities and delivered evacuation orders against more than 200 others in the same industrial zone.
Three Palestinian homes were also razed last March in Kafr Qasim.

Israel today seized 700 donums of agriculutral land in the vicinity of Jabal al-Fureidis, located to the east of Bethlehem city, according to a local source.
Director off the Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission in Bethlehem Hasan Breijeh said that Israel issued military orders seizing 700 dunams surrounding Jabal al-Fureidis, also known as Herodium, which Israel has appropriated as an Israeli national park.
Israeli forces already fenced the area with barbed wire and installed an iron gate four days ago in favor of the appropriated national park.
The seized land belongs to the al-Wahsh, al-‘Asaker and al-Mas‘da families.
Meanwhile, Israeli bulldozers razed lands belonging to the Bethlehem-district village of Kisan for the seventh day in a row in favor of expanding the illegal colonial settlement of Ibei Hanahal, built on the village's lands.
A number of caravans have been installed near the village as well.
Israel has been using archeology as a key tool in reinforcing its bogus territorial claims to historic Palestine, including “Judea and Samaria”, the Jewish nationalist name used to refer to the occupied West Bank, and give them a veneer of historical and religious legitimacy.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Director off the Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission in Bethlehem Hasan Breijeh said that Israel issued military orders seizing 700 dunams surrounding Jabal al-Fureidis, also known as Herodium, which Israel has appropriated as an Israeli national park.
Israeli forces already fenced the area with barbed wire and installed an iron gate four days ago in favor of the appropriated national park.
The seized land belongs to the al-Wahsh, al-‘Asaker and al-Mas‘da families.
Meanwhile, Israeli bulldozers razed lands belonging to the Bethlehem-district village of Kisan for the seventh day in a row in favor of expanding the illegal colonial settlement of Ibei Hanahal, built on the village's lands.
A number of caravans have been installed near the village as well.
Israel has been using archeology as a key tool in reinforcing its bogus territorial claims to historic Palestine, including “Judea and Samaria”, the Jewish nationalist name used to refer to the occupied West Bank, and give them a veneer of historical and religious legitimacy.
There are almost 834,000 Israeli settlers living in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday stole an ancient Christian artifact from Tuqu town near Bethlehem. video
Tuqu mayor Tayseer Abu Mufreh said that the stolen object is a big baptismal font dating back to the 6th century AD. Abu Mufreh added that the IOF stormed his house near the municipality headquarters, detained all members of his family and stole the font, which he was keeping temporarily near the house as a prelude to transferring it to a museum. |

The Israeli military demolished today a Palestinian-owned house in the town of al-Khader, south of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, under the pretext it was built without a permit, according to Hasan Breijieh, from the anti-wall, anti-settlement committee.
He told WAFA that the demolished house, owned by Mohammad Abu Amoos, was rebuilt after it was demolished in 2002 for the same reason.
The area, where the house is located, is targeted by the Israeli settlement movement and many Palestinian homeowners in it have already received demolition or stop construction orders.
He told WAFA that the demolished house, owned by Mohammad Abu Amoos, was rebuilt after it was demolished in 2002 for the same reason.
The area, where the house is located, is targeted by the Israeli settlement movement and many Palestinian homeowners in it have already received demolition or stop construction orders.

Israeli soldiers destroyed an anti-corona checkpoint set up by Palestinian security at the entrance to the northern West Bank city of Jenin in order to contain the spread of the disease, and injured a Palestinian man during clashes at the city’s refugee camp, according to local sources.
They said soldiers raided the city and its refugee camp early this morning to arrest activists when clashes broke out with residents.
The soldiers opened fire at the Palestinians injuring one in the leg before leaving the area after detaining two people and destroying the anti-corona checkpoint.
They said soldiers raided the city and its refugee camp early this morning to arrest activists when clashes broke out with residents.
The soldiers opened fire at the Palestinians injuring one in the leg before leaving the area after detaining two people and destroying the anti-corona checkpoint.
19 july 2020

Hours after a group of hardcore Israeli settlers torched fields planted with crops near the village of Beita in the north of the occupied West Bank, another group of fanatic settlers torched hundreds of olive trees in the nearby villages of Burin and Madama, according to a local source. video
Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of the settlement file in Nablus district, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, nearby, torched hundreds of olive trees belonging to Palestinian farmers from the two villages.
The attack came shortly after hundreds of dunums of agricultural land was set on fire by fanatic settlers in nearby Beita village.
Arson attacks by Israeli settlers increase during the hot summer season when dry grass has grown in many areas surrounding the illegal Jewish-only settlements. These attacks often go unpunished by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of the settlement file in Nablus district, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, nearby, torched hundreds of olive trees belonging to Palestinian farmers from the two villages.
The attack came shortly after hundreds of dunums of agricultural land was set on fire by fanatic settlers in nearby Beita village.
Arson attacks by Israeli settlers increase during the hot summer season when dry grass has grown in many areas surrounding the illegal Jewish-only settlements. These attacks often go unpunished by the Israeli occupation authorities.

A group of illegal Israeli settlers set fire today to Palestinian private-owned agricultural land near the village of Beita, south of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.
Foad Maali, mayor of Beita, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal settlement of Tapuah, nearby, set fire to agricultural land belonging to farmers from the village, destroying crops as fire flames engulfed the land.
Yesterday, Israeli occupation forces attacked dozens of protesters taking part in a nonviolent protest in the village of Beita, south of Nablus, against the illegal Israeli settlement activities.
Illegal Israeli settlers are notorious for violence against Palestinians and their property, and are almost never prosecuted by the occupation authorities.
Foad Maali, mayor of Beita, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal settlement of Tapuah, nearby, set fire to agricultural land belonging to farmers from the village, destroying crops as fire flames engulfed the land.
Yesterday, Israeli occupation forces attacked dozens of protesters taking part in a nonviolent protest in the village of Beita, south of Nablus, against the illegal Israeli settlement activities.
Illegal Israeli settlers are notorious for violence against Palestinians and their property, and are almost never prosecuted by the occupation authorities.
18 july 2020

A Palestinian family from the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukaber were forced to demolish their own home today, after they were ordered by the Israeli municipality to do so to avoid paying exorbitant costs if the municipality carried out the demolition itself.
Mohammad Abu Turki said he had to demolish his own home, after the Israeli municipality handed him an order asking them to do so, under the pretext of lacking a construction permit.
Abu Turki's son, Isam, also embarked on demolishing his own apartment, which was an addendum to his father's home, after being notified to do so by the occupation's municipality. video
The father and the son said they had no option but to do so in order to avoid paying unreasonable demolition costs to the Israeli municipality if its crews carried out the demolition.
The home and the apartment demolished were the only shelter for the five-member family.
As a matter of fact, Palestinians in Jerusalem have no choice but to build without a permit because getting a building permit is impossible in an area where the right-wing Israeli city council attempts to keep the city’s Palestinian population at a bare minimum while multiplying its Jewish residents by approving the construction of thousands of new housing units in Jewish settlements.
Almost 75 percent of applications for a permit by the Palestinian citizens of Jerusalem are rejected by the Israeli municipality.
Mohammad Abu Turki said he had to demolish his own home, after the Israeli municipality handed him an order asking them to do so, under the pretext of lacking a construction permit.
Abu Turki's son, Isam, also embarked on demolishing his own apartment, which was an addendum to his father's home, after being notified to do so by the occupation's municipality. video
The father and the son said they had no option but to do so in order to avoid paying unreasonable demolition costs to the Israeli municipality if its crews carried out the demolition.
The home and the apartment demolished were the only shelter for the five-member family.
As a matter of fact, Palestinians in Jerusalem have no choice but to build without a permit because getting a building permit is impossible in an area where the right-wing Israeli city council attempts to keep the city’s Palestinian population at a bare minimum while multiplying its Jewish residents by approving the construction of thousands of new housing units in Jewish settlements.
Almost 75 percent of applications for a permit by the Palestinian citizens of Jerusalem are rejected by the Israeli municipality.

A horde of Jewish settlers on Thursday evening wreaked havoc on olive groves and stole agricultural equipment in Qaryut town, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
According to local sources that Jewish settlers chopped off and uprooted dozens of olive trees on Palestinian-owned lands near the illegal settlement of Shvut Rachel.
Shvut Rachel settlers always walk through Palestinian olive groves in order to reach other settler communities around their settlement.
Earlier, settlers from the illegal settlement of Eli cut off a number of olive trees using chainsaws in al-Khilla area to the west of Qaryut village.
According to local sources that Jewish settlers chopped off and uprooted dozens of olive trees on Palestinian-owned lands near the illegal settlement of Shvut Rachel.
Shvut Rachel settlers always walk through Palestinian olive groves in order to reach other settler communities around their settlement.
Earlier, settlers from the illegal settlement of Eli cut off a number of olive trees using chainsaws in al-Khilla area to the west of Qaryut village.
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A horde of Jewish settlers on Friday chopped off several olive trees in Kafr al-Labad town near Tulkarem, while others placed prefabricated homes on a mount in Beita town in southern Nablus.
According to local sources in Tulkarem, settlers from the illegal settlement of Avnei Hefetz and Dyrban chopped off dozens of olive trees using chainsaws in Kafr al-Labad town. Dozens of perennial olive trees belonging to the sons of Adel Baker were among the trees which was destroyed by the settlers In a separate incident, a gang of settlers on the same day deployed many |
prefabricated homes on Mount Subaih in Beita town in southern Nablus a few hours after pitching tents in the same area.
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