22 july 2020
Israeli police today stormed two Palestinian-run cultural centers in the occupied city of Jerusalem and seized document, said local sources.
They said Israeli police and intelligence officers stormed the East Jerusalem residence of Rania Elias, director of Yabous Cultural Center, and Suheil Khoury, director of Edward Said National Conservatory of Music (ESNCM), and escorted them to the center and the conservatory located in the heart of East Jerusalem’s business district, searched them thoroughly, ransacked them and seized records and other documents. video video video
Elias and Khoury were also detained by police.
Police also stormed and ransacked the house of Daoud al-Ghoul, director of Jerusalem Arts Network – Shafaq, which is a network of five Palestinian art centers based in East Jerusalem that includes Yabous, ESNCM, Al-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art; Palestinian Art Court-Al Hosh, and the Palestinian National Theatre - Al-Hakawati.
The Palestinian Ministry of Culture strongly condemned the Israeli police raid against the cultural centers in Jerusalem and the detention of two of their directors.
“The attack on these institutions is an attack on the Palestinian national culture and cultural heritage,” said the Ministry in a statement.
Israeli police have recently intensified their campaign against all Palestinian institutions and activists in the occupied city, closing most them of them and detaining leaders in an effort to prevent any Palestinian activity in the city.
“First and foremost, ESNCM works in Education. Over a thousand students currently study music on the Academic Programs in the ESNCM’s six branches in Jerusalem, Nablus, Gaza, Ramallah, Bethlehem and the Tchaikovsky Music School. Both Arabic and Western music are taught, and the students receive individual instrumental lessons, theoretical classes and ensemble tuition as well as choir, Arabic percussion and music history,” according to the conservatory’s website.
“Yabous is a non-governmental Palestinian organization based in Jerusalem. Yabous was established in 1995 when a number of artists and culture enthusiasts and entrepreneurs from Jerusalem decided to create a body to adopt the development and patronage of performing arts in Jerusalem,” said the Yabous website.
They said Israeli police and intelligence officers stormed the East Jerusalem residence of Rania Elias, director of Yabous Cultural Center, and Suheil Khoury, director of Edward Said National Conservatory of Music (ESNCM), and escorted them to the center and the conservatory located in the heart of East Jerusalem’s business district, searched them thoroughly, ransacked them and seized records and other documents. video video video
Elias and Khoury were also detained by police.
Police also stormed and ransacked the house of Daoud al-Ghoul, director of Jerusalem Arts Network – Shafaq, which is a network of five Palestinian art centers based in East Jerusalem that includes Yabous, ESNCM, Al-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art; Palestinian Art Court-Al Hosh, and the Palestinian National Theatre - Al-Hakawati.
The Palestinian Ministry of Culture strongly condemned the Israeli police raid against the cultural centers in Jerusalem and the detention of two of their directors.
“The attack on these institutions is an attack on the Palestinian national culture and cultural heritage,” said the Ministry in a statement.
Israeli police have recently intensified their campaign against all Palestinian institutions and activists in the occupied city, closing most them of them and detaining leaders in an effort to prevent any Palestinian activity in the city.
“First and foremost, ESNCM works in Education. Over a thousand students currently study music on the Academic Programs in the ESNCM’s six branches in Jerusalem, Nablus, Gaza, Ramallah, Bethlehem and the Tchaikovsky Music School. Both Arabic and Western music are taught, and the students receive individual instrumental lessons, theoretical classes and ensemble tuition as well as choir, Arabic percussion and music history,” according to the conservatory’s website.
“Yabous is a non-governmental Palestinian organization based in Jerusalem. Yabous was established in 1995 when a number of artists and culture enthusiasts and entrepreneurs from Jerusalem decided to create a body to adopt the development and patronage of performing arts in Jerusalem,” said the Yabous website.
The Israeli military issued demolition and stop work orders against several Palestinian structures in the Walaja village, west of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to activist Ibrahim Awadallah.
He said a demolition and stop construction order was issued against a house on the pretext of building without permit.
Demolition orders were also issued against four agricultural rooms in the same village.
He said a demolition and stop construction order was issued against a house on the pretext of building without permit.
Demolition orders were also issued against four agricultural rooms in the same village.
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Wednesday afternoon demolished a Palestinian house under construction in Jabal al-Mukabber village southeast of Jerusalem. video video
Local sources reported that the 90-square-meter house belongs to the Palestinian citizen Saif ed-Din Jom’a.
According to the Palestinian Committee Against the Wall and Settlement, the IOA has carried out 313 demolition operations since the start of 2020, 54% of which were in Jerusalem and al-Khalil.
Local sources reported that the 90-square-meter house belongs to the Palestinian citizen Saif ed-Din Jom’a.
According to the Palestinian Committee Against the Wall and Settlement, the IOA has carried out 313 demolition operations since the start of 2020, 54% of which were in Jerusalem and al-Khalil.
A horde of Israeli settlers on Tuesday afternoon torched large areas of Palestinian land in Madama village in the West Bank district of Nablus.
Eyewitnesses reported that the fire destroyed dozens of olive trees owned by Palestinian citizens in Madama and neighboring villages.
They said that Israeli occupation forces deliberately hindered the work of Palestinian civil defense crews who rushed to the scene to put out the fire and fired tear gas canisters at them.
Madama residents said that a few days ago, the same Israeli settler group, who come from Yitzhar Settlement, seized a water well in their village and set up a pump to steal water from it and transfer it to their houses.
Settler violations are almost a daily occurrence in the West Bank, and Madama village in Nablus is one of the hardest-hit areas.
Eyewitnesses reported that the fire destroyed dozens of olive trees owned by Palestinian citizens in Madama and neighboring villages.
They said that Israeli occupation forces deliberately hindered the work of Palestinian civil defense crews who rushed to the scene to put out the fire and fired tear gas canisters at them.
Madama residents said that a few days ago, the same Israeli settler group, who come from Yitzhar Settlement, seized a water well in their village and set up a pump to steal water from it and transfer it to their houses.
Settler violations are almost a daily occurrence in the West Bank, and Madama village in Nablus is one of the hardest-hit areas.
21 july 2020
Israeli forces distributed today notices to demolish a residential room and to stop the construction work on a residential dwelling in Masafer Yatta to the south of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, according to a local activist.
Coordinator of the steadfastness and protection committee in Masafer Yatta, Fu’ad al-Amour told WAFA Israeli forces raided the village of Um al-Khair in Masafer Yatta area and handed a local resident a notice to demolish his 45-square-meters tin-sheet residential room, where he and his family reside.
Forces also handed another resident in Khirbet ad-Daqiqa to the east of Yatta a notice ordering him to stop the construction work on his 80-square-meters under construction dwelling.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Protection of Civilians Report covering the period between 30 June – 13 July 2020: “Thirty-one Palestinian-owned structures were demolished or seized for the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, displacing 13 people and affecting the livelihoods of more than 100 others.”
Coordinator of the steadfastness and protection committee in Masafer Yatta, Fu’ad al-Amour told WAFA Israeli forces raided the village of Um al-Khair in Masafer Yatta area and handed a local resident a notice to demolish his 45-square-meters tin-sheet residential room, where he and his family reside.
Forces also handed another resident in Khirbet ad-Daqiqa to the east of Yatta a notice ordering him to stop the construction work on his 80-square-meters under construction dwelling.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Protection of Civilians Report covering the period between 30 June – 13 July 2020: “Thirty-one Palestinian-owned structures were demolished or seized for the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, displacing 13 people and affecting the livelihoods of more than 100 others.”
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Israeli soldiers demolished, on Tuesday morning, an under-construction Covid-19 testing center in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. video
Ra’ed Maswadi, the owner of the land where the testing facility was being built said it was dedicated for Covid-19 testing by the Palestinian Health Ministry. He added that the facility, at the northern entrance of Hebron city, was supposed to provide rapid testing service to reduce the overwhelming pressure on Palestinian hospitals, especially amidst the dangerously increasing number of Palestinians testing positive for the virus. It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also confiscated medical equipment from the area, prior to demolishing the facility. |
An Israeli army bulldozer demolished today a carwash shop belonging to a Palestinian resident in the town of Beit Ummar to the north of Hebron, the southern occupied West Bank, according to a local activist.
Mohammad Awad told WAFA Israeli forces knocked down a newly-constructed carwash shop located adjacent to Jerusalem-Hebron street to the east of Beit Ummar.
The owner said he received an order to demolish the 200-square-meters shop almost a week ago and was surprised by the demolition today. It was built almost a month ago.
Mohammad Awad told WAFA Israeli forces knocked down a newly-constructed carwash shop located adjacent to Jerusalem-Hebron street to the east of Beit Ummar.
The owner said he received an order to demolish the 200-square-meters shop almost a week ago and was surprised by the demolition today. It was built almost a month ago.
Israeli military today demolished tin-sheet structures in Birin, one of the localities comprising Bani Naim town, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, said a local activist.
Coordinator of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Committees Rateb al-Jabour said Israeli forces escorted a bulldozer into the locality where it tore down two shacks, each has an area of 80 square meters, displacing two families, including children.
Jabour pointed out Israel was proceeding with demolitions in the locality to displace the villagers and grab their land to expand the nearby colonial settlement of Bani Haiver although the villagers have title deeds.
According to the Land Research Center, Israel has frequently issued military stop-construction and demolition orders against various residential and agricultural structures and dismantled barns in the locality, citing the lack of rarely-issued construction permits as a pretext.
In December 2017, Israel delivered stop-construction orders to the locality’s sole clinic and building intended to serve as a primary school for the community’s 60 children
In June 2019, as showed in a PLO’s Negotiations Affairs Department’s report, Israel seized 4,800 dunums of land from several localities, including Birin, for the expansion of Bani Haiver.
Located to the southwest of Bani Naim, Birin has a population of 160 and is flanked by Bani Haiver colonial settlement from the east and the settler-only bypass Road No. 60 from the west. Its residents were originally expelled from the Naqab in southern Israel and now depend on agriculture and livestock as their main source of livelihood.
Coordinator of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Committees Rateb al-Jabour said Israeli forces escorted a bulldozer into the locality where it tore down two shacks, each has an area of 80 square meters, displacing two families, including children.
Jabour pointed out Israel was proceeding with demolitions in the locality to displace the villagers and grab their land to expand the nearby colonial settlement of Bani Haiver although the villagers have title deeds.
According to the Land Research Center, Israel has frequently issued military stop-construction and demolition orders against various residential and agricultural structures and dismantled barns in the locality, citing the lack of rarely-issued construction permits as a pretext.
In December 2017, Israel delivered stop-construction orders to the locality’s sole clinic and building intended to serve as a primary school for the community’s 60 children
In June 2019, as showed in a PLO’s Negotiations Affairs Department’s report, Israel seized 4,800 dunums of land from several localities, including Birin, for the expansion of Bani Haiver.
Located to the southwest of Bani Naim, Birin has a population of 160 and is flanked by Bani Haiver colonial settlement from the east and the settler-only bypass Road No. 60 from the west. Its residents were originally expelled from the Naqab in southern Israel and now depend on agriculture and livestock as their main source of livelihood.
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Israeli forces demolished this morning a Palestinian-house in Qarawet Bani Hassan town, west of the northern West Bank city of Salfit, despite an Israeli court injunction, said a local source.
The house owner, identified as Radi Meri, said Israeli soldiers and officers of the so-called Civil Administration, an arm of the Israeli military government, secured the area before a bulldozer proceeded to tear down his 180-square-meter house, which was under construction, purportedly for being built in Area C without a permit. He added that the demolition was carried out four months after he received a military demolition order. Meanwhile, Qarawet Bani Hassan Municipality said that it managed to secure with the assistance of the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC) an Israeli court injunction preventing the soldiers from |
proceeding with the demolition of the Meri house and three other houses in the same area.
It added that the Meri house was already demolished by the time the court order was issued but that the three other houses were spared demolition for the time being.
The houses were being built in Area C, which falls under full Israeli military control.
Israel denies planning permits for Palestinians to build on their own land or to extend existing houses to accommodate natural growth, particularly in occupied East Jerusalem and Area C, which constitutes 60 percent of the area of the occupied West Bank and falls under full Israeli military rule, forcing residents to build without obtaining permits to provide shelters for their families.
It added that the Meri house was already demolished by the time the court order was issued but that the three other houses were spared demolition for the time being.
The houses were being built in Area C, which falls under full Israeli military control.
Israel denies planning permits for Palestinians to build on their own land or to extend existing houses to accommodate natural growth, particularly in occupied East Jerusalem and Area C, which constitutes 60 percent of the area of the occupied West Bank and falls under full Israeli military rule, forcing residents to build without obtaining permits to provide shelters for their families.
Israeli forces uprooted this morning more than 200 olive trees in the village of Deir Istiya, west of the northern West Bank city of Salfit, according to local sources.
They told WAFA that the soldiers uprooted 220 trees that were planted on 12 dunums of land owned by a local resident and located in Area C, which is under full Israeli army rule.
The owner and residents were not allowed to reach the area during the army uprooting of the trees, said the sources. video
Israel does not allow Palestinian development in Area C of the West Bank, which makes up over 60 percent of its area.
They told WAFA that the soldiers uprooted 220 trees that were planted on 12 dunums of land owned by a local resident and located in Area C, which is under full Israeli army rule.
The owner and residents were not allowed to reach the area during the army uprooting of the trees, said the sources. video
Israel does not allow Palestinian development in Area C of the West Bank, which makes up over 60 percent of its area.
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