18 mar 2019
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel will soon begin the construction of 840 housing units in Ariel settlement in Salfit.
Speaking during a visit to the scene where a stabbing and shooting attack took place on Sunday killing three Israelis in Salfit, Netanyahu said that he had given orders to demolish the house of the Palestinian attacker.
"We know the identity of the assailant," Netanyahu said, adding that the Israeli army is in close pursuit.
A Palestinian on Sunday morning carried out an anti-occupation stabbing and shooting attack near Ariel settlement in Salfit, killing three Israelis and injuring four others.
The Israeli occupation army announced that the Palestinian is 19-year-old Omar Abu Laila, and at daybreak Sunday raided his home and interrogated his family for hours.
Speaking during a visit to the scene where a stabbing and shooting attack took place on Sunday killing three Israelis in Salfit, Netanyahu said that he had given orders to demolish the house of the Palestinian attacker.
"We know the identity of the assailant," Netanyahu said, adding that the Israeli army is in close pursuit.
A Palestinian on Sunday morning carried out an anti-occupation stabbing and shooting attack near Ariel settlement in Salfit, killing three Israelis and injuring four others.
The Israeli occupation army announced that the Palestinian is 19-year-old Omar Abu Laila, and at daybreak Sunday raided his home and interrogated his family for hours.
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Israeli bulldozers belonging to the Israeli Civil Administration demolished two Palestinian-owned buildings and a wall in Wadi Ara region, in northern Israel, on Monday.
According to local sources, a large number of heavily armed Israeli forces raided the Wadi Ara region along with several bulldozers and began a demolition campaign against Palestinian-owned structures in the area. Ahmad Milhem, chair of Anti-House Demolition Committee, said that Israeli bulldozers demolished one building that consisted of five residential apartments, one under-construction building, and an under-construction wall. |
Milhem pointed out that the demolition was carried out under the pretext that it was built without the nearly-impossible to obtain Israeli permit.
While Israeli law guarantees Palestinians the same equality as other citizens, in practice there are claims of discrimination in government funding and a raft of other issues.
Nearly all Palestinian applications for building permits are denied by the Israeli authorities, forcing communities to build illegally.
Israeli Palestinian rights group Adalah says that only 4.6% of new homes built in Israel are in Palestinian towns and villages, even though Palestinians make up over 20% of the population.
The difficulty for Palestinians in Israel to obtain building permits forces them to expand or build homes and structures without permits, which are liable to later be torn down.
In 2015, the United Nations, as well as other members of the international community, have verbally condemned Israel's systematic destruction of Palestinian homes and declared the practice as illegal and unfair.
While Israeli law guarantees Palestinians the same equality as other citizens, in practice there are claims of discrimination in government funding and a raft of other issues.
Nearly all Palestinian applications for building permits are denied by the Israeli authorities, forcing communities to build illegally.
Israeli Palestinian rights group Adalah says that only 4.6% of new homes built in Israel are in Palestinian towns and villages, even though Palestinians make up over 20% of the population.
The difficulty for Palestinians in Israel to obtain building permits forces them to expand or build homes and structures without permits, which are liable to later be torn down.
In 2015, the United Nations, as well as other members of the international community, have verbally condemned Israel's systematic destruction of Palestinian homes and declared the practice as illegal and unfair.
The Israeli occupation forces on Monday morning broke into a Palestinian shop owned by Abu Laila family in Biddya town in Salfit.
Local sources said that the Israeli forces blew up the door of a clothes shop owned by Mustafa Abu Laila during a raid on Biddya.
Hours later, the Israeli forces withdrew from the place after seizing the surveillance camera recordings of Abu Laila's shop, the sources added.
Local sources said that the Israeli forces blew up the door of a clothes shop owned by Mustafa Abu Laila during a raid on Biddya.
Hours later, the Israeli forces withdrew from the place after seizing the surveillance camera recordings of Abu Laila's shop, the sources added.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Khirbat Um Neer village, east of Yatta town, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, and demolished a water well.
Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in southern Hebron, said the soldiers demolished the well, allegedly for being dug without a permit.
He added that the Palestinian who owned the well, identified as Farid Ahmad Jabour, used it to collect rain water for his home and farmland, amidst frequent water shortages in the area.
Jabour also said that the well is near the illegal Israeli Susya colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands, and stated that the army and the colonists carry out frequent violations against the villagers, their homes and lands, to force them to leave.
In related news, illegal Israeli colonists installed several mobile homes on Palestinian lands, in the southeastern area of Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank.
The colonists installed the homes near Kedumim illegal colony, while dozens of soldiers were deployed in the area, and on roads between Qalqilia and Nablus.
Settlers Erect Mobile Homes East of Qalqilia
Israeli settlers have set up several mobile homes in the southeastern part of the northern West Bank town of Kafr Qaddoum, to the east of Qalailia.
Sources from the Anti-Wall and Settlement Committee’s Office, in the northern West Bank, confirmed that extremist Israeli settlers, under heavy military protection, set up several mobile homes or caravans near the Kedumim settlement, WAFA reports.
This came as settlers stepped up their attacks against Palestinians in the northern West Bank, in retaliation for the killing of a number of Israeli soldiers and injuring another in a stabbing and shooting attack outside the settlement of Ariel, on Sunday.
On Sunday evening, settlers hurled rocks at Palestinian vehicles travelling along Nablus-Qalqilia and Nablus-Tulkarem Roads, causing damages.
They also attacked a Palestinian house with stones in Huwwara town, to the south of Nablus, shattering its windows. No injuries were reported to have occurred, in any of the attacks.
Israel imposes harsh penalties on Palestinian stone throwers, as it passed a legislation, in 2015, allowing for up to 20 years prison sentence if charged with throwing stones at Israeli vehicles, and a minimum of three years for the act of throwing a stone at any Israeli. In contrast, Israeli settlers are rarely prosecuted under the same standards of the law.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in southern Hebron, said the soldiers demolished the well, allegedly for being dug without a permit.
He added that the Palestinian who owned the well, identified as Farid Ahmad Jabour, used it to collect rain water for his home and farmland, amidst frequent water shortages in the area.
Jabour also said that the well is near the illegal Israeli Susya colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands, and stated that the army and the colonists carry out frequent violations against the villagers, their homes and lands, to force them to leave.
In related news, illegal Israeli colonists installed several mobile homes on Palestinian lands, in the southeastern area of Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank.
The colonists installed the homes near Kedumim illegal colony, while dozens of soldiers were deployed in the area, and on roads between Qalqilia and Nablus.
Settlers Erect Mobile Homes East of Qalqilia
Israeli settlers have set up several mobile homes in the southeastern part of the northern West Bank town of Kafr Qaddoum, to the east of Qalailia.
Sources from the Anti-Wall and Settlement Committee’s Office, in the northern West Bank, confirmed that extremist Israeli settlers, under heavy military protection, set up several mobile homes or caravans near the Kedumim settlement, WAFA reports.
This came as settlers stepped up their attacks against Palestinians in the northern West Bank, in retaliation for the killing of a number of Israeli soldiers and injuring another in a stabbing and shooting attack outside the settlement of Ariel, on Sunday.
On Sunday evening, settlers hurled rocks at Palestinian vehicles travelling along Nablus-Qalqilia and Nablus-Tulkarem Roads, causing damages.
They also attacked a Palestinian house with stones in Huwwara town, to the south of Nablus, shattering its windows. No injuries were reported to have occurred, in any of the attacks.
Israel imposes harsh penalties on Palestinian stone throwers, as it passed a legislation, in 2015, allowing for up to 20 years prison sentence if charged with throwing stones at Israeli vehicles, and a minimum of three years for the act of throwing a stone at any Israeli. In contrast, Israeli settlers are rarely prosecuted under the same standards of the law.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
The Israeli army issued, Sunday, demolition orders targeting a number of inhabited and under-construction homes in Khallet al-Nahel and Khallet al-Qotin areas, southeast of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
Hasan Breijiyya, the coordinator of the National Commission against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Bethlehem, said a large military force invaded the two areas and handed the demolition orders to the families.
He added that the orders targeted seven homes, some are inhabited, and some are still under-construction.
Owners of two of the homes have been identified as Ahmad Ismael Mezher and Mohammad Yahia Ayyash.
Mezher told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that he previously received similar orders, and filed all needed documents to obtain permits, but never received a response from the “Civil Administration Office,” the executive branch of Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine.
The two areas, as well as many Palestinian communities, are subject to frequent invasions and demolition of homes and property, amidst Israel’s ongoing illegal construction of expansion of its colonies, in direct violation of International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Hasan Breijiyya, the coordinator of the National Commission against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Bethlehem, said a large military force invaded the two areas and handed the demolition orders to the families.
He added that the orders targeted seven homes, some are inhabited, and some are still under-construction.
Owners of two of the homes have been identified as Ahmad Ismael Mezher and Mohammad Yahia Ayyash.
Mezher told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that he previously received similar orders, and filed all needed documents to obtain permits, but never received a response from the “Civil Administration Office,” the executive branch of Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine.
The two areas, as well as many Palestinian communities, are subject to frequent invasions and demolition of homes and property, amidst Israel’s ongoing illegal construction of expansion of its colonies, in direct violation of International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
16 mar 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday arrested two Palestinian young men in Jenin refugee camp.
Local sources said that the IOF stopped a Palestinian car at a military checkpoint in the camp, forced the two passengers out, and took them to an undeclared destination.
The detainees were identified as Salah Bani Gharra and Ahmad Abu Ragha, the same sources said, adding that the car was confiscated by the IOF soldiers.
Local sources said that the IOF stopped a Palestinian car at a military checkpoint in the camp, forced the two passengers out, and took them to an undeclared destination.
The detainees were identified as Salah Bani Gharra and Ahmad Abu Ragha, the same sources said, adding that the car was confiscated by the IOF soldiers.
An Israeli court rejected an appeal by Israeli settlement organization "Regavim" to demolish of a Palestinian school in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, upon efforts by Palestinian activists from the Anti Wall and Settlement Committee in Bethlehem.
Head of the committee, Hasan Breijieh, said that the Israeli Supreme Court rejected the organization's appeal to demolish the Tahaddi 5 School; the organization had presented the appeal to demolish the school claiming that owners of the land, on which the school is built, do not have documents proving their ownership in order to issue a permit for the school.
The school is located in the Beit Taamar village, east of Bethlehem City.
Breijieh added the court rejected the appeal upon blueprints of the land and the school proving that all procedures are legal.
The Tahaddi 5 School, that serves 54 Palestinian students, was built and opened in 2017; the school was demolished by Israeli forces and rebuilt in a matter of days.
Israeli forces regularly confiscate and demolish Palestinian structures deemed as illegal by the Israeli government, most commonly in Area C, the area of the West Bank under full Israeli security and civilian control.
Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in Area C, forcing most Palestinians to build without permits.
All building in Area C, whether by Palestinians or Jewish settlers, comes under the jurisdiction of the Israeli Civil Administration, which has full control over all zoning and planning issues.
In practice, almost all Palestinian applications for a building permit are rejected, with the Civil Administration granting only a handful of permits.
Israeli court rejects settlers’ petition to raze Palestinian school
Israel’s higher court of justice rejected a petition filed by a Jewish settler group calling for demolishing a Palestinian school in Beit Ta’mir village, east of Bethlehem.
Local official Hasan Berejiya said that anti-settlement activists extracted a decision from the court against the petition, which called for demolishing Tahadi 5 School in the village.
Berejiya affirmed that the settler group was thinking there were no Palestinian ownership documents for the land or signatures from the owners allowing the school to be built on their land.
Tahadi 5 School was built and opened in 2017 and later was demolished by the Israeli occupation authority but rebuilt within days.
Head of the committee, Hasan Breijieh, said that the Israeli Supreme Court rejected the organization's appeal to demolish the Tahaddi 5 School; the organization had presented the appeal to demolish the school claiming that owners of the land, on which the school is built, do not have documents proving their ownership in order to issue a permit for the school.
The school is located in the Beit Taamar village, east of Bethlehem City.
Breijieh added the court rejected the appeal upon blueprints of the land and the school proving that all procedures are legal.
The Tahaddi 5 School, that serves 54 Palestinian students, was built and opened in 2017; the school was demolished by Israeli forces and rebuilt in a matter of days.
Israeli forces regularly confiscate and demolish Palestinian structures deemed as illegal by the Israeli government, most commonly in Area C, the area of the West Bank under full Israeli security and civilian control.
Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in Area C, forcing most Palestinians to build without permits.
All building in Area C, whether by Palestinians or Jewish settlers, comes under the jurisdiction of the Israeli Civil Administration, which has full control over all zoning and planning issues.
In practice, almost all Palestinian applications for a building permit are rejected, with the Civil Administration granting only a handful of permits.
Israeli court rejects settlers’ petition to raze Palestinian school
Israel’s higher court of justice rejected a petition filed by a Jewish settler group calling for demolishing a Palestinian school in Beit Ta’mir village, east of Bethlehem.
Local official Hasan Berejiya said that anti-settlement activists extracted a decision from the court against the petition, which called for demolishing Tahadi 5 School in the village.
Berejiya affirmed that the settler group was thinking there were no Palestinian ownership documents for the land or signatures from the owners allowing the school to be built on their land.
Tahadi 5 School was built and opened in 2017 and later was demolished by the Israeli occupation authority but rebuilt within days.
15 mar 2019
An Israeli court ordered the demolition of three houses in Qalansuwa City in central Israel, on Thursday evening.
The Magistrate Court of Netanya rejected appeals presented by owners of the three houses in Qalansuwa against the demolition.
The court ordered the demolition of the three houses, under the pretext that the houses lack the nearly-impossible-to-obtain Israeli building permits.
The three houses belong to locals Muhammad Odeh, Ismail Wawiyeh and Abed al-Hakim Hammudeh.
While Israeli law guarantees Palestinians the same equality as other citizens, in practice there are claims of discrimination in government funding and a raft of other issues, nearly all Palestinian applications for building permits are denied by the Israeli authorities, forcing communities to build illegally.
Israeli Palestinian rights group Adalah says that only 4.6% of new homes built in Israel are in Palestinian towns and villages, even though Palestinians make up over 20% of the population.
The difficulty for Palestinians in Israel to obtain building permits forces them to expand or build homes and structures without permits, which are liable to later be torn down.
In 2015, the United Nations, as well as other members of the international community, have verbally condemned Israel's systematic destruction of Palestinian homes and declared the practice as illegal and unfair.
The Magistrate Court of Netanya rejected appeals presented by owners of the three houses in Qalansuwa against the demolition.
The court ordered the demolition of the three houses, under the pretext that the houses lack the nearly-impossible-to-obtain Israeli building permits.
The three houses belong to locals Muhammad Odeh, Ismail Wawiyeh and Abed al-Hakim Hammudeh.
While Israeli law guarantees Palestinians the same equality as other citizens, in practice there are claims of discrimination in government funding and a raft of other issues, nearly all Palestinian applications for building permits are denied by the Israeli authorities, forcing communities to build illegally.
Israeli Palestinian rights group Adalah says that only 4.6% of new homes built in Israel are in Palestinian towns and villages, even though Palestinians make up over 20% of the population.
The difficulty for Palestinians in Israel to obtain building permits forces them to expand or build homes and structures without permits, which are liable to later be torn down.
In 2015, the United Nations, as well as other members of the international community, have verbally condemned Israel's systematic destruction of Palestinian homes and declared the practice as illegal and unfair.
14 mar 2019
Israeli soldiers held a Palestinian journalist and an activist in the al-Shuhada Street in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, on Wednesday, as they were documenting the soldiers’ violations against Palestinians.
Palestinian activist with Defenders of Human Rights, Badie Dweik, said that Israeli settlers held journalist Amer al-Shaludi, and Defenders of Human Rights activist Zeidan al-Sharabati for more than one hour.
Dweik added that al-Shaludi and al-Sharabati were documenting Israeli soldiers’ firing tear-gas bombs and stun grenades towards Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers had also sealed off the military checkpoint leading to the al-Shuhada Street, preventing residents from entering.
Dweik said that Israeli soldiers confiscated his camera and mobile phone.
Palestinian activist with Defenders of Human Rights, Badie Dweik, said that Israeli settlers held journalist Amer al-Shaludi, and Defenders of Human Rights activist Zeidan al-Sharabati for more than one hour.
Dweik added that al-Shaludi and al-Sharabati were documenting Israeli soldiers’ firing tear-gas bombs and stun grenades towards Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers had also sealed off the military checkpoint leading to the al-Shuhada Street, preventing residents from entering.
Dweik said that Israeli soldiers confiscated his camera and mobile phone.
13 mar 2019
Israeli bulldozers demolished two Palestinian-owned homes, on Wednesday, in the al-Qubbeh area, near Israel’s illegal separation wall, south of the central occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem.
Iyad and Adi Edeis, the owners of the two demolished homes, said that staff from the Israeli Civil Administration along with bulldozers stormed the area and demolished the two homes.
The owners said that Israeli authorities did not notify them prior to the demolition.
The owners mentioned that the two homes were built several years ago and that 10 family members lived there.
According to Palestinians and rights groups, Israel’s overall goal, both in its policies in Area C and Israel’s settlement enterprise, is to depopulate the land of its Palestinian residents and replace them with Jewish Israeli communities in order to manipulate population demographics in all of historic Palestine.
Iyad and Adi Edeis, the owners of the two demolished homes, said that staff from the Israeli Civil Administration along with bulldozers stormed the area and demolished the two homes.
The owners said that Israeli authorities did not notify them prior to the demolition.
The owners mentioned that the two homes were built several years ago and that 10 family members lived there.
According to Palestinians and rights groups, Israel’s overall goal, both in its policies in Area C and Israel’s settlement enterprise, is to depopulate the land of its Palestinian residents and replace them with Jewish Israeli communities in order to manipulate population demographics in all of historic Palestine.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the city of Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and demolished a barn and an agricultural shed.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded Wadi al-Makhrour area, west of Beit Jala, and demolished a 120 square/meter barn, in addition to an agricultural shed.
They added that the demolished structures are owned by a Palestinian farmer, identified as Bassem Zeit, and were built nearly two years ago on his own land.
It is worth mentioning that Wadi al-Makhrour has recently witnessed serious Israeli violations and escalation, as the soldiers demolished many barns and sheds, and have been preventing the Palestinians from having any sort of construction in the area, for the benefit of Israel’s illegal construction and expansion of its colonies, in direct violation of International Law.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded Wadi al-Makhrour area, west of Beit Jala, and demolished a 120 square/meter barn, in addition to an agricultural shed.
They added that the demolished structures are owned by a Palestinian farmer, identified as Bassem Zeit, and were built nearly two years ago on his own land.
It is worth mentioning that Wadi al-Makhrour has recently witnessed serious Israeli violations and escalation, as the soldiers demolished many barns and sheds, and have been preventing the Palestinians from having any sort of construction in the area, for the benefit of Israel’s illegal construction and expansion of its colonies, in direct violation of International Law.
12 mar 2019
A group of Israeli settlers uprooted dozens of Palestinian-owned olive trees, on Tuesday, in an agricultural area near the Burin village, south of the northern occupied West Bank.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that Israeli settlers from the illegal Yitzhar settlement stormed an agricultural area near the main road of the settlement.
Daghlas pointed out that about 33 olive trees were uprooted by Israeli forces and belong to Palestinian resident, Castro Mahmoud Qadrous.
According to a report by Israeli NGO B'Tselem, Israeli settlers' vandalism in the occupied West Bank is a daily routine and is fully backed by Israeli authorities.
B'Tselem reported that "In just over two months, from the beginning of May to 7 July 2018, B'Tselem documented 10 instances in which settlers destroyed a total of more than 2,000 trees and grapevines and burned down a barley field and bales of hay."
B'Tselem also argued that under the guise of a "temporary military occupation," Israel has been "using the land as its own: robbing land, exploiting the area’s natural resources for its own benefit and establishing permanent settlements," estimating that Israel had dispossessed Palestinians from some 200,000 hectares (494,211 acres) of lands in the occupied Palestinian territory over the years.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law, with recent announcements of settlement expansion provoking condemnation from the international community.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that Israeli settlers from the illegal Yitzhar settlement stormed an agricultural area near the main road of the settlement.
Daghlas pointed out that about 33 olive trees were uprooted by Israeli forces and belong to Palestinian resident, Castro Mahmoud Qadrous.
According to a report by Israeli NGO B'Tselem, Israeli settlers' vandalism in the occupied West Bank is a daily routine and is fully backed by Israeli authorities.
B'Tselem reported that "In just over two months, from the beginning of May to 7 July 2018, B'Tselem documented 10 instances in which settlers destroyed a total of more than 2,000 trees and grapevines and burned down a barley field and bales of hay."
B'Tselem also argued that under the guise of a "temporary military occupation," Israel has been "using the land as its own: robbing land, exploiting the area’s natural resources for its own benefit and establishing permanent settlements," estimating that Israel had dispossessed Palestinians from some 200,000 hectares (494,211 acres) of lands in the occupied Palestinian territory over the years.
Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law, with recent announcements of settlement expansion provoking condemnation from the international community.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday delivered demolition and stop-work orders against five Palestinian homes in Hares village, west of Salfit in the West Bank.
Chief of the village Tayseer Souf reported that five local residents received demolition and stop-work orders issued for their homes in the eastern area of the village on allegations they are located in an Israeli-controlled area (Area C).
Recently, the Israeli occupation authority has intensified its demolition campaign against Palestinian homes and structures throughout the occupied Palestinian territories.
Chief of the village Tayseer Souf reported that five local residents received demolition and stop-work orders issued for their homes in the eastern area of the village on allegations they are located in an Israeli-controlled area (Area C).
Recently, the Israeli occupation authority has intensified its demolition campaign against Palestinian homes and structures throughout the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli authorities on Monday afternoon demolished a garage for used auto parts in ar-Rama town in the Galilee at the pretext that the place was unlicensed.
The owner received a demolition notice issued against his garage a few days ago, but Israeli bulldozers escorted by police forces came suddenly and razed the place to the ground.
According to Arab48 website, the owner had already been given 30 days to evacuate his garage and forced to pay financial penalties.
The owner received a demolition notice issued against his garage a few days ago, but Israeli bulldozers escorted by police forces came suddenly and razed the place to the ground.
According to Arab48 website, the owner had already been given 30 days to evacuate his garage and forced to pay financial penalties.
