5 nov 2017
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier on Sunday morning, seven Palestinians, from their homes, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, confiscated money, and detained many schoolteachers.
The soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes in Jenin, in northern West Bank, before violently searching them, and illegally confiscated thousands of Shekels.
Furthermore, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted seven Palestinians in the West Bank, five of them have been identified as:
The soldiers also summoned several Palestinians, including Wa’el Ka’bi and his son Nidal, for interrogation in Huwwara military base, south of Nablus, in northern West Bank.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded al-‘Amarna and al-Ba’jawi neighborhoods, in the city, in addition to the villages and towns of Ya’bad, Rommana, Zabbouba, Ta’nak and Toura, and installed many roadblocks, before stopping and searching dozens of Palestinians and cars.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded Masafer Yatta area, south of the city, and briefly detained many schoolteachers, after confiscating a car, owned by Suleiman Abu Sabha.
The soldiers closed the area, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it, after declaring it a “closed military zone.”
The soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes in Jenin, in northern West Bank, before violently searching them, and illegally confiscated thousands of Shekels.
Furthermore, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted seven Palestinians in the West Bank, five of them have been identified as:
- Adnan Ali Saleh, from Balata refugee camp in Nablus.
- Nidal Abu Fa’oor, from Balata refugee camp in Nablus.
- Amir Abu Shahin, from Balata refugee camp in Nablus.
- Ahmad Abu Zneid, from Shu’fat refugee camp, in Jerusalem.
- Walid Abdul-Mon’em Joudallah, from Nablus, but was taken prisoner from work, in Bethlehem.
The soldiers also summoned several Palestinians, including Wa’el Ka’bi and his son Nidal, for interrogation in Huwwara military base, south of Nablus, in northern West Bank.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded al-‘Amarna and al-Ba’jawi neighborhoods, in the city, in addition to the villages and towns of Ya’bad, Rommana, Zabbouba, Ta’nak and Toura, and installed many roadblocks, before stopping and searching dozens of Palestinians and cars.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded Masafer Yatta area, south of the city, and briefly detained many schoolteachers, after confiscating a car, owned by Suleiman Abu Sabha.
The soldiers closed the area, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it, after declaring it a “closed military zone.”
By Issam Aruri
In recent months, the security and humanitarian situation in Palestine has deteriorated considerably. Palestinian human rights organisations have documented unprecedented settlement expansion, emboldened by the international community's continued hand-wringing in the face of Israel's violations of international law.
Just last week, 176 new settlement units were announced to be built in occupied East Jerusalem. Residency revocations for Palestinians in Jerusalem are on the rise, forcing people out of their lifelong communities.
And now, the Knesset is considering an unprecedented bill that would annex some of the West Bank's largest illegal settlements to Jerusalem.
Demographic change
Dubbed the "Greater Jerusalem" Bill, it constitutes a de facto annexation of settlements built on occupied Palestinian land and regarded as illegal by international law and the European Union.
Among the settlements included in the bill is Ma'aleh Adumim, the largest settlement in the Jerusalem area and the Gush Etzion settlement cluster. The bill is sponsored by a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right–wing Likud party and enjoys his backing.
We must be clear that the Greater Jerusalem Bill is an exercise in demographic change through annexation. Under the Bill, the settlements' over 150,000 inhabitants would be considered residents of Jerusalem, enabling them to vote in and sway municipal elections.
It will also downgrade the status of three Palestinian neighbourhoods in Jerusalem, demoting the status of the approximately 100,000 Palestinians who live there - essentially creating Jerusalem's own Bantustans.
The bill's intention, according to its authors, Israeli Knesset Minister Yoav Kish and Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, is two-fold: to increase the proportion of Jews to Palestinians in Jerusalem to ensure Jewish dominance of the city, and territorial expansion.
Katz openly expressed his intention for the bill to "ensure a Jewish majority in the united city and to expand its borders by adding 150,000 residents to the area of a greater Jerusalem," adding that it would serve to challenge all who question the Jewish people’s right to the whole of Jerusalem as the capital of a Jewish homeland.
Netanyahu voiced his support for the bill in October, indicating that the bill will pass quickly and with the government's blessing.
De-facto annexation
Demographic engineering is in clear violation of international law, as it uses manipulation of the makeup of the civilian population to accomplish political goals. Currently, Palestinians make up nearly 40 percent the population of Jerusalem.
If the bill passes, the addition of settler populations into Jerusalem's census will reduce that percentage to 32 percent. It is a sinister way of ensuring that Jerusalem is washed of its Palestinian identity and, by extension, Palestinian rights and interests, while still calling itself democratic.
Enacting laws that are anti-democratic or violate international law, however, is not a rarity for Israel. This January, the Knesset passed a law that retroactively legalises Israeli outposts built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.
International calls to abandon the "Regularisation Law" proved futile as the Knesset rapidly moved to pass it.
Palestinian human rights organisations, including my organisation, the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC), are concerned that the Great Jerusalem Bill could face an eerily similar fate with public outcry and condemnations proving to be little more than lip service that only delays the inevitable.
Palestinians have had their human rights trampled upon systematically throughout the prolonged military occupation. We have lost huge swathes of our lands and had our communities fragmented. We have been warning for years that Israel's actions amount to de-facto annexation.
With the passage of the Greater Jerusalem Bill, our warnings would become a codified reality.
Genuine action
This should sound an alarm to European officials. Not only do these actions undermine UN Security Council resolutions and EU Foreign Affairs Council conclusions, they erode the potency of international law as a whole. More so, they destroy the prospects of peace.
Despite discussions about renewing the peace talks, and the Palestinian reconciliation agreement signed in Cairo last month, measures like the Greater Jerusalem Bill undo any positive steps made toward solving the conflict.
On Sunday, Israel's Ministerial Committee for Legislation delayed its vote on the bill to reportedly allow time for "diplomatic preparation". European officials should seize the time offered by the delay to unequivocally condemn the Greater Jerusalem Bill and spell out the diplomatic consequences of its passage.
This time, we need more than measured consideration and public statements. We need genuine action.
There are very real steps officials can take to pressure Israel to act in accordance with international law. They include an end to preferential trade agreements so long as settlement activity continues and support for accountability mechanisms.
Given the serious prospect of annexation, the European Commission should immediately halt any discussion about holding the EU-Israel Association Council.
If the international community continues to remain silent in the face of Israeli violations, it will be very hard to undo the damage being done to the prospects of achieving justice and peace.
European officials must stand tall and take the lead to stop the Greater Jerusalem Bill.
- Issam Aruri is the General Director of the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC). He is a founding member of the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO), which is a coalition of 140 Palestinian civil society organisations. His article was published in the Middle East Eye website.
In recent months, the security and humanitarian situation in Palestine has deteriorated considerably. Palestinian human rights organisations have documented unprecedented settlement expansion, emboldened by the international community's continued hand-wringing in the face of Israel's violations of international law.
Just last week, 176 new settlement units were announced to be built in occupied East Jerusalem. Residency revocations for Palestinians in Jerusalem are on the rise, forcing people out of their lifelong communities.
And now, the Knesset is considering an unprecedented bill that would annex some of the West Bank's largest illegal settlements to Jerusalem.
Demographic change
Dubbed the "Greater Jerusalem" Bill, it constitutes a de facto annexation of settlements built on occupied Palestinian land and regarded as illegal by international law and the European Union.
Among the settlements included in the bill is Ma'aleh Adumim, the largest settlement in the Jerusalem area and the Gush Etzion settlement cluster. The bill is sponsored by a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right–wing Likud party and enjoys his backing.
We must be clear that the Greater Jerusalem Bill is an exercise in demographic change through annexation. Under the Bill, the settlements' over 150,000 inhabitants would be considered residents of Jerusalem, enabling them to vote in and sway municipal elections.
It will also downgrade the status of three Palestinian neighbourhoods in Jerusalem, demoting the status of the approximately 100,000 Palestinians who live there - essentially creating Jerusalem's own Bantustans.
The bill's intention, according to its authors, Israeli Knesset Minister Yoav Kish and Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, is two-fold: to increase the proportion of Jews to Palestinians in Jerusalem to ensure Jewish dominance of the city, and territorial expansion.
Katz openly expressed his intention for the bill to "ensure a Jewish majority in the united city and to expand its borders by adding 150,000 residents to the area of a greater Jerusalem," adding that it would serve to challenge all who question the Jewish people’s right to the whole of Jerusalem as the capital of a Jewish homeland.
Netanyahu voiced his support for the bill in October, indicating that the bill will pass quickly and with the government's blessing.
De-facto annexation
Demographic engineering is in clear violation of international law, as it uses manipulation of the makeup of the civilian population to accomplish political goals. Currently, Palestinians make up nearly 40 percent the population of Jerusalem.
If the bill passes, the addition of settler populations into Jerusalem's census will reduce that percentage to 32 percent. It is a sinister way of ensuring that Jerusalem is washed of its Palestinian identity and, by extension, Palestinian rights and interests, while still calling itself democratic.
Enacting laws that are anti-democratic or violate international law, however, is not a rarity for Israel. This January, the Knesset passed a law that retroactively legalises Israeli outposts built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.
International calls to abandon the "Regularisation Law" proved futile as the Knesset rapidly moved to pass it.
Palestinian human rights organisations, including my organisation, the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC), are concerned that the Great Jerusalem Bill could face an eerily similar fate with public outcry and condemnations proving to be little more than lip service that only delays the inevitable.
Palestinians have had their human rights trampled upon systematically throughout the prolonged military occupation. We have lost huge swathes of our lands and had our communities fragmented. We have been warning for years that Israel's actions amount to de-facto annexation.
With the passage of the Greater Jerusalem Bill, our warnings would become a codified reality.
Genuine action
This should sound an alarm to European officials. Not only do these actions undermine UN Security Council resolutions and EU Foreign Affairs Council conclusions, they erode the potency of international law as a whole. More so, they destroy the prospects of peace.
Despite discussions about renewing the peace talks, and the Palestinian reconciliation agreement signed in Cairo last month, measures like the Greater Jerusalem Bill undo any positive steps made toward solving the conflict.
On Sunday, Israel's Ministerial Committee for Legislation delayed its vote on the bill to reportedly allow time for "diplomatic preparation". European officials should seize the time offered by the delay to unequivocally condemn the Greater Jerusalem Bill and spell out the diplomatic consequences of its passage.
This time, we need more than measured consideration and public statements. We need genuine action.
There are very real steps officials can take to pressure Israel to act in accordance with international law. They include an end to preferential trade agreements so long as settlement activity continues and support for accountability mechanisms.
Given the serious prospect of annexation, the European Commission should immediately halt any discussion about holding the EU-Israel Association Council.
If the international community continues to remain silent in the face of Israeli violations, it will be very hard to undo the damage being done to the prospects of achieving justice and peace.
European officials must stand tall and take the lead to stop the Greater Jerusalem Bill.
- Issam Aruri is the General Director of the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC). He is a founding member of the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO), which is a coalition of 140 Palestinian civil society organisations. His article was published in the Middle East Eye website.
4 nov 2017
A group of extremist Jewish settlers on Saturday morning assaulted Abu Rajab family in the Old City of al-Khalil in the southern West Bank.
The PIC reporter said that the settlers were dancing in groups in front of the house of Ali Abu Rajab al-Tamimi which has been already taken over by settlers several months ago. They entered the home to join other settlers who were already inside.
This provoked the house owner who accordingly, along with other members of the family, confronted the settlers. As a result, he was assaulted and slightly injured at the hands of the extremist Jewish settlers, the PIC reporter added.
Israeli occupation forces rushed to the scene to offer protection for the attacking settlers and totally ignored their assault on the family members.
The PIC reporter said that the settlers were dancing in groups in front of the house of Ali Abu Rajab al-Tamimi which has been already taken over by settlers several months ago. They entered the home to join other settlers who were already inside.
This provoked the house owner who accordingly, along with other members of the family, confronted the settlers. As a result, he was assaulted and slightly injured at the hands of the extremist Jewish settlers, the PIC reporter added.
Israeli occupation forces rushed to the scene to offer protection for the attacking settlers and totally ignored their assault on the family members.
Haaretz newspaper on Saturday reported that the Israeli authorities on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court for a two-week delay in announcing its position on Susya village despite the fact the Israel's war minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has declared that there will be no more delays in the demolition decision.
The paper said that the request was made after senior European and British diplomats pressured Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Lieberman not to demolish the village.
Quoting a source involved in the matter, Haaretz noted that ahead of Netanyahu's visit to London, British diplomats contacted Israeli officials and informed them that Britain has reservations about the evacuation of Susya.
The same source said that Israel's Attorney General, Avichai Mendelblit, also supports postponing the evacuation in order to conduct further legal investigation.
Israeli sources claimed that the Palestinian village of Susya was "illegally" established near a Jewish settlement holding the same name and that demolition orders have been issued against its buildings.
The petition to demolish the Palestinian village has been under consideration since 2014.
Susya is located in Area C, which is under full Israeli civil and security control, and its residents have been expelled from their homes several times over the past 30 years.
In 1986, the village was declared a national park and the Palestinian residents were evacuated to their agricultural lands. The Israeli army evicted them again in 2001 and knocked down the caves and huts they were living in.
The Supreme Court ordered to halt the demolitions and allow Susya residents to stay in the village, but it did not ask the so-called Civil Administration to allow them to build new buildings instead of the ones destroyed. None of the established structures have building permits.
Qamar Mashriqi, the Susya residents' lawyer, said, "Lieberman is determined to wipe out the village to enable settlers to complete their takeover of the area. The international community must make it clear to Israel that it will not accept the removal of entire Palestinian villages from Area C in violation of the international law."
The paper said that the request was made after senior European and British diplomats pressured Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Lieberman not to demolish the village.
Quoting a source involved in the matter, Haaretz noted that ahead of Netanyahu's visit to London, British diplomats contacted Israeli officials and informed them that Britain has reservations about the evacuation of Susya.
The same source said that Israel's Attorney General, Avichai Mendelblit, also supports postponing the evacuation in order to conduct further legal investigation.
Israeli sources claimed that the Palestinian village of Susya was "illegally" established near a Jewish settlement holding the same name and that demolition orders have been issued against its buildings.
The petition to demolish the Palestinian village has been under consideration since 2014.
Susya is located in Area C, which is under full Israeli civil and security control, and its residents have been expelled from their homes several times over the past 30 years.
In 1986, the village was declared a national park and the Palestinian residents were evacuated to their agricultural lands. The Israeli army evicted them again in 2001 and knocked down the caves and huts they were living in.
The Supreme Court ordered to halt the demolitions and allow Susya residents to stay in the village, but it did not ask the so-called Civil Administration to allow them to build new buildings instead of the ones destroyed. None of the established structures have building permits.
Qamar Mashriqi, the Susya residents' lawyer, said, "Lieberman is determined to wipe out the village to enable settlers to complete their takeover of the area. The international community must make it clear to Israel that it will not accept the removal of entire Palestinian villages from Area C in violation of the international law."
3 nov 2017
The Israeli occupation forces leveled Palestinian lands west of Salfit province, in the West Bank, in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that Israeli bulldozers and excavators rolled into Salfit and razed Palestinian land tracts near the industrial zone of Israel’s Ariel settlement.
The move makes part of an Israeli plan to build new factories and expand old ones near the archaeological village of Kerkesh, Batn al-Hamam, and Haris village.
Researcher Khaled Maali sounded the alarm over the ecological damage and life-threatening diseases wrought by the factories built by the Israeli occupation authorities in the area.
He added that Ariel outpost is made up of industrial and residential areas. Three more industrial zones have also been built by the occupation authorities in Salfit.
Sometime earlier, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Gush Etzion, Ariel, Maaleh Adumim, and Beit El settlement blocs are and will forever remain part and parcel of Israel.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that Israeli bulldozers and excavators rolled into Salfit and razed Palestinian land tracts near the industrial zone of Israel’s Ariel settlement.
The move makes part of an Israeli plan to build new factories and expand old ones near the archaeological village of Kerkesh, Batn al-Hamam, and Haris village.
Researcher Khaled Maali sounded the alarm over the ecological damage and life-threatening diseases wrought by the factories built by the Israeli occupation authorities in the area.
He added that Ariel outpost is made up of industrial and residential areas. Three more industrial zones have also been built by the occupation authorities in Salfit.
Sometime earlier, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Gush Etzion, Ariel, Maaleh Adumim, and Beit El settlement blocs are and will forever remain part and parcel of Israel.
2 nov 2017
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) rounded up on Thursday a Palestinian human rights activist, Raed al-Tamimi, at the military Barrier 160 near al-Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil city.
IOF soldiers confiscated his cameras, cell phone and ID before taking him to an unknown destination.
The PIC reporter said that the Palestinian activist was previously detained by the IOF for several times for his documentation of Israeli crimes and violations practiced by IOF soldiers and Jewish settlers against the Palestinians in the Old City of al-Khalil.
IOF soldiers confiscated his cameras, cell phone and ID before taking him to an unknown destination.
The PIC reporter said that the Palestinian activist was previously detained by the IOF for several times for his documentation of Israeli crimes and violations practiced by IOF soldiers and Jewish settlers against the Palestinians in the Old City of al-Khalil.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, many Palestinian homes and stores in Ras Shehada Area, adjacent to Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem, search them and abducted a Palestinian after destroying his furniture, in addition to wounding six children.
Media sources in Jerusalem said the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes in the refugee camp, and abducted Fuad Khatib, after causing damage to his furniture and belongings.
The sources added that the soldiers also invaded several stores, including a photography shop, and confiscated computers.
Following the invasion and the violent searches, many youngsters hurled stones at the army, while the soldiers fired many gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Medical sources said six children were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and were moved to local clinics.
Media sources in Jerusalem said the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes in the refugee camp, and abducted Fuad Khatib, after causing damage to his furniture and belongings.
The sources added that the soldiers also invaded several stores, including a photography shop, and confiscated computers.
Following the invasion and the violent searches, many youngsters hurled stones at the army, while the soldiers fired many gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets.
Medical sources said six children were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and were moved to local clinics.
1 nov 2017
With a sigh of sadness, Palestinian farmer Abdullah Mar’ee looked at his annexed plot of land in Farkha village, west of Salfit, which was once an olive grove before Israel took it over along with other vast tracts of Palestinian land and built large factories in their place.
“We planted olive saplings on 25 dunums of land in Karm Ashour area, west of Salfit, and we were happy with them, especially when we saw them starting to yield olive fruits of the Nabali type, but all of a sudden, the settlement of Ariel encroached on our land,” Abu Mar’ee said.
“They built a factory for cosmetics, another for sweets and a huge iron plant, and their bulldozers are still embarking on razing more lands belonging to us and others,” he added.
The farmer also accused the Israeli army of suppressing marches protesting Israel’s settlement activities and land grabs in the agricultural areas of Salfit.
“The occupation already quelled marches and some farmers protested near Beit El, but to no avail. They claim they are state lands and sometimes they provide security pretexts or say those lands are located in Area C to justify the annexation of Palestinian lands,” Mar’ee stated.
“Until today, there are bulldozers belonging to settlers razing and devouring lands, whether in agricultural or pastoral areas.”
“The settlement expansion reduced grazing areas and led to a decline in the number of livestock. Small rock-hewn pools in the area were also destroyed, particularly near the archaeological village of Qarqash.”
Israel’s expansion of industrial zones
For his part, specialist in settlement affairs Khalid Maali has also affirmed that the industrial zone of Ariel settlement in Salfit is encroaching and expanding around the clock.
According to him, there are three industrial zones established on agricultural and pastoral lands belonging to local residents in Salfit province.
The Israeli authorities also plan to seize more Palestinian lands in Salfit to expand its industrial zones and build others, with no regard to the negative impacts of its settlement expansion on the lives of local residents, Maali warns.
“We planted olive saplings on 25 dunums of land in Karm Ashour area, west of Salfit, and we were happy with them, especially when we saw them starting to yield olive fruits of the Nabali type, but all of a sudden, the settlement of Ariel encroached on our land,” Abu Mar’ee said.
“They built a factory for cosmetics, another for sweets and a huge iron plant, and their bulldozers are still embarking on razing more lands belonging to us and others,” he added.
The farmer also accused the Israeli army of suppressing marches protesting Israel’s settlement activities and land grabs in the agricultural areas of Salfit.
“The occupation already quelled marches and some farmers protested near Beit El, but to no avail. They claim they are state lands and sometimes they provide security pretexts or say those lands are located in Area C to justify the annexation of Palestinian lands,” Mar’ee stated.
“Until today, there are bulldozers belonging to settlers razing and devouring lands, whether in agricultural or pastoral areas.”
“The settlement expansion reduced grazing areas and led to a decline in the number of livestock. Small rock-hewn pools in the area were also destroyed, particularly near the archaeological village of Qarqash.”
Israel’s expansion of industrial zones
For his part, specialist in settlement affairs Khalid Maali has also affirmed that the industrial zone of Ariel settlement in Salfit is encroaching and expanding around the clock.
According to him, there are three industrial zones established on agricultural and pastoral lands belonging to local residents in Salfit province.
The Israeli authorities also plan to seize more Palestinian lands in Salfit to expand its industrial zones and build others, with no regard to the negative impacts of its settlement expansion on the lives of local residents, Maali warns.
Israeli bulldozers on Wednesday morning demolished a Palestinian home in Fara village and leveled lands planted with palm trees in Kaser al-Sir hamlet. Both villages are located in the Negev desert.
Ateya al-Asem, head of the regional council of the Israeli-unrecognized villages in the Negev, said that the Israeli repeated demolition operations resulting in displacing the Palestinian inhabitants prove that Israel follows a systematic criminal approach against Palestinians.
Asem told Quds Press that Israel is going on with its land confiscation policy in the Negev district in order to force Palestinians to leave their homes and lands. Confiscation of Palestinians’ properties go in line with the Israeli Judaization plans aimed at facilitating the settlement of thousands of Jewish settlers in the area, he added.
Ateya al-Asem, head of the regional council of the Israeli-unrecognized villages in the Negev, said that the Israeli repeated demolition operations resulting in displacing the Palestinian inhabitants prove that Israel follows a systematic criminal approach against Palestinians.
Asem told Quds Press that Israel is going on with its land confiscation policy in the Negev district in order to force Palestinians to leave their homes and lands. Confiscation of Palestinians’ properties go in line with the Israeli Judaization plans aimed at facilitating the settlement of thousands of Jewish settlers in the area, he added.
31 oct 2017
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) demolished on Tuesday morning five commercial facilities in Barta al-Sharqiya town which is isolated behind the Israeli Separation Wall in Jenin province.
IOF soldiers interrogated shop owners in the field.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the razed structures included quarry workshops as well as automobile repair shops in the town.
IOF soldiers interrogated shop owners in the field.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the razed structures included quarry workshops as well as automobile repair shops in the town.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Tuesday 23 Palestinians from different West Bank cities and towns as well as Occupied Jerusalem. Meanwhile, ten thousand shekels were seized from a Palestinian home in al-Khalil.
In Nablus, three young men, including an ex-detainee, were arrested in Balata refugee camp and Kefr Qellil town, southeast the city, after storming and wreaking havoc in their homes. The IOF incursion into Nablus coincided with choppers hovering intensively in the sky of the eastern outskirts of the city.
In Jenin, IOF soldiers arrested three citizens in Jaba town in the south. Meanwhile, Israeli troops who were deployed in the town's streets set up military barriers at the entrance.
In Ramallah, IOF soldiers rounded up a youth from Kober town, north of the city, in addition to another two men from Silwad town to the east.
Whereas in al-Khalil, ten thousand shekels were seized from one of the Palestinian homes in Beit Ummar town. The IOF claimed that a Carlo rifle was confiscated from a house whose location was not identified.
Besides, Israeli police in Occupied Jerusalem arrested two Palestinians from Qalandiya and Shufat refugee camps in addition to a third man from Hazma town to the east of the city.
In Nablus, three young men, including an ex-detainee, were arrested in Balata refugee camp and Kefr Qellil town, southeast the city, after storming and wreaking havoc in their homes. The IOF incursion into Nablus coincided with choppers hovering intensively in the sky of the eastern outskirts of the city.
In Jenin, IOF soldiers arrested three citizens in Jaba town in the south. Meanwhile, Israeli troops who were deployed in the town's streets set up military barriers at the entrance.
In Ramallah, IOF soldiers rounded up a youth from Kober town, north of the city, in addition to another two men from Silwad town to the east.
Whereas in al-Khalil, ten thousand shekels were seized from one of the Palestinian homes in Beit Ummar town. The IOF claimed that a Carlo rifle was confiscated from a house whose location was not identified.
Besides, Israeli police in Occupied Jerusalem arrested two Palestinians from Qalandiya and Shufat refugee camps in addition to a third man from Hazma town to the east of the city.
30 oct 2017
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Monday morning, many Palestinian homes in Jerusalem, and Zawiya village, west of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank, and abducted four Palestinians, including two siblings.
Media sources in occupied Jerusalem said the soldiers invaded homes in al-Fakhouri neighborhood, adjacent to Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the Old City, and abducted Ahmad Mohammad al-Fakhouri.
The sources added that the soldiers also abducted another young man, identified as Mahmoud Awadallah Dirbas, from his home in the al-Isawiya town, in the center of Jerusalem.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded al-Matar neighborhood, in front of Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and took measurements and photos of several Palestinian homes, which are slated for demolition.
The owners of these homes have previously received demolition orders because their homes “are close to the Annexation Wall,” which was illegally built near them in the first place.
The buildings Israel intends to demolish including around 140 apartments; some already inhabited.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the Zawiya town, west of Salfit, in northeastern West Bank, searched many homes, and abducted Adham Haitham Sobeh, 23, and his brother Ahmad, 20.
Media sources in occupied Jerusalem said the soldiers invaded homes in al-Fakhouri neighborhood, adjacent to Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the Old City, and abducted Ahmad Mohammad al-Fakhouri.
The sources added that the soldiers also abducted another young man, identified as Mahmoud Awadallah Dirbas, from his home in the al-Isawiya town, in the center of Jerusalem.
In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded al-Matar neighborhood, in front of Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and took measurements and photos of several Palestinian homes, which are slated for demolition.
The owners of these homes have previously received demolition orders because their homes “are close to the Annexation Wall,” which was illegally built near them in the first place.
The buildings Israel intends to demolish including around 140 apartments; some already inhabited.
In addition, the soldiers invaded the Zawiya town, west of Salfit, in northeastern West Bank, searched many homes, and abducted Adham Haitham Sobeh, 23, and his brother Ahmad, 20.
Israeli soldiers and undercover offices invaded, earlier Monday, the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and Jenin refugee camp, shot and injured a Palestinian driver, and abducted two young men from their homes.
The head of the Emergency Department of the Red Crescent in Jenin, Mahmoud Sa’adi, said the undercover Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian, who was driving a garbage collection truck, and wounded him in the leg, in addition to causing damage to the vehicle.
He added that Red Crescent medics rushed to the scene, and provided the wounded man with the urgently needed treatment, before moving him to a hospital in Jenin.
Furthermore, many soldiers invaded Jenin refugee camp, before breaking into and searching many homes, and abducted two young men, identified as Yousef Abu as-Seba’ and Ahmad Fadel Qassem, in their twenties.
Many Palestinians protested the invasion, and the abductions, while the military fired many live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets.
On Sunday evening, soldiers and police officers invaded the al-’Isawiya town, in the center of occupied Jerusalem, and photographed several homes and buildings, an act which precedes the issuing of demolition orders.
The head of the Emergency Department of the Red Crescent in Jenin, Mahmoud Sa’adi, said the undercover Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian, who was driving a garbage collection truck, and wounded him in the leg, in addition to causing damage to the vehicle.
He added that Red Crescent medics rushed to the scene, and provided the wounded man with the urgently needed treatment, before moving him to a hospital in Jenin.
Furthermore, many soldiers invaded Jenin refugee camp, before breaking into and searching many homes, and abducted two young men, identified as Yousef Abu as-Seba’ and Ahmad Fadel Qassem, in their twenties.
Many Palestinians protested the invasion, and the abductions, while the military fired many live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets.
On Sunday evening, soldiers and police officers invaded the al-’Isawiya town, in the center of occupied Jerusalem, and photographed several homes and buildings, an act which precedes the issuing of demolition orders.
29 oct 2017
Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper on Sunday reported that Israel's war minister, Avigdor Lieberman, is seeking to expand the scope of sanctions imposed on the Palestinians involved in anti-Israel attacks.
The paper explained that Lieberman wants to examine the possibility to expand the demolition policy targeting the homes of the Palestinians who carry out fatal attacks to include the homes of those who carry out attacks in which Israelis are injured.
According to the Hebrew newspaper, Lieberman said, "There is no difference between an attack that ends in murder and one that ends in a serious injury," adding, "Homes of terrorists must be destroyed in both cases."
The Israeli occupation forces have demolished dozens of Palestinian houses in the recent months as part of a punitive policy pursued against the Palestinians involved in attacks that lead to killing or injuring Israeli settlers or soldiers.
The paper explained that Lieberman wants to examine the possibility to expand the demolition policy targeting the homes of the Palestinians who carry out fatal attacks to include the homes of those who carry out attacks in which Israelis are injured.
According to the Hebrew newspaper, Lieberman said, "There is no difference between an attack that ends in murder and one that ends in a serious injury," adding, "Homes of terrorists must be destroyed in both cases."
The Israeli occupation forces have demolished dozens of Palestinian houses in the recent months as part of a punitive policy pursued against the Palestinians involved in attacks that lead to killing or injuring Israeli settlers or soldiers.
The Israeli occupation forces ordered the Palestinian citizen Anis No’man Gheith to demolish his own family home in Jerusalem’s town of Beit Hanina.
Gheith said the Israeli forces ordered him to knock down his home built five years ago.
Over the past few years, the house owner received several demolition notifications issued by the Israeli occupation authorities under the unlicensed construction pretext.
An Israeli court threatened to penalize him in case he does not demolish an extra floor he constructed over the past years.
Palestinians living in Occupied Jerusalem are often forced to demolish their own family homes. Those who do not abide by the orders are systematically subjected to steep fines.
Many Palestinians resort to building without permits from the Israeli occupation because when they apply for one, they almost never get it.
Gheith said the Israeli forces ordered him to knock down his home built five years ago.
Over the past few years, the house owner received several demolition notifications issued by the Israeli occupation authorities under the unlicensed construction pretext.
An Israeli court threatened to penalize him in case he does not demolish an extra floor he constructed over the past years.
Palestinians living in Occupied Jerusalem are often forced to demolish their own family homes. Those who do not abide by the orders are systematically subjected to steep fines.
Many Palestinians resort to building without permits from the Israeli occupation because when they apply for one, they almost never get it.
27 oct 2017
Israeli authorities declared Friday intention to launch a large-scale demolition campaign in Kafr Aqab neighborhood, north of occupied Jerusalem.
According to Haaretz Hebrew newspaper, the Israeli municipality in occupied Jerusalem is preparing to demolish five Palestinian buildings with a total of 138 apartments for being allegedly built without its permit.
Kafr Aqab neighborhood, isolated by Israel’s separation wall, is home for 60,000 Palestinians.
Local residents affirmed that the municipality has denied their requests for building permits, forcing them to build without them.
According to Haaretz Hebrew newspaper, the Israeli municipality in occupied Jerusalem is preparing to demolish five Palestinian buildings with a total of 138 apartments for being allegedly built without its permit.
Kafr Aqab neighborhood, isolated by Israel’s separation wall, is home for 60,000 Palestinians.
Local residents affirmed that the municipality has denied their requests for building permits, forcing them to build without them.
