7 nov 2019
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the family home of a Palestinian detainee near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, before taking measurements of the property in preparation for detonating it.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded and surrounded the entire area of the home of Qassam Barghouthi, in Kobar town, north of Ramallah, before storming the property and taking the measurements.
The Israeli army said this step is meant to prepare for detonating the property in the near future, after determining the needed measures.
The army alleges that Qassam is a member of the group that carried out the explosion in Ein Abwein, leading to the death of an Israeli settler.
Rina Shnerb, 17, from Lod, was killed, while her brother Dvir, 19, suffered serious wounds, and her father Eitan, 46, was mildly injured, when an improvised explosive went off near them while they were hiking near Ein Abwein spring northwest of Ramallah.
Israel’s home demolition policy is an illegal act of collective punishment targeting entire families in direct violation of various international resolutions and human rights treaties.
Media sources said the soldiers invaded and surrounded the entire area of the home of Qassam Barghouthi, in Kobar town, north of Ramallah, before storming the property and taking the measurements.
The Israeli army said this step is meant to prepare for detonating the property in the near future, after determining the needed measures.
The army alleges that Qassam is a member of the group that carried out the explosion in Ein Abwein, leading to the death of an Israeli settler.
Rina Shnerb, 17, from Lod, was killed, while her brother Dvir, 19, suffered serious wounds, and her father Eitan, 46, was mildly injured, when an improvised explosive went off near them while they were hiking near Ein Abwein spring northwest of Ramallah.
Israel’s home demolition policy is an illegal act of collective punishment targeting entire families in direct violation of various international resolutions and human rights treaties.
6 nov 2019
Israeli settlers are seen at an ancient historical site in the West Bank city of Nablus on 22 April 2019
Palestine is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of antiquities, competing with Egypt in the Arab world. At least 22 civilisations have left their mark on Palestine, the first of which were the Canaanites; their presence is still visible today.
Since 1948, successive Israeli governments have paid particular attention to the antiquities that have a distinct Arab and Palestinian identity. Committees of Israeli archaeologists were formed to research in every part of Palestine on which Israel was founded. The aim remains to create a fake historical narrative by Judaising Palestinian antiquities. Historical monuments in major Palestinian cities, such as Acre, Jaffa, Jerusalem and Tiberias, have not been spared from this process.
Moreover, Israel has used various institutions to Judaise Palestinian fashion through systematic cultural theft and forgery. Even local recipes are not spared. Israel has participated in international exhibitions to display Palestinian fashion and cuisine labelled as “Israeli”.
This is how Palestine’s heritage and history dating back thousands of years are being stolen by the Israeli occupation and the “mafias” selling invaluable antiquities. This is happening at a time when Palestinian parties are taking action and calling for the protection of their legacy, history and civilisation.
In this context, studies have indicated that there are over 3,300 archaeological sites in the occupied West Bank alone. A number of researchers confirm that, on average, there is an archaeological site every half a kilometre in Palestine which indicates the true identity and history of the land.
It is important here to mention the devastating effects of the Israeli separation wall on the future of Palestinian antiquities and monuments. The ongoing building of the wall on Palestinian land in the West Bank will ultimately lead to the annexation of over 50 per cent of the occupied territory. It will also include over 270 major archaeological sites, in addition to 2,000 archaeological and historical locations. Dozens of historically important sites and monuments have been destroyed in the course of the construction of the wall.
Specialised studies of Palestinian antiquities indicate that, since occupying the West Bank and Gaza Strip in June, 1967, Israel has been able to steal and sell even more Palestinian artefacts from the West Bank. This phenomenon was exacerbated by the outbreak of the Aqsa Intifada at the end of September 2000.
The Palestinian Authority’s Department of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage has pointed out that more than 500 archaeological sites and more than 1,500 landmarks have been stolen and destroyed by Israeli thieves and the occupation. It is a simple fact that, as the work of Salman Abu Sitta has demonstrated, more than 500 Palestinian towns and villages have been destroyed and wiped off the map by Israel since 1948. The Department also confirmed that the cultural and economic resources of Palestine continue to be depleted by Israel.
Palestinian studies indicate that the reason for this ongoing Nakba is the collapse of any system to protect Palestinian areas due to Israeli control. Such protection falls under the direct management of the occupation, which basically means that the Israeli army is free to destroy cultural heritage sites, as has happened in Jerusalem, Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, and other Palestinian cities, towns and villages.
Archaeological theft and the violation of Palestinian heritage sites is one of the biggest challenges facing Palestinians as they seek to preserve their culture and physical presence in their homeland, which is threatened by Judaisation and targeted by systematic Israeli policies. We need to raise awareness in Palestinian society to confront this new-old challenge imposed by Israel.
We also need to boost our capacity to fight Israel’s theft of our history at the local, regional and international levels. This may be reinforced through Palestine’s full membership in relevant international organisations, including UNESCO.
Cultural diversity in Palestine dates back thousands of years. It is shameful that we are allowing this to be whitewashed out of history as Israel seeks to “prove” its fake narrative of the “Jewish state”, to the exclusion of the indigenous people.
Palestine is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of antiquities, competing with Egypt in the Arab world. At least 22 civilisations have left their mark on Palestine, the first of which were the Canaanites; their presence is still visible today.
Since 1948, successive Israeli governments have paid particular attention to the antiquities that have a distinct Arab and Palestinian identity. Committees of Israeli archaeologists were formed to research in every part of Palestine on which Israel was founded. The aim remains to create a fake historical narrative by Judaising Palestinian antiquities. Historical monuments in major Palestinian cities, such as Acre, Jaffa, Jerusalem and Tiberias, have not been spared from this process.
Moreover, Israel has used various institutions to Judaise Palestinian fashion through systematic cultural theft and forgery. Even local recipes are not spared. Israel has participated in international exhibitions to display Palestinian fashion and cuisine labelled as “Israeli”.
This is how Palestine’s heritage and history dating back thousands of years are being stolen by the Israeli occupation and the “mafias” selling invaluable antiquities. This is happening at a time when Palestinian parties are taking action and calling for the protection of their legacy, history and civilisation.
In this context, studies have indicated that there are over 3,300 archaeological sites in the occupied West Bank alone. A number of researchers confirm that, on average, there is an archaeological site every half a kilometre in Palestine which indicates the true identity and history of the land.
It is important here to mention the devastating effects of the Israeli separation wall on the future of Palestinian antiquities and monuments. The ongoing building of the wall on Palestinian land in the West Bank will ultimately lead to the annexation of over 50 per cent of the occupied territory. It will also include over 270 major archaeological sites, in addition to 2,000 archaeological and historical locations. Dozens of historically important sites and monuments have been destroyed in the course of the construction of the wall.
Specialised studies of Palestinian antiquities indicate that, since occupying the West Bank and Gaza Strip in June, 1967, Israel has been able to steal and sell even more Palestinian artefacts from the West Bank. This phenomenon was exacerbated by the outbreak of the Aqsa Intifada at the end of September 2000.
The Palestinian Authority’s Department of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage has pointed out that more than 500 archaeological sites and more than 1,500 landmarks have been stolen and destroyed by Israeli thieves and the occupation. It is a simple fact that, as the work of Salman Abu Sitta has demonstrated, more than 500 Palestinian towns and villages have been destroyed and wiped off the map by Israel since 1948. The Department also confirmed that the cultural and economic resources of Palestine continue to be depleted by Israel.
Palestinian studies indicate that the reason for this ongoing Nakba is the collapse of any system to protect Palestinian areas due to Israeli control. Such protection falls under the direct management of the occupation, which basically means that the Israeli army is free to destroy cultural heritage sites, as has happened in Jerusalem, Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, and other Palestinian cities, towns and villages.
Archaeological theft and the violation of Palestinian heritage sites is one of the biggest challenges facing Palestinians as they seek to preserve their culture and physical presence in their homeland, which is threatened by Judaisation and targeted by systematic Israeli policies. We need to raise awareness in Palestinian society to confront this new-old challenge imposed by Israel.
We also need to boost our capacity to fight Israel’s theft of our history at the local, regional and international levels. This may be reinforced through Palestine’s full membership in relevant international organisations, including UNESCO.
Cultural diversity in Palestine dates back thousands of years. It is shameful that we are allowing this to be whitewashed out of history as Israel seeks to “prove” its fake narrative of the “Jewish state”, to the exclusion of the indigenous people.
The Israeli army removed today four residential tents in Masafer Yatta in the south of the West Bank claiming they were set up without army authorization, according to a local activist.
Rateb Jabour, an activist with the anti-wall, anti-settlements committee, said soldiers removed three tents for three brothers in Khillet al-Dabe village and a fourth in Maghayer al-Abeed, both in the Masafer Yatta region.
He said the army had previously demolished shacks used as homes for the three brothers, which forced them to set up tents to sleep in.
Masafer Yatta is located in Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli military rule and Palestinians are not allowed to utilize this land that makes up more than 60 percent of the area of the occupied West Bank.
Rateb Jabour, an activist with the anti-wall, anti-settlements committee, said soldiers removed three tents for three brothers in Khillet al-Dabe village and a fourth in Maghayer al-Abeed, both in the Masafer Yatta region.
He said the army had previously demolished shacks used as homes for the three brothers, which forced them to set up tents to sleep in.
Masafer Yatta is located in Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli military rule and Palestinians are not allowed to utilize this land that makes up more than 60 percent of the area of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have issued an order to seize more Palestinian lands in Faqqu'a town west of the West Bank city of Jenin.
Local residents said that the IOA will confiscate 60 dunums of Palestinian-owned land near the separation wall.
They added that the move is expected to take effect in February 2020.
They pointed out that the IOA has been attempting lately to take control of all Palestinian lands behind the separation wall in the West Bank.
Local residents said that the IOA will confiscate 60 dunums of Palestinian-owned land near the separation wall.
They added that the move is expected to take effect in February 2020.
They pointed out that the IOA has been attempting lately to take control of all Palestinian lands behind the separation wall in the West Bank.
By: Madeeha Araj/ NBPRS/
The National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements said in its latest weekly report , that the Israeli right-wing Government and the extremist settlers continue their policies to undermine the two-state solution, and confiscate more lands to build new settlement housing units in the occupied West Bank, where the so-called “Supreme Planning Council” affiliated to the Israeli Civil Administration approved on Oct. 10th the construction of 2342 new housing units, bringing the number of settlement units planned by the Netanyahu government to 8,337 units, an increase of nearly 50% compared to the year 2018.
Among the settlements that the Occupation Authorities intend to expand is the “Bracha settlement” that is adjacent to the city of Nablus from the south, where 207 settlement units will be built there, the “Dolev settlement” built on the lands of the Jniya village, where 382 settlement units, and “Mofot settlement,” where 182 housing units will be built, too.
Under the pretext of the construction of the wall that Israel has begun to build in June 2002 in the Jenin Governorate in the West Bank, the Israeli army has also announced new confiscation orders for hundreds of dunums in Jenin and Tulkarem Governorates for the construction of the annexation and separation wall, where the Israeli Occupation Authorities have handed over orders of confiscating of 409 dunums of the lands of the towns of Ya’bad, Barta’a, Tora, Waifeen, Al-Arqah, Zebda, Nazlet Zaid and Sahr-Abed in Jenin, and they also informed of the seizure of 3,000 dunams of land east of Yatta south of Hebron, extending from Khirbet Menzel, to the Arabs of the Jahalin on the outskirts of the Dead Sea.
On the other hand, the Israeli Minister of Transportation, Smutrich began implementing his plan to build new streets and activate trains and public transport regularly with the aim of contributing to the imposition of sovereignty on these areas. A total of NIS one billion has been allocated for the tunnel plan between Jerusalem and Gush Etzion. And soon a bypass road around the Al-Aroub Camp north of Hebron will be opened at a cost of NIS 800,000,000.
Moreover, the Israeli Government has opened with the presence of the mayor of Jerusalem and the chief rabbis of Israel, the first underground cemetery in the occupied Jerusalem, it is the first of such in the world. The project includes the construction of about 24,000 graves at a depth of 50 meters underground, in the first phase, about 8,000 burial graves expected to be available for burial at the end of 2019.
The National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements said in its latest weekly report , that the Israeli right-wing Government and the extremist settlers continue their policies to undermine the two-state solution, and confiscate more lands to build new settlement housing units in the occupied West Bank, where the so-called “Supreme Planning Council” affiliated to the Israeli Civil Administration approved on Oct. 10th the construction of 2342 new housing units, bringing the number of settlement units planned by the Netanyahu government to 8,337 units, an increase of nearly 50% compared to the year 2018.
Among the settlements that the Occupation Authorities intend to expand is the “Bracha settlement” that is adjacent to the city of Nablus from the south, where 207 settlement units will be built there, the “Dolev settlement” built on the lands of the Jniya village, where 382 settlement units, and “Mofot settlement,” where 182 housing units will be built, too.
Under the pretext of the construction of the wall that Israel has begun to build in June 2002 in the Jenin Governorate in the West Bank, the Israeli army has also announced new confiscation orders for hundreds of dunums in Jenin and Tulkarem Governorates for the construction of the annexation and separation wall, where the Israeli Occupation Authorities have handed over orders of confiscating of 409 dunums of the lands of the towns of Ya’bad, Barta’a, Tora, Waifeen, Al-Arqah, Zebda, Nazlet Zaid and Sahr-Abed in Jenin, and they also informed of the seizure of 3,000 dunams of land east of Yatta south of Hebron, extending from Khirbet Menzel, to the Arabs of the Jahalin on the outskirts of the Dead Sea.
On the other hand, the Israeli Minister of Transportation, Smutrich began implementing his plan to build new streets and activate trains and public transport regularly with the aim of contributing to the imposition of sovereignty on these areas. A total of NIS one billion has been allocated for the tunnel plan between Jerusalem and Gush Etzion. And soon a bypass road around the Al-Aroub Camp north of Hebron will be opened at a cost of NIS 800,000,000.
Moreover, the Israeli Government has opened with the presence of the mayor of Jerusalem and the chief rabbis of Israel, the first underground cemetery in the occupied Jerusalem, it is the first of such in the world. The project includes the construction of about 24,000 graves at a depth of 50 meters underground, in the first phase, about 8,000 burial graves expected to be available for burial at the end of 2019.
Israel’s policy of seizing Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem al-Quds has not come to an end but has gained momentum, over the past years.
Authorities have decided to seize over 50 hectares of private Palestinian lands in the town of Hizma, east of occupied Jerusalem.
The mayor of Hizma said that large swaths of the town’s lands had been confiscated in the past and that two settlements had been built. The mayor expects that, this time, the lands will be used to expand the roads used by Israeli forces and settlers leading to the illegal Adam settlement.
The lands of Hizma, like many other towns to the east of Jerusalem, for example Anata and Shu’fat, are surrounded and isolated by Israel’s apartheid wall.
According to one of the land owners, Khayry Askar, Israeli authorities seized part of his family land in 1977, annexing it to the nearby settlement Giv’at Ze’ev, and now he’s facing the same scenario , again.
Hizma town is surrounded by four settlements, Al Ray further reports. It is considered to the main link between the northern and southern cities of the occupied West Bank. It is also one of the main gates of the holy city of Jerusalem al-Quds.
At the end of the day, Palestinians warn against the Israeli defiance of international calls to stop its aggression against the people in the occupied territories. They said that Israel continues to seize Palestinian lands, in violation of international laws, to expand its settlements and military projects.
Authorities have decided to seize over 50 hectares of private Palestinian lands in the town of Hizma, east of occupied Jerusalem.
The mayor of Hizma said that large swaths of the town’s lands had been confiscated in the past and that two settlements had been built. The mayor expects that, this time, the lands will be used to expand the roads used by Israeli forces and settlers leading to the illegal Adam settlement.
The lands of Hizma, like many other towns to the east of Jerusalem, for example Anata and Shu’fat, are surrounded and isolated by Israel’s apartheid wall.
According to one of the land owners, Khayry Askar, Israeli authorities seized part of his family land in 1977, annexing it to the nearby settlement Giv’at Ze’ev, and now he’s facing the same scenario , again.
Hizma town is surrounded by four settlements, Al Ray further reports. It is considered to the main link between the northern and southern cities of the occupied West Bank. It is also one of the main gates of the holy city of Jerusalem al-Quds.
At the end of the day, Palestinians warn against the Israeli defiance of international calls to stop its aggression against the people in the occupied territories. They said that Israel continues to seize Palestinian lands, in violation of international laws, to expand its settlements and military projects.
5 nov 2019
Israeli settlers on Tuesday stole olives from Palestinian farms in al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya south of the West Bank city of Nablus.
Local sources said that Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Elieh stole the harvest of about 900 olive trees in al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya.
The West Bank has been witnessing a stepped up wave of settler attacks since the beginning of the olive harvest season last month.
Local sources said that Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Elieh stole the harvest of about 900 olive trees in al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya.
The West Bank has been witnessing a stepped up wave of settler attacks since the beginning of the olive harvest season last month.
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In the East Jerusalem town of Silwan, Israeli troops demolished a Palestinian home on Tuesday on the pretext of it having been ‘built without a permit’.
Israeli authorities have not granted building permits to Palestinian homeowners since they began occupying the city in 1967. In addition to destroying one family home, Israeli authorities also posted demolition orders on a number of other homes in the al-Issawiya neighborhood – which has been targeted, along with Silwan, for Israeli colonization. According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, the Israeli municipal |
officials, accompanied by Israeli police and special forces, invaded the neighborhood of Abu Tayeh, in Silwan, and demolished the two-story family home of Mu’tasim al-Abbasi. video video video
Mohammed Abu al-Homs, a member of the Popular Committee in al-Issawiya, told reporters with the Ma’an News Agency that Israeli officials posted notices on at least 10 Palestinian homes in al-Issawiya.
The notices demanded that the homeowners come to the Israeli municipal building office to be given demolition orders for their homes which were “constructed without licenses” – despite the fact that Palestinians have not been issued any licenses to build on their own property for more than fifty years.
During their invasion, Israeli forces abducted a young boy under the pretext of throwing stones.
This latest provocation against the residents of East Jerusalem comes in the midst of an open-ended school strike declared on Saturday due to the constant Israeli invasions of al-Issawiya during and after school.
Israeli forces abducted one of the organizers of the school strike, Mahmoud Mahmoud, with the Parents’ Committee of al-Issawiya, in a pre-dawn raid on Tuesday.
Mohammed Abu al-Homs, a member of the Popular Committee in al-Issawiya, told reporters with the Ma’an News Agency that Israeli officials posted notices on at least 10 Palestinian homes in al-Issawiya.
The notices demanded that the homeowners come to the Israeli municipal building office to be given demolition orders for their homes which were “constructed without licenses” – despite the fact that Palestinians have not been issued any licenses to build on their own property for more than fifty years.
During their invasion, Israeli forces abducted a young boy under the pretext of throwing stones.
This latest provocation against the residents of East Jerusalem comes in the midst of an open-ended school strike declared on Saturday due to the constant Israeli invasions of al-Issawiya during and after school.
Israeli forces abducted one of the organizers of the school strike, Mahmoud Mahmoud, with the Parents’ Committee of al-Issawiya, in a pre-dawn raid on Tuesday.
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