9 oct 2018
Israeli bulldozers on Tuesday knocked down two Palestinian homes south of the West Bank city of al-Khalil.
Palestinian activist Rateb al-Jabour told Quds Press that Israeli bulldozers demolished two residential facilities in Masafer Yatta and confiscated solar cells used to provide a number of Palestinian houses in the area with electricity.
Al-Jabour said that the two homes, inhabited by the families of the Palestinian citizens Khalil Abu Aram and Ahmad Abu Aram, were demolished for allegedly being unlicensed.
Masafer Yatta village and the surrounding areas have been long targeted by Israeli campaigns aimed at displacing the Palestinians living there in favor of settlement projects.
The Israeli occupation authorities constantly crack down on Palestinian citizens living in Masafer Yatta by demolishing their tents and animal barracks, and seizing all donations to them whether by other Palestinians or the European Union countries.
Army Demolishes Two Rooms, Confiscates Solar Panels Donated By EU
Israeli soldiers demolished, Tuesday, two residential rooms, and confiscated solar panels, in Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in southern Hebron, said the soldiers invaded the al-Halawa small village, in Masafer Yatta area, and demolished two residential rooms.
Jabour added that the soldiers also removed and confiscated solar panels, which were donated by the European Union, to provide the villagers with electricity.
The rooms, and the solar panels, were used by families of Ahmad Ismael Abu Arram and Khalil Younis Abu Arram.
Jabour denounced the ongoing and escalating Israeli violations against the Palestinians, and the destruction of their homes and property, and added that Israel’s violations aim at forcing the Palestinians out of their lands to replace them with illegal colonies.
Palestinian activist Rateb al-Jabour told Quds Press that Israeli bulldozers demolished two residential facilities in Masafer Yatta and confiscated solar cells used to provide a number of Palestinian houses in the area with electricity.
Al-Jabour said that the two homes, inhabited by the families of the Palestinian citizens Khalil Abu Aram and Ahmad Abu Aram, were demolished for allegedly being unlicensed.
Masafer Yatta village and the surrounding areas have been long targeted by Israeli campaigns aimed at displacing the Palestinians living there in favor of settlement projects.
The Israeli occupation authorities constantly crack down on Palestinian citizens living in Masafer Yatta by demolishing their tents and animal barracks, and seizing all donations to them whether by other Palestinians or the European Union countries.
Army Demolishes Two Rooms, Confiscates Solar Panels Donated By EU
Israeli soldiers demolished, Tuesday, two residential rooms, and confiscated solar panels, in Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in southern Hebron, said the soldiers invaded the al-Halawa small village, in Masafer Yatta area, and demolished two residential rooms.
Jabour added that the soldiers also removed and confiscated solar panels, which were donated by the European Union, to provide the villagers with electricity.
The rooms, and the solar panels, were used by families of Ahmad Ismael Abu Arram and Khalil Younis Abu Arram.
Jabour denounced the ongoing and escalating Israeli violations against the Palestinians, and the destruction of their homes and property, and added that Israel’s violations aim at forcing the Palestinians out of their lands to replace them with illegal colonies.
8 oct 2018
A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, Monday, the village of Shoshahla in the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and photographed many homes, in addition to the local mosque.
Ahmad Salah, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said that invasion was carried out by a group of illegal colonists, accompanied by the head of Neve Daniel colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
Salah added that the settlers told the residents that they intend to pave a new bypass road, which links with the main Hebron-Jerusalem road, and extends to the mountaintop where Shoshahla is located.
He added that the villagers in Shoshahla have been subject to repeated invasions and violation by the illegal colonialist settlers, who constantly try to confiscate its lands for the expansion of the colony.
Settlers Plan to Seize Palestinian Land to Open Road for Themselves
Jewish settlers from the illegal Nave Daniel settlement, south of Bethlehem, told Palestinian residents of the village of Shoshahleh in the Bethlehem-area town of al-Khader that they intend to open a road that will connect their settlement to the main Jerusalem-Hebron road, a local official said on Monday.
Ahmad Salah, from the anti-wall and anti-settlements committee in al-Khader, told WAFA that the head of Navi Danial settlement and other settlers broke into Shoshahleh village in a barbaric way, photographing homes and an old mosque.
When the settlers were questioned about their reason for coming to the village and for taking pictures of homes, they told the residents that they are going to build a bypass road to the main highway that would go through that part of the village, which means seizing Palestinian land.
Ahmad Salah, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said that invasion was carried out by a group of illegal colonists, accompanied by the head of Neve Daniel colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.
Salah added that the settlers told the residents that they intend to pave a new bypass road, which links with the main Hebron-Jerusalem road, and extends to the mountaintop where Shoshahla is located.
He added that the villagers in Shoshahla have been subject to repeated invasions and violation by the illegal colonialist settlers, who constantly try to confiscate its lands for the expansion of the colony.
Settlers Plan to Seize Palestinian Land to Open Road for Themselves
Jewish settlers from the illegal Nave Daniel settlement, south of Bethlehem, told Palestinian residents of the village of Shoshahleh in the Bethlehem-area town of al-Khader that they intend to open a road that will connect their settlement to the main Jerusalem-Hebron road, a local official said on Monday.
Ahmad Salah, from the anti-wall and anti-settlements committee in al-Khader, told WAFA that the head of Navi Danial settlement and other settlers broke into Shoshahleh village in a barbaric way, photographing homes and an old mosque.
When the settlers were questioned about their reason for coming to the village and for taking pictures of homes, they told the residents that they are going to build a bypass road to the main highway that would go through that part of the village, which means seizing Palestinian land.
Israeli forces, along with Israeli army engineers, raided the Naawla family home, on Monday, in the Shweika village in northern occupied West Bank district of Tulkarem.
Hebrew-language news outlets reported that Israeli forces escorting army engineers raided the Shweika village and inspected the house belonging to Ashraf Walid Naawla, 23, who carried out a shooting attack in the Barkan industrial area, in the northern occupied West Bank, in which two Israeli settlers died and another sustained serious injuries.
Israeli forces took measurements of the house in preparation to demolish it, and conducted interrogations with Naawla's family members.
Sources added that one Palestinian, whose identity remained unknown, was detained by Israeli forces as he was suspected of assisting Naawla in the shooting attack.
Israeli forces and police continued to search the premises and the northern West Bank for Naawla.
Israel always demolishes family homes of Palestinians, who were involved in attacking Israelis as part of its collective punishment policy against the Palestinian people.
Israel has come under harsh condemnation over the past several years for its response to attacks committed by Palestinians on Israelis, which rights groups have said amounted to "collective punishment" on family members and entire communities in a clear violation of international law.
Hebrew-language news outlets reported that Israeli forces escorting army engineers raided the Shweika village and inspected the house belonging to Ashraf Walid Naawla, 23, who carried out a shooting attack in the Barkan industrial area, in the northern occupied West Bank, in which two Israeli settlers died and another sustained serious injuries.
Israeli forces took measurements of the house in preparation to demolish it, and conducted interrogations with Naawla's family members.
Sources added that one Palestinian, whose identity remained unknown, was detained by Israeli forces as he was suspected of assisting Naawla in the shooting attack.
Israeli forces and police continued to search the premises and the northern West Bank for Naawla.
Israel always demolishes family homes of Palestinians, who were involved in attacking Israelis as part of its collective punishment policy against the Palestinian people.
Israel has come under harsh condemnation over the past several years for its response to attacks committed by Palestinians on Israelis, which rights groups have said amounted to "collective punishment" on family members and entire communities in a clear violation of international law.
A Palestinian man from occupied Jerusalem was forced on Monday to tear down his own home after he received a demolition notification from the Israeli municipality.
Ayman Kawasbe, the house’s owner, was threatened to pay high costs if it will be demolished by the municipality.
Speaking to Quds Press, Kawasbe said he received demolition order for the house he built in Beit Hanina, north of the occupied city, under the pretext of building without permit.
Kawasbe, a father of seven children, pointed out that his house was built more than ten years ago.
Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem have long faced great difficulties contending with demolition orders issued against their homes that were built without permits as obtaining a building permit in the occupied city is almost impossible.
East Jerusalem Palestinian Forced to Demolish Own Home
A Palestinian was forced to demolish his own home, on Monday, in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, after receiving demolition threats from the Jerusalem municipality.
Ayman Naim Kawasbeh told Ma’an News Agency that he removed furniture and other belongings, and proceeded to demolish the home in which he had lived, along with his wife and six children, for a decade. The youngest child is three years old, while the oldest is 17.
Kawasbeh said that he received a demolition order from the Jerusalem municipality, warning that he will end up paying exorbitant fees that would amount up to 40,000 shekels ($11,035), if the municipality demolishes the house. Therefore, he decided to carry out the demolition on his own.
The demolition order was delivered to Kawasbeh under the pretext that his house was built without the difficult-to-obtain Israeli permit.
Kawasbeh mentioned that he had previously attempted to obtain an Israeli building permit and was able to delay the demolition. However, Israeli authorities did not grant him a permit and delivered a demolition order instead.
Kawasbeh stressed: “We live a real-life tragedy. Winter is around the corner and we have no home, no shelter. I don’t know what i will do in the upcoming days.”
Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in East Jerusalem, though the Jerusalem municipality has claimed that, compared to the Jewish population, they receive a disproportionately low number of permit applications from Palestinian communities, which also see high approval ratings.
For Jewish Israelis in occupied East Jerusalem’s illegal settlements, the planning, marketing, development, and infrastructure are funded and executed by the Israeli government. By contrast, in Palestinian neighborhoods, all the burden falls on individual families to contend with a lengthy permit application that can last several years and cost tens of thousands of dollars.
According to Daniel Seidemann of the NGO Terrestrial Jerusalem, “Since 1967, the Government of Israel has directly engaged in the construction of 55,000 units for Israelis in East Jerusalem; in contrast, fewer than 600 units have been built for Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the last of which were built 40 years ago. So much for (Jerusalem Mayor Nir) Barkat’s claim ‘we build for everyone.'”
According to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory, the month of July recorded the highest number of Palestinian structures Israel has demolished or seized (54), and of Palestinian civilians displaced (97) in the occupied territories, since January 2017.
The report said that the cumulative number of structures targeted so far in 2018 (251) has remained below the figure in the equivalent period of 2017 (286). All of the incidents during July took place on grounds of lack of building permits.
OCHA added that in recent decades, Israeli settler organizations, with the support of the Israeli authorities, have taken control of properties within Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, and some 180 Palestinian families are currently facing eviction cases, filed mainly by settler organizations.
Ayman Kawasbe, the house’s owner, was threatened to pay high costs if it will be demolished by the municipality.
Speaking to Quds Press, Kawasbe said he received demolition order for the house he built in Beit Hanina, north of the occupied city, under the pretext of building without permit.
Kawasbe, a father of seven children, pointed out that his house was built more than ten years ago.
Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem have long faced great difficulties contending with demolition orders issued against their homes that were built without permits as obtaining a building permit in the occupied city is almost impossible.
East Jerusalem Palestinian Forced to Demolish Own Home
A Palestinian was forced to demolish his own home, on Monday, in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, after receiving demolition threats from the Jerusalem municipality.
Ayman Naim Kawasbeh told Ma’an News Agency that he removed furniture and other belongings, and proceeded to demolish the home in which he had lived, along with his wife and six children, for a decade. The youngest child is three years old, while the oldest is 17.
Kawasbeh said that he received a demolition order from the Jerusalem municipality, warning that he will end up paying exorbitant fees that would amount up to 40,000 shekels ($11,035), if the municipality demolishes the house. Therefore, he decided to carry out the demolition on his own.
The demolition order was delivered to Kawasbeh under the pretext that his house was built without the difficult-to-obtain Israeli permit.
Kawasbeh mentioned that he had previously attempted to obtain an Israeli building permit and was able to delay the demolition. However, Israeli authorities did not grant him a permit and delivered a demolition order instead.
Kawasbeh stressed: “We live a real-life tragedy. Winter is around the corner and we have no home, no shelter. I don’t know what i will do in the upcoming days.”
Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in East Jerusalem, though the Jerusalem municipality has claimed that, compared to the Jewish population, they receive a disproportionately low number of permit applications from Palestinian communities, which also see high approval ratings.
For Jewish Israelis in occupied East Jerusalem’s illegal settlements, the planning, marketing, development, and infrastructure are funded and executed by the Israeli government. By contrast, in Palestinian neighborhoods, all the burden falls on individual families to contend with a lengthy permit application that can last several years and cost tens of thousands of dollars.
According to Daniel Seidemann of the NGO Terrestrial Jerusalem, “Since 1967, the Government of Israel has directly engaged in the construction of 55,000 units for Israelis in East Jerusalem; in contrast, fewer than 600 units have been built for Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the last of which were built 40 years ago. So much for (Jerusalem Mayor Nir) Barkat’s claim ‘we build for everyone.'”
According to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory, the month of July recorded the highest number of Palestinian structures Israel has demolished or seized (54), and of Palestinian civilians displaced (97) in the occupied territories, since January 2017.
The report said that the cumulative number of structures targeted so far in 2018 (251) has remained below the figure in the equivalent period of 2017 (286). All of the incidents during July took place on grounds of lack of building permits.
OCHA added that in recent decades, Israeli settler organizations, with the support of the Israeli authorities, have taken control of properties within Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, and some 180 Palestinian families are currently facing eviction cases, filed mainly by settler organizations.
7 oct 2018
Israel’s war minister Avigdor Lieberman sent a letter to eight European ambassadors in Israel slamming them for a joint statement signed by their countries in which they criticized the Israeli government’s plan to demolish a Palestinian Bedouin village.
The ambassadors from Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Poland and Britain reportedly received a letter from Lieberman last week calling their joint statement on the demolition of the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar “absurd”.
“The statement invokes the absurd claim that relocating the residents to proper homes nearby will somehow preclude an eventual political resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” the letter said.
Lieberman responded to a joint statement by the eight countries last week in which they called “upon the Israeli authorities to reconsider their decision to demolish Khan al-Ahmar,” arguing it would be “very serious and would severely threaten the viability of the two-state solution and undermine prospects for peace.”
“The idea that moving a group of some 100 people within a five kilometer radius will prevent a resolution to such a complex historical conflict is hysterical nonsense,” Lieberman claimed.
“Israel expects to be treated with the same measure of dignity and respect for its judicial institutions and internal affairs as each of your governments rightly expects for its own. We regard anything less as an expression of injustice and discrimination, unworthy of our friendly bilateral relations and of accepted norms governing the conduct of ties between sovereign nations,” Lieberman’s letter concluded.
In May, after nearly nine years of legal battles, Israel’s High Court approved the government’s plan to raze Khan al-Ahmar. This ruling was frozen in July. The court said last month that the village would ultimately have to be demolished.
Residents rejected offers from the Israeli occupation to be forcibly deported elsewhere. Following the decision to demolish the village, the European Union stated that it expects Israeli authorities to reconsider the decision in light of international law and a future solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Israel’s settlement policy, which the EU and international law consider illegal has long been the subject of global criticism, as Palestinians have seen the prospects of a contiguous future Palestinian state diminish with the gradual expansion of Jewish-only settlement in the last several decades.
UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov echoed the EU’s statement, saying:"Demolitions undermine prospect for two state solution and are against international law."
The demolition of the village is due to happen any day now since the deadline for the residents to evacuate has passed.
The ambassadors from Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Poland and Britain reportedly received a letter from Lieberman last week calling their joint statement on the demolition of the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar “absurd”.
“The statement invokes the absurd claim that relocating the residents to proper homes nearby will somehow preclude an eventual political resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” the letter said.
Lieberman responded to a joint statement by the eight countries last week in which they called “upon the Israeli authorities to reconsider their decision to demolish Khan al-Ahmar,” arguing it would be “very serious and would severely threaten the viability of the two-state solution and undermine prospects for peace.”
“The idea that moving a group of some 100 people within a five kilometer radius will prevent a resolution to such a complex historical conflict is hysterical nonsense,” Lieberman claimed.
“Israel expects to be treated with the same measure of dignity and respect for its judicial institutions and internal affairs as each of your governments rightly expects for its own. We regard anything less as an expression of injustice and discrimination, unworthy of our friendly bilateral relations and of accepted norms governing the conduct of ties between sovereign nations,” Lieberman’s letter concluded.
In May, after nearly nine years of legal battles, Israel’s High Court approved the government’s plan to raze Khan al-Ahmar. This ruling was frozen in July. The court said last month that the village would ultimately have to be demolished.
Residents rejected offers from the Israeli occupation to be forcibly deported elsewhere. Following the decision to demolish the village, the European Union stated that it expects Israeli authorities to reconsider the decision in light of international law and a future solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Israel’s settlement policy, which the EU and international law consider illegal has long been the subject of global criticism, as Palestinians have seen the prospects of a contiguous future Palestinian state diminish with the gradual expansion of Jewish-only settlement in the last several decades.
UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov echoed the EU’s statement, saying:"Demolitions undermine prospect for two state solution and are against international law."
The demolition of the village is due to happen any day now since the deadline for the residents to evacuate has passed.
6 oct 2018
Construction and bulldozing activities are proceeding apace on a vast tract of Palestinian land east of Deir Ballut town, west of Salfit, to expand the illegal settlement of Leshem.
Abdullah Idris, a local resident, said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) had annexed a large part of his land on the eastern side and embarked on bulldozing it despite his possession of documents proving his ownership of that land.
The municipality of Deir Ballut, for its part, said on its website that the structural plan to expand the town was halted on the eastern side after the IOA annexed it for the expansion of Leshem.
Abdullah Idris, a local resident, said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) had annexed a large part of his land on the eastern side and embarked on bulldozing it despite his possession of documents proving his ownership of that land.
The municipality of Deir Ballut, for its part, said on its website that the structural plan to expand the town was halted on the eastern side after the IOA annexed it for the expansion of Leshem.
5 oct 2018
Israeli settlers, escorted by soldiers and policemen, grabbed on Thursday a historic building in Jerusalem’s Old City.
The building, owned by the Palestinian Joudeh family, is located near holy al-Aqsa Mosque and was recently used as a clinic.
Israeli settlers also took over on Wednesday two buildings covering 120 square meters each and a land lot of over one dunum in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, in Silwan.
The building, owned by the Palestinian Joudeh family, is located near holy al-Aqsa Mosque and was recently used as a clinic.
Israeli settlers also took over on Wednesday two buildings covering 120 square meters each and a land lot of over one dunum in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, in Silwan.
4 oct 2018
Israeli authorities demolished a Palestinian home, on Thursday, in the Kuseifeh village of Israel’s Negev desert, under the pretext of being built without the difficult-to-obtain Israeli permit.
Local sources told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli crews stormed the village and demolished the structure, leaving a Palestinian family of ten displaced, without a home.
Sources confirmed that a Palestinian mother, along with her nine children, lived in the home.
Israel uses the pretext of building without a permit to carry out demolitions of Palestinian-owned homes on a regular basis.
The Israeli government had approved plans, in 2011, to transfer tens of thousands of Bedouins in unrecognized villages into officially recognized settlements.
According to Israeli human rights group Adalah, the plan would “result in the destruction of 35 ‘unrecognized’ Arab Bedouin villages, the forced displacement of up to 70,000 Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel, and the dispossession of their historical lands in the Negev.”
More than half of the approximately 160,000 Negev Bedouins reside in unrecognized villages, according to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI).
Rights groups have claimed that demolitions in Bedouin villages is a central Israeli policy, aimed at removing the indigenous Palestinian population from the Negev and transferring them to government-zoned townships, to make room for the expansion of Jewish Israeli communities.
Local sources told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli crews stormed the village and demolished the structure, leaving a Palestinian family of ten displaced, without a home.
Sources confirmed that a Palestinian mother, along with her nine children, lived in the home.
Israel uses the pretext of building without a permit to carry out demolitions of Palestinian-owned homes on a regular basis.
The Israeli government had approved plans, in 2011, to transfer tens of thousands of Bedouins in unrecognized villages into officially recognized settlements.
According to Israeli human rights group Adalah, the plan would “result in the destruction of 35 ‘unrecognized’ Arab Bedouin villages, the forced displacement of up to 70,000 Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel, and the dispossession of their historical lands in the Negev.”
More than half of the approximately 160,000 Negev Bedouins reside in unrecognized villages, according to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI).
Rights groups have claimed that demolitions in Bedouin villages is a central Israeli policy, aimed at removing the indigenous Palestinian population from the Negev and transferring them to government-zoned townships, to make room for the expansion of Jewish Israeli communities.
Israeli troops aboard military vehicles stormed Wednesday Masafer Yatta area, south of al-Khalil, and prevented local families from setting up prefabricated homes on their own lands to live in them.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a crew of employees from the Israeli army’s civil administration escorted by soldiers stormed al-Mafqara village, east of Yatta, and confiscated foundations that the residents intended to deploy before placing the mobile homes on them.
A local resident said that Israeli border soldiers seized, for the second consecutive time during the current week, caravan bases he prepared for his mobile home, and threatened to confiscate any structural preparations he makes again on the site.
“They have confiscated in our village more than six bases used for the caravans that we intend to live in because we are forbidden to build homes or live in caves, and now the caravans are also not allowed.
All this is aimed at forcing us to leave our land, but we will be sleeping in the open and we are not leaving our land,” he affirmed.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a crew of employees from the Israeli army’s civil administration escorted by soldiers stormed al-Mafqara village, east of Yatta, and confiscated foundations that the residents intended to deploy before placing the mobile homes on them.
A local resident said that Israeli border soldiers seized, for the second consecutive time during the current week, caravan bases he prepared for his mobile home, and threatened to confiscate any structural preparations he makes again on the site.
“They have confiscated in our village more than six bases used for the caravans that we intend to live in because we are forbidden to build homes or live in caves, and now the caravans are also not allowed.
All this is aimed at forcing us to leave our land, but we will be sleeping in the open and we are not leaving our land,” he affirmed.
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