2 sept 2018
The Israeli civil administration Sunday threatened to uproot around 70 full-grown olive trees belonging to a Palestinian farmer in Khirbet al-Humma, in the northern Jordan Valley, under the pretext the land is an 'archaeological site.
Local activist Mutaz Besharat, who monitors settlement activity in the Tubas area, said staff from the Israeli civil administration handed the land owner a notice notifying him of their intentions to uproot around 70 olive trees.
The trees reportedly belong to Palestinian citizen Najeeb Faqha.
Local activist Mutaz Besharat, who monitors settlement activity in the Tubas area, said staff from the Israeli civil administration handed the land owner a notice notifying him of their intentions to uproot around 70 olive trees.
The trees reportedly belong to Palestinian citizen Najeeb Faqha.
Six Palestinian fishermen were arrested by the Israeli occupation navy on Saturday evening while saling off Deir al-Balah seashore, in the central Gaza Strip.
Gaza Fishermen’s Union said Israeli gunboats chased down a vessel owned by fisherman Mohamed Abu Reyala and kidnapped six Palestinians onboard.
Israel’s navy troops also seized the fishermen’s boat.
The six fishermen are identified as Zaki Abu Odeh, Ahmad Abu Reyala, Mahmoud Abu Odeh and his brother Mohamed, Jehad Abu Odeh, and Mohamed Abu Odeh.
Gaza Fishermen’s Union said Israeli gunboats chased down a vessel owned by fisherman Mohamed Abu Reyala and kidnapped six Palestinians onboard.
Israel’s navy troops also seized the fishermen’s boat.
The six fishermen are identified as Zaki Abu Odeh, Ahmad Abu Reyala, Mahmoud Abu Odeh and his brother Mohamed, Jehad Abu Odeh, and Mohamed Abu Odeh.
1 sept 2018
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Israeli forces demolished six Palestinian-owned structures in the holy city in August.
The European Union reported [pdf] this month that nearly half of the Palestinian-owned structures demolished by Israeli authorities this year were in the Jerusalem district. Israeli authorities continued targeting Palestinian homes and businesses for demolition in the holy city throughout August. On August 6, 2018 Israeli forces demolished a storeroom and two containers belonging to a supermarket in Jabal al-Mukaber. On August 7, Israeli forces demolished two apartments in a five-story apartment building in Shua’fat. The Muhteseb family owned the apartments. Israeli authorities allege they were built without a permit. The same day, in Jabal al-Mukkaber, Bassem Obeidat demolished his own home after the Israeli municipality ordered him to do so or pay a fine of 60,000 shekels. On August 15, Israeli forces demolished a duplex under construction in Issawiya. The duplex was planned to house a family of six and belonged to Nader Nasser Abu Riyaleh. On August 27, staff of the Israeli Custodian of Absentees’ Property Department razed land and uprooted trees in Sheikh Jarrah under police protection. The area targeted belongs to Abed al-Razzaq al-Sheikh. Reportedly, the Israeli authorities present did not have a court order granting them ownership of the land. |
On August 29, Israeli forces demolished a print shop owned by the Siyam family in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem. Israeli forces shot stun grenades and used pepper spray when the shop’s owners and neighbors attempted to document the demolition. At least eight Palestinians were injured and treated in local clinics, where Israeli forces attempted to detain them.
The same day, Israeli forces demolished a storefront in Silwan.
The Israeli municipality zones only 8 – 13% of East Jerusalem for Palestinian residential construction. As a result, many East Jerusalem residents are forced to build without permits to avoid overcrowding. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel found that 20,000 homes in East Jerusalem – 39% of all homes in East Jerusalem – lack Israeli construction permits.
Palestinian neighborhoods in Jerusalem are the target of Israeli settlement plans, which aim to link four concentric circles of settlements, starting with the Old City, followed by the “Holy Basin” (Silwan, Sheikh Jarrah, a-Tur, Mount Zion, and the Kidron Valley), Jerusalem’s annexation border, and finally the West Bank.
As of June 30, the United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) identified a 12 percent increase in demolitions in East Jerusalem over the first half of 2018, despite a 22 percent decline in demolitions across the Palestinian occupied territories during the same period. OCHA also reports a total of 270 Palestinian-owned structures have been demolished by Israeli forces this year as of August 27.
The same day, Israeli forces demolished a storefront in Silwan.
The Israeli municipality zones only 8 – 13% of East Jerusalem for Palestinian residential construction. As a result, many East Jerusalem residents are forced to build without permits to avoid overcrowding. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel found that 20,000 homes in East Jerusalem – 39% of all homes in East Jerusalem – lack Israeli construction permits.
Palestinian neighborhoods in Jerusalem are the target of Israeli settlement plans, which aim to link four concentric circles of settlements, starting with the Old City, followed by the “Holy Basin” (Silwan, Sheikh Jarrah, a-Tur, Mount Zion, and the Kidron Valley), Jerusalem’s annexation border, and finally the West Bank.
As of June 30, the United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) identified a 12 percent increase in demolitions in East Jerusalem over the first half of 2018, despite a 22 percent decline in demolitions across the Palestinian occupied territories during the same period. OCHA also reports a total of 270 Palestinian-owned structures have been demolished by Israeli forces this year as of August 27.
A number of extremist Israeli colonizers, from Yitzhar illegal colony which was built on private Palestinian lands, invaded an olive orchard and cut at least twenty trees.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said a large number of colonizers invaded the orchard, owned by Zakariya Jamil Najjar and cut the trees.
He added that the invaded orchard is located between Burin Palestinian village and Yitzhar colony in the al-Mayadeen area.
The official also stated that dozens of colonizers invaded, Friday, various orchards in the area, including the attacked land.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said a large number of colonizers invaded the orchard, owned by Zakariya Jamil Najjar and cut the trees.
He added that the invaded orchard is located between Burin Palestinian village and Yitzhar colony in the al-Mayadeen area.
The official also stated that dozens of colonizers invaded, Friday, various orchards in the area, including the attacked land.
31 aug 2018
Israeli forces, on Thursday, ordered a Palestinian family, from the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, to stop reconstruction on their home, and detained the workers.
According to Hebron’s Palestinian Reconstruction Commission, Israeli forces raided Ishaq Maharmeh’s house in the Old City of Hebron, which is under full Israeli control, and ordered him to stop reconstruction and maintenance work at the house.
Sources confirmed that Israeli forces stopped work under the pretext that Maharmeh must obtain military permission issued by the Israeli Civil Administration, first.
Israeli forces detained several workers who were working on renovation inside Maharmeh’s home. However, their identities remained unknown, according to Ma’an.
The Palestinian Civil Liaison said that it was informed of the military’s decision to prevent the repair work.
The liaison added that efforts are being made to reverse the decision, so that the Reconstruction Commission could complete the task.
The commission tries to help Palestinian residents of the Old City of Hebron with renovating their homes, in order to prevent people from leaving their homes, as Israel plans to take over Palestinian homes and transfer ownership to Israeli settlers.
Hebron’s flash-point Old City has been declared a “closed military zone” by the Israeli army since November of 2015, and all non-resident Palestinians have been prevented from entering the area.
Palestinians residing in the Old City were required to register under a numbering system, following the declaration, in order to pass through the 17 military checkpoints that crisscross the area.
Some 800 Israeli settlers live illegally in the area, and have been able to move freely.
Despite being located in the center of Hebron city, which is under Palestinian jurisdiction, the Old City is located in an area designated as “H2” and is under full Israeli military control.
Around 40,000 Palestinians live in H2, and report frequent and often violent harassment by Israeli settlers attempting to push locals out of the Old City, and the harsh restrictions imposed by the military which prevent Palestinians from carrying out daily activities.
According to Hebron’s Palestinian Reconstruction Commission, Israeli forces raided Ishaq Maharmeh’s house in the Old City of Hebron, which is under full Israeli control, and ordered him to stop reconstruction and maintenance work at the house.
Sources confirmed that Israeli forces stopped work under the pretext that Maharmeh must obtain military permission issued by the Israeli Civil Administration, first.
Israeli forces detained several workers who were working on renovation inside Maharmeh’s home. However, their identities remained unknown, according to Ma’an.
The Palestinian Civil Liaison said that it was informed of the military’s decision to prevent the repair work.
The liaison added that efforts are being made to reverse the decision, so that the Reconstruction Commission could complete the task.
The commission tries to help Palestinian residents of the Old City of Hebron with renovating their homes, in order to prevent people from leaving their homes, as Israel plans to take over Palestinian homes and transfer ownership to Israeli settlers.
Hebron’s flash-point Old City has been declared a “closed military zone” by the Israeli army since November of 2015, and all non-resident Palestinians have been prevented from entering the area.
Palestinians residing in the Old City were required to register under a numbering system, following the declaration, in order to pass through the 17 military checkpoints that crisscross the area.
Some 800 Israeli settlers live illegally in the area, and have been able to move freely.
Despite being located in the center of Hebron city, which is under Palestinian jurisdiction, the Old City is located in an area designated as “H2” and is under full Israeli military control.
Around 40,000 Palestinians live in H2, and report frequent and often violent harassment by Israeli settlers attempting to push locals out of the Old City, and the harsh restrictions imposed by the military which prevent Palestinians from carrying out daily activities.
An Israeli navy ship fired, on Thursday evening, live rounds at a Palestinian fishing boat in the Sudaniyya Sea area, west of Gaza city, causing serious damage to the boat, in addition to spraying the fishermen and their boat with water cannons.
The fishermen said the navy attacked them with live fire, forcing them to sail several nautical miles towards the southern part of the Gaza Strip in an attempt to avoid further assaults, but the navy chased them.
The navy then stopped the fishermen and ordered them to stand at the edge of the boat before spraying them with water cannons, pushing one of them, identified as Misbah Nafeth Salah, off the boat for an approximate distance of twelve meters.
The fisherman then swam toward the boat, while the navy sprayed it with more condensed water, damaging its engine and GPS system.
The navy then left the area, and the fishermen started trying to salvage their boat, and managed to get back to the shore.
The fishermen said the navy attacked them with live fire, forcing them to sail several nautical miles towards the southern part of the Gaza Strip in an attempt to avoid further assaults, but the navy chased them.
The navy then stopped the fishermen and ordered them to stand at the edge of the boat before spraying them with water cannons, pushing one of them, identified as Misbah Nafeth Salah, off the boat for an approximate distance of twelve meters.
The fisherman then swam toward the boat, while the navy sprayed it with more condensed water, damaging its engine and GPS system.
The navy then left the area, and the fishermen started trying to salvage their boat, and managed to get back to the shore.
Israeli bulldozers on Friday morning leveled Palestinian lands in Ras Karkar village, west of Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank.
Israeli settlers, escorted by soldiers, bulldozed Palestinian lands in Ras Karkar, paving the way for the confiscation of the lands in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
At nightfall on Thursday, Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinians in the area with randomly-unleashed spates of teargas canisters.
A couple of days earlier, the Israeli military violently attacked Palestinians and journalists as they railed against Israel’s illegal settlement activity in the area.
Israeli settlers, escorted by soldiers, bulldozed Palestinian lands in Ras Karkar, paving the way for the confiscation of the lands in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
At nightfall on Thursday, Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinians in the area with randomly-unleashed spates of teargas canisters.
A couple of days earlier, the Israeli military violently attacked Palestinians and journalists as they railed against Israel’s illegal settlement activity in the area.
Israeli soldiers attacked, Thursday, dozens of nonviolent Palestinian protesters, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and shot a government minister with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his ear, in addition to wounding four other Palestinians.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers shot Minister Walid Assaf, the head of the National Commission against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his ear.
The PRCS added that the soldiers also assaulted many Palestinians, wounding four of them, during a nonviolent procession against an Israeli military order illegally confiscating private-owned lands in Ras Karkar village, northwest of Ramallah.
They were also protesting the illegal bulldozing and uprooting of the lands when the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force.
Two of the wounded Palestinians were rushed to hospitals in Ramallah for further treatment. video
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers shot Minister Walid Assaf, the head of the National Commission against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his ear.
The PRCS added that the soldiers also assaulted many Palestinians, wounding four of them, during a nonviolent procession against an Israeli military order illegally confiscating private-owned lands in Ras Karkar village, northwest of Ramallah.
They were also protesting the illegal bulldozing and uprooting of the lands when the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force.
Two of the wounded Palestinians were rushed to hospitals in Ramallah for further treatment. video
30 aug 2018
Israeli bulldozers on Thursday knocked down a Palestinian home in Zarnouq village, in Negev, leaving a four-member family without a roof over their heads.
Palestinian citizen Mohamed Abu Kweidar said Israeli police troops and special forces, escorted by a bulldozer, rolled into the village at the crack of dawn and demolished the home of his brother Akef, aged 30, under the guise of unlicensed construction.
Over the past five years, the occupation authorities have repeatedly turned down Akef’s appeals for a construction permit to build a home for his family.
Akef’s expectant wife and his two children used to take shelter in the demolished home.
Zarnouq village is one of 45 villages unrecognized by the Israeli authorities in the Negev desert and constantly targeted with demolition and displacement in favor of settlement expansion projects.
About 240,000 Palestinians live in the Negev Desert, in villages and communities established hundreds of years ago.
Israel does not recognize these communities, refuses to provide them with basic services such as water and electricity, and cracks down on them in every possible way to push them to leave their lands.
Palestinian citizen Mohamed Abu Kweidar said Israeli police troops and special forces, escorted by a bulldozer, rolled into the village at the crack of dawn and demolished the home of his brother Akef, aged 30, under the guise of unlicensed construction.
Over the past five years, the occupation authorities have repeatedly turned down Akef’s appeals for a construction permit to build a home for his family.
Akef’s expectant wife and his two children used to take shelter in the demolished home.
Zarnouq village is one of 45 villages unrecognized by the Israeli authorities in the Negev desert and constantly targeted with demolition and displacement in favor of settlement expansion projects.
About 240,000 Palestinians live in the Negev Desert, in villages and communities established hundreds of years ago.
Israel does not recognize these communities, refuses to provide them with basic services such as water and electricity, and cracks down on them in every possible way to push them to leave their lands.
Israeli bulldozers continue to level Palestinian lands in Shofeh village, southeast of Tulkarem, paving the way for illegal settlement expansion.
Local sources said Israeli settlers continue to bulldoze Palestinian lands in Shofeh, in the northern Occupied West Bank, in an attempt to expand the illegal settlement outpost of Avnei Hefetz.
Sometime earlier, the Israeli occupation authorities handed over farmers from Shofeh village notifications threatening the imminent confiscation of more Palestinian lands in the area to expand the aforementioned settlement outpost.
Local sources said Israeli settlers continue to bulldoze Palestinian lands in Shofeh, in the northern Occupied West Bank, in an attempt to expand the illegal settlement outpost of Avnei Hefetz.
Sometime earlier, the Israeli occupation authorities handed over farmers from Shofeh village notifications threatening the imminent confiscation of more Palestinian lands in the area to expand the aforementioned settlement outpost.
Extremist Israeli settlers have been raking through Palestinian lands in Nablus and Ramallah, paving the way for more attacks against Palestinians and their property, an activist has warned.
Ghassan Dughlas, who monitors settlement activity in the northern occupied West Bank, said settler gangs have showed up on Palestinian land located between Yitzhar outpost, south of Nablus, and Shilo, north of Ramallah.
The activist said over recent months, Israeli settlers stepped up assaults against Palestinian farmers and agricultural facilities in the occupied West Bank in the presence of the Israeli army.
Dughlas also warned of increasing attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians driving on bypass roads leading to Israeli settlements, namely Yitzhar.
Recently, Israeli settlers set up five mobile homes near Shilo settlement, paving the way for illegal settlement expansion on Palestinian land in the area, the activist added.
Ghassan Dughlas, who monitors settlement activity in the northern occupied West Bank, said settler gangs have showed up on Palestinian land located between Yitzhar outpost, south of Nablus, and Shilo, north of Ramallah.
The activist said over recent months, Israeli settlers stepped up assaults against Palestinian farmers and agricultural facilities in the occupied West Bank in the presence of the Israeli army.
Dughlas also warned of increasing attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians driving on bypass roads leading to Israeli settlements, namely Yitzhar.
Recently, Israeli settlers set up five mobile homes near Shilo settlement, paving the way for illegal settlement expansion on Palestinian land in the area, the activist added.
A number of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers installed, Thursday, a new outpost on Palestinian lands in Qaryout village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Ghassan Daghlas, a PA official who monitors Israeli colonialist settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said the Palestinians found out about the new outpost, Wednesday, when they headed to their lands and saw five mobile homes illegally installed on their lands.
Daghlas added that the colonialist even installed poles and other infrastructure in preparation to establish their outpost on the Palestinian lands.
He stated that the latest violation is very serious, especially since the Israeli authorities are preparing plans aiming at linking various illegal outposts in Nablus and Ramallah with nearby colonies in order to officially legalize them as “neighborhoods.”
Israel’s colonialist activities in the West Bank, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention and various United Nations resolutions.
New Israeli settlement outpost set up in Nablus
Israeli settlers set up on Thursday a new illegal settlement outpost on Palestinian-owned lands belonging to the residents of the Qaryout village, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus.
The Local activist Bashar Qaryouti said that Israeli settlers set up five caravans and tents, in addition to construction materials in preparation to set up more facilities in the area.
Qaryouti pointed out that the area is a private Palestinian-owned land and located between the two illegal Israeli settlements of Eli and Shilo.
He underlined that the settlers have routinely attacked local residents’ properties and forced them not to approach their agricultural lands.
Earlier this week, the Israeli District Court ruled that if Israeli settlers built a settlement on private Palestinian land with "good intentions" then it should not be removed. Therefore, allowing more Palestinian lands to be seized by Israeli settlers as they see fit.
Ghassan Daghlas, a PA official who monitors Israeli colonialist settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said the Palestinians found out about the new outpost, Wednesday, when they headed to their lands and saw five mobile homes illegally installed on their lands.
Daghlas added that the colonialist even installed poles and other infrastructure in preparation to establish their outpost on the Palestinian lands.
He stated that the latest violation is very serious, especially since the Israeli authorities are preparing plans aiming at linking various illegal outposts in Nablus and Ramallah with nearby colonies in order to officially legalize them as “neighborhoods.”
Israel’s colonialist activities in the West Bank, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention and various United Nations resolutions.
New Israeli settlement outpost set up in Nablus
Israeli settlers set up on Thursday a new illegal settlement outpost on Palestinian-owned lands belonging to the residents of the Qaryout village, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus.
The Local activist Bashar Qaryouti said that Israeli settlers set up five caravans and tents, in addition to construction materials in preparation to set up more facilities in the area.
Qaryouti pointed out that the area is a private Palestinian-owned land and located between the two illegal Israeli settlements of Eli and Shilo.
He underlined that the settlers have routinely attacked local residents’ properties and forced them not to approach their agricultural lands.
Earlier this week, the Israeli District Court ruled that if Israeli settlers built a settlement on private Palestinian land with "good intentions" then it should not be removed. Therefore, allowing more Palestinian lands to be seized by Israeli settlers as they see fit.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, three Palestinians, including two children, in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, searched several homes and abducted Khaled Mohammad Taqatqa, 17, Sanad Majed Taqatqa, 16, and Sharif Mohammad Sbeih, 20.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the soldiers also detonated doors leading to a medical storage facility in the town, and search it.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, searched several homes and abducted Khaled Mohammad Taqatqa, 17, Sanad Majed Taqatqa, 16, and Sharif Mohammad Sbeih, 20.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the soldiers also detonated doors leading to a medical storage facility in the town, and search it.
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