9 july 2013
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped during the last 24 hours two Palestinian citizens and raided commercial stores in Jenin. Local sources reported that the IOF kidnapped on Monday a young man named Adham Abdul Rahman in Al-Aroub refugee camp as he was on his way to attend a court hearing held against his brother.
The IOF also raided last night Al-Aroub refugee camp and ransacked the house of Nawwaf Asharif.
A Palestinian citizen was also taken prisoner after violent raids on commercial stores at dawn in Barta'a village near Jenin.
In another incident, Israeli soldiers brutally beat Issa Amro, coordinator of youth against settlement group, near the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Eyewitnesses said that Amro suffered severe injuries all over his body in the attack.
The IOF also raided last night Al-Aroub refugee camp and ransacked the house of Nawwaf Asharif.
A Palestinian citizen was also taken prisoner after violent raids on commercial stores at dawn in Barta'a village near Jenin.
In another incident, Israeli soldiers brutally beat Issa Amro, coordinator of youth against settlement group, near the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Eyewitnesses said that Amro suffered severe injuries all over his body in the attack.
United Nations peacekeepers stand next to their armored vehicles on the Lebanese side of the border with Israel on May 27, 2013.
Israeli troops have abducted a Lebanese shepherd from the occupied Shebaa farms in southern Lebanon.
An Israeli commando force of 15 soldiers crossed the border of the Shebaa farms on Monday, abducting Lebanese shepherd Youssef Hussein Rhayyel.
Rhayyel was taken to an Israeli military post in the occupied farms.
The Israeli regime forces informed the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) of the abduction.
"UNIFIL duly informed the Lebanese army about the kidnap operation, whilst UNIFIL General Commander, Paolo Serra is holding necessary contacts to ensure the release of the shepherd," said UNIFIL spokesperson, Andrea Tinenti.
Lebanese army reportedly said in a statement that Rhayyel was kidnapped inside the liberated part of Shebaa region.
On July 2, Israeli soldiers abducted two other shepherds from an area near the town of Shebaa. The men were freed a day later.
The Israeli military frequently violates Lebanon's airspace, territorial waters and border.
The violations contravene United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the Israeli war on Lebanon in 2006.
UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which brokered a ceasefire in the war of aggression Israel launched on Lebanon in 2006, calls on Tel Aviv to respect Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Israeli troops have abducted a Lebanese shepherd from the occupied Shebaa farms in southern Lebanon.
An Israeli commando force of 15 soldiers crossed the border of the Shebaa farms on Monday, abducting Lebanese shepherd Youssef Hussein Rhayyel.
Rhayyel was taken to an Israeli military post in the occupied farms.
The Israeli regime forces informed the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) of the abduction.
"UNIFIL duly informed the Lebanese army about the kidnap operation, whilst UNIFIL General Commander, Paolo Serra is holding necessary contacts to ensure the release of the shepherd," said UNIFIL spokesperson, Andrea Tinenti.
Lebanese army reportedly said in a statement that Rhayyel was kidnapped inside the liberated part of Shebaa region.
On July 2, Israeli soldiers abducted two other shepherds from an area near the town of Shebaa. The men were freed a day later.
The Israeli military frequently violates Lebanon's airspace, territorial waters and border.
The violations contravene United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the Israeli war on Lebanon in 2006.
UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which brokered a ceasefire in the war of aggression Israel launched on Lebanon in 2006, calls on Tel Aviv to respect Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
A number of Israeli military vehicles raided on Tuesday, Absan village, east of Khan Younes in the Gaza Strip.
Media sources reported that around two military vehicles and six bulldozers penetrated into Palestinian lands, east of the village, adjacent to the border line.
The sources added that Israeli bulldozers started razing lands suited outside the borderline.
it's worth noting that Israeli forces regularly breach the agreement signed with the Hamas movement under the auspices of Egypt last November, due to the practices of the Israeli occupation on the Gaza Strip's villages and lands.
Army Invades Al-Qarara
Palestinian sources have reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles advanced on Tuesday at dawn [July 9 2013] hundreds of meters into the Al-Qarara town, north east of Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The sources said that six armored military bulldozers, accompanied by several armored vehicles, advanced into the area, and uprooted Palestinian farmlands, especially lands close to the border fence; no clashes have been reported.
Despite the ceasefire agreement, mediated by Egypt in late December of last year, Israeli soldiers carried out hundreds of limited invasions into the coastal region, and continued their attacks against the residents, including fishermen and farmers.
In related news, several Israeli military vehicles invaded Barta’a Ash-Sharqiyya village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and violently broke into shops close to the Annexation Wall before kidnapping a shop owner.
Local sources have reported that the kidnapped Palestinians has been identified as Abdul-Wahab Hasan Kabaha, 45, a local shop owner. Soldiers also destroyed doors of several shops, and violently searched the stores.
Media sources reported that around two military vehicles and six bulldozers penetrated into Palestinian lands, east of the village, adjacent to the border line.
The sources added that Israeli bulldozers started razing lands suited outside the borderline.
it's worth noting that Israeli forces regularly breach the agreement signed with the Hamas movement under the auspices of Egypt last November, due to the practices of the Israeli occupation on the Gaza Strip's villages and lands.
Army Invades Al-Qarara
Palestinian sources have reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles advanced on Tuesday at dawn [July 9 2013] hundreds of meters into the Al-Qarara town, north east of Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The sources said that six armored military bulldozers, accompanied by several armored vehicles, advanced into the area, and uprooted Palestinian farmlands, especially lands close to the border fence; no clashes have been reported.
Despite the ceasefire agreement, mediated by Egypt in late December of last year, Israeli soldiers carried out hundreds of limited invasions into the coastal region, and continued their attacks against the residents, including fishermen and farmers.
In related news, several Israeli military vehicles invaded Barta’a Ash-Sharqiyya village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and violently broke into shops close to the Annexation Wall before kidnapping a shop owner.
Local sources have reported that the kidnapped Palestinians has been identified as Abdul-Wahab Hasan Kabaha, 45, a local shop owner. Soldiers also destroyed doors of several shops, and violently searched the stores.
8 july 2013
Two armed Israeli settlers raided a Palestinian home in East Jerusalem on Monday, and assaulted the owner and his friend, the owner said.
Sami al-Qalouni, 53, said he was at home in al-Tur village with his friend Jamal Abu Steif when the settlers raided in what al-Qalouni described as an attempt to take control of the building.
The settlers beat al-Qalouni and Abu Steif with iron bars, al-Qalouni told Ma'an.
Al-Qalouni suffered serious head, back and hand wounds, and Abu Steif sustained several fractures to his hand, a Ma'an reporter said.
Settlers previously set up a tent on al-Qalouni's land.
Israeli police took the two wounded Palestinians to hospital and removed the tent, the reporter said.
A spokesman for Israeli police could not be reached for comment.
Sami al-Qalouni, 53, said he was at home in al-Tur village with his friend Jamal Abu Steif when the settlers raided in what al-Qalouni described as an attempt to take control of the building.
The settlers beat al-Qalouni and Abu Steif with iron bars, al-Qalouni told Ma'an.
Al-Qalouni suffered serious head, back and hand wounds, and Abu Steif sustained several fractures to his hand, a Ma'an reporter said.
Settlers previously set up a tent on al-Qalouni's land.
Israeli police took the two wounded Palestinians to hospital and removed the tent, the reporter said.
A spokesman for Israeli police could not be reached for comment.
An Israeli settler ran over a Palestinian child near the Ibrahimi mosque in al-Khalil in the southern occupied West Bank. Ten-year-old Mohamed Essam Salayma was seriously injured after being run over by a settler in the Ibrahimi square south of the Ibrahimi mosque in al-Khalil.
The child was transferred to al-Khalil Government Hospital with bleeding wounds to his face and head, where his injuries were described as serious.
Settlers' deliberate car attacks against Palestinians particularly children have been on the rise in al-Khalil where they are rarely investigated.
The child was transferred to al-Khalil Government Hospital with bleeding wounds to his face and head, where his injuries were described as serious.
Settlers' deliberate car attacks against Palestinians particularly children have been on the rise in al-Khalil where they are rarely investigated.
Israeli forces raided villages across the West Bank before dawn Monday, detaining at least 13 Palestinians including a popular resistance leader in Hebron, officials said.
Mousa Abu Maria, a member of the popular committee against the wall and settlements in Beit Ummar, said Israeli forces detained Ahmad Abu Hashem, 43, and his son Muhammad, 17, in the same village.
He said the soldiers raided the house and assaulted the detainees.
Also near Hebron, the Israeli military raided al-Arrub refugee camp and detained three people. They were identified as Alaa Hilmi Abu Ghazi, Rabah Bilal Fdeilat, and Yousef Mohammad Abu Afia. They were taken to an undisclosed location.
Clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces during the raid. Israeli forces fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets.
In Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces detained two young men in raids.
Witnesses told Ma’an that military jeeps stormed Tulkarem and detained 25-year-old Hasib al-Ali. The soldiers also assaulted al-Ali's younger brother Dhirgham causing serious bruises, the witnesses added.
Separately, troops raided Qaffin village north of Tulkarem and detained 21-year-old Abdullah Asaad Aqil. During the raid, soldiers assaulted 31-year-old Nabil Abu Tahoun, a former prisoner.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed 13 arrests overall.
She said the other Palestinians were detained in the Nablus, Qalqiliya and Ramallah areas. Two Palestinians were also detained in al-Khader, near Bethlehem, she said.
Early Sunday, Israeli forces detained 31 Palestinians across the West Bank, a military spokesman said.
Mousa Abu Maria, a member of the popular committee against the wall and settlements in Beit Ummar, said Israeli forces detained Ahmad Abu Hashem, 43, and his son Muhammad, 17, in the same village.
He said the soldiers raided the house and assaulted the detainees.
Also near Hebron, the Israeli military raided al-Arrub refugee camp and detained three people. They were identified as Alaa Hilmi Abu Ghazi, Rabah Bilal Fdeilat, and Yousef Mohammad Abu Afia. They were taken to an undisclosed location.
Clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces during the raid. Israeli forces fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets.
In Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces detained two young men in raids.
Witnesses told Ma’an that military jeeps stormed Tulkarem and detained 25-year-old Hasib al-Ali. The soldiers also assaulted al-Ali's younger brother Dhirgham causing serious bruises, the witnesses added.
Separately, troops raided Qaffin village north of Tulkarem and detained 21-year-old Abdullah Asaad Aqil. During the raid, soldiers assaulted 31-year-old Nabil Abu Tahoun, a former prisoner.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed 13 arrests overall.
She said the other Palestinians were detained in the Nablus, Qalqiliya and Ramallah areas. Two Palestinians were also detained in al-Khader, near Bethlehem, she said.
Early Sunday, Israeli forces detained 31 Palestinians across the West Bank, a military spokesman said.
Israeli forces Monday arrested five Palestinians from the West Bank city of Hebron, one from Tulkarm and two others from Bethlehem, according to local sources. They told WAFA that stormed al-Oroub refugee camp and the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron and arrested five Palestinians, including four teenagers, leading to confrontations with the residents.
Forces fired tear gas and acoustic canisters toward residents and their homes, causing several suffocation cases among them, including children.
In the city of Tulkarm, a large military force stormed the city and arrested 25-year-old Haseeb al-Ali after raiding his home, beating up al-Ali’s brother that caused him severe bruises throughout his body in addition to causing severe damage to the house contents.
Al-Ali’s brother was transferred to hospital for treatment.
Forces also raided the home of 31-year-old released prisoner Nabil Abu al-Tahoon in Tulkarm, severely beat him up with their rifles butt while he was still asleep, causing him a severe nose bleed, bruises throughout his body and face before taking him to the Israeli military liaison office. He was later released and transferred to hospital for treatment.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, Ahmad Salah, said that forces arrested two Palestinians, including a teenager, from the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem after raiding and searching their family homes.
Meanwhile, forces at dawn raided and searched several residential buildings inhabited by students of Najah National University in an area west of Nablus. No arrests were reported.
Forces fired tear gas and acoustic canisters toward residents and their homes, causing several suffocation cases among them, including children.
In the city of Tulkarm, a large military force stormed the city and arrested 25-year-old Haseeb al-Ali after raiding his home, beating up al-Ali’s brother that caused him severe bruises throughout his body in addition to causing severe damage to the house contents.
Al-Ali’s brother was transferred to hospital for treatment.
Forces also raided the home of 31-year-old released prisoner Nabil Abu al-Tahoon in Tulkarm, severely beat him up with their rifles butt while he was still asleep, causing him a severe nose bleed, bruises throughout his body and face before taking him to the Israeli military liaison office. He was later released and transferred to hospital for treatment.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, Ahmad Salah, said that forces arrested two Palestinians, including a teenager, from the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem after raiding and searching their family homes.
Meanwhile, forces at dawn raided and searched several residential buildings inhabited by students of Najah National University in an area west of Nablus. No arrests were reported.
The Palestinian prisoners' center for studies said that Israeli jail forces from Masada unit raided and ransacked last Friday the section of patients in the Ramla prison infirmary. Senior official of the center Riyadh Al-Ashqar stated in a press release on Sunday that the Masada unit launched its raid at 07:30 pm last Friday and stayed for more than six hours violently searching the belongings of the patients.
Ashqar said that the wheelchairs of some patients were not spared during the search.
He noted that this section contains patients with serious medical conditions and disabilities and their health status could not endure further suffering.
Ashqar said that the wheelchairs of some patients were not spared during the search.
He noted that this section contains patients with serious medical conditions and disabilities and their health status could not endure further suffering.
More than 200 Jewish settlers raided the village of Orta, south east of Nablus city, at dawn Monday and offered Talmudic rituals. Reliable local sources said that the raid was launched under protection of the Israeli occupation forces, adding that citizens were terrified at the big number of the settlers and the escorting IOF forces.
Meanwhile, other IOF units stormed a number of suburbs in Nablus city at dawn Monday.
Locals said that the soldiers broke into three suburbs near to the Najah university and searched a number of homes where students live.
Meanwhile, other IOF units stormed a number of suburbs in Nablus city at dawn Monday.
Locals said that the soldiers broke into three suburbs near to the Najah university and searched a number of homes where students live.
J'lem: 3 hurt in clashes between Jews, Arabs in Mount of Olives
Clashes erupted between Jews and Arabs at an olive grove near the cemetery in the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem after several Jewish residents set up a sukkah at the site. Two Arabs were lightly injured and were evacuated by the Red Crescent. A Jewish man sustained a head wound and was treated at the scene. Officers called to the scene separated the sides.
One Jewish man was detained for questioning.
Clashes erupted between Jews and Arabs at an olive grove near the cemetery in the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem after several Jewish residents set up a sukkah at the site. Two Arabs were lightly injured and were evacuated by the Red Crescent. A Jewish man sustained a head wound and was treated at the scene. Officers called to the scene separated the sides.
One Jewish man was detained for questioning.
Israeli occupation forces arrested on Monday, two Palestinians from al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem.
Coordinator of Popular Committee to Resist Apartheid Wall and Settlement in the village, Ahmed Salah, said that Israeli forces arrested at dawn, the 20-year-old Ahmed Rashad Issa, and the 18-year-old Mohammed Ali Issa, after raiding and searching their family house in the old city.
In Tulkarem, Israeli forces arrested a youngster and severely assaulted two others.
Eyewitnesses said that soldiers raided the city at around 7 AM and arrested the 25-year-old Husaib al-Ali after raiding his house and damaging the contents. The soldiers severely beat his brother Durgham, who suffered from bruises all over his body and was transferred to Thabit Thabit Hospital for treatment.
Eyewitnesses added that Israeli soldiers also assaulted the 31-year-old Nabil Abu Tahoun, a liberated prisoner.
Abu Tahoun told Palestinian official news agency WAFA that he is being treated at Thabit Thabit Hospital after a number of Israeli soldiers raided his house at dawn, and started beating him with their rifles, hands and legs. Adding that, he was arrested and taken to Israeli military liaison headquarters before he was released.
Coordinator of Popular Committee to Resist Apartheid Wall and Settlement in the village, Ahmed Salah, said that Israeli forces arrested at dawn, the 20-year-old Ahmed Rashad Issa, and the 18-year-old Mohammed Ali Issa, after raiding and searching their family house in the old city.
In Tulkarem, Israeli forces arrested a youngster and severely assaulted two others.
Eyewitnesses said that soldiers raided the city at around 7 AM and arrested the 25-year-old Husaib al-Ali after raiding his house and damaging the contents. The soldiers severely beat his brother Durgham, who suffered from bruises all over his body and was transferred to Thabit Thabit Hospital for treatment.
Eyewitnesses added that Israeli soldiers also assaulted the 31-year-old Nabil Abu Tahoun, a liberated prisoner.
Abu Tahoun told Palestinian official news agency WAFA that he is being treated at Thabit Thabit Hospital after a number of Israeli soldiers raided his house at dawn, and started beating him with their rifles, hands and legs. Adding that, he was arrested and taken to Israeli military liaison headquarters before he was released.
7 july 2013
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Thirty Israeli soldiers invaded the South Hebron Hills village of Jinba between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, ransacking homes while beating and detaining residents of this tiny village slated for demolition. The invasion of Jinba marked the beginning of three days of Israeli military and settler violence in the South Hebron Hills, violence which included military trainings, settler invasions and attacks and the arrest of Palestinian and Israeli activists.
Arriving in five military jeeps in the dead of the night, some thirty Israeli soldiers invaded the Palestinian village of Jinba, located in the so-called military Firing Zone 918. Operation Dove reports that the soldiers invaded from the nearby Israeli outpost of Mitzpe Yair and from the adjacent military base, together with two settlers who accused local Palestinians of having stolen one of their sheep. Soldiers broke into and ransacked several Palestinian homes, damaging metal doors and locks. |
They threw stun grenades, one of which was tossed into a home and another which directly hit a man sleeping outside. During the raid four boys were beaten by soldiers with their guns. Three men were brought to and detained in the Israeli outpost of Mitzpe Yair for several hours. Mahmoud Isa Ibrahim Rabai was the last to be released, at 9:00 am. on Thursday morning.
Jinba suffered from a similar military raid in August last year, during which Israeli soldiers threatened Jinba residents and urged them to leave their lands.
The Palestinian village of Jinba is located 5 kilometers from the Green Line and within what Israel has defined as a military training area, Firing Zone 918. On 22 July 2012, during a hearing at the Israeli High Court, then Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak announced Israel's intention to demolish eight villages within Firing Zone 918 and to forcibly move the 1,500 residents of this area to the nearby town of Yatta.
Jinba is one of the eight villages slated for demolition.
This planned decimation of eight villages is but the latest in a long Israeli campaign targeting the South Hebron Hills area, which Israel wishes to ethnically cleanse in order to extend its settlement project throughout the entire area through to the Naqab (Negev) desert.
The Israeli army had already demolished the homes in Jinba in 1954, and then again in the 1980s. In November 1999 all the villages in the area, including Jinba, were evacuated and the people were deported northward via bypass road 317. A temporary court injunction allowed the forcibly displaced Palestinians to return home, but a final ruling on Firing Zone 918 has yet to be made.
Jinba suffered from a similar military raid in August last year, during which Israeli soldiers threatened Jinba residents and urged them to leave their lands.
The Palestinian village of Jinba is located 5 kilometers from the Green Line and within what Israel has defined as a military training area, Firing Zone 918. On 22 July 2012, during a hearing at the Israeli High Court, then Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak announced Israel's intention to demolish eight villages within Firing Zone 918 and to forcibly move the 1,500 residents of this area to the nearby town of Yatta.
Jinba is one of the eight villages slated for demolition.
This planned decimation of eight villages is but the latest in a long Israeli campaign targeting the South Hebron Hills area, which Israel wishes to ethnically cleanse in order to extend its settlement project throughout the entire area through to the Naqab (Negev) desert.
The Israeli army had already demolished the homes in Jinba in 1954, and then again in the 1980s. In November 1999 all the villages in the area, including Jinba, were evacuated and the people were deported northward via bypass road 317. A temporary court injunction allowed the forcibly displaced Palestinians to return home, but a final ruling on Firing Zone 918 has yet to be made.
Defense Ministry holds exercise in Meitar crossing, blasts expected
The Defense Ministry's Border Control unit will hold a special exercise at the Meitar crossing, from 7 pm to 1 am tonight.
During the exercise, explosions and gunfire sounds will be heard in the area; in addition, heavy security forces traffic will be registered.
The Defense Ministry's Border Control unit will hold a special exercise at the Meitar crossing, from 7 pm to 1 am tonight.
During the exercise, explosions and gunfire sounds will be heard in the area; in addition, heavy security forces traffic will be registered.
Israeli soldiers arrested three Palestinians, including an injured hit by an Israeli tear gas canister in the chest, during confrontations that erupted in the village of Deir Qidees, west of Ramallah, according to a local source. Head of Deir Qidees village council told WAFA that forces attacked a peaceful demonstration protesting settlement expansion and the confiscation of approximately 200 dunums of land for the benefit of expanding the illegal Israeli settlement of Nili, located north of the village.
Forces fired tear gas canisters at the demonstration, injuring Jameel al-Batghouthi who was arrested after being hit in his chest with a tear gas canister. They also arrested Eyad al-Barghouthi and a third whose identity is still unknown.
Forces fired tear gas canisters at the demonstration, injuring Jameel al-Batghouthi who was arrested after being hit in his chest with a tear gas canister. They also arrested Eyad al-Barghouthi and a third whose identity is still unknown.
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Bedouin community near Nablus
An armed gang of around 50 Israeli settlers stormed a Palestinian Bedouin community of shepherds in Huwwara area, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank on Saturday. This is not the first time that settlers from the nearby Itamar and Yitzhar religious Jewish Israeli settlements have attacked Palestinian civilians – in the last three years, these attacks have become more and more frequent occurrences, according to local residents. The attacks often take place on Saturdays, after religious services in the settlements. |
In Saturday's attack, the gang of armed settlers descended on the Bedouin community and began uprooting trees and plants and smashing the glass of vehicles belonging to the Bedouins. They also tried to steal sheep from the Bedouin shepherds.
The Bedouin community in Huwwara is made up of several families living in tin huts and tents in extremely impoverished conditions, trying to make a living by herding sheep.
The Palestinian monitor of settlement activity in the West Bank, Ghassan Daghlas, called on the Israeli liaison office to investigate the incident.
The Bedouin community in Huwwara is made up of several families living in tin huts and tents in extremely impoverished conditions, trying to make a living by herding sheep.
The Palestinian monitor of settlement activity in the West Bank, Ghassan Daghlas, called on the Israeli liaison office to investigate the incident.
Avigdor Lieberman, the head of the Knesset foreign affairs committee, said that if he was the Israeli premier he would issue orders to invade the Gaza Strip immediately. In remarks broadcast on Saturday by the Hebrew radio, Lieberman stated that a state of fake and false calm as he described is prevailing in Gaza, and the Hamas Movement uses this calm to build up and develop its military capabilities.
As for the peace process, Lieberman stressed that his party Yisrael Beiteinu strongly opposes any concessions to be made by his government in order to revive the political talks with the Palestinian side, pointing out that the news reports that talked about Israeli intentions to make goodwill gestures towards the Palestinians were untrue.
Lieberman also commented on the events taking place in Egypt and said that Egypt's stability is very important to Tel Aviv, expecting that jihadist groups in the Sinai Peninsula might take advantage of the unstable situation in Egypt to undermine Israel's security.
As for the peace process, Lieberman stressed that his party Yisrael Beiteinu strongly opposes any concessions to be made by his government in order to revive the political talks with the Palestinian side, pointing out that the news reports that talked about Israeli intentions to make goodwill gestures towards the Palestinians were untrue.
Lieberman also commented on the events taking place in Egypt and said that Egypt's stability is very important to Tel Aviv, expecting that jihadist groups in the Sinai Peninsula might take advantage of the unstable situation in Egypt to undermine Israel's security.
Israeli forces on Sunday morning prevented several Palestinian farmers from working on their fields south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, witnesses said.
Israeli troops stopped farmers harvesting their crops in Huwwara Plains, and instructed them to obtain permits from the Israeli liaison department, said 30-year-old Jihad Dweikat, from Rujeib village,
On Saturday, extremist settlers attacked farmers in the area and damaged a private vehicle and a tractor.
Israeli troops stopped farmers harvesting their crops in Huwwara Plains, and instructed them to obtain permits from the Israeli liaison department, said 30-year-old Jihad Dweikat, from Rujeib village,
On Saturday, extremist settlers attacked farmers in the area and damaged a private vehicle and a tractor.
Jewish settlers from illegal ‘Beitar Illit’ settlement Sunday drowned Palestinian-owned agricultural land with wastewater in the village of Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem, according to a local source. Head of Wadi Fukin village council Ahmad Sokar told WAFA that settlers pumped wastewater to around 100 dumums of agricultural land belonging to around 50 farmers in the village, drowning it completely.
He said that the mentioned land became unfit for agricultural use due to the ongoing pumping of wastewater by settlers.
Settlers drown Palestinian lands with wastewater in Bethlehem
Settlers from Beitar Illit settlement, built on Palestinian lands west of Bethlehem, drowned Sunday about 100 dunums of Palestinian agricultural lands with wastewater in the village of Wadi Fukin. The mentioned lands became unfit for agricultural use due to the ongoing pumping of wastewater by settlers.
Wadi Fukin Village Council has called, in its statement, on concerned authorities to intervene to put an end to the settlers' attacks against the villagers' lands.
The settlers pumped wastewater to around 100 dunums of agricultural land belonging to around 50 farmers in the village, drowning it completely, the statement explained.
He said that the mentioned land became unfit for agricultural use due to the ongoing pumping of wastewater by settlers.
Settlers drown Palestinian lands with wastewater in Bethlehem
Settlers from Beitar Illit settlement, built on Palestinian lands west of Bethlehem, drowned Sunday about 100 dunums of Palestinian agricultural lands with wastewater in the village of Wadi Fukin. The mentioned lands became unfit for agricultural use due to the ongoing pumping of wastewater by settlers.
Wadi Fukin Village Council has called, in its statement, on concerned authorities to intervene to put an end to the settlers' attacks against the villagers' lands.
The settlers pumped wastewater to around 100 dunums of agricultural land belonging to around 50 farmers in the village, drowning it completely, the statement explained.
6 july 2013
Palestinians in coastal city of Akka north of 1948-occupied Palestine on Friday organized a demonstration to protest the escalation of racist attacks carried out by teams of the Israeli municipality and police against the city's residents. The last of these attacks was the detention of the Palestinian citizen Khaled Zakour without any justification, in addition to the ongoing use of violence and tear gas against women and children.
MK Hanin Zoabi, who participated in the demonstration, said the Israeli police "turns a blind eye to the murderers and gangsters who always escape without being arrested or prosecuted", and held the Israeli police full responsibility for the acts of violence in the Arab milieu.
She added: "Until now, the police have not been able to arrest the killer of a young man from Akka who was murdered in front of the police station. Although we have been following-up the case with the Minister of Internal Security for more than a year, the killer has not been arrested yet."
Ahmed Ouda, a member of Akka municipal team, said that Israeli municipal teams last week took part in more than four acts of violence against Arab citizens.
MK Hanin Zoabi, who participated in the demonstration, said the Israeli police "turns a blind eye to the murderers and gangsters who always escape without being arrested or prosecuted", and held the Israeli police full responsibility for the acts of violence in the Arab milieu.
She added: "Until now, the police have not been able to arrest the killer of a young man from Akka who was murdered in front of the police station. Although we have been following-up the case with the Minister of Internal Security for more than a year, the killer has not been arrested yet."
Ahmed Ouda, a member of Akka municipal team, said that Israeli municipal teams last week took part in more than four acts of violence against Arab citizens.
Five Palestinian citizens sustained wounds while three were arrested on Saturday as the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) suppressed a sit-in staged in protest at the confiscation of lands in Yatta, south of al-Khalil. Eyewitnesses told PIC that the IOF quelled a sit-in organized by Palestinian families in Yatta in protest against the confiscation of lands for settlement projects, and that five people were injured while three others were arrested.
Meanwhile, the Israeli troops closed the road leading to the villages of Majd and Beit Awa, west of the town of Dura, for several hours under the pretext of providing security for the settlers from Najihut settlement built on Palestinian lands in the town.
Thousands of citizens have been obliged to take longer roads, in light of this weekly procedure.
The road serves more than 40 Palestinian villages and hamlets in the west of al-Khalil.
Israeli soldiers injure 2 female protesters in Al-Khalil
At least two Palestinian women have been wounded in an attack by Israeli regime forces on a group of demonstrators near the city of Al-Khalil (Hebron) in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli soldiers also arrested three people in the protest, which was held in Um al-Kheir neighborhood, east of Al-Khalil on Saturday.
The demonstrators were protesting against the regime’s illegal settlement expansion in the West Bank.
The Tel Aviv regime continues expanding its illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, despite calls from the international community to stop the move.
More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967.
Israeli regime forces have also intensified arrests of and attacks against the Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks.
In their latest assault, which occurred on July 3, Israeli soldiers killed Moataz Sharawna, a Palestinian youth, in the village of Dura near Al-Khalil after running over him with a military jeep.
On July 1, Israeli forces also arrested Palestinian journalist and photographer Mohammad Waleed al-Azzeh after raiding his family’s house in Aida Refugee Camp, located north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Al-Azzeh’s family told Press TV that more than 30 Israeli soldiers entered the house and took him away after violently beating him.
The Israeli military regularly raids the houses of Palestinians in the West Bank, arresting activists and civilians, mostly without any charges. Many Palestinians remain under detention in Israeli prisons.
According to Israeli group, B’Tselem, more than 4,700 Palestinian prisoners, including about 170 administrative detainees, are currently held in Israeli prisons.
Israeli troops attack non-violent protests on Friday and Saturday
Weekly non-violent protests were organized on Friday in the villages of al Nabi Saleh, Bil’in, Nil’in in central West Bank, in addition to Al Ma’ssara in southern West Bank, all of which were attacked by Israeli soldiers firing tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets. On Saturday, two women were injured during a non-violent protest in Um al-Kheir village, east of Yatta, in the southern West Bank.
The protest at Um al-Kheir focused on the recent expansion of an Israeli settlement onto village land. The two women, identified as Amina and Halima, were wounded when Israeli forces attacked the crowd, beating them with rifle butts and kicking them.
During the Saturday protest at Um al-Kheir, local sources reported that three Palestinian youth and an international solidarity activist were abducted by Israeli forces and taken to a nearby military camp for interrogation.
During the Friday protests, which are weekly occurrences at a number of Palestinian villages that have lost land for the construction of the Israeli Annexation Wall, Israeli troops attacked protesters in four villages.
In the villages of Bil’in and Ni’lin, residents and their international and Israeli supporters, managed to reach the wall.
Soldiers stationed there fired tear gas and chemical water on protesters. Many civilians were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Meanwhile at the nearby village of al Nabi Saleh, Israeli soldiers attacked the villagers and their supporters before leaving the village.
Soldiers used tear gas and chemical water against unarmed protesters. Later troops invaded the village and fired tear gas into residents’ homes. Many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Elsewhere, in al Ma’ssara village, Israeli troops stopped the villagers and their supporters at the village entrance then forced them back using rifle butts and batons, no injuries were reported.
Meanwhile, the Israeli troops closed the road leading to the villages of Majd and Beit Awa, west of the town of Dura, for several hours under the pretext of providing security for the settlers from Najihut settlement built on Palestinian lands in the town.
Thousands of citizens have been obliged to take longer roads, in light of this weekly procedure.
The road serves more than 40 Palestinian villages and hamlets in the west of al-Khalil.
Israeli soldiers injure 2 female protesters in Al-Khalil
At least two Palestinian women have been wounded in an attack by Israeli regime forces on a group of demonstrators near the city of Al-Khalil (Hebron) in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli soldiers also arrested three people in the protest, which was held in Um al-Kheir neighborhood, east of Al-Khalil on Saturday.
The demonstrators were protesting against the regime’s illegal settlement expansion in the West Bank.
The Tel Aviv regime continues expanding its illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, despite calls from the international community to stop the move.
More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967.
Israeli regime forces have also intensified arrests of and attacks against the Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks.
In their latest assault, which occurred on July 3, Israeli soldiers killed Moataz Sharawna, a Palestinian youth, in the village of Dura near Al-Khalil after running over him with a military jeep.
On July 1, Israeli forces also arrested Palestinian journalist and photographer Mohammad Waleed al-Azzeh after raiding his family’s house in Aida Refugee Camp, located north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Al-Azzeh’s family told Press TV that more than 30 Israeli soldiers entered the house and took him away after violently beating him.
The Israeli military regularly raids the houses of Palestinians in the West Bank, arresting activists and civilians, mostly without any charges. Many Palestinians remain under detention in Israeli prisons.
According to Israeli group, B’Tselem, more than 4,700 Palestinian prisoners, including about 170 administrative detainees, are currently held in Israeli prisons.
Israeli troops attack non-violent protests on Friday and Saturday
Weekly non-violent protests were organized on Friday in the villages of al Nabi Saleh, Bil’in, Nil’in in central West Bank, in addition to Al Ma’ssara in southern West Bank, all of which were attacked by Israeli soldiers firing tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets. On Saturday, two women were injured during a non-violent protest in Um al-Kheir village, east of Yatta, in the southern West Bank.
The protest at Um al-Kheir focused on the recent expansion of an Israeli settlement onto village land. The two women, identified as Amina and Halima, were wounded when Israeli forces attacked the crowd, beating them with rifle butts and kicking them.
During the Saturday protest at Um al-Kheir, local sources reported that three Palestinian youth and an international solidarity activist were abducted by Israeli forces and taken to a nearby military camp for interrogation.
During the Friday protests, which are weekly occurrences at a number of Palestinian villages that have lost land for the construction of the Israeli Annexation Wall, Israeli troops attacked protesters in four villages.
In the villages of Bil’in and Ni’lin, residents and their international and Israeli supporters, managed to reach the wall.
Soldiers stationed there fired tear gas and chemical water on protesters. Many civilians were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Meanwhile at the nearby village of al Nabi Saleh, Israeli soldiers attacked the villagers and their supporters before leaving the village.
Soldiers used tear gas and chemical water against unarmed protesters. Later troops invaded the village and fired tear gas into residents’ homes. Many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Elsewhere, in al Ma’ssara village, Israeli troops stopped the villagers and their supporters at the village entrance then forced them back using rifle butts and batons, no injuries were reported.
Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers on Saturday attacked Palestinian Bedouins living in tents and steel structures in Huwwara south of Nablus, an official said.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlers in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that about 50 settlers from Itamar and Yitzhar near Nablus stormed the nomads’ residence. Clashes erupted, he said, when the invaders tried to steal sheep from the Bedouins.
Daghlas highlighted that the settlers damaged a tractor and smashed the windshield of a private car. The attackers started to destroy plants and trees in the area before officers of the Israeli liaison department intervened and evacuated them.
Israeli settlers and soldiers attack Palestinians south of al-Khalil
Jewish settlers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, attacked Palestinians, from the hamlet of Umm al-Khair, who tried to enter their lands, near the town of Yatta in al-Khalil. Ratib al-Jabour, the coordinator of the popular and national committees against the wall and settlements in Yatta, told Quds Press that the attack took place when the members of Hadhalin family tried, with the support of foreign solidarity activists, to reach their land seized by settlers about two weeks ago.
Jabour said that the Israelis from the settlement of Carmiel, guarded by the occupation soldiers, attacked and suppressed the Palestinian citizens, causing some women and children to faint.
Three civilians, including two women, were also injured in the attack, while another citizen and two foreign solidarity activists were arrested by the occupation soldiers.
The settlers seized a piece of land with an area of 50 dunums and prevented its owners to enter it and prepared the place to perform Talmudic rituals on it.
Safa News Agency quoted Umm al-Khair resident Ibrahim Hadhalin as saying that clashes erupted between the citizens and Israeli settlers and soldiers when a number of shepherds tried to cross the seized land to reach their pastures.
The occupation authorities seek to displace dozens of Bedouin families inhabiting lands adjacent to Carmiel settlement and continue the construction of settlement units on the southern and western sides of the settlement.
Meanwhile, dozens of other extremist Jewish settlers attacked on Saturday afternoon shepherds and their families, south of Nablus, and damaged their properties.
Ghassan Daghlas, Palestinian official who monitors settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said the settlers attacked the houses of the shepherds in Huwwara in the south of Nablus.
He added that the attackers damaged a tractor and smashed the windshield of a private car. They also tried to steal sheep from the Bedouins and destroyed plants and trees in the area.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlers in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that about 50 settlers from Itamar and Yitzhar near Nablus stormed the nomads’ residence. Clashes erupted, he said, when the invaders tried to steal sheep from the Bedouins.
Daghlas highlighted that the settlers damaged a tractor and smashed the windshield of a private car. The attackers started to destroy plants and trees in the area before officers of the Israeli liaison department intervened and evacuated them.
Israeli settlers and soldiers attack Palestinians south of al-Khalil
Jewish settlers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, attacked Palestinians, from the hamlet of Umm al-Khair, who tried to enter their lands, near the town of Yatta in al-Khalil. Ratib al-Jabour, the coordinator of the popular and national committees against the wall and settlements in Yatta, told Quds Press that the attack took place when the members of Hadhalin family tried, with the support of foreign solidarity activists, to reach their land seized by settlers about two weeks ago.
Jabour said that the Israelis from the settlement of Carmiel, guarded by the occupation soldiers, attacked and suppressed the Palestinian citizens, causing some women and children to faint.
Three civilians, including two women, were also injured in the attack, while another citizen and two foreign solidarity activists were arrested by the occupation soldiers.
The settlers seized a piece of land with an area of 50 dunums and prevented its owners to enter it and prepared the place to perform Talmudic rituals on it.
Safa News Agency quoted Umm al-Khair resident Ibrahim Hadhalin as saying that clashes erupted between the citizens and Israeli settlers and soldiers when a number of shepherds tried to cross the seized land to reach their pastures.
The occupation authorities seek to displace dozens of Bedouin families inhabiting lands adjacent to Carmiel settlement and continue the construction of settlement units on the southern and western sides of the settlement.
Meanwhile, dozens of other extremist Jewish settlers attacked on Saturday afternoon shepherds and their families, south of Nablus, and damaged their properties.
Ghassan Daghlas, Palestinian official who monitors settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said the settlers attacked the houses of the shepherds in Huwwara in the south of Nablus.
He added that the attackers damaged a tractor and smashed the windshield of a private car. They also tried to steal sheep from the Bedouins and destroyed plants and trees in the area.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) suppressed several marches organized on Friday afternoon against the segregation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank. Local sources said that the IOF imposed in the morning a tight security cordon on Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah city, and declared it a closed military zone prior to the launch of the march.
However, the villagers along with foreign activists defied the Israeli military measures and went on their weekly march against the expansion of settlements.
Several protestors were reportedly injured during clashes with the Israeli troops in the village.
Scores of Palestinian and foreign activists also suffered injuries when the IOF attacked the anti-wall march they organized in Ma'sara village near Bethlehem.
In Kafr Qaddum to the east of Qalqiliya, the IOF quelled the weekly march demanding the opening of the main road in the village.
The IOF fired a barrage of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades as the protestors arrived near the iron gate, which blocks the main road.
The protestors clashed with the Israeli soldiers at the gate and many of them suffered injuries.
However, the villagers along with foreign activists defied the Israeli military measures and went on their weekly march against the expansion of settlements.
Several protestors were reportedly injured during clashes with the Israeli troops in the village.
Scores of Palestinian and foreign activists also suffered injuries when the IOF attacked the anti-wall march they organized in Ma'sara village near Bethlehem.
In Kafr Qaddum to the east of Qalqiliya, the IOF quelled the weekly march demanding the opening of the main road in the village.
The IOF fired a barrage of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades as the protestors arrived near the iron gate, which blocks the main road.
The protestors clashed with the Israeli soldiers at the gate and many of them suffered injuries.
5 july 2013
Israeli Occupation Forces stormed at dawn today Araba village, southwest of Jenin, for 2 hours and arrested a Palestinian after raiding and searching his house. Local sources said that Israeli forces raided the village and arrested Ahmed Adnan Merdawi, 23, brother of the sick prisoner Mohammed Merdawi, after raiding his family home.
The sources reported that violent clashes erupted between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the village.
In a related context, Jewish settlers bulldozed, on Friday morning, Palestinian lands in Yatta town al-Khalil southern West Bank.
Rateb al Jabour, the coordinator of the "Popular Committee Against the settlement" in the town of Yatta, confirmed that settlers from Susiya settlement built on Palestinian lands have bulldozed this morning land owned by Halees family in Yatta.
Around 200 settlers stormed Carmel town chanting Talmudic hymns under the protection of 50 Israeli soldiers who restricted Palestinian citizens' movement, Jabour added.
The coordinator of the "Popular Committee Against the settlement" stated that the Israeli settlers' attacks against Palestinians aim to displace them and confiscate their lands.
The sources reported that violent clashes erupted between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the village.
In a related context, Jewish settlers bulldozed, on Friday morning, Palestinian lands in Yatta town al-Khalil southern West Bank.
Rateb al Jabour, the coordinator of the "Popular Committee Against the settlement" in the town of Yatta, confirmed that settlers from Susiya settlement built on Palestinian lands have bulldozed this morning land owned by Halees family in Yatta.
Around 200 settlers stormed Carmel town chanting Talmudic hymns under the protection of 50 Israeli soldiers who restricted Palestinian citizens' movement, Jabour added.
The coordinator of the "Popular Committee Against the settlement" stated that the Israeli settlers' attacks against Palestinians aim to displace them and confiscate their lands.
The Shin Bet said in its monthly report that last month witnessed a slight increase in attacks against Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem, compared to the previous month, while attacks in the West Bank decreased. The report pointed out that the number of attacks against Israeli targets has increased from 103 attacks in May to 124 in June, including 39 attacks in the city of Jerusalem.
The attacks that took place in the West Bank decreased to 60 compared to 83 operations in the last month, the Shin Bet report added.
It pointed out that most of the attacks in the West Bank were represented in throwing Molotov cocktails, while attacks from the Gaza Strip represented in putting an explosive device and firing 5 rockets.
Jerusalem has also witnessed seven operations of putting explosive devices and four shooting incidents.
The attacks that took place in the West Bank decreased to 60 compared to 83 operations in the last month, the Shin Bet report added.
It pointed out that most of the attacks in the West Bank were represented in throwing Molotov cocktails, while attacks from the Gaza Strip represented in putting an explosive device and firing 5 rockets.
Jerusalem has also witnessed seven operations of putting explosive devices and four shooting incidents.
Settlers of Susiya settlement stormed Friday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands belonging to al-Halees family, southeast of Yatta in Hebron, and started razing and stealing the red soil into the settlement.
Coordinator of Popular Committees to Resist Apartheid Wall and Settlement in Yatta, Rateb al-Jbour, said that more than two hundreds settlers, under the protection of 50 soldiers, stormed the village in the morning, while chanting religious hymns and provocative slogans against the Palestinian citizens.
Al-Jbour condemned these provocative acts by the settlers and Israeli forces that aim at expelling the Palestinian citizens from their lands in the West Bank.
Coordinator of Popular Committees to Resist Apartheid Wall and Settlement in Yatta, Rateb al-Jbour, said that more than two hundreds settlers, under the protection of 50 soldiers, stormed the village in the morning, while chanting religious hymns and provocative slogans against the Palestinian citizens.
Al-Jbour condemned these provocative acts by the settlers and Israeli forces that aim at expelling the Palestinian citizens from their lands in the West Bank.
Amnesty International has accused the Israeli authorities of bullying and judicial harassment of Nariman Tamimi, a Palestinian rights activist who was placed under partial house arrest on Thursday to prevent her taking part in peaceful protests while she awaits trial next week.
"This is an unrelenting campaign of harassment, the latest in a litany of human rights violations against Nariman Tamimi, her family, and her fellow villagers. These arbitrary restrictions should be lifted immediately and the charges should be dropped," said Philip Luther, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Programme Director.
Tamimi was arrested along with another activist Rana Hamadi on Friday 28 June, when villagers of Nabi Saleh walk towards a nearby spring in protest against the loss of their land. In 2009 Israeli settlers occupied the Al-Qaws spring near Nabi Saleh village where Tamimi lives. The illegal settlement now enjoys the protection of the military.
During the protest a soldier approached them waving a piece of paper and saying they could be arrested if they did not leave. When they tried to leave the area, more soldiers approached and arrested them. Both women were charged with being in a "closed military zone".
Following their release on bail on Monday, the court has now put them under partial house arrest. They are not allowed to leave their family homes between 9am to 5pm on Fridays when the weekly protest takes place.
"They have been denied the basic human right to peacefully protest over land illegally seized by Israeli settlers, and the Israeli judiciary has used spurious legal tools to punish them for exercising their basic human right to peaceful protest," said Philip Luther.
Speaking to Amnesty International following her arrest, Nariman Tamimi described how the two women were kept in conditions that included being held in leg-cuffs, detained overnight in a car, and held in a van carrying male Israeli prisoners who she said shouted verbal abuse at them and intimidated them physically.
Tamimi has already suffered previous arrests and raids on her home. Her husband Bassem has been jailed least twice and held as a prisoner of conscience.
Her brother Rushdi Tamimi was shot in the back with live ammunition by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration last year. He died two days later in hospital. Video evidence shows that Israeli soldiers delayed his family's attempts to take him to hospital.
"This shows the sustained brutality of the military and the Israeli authorities' determination to target and harass those prepared to stand up for their rights. They use every tool in the box to intimidate activists and their families into silence," said Philip Luther.
"This is an unrelenting campaign of harassment, the latest in a litany of human rights violations against Nariman Tamimi, her family, and her fellow villagers. These arbitrary restrictions should be lifted immediately and the charges should be dropped," said Philip Luther, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Programme Director.
Tamimi was arrested along with another activist Rana Hamadi on Friday 28 June, when villagers of Nabi Saleh walk towards a nearby spring in protest against the loss of their land. In 2009 Israeli settlers occupied the Al-Qaws spring near Nabi Saleh village where Tamimi lives. The illegal settlement now enjoys the protection of the military.
During the protest a soldier approached them waving a piece of paper and saying they could be arrested if they did not leave. When they tried to leave the area, more soldiers approached and arrested them. Both women were charged with being in a "closed military zone".
Following their release on bail on Monday, the court has now put them under partial house arrest. They are not allowed to leave their family homes between 9am to 5pm on Fridays when the weekly protest takes place.
"They have been denied the basic human right to peacefully protest over land illegally seized by Israeli settlers, and the Israeli judiciary has used spurious legal tools to punish them for exercising their basic human right to peaceful protest," said Philip Luther.
Speaking to Amnesty International following her arrest, Nariman Tamimi described how the two women were kept in conditions that included being held in leg-cuffs, detained overnight in a car, and held in a van carrying male Israeli prisoners who she said shouted verbal abuse at them and intimidated them physically.
Tamimi has already suffered previous arrests and raids on her home. Her husband Bassem has been jailed least twice and held as a prisoner of conscience.
Her brother Rushdi Tamimi was shot in the back with live ammunition by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration last year. He died two days later in hospital. Video evidence shows that Israeli soldiers delayed his family's attempts to take him to hospital.
"This shows the sustained brutality of the military and the Israeli authorities' determination to target and harass those prepared to stand up for their rights. They use every tool in the box to intimidate activists and their families into silence," said Philip Luther.
4 july 2013
Israeli forces on Thursday afternoon suppressed a peaceful march in al-Khader village, in Bethlehem, organized in protest at the participation of Israeli Transport Minister Israel Katz at the opening of a settlement road built on the town's lands. The marchers chanted slogans against the settlement activity and the occupation, and raised the Palestinian flags.
The Israeli soldiers prevented the march from approaching the erected tent, in which the Israeli minister held a press conference. They suppressed the protesters, and arrested an anti-settlement activist.
An Israeli company held an event to announce the opening of roads constructed for settlers in the lands of the Nashash near the town of al-Khader south of Bethlehem, in the presence of the Minister of Transport.
Ahmed Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the settlement in al-Khader village, said this step carry significant political messages about the Israeli government's intention to continue settlement activity.
He revealed that the Popular Committee against the settlement will stage an event in front of the tent to protest at the occupation settlement schemes in the West Bank.
The Israeli soldiers prevented the march from approaching the erected tent, in which the Israeli minister held a press conference. They suppressed the protesters, and arrested an anti-settlement activist.
An Israeli company held an event to announce the opening of roads constructed for settlers in the lands of the Nashash near the town of al-Khader south of Bethlehem, in the presence of the Minister of Transport.
Ahmed Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the settlement in al-Khader village, said this step carry significant political messages about the Israeli government's intention to continue settlement activity.
He revealed that the Popular Committee against the settlement will stage an event in front of the tent to protest at the occupation settlement schemes in the West Bank.
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Israeli regime forces have intensified arrests of and attacks against the Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank, Press TV reports.
In their latest assault on Wednesday, Israeli soldiers killed Moataz Sharawna, a Palestinian youth, in the village of Dura near the West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron) after running over him with a military jeep. Witnesses said the attack was intentional as Sharawna was taking part in an anti-Israel demonstration. On July 1, Israeli forces also arrested Palestinian journalist and photographer Mohammad Waleed al-Azzeh after raiding his family’s house in Aida Refugee Camp, located north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. |
Al-Azzeh’s family told Press TV that more than 30 Israeli soldiers entered the place and took him away after violently beating him.
According to the journalist’s family, Azzeh was arrested for taking pictures of Israeli forces attacking Palestinian children near the refugee camp. His lawyer also said Azzeh would be transferred to the Ofer military prison.
In this regard, Monjed Jadou with Palestine News Network (PNN) told Press TV, “I think the media are playing a great role in showing and telling the world what is happening exactly in Palestine,” adding, “What happened to Mohammad shows that the Israelis are targeting journalists.”
The Israeli military regularly raids houses of Palestinians in the West Bank, arresting activists and civilians, mostly without any charges. Many Palestinians remain under detention in Israeli prisons, where they are given minimal access to their basic rights.
According to Israeli human rights group, B’Tselem, more than 4,700 Palestinian prisoners, including about 170 administrative detainees, are currently held in Israeli prisons.
According to the journalist’s family, Azzeh was arrested for taking pictures of Israeli forces attacking Palestinian children near the refugee camp. His lawyer also said Azzeh would be transferred to the Ofer military prison.
In this regard, Monjed Jadou with Palestine News Network (PNN) told Press TV, “I think the media are playing a great role in showing and telling the world what is happening exactly in Palestine,” adding, “What happened to Mohammad shows that the Israelis are targeting journalists.”
The Israeli military regularly raids houses of Palestinians in the West Bank, arresting activists and civilians, mostly without any charges. Many Palestinians remain under detention in Israeli prisons, where they are given minimal access to their basic rights.
According to Israeli human rights group, B’Tselem, more than 4,700 Palestinian prisoners, including about 170 administrative detainees, are currently held in Israeli prisons.
Violent Confrontations erupted Thursday, between the Palestinian residents of Urif village, south of Nablus and dozens of settlers from Yitzhar settlement which was constructed on the lands of Nablus.
Official responsible for the settlement file in the northern part of the West Bank, Ghassan Douglas, said that confrontations erupted after settlers threw Molotov cocktails toward an under-construction water tank in the village, in an attempt to destroy it.
Official responsible for the settlement file in the northern part of the West Bank, Ghassan Douglas, said that confrontations erupted after settlers threw Molotov cocktails toward an under-construction water tank in the village, in an attempt to destroy it.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded various districts in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped 19 Palestinians, clashes have been reported.
Soldiers kidnapped Hasan Breijiyya, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall In Bethlehem. as they attacked a nonviolent protest against a visit of the Israeli Transportation Minister to the southern entrance of the town as part of plans for a settler road.
Local sources in the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, have reported that the army invaded the camp, broke into and searched several homes, causing damage, and kidnapped three residents.
The three have been identified as Noureddeen Oleyyan, 25, Ma’rouf Bajes Nakhla, 23, and Tahreer Al-Araysha, 20.
Soldiers also invaded Bodrus village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped eight Palestinians identified as Abdullah Shokry Awad, Ahmad Shokry Awad, Sa’adat Shabaan Awad, Kamal Hasan Ali, Nasser Marar, Asrar Yousef Ibrahim, Mohammad Naim Marar, and Mohammad Abdul-Karim.
Furthermore, several Israeli military jeeps invaded the village of Ya’bod, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped Majdi Ghazi Harzallah, 23, Ezzeddeen Farouq Harzallah, 20, and Mohammad Tawfiq Abu Baker.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded the Al-Khader town, near Bethlehem, and kidnapped one resident identified as Yousef Aref Salah, 24. Soldiers also invaded the home of Kamel Harzallah and violently searched it.
Clashes have been reported between local youths and Israeli soldiers after the army violently searched the homes of the kidnapped Palestinians.
Soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades; several residents have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the army kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Wael Ahmad At-Tabouq, 20, after violently breaking into a home and searching it causing property damage. The soldiers claimed to be looking for weapons; no weapons were found.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Tal village, west of Nablus, and kidnapped one resident identified as Sameh Zeidan.
In related news, soldiers invaded Al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin and broke into the home of former political prisoner, Imad Najeeb Sammoudy, searched the property and interrogated him.
Soldiers kidnapped Hasan Breijiyya, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall In Bethlehem. as they attacked a nonviolent protest against a visit of the Israeli Transportation Minister to the southern entrance of the town as part of plans for a settler road.
Local sources in the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, have reported that the army invaded the camp, broke into and searched several homes, causing damage, and kidnapped three residents.
The three have been identified as Noureddeen Oleyyan, 25, Ma’rouf Bajes Nakhla, 23, and Tahreer Al-Araysha, 20.
Soldiers also invaded Bodrus village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped eight Palestinians identified as Abdullah Shokry Awad, Ahmad Shokry Awad, Sa’adat Shabaan Awad, Kamal Hasan Ali, Nasser Marar, Asrar Yousef Ibrahim, Mohammad Naim Marar, and Mohammad Abdul-Karim.
Furthermore, several Israeli military jeeps invaded the village of Ya’bod, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped Majdi Ghazi Harzallah, 23, Ezzeddeen Farouq Harzallah, 20, and Mohammad Tawfiq Abu Baker.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded the Al-Khader town, near Bethlehem, and kidnapped one resident identified as Yousef Aref Salah, 24. Soldiers also invaded the home of Kamel Harzallah and violently searched it.
Clashes have been reported between local youths and Israeli soldiers after the army violently searched the homes of the kidnapped Palestinians.
Soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades; several residents have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the army kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Wael Ahmad At-Tabouq, 20, after violently breaking into a home and searching it causing property damage. The soldiers claimed to be looking for weapons; no weapons were found.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Tal village, west of Nablus, and kidnapped one resident identified as Sameh Zeidan.
In related news, soldiers invaded Al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin and broke into the home of former political prisoner, Imad Najeeb Sammoudy, searched the property and interrogated him.