9 june 2013
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided Arub refugee camp in Al-Khalil on Sunday and broke into many houses and set up a roadblock at its main entrance. Eyewitnesses told the PIC that IOF soldiers in a number of armored vehicles raided the camp’s main suburbs before setting up the roadblock and scrutinized IDs of workers while heading to their places of work at dawn.
They pointed out that a big number of IOF soldiers were seen deployed near the main entrance to the camp and at the mountain opposite to it.
IOF soldiers had stormed Beit Uwa village in Al-Khalil last night and fired flare bombs that started fires in a number of open fields, local sources said, adding that Palestinian firefighters extinguished the fires.
The sources said that other IOF checkpoints were set up near Halhul, Yatta, and Al-Khalil city.
They pointed out that a big number of IOF soldiers were seen deployed near the main entrance to the camp and at the mountain opposite to it.
IOF soldiers had stormed Beit Uwa village in Al-Khalil last night and fired flare bombs that started fires in a number of open fields, local sources said, adding that Palestinian firefighters extinguished the fires.
The sources said that other IOF checkpoints were set up near Halhul, Yatta, and Al-Khalil city.
Israeli navy boats opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of northern Gaza Strip. Sources in the marine police told the PIC that the shooting took place despite the fact that the Palestinian fishing boats were working within the area allowed for them.
They said that the fishermen were forced to retreat but with no casualties suffered.
Israeli navy vessels routinely target Palestinian fishing boats, detain fishermen, and confiscate their fishing boats or destroy them.
They said that the fishermen were forced to retreat but with no casualties suffered.
Israeli navy vessels routinely target Palestinian fishing boats, detain fishermen, and confiscate their fishing boats or destroy them.
8 june 2013
Nizar Ayyash, chairman of Palestinian fishermen syndicate in Gaza, said that the Israeli naval forces have continued to target Palestinian fishermen and rob them of their boats. Ayyash told PIC's reporter that the occupation forces have been chasing and arresting the fishermen, shooting them, destroying their boats, and seizing their fishing tools, on a daily basis.
The Israeli forces have recently arrested two fishermen and took them to the port of Ashdod. They were questioned and abused before being released yesterday evening at the Beit Hanoun crossing.
The occupation navy destroyed the boat engine of the two fishermen before their arrest, Ayyash added.
The Israeli occupation authorities announced by the end of May that it would extend the fishing zone for Gaza fishermen to six miles, as it was agreed upon in the calm agreement signed after the “Battle of the Shale Stones”; however the Israeli forces did not stop targeting fishermen.
The Israeli forces have recently arrested two fishermen and took them to the port of Ashdod. They were questioned and abused before being released yesterday evening at the Beit Hanoun crossing.
The occupation navy destroyed the boat engine of the two fishermen before their arrest, Ayyash added.
The Israeli occupation authorities announced by the end of May that it would extend the fishing zone for Gaza fishermen to six miles, as it was agreed upon in the calm agreement signed after the “Battle of the Shale Stones”; however the Israeli forces did not stop targeting fishermen.
Hundreds of Jewish settlers under military protection stormed Friday morning Kafl Hares town in the northern side of Salfit city at the pretext of performing rituals. According to eyewitnesses, the Israeli occupation forces erected barriers at the entrances to the town and prevented the Palestinian citizens from leaving or entering it.
They added that the settlers entered the town aboard large buses and performed rituals inside the shrine of prophets Joshua and Kafel in the town and verbally attacked Palestinian citizens.
Consequently, the soldiers fired tear gas grenades at Palestinian young men from the town after they clashed with the settlers as a result of their provocative remarks.
In an earlier incident, a horde of Jewish settlers attacked on Thursday evening many Palestinian cars near the junction of Za'atara to the east of Salfit city, taking advantage of the presence of an Israeli military unit in the area.
Eyewitnesses reported that the settlers threw stones for several hours at the passing Palestinian cars at night and caused damage to many of them.
The settlers also verbally attacked the citizens and threatened to kill them while the Israeli soldiers kept watching idly.
The presence of the soldiers encouraged the settlers to extend their attack on Palestinian cars along the road of Yitzhar settlement, south of Nablus.
In Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood east of Jerusalem, another group of fanatic settlers at dawn on the same day set fire to a Palestinian car.
Yasser Najib reported that Jewish settlers gathered around his house in the neighborhood and then torched his car.
They added that the settlers entered the town aboard large buses and performed rituals inside the shrine of prophets Joshua and Kafel in the town and verbally attacked Palestinian citizens.
Consequently, the soldiers fired tear gas grenades at Palestinian young men from the town after they clashed with the settlers as a result of their provocative remarks.
In an earlier incident, a horde of Jewish settlers attacked on Thursday evening many Palestinian cars near the junction of Za'atara to the east of Salfit city, taking advantage of the presence of an Israeli military unit in the area.
Eyewitnesses reported that the settlers threw stones for several hours at the passing Palestinian cars at night and caused damage to many of them.
The settlers also verbally attacked the citizens and threatened to kill them while the Israeli soldiers kept watching idly.
The presence of the soldiers encouraged the settlers to extend their attack on Palestinian cars along the road of Yitzhar settlement, south of Nablus.
In Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood east of Jerusalem, another group of fanatic settlers at dawn on the same day set fire to a Palestinian car.
Yasser Najib reported that Jewish settlers gathered around his house in the neighborhood and then torched his car.
Violent clashes broke out between Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers during the weekly marches that were organized in different West Bank areas after the Friday prayers as part of the global march to Jerusalem and to protest settlement expansion activities. Hundreds of Palestinians took part in the weekly march in Ni'lin village to the west of Ramallah city.
The IOF suppressed the march and clashed with young men as they reached near the segregation wall causing many of them to suffer tear gas suffocation.
Dozens of Palestinians and foreign activists also suffered injuries in the weekly march in Bil'in village near Ramallah.
A vast tract of cultivated land caught fire when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked the protestors with a barrage of tear gas grenades.
In Masarah village near Bethlehem, the IOF quelled and physically assaulted the protestors as they were trying to reach the segregation wall.
Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, also saw clashes between young men and Israeli soldiers who randomly fired a hail of tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at the march and nearby houses.
The IOF arrested two Palestinian kids and severely beat a child during the events in Nabi Saleh village, according to eyewitnesses.
The IOF suppressed the march and clashed with young men as they reached near the segregation wall causing many of them to suffer tear gas suffocation.
Dozens of Palestinians and foreign activists also suffered injuries in the weekly march in Bil'in village near Ramallah.
A vast tract of cultivated land caught fire when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked the protestors with a barrage of tear gas grenades.
In Masarah village near Bethlehem, the IOF quelled and physically assaulted the protestors as they were trying to reach the segregation wall.
Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, also saw clashes between young men and Israeli soldiers who randomly fired a hail of tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at the march and nearby houses.
The IOF arrested two Palestinian kids and severely beat a child during the events in Nabi Saleh village, according to eyewitnesses.
Dozens of Israeli armed settlers gathered on Friday at the entrance of Arroub refugee camp under the Israeli army protection. The settlers gathered on the main street that links between the camp and al-Khalil city in clear provocation to the Palestinian citizens who were preparing for the Global March to Jerusalem, PIC correspondent said.
PIC reporter added that the Israeli soldiers closed several Palestinian shops overlooking the main street, where they stopped the residents and checked their identity cards.
The Arroub refugee camp has previously witnessed several similar attacks and clashes between the Palestinian youths and the Israeli soldiers stationed at the military tower at the main entrance of the camp.
PIC reporter added that the Israeli soldiers closed several Palestinian shops overlooking the main street, where they stopped the residents and checked their identity cards.
The Arroub refugee camp has previously witnessed several similar attacks and clashes between the Palestinian youths and the Israeli soldiers stationed at the military tower at the main entrance of the camp.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Nablus city at dawn Saturday and patrolled a number of its alleys before breaking into many homes and serving summonses. Well informed sources said that IOF soldiers barged into the city through a number of axes.
They said that IOF soldiers patrolled the western suburbs of Nablus and broke into the Ma’ajin suburb and into the home of former education minister Dr. Nasser Al-Shaer.
The sources said that the soldiers served summonses to a number of young men including Dr. Shaer’s son, who is being summoned for the second time in a week.
They said that IOF soldiers patrolled the western suburbs of Nablus and broke into the Ma’ajin suburb and into the home of former education minister Dr. Nasser Al-Shaer.
The sources said that the soldiers served summonses to a number of young men including Dr. Shaer’s son, who is being summoned for the second time in a week.
7 june 2013
Demonstrators in the West Bank on Friday joined mass protests to mark the Global March to Jerusalem day, and dozens were lightly injured as Israeli forces tried to disperse them.
In al-Maasara, near Bethlehem, participants in a weekly march suffered tear-gas inhalation. Demonstrators raised Palestinian flags, pictures of prisoners and Palestinians killed by Israel to mark the anniversary of the Six-Day War. Israeli forces fired stun grenades and tear-gas canisters at the demonstrators.
Activists praised the unity of Palestinian people and promised more activities to protest Israeli actions.
Dozens of others suffered tear-gas inhalation in Bilin, near Ramallah, where residents and supporters held a weekly protest against settlements, the wall and the confiscation of land. Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades at protesters near the wall.
Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists who participated in the protest raised Palestinian flags, chanted for unity, and called for the release of Palestinian prisoners.
In Kafr Qaddum, another village, dozens suffered tear-gas inhalation.
Spokesman of the popular struggle committee Murad Shteawy said that the demonstration began in response to posters placed by the Israeli army threatening to arrest children in the village.
Shteawy said Israel invades the village in the middle of the night to “terrorize” the villagers. Last night, a 7-month-old suffered tear-gas inhalation after Israeli forces fired tear gas at midnight, he added.
In al-Maasara, near Bethlehem, participants in a weekly march suffered tear-gas inhalation. Demonstrators raised Palestinian flags, pictures of prisoners and Palestinians killed by Israel to mark the anniversary of the Six-Day War. Israeli forces fired stun grenades and tear-gas canisters at the demonstrators.
Activists praised the unity of Palestinian people and promised more activities to protest Israeli actions.
Dozens of others suffered tear-gas inhalation in Bilin, near Ramallah, where residents and supporters held a weekly protest against settlements, the wall and the confiscation of land. Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades at protesters near the wall.
Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists who participated in the protest raised Palestinian flags, chanted for unity, and called for the release of Palestinian prisoners.
In Kafr Qaddum, another village, dozens suffered tear-gas inhalation.
Spokesman of the popular struggle committee Murad Shteawy said that the demonstration began in response to posters placed by the Israeli army threatening to arrest children in the village.
Shteawy said Israel invades the village in the middle of the night to “terrorize” the villagers. Last night, a 7-month-old suffered tear-gas inhalation after Israeli forces fired tear gas at midnight, he added.
Israeli forces on Friday beat two women in a rally in Jerusalem marking the 46 anniversary of its occupation.
One woman suffered bruises to her lower back, and another to her chest, a medic said.
Moath Abu Rasheed, 17, was arrested and taken to a police station, while an Israeli activist was detained for several minutes.
The march started from the al-Aqsa compound after Friday prayers. Demonstrators raised Palestinian flags and chanted for Al-Aqsa, prisoners, and Jerusalem. Israeli special forces, border guards, and mounted police dispersed the protesters.
One woman suffered bruises to her lower back, and another to her chest, a medic said.
Moath Abu Rasheed, 17, was arrested and taken to a police station, while an Israeli activist was detained for several minutes.
The march started from the al-Aqsa compound after Friday prayers. Demonstrators raised Palestinian flags and chanted for Al-Aqsa, prisoners, and Jerusalem. Israeli special forces, border guards, and mounted police dispersed the protesters.
Israeli settlers assaulted a number of Palestinian farmers while working on their agricultural lands in 'Sahel Rujeib' area, east of the city of Nablus in the West Bank.
Official in charge of settlements file at the Palestinian Authority in the northern part of the West Bank, Ghassan Douglas, said that settlers attacked the farmer Salah Kamel Dweikat and his children at Sahel Rujeib and severely beat them.
Other farmers who were also working on their lands arrived and expelled the settlers out of the area.
Official in charge of settlements file at the Palestinian Authority in the northern part of the West Bank, Ghassan Douglas, said that settlers attacked the farmer Salah Kamel Dweikat and his children at Sahel Rujeib and severely beat them.
Other farmers who were also working on their lands arrived and expelled the settlers out of the area.
Yediot Aharonot newspaper reported that the Israeli ministers will received on Thursday a bill that aims to fight "terrorism", before the Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs approves it next Sunday. According to the newspaper, the law, the preparation of which took four years, is designed to fight what is considered by the occupation authorities to be Palestinian "terrorism"
The law includes hundreds of articles prepared by the Former attorney general of Israel Menachem Mazuz, the current Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein and the Deputy Attorney General Raz Nizri, Yediot Aharonot said.
It revealed the bill aims to abolish the Emergency Regulations of 1945 and to replace them with new instructions.
The law also deals with trials, periods of imprisonment, investigation and confiscation of property related to "terrorism", in order to hit the economic infrastructure that enables the "terrorist" elements to move among the population, the paper added.
The law includes hundreds of articles prepared by the Former attorney general of Israel Menachem Mazuz, the current Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein and the Deputy Attorney General Raz Nizri, Yediot Aharonot said.
It revealed the bill aims to abolish the Emergency Regulations of 1945 and to replace them with new instructions.
The law also deals with trials, periods of imprisonment, investigation and confiscation of property related to "terrorism", in order to hit the economic infrastructure that enables the "terrorist" elements to move among the population, the paper added.
Jewish settlers set fire to the vehicle of Yasser Samer Najeeb, 31, from Jerusalem Neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Najeeb told Palestinian official news agency WAFA that the settlers set fire to the car at 3 AM while it was parked in front of his house.
He also said that his neighborhood is repeatedly attacked by the extremist settlers, the last incident occurred two week ago, when settlers punctured the tires of several vehicles in the same neighborhood.
He also said that his neighborhood is repeatedly attacked by the extremist settlers, the last incident occurred two week ago, when settlers punctured the tires of several vehicles in the same neighborhood.
Israeli Navy warships opened fired at dawn, toward Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of north-west of the Gaza Strip.
Witnesses said that the Israeli navy opened heavy artillery at Palestinian fishing boats and forced fishermen to return to the four nautical miles area instead of the six that was allowed to them by the naval blockade imposed on Gaza.
No injuries were reported.
Witnesses said that the Israeli navy opened heavy artillery at Palestinian fishing boats and forced fishermen to return to the four nautical miles area instead of the six that was allowed to them by the naval blockade imposed on Gaza.
No injuries were reported.
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Sana’ Eshtewy, 7 months
Late Thursday night at around midnight, June 6 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that an infant suffocated after inhaling gas fired by Israeli soldiers invading Kufur Qaddoum, village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The infant, Sana’ Eshtewy, 7 months, received treatment by medics of the Palestinian Red Crescent after the army fired dozens of gas bombs at homes in the village. Media Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in the village, stated that dozens of soldiers invaded the village and fired rounds of |
live ammunition, flares, concussion grenades and gas bombs.
Soldiers also confiscated used car tires that village youths usually burn during clashes with the army.
The army removed pictures of Israeli soldiers photographed while attacking local protesters; the pictures had “Wanted” written on them.
Kufur Qaddoum, as well as many villages in the occupied West Bank, holds weekly protests, each Friday, against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements; Israeli and international peace activists also join these protests.
Soldiers also confiscated used car tires that village youths usually burn during clashes with the army.
The army removed pictures of Israeli soldiers photographed while attacking local protesters; the pictures had “Wanted” written on them.
Kufur Qaddoum, as well as many villages in the occupied West Bank, holds weekly protests, each Friday, against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements; Israeli and international peace activists also join these protests.
6 june 2013
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) imposed a curfew on Mughir village to the north east of Ramallah, and closed all entrances to it on Thursday morning. Local sources said that the soldiers clamped the curfew at the pretext that inhabitants were throwing stones on them, adding that the soldiers threatened the village notables that the curfew would extend for a week if the stoning incidents continued.
The sources said that confrontations took place between the soldiers and inhabitants to the east of the village, adding that a number of young men suffered breathing difficulty in the confrontations.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers in four patrols stormed the city of Salfit and deliberately provoked inhabitants, locals reported, adding that limited clashes took place as young men threw stones and empty bottles at the invading troops.
The sources said that confrontations took place between the soldiers and inhabitants to the east of the village, adding that a number of young men suffered breathing difficulty in the confrontations.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers in four patrols stormed the city of Salfit and deliberately provoked inhabitants, locals reported, adding that limited clashes took place as young men threw stones and empty bottles at the invading troops.
5 june 2013
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Jalkamous, east of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, broke into and searched several homes, and occupied rooftops.
Local sources have reported that dozens of military jeeps, accompanied by a military ambulance, invaded the village, before the soldiers violently searched several homes, and interrogated a number of residents.
Soldiers also occupied rooftops of a number of homes and used them as monitoring towers, and photographed several homes, streets and alleys in the village.
Furthermore, soldiers handed resident Ramzi Mazin Zakarna, 22, a military warrant ordering him to head to the Salem military and security base for interrogation.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded the 'Arrana and Deir Abu Da'if villages, near Jenin, and searched several homes.
Soldiers also installed a number of roadblocks in the area, and searched several vehicle, local sources said.
Local sources have reported that dozens of military jeeps, accompanied by a military ambulance, invaded the village, before the soldiers violently searched several homes, and interrogated a number of residents.
Soldiers also occupied rooftops of a number of homes and used them as monitoring towers, and photographed several homes, streets and alleys in the village.
Furthermore, soldiers handed resident Ramzi Mazin Zakarna, 22, a military warrant ordering him to head to the Salem military and security base for interrogation.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded the 'Arrana and Deir Abu Da'if villages, near Jenin, and searched several homes.
Soldiers also installed a number of roadblocks in the area, and searched several vehicle, local sources said.
A number of extremist Israeli settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles in the At-Tour Palestinian town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked local youths who tried to stop them. Israeli Policemen arrived at the scene, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
Local sources have reported that the settlers, living in Beit Ort illegal settlement, built on Palestinian lands in At-Tour, gathered at a main road and hurled stones at Palestinian cars causing damage to at least three vehicles.
The sources added that several local youths tried to stop the settlers, before Israeli police officers arrived at the scene and kidnapped three of the Palestinian youths instead of apprehending the settlers, or at least removing them from the area.
Two of the kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Amir and Ahmad Abu Sbeitan.
Mofeed Abu Ghannam, head of the Follow-up Committee in At-Tour, told the Maan News Agency that the settlers are escalating their attacks against the Palestinians, their lands and property, while the Israeli Police and army are not seriously acting against these attacks.
Abu Ghannam added that the Israeli government “is practicing state sponsored terrorism”, and that the policies of consecutive Israeli governments are racist policies that support the settlers against the indigenous Palestinian inhabitants of Jerusalem.
He further stated that the ongoing Israeli violations, especially against the Palestinians in and around occupied Jerusalem, and Israel’s escalating settlement activities, clearly indicate that Tel Aviv is not interested in peace.
“Despite regional and international efforts to resume direct peace talks, Israel continues its attacks, invasions, violations, and its illegal settlement activities in occupied Palestine”, Abu Ghannam said, “Israel is not interested in peace, not interested in a solution to the conflict”.
Local sources have reported that the settlers, living in Beit Ort illegal settlement, built on Palestinian lands in At-Tour, gathered at a main road and hurled stones at Palestinian cars causing damage to at least three vehicles.
The sources added that several local youths tried to stop the settlers, before Israeli police officers arrived at the scene and kidnapped three of the Palestinian youths instead of apprehending the settlers, or at least removing them from the area.
Two of the kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Amir and Ahmad Abu Sbeitan.
Mofeed Abu Ghannam, head of the Follow-up Committee in At-Tour, told the Maan News Agency that the settlers are escalating their attacks against the Palestinians, their lands and property, while the Israeli Police and army are not seriously acting against these attacks.
Abu Ghannam added that the Israeli government “is practicing state sponsored terrorism”, and that the policies of consecutive Israeli governments are racist policies that support the settlers against the indigenous Palestinian inhabitants of Jerusalem.
He further stated that the ongoing Israeli violations, especially against the Palestinians in and around occupied Jerusalem, and Israel’s escalating settlement activities, clearly indicate that Tel Aviv is not interested in peace.
“Despite regional and international efforts to resume direct peace talks, Israel continues its attacks, invasions, violations, and its illegal settlement activities in occupied Palestine”, Abu Ghannam said, “Israel is not interested in peace, not interested in a solution to the conflict”.
4 june 2013
A taxi driver said Tuesday that he was attacked by settlers while dropping them off at Pisgat Zeev settlement East Jerusalem. Naim Yousef Elayan, 62, told Ma’an that around 3 a.m. two young settlers stopped him at Gilo settlement and asked him to take them to Pisgat Zeev.
“They told me that they want to pick up their friend and when they found out I was Palestinian, they attacked me with a 20-centimeter knife. They pointed the knife toward my neck but I held it with my hand and started screaming. They fled,” the driver said.
Elayan said he called police and soon an ambulance took him to an Israeli hospital where medics were treating a serious hand injury.
“They told me that they want to pick up their friend and when they found out I was Palestinian, they attacked me with a 20-centimeter knife. They pointed the knife toward my neck but I held it with my hand and started screaming. They fled,” the driver said.
Elayan said he called police and soon an ambulance took him to an Israeli hospital where medics were treating a serious hand injury.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed a number of villages south west of Al-Khalil at dawn Tuesday and broke into and searched many homes. Eyewitnesses told the PIC that IOF soldiers burst into four villages, south of Doura town, and searched and ransacked many houses.
They said that other IOF units patrolled Marah Al-Baqar hamlet with no arrests reported.
The witnesses said that IOF soldiers set up roadblocks near the settlement of Negohot established on Palestinian land south of Al-Khalil and examined IDs of passersby. Another roadblock was set up at the entrance to Beit Uwa village.
They said that other IOF units patrolled Marah Al-Baqar hamlet with no arrests reported.
The witnesses said that IOF soldiers set up roadblocks near the settlement of Negohot established on Palestinian land south of Al-Khalil and examined IDs of passersby. Another roadblock was set up at the entrance to Beit Uwa village.
Dozens of inhabitants of Abu Dis and students of Quds University were either wounded with rubber bullets or suffered breathing difficulty when Israeli occupation forces quelled their protests. Locals said that the incident started on Monday afternoon when members of the Israeli civil administration, escorted by IOF soldiers, stormed the town and glued a summons on the house of Ibrahim Abu Snene, which is still under construction, at the pretext that it was being built without permit.
Anwar Bader, member of Fatah regional council in Jerusalem, said that the IOF soldiers closed the area in the vicinity of the Quds University and blocked students from heading to classes where they were supposed to sit for final term examinations.
He said that IOF soldiers fired teargas canisters at the university and dozens of students suffered breathing difficulty as a result.
He said that a female student was hit with a teargas canister in her face, adding that teargas grenades were also tossed at the university’s mosque. He said that a number of worshipers suffered gas inhalation in addition to a big number of nearby residents and passersby.
Bader pointed out that IOF soldiers rounded up ten Jerusalemites from Abu Dis over the past few days most of them minors, adding that they were taken from their homes after savage storming and searching campaigns.
Anwar Bader, member of Fatah regional council in Jerusalem, said that the IOF soldiers closed the area in the vicinity of the Quds University and blocked students from heading to classes where they were supposed to sit for final term examinations.
He said that IOF soldiers fired teargas canisters at the university and dozens of students suffered breathing difficulty as a result.
He said that a female student was hit with a teargas canister in her face, adding that teargas grenades were also tossed at the university’s mosque. He said that a number of worshipers suffered gas inhalation in addition to a big number of nearby residents and passersby.
Bader pointed out that IOF soldiers rounded up ten Jerusalemites from Abu Dis over the past few days most of them minors, adding that they were taken from their homes after savage storming and searching campaigns.
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Huge fires gutted through Palestinian farms to the east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday evening after Israeli soldiers fired at them. A field observer told Quds Press that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) positioned east of Khan Younis opened heavy gunfire at Palestinian cultivated land in the Farahin area.
He said that a huge fire resulted, adding that Israeli F16s were flying over the area at time of the shooting. The shooting comes as the latest in a series of breaches of the calm agreement reached between the IOF and resistance factions in Gaza last November under Egyptian auspices. |
Israeli soldiers fired dozens of tear gas canisters at a group of students and other civilians protesting an Israeli demolition order on Monday.
The protest was not organized in advance, but broke out spontaneously in the Abu Dis neighborhood of East Jerusalem when Israeli Civil Administration officers, accompanied by armed Israeli troops, entered the neighborhood to issue a demolition order.
The demolition order issued by the Israeli officials ordered the destruction of a building owned by Ibrahim Abu Sneina. Earlier on Monday, the officials issued a demolition order to the owner of a building in Beit Hanina which is home to twenty people.
Students from Al Quds University joined the local residents in protesting the order to demolish their homes. Israeli troops responded by firing multiple rounds of tear gas in rapid succession.
One female student fell and injured her face while running from the tear gas. No other injuries were reported.
Israeli officials claimed that the building was constructed without a permit. Since 1967, Israeli officials have refused to issue Palestinian homeowners permits to construct or expand any homes or other buildings.
In Jerusalem, the Israeli government has developed a plan to displace tens of thousands of residents through demolition of existing homes, known as the 'Jerusalem E1' plan. Over 30% of the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem are at risk of displacement under this plan.
The protest was not organized in advance, but broke out spontaneously in the Abu Dis neighborhood of East Jerusalem when Israeli Civil Administration officers, accompanied by armed Israeli troops, entered the neighborhood to issue a demolition order.
The demolition order issued by the Israeli officials ordered the destruction of a building owned by Ibrahim Abu Sneina. Earlier on Monday, the officials issued a demolition order to the owner of a building in Beit Hanina which is home to twenty people.
Students from Al Quds University joined the local residents in protesting the order to demolish their homes. Israeli troops responded by firing multiple rounds of tear gas in rapid succession.
One female student fell and injured her face while running from the tear gas. No other injuries were reported.
Israeli officials claimed that the building was constructed without a permit. Since 1967, Israeli officials have refused to issue Palestinian homeowners permits to construct or expand any homes or other buildings.
In Jerusalem, the Israeli government has developed a plan to displace tens of thousands of residents through demolition of existing homes, known as the 'Jerusalem E1' plan. Over 30% of the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem are at risk of displacement under this plan.
3 june 2013
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz released a story describing the cruelty of the raids launched by the Israeli army on Palestinian homes at nighttime and called it "nights of horror." The report, written by journalist Gideon Levy, shed light on one of these nights that occurred to the family of martyr Samir Awad in Budrus village, west of Ramallah city.
"This has been one of the difficult nights which the Palestinians experience every day in the West Bank," Levy started his story.
"Last week, Israeli soldiers occupied one of the homes in Budrus village for two house under cover of darkness, kicking, beating and destroying; however, that time, they overreacted and raided the house of a bereaved Palestinian family whose 16-year old son Samir was shot dead with three live bullets four months ago by other soldiers," according to his narration.
They shot Samir in his side, head and back when he tried to escape from an ambush near the segregation wall after he threw stones towards the fence, he added.
An officer from the central command described the incident, then, as unfortunate, but the most unfortunate what happened later to the bereaved family of the boy, he stated.
One of the family's neighbors told Haaretz that he heard an Israeli officer ordering his soldiers to raid the house of the family without showing any mercy, and the soldiers acted accordingly.
They were a force of about 11 jeeps, 30 soldiers and a few dogs who arrived at two o'clock after midnight and encircled the house before they broke into it by force, and fired stun grenades through the windows and inside the place, the neighbor said.
In the house, there were the mother, her husband Ahmed and eight of their children and every one of them woke up to the sounds of explosion caused by the grenades as the soldiers were storming the house without saying anything or explaining what they wanted.
During the attack, the soldiers suddenly assaulted the mother, Sedqiya, and injured her after they dragged her over the floor by her hair, and physically and verbally abused her, while four of her daughters suffered different injuries from the stun grenades.
Levy noted that the father already suffers from a herniated disc and failed to stand on his feet during the attack, adding that the soldiers kept kicking him and sprayed pepper gas on his face, and then severely beaten one of his daughters when she hastened to give her father a glass of water.
On the roof of the house, according to the story, their son Abd, who live in Bilin most days of the week, but he slept in his family's house that night, was sleeping when soldiers violently beat him, threw him off the roof and then dragged him into one of the toilets and fired a stun grenades inside it.
The intensive use of stun grenades during the raid charred the interior of the house and caused black stains everywhere and widespread damage, but luckily the family documented the sabotage with footage.
"This has been one of the difficult nights which the Palestinians experience every day in the West Bank," Levy started his story.
"Last week, Israeli soldiers occupied one of the homes in Budrus village for two house under cover of darkness, kicking, beating and destroying; however, that time, they overreacted and raided the house of a bereaved Palestinian family whose 16-year old son Samir was shot dead with three live bullets four months ago by other soldiers," according to his narration.
They shot Samir in his side, head and back when he tried to escape from an ambush near the segregation wall after he threw stones towards the fence, he added.
An officer from the central command described the incident, then, as unfortunate, but the most unfortunate what happened later to the bereaved family of the boy, he stated.
One of the family's neighbors told Haaretz that he heard an Israeli officer ordering his soldiers to raid the house of the family without showing any mercy, and the soldiers acted accordingly.
They were a force of about 11 jeeps, 30 soldiers and a few dogs who arrived at two o'clock after midnight and encircled the house before they broke into it by force, and fired stun grenades through the windows and inside the place, the neighbor said.
In the house, there were the mother, her husband Ahmed and eight of their children and every one of them woke up to the sounds of explosion caused by the grenades as the soldiers were storming the house without saying anything or explaining what they wanted.
During the attack, the soldiers suddenly assaulted the mother, Sedqiya, and injured her after they dragged her over the floor by her hair, and physically and verbally abused her, while four of her daughters suffered different injuries from the stun grenades.
Levy noted that the father already suffers from a herniated disc and failed to stand on his feet during the attack, adding that the soldiers kept kicking him and sprayed pepper gas on his face, and then severely beaten one of his daughters when she hastened to give her father a glass of water.
On the roof of the house, according to the story, their son Abd, who live in Bilin most days of the week, but he slept in his family's house that night, was sleeping when soldiers violently beat him, threw him off the roof and then dragged him into one of the toilets and fired a stun grenades inside it.
The intensive use of stun grenades during the raid charred the interior of the house and caused black stains everywhere and widespread damage, but luckily the family documented the sabotage with footage.
Israeli forces have shot and injured a young Palestinian farmer in the northern Gaza Strip.
Palestinian medical sources said the 21-year-old, identified as Ahmad Hamdin, was shot in his thigh east of the Jabaliya refugee camp on Sunday as he was picking watermelons.
He was transported to Kamal Udwan Hospital in northern Gaza.
Gaza has been blockaded by the Israeli regime since June 2007. The situation has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
The Tel Aviv regime denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator James W. Rawley said on April 10 that a new round of Israeli restrictions on Gaza is impacting food supplies and would have “serious” effects if continued.
“Israel has announced a series of heightened restrictions on the movement of people and goods to and from the Gaza Strip, including closures of the Kerem Shalom crossing,” the UN official stated.
Rawley added, “These measures are resulting in the depletion of stocks of essential supplies, including basic foodstuffs and cooking gas, and undermine the livelihoods and rights of many vulnerable Gazan families.”
“If these restrictions continue, the effect upon the Gaza population will be serious.”
Palestinian medical sources said the 21-year-old, identified as Ahmad Hamdin, was shot in his thigh east of the Jabaliya refugee camp on Sunday as he was picking watermelons.
He was transported to Kamal Udwan Hospital in northern Gaza.
Gaza has been blockaded by the Israeli regime since June 2007. The situation has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
The Tel Aviv regime denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator James W. Rawley said on April 10 that a new round of Israeli restrictions on Gaza is impacting food supplies and would have “serious” effects if continued.
“Israel has announced a series of heightened restrictions on the movement of people and goods to and from the Gaza Strip, including closures of the Kerem Shalom crossing,” the UN official stated.
Rawley added, “These measures are resulting in the depletion of stocks of essential supplies, including basic foodstuffs and cooking gas, and undermine the livelihoods and rights of many vulnerable Gazan families.”
“If these restrictions continue, the effect upon the Gaza population will be serious.”
Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, reported that several Palestinians have been injured after Israeli soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in the city and clashed with local youths.
Local sources reported that the army invaded Sabah El-Kheir and Al-Iskan areas in the city, and destroyed an electric pole in Kharrouba neighborhood.
The sources added that the army fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades,
Several Palestinians have been treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation, while at least one resident was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet.
On Sunday at night, the army invaded the homes of residents Mahmoud Jalamna and Mahmoud Abu Ras, in Jenin, interrogated the residents and recorded their phone numbers.
The invasion also led to clashes with the residents, several Palestinians have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
Local sources reported that the army invaded Sabah El-Kheir and Al-Iskan areas in the city, and destroyed an electric pole in Kharrouba neighborhood.
The sources added that the army fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades,
Several Palestinians have been treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation, while at least one resident was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet.
On Sunday at night, the army invaded the homes of residents Mahmoud Jalamna and Mahmoud Abu Ras, in Jenin, interrogated the residents and recorded their phone numbers.
The invasion also led to clashes with the residents, several Palestinians have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
A young Palestinian was shot with a rubber-coated bullet after Israeli Occupation Forces raided at dawn, one of the residential areas in Jenin Governorate.
Security sources said Israeli forces raided Kharouba neighborhood, broke into the houses of Mahmoud Jalamaneh and Mahmoud Abu Ras, searched them and interrogated the residents.
Confrontations then erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces who fired sound and tear gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets, injuring Aballah Aref Daraghmeh with a bullet in his foot and causing suffocation to several others.
Daraghmeh was transferred to the Martyr Doctor Khalil Suleiman Hospital.
Security sources said Israeli forces raided Kharouba neighborhood, broke into the houses of Mahmoud Jalamaneh and Mahmoud Abu Ras, searched them and interrogated the residents.
Confrontations then erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces who fired sound and tear gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets, injuring Aballah Aref Daraghmeh with a bullet in his foot and causing suffocation to several others.
Daraghmeh was transferred to the Martyr Doctor Khalil Suleiman Hospital.
2 june 2013
A Palestinian farmer was wounded east of Jabaliya, north of the Gaza Strip, on Sunday morning at the hands of Israeli occupation forces (IOF), medical sources said.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, the health ministry’s spokesman, told the PIC reporter that a citizen in his twenties was moderately wounded in his foot near the eastern cemetery in Jabaliya.
The IOF shooting is the latest incident of a series of violations of the calm agreement concluded last November in Cairo under Egyptian patronage.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, the health ministry’s spokesman, told the PIC reporter that a citizen in his twenties was moderately wounded in his foot near the eastern cemetery in Jabaliya.
The IOF shooting is the latest incident of a series of violations of the calm agreement concluded last November in Cairo under Egyptian patronage.
Palestinian local sources reported that the settlers' price tag gangs set fire to dozens of dunums of Palestinian agricultural lands west of Ramallah, in the central West Bank. Eyewitnesses told PIC that Jewish settlers from the Nhaliel settlement, west of Ramallah, burned on Sunday Palestinian lands planted with olive trees in the area of Dhour in the village of Beitillu, and that teams of the Palestinian civil defense arrived to the place and succeeded to extinguish the fire.
The village of Beitillu, west of Ramallah, has been exposed to repeated attacks by settlers, especially from the neighboring Hallamish settlement.
Farmers from Beitillu and from other neighboring villages have been also prevented from using and benefiting from the nearby springs of water.
The "Price Tag" gangs have been carrying out repeated attacks against Palestinian civilians and properties in the West Bank and the occupied city of Jerusalem. They also attack places of worship from churches to mosques.
Dozens of Jewish settlers attacked the area of Ain Ayoub last month, west of Ramallah, and burned Palestinian cars and houses under the protection of the occupation military forces.
The village of Beitillu, west of Ramallah, has been exposed to repeated attacks by settlers, especially from the neighboring Hallamish settlement.
Farmers from Beitillu and from other neighboring villages have been also prevented from using and benefiting from the nearby springs of water.
The "Price Tag" gangs have been carrying out repeated attacks against Palestinian civilians and properties in the West Bank and the occupied city of Jerusalem. They also attack places of worship from churches to mosques.
Dozens of Jewish settlers attacked the area of Ain Ayoub last month, west of Ramallah, and burned Palestinian cars and houses under the protection of the occupation military forces.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Zababde village, south of Jenin, and took shots of a number of suburbs and houses before noon Sunday. Sources in the village said that IOF soldiers in five armored vehicles burst into downtown and took shots of suburbs and houses in the vicinity of the Latin Monastery without giving any reasons.
They said that the soldiers detained a number of passersby, who were subjected to field interrogation at the hands of an intelligence officer, and searched passing vehicles.
In another incident, IOF troops stormed villages of Daheriya and Samu, south of Al-Khalil province, eyewitnesses told the PIC.
They said that the soldiers patrolled a number of suburbs and alleys in the villages, but no arrests were reported.
They said that the soldiers detained a number of passersby, who were subjected to field interrogation at the hands of an intelligence officer, and searched passing vehicles.
In another incident, IOF troops stormed villages of Daheriya and Samu, south of Al-Khalil province, eyewitnesses told the PIC.
They said that the soldiers patrolled a number of suburbs and alleys in the villages, but no arrests were reported.
Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped three Palestinians.
Local sources have reported that the army kidnapped one Palestinian at the Container roadblock, north of Bethlehem.
The kidnaped Palestinian has been identified as Mo’taz Mazin Al-Kawama, 21, from the Al-Arroub refugee camp, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers invaded Dar Salah village, east of Bethlehem, broke into and searched the home of resident Mohammad Salah, 32, and handed him a warrant ordering him to head to the Gush Eztion military base, south of Bethlehem, for interrogation.
Army also invaded the Al-Mavra Ash-Sharqiyya village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched several homes and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The two kidnapped residents have been identified as Nader Abed Sa’ad, 21, a student at Birzeit University and an elected member of its Students Senate, in addition to Rami Riyadh Zibin. 22.
In related news, four Palestinians have been injured in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, during clashes that took place, in the At-Tal area, after the army invaded it.
Medical sources have reported that the four wounded Palestinians, all school students, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received treatment by Red Crescent medics on the scene.
Local sources have reported that the army kidnapped one Palestinian at the Container roadblock, north of Bethlehem.
The kidnaped Palestinian has been identified as Mo’taz Mazin Al-Kawama, 21, from the Al-Arroub refugee camp, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers invaded Dar Salah village, east of Bethlehem, broke into and searched the home of resident Mohammad Salah, 32, and handed him a warrant ordering him to head to the Gush Eztion military base, south of Bethlehem, for interrogation.
Army also invaded the Al-Mavra Ash-Sharqiyya village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched several homes and kidnapped two Palestinians.
The two kidnapped residents have been identified as Nader Abed Sa’ad, 21, a student at Birzeit University and an elected member of its Students Senate, in addition to Rami Riyadh Zibin. 22.
In related news, four Palestinians have been injured in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, during clashes that took place, in the At-Tal area, after the army invaded it.
Medical sources have reported that the four wounded Palestinians, all school students, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received treatment by Red Crescent medics on the scene.
Raed Ismail Tmeizi, whose house was ransacked Saturday night during an Israeli army raid in the town of Idhna, Hebron, said forces took pictures of the homes raided
Israeli forces stormed the southern West Bank town of Idhna west of Hebron late Saturday night, ransacking six homes, locals told Ma'an Sunday.
Raed Ismail Tmeizi, whose home was ransacked during the raid, said a large number of Israeli military vehicles broke into the town's Wadi Aziz area, which is near the separation wall.
Tmeizi said Israeli soldiers raided the homes for inspection and took several photographs of the homes, he told Ma'an.
The homes raided belong to Talal Muhammad Tmeizi, Kamil Muhammad Awwad, Akram Hasan Tmeizi, Nadir Hasan Tmeizi and Ahid Ahmad Awwad, Tmeizi said.
He said this was second Israeli raid in two weeks.
An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately return a request seeking comment.
Israeli forces stormed the southern West Bank town of Idhna west of Hebron late Saturday night, ransacking six homes, locals told Ma'an Sunday.
Raed Ismail Tmeizi, whose home was ransacked during the raid, said a large number of Israeli military vehicles broke into the town's Wadi Aziz area, which is near the separation wall.
Tmeizi said Israeli soldiers raided the homes for inspection and took several photographs of the homes, he told Ma'an.
The homes raided belong to Talal Muhammad Tmeizi, Kamil Muhammad Awwad, Akram Hasan Tmeizi, Nadir Hasan Tmeizi and Ahid Ahmad Awwad, Tmeizi said.
He said this was second Israeli raid in two weeks.
An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately return a request seeking comment.
1 june 2013
Violent clashes erupted at dawn Saturday in Dura, southern al-Khalil, between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces who stormed the town. Dozens of Israeli soldiers accompanied with military vehicles stormed Dura town and searched houses in different areas, local sources told a PIC reporter.
The Israeli soldiers fired live rounds during the clashes that broke the windows of several houses and cars. No arrests were reported, the sources added.
Meanwhile, an Israeli Court sentenced on Thursday the Palestinian female prisoner Alaa Jabaa, 19, from al-Kahlil, to 27 months and a fine of 3000 shekels.
Alaa was arrested on July 12, 2012 near the Ibrahimi mosque and was held since then in Hasharon prison, Ahrar center said.
The center pointed out that 17 Palestinian female prisoners are currently held in Israeli prisons and deprived of family visits in addition to postponing their trials more than once.
The Israeli soldiers fired live rounds during the clashes that broke the windows of several houses and cars. No arrests were reported, the sources added.
Meanwhile, an Israeli Court sentenced on Thursday the Palestinian female prisoner Alaa Jabaa, 19, from al-Kahlil, to 27 months and a fine of 3000 shekels.
Alaa was arrested on July 12, 2012 near the Ibrahimi mosque and was held since then in Hasharon prison, Ahrar center said.
The center pointed out that 17 Palestinian female prisoners are currently held in Israeli prisons and deprived of family visits in addition to postponing their trials more than once.
Members of the price tag gang, a Jewish terrorist group, spray-painted last night racist slurs and obscene graffiti on the walls of a Christian church in occupied Jerusalem. The Israeli police admitted that the price tag gang defaced the exterior walls of Mount Zion church in Jerusalem and punctured tires of two cars parking outside the church.
The price tag gang had carried out many attacks against Palestinian mosques and churches during the recent weeks and the last few months and in some incidents they committed arson attacks.
Their attacks take the form not only of graffiti and vandalism at religious sites, but also include burning crops, killing livestock, terrorizing villagers, and poisoning water sources.
The price tag gang had carried out many attacks against Palestinian mosques and churches during the recent weeks and the last few months and in some incidents they committed arson attacks.
Their attacks take the form not only of graffiti and vandalism at religious sites, but also include burning crops, killing livestock, terrorizing villagers, and poisoning water sources.
Palestinian medical sources has reported that a Palestinian child was seriously injured by Israeli army fire, late on Friday evening, at the entrance of the Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers, stationed at a military tower, near the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque, shot the child in the chest causing serious injuries. The child has been identified as As’ad Darwish, 15.
Eyewitnesses have reported that not clashes or confrontations were taking place during or even before the attack.
Medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers, stationed at a military tower, near the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque, shot the child in the chest causing serious injuries. The child has been identified as As’ad Darwish, 15.
Eyewitnesses have reported that not clashes or confrontations were taking place during or even before the attack.
Israeli navy gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza and Beit Lahia cities at dawn Saturday.
Sources in the marine police told the PIC reporter that the gunboats opened heavy fire at the fishing boats but no casualties or damages were reported.
Israeli navy vessels target Palestinian fishing boats on semi-daily basis even in the six nautical miles distance area recently re-allowed by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Sources in the marine police told the PIC reporter that the gunboats opened heavy fire at the fishing boats but no casualties or damages were reported.
Israeli navy vessels target Palestinian fishing boats on semi-daily basis even in the six nautical miles distance area recently re-allowed by the Israeli occupation authorities.
