23 dec 2017
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Saturday quelled a rally that kicked off in Bethlehem after approaching the northern entrance to the city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the peaceful march followed a press conference by a number of Christian clergymen who expressed their refusal of the US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
IOF soldiers showered the marchers with tear gas canisters leading to the injury of Hisham Abu Shaqra, the cameraman of Anadolu News Agency, who suffered suffocation while covering the event.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the peaceful march followed a press conference by a number of Christian clergymen who expressed their refusal of the US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
IOF soldiers showered the marchers with tear gas canisters leading to the injury of Hisham Abu Shaqra, the cameraman of Anadolu News Agency, who suffered suffocation while covering the event.
22 dec 2017
Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in different areas of the occupied West Bank over the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
A large demonstration was launched in the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque in which the participants raised banners condemning the US move.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF violently quelled marches in al-Wad area in Occupied Jerusalem, assaulted Palestinian protesters and arrested a press photographer named Amin Siam. Video
Violent confrontations broke out at the northern entrance to al-Bireh city where dozens of Palestinians, including a press photographer, chocked on tear gas.
Wafa news agency reported that the IOF soldiers brutally assaulted a paramedic and arrested a Palestinian youth after he was wounded with a rubber bullet in the head during the clashes. Video
A number of Palestinians were also injured by the IOF fire in protests organized in Budrus village to the west of Ramallah city.
The PIC reporter said that three Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated metal bullets while two others suffered live bullets injuries in the confrontations that erupted at the northern entrance to Bethlehem city.
Other clashes flared up in al-Arroub refugee camp, Bab al-Zawiya area and Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil province following mass demonstrations organized by Islamic and national forces.
The IOF opened fire at a Palestinian vehicle in Halhul town in al-Khalil which, as the Hebrew website "0404" claimed, attempted a car-ramming attack against Israeli soldiers.
Clashes extended to the south of Sa'ir town and to the northwest of Halhul where the IOF soldiers fired tear gas canisters and rubber and live bullets at the Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones.
According to the PIC reporter, two Palestinian youths were injured, one of them seriously, with rubber-coated metal bullets in confrontations with the IOF in Salfit.
Dozens of suffocation cases were reported in violent clashes in different areas of Qalqilya.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that other clashes broke out in Azzun town to the east of Qalqilya city and that the IOF soldiers blocked the main entrance to the town and attacked the Palestinian citizens with tear gas canisters.
Similar confrontations were witnessed at Huwara checkpoint, Beit Furik town and Deir Saharf town in Nablus province.
The IOF arrested two Palestinian youths at the Beit Furik entrance, handcuffed them and took them to an unknown destination, according to eyewitnesses.
The PIC reporter said that seven Palestinian youths were injured in clashes with the IOF soldiers who broke into al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village to the south of Nablus and fired tear gas canisters at the Palestinian citizens' houses.
Director of the emergency department at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Nablus, Ahmad Jibril, told Wafa news agency that ten Palestinians were injured with rubber bullets in the confrontations that erupted in Beita town to the south of Nablus.
Jibril added that two Palestinians were injured after being shot with live bullets, six others suffered rubber-coated metal bullet wounds while dozens choked on tear gas in Huwara clashes.
In the same context, violent clashes broke out between Palestinian protesters and the IOF in Tammun town to the east of Tubas city, local sources reported.
Clashes escalated in the vicinity of Kadoorie university in Tulkarem after a mass demonstration protesting the US decision arrived at the western entrance to the city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers closed the entrance and heavily fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters at the demonstrators.
The Israeli soldiers severely assaulted a number of Palestinian citizens and journalists and prevented them from approaching the checkpoint area.
Meanwhile in Jenin, many Palestinians suffered breathing difficulties after inhaling tear gas in the clashes that flared up in Silat ad-Dhahr village.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers fired live bullets and tear gas canisters at the Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones and setting tires on fire.
A large demonstration was launched in the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque in which the participants raised banners condemning the US move.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF violently quelled marches in al-Wad area in Occupied Jerusalem, assaulted Palestinian protesters and arrested a press photographer named Amin Siam. Video
Violent confrontations broke out at the northern entrance to al-Bireh city where dozens of Palestinians, including a press photographer, chocked on tear gas.
Wafa news agency reported that the IOF soldiers brutally assaulted a paramedic and arrested a Palestinian youth after he was wounded with a rubber bullet in the head during the clashes. Video
A number of Palestinians were also injured by the IOF fire in protests organized in Budrus village to the west of Ramallah city.
The PIC reporter said that three Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated metal bullets while two others suffered live bullets injuries in the confrontations that erupted at the northern entrance to Bethlehem city.
Other clashes flared up in al-Arroub refugee camp, Bab al-Zawiya area and Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil province following mass demonstrations organized by Islamic and national forces.
The IOF opened fire at a Palestinian vehicle in Halhul town in al-Khalil which, as the Hebrew website "0404" claimed, attempted a car-ramming attack against Israeli soldiers.
Clashes extended to the south of Sa'ir town and to the northwest of Halhul where the IOF soldiers fired tear gas canisters and rubber and live bullets at the Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones.
According to the PIC reporter, two Palestinian youths were injured, one of them seriously, with rubber-coated metal bullets in confrontations with the IOF in Salfit.
Dozens of suffocation cases were reported in violent clashes in different areas of Qalqilya.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that other clashes broke out in Azzun town to the east of Qalqilya city and that the IOF soldiers blocked the main entrance to the town and attacked the Palestinian citizens with tear gas canisters.
Similar confrontations were witnessed at Huwara checkpoint, Beit Furik town and Deir Saharf town in Nablus province.
The IOF arrested two Palestinian youths at the Beit Furik entrance, handcuffed them and took them to an unknown destination, according to eyewitnesses.
The PIC reporter said that seven Palestinian youths were injured in clashes with the IOF soldiers who broke into al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village to the south of Nablus and fired tear gas canisters at the Palestinian citizens' houses.
Director of the emergency department at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Nablus, Ahmad Jibril, told Wafa news agency that ten Palestinians were injured with rubber bullets in the confrontations that erupted in Beita town to the south of Nablus.
Jibril added that two Palestinians were injured after being shot with live bullets, six others suffered rubber-coated metal bullet wounds while dozens choked on tear gas in Huwara clashes.
In the same context, violent clashes broke out between Palestinian protesters and the IOF in Tammun town to the east of Tubas city, local sources reported.
Clashes escalated in the vicinity of Kadoorie university in Tulkarem after a mass demonstration protesting the US decision arrived at the western entrance to the city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers closed the entrance and heavily fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters at the demonstrators.
The Israeli soldiers severely assaulted a number of Palestinian citizens and journalists and prevented them from approaching the checkpoint area.
Meanwhile in Jenin, many Palestinians suffered breathing difficulties after inhaling tear gas in the clashes that flared up in Silat ad-Dhahr village.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers fired live bullets and tear gas canisters at the Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones and setting tires on fire.
17 dec 2017
“We will not be silenced, we will not close the lenses of our cameras, and we will continue to report on the escalating Israeli violations, and the soldiers’ attempts to bury the truth, so that they can continue killing and wounding Palestinians with impunity,” begins a message published Saturday by Palestinian journalists.
Many reporters testified to being targeted by the soldiers by gunfire and physical assaults while reporting on protests taking place in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, and in other parts of the West Bank and Gaza.
Nasser Abu Bakr, the chairman of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, said at least 60 Israeli violations against journalists and media outlets have been documented this week alone, in several parts of the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
He added that the journalists were subjected to live fire by the soldiers who also fired rubber-coated steel bullets and concussion grenades at them, in addition to assaulting many of them.
The soldiers also destroyed, damaged and confiscated cameras, preventing the journalists from performing their duty.
Abu Bakr said, “An army or a police force that is terrified by the media is a force that is willing to engage in illegal conduct against journalists, conduct that violates basic principles of International Law and Human Rights agreements.”
“We managed to document these violations, and we also collected sworn testimonies from the journalists, which we fully intend to file to the International Journalists Association and the Arab Journalists Association. These Journalists Associations have already issued statements denouncing the violations, and demanding Israel stop the illegal attacks against the media in occupied Palestine.
“It is also clear to us that there is an open campaign against journalists in Israeli society, and by representatives of the Israeli government, including on social networks where there is open incitement for killing and hurting journalists, and preventing them from performing their duties.”
Abu Bakr added that the organization has called on legal and human rights groups to convene and discuss measures meant to protect journalists, amidst this illegal and dangerously escalating targeting of the media in occupied Palestine.
One Palestine TV cameraman in Hebron, Eyad al-Hashlamoun, was quoted in the journalists’ statement as saying, “We as journalists will not be intimidated, and will not shut our cameras down. We will continue to expose the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, and highlight this ongoing suffering”.
It is worth mentioning that al- Hashlamoun was one of the journalists assaulted this week by Israeli soldiers, who obstructed his work, and prevented him from filming the unfolding events.
Al-Hashlamoun and his colleagues were attacked by the soldiers at the main entrance of the al-Arroub refugee camp, in Hebron, and were also used as human shields by the army while invading the camp.
Another journalist, identified as Bilal Tawil, who was also attacked and detained by the soldiers in Bab az-Zawiya area in the center of Hebron city, said, “Every Palestinian, including reporters, are the targets of this immoral and illegal occupation. They target reporters, medics, ambulances… every one of us is a target,” he said, “I am preparing a video highlighting these violations and crimes.”
Hisham Sharabati, of the Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law, said the organization is documenting these violations, and will soon prepare a video documentary to send to the United Nations.
“Israel is violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, especially the section about the freedom of the press – Israel is a signatory of this declaration, but has never abided by it,” he said, “It remains ink on paper, while the Israeli crimes and violations continue to escalate.”
More information about Israeli attacks on journalists on Saturday
Many reporters testified to being targeted by the soldiers by gunfire and physical assaults while reporting on protests taking place in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, and in other parts of the West Bank and Gaza.
Nasser Abu Bakr, the chairman of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, said at least 60 Israeli violations against journalists and media outlets have been documented this week alone, in several parts of the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
He added that the journalists were subjected to live fire by the soldiers who also fired rubber-coated steel bullets and concussion grenades at them, in addition to assaulting many of them.
The soldiers also destroyed, damaged and confiscated cameras, preventing the journalists from performing their duty.
Abu Bakr said, “An army or a police force that is terrified by the media is a force that is willing to engage in illegal conduct against journalists, conduct that violates basic principles of International Law and Human Rights agreements.”
“We managed to document these violations, and we also collected sworn testimonies from the journalists, which we fully intend to file to the International Journalists Association and the Arab Journalists Association. These Journalists Associations have already issued statements denouncing the violations, and demanding Israel stop the illegal attacks against the media in occupied Palestine.
“It is also clear to us that there is an open campaign against journalists in Israeli society, and by representatives of the Israeli government, including on social networks where there is open incitement for killing and hurting journalists, and preventing them from performing their duties.”
Abu Bakr added that the organization has called on legal and human rights groups to convene and discuss measures meant to protect journalists, amidst this illegal and dangerously escalating targeting of the media in occupied Palestine.
One Palestine TV cameraman in Hebron, Eyad al-Hashlamoun, was quoted in the journalists’ statement as saying, “We as journalists will not be intimidated, and will not shut our cameras down. We will continue to expose the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, and highlight this ongoing suffering”.
It is worth mentioning that al- Hashlamoun was one of the journalists assaulted this week by Israeli soldiers, who obstructed his work, and prevented him from filming the unfolding events.
Al-Hashlamoun and his colleagues were attacked by the soldiers at the main entrance of the al-Arroub refugee camp, in Hebron, and were also used as human shields by the army while invading the camp.
Another journalist, identified as Bilal Tawil, who was also attacked and detained by the soldiers in Bab az-Zawiya area in the center of Hebron city, said, “Every Palestinian, including reporters, are the targets of this immoral and illegal occupation. They target reporters, medics, ambulances… every one of us is a target,” he said, “I am preparing a video highlighting these violations and crimes.”
Hisham Sharabati, of the Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law, said the organization is documenting these violations, and will soon prepare a video documentary to send to the United Nations.
“Israel is violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, especially the section about the freedom of the press – Israel is a signatory of this declaration, but has never abided by it,” he said, “It remains ink on paper, while the Israeli crimes and violations continue to escalate.”
More information about Israeli attacks on journalists on Saturday
At least six Palestinians were injured with live ammunition and others suffocated by tear gas as clashes continued, along the Gaza borders, in protest of US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli’s capital, said sources.
Israeli army forces deployed along the eastern borders between Gaza and Israel fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at Palestinian youth who demonstrated near the borders.
Six youth were shot and injured with live ammunition and transferred to hospitals and medical facilities for medical treatment. Their medical conditions were described as moderate. Many others suffocated after inhaling tear gas fired by the army.
Two Palestinians were killed and at least 103 others injured with live ammunition during violent clashes that broke out during protests along the Gaza borders on Friday.
WAFA further reports that a journalist and a woman, Saturday, were injured in Jerusalem as Israeli police continued to crack down on Palestinian protesters who took to the streets to protest the Trump decision.
Israeli forces used excessive force to disperse protesters who demonstrated outside Bab al-Amoud, one of the old gates in the old city of Jerusalem, against Trump’s Jerusalem declaration. A journalist and a woman were injured after being physically attacked by Israeli police forces.
A Jerusalemite activist was also detained during a similar demonstration that took place in Salah Eddin Street, in central Jerusalem.
Clashes reportedly erupted in Salah Eddin Street as Israeli police suppressed demonstrators. Tear gas canisters were used, but no injuries were reported.
A beefed-up presence of security forces has been witnessed across Jerusalem since the early morning hours as rallies continued in protest of Trump’s announcement.
In related news, Israeli media has reportedly waged a hate campaign against Palestinian journalists following false info that Mohammed Aqel, who attacked Israeli soldiers near the military checkpoint known as DCO, at the northern entrance to the city of el-Bireh near Ramallah, was a journalist.
Israeli Commentator Barrack Bat Chen Nachum wrote, in a Facebook post, that it is time to issue orders that prevent Palestinian journalists from approaching Israeli soldiers, and if that did happen, the camera of the photographer should be smashed. “We must act quickly with these animals.”
Social media activists also posted hate comments against Palestinian journalists following false news about Aqel being a journalist; one activist who was identified as Shimon Burg said: “Journalists must die, they are part of the enemy.”
Another activist, named Haim Levy, wrote: “Bastards,” referring to journalists, “we have to send them to hell.”
Eriet Shani, also an activist, pjournaliosted on her page saying, “Why do they allow people with cameras to move? Soldiers must break their cameras and keep everyone away from them.”
Israeli army forces deployed along the eastern borders between Gaza and Israel fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at Palestinian youth who demonstrated near the borders.
Six youth were shot and injured with live ammunition and transferred to hospitals and medical facilities for medical treatment. Their medical conditions were described as moderate. Many others suffocated after inhaling tear gas fired by the army.
Two Palestinians were killed and at least 103 others injured with live ammunition during violent clashes that broke out during protests along the Gaza borders on Friday.
WAFA further reports that a journalist and a woman, Saturday, were injured in Jerusalem as Israeli police continued to crack down on Palestinian protesters who took to the streets to protest the Trump decision.
Israeli forces used excessive force to disperse protesters who demonstrated outside Bab al-Amoud, one of the old gates in the old city of Jerusalem, against Trump’s Jerusalem declaration. A journalist and a woman were injured after being physically attacked by Israeli police forces.
A Jerusalemite activist was also detained during a similar demonstration that took place in Salah Eddin Street, in central Jerusalem.
Clashes reportedly erupted in Salah Eddin Street as Israeli police suppressed demonstrators. Tear gas canisters were used, but no injuries were reported.
A beefed-up presence of security forces has been witnessed across Jerusalem since the early morning hours as rallies continued in protest of Trump’s announcement.
In related news, Israeli media has reportedly waged a hate campaign against Palestinian journalists following false info that Mohammed Aqel, who attacked Israeli soldiers near the military checkpoint known as DCO, at the northern entrance to the city of el-Bireh near Ramallah, was a journalist.
Israeli Commentator Barrack Bat Chen Nachum wrote, in a Facebook post, that it is time to issue orders that prevent Palestinian journalists from approaching Israeli soldiers, and if that did happen, the camera of the photographer should be smashed. “We must act quickly with these animals.”
Social media activists also posted hate comments against Palestinian journalists following false news about Aqel being a journalist; one activist who was identified as Shimon Burg said: “Journalists must die, they are part of the enemy.”
Another activist, named Haim Levy, wrote: “Bastards,” referring to journalists, “we have to send them to hell.”
Eriet Shani, also an activist, pjournaliosted on her page saying, “Why do they allow people with cameras to move? Soldiers must break their cameras and keep everyone away from them.”
16 dec 2017
Israeli soldiers attacked, Saturday, a nonviolent procession in Bethlehem, assaulted many reporters and tried to prevent them from documenting the unfolding events.
The procession was organized by the Coordination Committee of the Palestinian factions, and started in front of the Palestinian Women’s Union, in the Cinema Street, in Bethlehem city.
The soldiers started firing gas bombs and concussion grenades at the marchers, and attacked many reporters, in an attempt to prevent them from doing their jobs.
The procession is part of ongoing activities and massive popular protests denouncing Donald Trump’s illegal recognition of occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and his preparation to move the American Consulate from Tel Aviv to the occupied city.
It also commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have abducted hundreds of Palestinians, injured thousands, and killed eleven Palestinians, since Trump made his illegal announcement, in direct violation of International Law and all related United Nations and Security Council resolutions, in addition to one child who died from serious wounds he suffered in 2014.
On Friday, the soldiers killed four Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and injured at least 367.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Mohammad Amin Aqel, 19, from Beit Ola, in Hebron, in southern West Bank, Bassel Mustafa Ibrahim, 29, from Anata town, northeast of Jerusalem, Yasser Sokkar, 23, from Sheja’eyya, east of Gaza city, and Ibrahim Abu Thuraya, 29, from al-Boreij refugee camp, central Gaza.
On December 12, 2017, the soldiers killed three Palestinians identified as Mustafa al-Sultan, 29, from Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, and Hussein Nasrallah, 25, from al-Karama neighborhood, northwest of Gaza city.
One woman, identified as Hamda Zubeidat, 60, from Zubeidat, north of Jericho, died of a heart attack, on December 12, when Israeli soldiers hurled concussion grenades near her, just as she opened her door.
On December 9, the soldiers killed Mohammad as-Safadi, 25, from ad-Daraj neighborhood, in Gaza city, and Mahmoud at-‘Atal, 29, from Sheikh Radwan area in Gaza city, after the army fired missiles at them.
On December 8, the soldiers killed Maher Atallah, 54, from Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
On December 7, the soldiers killed, Mahmoud al-Masri, 30, from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
It is worth mentioning that, on December 6, 2017, a Palestinian child, identified as Mohammad Saleh Abu Haddaf, 4, died from serious wounds he suffered on August 8, 2014, when Israeli army drones fired missiles at his family’s home, and several nearby homes, in al-Qarara town, north of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The missile, which struck the family home, killed three family members, identified as Mahmoud Khaled Abu Haddaf, 15, Suleiman Samir Abu Haddaf, 21, and Mahmoud Mohammad Abu Haddaf, 9, and injured at least six others, including Mohammad.
The procession was organized by the Coordination Committee of the Palestinian factions, and started in front of the Palestinian Women’s Union, in the Cinema Street, in Bethlehem city.
The soldiers started firing gas bombs and concussion grenades at the marchers, and attacked many reporters, in an attempt to prevent them from doing their jobs.
The procession is part of ongoing activities and massive popular protests denouncing Donald Trump’s illegal recognition of occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and his preparation to move the American Consulate from Tel Aviv to the occupied city.
It also commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have abducted hundreds of Palestinians, injured thousands, and killed eleven Palestinians, since Trump made his illegal announcement, in direct violation of International Law and all related United Nations and Security Council resolutions, in addition to one child who died from serious wounds he suffered in 2014.
On Friday, the soldiers killed four Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and injured at least 367.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Mohammad Amin Aqel, 19, from Beit Ola, in Hebron, in southern West Bank, Bassel Mustafa Ibrahim, 29, from Anata town, northeast of Jerusalem, Yasser Sokkar, 23, from Sheja’eyya, east of Gaza city, and Ibrahim Abu Thuraya, 29, from al-Boreij refugee camp, central Gaza.
On December 12, 2017, the soldiers killed three Palestinians identified as Mustafa al-Sultan, 29, from Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, and Hussein Nasrallah, 25, from al-Karama neighborhood, northwest of Gaza city.
One woman, identified as Hamda Zubeidat, 60, from Zubeidat, north of Jericho, died of a heart attack, on December 12, when Israeli soldiers hurled concussion grenades near her, just as she opened her door.
On December 9, the soldiers killed Mohammad as-Safadi, 25, from ad-Daraj neighborhood, in Gaza city, and Mahmoud at-‘Atal, 29, from Sheikh Radwan area in Gaza city, after the army fired missiles at them.
On December 8, the soldiers killed Maher Atallah, 54, from Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
On December 7, the soldiers killed, Mahmoud al-Masri, 30, from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
It is worth mentioning that, on December 6, 2017, a Palestinian child, identified as Mohammad Saleh Abu Haddaf, 4, died from serious wounds he suffered on August 8, 2014, when Israeli army drones fired missiles at his family’s home, and several nearby homes, in al-Qarara town, north of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The missile, which struck the family home, killed three family members, identified as Mahmoud Khaled Abu Haddaf, 15, Suleiman Samir Abu Haddaf, 21, and Mahmoud Mohammad Abu Haddaf, 9, and injured at least six others, including Mohammad.