23 mar 2014
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on March 23, 2014
Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday that the army would use force against anybody plotting attacks against Israel, after troops killed three Palestinians in a West Bank raid.
"Over the weekend, our forces struck at a terrorist who had organized attacks on Israelis and was also planning attacks on innocent civilians," Netanyahu told ministers at the weekly cabinet meeting.
"Our policy is to attack those who attack us and who are planning to attack us," his office quoted him as saying. "Both were applicable in this case."
Israeli troops entered the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Saturday in what the army said was an operation to capture wanted Hamas militant Hamza Abu al-Haija, 22.
Clashes broke out resulting in the deaths of Abu al-Haija, 17-year-old Mahmoud Abu Zeina of Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades, and 22-year-old Yazan Mahmoud Basim Jabarin of Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Palestinians called a day of mourning and a general strike.
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades issued a rare joint statement vowing revenge and accusing Abbas' Palestinian Authority of complicity in the killings through its security cooperation with Israel.
But Israeli army spokesman Peter Lerner defended the operation, saying that Abu Alheja was "a ticking bomb" who took part in shooting attacks and was in "advanced stages of the preparation of further attacks."
The army has killed 60 Palestinians since peace talks began in July.
Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday that the army would use force against anybody plotting attacks against Israel, after troops killed three Palestinians in a West Bank raid.
"Over the weekend, our forces struck at a terrorist who had organized attacks on Israelis and was also planning attacks on innocent civilians," Netanyahu told ministers at the weekly cabinet meeting.
"Our policy is to attack those who attack us and who are planning to attack us," his office quoted him as saying. "Both were applicable in this case."
Israeli troops entered the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Saturday in what the army said was an operation to capture wanted Hamas militant Hamza Abu al-Haija, 22.
Clashes broke out resulting in the deaths of Abu al-Haija, 17-year-old Mahmoud Abu Zeina of Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades, and 22-year-old Yazan Mahmoud Basim Jabarin of Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Palestinians called a day of mourning and a general strike.
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades issued a rare joint statement vowing revenge and accusing Abbas' Palestinian Authority of complicity in the killings through its security cooperation with Israel.
But Israeli army spokesman Peter Lerner defended the operation, saying that Abu Alheja was "a ticking bomb" who took part in shooting attacks and was in "advanced stages of the preparation of further attacks."
The army has killed 60 Palestinians since peace talks began in July.
22 mar 2014
A general strike was announced at dawn Saturday in Jenin following the assassination of three Palestinians by Israeli gunfire in the city. National and Islamic forces declared general strike in Jenin in mourning of Hamza Abul Haija, Mahmud Abu Zena, and Yazan Jabarin.
The national forces called for mass participation in the martyrs' funeral on Saturday afternoon in the Jenin refugee camp.
Thousands of Palestinians marched Saturday afternoon in the funeral of the three martyrs who were killed during an armed clash with Israeli special units in Jenin refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank, at dawn.
The mourners called for activating resistance to respond to Israeli escalated crimes and for halting PA security coordination with Israeli forces.
Hassan Yousef, leader in Hamas movement, stated that the mass participation of thousands of citizens in the funeral reflects Palestinian people's adherence to their rights and constants and to the resistance option.
He called on the PA to stop the negotiation process that only serves the occupation as it provides a cover for its crimes and deepens Palestinian people's plight.
In spite of talks' resumption, settlement construction has doubled in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Yousef pointed out, stressing Palestinian resistance's determination to liberate all Palestinian territories.
Three Palestinians were killed in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank early on Saturday by Israeli gunfire. Seven Palestinians were also wounded, including one in a very critical condition.
In a joint statement, al-Qassam Brigades, al-Quds Brigades and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades stressed that Palestinian resistance will be reactivated in occupied West Bank to respond to Israeli continued crimes.
The statement held Palestinian and Israeli Authorities responsible over the assassination crime in Jenin.
The resistance factions held the PA security services responsible for the crime along with the occupation as the martyrs were persecuted by PA forces for a long time.
Hamas mourns martyrs, calls for end to security coordination
Hamas movement mourned in a press statement on Saturday the three martyrs in Jenin and hailed the Jenin refugee camp residents and all its factions and military wings for confronting the Israeli occupation forces (IOF). The movement urged the PA and its security forces to halt security coordination with the Israeli occupation, and to release all the political prisoners immediately.
It also called on the Palestinian people and factions to unite their ranks and to adhere to resistance as the only option to liberate Palestine and to respond to the occupation’s crimes and abuses.
For his part, spokesman for the movement Fawzi Barhoum said: "What happened today in the Jenin refugee camp represents a heinous crime," and held the occupation government responsible for its repercussions and consequences.
He also accused the Palestinian Authority of complicity in the killings.
Three Palestinians were killed and seven others were injured early Saturday during armed clashes with Israeli troops in Jenin refugee camp, in the north of the occupied West Bank.
The three martyrs were identified as Hamza Abul Haija, 22, from al-Qassam Brigades and son of detained Hamas leader Sheikh Jamal Abul Haija, Mahmoud Abu Zeina, 24, from Al-Quds Brigades, and 22-year-old Yazan Jabarin.
PIC's reporter said seven men were injured and were moved to a hospital in Jenin. One of them Qassam Jabarin, aged 25, was seriously wounded and is in critical condition, the correspondent added. He later succumbed to his wounds.
He said a large number of Israeli troops surrounded a house, since the early morning hours, in the camp where Abul Haija and several Palestinian resistance fighters barricaded themselves.
Armed clashes erupted for hours between Israeli troops and Abul Haija, after he and his friends refused to surrender, and the Israeli soldiers showered the house with gunshots.
PIC's correspondent added that other confrontations erupted between the Israeli soldiers and many Palestinians youths who rushed to the house and tried to end the Israeli siege, which led to dozens of cases of suffocation.
The Israeli radio confirmed that a number of Israeli soldiers were injured, while the residents in the Jenin camp asserted that an Israeli soldier was killed during the armed clashes.
When Israeli troops withdrew from the camp, dozens of its inhabitants headed to the hospital, urging Palestinian resistance factions to take revenge and calling on the Palestinian Authority to immediately end peace negotiations with Israel.
The national forces called for mass participation in the martyrs' funeral on Saturday afternoon in the Jenin refugee camp.
Thousands of Palestinians marched Saturday afternoon in the funeral of the three martyrs who were killed during an armed clash with Israeli special units in Jenin refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank, at dawn.
The mourners called for activating resistance to respond to Israeli escalated crimes and for halting PA security coordination with Israeli forces.
Hassan Yousef, leader in Hamas movement, stated that the mass participation of thousands of citizens in the funeral reflects Palestinian people's adherence to their rights and constants and to the resistance option.
He called on the PA to stop the negotiation process that only serves the occupation as it provides a cover for its crimes and deepens Palestinian people's plight.
In spite of talks' resumption, settlement construction has doubled in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Yousef pointed out, stressing Palestinian resistance's determination to liberate all Palestinian territories.
Three Palestinians were killed in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank early on Saturday by Israeli gunfire. Seven Palestinians were also wounded, including one in a very critical condition.
In a joint statement, al-Qassam Brigades, al-Quds Brigades and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades stressed that Palestinian resistance will be reactivated in occupied West Bank to respond to Israeli continued crimes.
The statement held Palestinian and Israeli Authorities responsible over the assassination crime in Jenin.
The resistance factions held the PA security services responsible for the crime along with the occupation as the martyrs were persecuted by PA forces for a long time.
Hamas mourns martyrs, calls for end to security coordination
Hamas movement mourned in a press statement on Saturday the three martyrs in Jenin and hailed the Jenin refugee camp residents and all its factions and military wings for confronting the Israeli occupation forces (IOF). The movement urged the PA and its security forces to halt security coordination with the Israeli occupation, and to release all the political prisoners immediately.
It also called on the Palestinian people and factions to unite their ranks and to adhere to resistance as the only option to liberate Palestine and to respond to the occupation’s crimes and abuses.
For his part, spokesman for the movement Fawzi Barhoum said: "What happened today in the Jenin refugee camp represents a heinous crime," and held the occupation government responsible for its repercussions and consequences.
He also accused the Palestinian Authority of complicity in the killings.
Three Palestinians were killed and seven others were injured early Saturday during armed clashes with Israeli troops in Jenin refugee camp, in the north of the occupied West Bank.
The three martyrs were identified as Hamza Abul Haija, 22, from al-Qassam Brigades and son of detained Hamas leader Sheikh Jamal Abul Haija, Mahmoud Abu Zeina, 24, from Al-Quds Brigades, and 22-year-old Yazan Jabarin.
PIC's reporter said seven men were injured and were moved to a hospital in Jenin. One of them Qassam Jabarin, aged 25, was seriously wounded and is in critical condition, the correspondent added. He later succumbed to his wounds.
He said a large number of Israeli troops surrounded a house, since the early morning hours, in the camp where Abul Haija and several Palestinian resistance fighters barricaded themselves.
Armed clashes erupted for hours between Israeli troops and Abul Haija, after he and his friends refused to surrender, and the Israeli soldiers showered the house with gunshots.
PIC's correspondent added that other confrontations erupted between the Israeli soldiers and many Palestinians youths who rushed to the house and tried to end the Israeli siege, which led to dozens of cases of suffocation.
The Israeli radio confirmed that a number of Israeli soldiers were injured, while the residents in the Jenin camp asserted that an Israeli soldier was killed during the armed clashes.
When Israeli troops withdrew from the camp, dozens of its inhabitants headed to the hospital, urging Palestinian resistance factions to take revenge and calling on the Palestinian Authority to immediately end peace negotiations with Israel.
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Over 10,000 Palestinian mourners on Saturday marched behind the coffins of three militants who were shot dead by Israeli forces overnight in Jenin refugee camp.
Palestinians marched from Jenin's public hospital to its largest mosque, carrying the bodies of Hamza Abu al-Haija, 22, Mahmoud Abu Zeina, 17, and 22-year-old Yazan Mahmoud Basim Jabarin. After performing the funeral prayer, the mourners marched to Jenin camp's cemetery led by officials of the PLO, the Palestinian Authority, Fatah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad. |
During the procession, mourners shouted slogans urging Palestinian militants to take revenge and calling on the PA to immediately end peace negotiations with Israel and focus instead on reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas.
Masked Palestinian gunmen at the front of the crowd of thousands fired gunshots in the air, expressing rage and readiness to retaliate against the Israeli army.
Meanwhile, youths distributed candies as the funeral procession approached the cemetery.
Abu al-Haija, Abu Zeina, and Jabarin were killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers who raided Jenin camp overnight.
In a joint statement, Hamas' military wing al-Qassam Brigades, Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades threatened a "painful" retaliation against Israel.
The statement also accused the Palestinian Authority of complicity in the killings.
A spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas denounced the killings, describing them as part of "systematic Israeli policy aimed at destroying everything."
Nabil Abu Rdeina said that Israel escalated its "attacks against citizens." He urged the US administration to take action before peace talks collapsed.
Masked Palestinian gunmen at the front of the crowd of thousands fired gunshots in the air, expressing rage and readiness to retaliate against the Israeli army.
Meanwhile, youths distributed candies as the funeral procession approached the cemetery.
Abu al-Haija, Abu Zeina, and Jabarin were killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers who raided Jenin camp overnight.
In a joint statement, Hamas' military wing al-Qassam Brigades, Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades threatened a "painful" retaliation against Israel.
The statement also accused the Palestinian Authority of complicity in the killings.
A spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas denounced the killings, describing them as part of "systematic Israeli policy aimed at destroying everything."
Nabil Abu Rdeina said that Israel escalated its "attacks against citizens." He urged the US administration to take action before peace talks collapsed.
Palestinian national movements declared Saturday, March 22, a day of national mourning for the three Palestinians killed in an Israeli gunfire today at dawn. The movements said in a joint statement that the "Israeli crime reflects the ongoing perpetrations against the Palestinians in Jenin refugee camp,"
Three Palestinian resistance fighters have been killed and others wounded Saturday in a standoff with the Israeli occupation in Jenin refugee camp, northern West Bank.
22-year-old Hamza Abu Haij, son of Jamal Abu Haija, the leader of Hamas’s armed wing of Al-Qassam Brigades, was among the martyrs.
ALRAY correspondent said the Israeli forces surrounded a home near Martyr Khalil Suleiman Public Hospital, and fired heavily on it, causing the death of Abu Haija, Yazan Jabarin, 23, and Mahmoud Abu Zeina, 17.
Eight others were injured in the clashes, three of them seriously, while three others were kidnapped by the invading forces.
Hebrew radio recognized that two Israeli military soldiers of so-called ‘Unit for Counter-Terror Warfare - Yamam, were mildly injured in the standoff.
Deputy Speaker of Palestinian Parliament, Dr Ahmed Bahar called on the Palestinian Authority to suspend the security coordination with Israel in the occupied West bank.
"President Mahmoud Abbas must stop of forms of security coordination with the Zionist occupation in response to the Jenin crime," Bahar said in a brief statement.
Chairman of Palestinian National Council Denounces Killing of 3 Palestinians in Jenin
Chairman of the Palestinian National Council, Salim Zaʻnoun, denounced the recent murdering of three Palestinians by Israeli forces in Jenin camp describing it as a ‘heinous crime and a terrorist aggression’. In a press statement, Zaʻnoun said: “This aggression is a message of terror and blood as well as a brutal aggression against the Palestinian people who seek peace while Israel favors murder, war and house demolition over committing itself to internationally-recognized resolutions.”
He called upon the international community to take immediate action to stop the Israeli escalation and prevent the collapse of the situation.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian factions staged Saturday a one-day general strike in mourning and protest of murdering the three Palestinians in Jenin camp.
Presidential Spokesperson Condemns Recent Israeli Escalation in Jenin
Presidential Spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, condemned Saturday the ongoing Israeli escalation of targeting Palestinians and ongoing storming of al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israeli forces raided early Saturday Jenin refugee camp, where they surrounded and opened fire on the house of ‘Azmi Abu Iyad, killing three Palestinians; Hamza Abu Haija, 23, Yazan Jabarin, 23, and Mahmoud Abu Zeineh.
Several others were injured during the attack, including three seriously. Forces also arrested three injured people.
Abu Rudeineh said that Israel is pursuing a systematic policy of murder against the Palestinian people that is meant to cause the destruction of everything.
Abu Rudeineh held the Israeli government fully responsible for this escalation and called upon the US Administration to ‘act quickly to prevent the collapse of everything.”
Israeli undercover forces followed by large military forces broke into the camp, where they surrounded the house in which the murdered people barricaded themselves, and opened fire from machine guns at it, according to member of Fatah parliamentary block, Jamal Huweil, who made an inspection visit to the house.
Huweil added that forces shot stun grenades and gas canisters at the house, causing large number of people to suffer from excessive gas suffocation.
Forces also prevented paramedics from reaching the scene to transfer the injured people to hospital, forcing people to carry and transfer the injured to the hospital through narrow alleys.
Governor of Jenin, Talal Duweikat, condemned the murder and described it as “a heinous crime added to Israel’s record of crimes against the Palestinian people,” that comes as part of the persistent Israeli attempts to foil peace efforts meant to bring the Israeli occupation to an end and find a just solution to the Palestinian cause.
Fatah Spokesperson, Usamah al-Qawasmi, said in a press statement that: “Israel exploits the Arab and international silence to commit crimes against the Palestinian people”.
Three Palestinian resistance fighters have been killed and others wounded Saturday in a standoff with the Israeli occupation in Jenin refugee camp, northern West Bank.
22-year-old Hamza Abu Haij, son of Jamal Abu Haija, the leader of Hamas’s armed wing of Al-Qassam Brigades, was among the martyrs.
ALRAY correspondent said the Israeli forces surrounded a home near Martyr Khalil Suleiman Public Hospital, and fired heavily on it, causing the death of Abu Haija, Yazan Jabarin, 23, and Mahmoud Abu Zeina, 17.
Eight others were injured in the clashes, three of them seriously, while three others were kidnapped by the invading forces.
Hebrew radio recognized that two Israeli military soldiers of so-called ‘Unit for Counter-Terror Warfare - Yamam, were mildly injured in the standoff.
Deputy Speaker of Palestinian Parliament, Dr Ahmed Bahar called on the Palestinian Authority to suspend the security coordination with Israel in the occupied West bank.
"President Mahmoud Abbas must stop of forms of security coordination with the Zionist occupation in response to the Jenin crime," Bahar said in a brief statement.
Chairman of Palestinian National Council Denounces Killing of 3 Palestinians in Jenin
Chairman of the Palestinian National Council, Salim Zaʻnoun, denounced the recent murdering of three Palestinians by Israeli forces in Jenin camp describing it as a ‘heinous crime and a terrorist aggression’. In a press statement, Zaʻnoun said: “This aggression is a message of terror and blood as well as a brutal aggression against the Palestinian people who seek peace while Israel favors murder, war and house demolition over committing itself to internationally-recognized resolutions.”
He called upon the international community to take immediate action to stop the Israeli escalation and prevent the collapse of the situation.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian factions staged Saturday a one-day general strike in mourning and protest of murdering the three Palestinians in Jenin camp.
Presidential Spokesperson Condemns Recent Israeli Escalation in Jenin
Presidential Spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, condemned Saturday the ongoing Israeli escalation of targeting Palestinians and ongoing storming of al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israeli forces raided early Saturday Jenin refugee camp, where they surrounded and opened fire on the house of ‘Azmi Abu Iyad, killing three Palestinians; Hamza Abu Haija, 23, Yazan Jabarin, 23, and Mahmoud Abu Zeineh.
Several others were injured during the attack, including three seriously. Forces also arrested three injured people.
Abu Rudeineh said that Israel is pursuing a systematic policy of murder against the Palestinian people that is meant to cause the destruction of everything.
Abu Rudeineh held the Israeli government fully responsible for this escalation and called upon the US Administration to ‘act quickly to prevent the collapse of everything.”
Israeli undercover forces followed by large military forces broke into the camp, where they surrounded the house in which the murdered people barricaded themselves, and opened fire from machine guns at it, according to member of Fatah parliamentary block, Jamal Huweil, who made an inspection visit to the house.
Huweil added that forces shot stun grenades and gas canisters at the house, causing large number of people to suffer from excessive gas suffocation.
Forces also prevented paramedics from reaching the scene to transfer the injured people to hospital, forcing people to carry and transfer the injured to the hospital through narrow alleys.
Governor of Jenin, Talal Duweikat, condemned the murder and described it as “a heinous crime added to Israel’s record of crimes against the Palestinian people,” that comes as part of the persistent Israeli attempts to foil peace efforts meant to bring the Israeli occupation to an end and find a just solution to the Palestinian cause.
Fatah Spokesperson, Usamah al-Qawasmi, said in a press statement that: “Israel exploits the Arab and international silence to commit crimes against the Palestinian people”.
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Mahmoud Jabarin 23 Mahmoud Abu Zeina 17 Three Palestinians were killed and 20 others were injured in pre-dawn clashes Saturday with Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Jenin refugee camp. Hamza Abul Haija, 22, of the Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas was killed in the shoot-out along with Mahmoud Jabarin and Mahmoud Abu Zeina, local sources said. They said that the IOF soldiers encircled a house in which Hamza was entrenched along with |
other fighters and asked him to surrender but he refused and exchanged fired with the soldiers.
The sources said that casualties were suffered in lines of the soldiers while the Hebrew radio said that only two Yamam squad members were slightly injured.
They said that the IOF soldiers threatened to blow up the house and bulldozed part of it before retreating from the refugee camp after killing the three fighters.
The sources pointed out that angry inhabitants attacked the soldiers with firebombs and stones in an attempt to break the siege on the house, adding that more than 20 citizens were injured in the ensuing clashes some of them in serious condition.
Hamza was wanted for both the IOF and the Palestinian Authority’s security apparatuses. His mother has been in hospital for the past few days while his father and two brothers are held in Israeli prisons.
Israel assassinates three Palestinians in Jenin
Israeli occupation forces killed Saturday morning three Palestinian citizens in the Jenin refugee camp.Palestine News Network PNN correspondent in Jenin Rami Daibes said that a large force stormed the camp and surrounded a number of houses which led to the martyrdom of three citizens.
The three martyrs are Hamzah Jamal Abu al-Hija (23 years), Yazan Mohammed Jabareen (23 years old) and Qasam Mahmoud Jabarin (25 years)
Also eight Palestinians were wounded in the Israeli attack on the camp three of them seriously injured and arrested by the occupation army .
Eye witnesses in the camp told PNN reporter After the withdrawal of the Israeli army f marches came out Denouncing the new Israeli crime.
Palestinian Presidency strongly condemns Israeli escalation and calls for the U.S. administration to act to stop the Israeli aggression that aims to destroy the peace process, according to Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rdainah.
Abu Rdainah added that the Israeli government responsible for this escalation and call the U.S. administration to move quickly to prevent the collapse of everything.
Palestinian national factions in Jenin announced mourning and commercial strike for one day, to mourn and denounce the fall of the three martyrs in Jenin refugee camp by occupation forces.
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The sources said that casualties were suffered in lines of the soldiers while the Hebrew radio said that only two Yamam squad members were slightly injured.
They said that the IOF soldiers threatened to blow up the house and bulldozed part of it before retreating from the refugee camp after killing the three fighters.
The sources pointed out that angry inhabitants attacked the soldiers with firebombs and stones in an attempt to break the siege on the house, adding that more than 20 citizens were injured in the ensuing clashes some of them in serious condition.
Hamza was wanted for both the IOF and the Palestinian Authority’s security apparatuses. His mother has been in hospital for the past few days while his father and two brothers are held in Israeli prisons.
Israel assassinates three Palestinians in Jenin
Israeli occupation forces killed Saturday morning three Palestinian citizens in the Jenin refugee camp.Palestine News Network PNN correspondent in Jenin Rami Daibes said that a large force stormed the camp and surrounded a number of houses which led to the martyrdom of three citizens.
The three martyrs are Hamzah Jamal Abu al-Hija (23 years), Yazan Mohammed Jabareen (23 years old) and Qasam Mahmoud Jabarin (25 years)
Also eight Palestinians were wounded in the Israeli attack on the camp three of them seriously injured and arrested by the occupation army .
Eye witnesses in the camp told PNN reporter After the withdrawal of the Israeli army f marches came out Denouncing the new Israeli crime.
Palestinian Presidency strongly condemns Israeli escalation and calls for the U.S. administration to act to stop the Israeli aggression that aims to destroy the peace process, according to Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rdainah.
Abu Rdainah added that the Israeli government responsible for this escalation and call the U.S. administration to move quickly to prevent the collapse of everything.
Palestinian national factions in Jenin announced mourning and commercial strike for one day, to mourn and denounce the fall of the three martyrs in Jenin refugee camp by occupation forces.
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20 mar 2014
The Arab organization for human rights (AOHR) in London said it is deeply concerned over Israel's unjustified killing of Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian lands. In a press release, the Arab organization stated that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed on Wednesday morning 16-year-old Sami Shawamreh, from Deir Al-Asal village in Al-Khalil, and kept his body in custody, at the pretext he tried to breach the apartheid wall.
The organization said that the childhood in the Palestinian lands is without protection and violated by Israel.
It added that the Palestinian children are exposed to killing and arrest without any reason and deprived of the basic rights enshrined in international law.
AOHR called on the international community to put an end to Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people and take action to protect children.
Nine Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and Gaza since the beginning of March.
The organization said that the childhood in the Palestinian lands is without protection and violated by Israel.
It added that the Palestinian children are exposed to killing and arrest without any reason and deprived of the basic rights enshrined in international law.
AOHR called on the international community to put an end to Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people and take action to protect children.
Nine Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and Gaza since the beginning of March.
PLO Executive Committee member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, strongly condemned Israel's latest prejudicial facts on the ground, which included the approval of 186 illegal settlement units in Occupied East Jerusalem, the killing of 15-year-old Yousef Nayif Yousef Shawamrah Abu Akar in Hebron, and the proposed Knesset legislation to extend the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law which severely limits reunification for Palestinian families.
"With Israel's latest escalation of its illegal settlement enterprise, its racist and prejudicial legislation at the expense of the Palestinian people, the extra-judicial killing of Palestinian civilians, among other flagrant violations of international and humanitarian law, it is has become evident that Israel has done everything possible to destroy the ongoing negotiations and to provoke violence and extremism throughout the region."
"We call on the U.S. and the rest of the international community to possess the political will necessary to end Israel's culture of impunity, exceptionalism and entitlement. Israel is deliberately breaching international law and conventions, and it is time that all states undertake punitive measures to hold Israel accountable," concluded Dr. Ashrawi.
"With Israel's latest escalation of its illegal settlement enterprise, its racist and prejudicial legislation at the expense of the Palestinian people, the extra-judicial killing of Palestinian civilians, among other flagrant violations of international and humanitarian law, it is has become evident that Israel has done everything possible to destroy the ongoing negotiations and to provoke violence and extremism throughout the region."
"We call on the U.S. and the rest of the international community to possess the political will necessary to end Israel's culture of impunity, exceptionalism and entitlement. Israel is deliberately breaching international law and conventions, and it is time that all states undertake punitive measures to hold Israel accountable," concluded Dr. Ashrawi.
19 mar 2014
Israeli military forces have killed 56 Palestinians and injured 897 since the resumption of peace negotiations with Israel in July, the Palestine Liberation Organization said Tuesday.
"Israeli violations of international law and human rights continued unabated. Rather than demonstrate goodwill during this period, Israel has done the opposite, with the aim of derailing the US peace efforts led by Secretary of State Kerry," a PLO statement said.
There have been over 500 settler attacks on Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied West Bank and Israeli forces have arrested over 3,000 Palestinians in 3,767 military raids.
Israel has also begun work on 10,509 housing units in illegal settlement while simultaneously demolishing 146 Palestinian homes, the PLO said.
The numbers did not include 15-year-old Yousef Nayif Yousef Shawamrah Abu Akar, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday in the southern West Bank.
Witnesses said the victim had been foraging for local plants when he was shot, but the army claimed he and two others had been vandalizing the security fence.
Peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians were relaunched in July under the auspices of the United States after nearly three years of impasse.
Israel's government has announced the construction of thousands of housing units in illegal settlements since peace talks began.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
"Israeli violations of international law and human rights continued unabated. Rather than demonstrate goodwill during this period, Israel has done the opposite, with the aim of derailing the US peace efforts led by Secretary of State Kerry," a PLO statement said.
There have been over 500 settler attacks on Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied West Bank and Israeli forces have arrested over 3,000 Palestinians in 3,767 military raids.
Israel has also begun work on 10,509 housing units in illegal settlement while simultaneously demolishing 146 Palestinian homes, the PLO said.
The numbers did not include 15-year-old Yousef Nayif Yousef Shawamrah Abu Akar, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday in the southern West Bank.
Witnesses said the victim had been foraging for local plants when he was shot, but the army claimed he and two others had been vandalizing the security fence.
Peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians were relaunched in July under the auspices of the United States after nearly three years of impasse.
Israel's government has announced the construction of thousands of housing units in illegal settlements since peace talks began.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
A relative hugs the body of 15-year-old Yussef Sami Shawamreh, shot dead by Israeli troops, during his funeral in the village of Deir al-Asal al-Tahta on March 19, 2014
Israeli forces Wednesday shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian from the village of Deir Al-Assal to the south of Hebron, according to activist Rateb al-Jabour of the anti-settlement and wall committee in southern Hebron.
Israeli forces Wednesday shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian from the village of Deir Al-Assal to the south of Hebron, according to activist Rateb al-Jabour of the anti-settlement and wall committee in southern Hebron.
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He said army forces fired a live bullet at Yousif Shawamreh, 16, killing him instantly, while he was near the apartheid wall in the village of Ramadin. He was transferred to a hospital in Beersheba.
Al-Jubour condemned these Israeli practices against Palestinian children and workers seeking a decent living in the southern Hebron areas.
He said army forces fired a live bullet at Yousif Shawamreh, 16, killing him instantly, while he was near the apartheid wall in the village of Ramadin. He was transferred to a hospital in Beersheba.
Al-Jubour condemned these Israeli practices against Palestinian children and workers seeking a decent living in the southern Hebron areas.
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Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian child was shot and killed by Israeli army fire near Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The child has been identified as Nayef Yousef Abu Aker, 16 years of age, from Deir al-‘Asal village, south of Doura city in the Hebron district.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers aimed at the child and shot him dead, before surrounding his body, and prevented any person from approaching.
Abu Aker was trying to cross into historic Palestine from an area close to the Ramadeen village that borders the Negev.
The soldiers claimed the child tried to climb the Annexation Wall in the Ramadeen area.
The army is currently withholding the body, and informed the Palestinian side his body will be handed to the family in the coming hours.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian child was shot and killed by Israeli army fire near Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The child has been identified as Nayef Yousef Abu Aker, 16 years of age, from Deir al-‘Asal village, south of Doura city in the Hebron district.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers aimed at the child and shot him dead, before surrounding his body, and prevented any person from approaching.
Abu Aker was trying to cross into historic Palestine from an area close to the Ramadeen village that borders the Negev.
The soldiers claimed the child tried to climb the Annexation Wall in the Ramadeen area.
The army is currently withholding the body, and informed the Palestinian side his body will be handed to the family in the coming hours.
17 mar 2014
Palestinians carry the body of Raed Zeiter during his funeral in the West Bank city of Nablus, on March 11
Jordan said on Monday that Israeli President Shimon Peres had apologized to King Abdullah II for the killing of a Jordanian judge by Israeli troops last week.
Peres for his part issued a statement saying he had called Abdullah to express "deep regret" for the shooting of Palestinian Jordanian Raed Zeiter at a border crossing, but the statement stopped short of quoting a full apology.
A Jordan palace statement said Abdullah "received a telephone call from Peres who, as president of the state of Israel, apologized for the martyrdom of Jordanian judge Raed Zeiter".
"Peres expressed his regrets for the incident and said he was deeply affected. He said Israel is committed to work together with Jordan on the probe into the incident."
The statement added the king "also received a similar phone call from (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu," without giving further details.
Israeli troops on March 10 shot Zeiter, saying he attacked them, igniting a diplomatic row between Israel and the kingdom and sparking furor among Jordanians.
Israel had previously expressed regret over the shooting, but stopped short of apologizing to Jordan, the only Arab country besides Egypt to have made peace with it.
The issue ignited a diplomatic row between Israel and the kingdom and caused furore among Jordanians.
Peres expresses 'deep regret'
Peres confirmed he had spoken to Abdullah on Monday, but the wording of his statement left it unclear as to whether he had issued an apology.
"Earlier today I conducted an important conversation with His Majesty King Abdullah II and expressed our deep regret to him," a statement quoted Peres as saying.
"On behalf of the State of Israel, I wish to express my deepest condolences to the people of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for the death of Judge Raed Zeiter at the King Hussein Bridge on March 10."
"As the President of the State of Israel I would like to express compassion to the bereaved family, (and) I share in their grief."
His statement did not mention whether Netanyahu had also spoken to the king.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights disputed the army's account, saying one of the soldiers pushed Zeiter after he had disembarked from a bus with other passengers so that Israeli soldiers could search it.
Zeiter responded in kind and other soldiers joined the scuffle, with one of them firing three rounds at his chest, the PCHR said, citing "a witness".
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur has held Israel "completely responsible" for Zeiter's death and demanded an apology for the "hideous" killing.
And MPs have demanded the government expel the Israeli ambassador and release Jordanian soldier Ahmad Dakamseh, who was is serving a life sentence after he opened fire on a group of Israeli schoolgirls in 1997, killing seven.
They gave the government until Tuesday to meet their demands, failing which they threatened a no-confidence vote against Nsur.
Opposition Islamists and other political parties have demanded the 1994 peace deal between Jordan and Israel be annulled.
Jordan said on Monday that Israeli President Shimon Peres had apologized to King Abdullah II for the killing of a Jordanian judge by Israeli troops last week.
Peres for his part issued a statement saying he had called Abdullah to express "deep regret" for the shooting of Palestinian Jordanian Raed Zeiter at a border crossing, but the statement stopped short of quoting a full apology.
A Jordan palace statement said Abdullah "received a telephone call from Peres who, as president of the state of Israel, apologized for the martyrdom of Jordanian judge Raed Zeiter".
"Peres expressed his regrets for the incident and said he was deeply affected. He said Israel is committed to work together with Jordan on the probe into the incident."
The statement added the king "also received a similar phone call from (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu," without giving further details.
Israeli troops on March 10 shot Zeiter, saying he attacked them, igniting a diplomatic row between Israel and the kingdom and sparking furor among Jordanians.
Israel had previously expressed regret over the shooting, but stopped short of apologizing to Jordan, the only Arab country besides Egypt to have made peace with it.
The issue ignited a diplomatic row between Israel and the kingdom and caused furore among Jordanians.
Peres expresses 'deep regret'
Peres confirmed he had spoken to Abdullah on Monday, but the wording of his statement left it unclear as to whether he had issued an apology.
"Earlier today I conducted an important conversation with His Majesty King Abdullah II and expressed our deep regret to him," a statement quoted Peres as saying.
"On behalf of the State of Israel, I wish to express my deepest condolences to the people of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for the death of Judge Raed Zeiter at the King Hussein Bridge on March 10."
"As the President of the State of Israel I would like to express compassion to the bereaved family, (and) I share in their grief."
His statement did not mention whether Netanyahu had also spoken to the king.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights disputed the army's account, saying one of the soldiers pushed Zeiter after he had disembarked from a bus with other passengers so that Israeli soldiers could search it.
Zeiter responded in kind and other soldiers joined the scuffle, with one of them firing three rounds at his chest, the PCHR said, citing "a witness".
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur has held Israel "completely responsible" for Zeiter's death and demanded an apology for the "hideous" killing.
And MPs have demanded the government expel the Israeli ambassador and release Jordanian soldier Ahmad Dakamseh, who was is serving a life sentence after he opened fire on a group of Israeli schoolgirls in 1997, killing seven.
They gave the government until Tuesday to meet their demands, failing which they threatened a no-confidence vote against Nsur.
Opposition Islamists and other political parties have demanded the 1994 peace deal between Jordan and Israel be annulled.
