29 dec 2014
Scores
of Palestinian young men suffered from inhaling tear gas during
violent clashes on Sunday evening with Israeli police soldiers in the
neighborhoods of Attur and Ras al-Amud, east of Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said the clashes broke out in Attur neighborhood after Israeli troops stormed Khila street.
The angry young men responded to the firing of tear gas and rubber bullets by throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at the invading troops.
Earlier on the same day, the Israeli police kidnapped three young men from the family of Abul-Hawa in Attur neighborhood on allegations of their attempt to stab a Jewish settler.
Similar clashes also took place in Ras al-Amud neighborhood.
In another incident, special forces from the Israeli army invaded yesterday Wadi al-Joz neighborhood, east of the holy city, with no reported arrests or confrontations.
Eyewitnesses said the clashes broke out in Attur neighborhood after Israeli troops stormed Khila street.
The angry young men responded to the firing of tear gas and rubber bullets by throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at the invading troops.
Earlier on the same day, the Israeli police kidnapped three young men from the family of Abul-Hawa in Attur neighborhood on allegations of their attempt to stab a Jewish settler.
Similar clashes also took place in Ras al-Amud neighborhood.
In another incident, special forces from the Israeli army invaded yesterday Wadi al-Joz neighborhood, east of the holy city, with no reported arrests or confrontations.
26 dec 2014
Two Israeli policemen have been injured at dawn Friday after being stabbed at al-Asbat Gate of Jerusalem's Old city near al-Aqsa Mosque.
A suspected man stabbed this morning two Israeli policemen before fleeing the scene causing them minor injuries, Israeli police said.
Searches and combing operations have been carried out at and near the attack scene looking for the suspect while an investigation was opened into the attack circumstances, the police added.
A state of tension has spread in the area as al-Asbat Gate was blocked before worshipers’ access to al-Aqsa Mosque and checkpoints were deployed to locate the suspect.
A suspected man stabbed this morning two Israeli policemen before fleeing the scene causing them minor injuries, Israeli police said.
Searches and combing operations have been carried out at and near the attack scene looking for the suspect while an investigation was opened into the attack circumstances, the police added.
A state of tension has spread in the area as al-Asbat Gate was blocked before worshipers’ access to al-Aqsa Mosque and checkpoints were deployed to locate the suspect.
25 dec 2014
The Israeli military said on Thursday that two Israeli settlers were injured after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at their car as it drove in the Jewish settlement of Maale Shomeron, in the Qalqiliya region.
The military said in a statement that an 11-year-old girl was severely burned and her father lightly injured after the Molotov cocktail hit the vehicle they were driving in.
The two were later evacuated to the hospital for treatment, according to the statement, and the military said they were searching the area for suspects.
Maale Shomeron is a Jewish-only settlement immediately beside the Palestinian village of Azun, east of Qalqiliya, and is built on land confiscated from a number of local Palestinian villages.
Maale Shomeron is part of a larger settlement bloc home to more than 11,000 Jews that curves deep into the West Bank, surrounding a number of Palestinian villages on at least three sides and preventing Palestinians from freely moving in the area.
The military said in a statement that an 11-year-old girl was severely burned and her father lightly injured after the Molotov cocktail hit the vehicle they were driving in.
The two were later evacuated to the hospital for treatment, according to the statement, and the military said they were searching the area for suspects.
Maale Shomeron is a Jewish-only settlement immediately beside the Palestinian village of Azun, east of Qalqiliya, and is built on land confiscated from a number of local Palestinian villages.
Maale Shomeron is part of a larger settlement bloc home to more than 11,000 Jews that curves deep into the West Bank, surrounding a number of Palestinian villages on at least three sides and preventing Palestinians from freely moving in the area.
24 dec 2014
Member of Hamas's political bureau Saleh Aruri said that the escalating resistance activities in the West Bank is a normal situation and reflects that the Palestinian people will not yield and give up their right to resist the occupation.
In an interview with al-Aqsa satellite channel on Tuesday evening, Aruri stated that Israel's Knesset election that would be held ahead of schedule and the collapse of its government coalition are the direct results of its last war on the Gaza Strip and its growing concern over the outbreak of a new uprising in the West Bank.
He charged that the Israeli occupation uses the blood of the Palestinian people as electoral chips.
As for the Palestinian statehood bid at the UN, the Hamas official accused Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas of hijacking the strategic decision-making that concerns the fate of all Palestinians and ignoring the national consensus that rejected his draft resolution at the UN.
In an interview with al-Aqsa satellite channel on Tuesday evening, Aruri stated that Israel's Knesset election that would be held ahead of schedule and the collapse of its government coalition are the direct results of its last war on the Gaza Strip and its growing concern over the outbreak of a new uprising in the West Bank.
He charged that the Israeli occupation uses the blood of the Palestinian people as electoral chips.
As for the Palestinian statehood bid at the UN, the Hamas official accused Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas of hijacking the strategic decision-making that concerns the fate of all Palestinians and ignoring the national consensus that rejected his draft resolution at the UN.
19 dec 2014
An Israeli settler claimed, on Thursday at night, that two Palestinians tried to kidnap him as he was waiting for an Israeli bus in the bus junction located at the entrance of Keryat Arba’ illegal settlement, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The settler phoned the police and alleged that a Palestinian car transporting two Palestinians “stopped near him”, and that the two tried to force him into their car.
He said that, after the two failed to abduct him, they drove away, heading towards the southern part of Hebron city.
The settler was unharmed; a large number of Israeli soldiers and police officers arrived at the scene of the alleged abduction attempt, and initiated a large search campaign in the area.
The settler phoned the police and alleged that a Palestinian car transporting two Palestinians “stopped near him”, and that the two tried to force him into their car.
He said that, after the two failed to abduct him, they drove away, heading towards the southern part of Hebron city.
The settler was unharmed; a large number of Israeli soldiers and police officers arrived at the scene of the alleged abduction attempt, and initiated a large search campaign in the area.
16 dec 2014
The Jerusalem Post has reported that the acid thrown by a Palestinian on six Israelis in the occupied West Bank, Friday, was actually vinegar, according to Channel 2.
The victims were reportedly taken to Hadassah University Medical Center with light injuries and released from the hospital the next day.
A Palestinian man from Nahhalin town, near Bethlehem, was shot and seriously injured by Israeli settler fire, after soldiers alleged that he had sprayed an Israeli settler with acid.
The indiscriminate nature of attacks on Palestinian civilians by Israeli forces and illegal settlers is consistent with colonial Israeli repression and is widely documented.
The victims were reportedly taken to Hadassah University Medical Center with light injuries and released from the hospital the next day.
A Palestinian man from Nahhalin town, near Bethlehem, was shot and seriously injured by Israeli settler fire, after soldiers alleged that he had sprayed an Israeli settler with acid.
The indiscriminate nature of attacks on Palestinian civilians by Israeli forces and illegal settlers is consistent with colonial Israeli repression and is widely documented.
12 dec 2014
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and wounded a Palestinian young man after he reportedly threw a chemical substance on Israeli settlers near Bethlehem on Friday.
Media reports said that the young man was hit with four bullets and his condition was described as moderate to serious.
Hebrew media reported that six Israelis sustained light to moderate injuries in the attack, which took place near Gush Etzion settlement bloc.
They said that Israeli ambulance vehicles rushed to evacuate the wounded while the young man was arrested.
Media reports said that the young man was hit with four bullets and his condition was described as moderate to serious.
Hebrew media reported that six Israelis sustained light to moderate injuries in the attack, which took place near Gush Etzion settlement bloc.
They said that Israeli ambulance vehicles rushed to evacuate the wounded while the young man was arrested.
7 dec 2014
Molotov cocktail hurled at settler home in East Jerusalem
According to reports by local and security sources, at least 15 Palestinians, including five minors, were taken captive by Israeli army and police during predawn raids across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Sunday.
In Hebron city, Israeli forces abducted five local residents identified as Mousa Amro, 44, Amjad Amro, 22, and Hussein Amro, 23, Mosab Zughaier, 22, and Ameen al-Qawasmi, 25.
Forces also stormed the nearby al-Fawwar refugee camp and the town of Dahiriya, where they took Ibrahim Battat and Hammam al-Titi, age 19. Muataz and Mohammad Abu Juheisha, two brothers, were also arrested after army stormed the town of Idna, to the west of Hebron, WAFA correspondence reports.
Soldiers also reportedly assaulted the brother of Ibrahim Battat, Khaled, during the former’s arrest, causing bruises throughout his body. He was transferred to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Meanwhile, soldiers invaded the town of Taku, to the east of Bethlehem, kidnapping three Palestinian minors after raiding and searching their houses. The three were identified as Mohammad Amour, 16, Mahmoud Abu Mfarreh, 17, and Ahmad Yousef Sabah, 17.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, Israeli police stormed Jabal al-Mukabir neighborhood in the late night hours, and abducted 14-year-old Ali Abdu and 15-year-old Munther Abdu after a similar raid on their houses.
Mohammad Shwekat, 19, was also taken into Israeli police custody earlier last night.
Ma'an News Agency reports that unidentified assailants hurled a Molotov cocktail at a Jewish settler home in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, according to Israeli police.
A police spokeswoman stated, Sunday, that the assailants threw the cocktail at a building known as the Ovadia House, causing serious damage to a car "seemingly belonging to an Israeli security guard who works in the building".
"No human casualties were reported," al-Samri added.
There are now reportedly over 500,000 Israeli settlers living in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in direct violation of international law.
According to reports by local and security sources, at least 15 Palestinians, including five minors, were taken captive by Israeli army and police during predawn raids across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Sunday.
In Hebron city, Israeli forces abducted five local residents identified as Mousa Amro, 44, Amjad Amro, 22, and Hussein Amro, 23, Mosab Zughaier, 22, and Ameen al-Qawasmi, 25.
Forces also stormed the nearby al-Fawwar refugee camp and the town of Dahiriya, where they took Ibrahim Battat and Hammam al-Titi, age 19. Muataz and Mohammad Abu Juheisha, two brothers, were also arrested after army stormed the town of Idna, to the west of Hebron, WAFA correspondence reports.
Soldiers also reportedly assaulted the brother of Ibrahim Battat, Khaled, during the former’s arrest, causing bruises throughout his body. He was transferred to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Meanwhile, soldiers invaded the town of Taku, to the east of Bethlehem, kidnapping three Palestinian minors after raiding and searching their houses. The three were identified as Mohammad Amour, 16, Mahmoud Abu Mfarreh, 17, and Ahmad Yousef Sabah, 17.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, Israeli police stormed Jabal al-Mukabir neighborhood in the late night hours, and abducted 14-year-old Ali Abdu and 15-year-old Munther Abdu after a similar raid on their houses.
Mohammad Shwekat, 19, was also taken into Israeli police custody earlier last night.
Ma'an News Agency reports that unidentified assailants hurled a Molotov cocktail at a Jewish settler home in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, according to Israeli police.
A police spokeswoman stated, Sunday, that the assailants threw the cocktail at a building known as the Ovadia House, causing serious damage to a car "seemingly belonging to an Israeli security guard who works in the building".
"No human casualties were reported," al-Samri added.
There are now reportedly over 500,000 Israeli settlers living in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in direct violation of international law.
1 dec 2014
An Israeli settler sustained serious injuries in a hit and run accident south of Nablus afternoon Monday, Hebrew sources reported.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli police said that the Israeli army launched a large-scale search campaign and set up a number of road barriers in the vicinity of Nablus city in the hope of capturing the suspect.
She said that preliminary investigations indicted that the suspect drove toward the Hawara checkpoint after the incident.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli police said that the Israeli army launched a large-scale search campaign and set up a number of road barriers in the vicinity of Nablus city in the hope of capturing the suspect.
She said that preliminary investigations indicted that the suspect drove toward the Hawara checkpoint after the incident.
26 nov 2014
Muhammad Abu Juheisha, a deputy for the "Change and Reform Bloc" at the Palestinian Legislative Council, said that the Palestinian “outbursts” in the West Bank and Jerusalem attract the world's attention to the Palestinian cause and al-Aqsa Mosque.
The deputy also said, in an exclusive interview with the PIC, "The cause of the Palestinian detainees requires integrated efforts so as to put an end to their suffering, especially those held by infamous administrative detention orders, without trial or charge, and the Israeli occupation’s intransigence in stalling their release.
Outbursts of anger
Abu Juheisha said that the entire Muslim and Arab Nation support the Palestinians' sacrifices, struggle and constant protests in defense of their holy shrines and their just cause.
He clarified that the outbursts of anger organized by Palestinians, especially on Fridays, reflect their loyalty towards their country and their strong desire to get rid of the occupation. He added that those angry protests are also aimed at Judaization, settlement drive, misappropriation of their lands, and settlers’ attacks.
He pointed out that the Palestinians should maintain the momentum of these outbursts in order to show the whole world what they are suffering from and to keep their issue alive in the minds and hearts of the entire Muslim and Arab Nation. He added that Palestinians need these outbursts so as to lift their morale and to deter the occupation.
The deputy addressed the residents of occupied Jerusalem, who have been living under catastrophic living conditions for several years because of the occupation and the settlers, saying: "residents of occupied Jerusalem live in a trench protecting the whole Muslim and Arab Nation in general, and the Palestinian people in particular, and this is deeply and highly appreciated".
Detainees suffering
Concerning the suffering of the detainees in the Israeli prisons, the deputy stressed that all the Palestinian detainees are exposed to great injustice by the occupation, and that serious measures must be taken to rescue them.
He laid emphasis to the issue of the administrative detainees who are extremely suffering in many ways; first and foremost they don't know the accusation with which they are charged, and they are victims of the so-called "secret file", which adds psychological pressure to their suffering, as they don't know when they will be released.
Furthermore, their lawyers don't know their clients' accusations, hence, they can't defend them, not to mention that when the detention term is about to expire the detainees suffer tension and psychological pressure in anticipation of unjustly renewing their sentences, Abu Juheisha said.
He charged the Israeli occupation with using this means to negatively affect the administrative detainees’ determination and resoluteness since all of them are influential Palestinian figures and leaders and the occupation wishes to keep them away from the political scene.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have recently released the deputy of al-Khalil, Muhammad Abu-Juheisha, after four months of administrative detention, as he was arrested in the last campaign following the kidnapping and killing of the three Israeli soldiers in al-Khalil in mid-June.
The deputy also said, in an exclusive interview with the PIC, "The cause of the Palestinian detainees requires integrated efforts so as to put an end to their suffering, especially those held by infamous administrative detention orders, without trial or charge, and the Israeli occupation’s intransigence in stalling their release.
Outbursts of anger
Abu Juheisha said that the entire Muslim and Arab Nation support the Palestinians' sacrifices, struggle and constant protests in defense of their holy shrines and their just cause.
He clarified that the outbursts of anger organized by Palestinians, especially on Fridays, reflect their loyalty towards their country and their strong desire to get rid of the occupation. He added that those angry protests are also aimed at Judaization, settlement drive, misappropriation of their lands, and settlers’ attacks.
He pointed out that the Palestinians should maintain the momentum of these outbursts in order to show the whole world what they are suffering from and to keep their issue alive in the minds and hearts of the entire Muslim and Arab Nation. He added that Palestinians need these outbursts so as to lift their morale and to deter the occupation.
The deputy addressed the residents of occupied Jerusalem, who have been living under catastrophic living conditions for several years because of the occupation and the settlers, saying: "residents of occupied Jerusalem live in a trench protecting the whole Muslim and Arab Nation in general, and the Palestinian people in particular, and this is deeply and highly appreciated".
Detainees suffering
Concerning the suffering of the detainees in the Israeli prisons, the deputy stressed that all the Palestinian detainees are exposed to great injustice by the occupation, and that serious measures must be taken to rescue them.
He laid emphasis to the issue of the administrative detainees who are extremely suffering in many ways; first and foremost they don't know the accusation with which they are charged, and they are victims of the so-called "secret file", which adds psychological pressure to their suffering, as they don't know when they will be released.
Furthermore, their lawyers don't know their clients' accusations, hence, they can't defend them, not to mention that when the detention term is about to expire the detainees suffer tension and psychological pressure in anticipation of unjustly renewing their sentences, Abu Juheisha said.
He charged the Israeli occupation with using this means to negatively affect the administrative detainees’ determination and resoluteness since all of them are influential Palestinian figures and leaders and the occupation wishes to keep them away from the political scene.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have recently released the deputy of al-Khalil, Muhammad Abu-Juheisha, after four months of administrative detention, as he was arrested in the last campaign following the kidnapping and killing of the three Israeli soldiers in al-Khalil in mid-June.
25 nov 2014
Spokesman for Hamas Movement Hossam Badran said that the ongoing clashes in the West Bank entered a new phase where no power on Earth in any way can stop it.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Badran said that “the Palestinian people is the sole decision-maker and no power on Earth could impose its own agenda on our people.”
The ongoing events in West Bank are a real opportunity to serve the Palestinian cause, he maintained. “Occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank are witnessing a natural situation in an occupied land.”
Badran called on the Palestinian Authority to stand behind its people’s choices “otherwise history and the Palestinian people will have no mercy on those who prevent them from their right to resist occupation.”
He stressed that the resistance path is the only way to put an end to occupation's racist practices.
"You are the real decision-makers in this specific stage and you are able to foil all schemes to liquidate your just cause by your own resistance", he said addressing the Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.
In an unrelated development, Israeli government decided to add 300 new housing units in Beit El settlement built on lands of Ramallah and Bireh.
According to Haaretz Hebrew newspaper, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Finance Ministry to allocate $18 million in funds to move a Border Police base in order to make room for additional housing in the West Bank settlement of Beit El, as well as to finance other projects there.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Badran said that “the Palestinian people is the sole decision-maker and no power on Earth could impose its own agenda on our people.”
The ongoing events in West Bank are a real opportunity to serve the Palestinian cause, he maintained. “Occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank are witnessing a natural situation in an occupied land.”
Badran called on the Palestinian Authority to stand behind its people’s choices “otherwise history and the Palestinian people will have no mercy on those who prevent them from their right to resist occupation.”
He stressed that the resistance path is the only way to put an end to occupation's racist practices.
"You are the real decision-makers in this specific stage and you are able to foil all schemes to liquidate your just cause by your own resistance", he said addressing the Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.
In an unrelated development, Israeli government decided to add 300 new housing units in Beit El settlement built on lands of Ramallah and Bireh.
According to Haaretz Hebrew newspaper, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Finance Ministry to allocate $18 million in funds to move a Border Police base in order to make room for additional housing in the West Bank settlement of Beit El, as well as to finance other projects there.
Two Jewish settlers suffered injuries on Monday evening in an alleged stabbing attack near Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israeli news reports said.
According to Israel's channel 2, a group of Palestinians attacked three settlers after they left a religious school near Jaffa Gate.
The Israeli police claimed at first that the victims were surrounded by a group of Arab men, and one was stabbed in his upper torso and the other was slightly injured, although it is not clear if he was stabbed as well.
Later on the same day, the police said it had arrested three Palestinian suspects, pointing out that the settlers were probably injured during a brawl with Palestinians that turned violent.
The attack comes after an Arab young man said he was assaulted Sunday night by three Jewish men near Pisgat Ze’ev, a settlement in northeastern Jerusalem.
According to Israel's channel 2, a group of Palestinians attacked three settlers after they left a religious school near Jaffa Gate.
The Israeli police claimed at first that the victims were surrounded by a group of Arab men, and one was stabbed in his upper torso and the other was slightly injured, although it is not clear if he was stabbed as well.
Later on the same day, the police said it had arrested three Palestinian suspects, pointing out that the settlers were probably injured during a brawl with Palestinians that turned violent.
The attack comes after an Arab young man said he was assaulted Sunday night by three Jewish men near Pisgat Ze’ev, a settlement in northeastern Jerusalem.
