9 may 2014
Human rights groups including Amnesty International on Thursday urged Palestine to sign up to the International Criminal Court.
Seventeen local and international human rights organisations made the request in a joint letter to President Mahmoud Abbas, Amnesty said.
The London-based organisation said if Palestine "signed up to the Rome Statute of the ICC, the Court would have jurisdiction over war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on Palestinian territories and by its nationals elsewhere."
The joint letter urged Abbas to "take the necessary steps for Palestine to become a party" to the ICC.
"Doing so would send an important message that entrenched impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on Palestinian territories must end once and for all,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa program director.
In April, Abbas signed membership applications for 15 UN agencies and international treaties, beginning with the Fourth Geneva Convention, which defines humanitarian protections for civilians in a war zone.
"This is not a move against America, or any other party -- it is our right," he said at the time.
Israel maintains its position that the Palestinian Authority which Abbas heads fall short of the criteria for statehood.
The United States and Israel have lobbied strongly against UN recognition of the Palestinians, arguing that a separate state can only be achieved through direct negotiations.
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Seventeen local and international human rights organisations made the request in a joint letter to President Mahmoud Abbas, Amnesty said.
The London-based organisation said if Palestine "signed up to the Rome Statute of the ICC, the Court would have jurisdiction over war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on Palestinian territories and by its nationals elsewhere."
The joint letter urged Abbas to "take the necessary steps for Palestine to become a party" to the ICC.
"Doing so would send an important message that entrenched impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on Palestinian territories must end once and for all,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa program director.
In April, Abbas signed membership applications for 15 UN agencies and international treaties, beginning with the Fourth Geneva Convention, which defines humanitarian protections for civilians in a war zone.
"This is not a move against America, or any other party -- it is our right," he said at the time.
Israel maintains its position that the Palestinian Authority which Abbas heads fall short of the criteria for statehood.
The United States and Israel have lobbied strongly against UN recognition of the Palestinians, arguing that a separate state can only be achieved through direct negotiations.
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8 may 2014
A Palestinian youth is detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank during 2013. File Photo.
At the end of March, a total of 202 Palestinian children were imprisoned and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system, a decrease of 12 percent over February.
The number of young children detained between the ages of 12 and 15 was 24, a decrease of 33 percent from February.
In March, DCI-Palestine highlighted the case of Ali Shamlawi, a Palestinian teenager who confessed to throwing stones after he was tortured in Israeli custody. He has been in detention for over a year and neither his lawyer, nor his family know when a verdict will be reached. He faces attempted murder charges and a severe prison sentence.
The United Nations Human Rights Council held its 2014 annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child on March 13 with the theme of access to justice for children. During the discussion, several references were made to the widespread and systematic ill-treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention. For a summary of the discussion, click here.
March 2014 Detention Figures
202 children detained
24 children between 12-15 yrs
51% held inside Israel
0 girls detained
0 held in administrative detention
Detention Bulletin - Issue 51 - March 2014
At the end of March, a total of 202 Palestinian children were imprisoned and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system, a decrease of 12 percent over February.
The number of young children detained between the ages of 12 and 15 was 24, a decrease of 33 percent from February.
In March, DCI-Palestine highlighted the case of Ali Shamlawi, a Palestinian teenager who confessed to throwing stones after he was tortured in Israeli custody. He has been in detention for over a year and neither his lawyer, nor his family know when a verdict will be reached. He faces attempted murder charges and a severe prison sentence.
The United Nations Human Rights Council held its 2014 annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child on March 13 with the theme of access to justice for children. During the discussion, several references were made to the widespread and systematic ill-treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention. For a summary of the discussion, click here.
March 2014 Detention Figures
202 children detained
24 children between 12-15 yrs
51% held inside Israel
0 girls detained
0 held in administrative detention
Detention Bulletin - Issue 51 - March 2014
68% of Israelis support the decision of Israeli occupation government to halt peace talks with Palestinian Authority following its unity pact with Hamas, a poll revealed Wednesday. The Guttman Center and Evens Program for Conflict Resolution at Tel Aviv University (TAU) conducted the poll, a monthly "Peace Index" part of the Israel Democracy Institute.
According to the poll [PDF], 68% of Israelis supported the Israel's decision to curtail talks with the PA, but the results were heavily polarized by political affiliation. Of respondents who answered that they supported the move, 82% identified as "right-wing," 59% identified as "moderates" and only 26% identified themselves as "left-wing."
Israelis are also heavily divided on what stalled peace talks mean for Israel's future. Of respondents, 63% to 41% believed that the talks could be harmful to Israel in the short-term rather than in the long term.
57.5% of them believed that the Hamas-Fatah reconciliation pact endangers Israel security - the same percentage of people who disagree with the EU's notion that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's involvement makes the agreement more inclusive and, therefore, more legitimate.
56% of Israelis believe US President Barack Obama is "incorrect" for assigning blame to both Israel and the PA for the failure of talks, according to the survey. However, of those, respondents are widely polarized by political affiliation; 70.5% of self-identified "left-wing" respondents agreed with Obama's assessment, compared to 54% of "centrists" and just 27.5% of "nationalists."
According to the poll [PDF], 68% of Israelis supported the Israel's decision to curtail talks with the PA, but the results were heavily polarized by political affiliation. Of respondents who answered that they supported the move, 82% identified as "right-wing," 59% identified as "moderates" and only 26% identified themselves as "left-wing."
Israelis are also heavily divided on what stalled peace talks mean for Israel's future. Of respondents, 63% to 41% believed that the talks could be harmful to Israel in the short-term rather than in the long term.
57.5% of them believed that the Hamas-Fatah reconciliation pact endangers Israel security - the same percentage of people who disagree with the EU's notion that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's involvement makes the agreement more inclusive and, therefore, more legitimate.
56% of Israelis believe US President Barack Obama is "incorrect" for assigning blame to both Israel and the PA for the failure of talks, according to the survey. However, of those, respondents are widely polarized by political affiliation; 70.5% of self-identified "left-wing" respondents agreed with Obama's assessment, compared to 54% of "centrists" and just 27.5% of "nationalists."
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has called upon the Attorney General to open a serious investigation into incidents which took place in Yatta town, near Hebron, on Monday, 05 May 2014.
The incidents include beatings, arrests, house raids, and destruction of civilians’ belongings by security services. PCHR calls upon the government in Ramallah to take serious steps in compelling members of security services to respect the rule of law and human rights principles guaranteed under the Palestinian Basic Law and international standards.
According to investigations conducted by PCHR and testimonies of victims and eyewitnesses, at approximately 09:00 on Monday, 05 May 2014, a force from the Preventive Security Service (PSS) intercepted a red Chevrolet Cavalier near Mothalath al-Mazra’a area in Yatta town, Hebron, for raising Hamas flags.
The occupants were on their way to participate in a sit-in organized in solidarity with their relative, Zaid Ismail Abu Fanar, at his father’s house, in the Fatouh area of the town. Zaid Ismail Abu Fanar is one of the administrative detainees in Israeli prisons who have been on hunger strike since 24 April, 2014.
PSS officers ordered occupants to get out of the vehicle, but the driver, Mohammed, moved away quickly when Noor Ismail Abu Fanar (14) stepped out. The officers chased Abu Fanar’s car in a Volkswagen mini bus for about 3 km, until they reached the Fatouh area. The PSS bus hit Abu Fanar’s car several times from behind, in an attempt to stop it, until Abu Fanar’s car crashed into the wall.
The PSS officers got out of their car, took Mohammed his, and began assaulting him with their legs and rifles. His wife, Hanadi, tried to defend him, but they pushed her. As a result, she fell to the ground and fainted.
Some civilians tried to intervene in an attempt to push the officers away from Abu's family, but they opened fire to disperse the civilians, who threw stones at the PSS members. As result, the PSS car was crashed.
A joint force of security services comprised of the PSS, the National Security Force, and Special Police raided the Fatouh area of Yatta town, accompanied by a bulldozer. They raided and searched a number of civilian houses, from which they arrested a large number of civilians.
Hana Saher Awad was beaten up by the security members after they raided and searched her house without a warrant. Members of the force crashed a number of Mercedes cars belonging to civilians in the area, including a 608 Mercedes white bus belonging to Ismail Sameh Abu Fanar.
In addition, the bulldozer caused damage to a number of unlicensed cars which are used by mechanics for spare parts.
On the same day, at approximately 22:00, a joint force raided Ismail Abu Fanar’s house in Zeif area in Hebron, where the solidarity tent is set up in solidarity of his son Zaid. They dispersed all people in the tent by firing live bullets into the air and launching tear gas canisters. Abu Fanar was beaten with a torch by the security officers.
On Tuesday, 06 May 2014, four civilians were released while 20, so far, have been in custody.
In light of the above, PCHR:
Calls upon the Attorney General to open a serious investigation into those incidents, especially that civilians were beaten and some belongings were damaged; and
Calls upon the government in Ramallah to take serious steps to compel members of security services to respect the rule of law and human rights principles that are guaranteed under the Palestinian Basic Law and international standards.
The incidents include beatings, arrests, house raids, and destruction of civilians’ belongings by security services. PCHR calls upon the government in Ramallah to take serious steps in compelling members of security services to respect the rule of law and human rights principles guaranteed under the Palestinian Basic Law and international standards.
According to investigations conducted by PCHR and testimonies of victims and eyewitnesses, at approximately 09:00 on Monday, 05 May 2014, a force from the Preventive Security Service (PSS) intercepted a red Chevrolet Cavalier near Mothalath al-Mazra’a area in Yatta town, Hebron, for raising Hamas flags.
The occupants were on their way to participate in a sit-in organized in solidarity with their relative, Zaid Ismail Abu Fanar, at his father’s house, in the Fatouh area of the town. Zaid Ismail Abu Fanar is one of the administrative detainees in Israeli prisons who have been on hunger strike since 24 April, 2014.
PSS officers ordered occupants to get out of the vehicle, but the driver, Mohammed, moved away quickly when Noor Ismail Abu Fanar (14) stepped out. The officers chased Abu Fanar’s car in a Volkswagen mini bus for about 3 km, until they reached the Fatouh area. The PSS bus hit Abu Fanar’s car several times from behind, in an attempt to stop it, until Abu Fanar’s car crashed into the wall.
The PSS officers got out of their car, took Mohammed his, and began assaulting him with their legs and rifles. His wife, Hanadi, tried to defend him, but they pushed her. As a result, she fell to the ground and fainted.
Some civilians tried to intervene in an attempt to push the officers away from Abu's family, but they opened fire to disperse the civilians, who threw stones at the PSS members. As result, the PSS car was crashed.
A joint force of security services comprised of the PSS, the National Security Force, and Special Police raided the Fatouh area of Yatta town, accompanied by a bulldozer. They raided and searched a number of civilian houses, from which they arrested a large number of civilians.
Hana Saher Awad was beaten up by the security members after they raided and searched her house without a warrant. Members of the force crashed a number of Mercedes cars belonging to civilians in the area, including a 608 Mercedes white bus belonging to Ismail Sameh Abu Fanar.
In addition, the bulldozer caused damage to a number of unlicensed cars which are used by mechanics for spare parts.
On the same day, at approximately 22:00, a joint force raided Ismail Abu Fanar’s house in Zeif area in Hebron, where the solidarity tent is set up in solidarity of his son Zaid. They dispersed all people in the tent by firing live bullets into the air and launching tear gas canisters. Abu Fanar was beaten with a torch by the security officers.
On Tuesday, 06 May 2014, four civilians were released while 20, so far, have been in custody.
In light of the above, PCHR:
Calls upon the Attorney General to open a serious investigation into those incidents, especially that civilians were beaten and some belongings were damaged; and
Calls upon the government in Ramallah to take serious steps to compel members of security services to respect the rule of law and human rights principles that are guaranteed under the Palestinian Basic Law and international standards.
7 may 2014
Palestinian children inside the Lod city protesting an Israeli decision to evict them
An Israeli thinktank revealed that more than 50% of the Arab population inside ‘Israel’ is living below the poverty line. The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel said the poverty rate among the ‘Arab-Israeli residents –who hold a Palestinian and an Israeli citizenship- has reached its highest level in 35 years.
The report worried about the surge in poverty rate and the bad socio-economic conditions inside the Israeli state, comparing to that of other developed countries of the world, as they suffered from bad medical care, education and work.
20% of the Arab population was not able to purchase food, while 33% had to reduce their home heating or cooling costs, the report indicated.
About one-sixth of them could not buy their medicine or pay for medical treatment, while 21% could not pay for dental care.
As for education, the report pointed out that the Arab students' achievement had improved over the past few days but still not enough compared to the rest of the world-developed countries.
The Arab workers suffer bad conditions such as working more hours compared to the other countries.
The health sector witnessed a decline in the number of qualified doctors and nurses.
The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel is an independent, non-partisan, socioeconomic research institute based in occupied Jerusalem.
An Israeli thinktank revealed that more than 50% of the Arab population inside ‘Israel’ is living below the poverty line. The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel said the poverty rate among the ‘Arab-Israeli residents –who hold a Palestinian and an Israeli citizenship- has reached its highest level in 35 years.
The report worried about the surge in poverty rate and the bad socio-economic conditions inside the Israeli state, comparing to that of other developed countries of the world, as they suffered from bad medical care, education and work.
20% of the Arab population was not able to purchase food, while 33% had to reduce their home heating or cooling costs, the report indicated.
About one-sixth of them could not buy their medicine or pay for medical treatment, while 21% could not pay for dental care.
As for education, the report pointed out that the Arab students' achievement had improved over the past few days but still not enough compared to the rest of the world-developed countries.
The Arab workers suffer bad conditions such as working more hours compared to the other countries.
The health sector witnessed a decline in the number of qualified doctors and nurses.
The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel is an independent, non-partisan, socioeconomic research institute based in occupied Jerusalem.
Wadi al-Hilweh Information Center has warned of the Israeli unprecedented escalation against al-Aqsa Mosque during April carried out by Israeli occupation forces and settlers. During Passover holiday, Israeli settlers escalated their break-ins and violations in al-Aqsa Mosque in order to offer sacrifices and other rituals. Dozens of Jerusalemite youths maintained vigil in the mosque’s courtyards to confront the invading settlers.
During April, heavily armed Israeli security forces stormed al-Aqsa Mosque on three occasions.
Moreover, 70 Palestinian worshipers were injured during April after being directly attacked by Israeli forces who heavily fired tear gas bombs and pepper spray.
During their attacks, the Israeli forces deliberately damaged al-Aqsa mosque facilities, including its windows, carpets and marble pillars with bombs and bullets.
1,300 Israeli settlers and forces stormed al-Aqsa Mosque in April including the extremist MK Moshe Feiglin who broke into its plazas twice.
On the other hand, Israeli authorities have banned during April the entry of 70 Jerusalemites into al-Aqsa Mosque and its vicinity for different periods of time from two weeks to 6 months including 2 women and more than 20 minors.
The report indicated that 135 Palestinians were arrested in occupied Jerusalem during April including two women, a female student, and 25 minors.
The arrests were mostly carried out in Jerusalem's Old City and Issawiya in addition to al-Aqsa Mosque's gates.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that Price Tag attacks have been committed during April against Jerusalemites and their properties.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces suppressed late last April a peaceful demonstration outside the Hebrew University against the recruitment of young Arab Christians. Three of the protesters were detained.
Israeli bulldozers demolished a home belonging to the Jerusalemite citizen Abu Omar Muslimani in Hardob neighborhood over an area of 60 square meters.
In April, the Israeli District Committee for Planning and Construction approved the establishment of the Kedem Compound, the City of David visitor center, located in the Mughrabi Gate at the entrance to Silwan village.
During April, heavily armed Israeli security forces stormed al-Aqsa Mosque on three occasions.
Moreover, 70 Palestinian worshipers were injured during April after being directly attacked by Israeli forces who heavily fired tear gas bombs and pepper spray.
During their attacks, the Israeli forces deliberately damaged al-Aqsa mosque facilities, including its windows, carpets and marble pillars with bombs and bullets.
1,300 Israeli settlers and forces stormed al-Aqsa Mosque in April including the extremist MK Moshe Feiglin who broke into its plazas twice.
On the other hand, Israeli authorities have banned during April the entry of 70 Jerusalemites into al-Aqsa Mosque and its vicinity for different periods of time from two weeks to 6 months including 2 women and more than 20 minors.
The report indicated that 135 Palestinians were arrested in occupied Jerusalem during April including two women, a female student, and 25 minors.
The arrests were mostly carried out in Jerusalem's Old City and Issawiya in addition to al-Aqsa Mosque's gates.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that Price Tag attacks have been committed during April against Jerusalemites and their properties.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces suppressed late last April a peaceful demonstration outside the Hebrew University against the recruitment of young Arab Christians. Three of the protesters were detained.
Israeli bulldozers demolished a home belonging to the Jerusalemite citizen Abu Omar Muslimani in Hardob neighborhood over an area of 60 square meters.
In April, the Israeli District Committee for Planning and Construction approved the establishment of the Kedem Compound, the City of David visitor center, located in the Mughrabi Gate at the entrance to Silwan village.
6 may 2014
The West bank city of Hebron witnessed the most vicious arrest campaigns during the last month, a report by Prisoner’s Club society stated. 100 Palestinians were arrested and the imprisonment of 35 prisoners was extended. The society said that Israeli Ofer court punished some of the prisoners by fining them a exorbitant amounts of money reached in some cases to 25,000 NIS.
The society called on all human rights organizations to expose the crimes occupation commit against Hebron.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
The society called on all human rights organizations to expose the crimes occupation commit against Hebron.
Israeli occupation forces routinely carry out arrest raids in the West Bank. Around 40 percent of Palestinian men living in the occupied territories have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
4 may 2014
United Nations' reports reveal that some 222 Palestinians were injured by Israeli military and police forces during the month of April.
Fourteen of the 222 were injured by live ammunition. Six Palestinians were injured with live ammunition during clashes with Israeli forces on 4 April near the Beituniya checkpoint, where a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners was held.
Between 8 and 14 April, The Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem witnessed violent clashes between residents and Israeli forces. On 13 April Noha Katamish, a 44 year old Palestinian woman from the camp, died after suffering and being treated for tear gas inhalation two days earlier. The woman suffered from multiple ailments, including respiratory problems and asthma. During these clashes in Aida 42 Palestinians, including 20 children, were injured.
Most of 222 Palestinians were injured during clashes in and around East Jerusalem, in connection to the entry of Israeli Jewish groups into the Al Aqsa Mosque compound. These Israeli Jewish groups advocate construction of the biblical Third Temple in this compound.
The most serious clashes in Jerusalem were recorded during such visits on 16 and 20 April. Multiple other protests against this phenomenon, some of which evolved into confrontations with Israeli forces, were registered during the reporting period in other areas of East Jerusalem, as well as in adjacent towns such as Abu Dis and Al ‘Eizariya. Moreover, 36 Palestinians were reportedly detained in the context of these confrontations and clashes.
The United Nations reports that the other major locus of violence during the month of April was in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Large confrontations were reported on 16 and 17 April in the Bab Az Zawiya area of the city, during demonstrations commemorating the 1988 anniversary of Israel's assassination of Fatah leader Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad) in Tunis and Palestinian Prisoners' Day.
During the last two weeks of April Israeli forces conducted a total of 158 search and arrest operations in Palestinian villages and towns. At least six of these operations triggered violent clashes with local residents which resulted in injuries, including nine people in Awarta (Nablus area ), five in Idhna (Hebron area ), one in Deir Nidham (Ramallah area) and one in El Far’a refugee camp (Tubas area).
Fourteen of the 222 were injured by live ammunition. Six Palestinians were injured with live ammunition during clashes with Israeli forces on 4 April near the Beituniya checkpoint, where a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners was held.
Between 8 and 14 April, The Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem witnessed violent clashes between residents and Israeli forces. On 13 April Noha Katamish, a 44 year old Palestinian woman from the camp, died after suffering and being treated for tear gas inhalation two days earlier. The woman suffered from multiple ailments, including respiratory problems and asthma. During these clashes in Aida 42 Palestinians, including 20 children, were injured.
Most of 222 Palestinians were injured during clashes in and around East Jerusalem, in connection to the entry of Israeli Jewish groups into the Al Aqsa Mosque compound. These Israeli Jewish groups advocate construction of the biblical Third Temple in this compound.
The most serious clashes in Jerusalem were recorded during such visits on 16 and 20 April. Multiple other protests against this phenomenon, some of which evolved into confrontations with Israeli forces, were registered during the reporting period in other areas of East Jerusalem, as well as in adjacent towns such as Abu Dis and Al ‘Eizariya. Moreover, 36 Palestinians were reportedly detained in the context of these confrontations and clashes.
The United Nations reports that the other major locus of violence during the month of April was in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Large confrontations were reported on 16 and 17 April in the Bab Az Zawiya area of the city, during demonstrations commemorating the 1988 anniversary of Israel's assassination of Fatah leader Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad) in Tunis and Palestinian Prisoners' Day.
During the last two weeks of April Israeli forces conducted a total of 158 search and arrest operations in Palestinian villages and towns. At least six of these operations triggered violent clashes with local residents which resulted in injuries, including nine people in Awarta (Nablus area ), five in Idhna (Hebron area ), one in Deir Nidham (Ramallah area) and one in El Far’a refugee camp (Tubas area).
The Palestinian Land Defense Office said Israeli army is taking part in Price-Tag terrorist attacks against Palestinian natives and properties. According to the weekly report issued on Saturday by the Office on settlement activity and Israeli occupation forces’ attacks in the Palestinian territories, IOF uprooted last week more than 200 olive trees from the Araba area in the presence of dozens of Israeli settlers.
50 more olive trees and hundreds of olive saplings were also uprooted by a bunch of Israeli settlers near Wadi Rahal, south of Bethlehem.
The report confirmed Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) have been turning blind eyes and deaf ears, with malice aforethought, to such crimes carried out by Jewish settlers in different areas, including the West Bank, Jerusalem, Negev, Triangle area and the Galilee.
Such terrorist attacks make part of Israel’s pre-arranged settlement and Judaization conspiracies against Palestinians.
The report further documented the permanent targeting of mosques and churches by Price Tag gangs, who have been frequently scrawling racist slogans and threatening letters.
According to the report, demolition processes to several Palestinian houses and trees along with several agricultural crops and equipment have been ceaselessly carried out.
The report revealed plans by the so-called Israeli Land Authorities (ILA) and Open Spaces Fund to execute a six million-shekel-Judaization project aimed at establishing hundreds of alleged Israeli graves over the so-called Samboski Cemetery and opening passageways between the Old City and Occupied Jerusalem.
Desecration schemes have reached unparalleled levels due to settler break-ins to al-Aqsa courtyards under the protection of Israeli security forces
In Ramallah, Israeli forces bulldozed upkeep-walls in the agricultural lands owned by Safa village natives, west of Ramallah, and brutally attacked four Palestinian citizens while they were working in their land near Aboud village, north of Ramallah.
In al-Khalil IOF demolished three houses in Aroub camp in favor of a new street linking nearby settlements, along with another house and water well in Wadi al-Baqar southeast of al-Khalil, where Ibrahim Awad Zain was handed a demolition threat targeting his sheep barn and a shed where he and his family live.
IOF stormed Al-Fakhit school, set over an area that has long been threatened with deportation and demolition orders for months, and took photos of its buildings, the report said.
Settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles east of al-Khalil, the report further revealed.
In Bethlehem, the IOF impeded a reconstruction project to the main street, under pretext of being located within Israeli-administered territories, and confiscated a bulldozer and a drilling machine.
Mohamad Yahya Ayesh, 55, was heavily beaten and attacked by settlers’ dogs south of Bethlehem.
In the same context, an Israeli settler’s car ran over a Palestinian elderly farmer, 70, and a Palestinian youth, 32, in Bethlehem.
Several demolition threats were handed by IOF to al-Khader village natives within a deadline of 45 days while settlers uprooted dozens of olive saplings south of Bethlehem.
A mosque and three houses were demolished and hundreds of olive trees were uprooted south of Nablus under the security pretext.
Hundreds of Israeli settlers raided Joseph’s tomb in Nablus under the religious pretext.
In the Jordan Valley, IOF and settler gangs continued construction work in the so-called Maskyout settlement. Rotem settlers stole hospital building materials and stones of an old building that was formerly used as a military hospital.
Meanwhile, the Israeli radio reported on Sunday a fresh Price –Tag attack in Akka (north of Palestine occupied in 1948) as unknown Jewish assailants attacked a Palestinian vehicle and scribbled extremist slogans over it after puncturing its tires.
The radio quoted MK Issawi Freij as stating: “The Price-Tag phenomenon is a contagious, cancerous tumor that will soon affect us all.”
During a seminar held in Petah Tikva, Freij considered the virtual silence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli security forces over such pre-arranged terrorist attacks omens of a forthcoming calamity.
50 more olive trees and hundreds of olive saplings were also uprooted by a bunch of Israeli settlers near Wadi Rahal, south of Bethlehem.
The report confirmed Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) have been turning blind eyes and deaf ears, with malice aforethought, to such crimes carried out by Jewish settlers in different areas, including the West Bank, Jerusalem, Negev, Triangle area and the Galilee.
Such terrorist attacks make part of Israel’s pre-arranged settlement and Judaization conspiracies against Palestinians.
The report further documented the permanent targeting of mosques and churches by Price Tag gangs, who have been frequently scrawling racist slogans and threatening letters.
According to the report, demolition processes to several Palestinian houses and trees along with several agricultural crops and equipment have been ceaselessly carried out.
The report revealed plans by the so-called Israeli Land Authorities (ILA) and Open Spaces Fund to execute a six million-shekel-Judaization project aimed at establishing hundreds of alleged Israeli graves over the so-called Samboski Cemetery and opening passageways between the Old City and Occupied Jerusalem.
Desecration schemes have reached unparalleled levels due to settler break-ins to al-Aqsa courtyards under the protection of Israeli security forces
In Ramallah, Israeli forces bulldozed upkeep-walls in the agricultural lands owned by Safa village natives, west of Ramallah, and brutally attacked four Palestinian citizens while they were working in their land near Aboud village, north of Ramallah.
In al-Khalil IOF demolished three houses in Aroub camp in favor of a new street linking nearby settlements, along with another house and water well in Wadi al-Baqar southeast of al-Khalil, where Ibrahim Awad Zain was handed a demolition threat targeting his sheep barn and a shed where he and his family live.
IOF stormed Al-Fakhit school, set over an area that has long been threatened with deportation and demolition orders for months, and took photos of its buildings, the report said.
Settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles east of al-Khalil, the report further revealed.
In Bethlehem, the IOF impeded a reconstruction project to the main street, under pretext of being located within Israeli-administered territories, and confiscated a bulldozer and a drilling machine.
Mohamad Yahya Ayesh, 55, was heavily beaten and attacked by settlers’ dogs south of Bethlehem.
In the same context, an Israeli settler’s car ran over a Palestinian elderly farmer, 70, and a Palestinian youth, 32, in Bethlehem.
Several demolition threats were handed by IOF to al-Khader village natives within a deadline of 45 days while settlers uprooted dozens of olive saplings south of Bethlehem.
A mosque and three houses were demolished and hundreds of olive trees were uprooted south of Nablus under the security pretext.
Hundreds of Israeli settlers raided Joseph’s tomb in Nablus under the religious pretext.
In the Jordan Valley, IOF and settler gangs continued construction work in the so-called Maskyout settlement. Rotem settlers stole hospital building materials and stones of an old building that was formerly used as a military hospital.
Meanwhile, the Israeli radio reported on Sunday a fresh Price –Tag attack in Akka (north of Palestine occupied in 1948) as unknown Jewish assailants attacked a Palestinian vehicle and scribbled extremist slogans over it after puncturing its tires.
The radio quoted MK Issawi Freij as stating: “The Price-Tag phenomenon is a contagious, cancerous tumor that will soon affect us all.”
During a seminar held in Petah Tikva, Freij considered the virtual silence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli security forces over such pre-arranged terrorist attacks omens of a forthcoming calamity.
3 may 2014
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) said ‘Israel’ committed 135 violations against the Journalists across the occupied Palestinian territories during a quarter and one years. The center in a report issued on the ''World Press Freedom Day'' said a significant increase in press violations by the occupation military apparatuses has marked the period between January 1, 2013 and 31 March, 2014.
All of the attacks committed were premeditated and by use of excessive force, without taking into account the principles of distinction and proportionality, or being justified by a military necessity.
They were varied between the violation of the right to life and personal safety of journalists, beatings and other means of violence, humiliation and degrading treatment, the report pointed out.
It added, ''We have documented other forms of violations such arrests and detentions, seizures of equipment, travel bans, and home raids or ransackings.”
The center also spotted 39 firings by the Israeli forces that resulted in the injury of 31 journalists, 22 cases of beating or degrading treatment, 46 cases of arrest and detention, 15 cases of preventing journalists from reporting human rights abuses, 9 cases of seizures of equipment, press ID cards, or news materials, and 4 cases of home raid.
With these stats, the overall attacks and violations carried out by the Israeli occupation ever since the First Intifada – which sparked on September 28, 2000- rose to 1641, the sencer confirmed, saying that dozens of attacks could not be documented.
UNESCO World Press Freedom Day on 3 May has been for many years a rallying point for journalists, campaigners and human rights activists to raise awareness about the need for media freedom and the right to free expression.
All of the attacks committed were premeditated and by use of excessive force, without taking into account the principles of distinction and proportionality, or being justified by a military necessity.
They were varied between the violation of the right to life and personal safety of journalists, beatings and other means of violence, humiliation and degrading treatment, the report pointed out.
It added, ''We have documented other forms of violations such arrests and detentions, seizures of equipment, travel bans, and home raids or ransackings.”
The center also spotted 39 firings by the Israeli forces that resulted in the injury of 31 journalists, 22 cases of beating or degrading treatment, 46 cases of arrest and detention, 15 cases of preventing journalists from reporting human rights abuses, 9 cases of seizures of equipment, press ID cards, or news materials, and 4 cases of home raid.
With these stats, the overall attacks and violations carried out by the Israeli occupation ever since the First Intifada – which sparked on September 28, 2000- rose to 1641, the sencer confirmed, saying that dozens of attacks could not be documented.
UNESCO World Press Freedom Day on 3 May has been for many years a rallying point for journalists, campaigners and human rights activists to raise awareness about the need for media freedom and the right to free expression.
