9 june 2020
An Israeli municipality on Monday started demolishing an 18th century Muslim cemetery in Jaffa that was discovered after plans had been made to build a new homeless shelter for Jewish citizens and a commercial space on the site. video
According to Haaretz website, about 20 protesters came to the construction site Monday and tried to halt the work but large police forces was already there to provide protection for the bulldozing activities.
Protesting Arab residents displayed a large sign with a reference to mayor Ron Huldai that read: “Huldai is desecrating Muslim graves.”
The chairman of the Jaffa Muslim Council, Tarek Ashqar, told Haaretz that the protests would escalate. “Huldai is as stubborn as a mule. He had an opportunity to make peace with the Muslims and the Arab community, but he’s a bully.”
In January, after two years of talks held by city officials with residents of Jaffa and the local Muslim council, the Tel Aviv district court rejected legal challenges to the plan and cleared the way for the project.
“The court ruling is robbery. It’s not legal,” Ashqar said. “If these were Jewish graves, this wouldn’t have happened, because Jewish bones are something else,” he said. “In Arab countries, there are also dozens of [Jewish] cemeteries that are protected because they’re graves, not because they’re Jewish.
Respect for the dead has no nationality, but the Tel Aviv municipality wants to eliminate any trace of the Muslims and Arabs of Jaffa, and everything is being covered up by the police.”
For his part, city councilman Amir Badran, said “The Muslim community in Jaffa in general and all of the city’s residents have no problem with the homeless project, and it’s appropriate to find a physical location for it, but not over a Muslim cemetery.”
“Even if there was a court ruling, the reality requires additional rethinking regarding the building of the project,” Badran added.
“Tel Aviv was founded as a Jewish city just north of historically Arab Jaffa in the early 20th century. The two cities were officially merged in 1950, after the great majority of Jaffa’s residents became refugees in 1948,” Haaretz said.
Following several hours of protests, the demonstration moved to the Jaffa Clock Tower. “The clock was standing here before the police and the state and the Zionist gangs came here,” Haaretz quoted one of the protesters as saying.
“Even the graves that you are desecrating were here before the state, and we, their dynasty, will also be here after the state. You are inflicting an injustice on the dead. If these had been Jewish graves, you would have changed the plans,” the protester added.
According to Haaretz website, about 20 protesters came to the construction site Monday and tried to halt the work but large police forces was already there to provide protection for the bulldozing activities.
Protesting Arab residents displayed a large sign with a reference to mayor Ron Huldai that read: “Huldai is desecrating Muslim graves.”
The chairman of the Jaffa Muslim Council, Tarek Ashqar, told Haaretz that the protests would escalate. “Huldai is as stubborn as a mule. He had an opportunity to make peace with the Muslims and the Arab community, but he’s a bully.”
In January, after two years of talks held by city officials with residents of Jaffa and the local Muslim council, the Tel Aviv district court rejected legal challenges to the plan and cleared the way for the project.
“The court ruling is robbery. It’s not legal,” Ashqar said. “If these were Jewish graves, this wouldn’t have happened, because Jewish bones are something else,” he said. “In Arab countries, there are also dozens of [Jewish] cemeteries that are protected because they’re graves, not because they’re Jewish.
Respect for the dead has no nationality, but the Tel Aviv municipality wants to eliminate any trace of the Muslims and Arabs of Jaffa, and everything is being covered up by the police.”
For his part, city councilman Amir Badran, said “The Muslim community in Jaffa in general and all of the city’s residents have no problem with the homeless project, and it’s appropriate to find a physical location for it, but not over a Muslim cemetery.”
“Even if there was a court ruling, the reality requires additional rethinking regarding the building of the project,” Badran added.
“Tel Aviv was founded as a Jewish city just north of historically Arab Jaffa in the early 20th century. The two cities were officially merged in 1950, after the great majority of Jaffa’s residents became refugees in 1948,” Haaretz said.
Following several hours of protests, the demonstration moved to the Jaffa Clock Tower. “The clock was standing here before the police and the state and the Zionist gangs came here,” Haaretz quoted one of the protesters as saying.
“Even the graves that you are desecrating were here before the state, and we, their dynasty, will also be here after the state. You are inflicting an injustice on the dead. If these had been Jewish graves, you would have changed the plans,” the protester added.
3 june 2020
An armed Jewish settler on Tuesday bulldozed a swath of land in the Palestinian Bedouin community of Arab al-Malihat in the northwest of Jericho in order to build a separation wall for his outpost.
According to local sources, an armed settler bulldozed about 350 dunums of land on the eastern side on the Kaabana Bedouins High School in order to build a wall separating his outpost from the community.
In a separate incident, a horde of settlers expelled, under military protection, Palestinian farmers from their own lands in Kisan village, east of Bethlehem.
Deputy chief of the village Ahmed Ghazal said that settlers from the illegal settlements of Ma’ale Amos and its nearby outpost Ibei Hanahal brutalized and expelled local farmers from their own land as they were plowing them.
Ghazal added that the settlers claimed that the farmers’ presence in the area needed special permits.
According to local sources, an armed settler bulldozed about 350 dunums of land on the eastern side on the Kaabana Bedouins High School in order to build a wall separating his outpost from the community.
In a separate incident, a horde of settlers expelled, under military protection, Palestinian farmers from their own lands in Kisan village, east of Bethlehem.
Deputy chief of the village Ahmed Ghazal said that settlers from the illegal settlements of Ma’ale Amos and its nearby outpost Ibei Hanahal brutalized and expelled local farmers from their own land as they were plowing them.
Ghazal added that the settlers claimed that the farmers’ presence in the area needed special permits.
Jewish settlers on Tuesday seized a long swath of Palestinian land and bulldozed it near the villages of Tell and Immatain, southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official monitoring settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that settlers used bulldozers to build a road for them in the area of Karm Shuqair, which is part of Tell and Immatain villages, adding that the road leads to the illegal settlement of Havat Gilad.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army on the same day bulldozed Palestinian-owned olive groves in Huwara town, south of Nablus, in order to build a road for Jewish settlers.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official monitoring settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that settlers used bulldozers to build a road for them in the area of Karm Shuqair, which is part of Tell and Immatain villages, adding that the road leads to the illegal settlement of Havat Gilad.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army on the same day bulldozed Palestinian-owned olive groves in Huwara town, south of Nablus, in order to build a road for Jewish settlers.
2 june 2020
The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem, on Sunday, finalized an order to evict and demolish 200 Palestinian-owned industrial structures in Wad al-Joz neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, sources said.
Chairman of East Jerusalem’s Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kamal Obeidat, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that the municipality of West Jerusalem, issued a final order to evict and demolish 200 structures in Wad al-Joz industrial area, in the southern West Bank.
The buildings, which were built decades ago, include car repair shops, car parts, restaurants, among other services that Palestinians depend on in order to make a living and provide for their families.
In related news, activist, Fuad Amour, with the protection and resistance committee, told Quds News Network that illegal Israeli settlers in the Masafer Yatta area, in the southern Hebron Hills, set up a mobile home in the Palestinian village of Tawani.
Palestinian citizens and activists, on Saturday, in the village, erected a solidarity tent, in support of the villagers in their resistance measures against the Israeli colonialist settlers.
Chairman of East Jerusalem’s Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kamal Obeidat, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that the municipality of West Jerusalem, issued a final order to evict and demolish 200 structures in Wad al-Joz industrial area, in the southern West Bank.
The buildings, which were built decades ago, include car repair shops, car parts, restaurants, among other services that Palestinians depend on in order to make a living and provide for their families.
In related news, activist, Fuad Amour, with the protection and resistance committee, told Quds News Network that illegal Israeli settlers in the Masafer Yatta area, in the southern Hebron Hills, set up a mobile home in the Palestinian village of Tawani.
Palestinian citizens and activists, on Saturday, in the village, erected a solidarity tent, in support of the villagers in their resistance measures against the Israeli colonialist settlers.
28 may 2020
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) in Jerusalem has announced its intent to confiscate a plot of land in Wadi Rababa neighborhood in Silwan district, south of the Aqsa Mosque, to use it as a Jewish cemetery.
According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, the IOA issued a decision to seize over one and a half dunums of land to use it for the burial of Jewish settlers.
The IOA gave the Jerusalemite citizens who would be affected by its decision two weeks to file an objection with Israeli courts.
The Wadi-Hilweh Center affirmed that Israel’s nature and parks authority and antiquities authority had started targeting this piece of land several years ago through creating fake graves on it.
The Center added that Wadi Rababa neighborhood contains vast areas of Palestinian land, but the local owners are prevented by the IOA from building homes or any structures on their lands or even cultivating them.
Such Israeli step is believed to be part of a plan to carry out a cluster of biblical projects for Jewish settlers that surround and lead to the Aqsa Mosque and the Old City of Jerusalem.
According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, the IOA issued a decision to seize over one and a half dunums of land to use it for the burial of Jewish settlers.
The IOA gave the Jerusalemite citizens who would be affected by its decision two weeks to file an objection with Israeli courts.
The Wadi-Hilweh Center affirmed that Israel’s nature and parks authority and antiquities authority had started targeting this piece of land several years ago through creating fake graves on it.
The Center added that Wadi Rababa neighborhood contains vast areas of Palestinian land, but the local owners are prevented by the IOA from building homes or any structures on their lands or even cultivating them.
Such Israeli step is believed to be part of a plan to carry out a cluster of biblical projects for Jewish settlers that surround and lead to the Aqsa Mosque and the Old City of Jerusalem.
22 may 2020
The Israeli government and its so-called “Civil Administration Office,” the executive branch of the illegal occupation of the West Bank, has approved plans for the confiscation of 110 Dunams of Palestinian lands in Ezbet at-Tabib village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
The Palestinian TV has reported that the lands will be illegally annexed to build factories that will be part of Alfie Menashe colony, which was constructed on stolen Palestinian lands.
It added that the plans have already been approved by the Israeli government, and will eventually lead to the annexation and isolation of more than 3000 Dunams of private lands that will be considered part of the colony.
The lands are nearly 2 kilometers away from the colony, and by building the factories on them, Israel will be annexing more lands to link them with the colony, which includes roads and infrastructure on 3000 Dunams.
Bayan Tabib, the head of Ezbet at-Tabib Local Council, said what Israel is doing is theft of more Palestinian lands, and another attempt to prevent any geographical contiguity between the locals and their lands, as part of further future plans to annex more lands from the indigenous Palestinians.
It is worth mentioning that the original plan was first approved several years ago, when Israel decided to build the factories, and the government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu is now moving ahead with these plans as part of the attempt to officially annex the entire occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian TV has reported that the lands will be illegally annexed to build factories that will be part of Alfie Menashe colony, which was constructed on stolen Palestinian lands.
It added that the plans have already been approved by the Israeli government, and will eventually lead to the annexation and isolation of more than 3000 Dunams of private lands that will be considered part of the colony.
The lands are nearly 2 kilometers away from the colony, and by building the factories on them, Israel will be annexing more lands to link them with the colony, which includes roads and infrastructure on 3000 Dunams.
Bayan Tabib, the head of Ezbet at-Tabib Local Council, said what Israel is doing is theft of more Palestinian lands, and another attempt to prevent any geographical contiguity between the locals and their lands, as part of further future plans to annex more lands from the indigenous Palestinians.
It is worth mentioning that the original plan was first approved several years ago, when Israel decided to build the factories, and the government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu is now moving ahead with these plans as part of the attempt to officially annex the entire occupied West Bank.
13 may 2020
The coordinator of the Israeli government activities in the West Bank has issued orders to seize Palestinian lands and real estate near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of al-Khalil to carry out a project for Jewish settlers.
The project includes the construction of a special path with a parking lot, rest areas and lanes that leads to the Mosque and the installation of an elevator at the end of the path to carry Jewish settlers into the holy site.
The step has been taken on the instructions of Israeli war minister Naftali Bennett, who gave early last month the final approval to a plan to seize Palestinian land and property in the Old City of al-Khalil to build a path and an elevator to facilitate the entry of Jewish settlers to the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and attorney general Avichai Mandelblit had already given their approval to the plan.
According to the Hebrew media, the Israeli occupation authority notified the Palestinian Authority and the competent authorities of its intents to carry out the project within 60 days.
The project includes the construction of a special path with a parking lot, rest areas and lanes that leads to the Mosque and the installation of an elevator at the end of the path to carry Jewish settlers into the holy site.
The step has been taken on the instructions of Israeli war minister Naftali Bennett, who gave early last month the final approval to a plan to seize Palestinian land and property in the Old City of al-Khalil to build a path and an elevator to facilitate the entry of Jewish settlers to the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and attorney general Avichai Mandelblit had already given their approval to the plan.
According to the Hebrew media, the Israeli occupation authority notified the Palestinian Authority and the competent authorities of its intents to carry out the project within 60 days.
