30 oct 2014
Hamas on Thursday said the shooting of a far-right Jewish rabbi in Occupied Jerusalem one day earlier was a natural response to his constant desecration of the holy Aqsa Mosque.
"The assassination attempt of Yehuda Glick…is a heroic and courageous act," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said in a press release.
Far-right rabbi Yehuda Glick, who is notorious for leading groups of Jews to forcibly enter the Aqsa Mosque compound, was seriously injured in a drive-by shooting in Jerusalem late Wednesday.
Barhoum said that the rabbi's shooting was a "natural reaction" to what he described as Israeli crimes and violations of the sanctity of the Aqsa Mosque and holy sites.
Meanwhile, Jonathan Halevy, director of Shaarei Tzedek Hospital, said the wounded man was in serious but stable condition, undergoing surgery for gunshot wounds in the chest and abdomen.
He was brought to the hospital in severe condition and was immediately operated on. “We were forced to remove part of his lung, and during the night, his condition stabilized,” he said.
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"The assassination attempt of Yehuda Glick…is a heroic and courageous act," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said in a press release.
Far-right rabbi Yehuda Glick, who is notorious for leading groups of Jews to forcibly enter the Aqsa Mosque compound, was seriously injured in a drive-by shooting in Jerusalem late Wednesday.
Barhoum said that the rabbi's shooting was a "natural reaction" to what he described as Israeli crimes and violations of the sanctity of the Aqsa Mosque and holy sites.
Meanwhile, Jonathan Halevy, director of Shaarei Tzedek Hospital, said the wounded man was in serious but stable condition, undergoing surgery for gunshot wounds in the chest and abdomen.
He was brought to the hospital in severe condition and was immediately operated on. “We were forced to remove part of his lung, and during the night, his condition stabilized,” he said.
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As the Israeli occupation police have unprecedentedly intensified security measures in the occupied city of Jerusalem following the shooting of extremist Jewish rabbi Yehuda Glick, different Israeli officials incited their government to strongly respond to the incident.
In a first reaction made by a senior Israeli official, right-wing minister of housing Uri Ariel said in televised remarks that Israel would strike with an iron fist those who had carried out the attack on Glick.
Israel's channel 10 said that head of the Israeli municipal council in the holy city Nir Barkat and deputy speaker of the Knesset Moshe Feiglin both visited the scene of the incident last night and made press remarks.
Describing the incident as very serious, Barkat pledged to hold the perpetrators fully accountable and take new security measures in Jerusalem.
Feiglin, who witnessed the shooting of Glick, threatened to respond to the incident by permanently opening the Aqsa Mosque before Jews.
For his part, Israeli minister of economy Naftali Bennett condemned the attempted assassination of Glick as crossing a red line of blood and demanded the Israeli premier to impose what he described as Israel's full sovereignty over the city immediately.
Following the incident, the Israeli police held last night an urgent security meeting to assess the security situation in Jerusalem, closed the Aqsa Mosque completely before Muslims and put its forces on high alert.
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In a first reaction made by a senior Israeli official, right-wing minister of housing Uri Ariel said in televised remarks that Israel would strike with an iron fist those who had carried out the attack on Glick.
Israel's channel 10 said that head of the Israeli municipal council in the holy city Nir Barkat and deputy speaker of the Knesset Moshe Feiglin both visited the scene of the incident last night and made press remarks.
Describing the incident as very serious, Barkat pledged to hold the perpetrators fully accountable and take new security measures in Jerusalem.
Feiglin, who witnessed the shooting of Glick, threatened to respond to the incident by permanently opening the Aqsa Mosque before Jews.
For his part, Israeli minister of economy Naftali Bennett condemned the attempted assassination of Glick as crossing a red line of blood and demanded the Israeli premier to impose what he described as Israel's full sovereignty over the city immediately.
Following the incident, the Israeli police held last night an urgent security meeting to assess the security situation in Jerusalem, closed the Aqsa Mosque completely before Muslims and put its forces on high alert.
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The Israeli occupation police in occupied Jerusalem closed last night the Aqsa Mosque to Muslims until further notice, while Jewish extremists incited their compatriots to desecrate the Islamic holy place en masse.
During a security meeting to assess intelligence reports on the security situation in the aftermath of the shooting of rabbi Yehuda Glick, head of the right-wing temple mount faithful movement, the security authorities decided to close the Aqsa Mosque to all Muslims and visitors, according to a police spokesperson
Consequently, Jewish extremists called for defiling the Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning in response to the attempted assassination of Glick,.
Palestinian youth activists, for their part, urged the Palestinians on social networking websites to march to the Aqsa Mosque and stay inside to protect it against any Jewish attempts to violate its sanctity.
Glick, a Jewish figure notorious for his calls for demolishing the Aqsa Mosque and building the temple mount in its place, was seriously injured in a drive-by shooting outside Begin center in east Jerusalem following a conference about the Jewish presence at the Aqsa Mosque.
In a related incident, director of the Aqsa Mosque Omar Al-Kiswani said he insisted on starting the dawn prayers on Thursday at the Aqsa Mosque despite the Israeli police decision to close it.
"I arrived at the Mosque in the early dawn hours as Israeli police forces were encircling it and preventing worshipers from entering, but I was able to go in by virtue of my job as the director of the Mosque," Kiswani told Anadolu news agency.
"Nobody was inside the Mosque, but the Adhan was recited on time and the prayer time was delayed for 10 minutes in the hope that the Israeli police would allow the worshipers to enter the Mosque," he explained.
Later, he said, he and seven guards of the Mosque had to perform alone the dawn prayers inside the holy place after they turned on loudspeakers in order for other worshipers who were outside the gates of the Mosque to be able to follow the prayers.
It has been the first time since 1967 the Israeli police shut down the Aqsa Mosque entirely before Muslims without stating when it would be reopened.
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During a security meeting to assess intelligence reports on the security situation in the aftermath of the shooting of rabbi Yehuda Glick, head of the right-wing temple mount faithful movement, the security authorities decided to close the Aqsa Mosque to all Muslims and visitors, according to a police spokesperson
Consequently, Jewish extremists called for defiling the Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning in response to the attempted assassination of Glick,.
Palestinian youth activists, for their part, urged the Palestinians on social networking websites to march to the Aqsa Mosque and stay inside to protect it against any Jewish attempts to violate its sanctity.
Glick, a Jewish figure notorious for his calls for demolishing the Aqsa Mosque and building the temple mount in its place, was seriously injured in a drive-by shooting outside Begin center in east Jerusalem following a conference about the Jewish presence at the Aqsa Mosque.
In a related incident, director of the Aqsa Mosque Omar Al-Kiswani said he insisted on starting the dawn prayers on Thursday at the Aqsa Mosque despite the Israeli police decision to close it.
"I arrived at the Mosque in the early dawn hours as Israeli police forces were encircling it and preventing worshipers from entering, but I was able to go in by virtue of my job as the director of the Mosque," Kiswani told Anadolu news agency.
"Nobody was inside the Mosque, but the Adhan was recited on time and the prayer time was delayed for 10 minutes in the hope that the Israeli police would allow the worshipers to enter the Mosque," he explained.
Later, he said, he and seven guards of the Mosque had to perform alone the dawn prayers inside the holy place after they turned on loudspeakers in order for other worshipers who were outside the gates of the Mosque to be able to follow the prayers.
It has been the first time since 1967 the Israeli police shut down the Aqsa Mosque entirely before Muslims without stating when it would be reopened.
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Provocations by Israeli soldiers and settlers continued in the occupied Palestinian territories, on Wednesday, with multiple violations occurring across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, while militant Jewish settlers again broke into al-Aqsa Mosque via the Mughrabi gate.
West Bank
Masked Israeli forces were reported to have brutally attacked a 13-year-old elementary student before taking him into custody from inside his school, in the old town of Hebron, according to the student’s father, Arif Jabir.
Mr. Jabir told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that forces raided the school, attacked and severally beat his son Bara’a before leading him out of the school in a brutal manner and using foul language.
The soldiers violently forced Bara’a into the back of a military jeep, severely bruising his body. He was transferred to a hospital for treatment.
WAFA notes that educational facilities, including students and teachers, are not spared from Israel’s regular attacks, including obstruction of access to schools and the violation of the right to education.
During the recent 51-day military assault on the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces bombarded a number of schools, including those run by the UN -- a serious violation of international law.
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, also demolished several structures used for housing and livestock, in addition to a traditional oven in Yatta town, to the south of the Hebron and Jerusalem districts, according to local activist Rateb Jabour.
Mr. Jabour, who is coordinator of the local anti-wall and settlement committee said that a large Israeli force, backed by bulldozers and military jeeps, broke into Khashem al-Daraj, where they cordoned off the area and demolished a residential structure, a cave, an out-door toilet facility and a livestock shed, all which belong to Mustafa, Mousa and Eid al-Tibni.
Jabour slammed the demolition as an ‘arbitrary act of revenge’ perpetrated as part of Israeli plans to displace Palestinians and illegally replace them with Israeli settlers.
Meanwhile, forces demolished a traditional tabon (oven) in the village of Umm al-Khair, to the east of Yatta, under the pretext that it disturbed Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of ‘Karmiel’.
Mr. Jabour additionally stated that Israeli forces demolished a traditional oven for the second time in just a week, under the pretext of unlicensed building. Forces brutalized anyone who attempted to confront them and save the oven, inflicting multiple wounds and bruises on several local residents.
The tabon provides bread for the family who owns it, as well as for other members of al-Hathalin family.
Israeli settlers frequently harass Palestinian locals. Last February, a settler from ‘Karmiel’ filed a lawsuit claiming that he, along with his family, suffer from the smoke emitted by the oven and requested a compensation of some $72,000.
To the west of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces raided the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, where they kidnapped five Palestinians after inspecting their homes.
The Salfit governorate issued a statement which identified the five as Majd Nassim Assi, 23, Ali, 20, Ahmad 22, Layth, 19, and Muhammad Rayyan, age19.
Governor of Salfit, Mr. Issam Abu Bakr, denounced the raiding and inspection residents’ homes, as well as the arrests which followed. He said that most of those who are arrested by Israeli forces are youth and children.
According to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, Israel has arrested a total of 3,000 Palestinian children since 2010.
Abu Bakr noted that such actions appall residents and deprive children from living a normal life.
He further called on human rights organizations to take urgent action in stopping all aggressive Israeli practices against Palestinians in the Salfit district.
Jerusalem
Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, Israeli police, accompanied by West Jerusalem Municipality bulldozers broke into Silwan, where they demolished the a cave-like structure used as a shelter by a Palestinian family.
The cave is located in a plot of land belonging to Khaled al-Zir, who, together with his family, were forced to take shelter in the cave following the demolition of their house, again under a pretext of unlicensed building.
Khaled and his relative, Fahmi, were both brutally assaulted and abducted, following a confrontation with Israeli troops as they attempted to stop the demolition process.
According to the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem, the residents of Umm al-Khair are originally Palestinian refugees who were driven out from their original homeland of ‘Arad and Beersheva in 1948.
WAFA further reports that the residents of this village, as well as those of Khashem al-Daraj, are mainly dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. More than 85% of the residents are engaged in agricultural activities, especially animal husbandry.
Jewish militant settlers again broke into al-Aqsa Mosque through the Mughrabi gate, on Wednesday, as well, touring its yards in a provocative manner under the protection of Israeli police, said witnesses.
Israeli police were stationed at the gates of al-Aqsa, where they imposed strict measures on worshipers who wished to enter the compound, seizing identity cards and returning them when they had left the compound.
Witnesses told WAFA that Israeli police, on Tuesday evening, also stormed al-Aqsa, raided al-Marwani Mosque, and seized the back packs of students who study there.
Furthermore, several extremist Jewish organizations which call for the demolition of al-Aqsa Mosque and construction of the “Jewish Temple”, have reportedly organized a conference under the title of “Israel Returns to the Temple Mount”.
The conference coincides with the Jewish event which celebrates a group of Jews' journey of prayer at what they consider to be the 'Temple Mount', set to be held in the presence of high ranking Israeli figures, right-wing parties and members of various “Temple Mount” extremist groups.
The ceremonies celebrating this event will last for an entire week.
Jewish groups have called for a mass raid of al-Aqsa Mosque, during which they are expected to perform provocative tours and prayers. According to sources, they aim to schedule a program for the Jewish Students of the Temple and Israeli rabbis to visit al-Aqsa compound.
Jews hold al-Aqsa to be the site of the first and second temples, with a number of advocates attempting to recruit Christian groups (mostly of Western denominations) into the campaign, with some having gone so far as to suggest bombing the mosque.
Christians at large, however, remain divided on the issue, as biblical prophecy states: "I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple." ~Revelation 21:22
Escalating attacks against both Islamic and Christian holy shrines in Israel and the oPt now total over 500, in just the past five years.
A number of churches have since taken up the cause of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement in response to the violations by both Israeli authorities and settlers in this regard.
Pope Francis, on the last day of a recent 3-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land, called for allowing all believers free access to holy sites in Jerusalem.
The mounting tension in the Old City of Jerusalem has sparked numerous violent confrontation between Palestinians and Israeli settlers backed by police.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is currently administered by Jordan, according to a treaty signed between Jordan and Israel in 1994, WAFA further notes.
As the main custodian of all Muslim and Christian sites in Palestine, Jordan expressed concerns over calls by several prominent Israeli officials to take over the sovereignty of the holy site.
According to media sources, a debate held in the Israeli Knesset, introduced under the title “The Loss of Israeli Sovereignty Over the Temple Mount”, was initiated by Moshe Feiglin, a Jewish far-right member of PM Netanyahu’s Likud party, to take control of al-Aqsa Mosque.
Further abductions
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, abducted at least nine Palestinians from the occupied West Bank districts of Jenin and Nablus, while taking on youth from the Jerusalem area, according to reports by local and security sources.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians in the town of Qabatiya, to the south of Jenin, after raiding and searching their families’ homes. They were identified as Ibrahim Sabaghneh, 53, Tariq Abu Elrob, 20, and Asyad Zakarneh, 22.
Forces also took Bilal Sharqawi and Ahmad Torkman, both from the town of Yabod, while they were present at ‘Dotan’ military checkpoint, near Jenin.
Meanwhile, forces detained and interrogated two brothers from the same town, for hours, before releasing them.
WAFA further notes that the town of Yabod is a target destination for daily Israeli raids and arrest campaigns, leading to regular confrontations, the last of which took place on Tuesday, where four Palestinian youth were shot with live ammunition; one of the injured is reported to be in critical condition.
In the town of Jaba’a, forces abducted two brothers; Mahmoud and Mohammad Khalilyeh, 35, 45, respectively, and Nayif Hamammreh, 30, following a raid on their homes and motor shops, where they confiscated a motor bike and several car parts.
In Nablus, forces took into their custody 31-year-old Samih Jaber, from the town of Aqraba, to the south, after raiding his family home.
In occupied East Jerusalem, special police units further raided the town of Silwan, to the south of the Old City, where they took Morad Ghaith, who was taken to an interrogation center in Jerusalem.
Police also kidnapped Sameera Edrees, from Jerusalem, as she tried to leave al-Aqsa Mosque from one of its main gates; she was subsequently led to a police station in the Old City.
The police additionally arrested an elderly at the compound. His identity remains unknown, but he was reportedly taken for chanting religious slogans and attempting to fend off settlers’ who broke into the holy compound.
According to guards who work at al-Aqsa Mosque, Israeli police seized worshipers’ identity cards at the main gates and referred many of them to a detention center for further interrogation.
See this week's Opinion/Analysis section for further information on the escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territories.
West Bank
Masked Israeli forces were reported to have brutally attacked a 13-year-old elementary student before taking him into custody from inside his school, in the old town of Hebron, according to the student’s father, Arif Jabir.
Mr. Jabir told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that forces raided the school, attacked and severally beat his son Bara’a before leading him out of the school in a brutal manner and using foul language.
The soldiers violently forced Bara’a into the back of a military jeep, severely bruising his body. He was transferred to a hospital for treatment.
WAFA notes that educational facilities, including students and teachers, are not spared from Israel’s regular attacks, including obstruction of access to schools and the violation of the right to education.
During the recent 51-day military assault on the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces bombarded a number of schools, including those run by the UN -- a serious violation of international law.
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, also demolished several structures used for housing and livestock, in addition to a traditional oven in Yatta town, to the south of the Hebron and Jerusalem districts, according to local activist Rateb Jabour.
Mr. Jabour, who is coordinator of the local anti-wall and settlement committee said that a large Israeli force, backed by bulldozers and military jeeps, broke into Khashem al-Daraj, where they cordoned off the area and demolished a residential structure, a cave, an out-door toilet facility and a livestock shed, all which belong to Mustafa, Mousa and Eid al-Tibni.
Jabour slammed the demolition as an ‘arbitrary act of revenge’ perpetrated as part of Israeli plans to displace Palestinians and illegally replace them with Israeli settlers.
Meanwhile, forces demolished a traditional tabon (oven) in the village of Umm al-Khair, to the east of Yatta, under the pretext that it disturbed Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of ‘Karmiel’.
Mr. Jabour additionally stated that Israeli forces demolished a traditional oven for the second time in just a week, under the pretext of unlicensed building. Forces brutalized anyone who attempted to confront them and save the oven, inflicting multiple wounds and bruises on several local residents.
The tabon provides bread for the family who owns it, as well as for other members of al-Hathalin family.
Israeli settlers frequently harass Palestinian locals. Last February, a settler from ‘Karmiel’ filed a lawsuit claiming that he, along with his family, suffer from the smoke emitted by the oven and requested a compensation of some $72,000.
To the west of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces raided the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, where they kidnapped five Palestinians after inspecting their homes.
The Salfit governorate issued a statement which identified the five as Majd Nassim Assi, 23, Ali, 20, Ahmad 22, Layth, 19, and Muhammad Rayyan, age19.
Governor of Salfit, Mr. Issam Abu Bakr, denounced the raiding and inspection residents’ homes, as well as the arrests which followed. He said that most of those who are arrested by Israeli forces are youth and children.
According to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, Israel has arrested a total of 3,000 Palestinian children since 2010.
Abu Bakr noted that such actions appall residents and deprive children from living a normal life.
He further called on human rights organizations to take urgent action in stopping all aggressive Israeli practices against Palestinians in the Salfit district.
Jerusalem
Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, Israeli police, accompanied by West Jerusalem Municipality bulldozers broke into Silwan, where they demolished the a cave-like structure used as a shelter by a Palestinian family.
The cave is located in a plot of land belonging to Khaled al-Zir, who, together with his family, were forced to take shelter in the cave following the demolition of their house, again under a pretext of unlicensed building.
Khaled and his relative, Fahmi, were both brutally assaulted and abducted, following a confrontation with Israeli troops as they attempted to stop the demolition process.
According to the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem, the residents of Umm al-Khair are originally Palestinian refugees who were driven out from their original homeland of ‘Arad and Beersheva in 1948.
WAFA further reports that the residents of this village, as well as those of Khashem al-Daraj, are mainly dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. More than 85% of the residents are engaged in agricultural activities, especially animal husbandry.
Jewish militant settlers again broke into al-Aqsa Mosque through the Mughrabi gate, on Wednesday, as well, touring its yards in a provocative manner under the protection of Israeli police, said witnesses.
Israeli police were stationed at the gates of al-Aqsa, where they imposed strict measures on worshipers who wished to enter the compound, seizing identity cards and returning them when they had left the compound.
Witnesses told WAFA that Israeli police, on Tuesday evening, also stormed al-Aqsa, raided al-Marwani Mosque, and seized the back packs of students who study there.
Furthermore, several extremist Jewish organizations which call for the demolition of al-Aqsa Mosque and construction of the “Jewish Temple”, have reportedly organized a conference under the title of “Israel Returns to the Temple Mount”.
The conference coincides with the Jewish event which celebrates a group of Jews' journey of prayer at what they consider to be the 'Temple Mount', set to be held in the presence of high ranking Israeli figures, right-wing parties and members of various “Temple Mount” extremist groups.
The ceremonies celebrating this event will last for an entire week.
Jewish groups have called for a mass raid of al-Aqsa Mosque, during which they are expected to perform provocative tours and prayers. According to sources, they aim to schedule a program for the Jewish Students of the Temple and Israeli rabbis to visit al-Aqsa compound.
Jews hold al-Aqsa to be the site of the first and second temples, with a number of advocates attempting to recruit Christian groups (mostly of Western denominations) into the campaign, with some having gone so far as to suggest bombing the mosque.
Christians at large, however, remain divided on the issue, as biblical prophecy states: "I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple." ~Revelation 21:22
Escalating attacks against both Islamic and Christian holy shrines in Israel and the oPt now total over 500, in just the past five years.
A number of churches have since taken up the cause of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement in response to the violations by both Israeli authorities and settlers in this regard.
Pope Francis, on the last day of a recent 3-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land, called for allowing all believers free access to holy sites in Jerusalem.
The mounting tension in the Old City of Jerusalem has sparked numerous violent confrontation between Palestinians and Israeli settlers backed by police.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is currently administered by Jordan, according to a treaty signed between Jordan and Israel in 1994, WAFA further notes.
As the main custodian of all Muslim and Christian sites in Palestine, Jordan expressed concerns over calls by several prominent Israeli officials to take over the sovereignty of the holy site.
According to media sources, a debate held in the Israeli Knesset, introduced under the title “The Loss of Israeli Sovereignty Over the Temple Mount”, was initiated by Moshe Feiglin, a Jewish far-right member of PM Netanyahu’s Likud party, to take control of al-Aqsa Mosque.
Further abductions
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, abducted at least nine Palestinians from the occupied West Bank districts of Jenin and Nablus, while taking on youth from the Jerusalem area, according to reports by local and security sources.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians in the town of Qabatiya, to the south of Jenin, after raiding and searching their families’ homes. They were identified as Ibrahim Sabaghneh, 53, Tariq Abu Elrob, 20, and Asyad Zakarneh, 22.
Forces also took Bilal Sharqawi and Ahmad Torkman, both from the town of Yabod, while they were present at ‘Dotan’ military checkpoint, near Jenin.
Meanwhile, forces detained and interrogated two brothers from the same town, for hours, before releasing them.
WAFA further notes that the town of Yabod is a target destination for daily Israeli raids and arrest campaigns, leading to regular confrontations, the last of which took place on Tuesday, where four Palestinian youth were shot with live ammunition; one of the injured is reported to be in critical condition.
In the town of Jaba’a, forces abducted two brothers; Mahmoud and Mohammad Khalilyeh, 35, 45, respectively, and Nayif Hamammreh, 30, following a raid on their homes and motor shops, where they confiscated a motor bike and several car parts.
In Nablus, forces took into their custody 31-year-old Samih Jaber, from the town of Aqraba, to the south, after raiding his family home.
In occupied East Jerusalem, special police units further raided the town of Silwan, to the south of the Old City, where they took Morad Ghaith, who was taken to an interrogation center in Jerusalem.
Police also kidnapped Sameera Edrees, from Jerusalem, as she tried to leave al-Aqsa Mosque from one of its main gates; she was subsequently led to a police station in the Old City.
The police additionally arrested an elderly at the compound. His identity remains unknown, but he was reportedly taken for chanting religious slogans and attempting to fend off settlers’ who broke into the holy compound.
According to guards who work at al-Aqsa Mosque, Israeli police seized worshipers’ identity cards at the main gates and referred many of them to a detention center for further interrogation.
See this week's Opinion/Analysis section for further information on the escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Right-wing Israeli rabbi and militiant activist Yehuda Glick was shot and injured at a rally in Jerusalem, this Wednesday evening, according to witnesses and Israeli police.
Israeli media reported Glick to have been shot in his upper body at close range, during an event outside the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, where a number of Israeli members of the Knesset and right-wing activists were in attendance.
Ynet reported that, according to Jerusalem police, the shooter was on a motorcycle at the time of the incident, though details were still unclear.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld confirmed to Ma'an News Agency only that a "known right-wing activist" had been shot.
The attack was reported following a conference, at the center, which focused on the reconstruction of a Jewish temple on top of al-Aqsa Mosque, with top right-wing Jewish officials and activists in attendance.
MK Moshe Feiglin was quoted by Ynet as saying: "The would-be killer turned to (Glick), confirmed in Hebrew with a thick Arab accent that this was indeed Yehuda and shot several bullets at him from point blank."
"What happened is horrible but very expected. Glick was constantly threatened. The fact that he was not assigned protection at all times is a failure. I say this as someone who is the target of constant incitement," Feiglin continued.
"Weakness and incompetence were behind this attack. This was a relaxed conference, the room was half full. This was not an impassioned event. An Arab came there with the urge to kill."
The incident comes amid increasing tension in Jerusalem over an expected Knesset vote to potentially divide the mosque compound -- the third-holiest site in Islam -- between Muslims and Jews, or else restrict Muslim worship at the site.
According to Ma'an, Yehuda Glick is an American-born Israeli and the chairman of the Temple Mount Heritage Fund, an extremist Jewish organization focused on "strengthening the relationship between Israel and the Temple Mount."
He has, furthermore, been previously banned by Israeli authorities from entering the compound, due to provocations while on the site.
Critics charge that the Fund actually leads Jewish tours to the site with the intention of leading Jewish prayer there -- currently banned under Israeli agreements -- and encouraging Jews to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque and build a Jewish temple there.
Former Political Prisoner Killed In Silwan
Israeli media reported Glick to have been shot in his upper body at close range, during an event outside the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, where a number of Israeli members of the Knesset and right-wing activists were in attendance.
Ynet reported that, according to Jerusalem police, the shooter was on a motorcycle at the time of the incident, though details were still unclear.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld confirmed to Ma'an News Agency only that a "known right-wing activist" had been shot.
The attack was reported following a conference, at the center, which focused on the reconstruction of a Jewish temple on top of al-Aqsa Mosque, with top right-wing Jewish officials and activists in attendance.
MK Moshe Feiglin was quoted by Ynet as saying: "The would-be killer turned to (Glick), confirmed in Hebrew with a thick Arab accent that this was indeed Yehuda and shot several bullets at him from point blank."
"What happened is horrible but very expected. Glick was constantly threatened. The fact that he was not assigned protection at all times is a failure. I say this as someone who is the target of constant incitement," Feiglin continued.
"Weakness and incompetence were behind this attack. This was a relaxed conference, the room was half full. This was not an impassioned event. An Arab came there with the urge to kill."
The incident comes amid increasing tension in Jerusalem over an expected Knesset vote to potentially divide the mosque compound -- the third-holiest site in Islam -- between Muslims and Jews, or else restrict Muslim worship at the site.
According to Ma'an, Yehuda Glick is an American-born Israeli and the chairman of the Temple Mount Heritage Fund, an extremist Jewish organization focused on "strengthening the relationship between Israel and the Temple Mount."
He has, furthermore, been previously banned by Israeli authorities from entering the compound, due to provocations while on the site.
Critics charge that the Fund actually leads Jewish tours to the site with the intention of leading Jewish prayer there -- currently banned under Israeli agreements -- and encouraging Jews to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque and build a Jewish temple there.
Former Political Prisoner Killed In Silwan
29 oct 2014
Dozens of Israeli soldiers, accompanied by a number of military bulldozers, invaded on Wednesday morning the Khashm ad-Daraj and Um al-Kheir villages, east of Yatta town south of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and demolished several structures. The soldiers also assaulted a pregnant woman, causing internal bleeding.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements Rateb Jabour told the Palestine News Network that a large military force invaded Khashm ad-Daraj village, and demolished a cave, an external toilet, sheds and barns, and homes belonging to three residents identified as Mustafa Salem at-Tanbi, Ahmad Awwad at-Tanbi, and Eid at-Tanbi.
Soldiers also invaded Um al-Kheir village, east of Yatta, and demolished a clay oven used by the residents, and violently assaulted several Palestinians causing cuts and bruises.
Some of the wounded have been identified as Mo’tasem, Mousa, Tareq, Yasser, Amna, Maleeha and Suleiman al-Hathalin.
Jabour said the soldiers also attacked a pregnant woman, causing her internal bleeding before she was rushed to a local hospital.
The soldiers said settlers of the nearby illegal Karmiel settlement are “annoyed” by the wood smoke of the oven, adding that this is the third time the soldiers demolish the clay oven this week alone.
The attack led to clashes between the invading soldiers and local youths, and the soldiers attempted to kidnap a Palestinian but the residents managed to prevent the arrest.
Around 1200 Palestinians live in the Khashm ad-Daraj village, facing daily hardships due to ongoing attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers and settlers targeting farmlands, livestock, sheds and structures.
Earlier on Wednesday, the army demolished a home in Salah ed-Deen Street, in occupied East Jerusalem rendering eight family members homeless.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements Rateb Jabour told the Palestine News Network that a large military force invaded Khashm ad-Daraj village, and demolished a cave, an external toilet, sheds and barns, and homes belonging to three residents identified as Mustafa Salem at-Tanbi, Ahmad Awwad at-Tanbi, and Eid at-Tanbi.
Soldiers also invaded Um al-Kheir village, east of Yatta, and demolished a clay oven used by the residents, and violently assaulted several Palestinians causing cuts and bruises.
Some of the wounded have been identified as Mo’tasem, Mousa, Tareq, Yasser, Amna, Maleeha and Suleiman al-Hathalin.
Jabour said the soldiers also attacked a pregnant woman, causing her internal bleeding before she was rushed to a local hospital.
The soldiers said settlers of the nearby illegal Karmiel settlement are “annoyed” by the wood smoke of the oven, adding that this is the third time the soldiers demolish the clay oven this week alone.
The attack led to clashes between the invading soldiers and local youths, and the soldiers attempted to kidnap a Palestinian but the residents managed to prevent the arrest.
Around 1200 Palestinians live in the Khashm ad-Daraj village, facing daily hardships due to ongoing attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers and settlers targeting farmlands, livestock, sheds and structures.
Earlier on Wednesday, the army demolished a home in Salah ed-Deen Street, in occupied East Jerusalem rendering eight family members homeless.
Today at approximately 1:30 PM in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), the head of security for the illegal settlements in the area attempted to destroy the property of a Palestinian man named Muhammad Knebi.
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Settlers have been destroying the newly built fence owned by Muhammad Knebi since October. The fence was built to protect the Knebi family’s olive trees. Settlers have made several attempts to cut and break down the fence.
This afternoon, the head of settler security arrived on Muhammad’s land with a small tractor. He was accompanied by several soldiers from the Israeli army in addition to another settler from a nearby illegal settlement. They came in order to remove the large stones that were put behind the fence poles for added support.
The settlers also cut the fence with scissors. Jawad Abu Aisha, an activist from the Palestinian group Youth Against Settlements that helped Muhammad build the fence, sat on a stone to prevent the settlers from moving it. Jawad was detained for his actions for around half an hour.
The previous day the owner, Muhammad Knebi, had filed a complaint against the constant destruction of his fence and was then told by the Israeli police that if the settlers tried to take down his fence again he should call the Israeli army and they would stop the settlers.
Earlier today, neither the Israeli police nor the Israeli army made any attempts to stop or arrest the settlers for trespassing on private property and for the destruction of Muhammad’s fence. The Israeli soldiers had already received orders to prevent the settlers from destroying and cutting the fence but they did nothing to stop them.
Photos at ISM official.
28th October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Khalil Team
Settlers have been destroying the newly built fence owned by Muhammad Knebi since October. The fence was built to protect the Knebi family’s olive trees. Settlers have made several attempts to cut and break down the fence.
This afternoon, the head of settler security arrived on Muhammad’s land with a small tractor. He was accompanied by several soldiers from the Israeli army in addition to another settler from a nearby illegal settlement. They came in order to remove the large stones that were put behind the fence poles for added support.
The settlers also cut the fence with scissors. Jawad Abu Aisha, an activist from the Palestinian group Youth Against Settlements that helped Muhammad build the fence, sat on a stone to prevent the settlers from moving it. Jawad was detained for his actions for around half an hour.
The previous day the owner, Muhammad Knebi, had filed a complaint against the constant destruction of his fence and was then told by the Israeli police that if the settlers tried to take down his fence again he should call the Israeli army and they would stop the settlers.
Earlier today, neither the Israeli police nor the Israeli army made any attempts to stop or arrest the settlers for trespassing on private property and for the destruction of Muhammad’s fence. The Israeli soldiers had already received orders to prevent the settlers from destroying and cutting the fence but they did nothing to stop them.
Photos at ISM official.
28 oct 2014
A large number of Israeli settlers of the Bruchin illegal settlement outpost built on Palestinian lands east of Broqeen town, west of the central West Bank city of Salfit, started bulldozing lands in an attempt to expand their illegitimate settlement.
The Palestine News Network (PNN) said the settlers brought bulldozers and started leveling the lands, and digging, while several Israeli soldiers were deployed in the area preventing the Palestinians from reaching it.
Palestinian Researcher Khaled Ma’ali said the Israeli government lately announcement its intention to expand Brochin settlement by constructing new units, part of the recently declared 550 new units to be built on agricultural lands belonging to residents of Broqeen, and Sarta village.
Bruchin settlement was built in 1999; it started just as a small illegitimate outpost, and kept expanding since then.
The expansion comes following a decision by the head of the Central Command of the Israeli military of the West Bank, Nitzan Alon, to upgrade the outpost into a settlement under the umbrella of the “Regional Council of Settlements.”
The Palestine News Network (PNN) said the settlers brought bulldozers and started leveling the lands, and digging, while several Israeli soldiers were deployed in the area preventing the Palestinians from reaching it.
Palestinian Researcher Khaled Ma’ali said the Israeli government lately announcement its intention to expand Brochin settlement by constructing new units, part of the recently declared 550 new units to be built on agricultural lands belonging to residents of Broqeen, and Sarta village.
Bruchin settlement was built in 1999; it started just as a small illegitimate outpost, and kept expanding since then.
The expansion comes following a decision by the head of the Central Command of the Israeli military of the West Bank, Nitzan Alon, to upgrade the outpost into a settlement under the umbrella of the “Regional Council of Settlements.”
27 oct 2014
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Monday three Palestinians during a raid on Bethlehem, while Palestinian protesters smashed settlers’ car and bus in al-Khudar town in the same province.
According to the PIC reporter, a number of Israeli military vehicles raided Bethlehem late yesterday and broke into Aida and Doheisha refugee camps.
Four young men were arrested in Aida camp by IOF soldiers. One of the detainees was later released.
Heavy rubber bullets, tear gas and sound bombs were fired during clashes that broke out in Doheisha camp when Israeli forces stormed it, the PIC reporter added. No arrests were reported, while a young man suffered rubber bullet injures.
In response, Palestinian angry protesters smashed last night a settlers’ bus and a car in al-Khudar town southern Bethlehem.
A state of tension prevailed throughout the town when Israeli forces carried out a combing operation looking for the assailants.
In Nablus, two Palestinians were injured during violent clashes that broke out in Furik town when IOF soldiers stormed the town. The injured were transferred to hospital for treatment.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli troops were deployed throughout the neighborhoods of the town which led to the outbreak of clashes.
During the clashes, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas bombs towards local youths who responded by stoning the invading soldiers.
Along the same line, IOF soldiers stormed on Sunday evening Yabad town, south of Jenin, where a military checkpoint was erected at its entrance.
A number of by-passers were investigated while several vehicles were stopped and searched at the checkpoint.
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According to the PIC reporter, a number of Israeli military vehicles raided Bethlehem late yesterday and broke into Aida and Doheisha refugee camps.
Four young men were arrested in Aida camp by IOF soldiers. One of the detainees was later released.
Heavy rubber bullets, tear gas and sound bombs were fired during clashes that broke out in Doheisha camp when Israeli forces stormed it, the PIC reporter added. No arrests were reported, while a young man suffered rubber bullet injures.
In response, Palestinian angry protesters smashed last night a settlers’ bus and a car in al-Khudar town southern Bethlehem.
A state of tension prevailed throughout the town when Israeli forces carried out a combing operation looking for the assailants.
In Nablus, two Palestinians were injured during violent clashes that broke out in Furik town when IOF soldiers stormed the town. The injured were transferred to hospital for treatment.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli troops were deployed throughout the neighborhoods of the town which led to the outbreak of clashes.
During the clashes, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas bombs towards local youths who responded by stoning the invading soldiers.
Along the same line, IOF soldiers stormed on Sunday evening Yabad town, south of Jenin, where a military checkpoint was erected at its entrance.
A number of by-passers were investigated while several vehicles were stopped and searched at the checkpoint.
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A special Knesset session seeking to deliberate over ways to strip Jordan of the actual sovereignty over Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque is set to kick off Monday.
A number of Israeli ministers and senior officials along with representatives of the alleged temple organizations are expected to partake in the session.
Director-General of Jerusalem’s Awqaf (Endowment) and al-Aqsa Affairs, Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, said in a press release: “Any potential tabling of Knesset deliberations over al-Aqsa affairs is unacceptable. Sovereignty over al-Aqsa is purely Islamic and remains under the auspices of Jordan, only.”
Israeli police and settler vandalism has lately stepped up at al-Aqsa Mosque as part of a larger attempt to impose a spatio-temporal division and enforce an Israeli sovereignty over the holy Islamic site.
In another development, deputy minister of internal affairs Faina Kirschenbaum urged the Knesset to endorse a couple of bills pressing for rescinding Israeli citizenship from Arab MK Hanin Zoabi and removing her diplomatic immunity.
The Yisrael Hayom newspaper on Monday wrote quoting Kirschenbaum: “Zoabi is exploiting her legal immunity to frequently incite and boost up terrorist parties.”
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A number of Israeli ministers and senior officials along with representatives of the alleged temple organizations are expected to partake in the session.
Director-General of Jerusalem’s Awqaf (Endowment) and al-Aqsa Affairs, Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, said in a press release: “Any potential tabling of Knesset deliberations over al-Aqsa affairs is unacceptable. Sovereignty over al-Aqsa is purely Islamic and remains under the auspices of Jordan, only.”
Israeli police and settler vandalism has lately stepped up at al-Aqsa Mosque as part of a larger attempt to impose a spatio-temporal division and enforce an Israeli sovereignty over the holy Islamic site.
In another development, deputy minister of internal affairs Faina Kirschenbaum urged the Knesset to endorse a couple of bills pressing for rescinding Israeli citizenship from Arab MK Hanin Zoabi and removing her diplomatic immunity.
The Yisrael Hayom newspaper on Monday wrote quoting Kirschenbaum: “Zoabi is exploiting her legal immunity to frequently incite and boost up terrorist parties.”
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Israeli bulldozers have been working for several days on Palestinian-owned lands to expand settlements and build roads in towns near Salfit city, local sources said.
Palestinian activist in settlement affairs Khaled Ma'ali was told by farmers that bulldozers belonging to Jewish settlers were leveling their lands near Rababa settlement, west of Deir Istiya town, and the industrial settlement of Burkan, southwest of Hares village.
Ma'ali also reported that he saw bulldozers working on a vast tract of land belonging to the family of Ali Souf in Hares village.
The family stated that it had not received any notification telling them about Israel's intention to seize the land or been allowed to reach the land or make any objection.
The activist also noted that Ariel settlement still dump thousands of cubic meters of sewage every day in the western valleys of Salfit, leading to the contamination of Beir and Matwi valleys and the nearby lands.
In another incident, the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) notified a few days ago Mahmoud Annajjar of its intention to demolish his cattle farm in Musafer Yatta village in Yatta town at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Musafer Yatta is one of eight villages in Yatta town whose residents are threatened with displacement.
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Palestinian activist in settlement affairs Khaled Ma'ali was told by farmers that bulldozers belonging to Jewish settlers were leveling their lands near Rababa settlement, west of Deir Istiya town, and the industrial settlement of Burkan, southwest of Hares village.
Ma'ali also reported that he saw bulldozers working on a vast tract of land belonging to the family of Ali Souf in Hares village.
The family stated that it had not received any notification telling them about Israel's intention to seize the land or been allowed to reach the land or make any objection.
The activist also noted that Ariel settlement still dump thousands of cubic meters of sewage every day in the western valleys of Salfit, leading to the contamination of Beir and Matwi valleys and the nearby lands.
In another incident, the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) notified a few days ago Mahmoud Annajjar of its intention to demolish his cattle farm in Musafer Yatta village in Yatta town at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Musafer Yatta is one of eight villages in Yatta town whose residents are threatened with displacement.
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