12 nov 2014
Israeli settlers, on Wednesday, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque from the Dung Gate, guarded by intensified private units of the Israeli police force.
Police stood at the gates of the mosque, blocking Muslim women of all ages from entering for worship services, while detaining the ID cards of the men.
The routine is ongoing, PNN reports, with Israeli settlers breaking into the mosque in small groups but successive acts, during which they tour the yards accompanied by 'guards' who narrate mythical stories about the proclaimed Temple Mount, which sits above the mosque.
Police stood at the gates of the mosque, blocking Muslim women of all ages from entering for worship services, while detaining the ID cards of the men.
The routine is ongoing, PNN reports, with Israeli settlers breaking into the mosque in small groups but successive acts, during which they tour the yards accompanied by 'guards' who narrate mythical stories about the proclaimed Temple Mount, which sits above the mosque.
WAFA correspondence reports that gun-toting Israeli settlers chased down and intercepted a number of female Palestinian students, Tuesdays, while they were on their way home from school in the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem.
Head of Kisan village council Hussain Ghazal said that the students succeeded in seeking refuge at a nearby residential area, escaping injury.
Ongoing settler attacks against Palestinians have significantly increased following the killing of an Israeli soldier and a female settler on Monday.
The rise in such attacks, including inside Israel, has sharply increased following Saturday's incident in which Israeli police murdered, without any apparent provocation, 22-year-old Kheir e-Dine Hamdan, a resident of the Galilee.
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Settlers, on Tuesday, attacked a number of Palestinian homes to the south of Hebron with stones while, in a separate incident, settlers sabotaged the content of a Palestinian stone-cutting factory, according to local and security sources.
In Hebron, settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Hagai broke into the Harayek area, to the south of the city, where they pelted stones at Palestinian houses, yet no injuries were reported.
Earlier, in the predawn hours, illegal Israeli settlers stormed a Palestinian-owned stone-cutting factory in the village of Hawwara, to the south of Nablus, destroying some of its content and machines.
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Israeli forces kidnapped, early Tuesday and Monday night, at least ten Palestinians from across the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Israeli forces raided ‘Askar refugee camp, to the east of Nablus, where they broke into the house of Nur al-Din Abu Hashya, suspected of stabbing an Israeli soldier in Tel Aviv on Monday. Forces ransacked the house and took his father, Khaled, 55, along with his three brothers, Walid, ‘Izz Ed-dine, and Mohammad.
Nur al-Din Abu Hashya was reportedly taken into custody, according to WAFA.
Meanwhile. in Jerusalem, Israeli police further abducted one Mohammad ‘Ubaid, who works as a paramedic, as well as 30-year-old Ahmad al-‘Amuri, after breaking into and ransacking their houses.
In Hebron, forces raided ‘Ein Sarah Street, where they arrested Mohammad, the brother of Maher al-Hashlamon (the man who reportedly killed a woman and injured three other people) after breaking into and ransacking his family’s house.
Maher al-Hashlamon is currently unconscious in the intensive care unit at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem, after being shot and critically wounded by soldiers stationed near the scene.
Ayman al-Shwaiki was also taken from the same neighborhood, following a raid on his house.
In the Jenin district, forces abducted two teenagers from the Abu Bakir family; Liqa’, 18, and Rabi‘, 19, near Ya‘bad town, to the southwest of the city.
Following Monday's stabbing incident, Israeli troops forced Palestinians in Huwwara town, to the south of Nablus, to shut down their shops in anticipation of a demonstration organized by Israeli settlers from Yitzhar junction to Za‘tarah military checkpoint.
Settlers vandalized Palestinian vehicles parked near the checkpoint.
Finally, several hours later, dozens of settlers closed the main entrance of Beit Fajjar, a town to the south of Bethlehem.
Head of Kisan village council Hussain Ghazal said that the students succeeded in seeking refuge at a nearby residential area, escaping injury.
Ongoing settler attacks against Palestinians have significantly increased following the killing of an Israeli soldier and a female settler on Monday.
The rise in such attacks, including inside Israel, has sharply increased following Saturday's incident in which Israeli police murdered, without any apparent provocation, 22-year-old Kheir e-Dine Hamdan, a resident of the Galilee.
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Settlers, on Tuesday, attacked a number of Palestinian homes to the south of Hebron with stones while, in a separate incident, settlers sabotaged the content of a Palestinian stone-cutting factory, according to local and security sources.
In Hebron, settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Hagai broke into the Harayek area, to the south of the city, where they pelted stones at Palestinian houses, yet no injuries were reported.
Earlier, in the predawn hours, illegal Israeli settlers stormed a Palestinian-owned stone-cutting factory in the village of Hawwara, to the south of Nablus, destroying some of its content and machines.
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Israeli forces kidnapped, early Tuesday and Monday night, at least ten Palestinians from across the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Israeli forces raided ‘Askar refugee camp, to the east of Nablus, where they broke into the house of Nur al-Din Abu Hashya, suspected of stabbing an Israeli soldier in Tel Aviv on Monday. Forces ransacked the house and took his father, Khaled, 55, along with his three brothers, Walid, ‘Izz Ed-dine, and Mohammad.
Nur al-Din Abu Hashya was reportedly taken into custody, according to WAFA.
Meanwhile. in Jerusalem, Israeli police further abducted one Mohammad ‘Ubaid, who works as a paramedic, as well as 30-year-old Ahmad al-‘Amuri, after breaking into and ransacking their houses.
In Hebron, forces raided ‘Ein Sarah Street, where they arrested Mohammad, the brother of Maher al-Hashlamon (the man who reportedly killed a woman and injured three other people) after breaking into and ransacking his family’s house.
Maher al-Hashlamon is currently unconscious in the intensive care unit at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem, after being shot and critically wounded by soldiers stationed near the scene.
Ayman al-Shwaiki was also taken from the same neighborhood, following a raid on his house.
In the Jenin district, forces abducted two teenagers from the Abu Bakir family; Liqa’, 18, and Rabi‘, 19, near Ya‘bad town, to the southwest of the city.
Following Monday's stabbing incident, Israeli troops forced Palestinians in Huwwara town, to the south of Nablus, to shut down their shops in anticipation of a demonstration organized by Israeli settlers from Yitzhar junction to Za‘tarah military checkpoint.
Settlers vandalized Palestinian vehicles parked near the checkpoint.
Finally, several hours later, dozens of settlers closed the main entrance of Beit Fajjar, a town to the south of Bethlehem.
Israeli settlers destroyed the windows of some 30 Palestinian-owned cars, Monday night, in protest of the recent stabbing incident in Tel-Aviv.
PNN reports that about 200 Israeli settlers participated in the demonstration, which was repressed by the Israeli military.
Following the recent violence in the region, the Israeli military intensified its units in the West Bank, while police announced a state of alert along the Green Line.
According to Walla Israeli news site, the military, by the early morning hours, spread their forces throughout the West Bank, focusing on the main roads and areas of tension. Police units also were spead across the points where Palestinian workers travel to Israel for work.
An Israeli army officer said that the West Bank has never witnessed this rate of violence, either from Palestinian attackers or Israeli extremists.
PNN reports that about 200 Israeli settlers participated in the demonstration, which was repressed by the Israeli military.
Following the recent violence in the region, the Israeli military intensified its units in the West Bank, while police announced a state of alert along the Green Line.
According to Walla Israeli news site, the military, by the early morning hours, spread their forces throughout the West Bank, focusing on the main roads and areas of tension. Police units also were spead across the points where Palestinian workers travel to Israel for work.
An Israeli army officer said that the West Bank has never witnessed this rate of violence, either from Palestinian attackers or Israeli extremists.
A number of fanatic Israeli settlers infiltrated, on Wednesday at dawn, into the al-Mogheer village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, set its mosque on fire, and wrote racist graffiti.
Local worshipers went to the mosque for dawn prayers to find its ground floor in flames, and also found racist anti-Arab and anti-Islamic graffiti on its walls.
Mahmoud Habbash, Minister of Waqf and Islamic Affairs, religious affairs adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas, described the attack as another war crime, and “a state-sponsored organized terrorist attack” that violates all treaties and religions.
He added that the attack is another attempt to prevent the Muslims from praying and freely practice their religion.
Habbash further stated that Israel’ politics, and its ongoing violations against the Palestinian, their lands and holy sites, including the escalated attacks on the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, aim at shifting the conflict into a religious one that could drag the entire region, and the world into larger conflicts and wars.
He also said Israel’s political and security leaders are responsible for the escalating violence due to their statements and actions on the ground, and the failure to hold the settlers accountable for their crimes.
Al-Mogheer village is surrounded by illegal Israeli settlements, and is repeatedly attacked by fanatics Israeli settlers.
Faraj Na’san, head of the al-Mogheer village council said the settlers repeatedly vandalized cars and buildings in the village, and partially burnt its second mosque nearly two years ago.
Local worshipers went to the mosque for dawn prayers to find its ground floor in flames, and also found racist anti-Arab and anti-Islamic graffiti on its walls.
Mahmoud Habbash, Minister of Waqf and Islamic Affairs, religious affairs adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas, described the attack as another war crime, and “a state-sponsored organized terrorist attack” that violates all treaties and religions.
He added that the attack is another attempt to prevent the Muslims from praying and freely practice their religion.
Habbash further stated that Israel’ politics, and its ongoing violations against the Palestinian, their lands and holy sites, including the escalated attacks on the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, aim at shifting the conflict into a religious one that could drag the entire region, and the world into larger conflicts and wars.
He also said Israel’s political and security leaders are responsible for the escalating violence due to their statements and actions on the ground, and the failure to hold the settlers accountable for their crimes.
Al-Mogheer village is surrounded by illegal Israeli settlements, and is repeatedly attacked by fanatics Israeli settlers.
Faraj Na’san, head of the al-Mogheer village council said the settlers repeatedly vandalized cars and buildings in the village, and partially burnt its second mosque nearly two years ago.
11 nov 2014
The fatal stabbing of an Israeli soldier and settler further heightened tensions as Palestinians were set Tuesday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of iconic leader Yasser Arafat.
Monday's violence began in Tel Aviv, where a Palestinian teenager from the northern West Bank stabbed a soldier who later died of his wounds in hospital. The assailant fled but was arrested.
Hours later, another Palestinian attacked three Israelis outside the Alon Shvut settlement in the southern West Bank, killing a young woman and wounding two other people before a security guard shot and critically wounded him.
The bloodshed took place after months of clashes in and around annexed East Jerusalem, with the unrest spreading to Palestinian areas of Israel over the weekend after police shot dead a young Palestinian with Israeli citizenship during an arrest operation.
Events marking the 10th anniversary of Arafat's death have been cancelled in the Gaza Strip due to security concerns, but are expected to go ahead in the West Bank.
The Palestinian leader, who signed the 1993 Oslo peace accords with Israel but walked away from talks hosted by the US at Camp David in 2000, died aged 75 at a hospital in Paris in 2004.
His death remains clouded in mystery, with some research indicating he may have been poisoned by polonium, a theory which is accepted by many Palestinians.
'Situation could further deteriorate'
The knife attacks were condemned by the United States and the European Union.
"It is absolutely critical that parties take every possible measure to protect civilians and de-escalate tensions," said State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
The office of EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini warned the situation could further deteriorate "in the absence of political perspective."
A wave of violence has gripped annexed East Jerusalem for the past four months and has recently spread to Palestinian towns and villages inside Israel.
Anger initially boiled in Jerusalem in early July over the murder of a Palestinian teenager by young Jewish extremists.
It has been fueled by religious tensions at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, as well as by moves to expand settler presence in the occupied eastern sector of the holy city.
Since July, police have arrested some 900 Palestinians for public order offences in East Jerusalem and indicted around a third of them.
The unrest spread at the weekend after police shot dead a 22-year-old Palestinian in Kufr Kana near the northern city of Nazareth, triggering a wave of rioting in Palestinian areas, some of which continued until early Monday.
Police claim the officers fired warning shots before shooting directly at him.
But relatives say Kheir Hamdan was killed "in cold blood," with CCTV images contradicting the official version and showing an officer shooting him as he was running away from the scene.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday that anyone breaking the law would be "punished severely."
"We will not tolerate disturbances and riots. We will take determined action against those who throw stones, firebombs, and fireworks, and block roads, and against demonstrations that call for our destruction."
Monday's violence began in Tel Aviv, where a Palestinian teenager from the northern West Bank stabbed a soldier who later died of his wounds in hospital. The assailant fled but was arrested.
Hours later, another Palestinian attacked three Israelis outside the Alon Shvut settlement in the southern West Bank, killing a young woman and wounding two other people before a security guard shot and critically wounded him.
The bloodshed took place after months of clashes in and around annexed East Jerusalem, with the unrest spreading to Palestinian areas of Israel over the weekend after police shot dead a young Palestinian with Israeli citizenship during an arrest operation.
Events marking the 10th anniversary of Arafat's death have been cancelled in the Gaza Strip due to security concerns, but are expected to go ahead in the West Bank.
The Palestinian leader, who signed the 1993 Oslo peace accords with Israel but walked away from talks hosted by the US at Camp David in 2000, died aged 75 at a hospital in Paris in 2004.
His death remains clouded in mystery, with some research indicating he may have been poisoned by polonium, a theory which is accepted by many Palestinians.
'Situation could further deteriorate'
The knife attacks were condemned by the United States and the European Union.
"It is absolutely critical that parties take every possible measure to protect civilians and de-escalate tensions," said State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
The office of EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini warned the situation could further deteriorate "in the absence of political perspective."
A wave of violence has gripped annexed East Jerusalem for the past four months and has recently spread to Palestinian towns and villages inside Israel.
Anger initially boiled in Jerusalem in early July over the murder of a Palestinian teenager by young Jewish extremists.
It has been fueled by religious tensions at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, as well as by moves to expand settler presence in the occupied eastern sector of the holy city.
Since July, police have arrested some 900 Palestinians for public order offences in East Jerusalem and indicted around a third of them.
The unrest spread at the weekend after police shot dead a 22-year-old Palestinian in Kufr Kana near the northern city of Nazareth, triggering a wave of rioting in Palestinian areas, some of which continued until early Monday.
Police claim the officers fired warning shots before shooting directly at him.
But relatives say Kheir Hamdan was killed "in cold blood," with CCTV images contradicting the official version and showing an officer shooting him as he was running away from the scene.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday that anyone breaking the law would be "punished severely."
"We will not tolerate disturbances and riots. We will take determined action against those who throw stones, firebombs, and fireworks, and block roads, and against demonstrations that call for our destruction."
Dozens of Israeli settlers from the Yitzhar settlement in southern Nablus attempted to assault several Palestinian security officers after they parked their car on the road at the entrance of the settlement on Tuesday.
Zakariya al-Sadda, a human rights activist with Rabbis for Human Rights, told Ma'an that Israeli settlers forced five officers from Palestinian security forces to stop while on their way to Ramallah to take part in a festival celebrating the anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death
They claimed that the driver attempted to assault a settler who was driving his car on the same road.
Al-Sadda added that the Israeli settlers and Palestinian officers traded verbal assaults.
He added that the Palestinian Liaison Department intervened and solved the issue, and that Israeli forces took the Palestinian officers away from the settlement’s entrance after dozens of settlers gathered and attempted to assault them.
Zakariya al-Sadda, a human rights activist with Rabbis for Human Rights, told Ma'an that Israeli settlers forced five officers from Palestinian security forces to stop while on their way to Ramallah to take part in a festival celebrating the anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death
They claimed that the driver attempted to assault a settler who was driving his car on the same road.
Al-Sadda added that the Israeli settlers and Palestinian officers traded verbal assaults.
He added that the Palestinian Liaison Department intervened and solved the issue, and that Israeli forces took the Palestinian officers away from the settlement’s entrance after dozens of settlers gathered and attempted to assault them.
Israeli settlers damaged Palestinian property in the West Bank and East Jerusalem Tuesday as Israeli forces were heavily deployed and clashes broke out across the Palestinian territory, an official said.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settler activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that Israeli settlers smashed equipment belonging to three stone crushing plants in the Nablus district.
The factories, located near the Huwwara military checkpoint in southern Nablus, belong to Naji Yousef al-Asmar, Bassam Muhammad Hassan, and Abu al-Abed Tabania, Daghlas said.
In East Jerusalem, right-wing Israeli Jews punctured the tires of several vehicles belonging to Palestinians and sprayed anti-Arab graffiti in Beit Safafa, Israeli media reported.
Rechet Bet's website said five cars' tires were slashed and that graffiti was sprayed on a sidewalk.
Muhammad al-Kahla, one of the Palestinians whose car was damaged, said that Israeli settlers also sprayed "No cars for Arabs" and "No terror attacks."
Al-Kahla said other cars that were targeted belong to the Ibrahim, Khalil, and al-Mukhtar families.
Late Monday, Israeli settlers smashed the windshields of more than 30 Palestinian vehicles during a rally Monday night on the main road south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, Daghlas told Ma'an earlier.
The settler aggression came after two Palestinian attacks killed an Israeli soldier in Tel Aviv and a settler near Bethlehem earlier in the day.
Settler attacks against Palestinians and their property are commonplace in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, but are rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
There are over 500,000 Israeli settlers living in settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settler activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that Israeli settlers smashed equipment belonging to three stone crushing plants in the Nablus district.
The factories, located near the Huwwara military checkpoint in southern Nablus, belong to Naji Yousef al-Asmar, Bassam Muhammad Hassan, and Abu al-Abed Tabania, Daghlas said.
In East Jerusalem, right-wing Israeli Jews punctured the tires of several vehicles belonging to Palestinians and sprayed anti-Arab graffiti in Beit Safafa, Israeli media reported.
Rechet Bet's website said five cars' tires were slashed and that graffiti was sprayed on a sidewalk.
Muhammad al-Kahla, one of the Palestinians whose car was damaged, said that Israeli settlers also sprayed "No cars for Arabs" and "No terror attacks."
Al-Kahla said other cars that were targeted belong to the Ibrahim, Khalil, and al-Mukhtar families.
Late Monday, Israeli settlers smashed the windshields of more than 30 Palestinian vehicles during a rally Monday night on the main road south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, Daghlas told Ma'an earlier.
The settler aggression came after two Palestinian attacks killed an Israeli soldier in Tel Aviv and a settler near Bethlehem earlier in the day.
Settler attacks against Palestinians and their property are commonplace in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, but are rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
There are over 500,000 Israeli settlers living in settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
The Islamic Waqf Authority in occupied Jerusalem said that a group of extremist Jewish women and men on Monday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque's courtyards as they were singing, dancing and verbally attacking Muslims.
An official source from the Islamic Waqf told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that those settlers escorted by policemen entered the Mosque and toured its courtyards.
He added that some of the women were provocatively singing, dancing and uttering strange words during their presence inside the Mosque, prompting its servants and guards to demand their expulsion from the holy site.
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An official source from the Islamic Waqf told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that those settlers escorted by policemen entered the Mosque and toured its courtyards.
He added that some of the women were provocatively singing, dancing and uttering strange words during their presence inside the Mosque, prompting its servants and guards to demand their expulsion from the holy site.
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Dalia Lamkus, 25
Almog Shiloni, 20
Israeli sources confirmed Monday that a 25-yet-old settler woman and an Israeli army soldier have been killed in two separate stabbing attacks, in Tel Aviv and the West Bank, while at least two others were injured. A Palestinian man, allegedly the attacker was shot and killed.
Israeli daily Haaretz said Dalia Lamkus, 25, from the illegal settlement of Teqoua’, near Bethlehem, died on Monday evening after being stabbed by a Palestinian, while a young settler was moderately injured in his abdomen, and a 50-year-old man suffered a mild injury to the face.
The incident took place, on Monday evening, near the Alon Shvot illegal Israeli settlement, in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.
Israeli sources said that the attacker, later identified by the Israeli Internal Security Service as Maher Hamdi al-Hashlamoun, 31, is a former political prisoner, from Hebron, who was held by Israel for more than five years.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said al-Hashlamoun was shot and killed by Israeli army fire, and by rounds fired by a guard of the Alon Shvot settlement.
On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded several homes in Hebron, and kidnapped the brother of al-Hashlamoun, and his brother-in-law, in Ein Sara area in the center of the city.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded the home of al-Hashlamoun’s father, and ransacked it before kidnapping his brother, Mohammad, and invaded the home of his brother-in-law, Khaled an-Natsha, in the same area, and kidnapped him.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes belonging to relatives of al-Hashlamoun.
Medical sources in Hebron said dozens of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, and two were kidnapped by the soldiers, during clashes that took place in Hebron after the army invaded it.
In addition, soldiers clashed with dozens of Palestinians in Doura town, south of Hebron, and kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Hamza Ezzat Amro, 21.
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers marched on a bypass road close to Gush Etzion settlement, and blocked Palestinian traffic while chanting “death to Arabs."
Almog Shiloni, 20
Israeli sources confirmed Monday that a 25-yet-old settler woman and an Israeli army soldier have been killed in two separate stabbing attacks, in Tel Aviv and the West Bank, while at least two others were injured. A Palestinian man, allegedly the attacker was shot and killed.
Israeli daily Haaretz said Dalia Lamkus, 25, from the illegal settlement of Teqoua’, near Bethlehem, died on Monday evening after being stabbed by a Palestinian, while a young settler was moderately injured in his abdomen, and a 50-year-old man suffered a mild injury to the face.
The incident took place, on Monday evening, near the Alon Shvot illegal Israeli settlement, in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.
Israeli sources said that the attacker, later identified by the Israeli Internal Security Service as Maher Hamdi al-Hashlamoun, 31, is a former political prisoner, from Hebron, who was held by Israel for more than five years.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said al-Hashlamoun was shot and killed by Israeli army fire, and by rounds fired by a guard of the Alon Shvot settlement.
On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded several homes in Hebron, and kidnapped the brother of al-Hashlamoun, and his brother-in-law, in Ein Sara area in the center of the city.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded the home of al-Hashlamoun’s father, and ransacked it before kidnapping his brother, Mohammad, and invaded the home of his brother-in-law, Khaled an-Natsha, in the same area, and kidnapped him.
The soldiers also invaded and searched several homes belonging to relatives of al-Hashlamoun.
Medical sources in Hebron said dozens of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, and two were kidnapped by the soldiers, during clashes that took place in Hebron after the army invaded it.
In addition, soldiers clashed with dozens of Palestinians in Doura town, south of Hebron, and kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Hamza Ezzat Amro, 21.
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers marched on a bypass road close to Gush Etzion settlement, and blocked Palestinian traffic while chanting “death to Arabs."
The stabbing came just hours after an Israeli settler soldier, identified as Almog Shiloni, 20 years of age, from Modi’in illegal settlement (near Ramallah) was stabbed at a train station, south of Tel Aviv, and died of his wounds later on.
Israeli Ynet News said Sergeant Shiloni died of his wounds of Monday at night at the Tel HaShomer Israeli Medical Center.
Israel said the attacker has been identified as Noureddeen Abu Hashiyya, from Askar refugee camp, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and that he entered Israel without a permit.
Following the two incidents, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting with his senior security officials at his home in occupied Jerusalem, and ordered a series of measures “to combat the increasing violence.”
The meeting included Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Israeli Army Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich, Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, and Shin Bet head Yoram Cohen.
He instructed the officials to increase the number of Israeli soldiers on the ground, and to demolish the homes of Palestinians responsible for attacks against Israel.
The latest development came amidst increasing tension and clashes in different parts of the country, mainly in occupied East Jerusalem, following escalated settlers attacks and invasions into the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Israeli Ynet News said Sergeant Shiloni died of his wounds of Monday at night at the Tel HaShomer Israeli Medical Center.
Israel said the attacker has been identified as Noureddeen Abu Hashiyya, from Askar refugee camp, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and that he entered Israel without a permit.
Following the two incidents, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting with his senior security officials at his home in occupied Jerusalem, and ordered a series of measures “to combat the increasing violence.”
The meeting included Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Israeli Army Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich, Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, and Shin Bet head Yoram Cohen.
He instructed the officials to increase the number of Israeli soldiers on the ground, and to demolish the homes of Palestinians responsible for attacks against Israel.
The latest development came amidst increasing tension and clashes in different parts of the country, mainly in occupied East Jerusalem, following escalated settlers attacks and invasions into the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
10 nov 2014
A number of Israeli settlers attempted, just before midnight Sunday, to occupy a vacant Palestinian building in the central neighborhood of Silwan town, south of the al-Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) stated that 6-8 Israeli settlers stormed the central neighborhood and gathered in front of the building before attempted to invade it while chanting “The building is ours.”
Local Palestinian residents saw the settlers and prevented them from entering the building; clashes took place between the settlers and the Palestinians before the settlers left the scene.
Silwanic said the settlers returned to the building later, accompanied by undercover soldiers of the Israeli army, and clashed again with local youths, before withdrawing from the area.
Resident Saleh Shiokhy owns the two-story building; it has been empty for some years now, and is located next to several buildings that have recently been occupied by fanatic settlers. The ground floor o the building has commercial stores.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) stated that 6-8 Israeli settlers stormed the central neighborhood and gathered in front of the building before attempted to invade it while chanting “The building is ours.”
Local Palestinian residents saw the settlers and prevented them from entering the building; clashes took place between the settlers and the Palestinians before the settlers left the scene.
Silwanic said the settlers returned to the building later, accompanied by undercover soldiers of the Israeli army, and clashed again with local youths, before withdrawing from the area.
Resident Saleh Shiokhy owns the two-story building; it has been empty for some years now, and is located next to several buildings that have recently been occupied by fanatic settlers. The ground floor o the building has commercial stores.
9 nov 2014
Under guard of Israeli soldiers, colonizers from the illegal settlement of Netafim leveled private Palestinian lands near the central West Bank village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, according to witnesses.
The settlers intend to expand Netafim, which was founded in 1986 on Palestinian land, from the villages of Qarawat Bani Hassan and Deir Istiya, in the Salfit district, local researcher Khaled Maali told Ma'an News Agency.
Over 500,000 Israeli settlers now live in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
The settlers intend to expand Netafim, which was founded in 1986 on Palestinian land, from the villages of Qarawat Bani Hassan and Deir Istiya, in the Salfit district, local researcher Khaled Maali told Ma'an News Agency.
Over 500,000 Israeli settlers now live in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, the al-Makassed Hospital in the at-Tour town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped one Palestinian after assaulting him. Soldiers also kidnapped three Palestinians, including a child, in Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers searched the hospital and its yards, before invading the Urgent Care Unit, and kidnapped a young man after beating him.
Hospital Administration said the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs into the hospital, over the last two days, and even sprayed it with waste-water mixed with chemicals.
It denounced the ongoing assaults, and said invading hospitals is an act that violates International Humanitarian Law, and called on the Red Cross and representatives of western countries to intervene and stop the escalating Israeli violations.
The soldiers also fired dozens of gas bombs into the streets of at-Tour, and even into a number of stores and homes, and kidnapped a child identified as Omar Abu al-Hawa, 14.
Clashes also continued in the Shu’fat refugee camp, Jabal al-Mokabber, and various Palestinian neighborhoods and towns in occupied East Jerusalem while local youths managed to burn a military watchtower at the near the camp.
On Saturday evening, soldiers kidnapped two young men, identified as Hamza al-Joulani and his brother Bilal, in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem.
In other news, Israeli sources said three settlers were injured when Palestinian protesters hurled stones at their car, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers searched the hospital and its yards, before invading the Urgent Care Unit, and kidnapped a young man after beating him.
Hospital Administration said the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs into the hospital, over the last two days, and even sprayed it with waste-water mixed with chemicals.
It denounced the ongoing assaults, and said invading hospitals is an act that violates International Humanitarian Law, and called on the Red Cross and representatives of western countries to intervene and stop the escalating Israeli violations.
The soldiers also fired dozens of gas bombs into the streets of at-Tour, and even into a number of stores and homes, and kidnapped a child identified as Omar Abu al-Hawa, 14.
Clashes also continued in the Shu’fat refugee camp, Jabal al-Mokabber, and various Palestinian neighborhoods and towns in occupied East Jerusalem while local youths managed to burn a military watchtower at the near the camp.
On Saturday evening, soldiers kidnapped two young men, identified as Hamza al-Joulani and his brother Bilal, in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem.
In other news, Israeli sources said three settlers were injured when Palestinian protesters hurled stones at their car, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
7 nov 2014
Jewish settlers from Yitzhar settlement on Thursday evening sabotaged scores of olives trees in Burin town, south of Nablus city.
Social activist Abdullah Annajjar said the settlers destroyed the olive trees near the house of citizen Bashir Hamza in full view of Israeli soldiers, who did not intervene to stop what happened.
Najjar added that the saboteurs were five settlers, three of them were armed and are notorious for their hostile and racist activities against Palestinian farmers.
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Social activist Abdullah Annajjar said the settlers destroyed the olive trees near the house of citizen Bashir Hamza in full view of Israeli soldiers, who did not intervene to stop what happened.
Najjar added that the saboteurs were five settlers, three of them were armed and are notorious for their hostile and racist activities against Palestinian farmers.
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Shalom Baadani, 17-year-old yeshiva student from Jerusalem, was hit when terrorist rammed his car into
An Israeli teen injured in Wednesday's vehicular terror attack in Jerusalem succumbed to his wounds Friday morning.
17-year-old yeshiva student Shalom Baadani from Jerusalem, the grandson of a senior Shas religious figure, lay in critical condition in the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem's Ein Kerem since Wednesday with his identity unknown.
Baadani arrived at Haddasah after being wounded in the vehicular terror attack on Wednesday afternoon. Rescue personnel used a cellphone found at the scene of the attack to identify the patient, comparing images on the phone with the victim. Police then found his parents, who were summoned to the hospital and confirmed his identity.
His death brings the death toll of the terror attack to two - or three, if you include the attack's perpetrator Ibrahim Al-Akari, 38, who was killed while still rampaging in Jerusalem by an officer and four soldiers.
Al-Akari, a Palestinian from East Jerusalem, rammed his car into pedestrians near one of Jerusalem's Light Rail stations. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, which saw Akari plow down a group of Border Gaurd police officers, killing Chief inspector Jadan Assad, a Druze officer from Beit Jann, and then continue to the station, hitting additional pedestrians, only to continue his attack on foot with a metal rod.
Apparently, Baadani was riding a bicycle when he was hit by the terrorist. His parents never worried, because they knew he was supposed to return home late at night.
Baadani is the grandson of a member of the Shas Party's Council of Torah Sages, Rabbi Shimon Baadani. Among the hospital visitors was MK Eli Yishai.
Violence continues Nearly daily stone-throwing protests have erupted in East Jerusalem neighborhoods, and at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem housing Islam's third-holiest site, and which Jews revere as the place where biblical Jewish temples once stood.
Israeli police deployed extra forces on Friday to try and prevent further violence, also limiting access to worshippers by permitting only Muslim men older than 35 to enter the compound of the al-Aqsa mosque.
Palestinians accuse Israel of trying to change the delicate status quo at the site, citing visits by right-wing Israelis seeking prayer rights there.
An Israeli teen injured in Wednesday's vehicular terror attack in Jerusalem succumbed to his wounds Friday morning.
17-year-old yeshiva student Shalom Baadani from Jerusalem, the grandson of a senior Shas religious figure, lay in critical condition in the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem's Ein Kerem since Wednesday with his identity unknown.
Baadani arrived at Haddasah after being wounded in the vehicular terror attack on Wednesday afternoon. Rescue personnel used a cellphone found at the scene of the attack to identify the patient, comparing images on the phone with the victim. Police then found his parents, who were summoned to the hospital and confirmed his identity.
His death brings the death toll of the terror attack to two - or three, if you include the attack's perpetrator Ibrahim Al-Akari, 38, who was killed while still rampaging in Jerusalem by an officer and four soldiers.
Al-Akari, a Palestinian from East Jerusalem, rammed his car into pedestrians near one of Jerusalem's Light Rail stations. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, which saw Akari plow down a group of Border Gaurd police officers, killing Chief inspector Jadan Assad, a Druze officer from Beit Jann, and then continue to the station, hitting additional pedestrians, only to continue his attack on foot with a metal rod.
Apparently, Baadani was riding a bicycle when he was hit by the terrorist. His parents never worried, because they knew he was supposed to return home late at night.
Baadani is the grandson of a member of the Shas Party's Council of Torah Sages, Rabbi Shimon Baadani. Among the hospital visitors was MK Eli Yishai.
Violence continues Nearly daily stone-throwing protests have erupted in East Jerusalem neighborhoods, and at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem housing Islam's third-holiest site, and which Jews revere as the place where biblical Jewish temples once stood.
Israeli police deployed extra forces on Friday to try and prevent further violence, also limiting access to worshippers by permitting only Muslim men older than 35 to enter the compound of the al-Aqsa mosque.
Palestinians accuse Israel of trying to change the delicate status quo at the site, citing visits by right-wing Israelis seeking prayer rights there.