18 nov 2014
A Palestinian man was stabbed on Tuesday, by a group of Israelis in northern Jerusalem, according to relatives.
22-year-old Fadi Jalal Radwan was attacked and stabbed by four Israelis while walking in the town of Kafr Aqab, his father said. He was stabbed three times in the legs, once in the back, and left to bleed in the street.
He was eventually taken to Hadassah hospital, in serious condition.
An Israeli police spokesman told Ma'an News agency that "an Arab man was approached by three suspects" who asked him for light. They then stabbed him in the leg with a small knife.
Police say they are looking into the incident.
22-year-old Fadi Jalal Radwan was attacked and stabbed by four Israelis while walking in the town of Kafr Aqab, his father said. He was stabbed three times in the legs, once in the back, and left to bleed in the street.
He was eventually taken to Hadassah hospital, in serious condition.
An Israeli police spokesman told Ma'an News agency that "an Arab man was approached by three suspects" who asked him for light. They then stabbed him in the leg with a small knife.
Police say they are looking into the incident.
The Israeli government plans to provide shelter to 6,000 Jews who were internally displaced by the Western-backed conflict in the Ukraine, according to Israeli newspaper Maariv.
Al Ray correspondence reports that the plan comes in light of the domestic infighting taking place in Ukraine, which is leading to the displacement of hundreds of the country's Jewish population.
Israeli authorities are said to be secretly constructing a number of refugee camps to receivethe displaced Ukrainians, under the supervision of Israeli Minister of Economy, Naftali Bennett, said the newspaper, but did not specify the location of the camps.
Al Ray correspondence reports that the plan comes in light of the domestic infighting taking place in Ukraine, which is leading to the displacement of hundreds of the country's Jewish population.
Israeli authorities are said to be secretly constructing a number of refugee camps to receivethe displaced Ukrainians, under the supervision of Israeli Minister of Economy, Naftali Bennett, said the newspaper, but did not specify the location of the camps.
Israeli military sources stated Tuesday that Palestinian fighters opened fire at an Israeli military jeep driving on the Yitzhar settlement road, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The sources said Palestinian fighters, driving a car near the Qaduim illegal Israeli settlement, opened fire at the military vehicle, and fled the scene. The army reported no injuries among the soldiers.
Soldiers closed the Yitzhar-Nablus road, close to the Yitzhar illegal settlement, and stopped hundreds of Palestinian cars, while dozens of soldiers have also been deployed on the main road between Za’tara and Huwwara roadblocks.
Dozens of Israeli settlers also attacked Palestinians and their cars, and blocked the Yitzhar road preventing the Palestinians from using it.
The sources said Palestinian fighters, driving a car near the Qaduim illegal Israeli settlement, opened fire at the military vehicle, and fled the scene. The army reported no injuries among the soldiers.
Soldiers closed the Yitzhar-Nablus road, close to the Yitzhar illegal settlement, and stopped hundreds of Palestinian cars, while dozens of soldiers have also been deployed on the main road between Za’tara and Huwwara roadblocks.
Dozens of Israeli settlers also attacked Palestinians and their cars, and blocked the Yitzhar road preventing the Palestinians from using it.
Scene outside B'nei Torah after shooting
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the media that his military forces would respond 'with a firm hand' to an attack by two Palestinians on a yeshiva (Jewish religious institution for study) in Jerusalem in which four religious Jews were killed. Another Israeli government official compared the attack to the Holocaust.
The two men allegedly entered the while prayers were in service with knives, axes and guns, and began attacking worshipers. Israeli police soon arrived on the scene and, after a brief shootout, killed the two men.
Six people were wounded in the attack, including two police officers, according to police spokesperson Luba Samri.
The two men who carried out the attack were identified as Ghassan Abu Jamal and his cousin Udayy from Jabal al-Mukabbir neighborhood of Jerusalem.
The institution that was attacked, Kehillet Bnei Torah, is known as a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) institute whose participants are followers of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach. Auerbach gained infamy in early 2014 throughout Israel when he declared that his followers would “fight to the death” against the Israeli government if the government attempted to enforce the military draft on yeshiva students.
The attack on the religious institution follows months of attacks by right-wing Israeli Jews against Palestinians which went largely uninvestigated by the Israeli police. These include the brutal murder of 16-year old Mohammad Abu Khdeir in June, who was forced to swallow kerosene and then burned alive, according to autopsy reports. The killers were identified and charged, but were released from jail within two weeks of their arrest.
That incident was followed by dozens of others, carried out by Israeli civilians and soldiers throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem, reaching a peak during the brutal Israeli military assault in July and August in which over 2100 Palestinians were killed, including over 400 children.
Most recently, on Sunday a Palestinian bus driver was hanged to death inside his bus – despite his body being covered with bruises, the Israeli police immediately ruled the death a suicide. Their ruling led to protests by Palestinians, who have no legal recourse in Israeli courts.
After Tuesday's shooting attack, Israeli Prime Minister blamed both Hamas and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President – whose Fateh party recently reached a unity agreement with Hamas. The two men involved in the attack did not claim affiliation with any Palestinian faction, but an alleged representative of Hamas praised the attack in Israeli media.
Large numbers of Israeli police were deployed into Palestinian neighborhoods in east Jerusalem following the attack. The police had already been deployed in many of these neighborhoods, where they have had an increased presence over the last several months.
Israeli official Yehuda Meshi Zahav told the Israeli paper Ha'aretz that, “...to see Jews with beards and pe’ot (sidelocks) wrapped in teffilin (phylacteries), surrounded by puddles of blood – I do not remember seeing such a sight. This is not a cliché, it’s the reality. We have only seen things like this happen in the Holocaust.”
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the media that his military forces would respond 'with a firm hand' to an attack by two Palestinians on a yeshiva (Jewish religious institution for study) in Jerusalem in which four religious Jews were killed. Another Israeli government official compared the attack to the Holocaust.
The two men allegedly entered the while prayers were in service with knives, axes and guns, and began attacking worshipers. Israeli police soon arrived on the scene and, after a brief shootout, killed the two men.
Six people were wounded in the attack, including two police officers, according to police spokesperson Luba Samri.
The two men who carried out the attack were identified as Ghassan Abu Jamal and his cousin Udayy from Jabal al-Mukabbir neighborhood of Jerusalem.
The institution that was attacked, Kehillet Bnei Torah, is known as a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) institute whose participants are followers of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach. Auerbach gained infamy in early 2014 throughout Israel when he declared that his followers would “fight to the death” against the Israeli government if the government attempted to enforce the military draft on yeshiva students.
The attack on the religious institution follows months of attacks by right-wing Israeli Jews against Palestinians which went largely uninvestigated by the Israeli police. These include the brutal murder of 16-year old Mohammad Abu Khdeir in June, who was forced to swallow kerosene and then burned alive, according to autopsy reports. The killers were identified and charged, but were released from jail within two weeks of their arrest.
That incident was followed by dozens of others, carried out by Israeli civilians and soldiers throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem, reaching a peak during the brutal Israeli military assault in July and August in which over 2100 Palestinians were killed, including over 400 children.
Most recently, on Sunday a Palestinian bus driver was hanged to death inside his bus – despite his body being covered with bruises, the Israeli police immediately ruled the death a suicide. Their ruling led to protests by Palestinians, who have no legal recourse in Israeli courts.
After Tuesday's shooting attack, Israeli Prime Minister blamed both Hamas and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President – whose Fateh party recently reached a unity agreement with Hamas. The two men involved in the attack did not claim affiliation with any Palestinian faction, but an alleged representative of Hamas praised the attack in Israeli media.
Large numbers of Israeli police were deployed into Palestinian neighborhoods in east Jerusalem following the attack. The police had already been deployed in many of these neighborhoods, where they have had an increased presence over the last several months.
Israeli official Yehuda Meshi Zahav told the Israeli paper Ha'aretz that, “...to see Jews with beards and pe’ot (sidelocks) wrapped in teffilin (phylacteries), surrounded by puddles of blood – I do not remember seeing such a sight. This is not a cliché, it’s the reality. We have only seen things like this happen in the Holocaust.”
17 nov 2014
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded, on Monday, Palestinian farmlands, west of the central West Bank city of Salfit, and bulldozed agricultural lands to expand settlements’ industrial zones in the area.
Local sources said the settlers came from Ariel and Barkan industrial settlements, built on Palestinian lands west of Salfit, and bulldozed farmlands belonging to villagers of Hares, Kifl Hares, Deir Estia and Broqeen.
Palestinian researcher Khaled Ma’ali said the illegal expansion of the industrial zones has been ongoing for a long while, adding that many of these violations are carried out slowly and away from media attention.
Ma’ali said the Industrial Zones in Salfit “do not only lead to theft of Palestinian lands, or the illegal annexation of grazing areas, but are also polluting the air, in addition to dangerous chemicals and waste poured onto Palestinian lands, meadows and valleys.”
He called on international and local human rights groups and health organizations to visit the area, to witness the ongoing Israeli violations, and the increasing suffering of the Palestinians.
Local sources said the settlers came from Ariel and Barkan industrial settlements, built on Palestinian lands west of Salfit, and bulldozed farmlands belonging to villagers of Hares, Kifl Hares, Deir Estia and Broqeen.
Palestinian researcher Khaled Ma’ali said the illegal expansion of the industrial zones has been ongoing for a long while, adding that many of these violations are carried out slowly and away from media attention.
Ma’ali said the Industrial Zones in Salfit “do not only lead to theft of Palestinian lands, or the illegal annexation of grazing areas, but are also polluting the air, in addition to dangerous chemicals and waste poured onto Palestinian lands, meadows and valleys.”
He called on international and local human rights groups and health organizations to visit the area, to witness the ongoing Israeli violations, and the increasing suffering of the Palestinians.
A young Palestinian man was moved to an Israeli hospital, on Monday at dawn, after being assaulted by a number of Israeli extremists while he was on his way to work.
The young man, Tareq Ziad Dweik, 29, suffered fractures in his arm and leg, in addition to various cuts and bruises, and was moved to the Hadassah Israeli Hospital in Jerusalem.
The attack took place in Hezma area in the occupied city.
He said the attackers were sitting in two Israeli cars before they stepped out of the vehicles and assaulted him.
The young man, Tareq Ziad Dweik, 29, suffered fractures in his arm and leg, in addition to various cuts and bruises, and was moved to the Hadassah Israeli Hospital in Jerusalem.
The attack took place in Hezma area in the occupied city.
He said the attackers were sitting in two Israeli cars before they stepped out of the vehicles and assaulted him.
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, on Sunday hailed the stabbing of an Israeli extremist settler near Jerusalem’s Buraq Wall, saying the move was quite anticipated and a "natural reaction".
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a press statement Sunday afternoon the stabbing act is just the expected retort to Israel’s terror campaigns and vandalism against the Palestinian people and Muslims’ sanctuaries in Occupied Jerusalem.
Hamas’s statement came out following claims released by the Israeli police spokesperson that an Israeli settler sustained moderate injuries after he was stabbed by an Arab youth in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The attack, which observers also said was a normal reaction to Israeli settler vandalism, has been used as a pretext by the Israeli occupation army to step up assaults and mass-abduction campaigns in Occupied Jerusalem.
By-standers at the scene said the Israeli police have been cordoning off Jerusalem’s streets and pitched makeshift barriers in an attempt to crack down on the Palestinian civilian youngsters.
The policemen were further deployed at bus stations and launched provocative investigation operations against Palestinian passengers at and around the depots.
Israeli policemen broke into a number of Palestinian commercial stores allegedly in search for surveillance cameras.
The attack culminated in sealing off Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque with a chain of flying metal barriers meant to hound the peaceful Muslim congregation and deny them access into the Mosque to perform their religious prayers within.
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Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a press statement Sunday afternoon the stabbing act is just the expected retort to Israel’s terror campaigns and vandalism against the Palestinian people and Muslims’ sanctuaries in Occupied Jerusalem.
Hamas’s statement came out following claims released by the Israeli police spokesperson that an Israeli settler sustained moderate injuries after he was stabbed by an Arab youth in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The attack, which observers also said was a normal reaction to Israeli settler vandalism, has been used as a pretext by the Israeli occupation army to step up assaults and mass-abduction campaigns in Occupied Jerusalem.
By-standers at the scene said the Israeli police have been cordoning off Jerusalem’s streets and pitched makeshift barriers in an attempt to crack down on the Palestinian civilian youngsters.
The policemen were further deployed at bus stations and launched provocative investigation operations against Palestinian passengers at and around the depots.
Israeli policemen broke into a number of Palestinian commercial stores allegedly in search for surveillance cameras.
The attack culminated in sealing off Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque with a chain of flying metal barriers meant to hound the peaceful Muslim congregation and deny them access into the Mosque to perform their religious prayers within.
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A Palestinian bus driver was hanged to death by Jewish settlers late Sunday night in the industrial zone Givat Shaul in west Jerusalem.
The bus driver was identified as 32-year-old Yousuf Khamis al-Rammouni, a resident of Attour neighborhood in east Jerusalem. Rammouni, who works as a bus driver for the Israeli bus company "Egged," was found physically subdued and strangled with his own tie at the Har Hotzvim bus depot, hanging from one of the bus's interior bars, according to different news reports. His body was transferred to Hadassah hospital for an autopsy. |
Pictures of his dead body show clearly bruises on his body and signs of strangulation on his neck.
Soon after the Israeli police hastened to claim that the victim committed suicide, eyewitnesses said they saw a number of settlers fleeing the scene.
Other Palestinians working for Israeli bus companies in Jerusalem said that Jewish settlers recently threatened to kill Rammouni and other drivers.
Extremist settlers have intensified their terrorist attacks lately against Palestinians as the Israeli police usually cover up their crimes.
The incident caused an immediate Palestinian uproar in different areas of east Jerusalem, especially in Attour neighborhood.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian bus drivers in occupied Jerusalem said they would stage a general strike on Monday in protest at the killing of their colleague.
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Soon after the Israeli police hastened to claim that the victim committed suicide, eyewitnesses said they saw a number of settlers fleeing the scene.
Other Palestinians working for Israeli bus companies in Jerusalem said that Jewish settlers recently threatened to kill Rammouni and other drivers.
Extremist settlers have intensified their terrorist attacks lately against Palestinians as the Israeli police usually cover up their crimes.
The incident caused an immediate Palestinian uproar in different areas of east Jerusalem, especially in Attour neighborhood.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian bus drivers in occupied Jerusalem said they would stage a general strike on Monday in protest at the killing of their colleague.
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The Israeli police kidnapped, on Sunday evening, two young Palestinian men during what the police claimed “a search for a person who stabbed a man in occupied East Jerusalem."
Palestinian sources said the police kidnapped a Palestinian near the Sahera Gate, while the second Palestinian has been kidnapped another in a bus, in East Jerusalem.
Dozens of soldiers and police officers have been deployed in different parts of the city, especially in Bab al-‘Amoud area and the soldiers conducted searches of Palestinian homes, property and cars.
Israeli sources said a young man “believed to be an Arab” stabbed an Israeli man in the back using a screwdriver, and fled the scene; the wounded man is in his thirties.
According to Israeli daily, Haaretz, the man was stabbed near the Damascus Gate of the Old City, and ran away from the scene until running into Border Police officers in the Muslim Quarter, who then took him to a police station, before an Israeli ambulance transferred him to Shaare Zedek medical center.
At least eight Palestinians were abducted, late Saturday night and early Sunday, by the Israeli authorities in occupied East Jerusalem, whereas at least five others in the West Bank were summoned to appear for interrogation before the Israeli intelligence, say local sources.
Six Palestinians, identified as Islam and Rabah Odeh, Sharif Rajabi, Abud Abu Sbeih, Anwar Jamjoum and Kayed Kiswani, were taken during predawn raids across Jerusalem.
Later Sunday, Israeli police arrested two brothers from Bethlehem at their workplace in Jerusalem, under the pretext of ‘entering Israel without a permit.’ The brothers were identified as Adham, 19, and Mohannad Zawahra, 17.
Palestinian sources said the police kidnapped a Palestinian near the Sahera Gate, while the second Palestinian has been kidnapped another in a bus, in East Jerusalem.
Dozens of soldiers and police officers have been deployed in different parts of the city, especially in Bab al-‘Amoud area and the soldiers conducted searches of Palestinian homes, property and cars.
Israeli sources said a young man “believed to be an Arab” stabbed an Israeli man in the back using a screwdriver, and fled the scene; the wounded man is in his thirties.
According to Israeli daily, Haaretz, the man was stabbed near the Damascus Gate of the Old City, and ran away from the scene until running into Border Police officers in the Muslim Quarter, who then took him to a police station, before an Israeli ambulance transferred him to Shaare Zedek medical center.
At least eight Palestinians were abducted, late Saturday night and early Sunday, by the Israeli authorities in occupied East Jerusalem, whereas at least five others in the West Bank were summoned to appear for interrogation before the Israeli intelligence, say local sources.
Six Palestinians, identified as Islam and Rabah Odeh, Sharif Rajabi, Abud Abu Sbeih, Anwar Jamjoum and Kayed Kiswani, were taken during predawn raids across Jerusalem.
Later Sunday, Israeli police arrested two brothers from Bethlehem at their workplace in Jerusalem, under the pretext of ‘entering Israel without a permit.’ The brothers were identified as Adham, 19, and Mohannad Zawahra, 17.
16 nov 2014
Hordes of Jewish settlers broke into the holy Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning under tight Israeli police protection.
Muslim worshipers protested the desecration tour of the settlers with chants of Allahu Akbar, eyewitnesses said.
They said that the settlers entered the holy site via Maghareba gate in small, consecutive groups with a fanatic rabbi leading each group to brief its members on the myth of the so-called temple that should be built in place of the Aqsa Mosque.
The witnesses pointed out that Israeli policemen, stationed at the gates of the Aqsa compound, banned women from accessing the site. The women remained waiting near the gates under the rain until the settlers finished their tour.
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Muslim worshipers protested the desecration tour of the settlers with chants of Allahu Akbar, eyewitnesses said.
They said that the settlers entered the holy site via Maghareba gate in small, consecutive groups with a fanatic rabbi leading each group to brief its members on the myth of the so-called temple that should be built in place of the Aqsa Mosque.
The witnesses pointed out that Israeli policemen, stationed at the gates of the Aqsa compound, banned women from accessing the site. The women remained waiting near the gates under the rain until the settlers finished their tour.
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15 nov 2014
Four Palestinians have been shot and injured by Israeli settlers’ fire after a group of fanatic settlers invaded Deir Nitham village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Local sources said the settlers smashed several cars in the village, and attacked several homes before clashing with local youth.
The settlers fired rounds of live ammunition before several Israeli military vehicles invaded the village and clashed with residents, instead of removing the assailing settlers.
Deir Nitham is subject to frequent Israeli military invasion, and different attacks carried out by fanatic settlers against the residents, their farmlands and property.
Local sources said the settlers smashed several cars in the village, and attacked several homes before clashing with local youth.
The settlers fired rounds of live ammunition before several Israeli military vehicles invaded the village and clashed with residents, instead of removing the assailing settlers.
Deir Nitham is subject to frequent Israeli military invasion, and different attacks carried out by fanatic settlers against the residents, their farmlands and property.
14 nov 2014
Arab MKs: Netanyahu backs price tag groups
US Secretary of State John Kerry met in Amman, Thursday, with Israeli PM Netanyahu and the King Abdullah II of Jordan, to discuss the rising tension in Jerusalem, while Arab members of the Knesset have declared that price tag gangs are backed by Israeli policy.
The meeting at Abdullah's palace came just hours after talks between Kerry and President Mahmoud Abbas.
"They will focus on ways to restore calm and de-escalate tensions in Jerusalem," State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said ahead of the talks in the Jordanian capital.
Much of the unrest in Jerusalem, Ma'an reports, has been fueled by Israeli moves to step up illegal settlement activity in the city's eastern sector and by religious tensions at al-Aqsa compound, a site holy to all three major Abrahamic faiths.
King Abdullah called for Israel "to put an end to its unilateral action and repeated attacks against holy sites in Jerusalem, especially those targeting the al-Aqsa mosque compound", saying there was "no alternative to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state", with East Jerusalem as its capital, in order to achieve peace.
Jordan, which has custodial rights at al-Aqsa, recalled its ambassador to Israel last week, after police clashed with Palestinians inside the mosque compound.
In a letter to the UN Security Council, Palestinian ambassador Riyad Mansour demanded international intervention over al-Aqsa, warning that tensions could "spiral out of control".
In a related context, members of National Democratic Assembly in the Israeli Knesset stated, Wednesday, that price tag gangs are backed by the policy of Israeli prime minister Netanyahu and his ministers.
According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, Jamal Zahalka, Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas said in a press statement that these gangs derive their thoughts and acts from Netanyahu's strategy, which provides a platform for incitement and racism.
They pointed to Netanyahu as the one responsible for the acts done by right wing mobs against Palestinians properties.
The statement comes following a case of arson at a Palestinian mosque in Ramallah, committed by Israeli settlers on Wednesday. They also painted racist phrases on the walls.
This attack is not the first one, according to the MKs. They stressed that the attacks fit fully in line with Israeli governmental policies which allowed for war crimes to be committed against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
"This attack is not just an attack against a holy place for Palestinian Muslims , but is a grave violation of the Palestinians' rights and their life. Palestinians have the right to struggle against Israeli racism," the statement said.
The members called for the treatment of price tag gangs a terrorist groups, holding the Israeli government the responsibility for crimes that committed by these group since, according to them, the government neither applies the law in dealing with the attacks, nor investigates the crimes.
"Not prosecuting the criminals encourages them to committee more and more attacks," they stated.
US Secretary of State John Kerry met in Amman, Thursday, with Israeli PM Netanyahu and the King Abdullah II of Jordan, to discuss the rising tension in Jerusalem, while Arab members of the Knesset have declared that price tag gangs are backed by Israeli policy.
The meeting at Abdullah's palace came just hours after talks between Kerry and President Mahmoud Abbas.
"They will focus on ways to restore calm and de-escalate tensions in Jerusalem," State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said ahead of the talks in the Jordanian capital.
Much of the unrest in Jerusalem, Ma'an reports, has been fueled by Israeli moves to step up illegal settlement activity in the city's eastern sector and by religious tensions at al-Aqsa compound, a site holy to all three major Abrahamic faiths.
King Abdullah called for Israel "to put an end to its unilateral action and repeated attacks against holy sites in Jerusalem, especially those targeting the al-Aqsa mosque compound", saying there was "no alternative to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state", with East Jerusalem as its capital, in order to achieve peace.
Jordan, which has custodial rights at al-Aqsa, recalled its ambassador to Israel last week, after police clashed with Palestinians inside the mosque compound.
In a letter to the UN Security Council, Palestinian ambassador Riyad Mansour demanded international intervention over al-Aqsa, warning that tensions could "spiral out of control".
In a related context, members of National Democratic Assembly in the Israeli Knesset stated, Wednesday, that price tag gangs are backed by the policy of Israeli prime minister Netanyahu and his ministers.
According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, Jamal Zahalka, Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas said in a press statement that these gangs derive their thoughts and acts from Netanyahu's strategy, which provides a platform for incitement and racism.
They pointed to Netanyahu as the one responsible for the acts done by right wing mobs against Palestinians properties.
The statement comes following a case of arson at a Palestinian mosque in Ramallah, committed by Israeli settlers on Wednesday. They also painted racist phrases on the walls.
This attack is not the first one, according to the MKs. They stressed that the attacks fit fully in line with Israeli governmental policies which allowed for war crimes to be committed against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
"This attack is not just an attack against a holy place for Palestinian Muslims , but is a grave violation of the Palestinians' rights and their life. Palestinians have the right to struggle against Israeli racism," the statement said.
The members called for the treatment of price tag gangs a terrorist groups, holding the Israeli government the responsibility for crimes that committed by these group since, according to them, the government neither applies the law in dealing with the attacks, nor investigates the crimes.
"Not prosecuting the criminals encourages them to committee more and more attacks," they stated.
13 nov 2014
A group of Israeli settlers, from Mabo Dotan settlement, stormed Thursday morning an agricultural land in Yabad town to the south of Jenin.
The settlers deployed in the area between the olive groves under heavy Israeli forces' protection, eyewitnesses told a PIC reporter.
Meanwhile, another group of settlers broke into the evacuated Homesh settlement, south of the city, and started chanting biblical hymns since the early morning hours today, the sources added.
On the other hand, settlers from Nahal Njahot settlement stoned Palestinian vehicles passing near Dura town, south of al-Khalil.
In the same context, Israeli forces violently stormed a residential building in the city and broke into a number of apartments including one belonging to the injured detainee Maher Hashlamoun.
The IOF filmed the Hashlamoun’s home as a prelude to demolish it for being suspected of running over and stabbing a number of Israeli soldiers in Etzion settlement to the north of al-Khalil.
In Nablus, violent clashes erupted overnight between Israeli settlers and local youths in Deir al-Hatab town to the east of the city.
PIC reporter quoted local sources as stating that a group of settlers from Elon Moreh settlement vandalized for the second time in two days agricultural lands in the town.
Local youths intervened in an attempt to expel the settlers out of the village. However, Israeli forces came to the scene and started firing heavy tear gas bombs towards the youths.
Several injuries were reported among the protesters.
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The settlers deployed in the area between the olive groves under heavy Israeli forces' protection, eyewitnesses told a PIC reporter.
Meanwhile, another group of settlers broke into the evacuated Homesh settlement, south of the city, and started chanting biblical hymns since the early morning hours today, the sources added.
On the other hand, settlers from Nahal Njahot settlement stoned Palestinian vehicles passing near Dura town, south of al-Khalil.
In the same context, Israeli forces violently stormed a residential building in the city and broke into a number of apartments including one belonging to the injured detainee Maher Hashlamoun.
The IOF filmed the Hashlamoun’s home as a prelude to demolish it for being suspected of running over and stabbing a number of Israeli soldiers in Etzion settlement to the north of al-Khalil.
In Nablus, violent clashes erupted overnight between Israeli settlers and local youths in Deir al-Hatab town to the east of the city.
PIC reporter quoted local sources as stating that a group of settlers from Elon Moreh settlement vandalized for the second time in two days agricultural lands in the town.
Local youths intervened in an attempt to expel the settlers out of the village. However, Israeli forces came to the scene and started firing heavy tear gas bombs towards the youths.
Several injuries were reported among the protesters.
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Islamic Jihad says Israel should expect response to settler terrorism
Israeli Prison Service, on Wednesday, reportedly moved jailed Fateh leader Marwan Barghouthi to solitary confinement in Hadareim prison, just a day after he sent out a widely-published letter calling for armed resistance against the Israeli occupation.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society stated that Barghouthi was being punished for the letter he sent Tuesday, on the 10th anniversary of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Barghouthi said, in the letter, that "choosing global and armed resistance" was being "faithful to Arafat's legacy, to his ideas, and his principles for which tens of thousands died as martyrs."
The release of the letter follows months of escalating clashes across the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Palestinian areas of Israel.
According to Ma'an, Barghouthi is serving five life sentences for alleged involvement in attacks on Israeli targets.
In related news, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, on Wednesday, condemned an attack on a Palestinian village mosque by Jewish settlers earlier in the day, warning that a "response" should be expected.
"(The one) who encourages the killing of our people, destruction of our possessions, and the burning of our mosques has to expect a response at any moment," an official source in the movement was reported to have said in a statement.
The statement came in response to the torching of a mosque in the al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah earlier Wednesday by Israeli settlers.
Attacks such as these, often referred to as "price tag" attacks, often target individual Palestinians' property as well as Christian and Muslim religious sites, with hundreds of incidents occurring every year.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers now live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in direct contravention of international law.
Israeli Prison Service, on Wednesday, reportedly moved jailed Fateh leader Marwan Barghouthi to solitary confinement in Hadareim prison, just a day after he sent out a widely-published letter calling for armed resistance against the Israeli occupation.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society stated that Barghouthi was being punished for the letter he sent Tuesday, on the 10th anniversary of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Barghouthi said, in the letter, that "choosing global and armed resistance" was being "faithful to Arafat's legacy, to his ideas, and his principles for which tens of thousands died as martyrs."
The release of the letter follows months of escalating clashes across the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Palestinian areas of Israel.
According to Ma'an, Barghouthi is serving five life sentences for alleged involvement in attacks on Israeli targets.
In related news, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, on Wednesday, condemned an attack on a Palestinian village mosque by Jewish settlers earlier in the day, warning that a "response" should be expected.
"(The one) who encourages the killing of our people, destruction of our possessions, and the burning of our mosques has to expect a response at any moment," an official source in the movement was reported to have said in a statement.
The statement came in response to the torching of a mosque in the al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah earlier Wednesday by Israeli settlers.
Attacks such as these, often referred to as "price tag" attacks, often target individual Palestinians' property as well as Christian and Muslim religious sites, with hundreds of incidents occurring every year.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers now live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in direct contravention of international law.
