18 feb 2013
Settler deliberately runs over Palestinian boy
An Israeli settler has deliberately run over a Palestinian boy on Sunday in the village of Wad Fukin in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, before fleeing quickly.
Ahmed Sukar, head of the village council, told Quds Press that the boy Mohammed Mohammed Manasra, 17, was at the receiving end of a hit and run incident.
He added that the boy was riding his bicycle, where an Israeli settler from Betar Illit neighboring settlement followed him, the boy tried to escape but he was run over by the settler who then fled into the settlement.
Sukar pointed out that the boy was transferred to Beit Jala hospital, where his injuries were described as moderate.
Youth Injured After Being Rammed By Settler’s Vehicle In Bethlehem
Monday evening February 18; In another hit and run incident, a Palestinian youth was injured after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle in Wad Fookin, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Wad Fookin, Ibrahim Manasra, told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that the settler rammed the youth, and drove away without even stopping or slowing down.
The injured Palestinian youth, Majd Mohammad Manasra, suffered various cuts and bruises, and was moved to the Bethlehem Government Hospital, in Bethlehem.
Settlers are involved in dozens of similar incidents, some led to fatalities, and largely escape without being held accountable for their crimes.
On Monday, February 11, a Palestinian child was injured after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The child, Jamil Arafat Al-Fakhoury, 8, suffered mild injuries, and was moved to the Al-Ahli Hospital in the city.
The incident took place near the Ibrahimi School, next to the Ibrahimi Mosque in the center of Hebron.
On Sunday evening February 10, four Palestinians have been injured in a traffic accident with a settler south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
On Sunday, January 13, a Palestinian child, 7, was moderately injured after being hit by a car driven by an Israeli settler near the Kidar illegal settlement, in occupied East Jerusalem; the settler fled the scene.
In October of last year, a Palestinian child suffered moderate injuries after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city.
Last September, another child was seriously injured after being hit by a settlers’ vehicle as she was walking home from school in Tiqoua’ village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The child was identified as Hayat Mohammad Suleiman, 8 years old. She was walking back home from school on the main road that is also used by Israeli settlers living in illegal Israeli settlements in the area.
Last August, an Israeli settler driving in Jaber Neighborhood, in Hebron, hit a Palestinian child then drove away.
In January of last year, a settler hit a Palestinian teenager at a checkpoint near Jerusalem, and then drove off leaving the wounded teenager behind.
Several claims have been filed with the Israeli police and the military in the occupied territories regarding hit and run ramming incidents carried out by Israeli settlers, but no actual measures were taken on the ground.
Ahmed Sukar, head of the village council, told Quds Press that the boy Mohammed Mohammed Manasra, 17, was at the receiving end of a hit and run incident.
He added that the boy was riding his bicycle, where an Israeli settler from Betar Illit neighboring settlement followed him, the boy tried to escape but he was run over by the settler who then fled into the settlement.
Sukar pointed out that the boy was transferred to Beit Jala hospital, where his injuries were described as moderate.
Youth Injured After Being Rammed By Settler’s Vehicle In Bethlehem
Monday evening February 18; In another hit and run incident, a Palestinian youth was injured after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle in Wad Fookin, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Wad Fookin, Ibrahim Manasra, told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that the settler rammed the youth, and drove away without even stopping or slowing down.
The injured Palestinian youth, Majd Mohammad Manasra, suffered various cuts and bruises, and was moved to the Bethlehem Government Hospital, in Bethlehem.
Settlers are involved in dozens of similar incidents, some led to fatalities, and largely escape without being held accountable for their crimes.
On Monday, February 11, a Palestinian child was injured after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The child, Jamil Arafat Al-Fakhoury, 8, suffered mild injuries, and was moved to the Al-Ahli Hospital in the city.
The incident took place near the Ibrahimi School, next to the Ibrahimi Mosque in the center of Hebron.
On Sunday evening February 10, four Palestinians have been injured in a traffic accident with a settler south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
On Sunday, January 13, a Palestinian child, 7, was moderately injured after being hit by a car driven by an Israeli settler near the Kidar illegal settlement, in occupied East Jerusalem; the settler fled the scene.
In October of last year, a Palestinian child suffered moderate injuries after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city.
Last September, another child was seriously injured after being hit by a settlers’ vehicle as she was walking home from school in Tiqoua’ village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The child was identified as Hayat Mohammad Suleiman, 8 years old. She was walking back home from school on the main road that is also used by Israeli settlers living in illegal Israeli settlements in the area.
Last August, an Israeli settler driving in Jaber Neighborhood, in Hebron, hit a Palestinian child then drove away.
In January of last year, a settler hit a Palestinian teenager at a checkpoint near Jerusalem, and then drove off leaving the wounded teenager behind.
Several claims have been filed with the Israeli police and the military in the occupied territories regarding hit and run ramming incidents carried out by Israeli settlers, but no actual measures were taken on the ground.
Jewish settlers attack Palestinian civilian property in Salfit village
Jewish settlers went on the rampage before dawn Monday in Yasuf village, Salfit province, the local mayor Hafedh Abaya said.
He said that the settlers punctured the tires of three cars, which were parking in front of their owners homes, and wrote racist slogans on the walls of houses.
The mayor pointed out that Israeli occupation forces raided the village at the same time and arrested 22-year-old Thaer Khalil after wreaking havoc on his family home.
He underlined that the IOF soldiers did nothing to stop the settlers’ rampage.
He said that the settlers punctured the tires of three cars, which were parking in front of their owners homes, and wrote racist slogans on the walls of houses.
The mayor pointed out that Israeli occupation forces raided the village at the same time and arrested 22-year-old Thaer Khalil after wreaking havoc on his family home.
He underlined that the IOF soldiers did nothing to stop the settlers’ rampage.
IOF destroys house in Beit Hanina, confiscates land in Bethlehem
Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished on Monday morning Tantash family's house in Beit Hanina, north of Jerusalem, under the pretext of being built without permit.
The IOF has surrounded the house and prevented residents from approaching it and blocked the roads leading to the neighborhood to prevent journalists from reaching the scene.
Wadi al-Hilweh Information Center stated that 12 family members are living in the house in an area of about 130 square meters, noting that the home was built before 12 years.
The center said that the house's owner is physically disabled, noting that the house is considered a shelter for two families.
The statement emphasized that the demolition process was implemented without previous notification, warning against an Israeli scheme to demolish the whole neighborhood in favor of a settler road No. 21.
Meanwhile, occupation authorities notified Palestinians from the village of Nahalin in Bethlehem district south of the occupied West Bank of their intention to confiscate their lands, while settlers have opened wastewater into dozens of acres of agricultural land.
Chairman of the village council confirmed that the Israeli authorities have notified the villagers of the intended confiscation of 35 dunums of agricultural land in four different areas in order to expand the settlements of "Betar Illit" and "Nabi Daniel."
He pointed out that the settlers opened wastewater, three days ago, towards olive trees over an area of 350 dunums.
The IOF has surrounded the house and prevented residents from approaching it and blocked the roads leading to the neighborhood to prevent journalists from reaching the scene.
Wadi al-Hilweh Information Center stated that 12 family members are living in the house in an area of about 130 square meters, noting that the home was built before 12 years.
The center said that the house's owner is physically disabled, noting that the house is considered a shelter for two families.
The statement emphasized that the demolition process was implemented without previous notification, warning against an Israeli scheme to demolish the whole neighborhood in favor of a settler road No. 21.
Meanwhile, occupation authorities notified Palestinians from the village of Nahalin in Bethlehem district south of the occupied West Bank of their intention to confiscate their lands, while settlers have opened wastewater into dozens of acres of agricultural land.
Chairman of the village council confirmed that the Israeli authorities have notified the villagers of the intended confiscation of 35 dunums of agricultural land in four different areas in order to expand the settlements of "Betar Illit" and "Nabi Daniel."
He pointed out that the settlers opened wastewater, three days ago, towards olive trees over an area of 350 dunums.
Kiryat Arba settlers inaugurate new settler road
Settlers of Kiryat Arba settlement and Givat Kharsina outpost in al-Khalil have inaugurated a settlement road linking the outpost and the neighboring mountain.
Al-Khalil Rehabilitation Committee said in a statement on Monday that the settlers have swept this month Palestinian land as a prelude to establish the road on the land of the citizens Hossam and Majed Abu Karsh Jaber, and Majed Jaber and Saher Jaber.
The land owners have complained to the Israeli police against the Israeli settlers' practices in their lands, stressing that the settlers are stealing their lands.
It is noteworthy that the Bouira region and the eastern part of al-Khalil is fertile agricultural land, where it was subjected to daily attacks by extremist settlers, while the occupation forces prevented residents' movement by closing the region's entrances.
Al-Khalil Rehabilitation Committee said in a statement on Monday that the settlers have swept this month Palestinian land as a prelude to establish the road on the land of the citizens Hossam and Majed Abu Karsh Jaber, and Majed Jaber and Saher Jaber.
The land owners have complained to the Israeli police against the Israeli settlers' practices in their lands, stressing that the settlers are stealing their lands.
It is noteworthy that the Bouira region and the eastern part of al-Khalil is fertile agricultural land, where it was subjected to daily attacks by extremist settlers, while the occupation forces prevented residents' movement by closing the region's entrances.
15 feb 2013
Settler population increases in the West Bank
The number of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank grew by 4.7% in 2012, according to Settler Council figures.
The settler population stood at 360,000 at beginning of January 2013 compared to 343,000 in January 2012, according to the Yesha Council, the largest organization of West Bank settlers.
It said that since Israel pulled its settlers out of the Gaza Strip in 2005, population growth in the West Bank settlements averaged 5% annually, about three times that of the overall Israeli population growth.
The council attributed the growth spurt to the fact that more people are moving to existing settlements and to a high birth rate among religious settlers.
The two largest settlements are Modiin Ilit, a community of ultra-Orthodox Jews west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, with 58,000 inhabitants, and Beitar Ilit, an ultra-Orthodox settlement west of Bethlehem, with 44,000.
Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, is in third position with 39,000 settlers.
These figures do not include some 200,000 Israelis in a dozen settlement neighborhoods of east Jerusalem, annexed by Israel after its occupation in 1967.
Settlers represent 4.4 percent of the total population of Israel, which stands at 7.9 million people.
The settler population stood at 360,000 at beginning of January 2013 compared to 343,000 in January 2012, according to the Yesha Council, the largest organization of West Bank settlers.
It said that since Israel pulled its settlers out of the Gaza Strip in 2005, population growth in the West Bank settlements averaged 5% annually, about three times that of the overall Israeli population growth.
The council attributed the growth spurt to the fact that more people are moving to existing settlements and to a high birth rate among religious settlers.
The two largest settlements are Modiin Ilit, a community of ultra-Orthodox Jews west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, with 58,000 inhabitants, and Beitar Ilit, an ultra-Orthodox settlement west of Bethlehem, with 44,000.
Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, is in third position with 39,000 settlers.
These figures do not include some 200,000 Israelis in a dozen settlement neighborhoods of east Jerusalem, annexed by Israel after its occupation in 1967.
Settlers represent 4.4 percent of the total population of Israel, which stands at 7.9 million people.
Two Arab MK's Receive Death Threats
Zahalka (Left) Basel Ghattas And Mousa Thiab
Two Arab members of Israeli Knesset (MK) received death threats sent in a form of a letter that was sent to the Al-Shams Radio. The letter says that MK's Jamal Zahalka and Basem Ghattas are conspiring against “the Zionist Project and the State of Israel”, and described the MK's as “traitors”.
The Arabs48 News Website reported that the letter was signed “Yoshoron Ben David”, and stated that “Arabs in the country are spitting in the well they drink from. As Arab parties are gaining power in the country, supporting the enemies of the state, we decided to act; therefore, the court has issued a death sentence against the above mentioned persons (referring to Zahalka and Ghattas).
The letter also claimed that Al-Shams Radio and other agencies “know very well the names of many other traitors but are not doing anything against them; the only means for those traitors to survive is to run to Egypt where they will be welcomed by the Muslim Brotherhood”.
The letter also indicated that the group issuing the death threats is not affiliated with any government agency, the army or the security forces, and that it is run by independent individuals.
It also said that “those sentenced to death are hereby asked not to be near citizens of the state so that innocent civilians do not get killed during the course of execution”, and added that some means that might be used in killing Zahalka and Ghattas could include poison, swine-flu, a sharp object falling on their heads, an explosion or a bullet to the head.
Head of the parliamentary bloc of the National Democratic Assembly, Mousa Thiab, informed the head of the security team at the Knesset of the contents of the letter, and demanded him to investigate the issue.
Also, journalist Jack Khoury filed an official complaint with the Police in Nazareth, and called on the Police and the intelligence agencies to take the death threats seriously, and to initiate an immediate investigation.
The National Democratic Assembly reported that hundreds of death threats were issued against Arab legislators over the last few years, but the Police never apprehended any suspect.
It also said that, even if the death threats were made by an insane or a lunatic person, the police must act and apprehend him as many crimes have been committed by insane persons.
The Assembly also said that there are many fundamentalist right wing groups in Israel that encourage, and even feed, racial discrimination against the Arabs in the country.
Two Arab members of Israeli Knesset (MK) received death threats sent in a form of a letter that was sent to the Al-Shams Radio. The letter says that MK's Jamal Zahalka and Basem Ghattas are conspiring against “the Zionist Project and the State of Israel”, and described the MK's as “traitors”.
The Arabs48 News Website reported that the letter was signed “Yoshoron Ben David”, and stated that “Arabs in the country are spitting in the well they drink from. As Arab parties are gaining power in the country, supporting the enemies of the state, we decided to act; therefore, the court has issued a death sentence against the above mentioned persons (referring to Zahalka and Ghattas).
The letter also claimed that Al-Shams Radio and other agencies “know very well the names of many other traitors but are not doing anything against them; the only means for those traitors to survive is to run to Egypt where they will be welcomed by the Muslim Brotherhood”.
The letter also indicated that the group issuing the death threats is not affiliated with any government agency, the army or the security forces, and that it is run by independent individuals.
It also said that “those sentenced to death are hereby asked not to be near citizens of the state so that innocent civilians do not get killed during the course of execution”, and added that some means that might be used in killing Zahalka and Ghattas could include poison, swine-flu, a sharp object falling on their heads, an explosion or a bullet to the head.
Head of the parliamentary bloc of the National Democratic Assembly, Mousa Thiab, informed the head of the security team at the Knesset of the contents of the letter, and demanded him to investigate the issue.
Also, journalist Jack Khoury filed an official complaint with the Police in Nazareth, and called on the Police and the intelligence agencies to take the death threats seriously, and to initiate an immediate investigation.
The National Democratic Assembly reported that hundreds of death threats were issued against Arab legislators over the last few years, but the Police never apprehended any suspect.
It also said that, even if the death threats were made by an insane or a lunatic person, the police must act and apprehend him as many crimes have been committed by insane persons.
The Assembly also said that there are many fundamentalist right wing groups in Israel that encourage, and even feed, racial discrimination against the Arabs in the country.
14 feb 2013
Israeli settlers desecrate Muslim cemetery
Israeli settlers have scrawled anti-Arab graffiti on the headstones in an ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem.
Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage said in a statement on Thursday that 30 graves were damaged where the settlers have written derogatory comments about Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, and slogans against Arabs and Palestinians.
The Foundation held Israeli authorities responsible for not providing protection to the cemetery.
The attackers sprayed racist and anti-Islam graffiti on the headstones of the tombs on Thursday. "Death to the Arabs" and "Price Tag" was smudged on one of the defaced stones.
The Israeli practices came in light the Israeli Judaization projects against the cemetery through razing a large number of graves to establish a settlement projects and to blur the Arab and Islamic monuments.
Vandals Spray Paint Hateful Graffiti in Muslim Cemetery in Jerusalem
By Nir Hasson, Haaretz
Vandals spray painted malicious graffiti in the Muslim Mamila Cemetery in central Jerusalem on Thursday morning in the latest "price tag" attack. The messages "death to Arabs" and "Mohammed is dead" were painted on the tombstones, as well as 30 Stars of David.
The police have opened an investigation and municipal workers are already erasing the graffiti.
Last December, vandals spray painted hateful graffiti on the walls of the Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem and on a car that was parked nearby, and slashed the tires of three vehicles.
The graffiti read "Happy Hanukkah – price tag", "Jesus is a son of a bitch", and "Victory for the Maccabees." The police opened an investigation into the incident, which appears to be part of a right-wing revenge campaign against Israel's policies in West Bank settlements.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat admonished the vandals and instructed city employees to remove the graffiti immediately. "We cannot accept such offensive and extreme incidents that are done in order to erode the coexistence in Jerusalem," Barkat said.
Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage said in a statement on Thursday that 30 graves were damaged where the settlers have written derogatory comments about Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, and slogans against Arabs and Palestinians.
The Foundation held Israeli authorities responsible for not providing protection to the cemetery.
The attackers sprayed racist and anti-Islam graffiti on the headstones of the tombs on Thursday. "Death to the Arabs" and "Price Tag" was smudged on one of the defaced stones.
The Israeli practices came in light the Israeli Judaization projects against the cemetery through razing a large number of graves to establish a settlement projects and to blur the Arab and Islamic monuments.
Vandals Spray Paint Hateful Graffiti in Muslim Cemetery in Jerusalem
By Nir Hasson, Haaretz
Vandals spray painted malicious graffiti in the Muslim Mamila Cemetery in central Jerusalem on Thursday morning in the latest "price tag" attack. The messages "death to Arabs" and "Mohammed is dead" were painted on the tombstones, as well as 30 Stars of David.
The police have opened an investigation and municipal workers are already erasing the graffiti.
Last December, vandals spray painted hateful graffiti on the walls of the Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem and on a car that was parked nearby, and slashed the tires of three vehicles.
The graffiti read "Happy Hanukkah – price tag", "Jesus is a son of a bitch", and "Victory for the Maccabees." The police opened an investigation into the incident, which appears to be part of a right-wing revenge campaign against Israel's policies in West Bank settlements.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat admonished the vandals and instructed city employees to remove the graffiti immediately. "We cannot accept such offensive and extreme incidents that are done in order to erode the coexistence in Jerusalem," Barkat said.
Israeli government gives convicted murderer 1.3 million for illegal takeover of Palestinian land
Menachem Livni
An Israeli settler who was released early from a life sentence for killing 3 Palestinians in 1983 has received compensation of 1.3 million NIS (around $250,000) from the Israeli Tax Authority for alleged damage to land that he has cultivated in the Hebron area – land that he illegally confiscated from its Palestinian owners.
Menachem Livni is a settler in the ultra-right wing settlement of Kiryat Arba, in the Palestinian city of Hebron, and says that he is entitled to the payments, and will continue to sue the Israeli government for more money.
Livni was convicted of the murder of three Palestinian students, and the wounding of 33 others, when he and two other right-wing settlers with the so-called ‘Israeli Underground’ threw hand grenades and fired automatic weapons at the Islamic College of Hebron in 1983.
He was sentenced to life in prison along with the other perpetrators of the attack, Shaul Nir and Uzi Sharbav, but he received an early release when he was pardoned by Israeli President Chaim Herzog in 1990.
He immediately moved to the Israeli settlement Kiryat Arba, which soon became known for violent attacks against Palestinians and illegal seizure of Palestinian land.
Livni himself took over a large swath of Palestinian farmland and began growing fruit. He was provided with his own contingent of Israeli military troops to protect his stolen swath of land from the Palestinian owners, who repeatedly attempted to reclaim it.
According to Livni, he had a lease on the land from the Israeli Settlement Authority. He told the Israeli paper Ha’aretz, “I am on the land with a permit and I have invested a lot of money in it. I want to renew the contract and there is an argument with the administration about whether the contract will be with the Settlement Department [of the Jewish Agency] or with me personally.”
But according to the Israeli government, any permit that may have existed expired in 2004. But the payments to Livni from the Israeli Tax Agency continued until at least 2009.
And the convicted murderer is continuing to demand more compensation from the Israeli government for alleged damage to the land he took over from its Palestinian owners.
An Israeli settler who was released early from a life sentence for killing 3 Palestinians in 1983 has received compensation of 1.3 million NIS (around $250,000) from the Israeli Tax Authority for alleged damage to land that he has cultivated in the Hebron area – land that he illegally confiscated from its Palestinian owners.
Menachem Livni is a settler in the ultra-right wing settlement of Kiryat Arba, in the Palestinian city of Hebron, and says that he is entitled to the payments, and will continue to sue the Israeli government for more money.
Livni was convicted of the murder of three Palestinian students, and the wounding of 33 others, when he and two other right-wing settlers with the so-called ‘Israeli Underground’ threw hand grenades and fired automatic weapons at the Islamic College of Hebron in 1983.
He was sentenced to life in prison along with the other perpetrators of the attack, Shaul Nir and Uzi Sharbav, but he received an early release when he was pardoned by Israeli President Chaim Herzog in 1990.
He immediately moved to the Israeli settlement Kiryat Arba, which soon became known for violent attacks against Palestinians and illegal seizure of Palestinian land.
Livni himself took over a large swath of Palestinian farmland and began growing fruit. He was provided with his own contingent of Israeli military troops to protect his stolen swath of land from the Palestinian owners, who repeatedly attempted to reclaim it.
According to Livni, he had a lease on the land from the Israeli Settlement Authority. He told the Israeli paper Ha’aretz, “I am on the land with a permit and I have invested a lot of money in it. I want to renew the contract and there is an argument with the administration about whether the contract will be with the Settlement Department [of the Jewish Agency] or with me personally.”
But according to the Israeli government, any permit that may have existed expired in 2004. But the payments to Livni from the Israeli Tax Agency continued until at least 2009.
And the convicted murderer is continuing to demand more compensation from the Israeli government for alleged damage to the land he took over from its Palestinian owners.
Jewish settlers storm Nablus city, clash with young men
A large group of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by soldiers stormed Amman street and Yusuf's tomb east of Nablus city, and clashed with Palestinian young men. Local sources reported that a force of Israeli troops protected the settlers who entered the city by buses in order to perform Jewish rituals.
The sources added that the Israeli troops and some settlers clashed with angry Palestinian young men near the tomb, without any reported injuries or arrests.
In another incident, the Israeli occupation forces set up several barriers in different Nablus areas and obstructed the movement of citizens.
The sources added that the Israeli troops and some settlers clashed with angry Palestinian young men near the tomb, without any reported injuries or arrests.
In another incident, the Israeli occupation forces set up several barriers in different Nablus areas and obstructed the movement of citizens.
12 feb 2013
Jewish settler runs over 8-year-old child
A Jewish settler ran over an 8-year-old Palestinian child near the Ibrahimi mosque in Al-Khalil and sped away.
Nasser Qabaja, the Palestinian Red Crescent’s director of ambulance and emergency, told Quds Press that Baha’a Al-Fakhouri, 8, was hit by a Jewish settler in a speeding car in the Ibrahimi yard affiliated with the Ibrahimi mosque on Monday.
He said that Palestinian ambulance crews carried the child to hospital where his injuries were described as minor. He added that the child would remain under medical observation.
Nasser Qabaja, the Palestinian Red Crescent’s director of ambulance and emergency, told Quds Press that Baha’a Al-Fakhouri, 8, was hit by a Jewish settler in a speeding car in the Ibrahimi yard affiliated with the Ibrahimi mosque on Monday.
He said that Palestinian ambulance crews carried the child to hospital where his injuries were described as minor. He added that the child would remain under medical observation.
Settlers Inaugurate airport for light aircraft
Israeli settlers opened months ago the first airstrip for light aircraft in Alumot outpost, set up by settlers near the settlement of "Itamar" established on the lands of Beit Furik and villages east of Nablus, Haaretz newspaper revealed on Tuesday.
The newspaper pointed out that one of the founders of "hills outposts" in the West Bank settlement called "Yedidya Mhloma", has bought a used Ultra light aircraft worth 80 thousand shekels, and used it more than once in landing and take-off from the mentioned settlement outpost.
The newspaper pointed out that one of the founders of "hills outposts" in the West Bank settlement called "Yedidya Mhloma", has bought a used Ultra light aircraft worth 80 thousand shekels, and used it more than once in landing and take-off from the mentioned settlement outpost.
Jewish groups to hold seminar on making passover sacrifices at Aqsa Mosque
The Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage said that right-wing Jewish groups intend to hold a preparatory conference on how to make passover sacrifices at the Aqsa Mosque.
In a press release on Monday, the Aqsa foundation added that this Jewish conference would be held in Manhigut Yehudit center in occupied Jerusalem and a number of fanatic Knesset members like Moshe Feiglin plan to attend it.
Previous filmed attempts to make passover sacrifices in the courtyard of the Aqsa Mosque will be displayed during the conference, according to the foundation.
The foundation warned that such blasphemous activities pose a threat to the Aqsa Mosque and violate its sanctity.
It said that the Israeli occupation regime and its Jewish groups have become more active lately in targeting the Mosque, and all their religious, political and media wings work together to execute the scheme aimed at removing the Mosque and building their alleged temple in its place.
In a press release on Monday, the Aqsa foundation added that this Jewish conference would be held in Manhigut Yehudit center in occupied Jerusalem and a number of fanatic Knesset members like Moshe Feiglin plan to attend it.
Previous filmed attempts to make passover sacrifices in the courtyard of the Aqsa Mosque will be displayed during the conference, according to the foundation.
The foundation warned that such blasphemous activities pose a threat to the Aqsa Mosque and violate its sanctity.
It said that the Israeli occupation regime and its Jewish groups have become more active lately in targeting the Mosque, and all their religious, political and media wings work together to execute the scheme aimed at removing the Mosque and building their alleged temple in its place.
11 feb 2013
Four Palestinians Injured In Traffic Accident With A Settler
Palestinian medical sources reported that four Palestinians have been injured, on Sunday evening, in a traffic accident with a settler south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Yatta town, Rateb Al-Jabour, told the WAFA news agency that the accident took place on the main road linking between Ath-Thaheriyya and As-Samoa’ towns, close to the Shima illegal settlement.
Al-Jabour added that three of the wounded have been identified as Aid Fatsha, 25, Morad Fathsa, 21 and Mousa Fathsa, 24; they were all moved to a local hospital.
On Sunday, January 13, a Palestinian child, 7, was moderately injured after being hit by a car driven by an Israeli settler near the Kidar illegal settlement, in occupied East Jerusalem; the settler fled the scene.
Last October, a Palestinian child suffered moderate injuries after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city.
Last September, another child was seriously injured after being hit by a settlers’ vehicle as she was walking home from school in Tiqoua’ village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The child was identified as Hayat Mohammad Suleiman, 8 years old. She was walking back home from school on the main road that is also used by Israeli settlers living in illegal Israeli settlements in the area.
Last August, an Israeli settler driving in Jaber Neighborhood, in Hebron, hit a Palestinian child then drove away.
In January of last year, a settler hit a Palestinian teenager at a checkpoint near Jerusalem, and then drove off leaving the wounded teenager behind.
Several claims were filed with the Israeli police and the military in the occupied territories regarding hit and run ramming incidents carried out by Israeli settlers, but no actual measures were taken on the ground.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Yatta town, Rateb Al-Jabour, told the WAFA news agency that the accident took place on the main road linking between Ath-Thaheriyya and As-Samoa’ towns, close to the Shima illegal settlement.
Al-Jabour added that three of the wounded have been identified as Aid Fatsha, 25, Morad Fathsa, 21 and Mousa Fathsa, 24; they were all moved to a local hospital.
On Sunday, January 13, a Palestinian child, 7, was moderately injured after being hit by a car driven by an Israeli settler near the Kidar illegal settlement, in occupied East Jerusalem; the settler fled the scene.
Last October, a Palestinian child suffered moderate injuries after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city.
Last September, another child was seriously injured after being hit by a settlers’ vehicle as she was walking home from school in Tiqoua’ village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The child was identified as Hayat Mohammad Suleiman, 8 years old. She was walking back home from school on the main road that is also used by Israeli settlers living in illegal Israeli settlements in the area.
Last August, an Israeli settler driving in Jaber Neighborhood, in Hebron, hit a Palestinian child then drove away.
In January of last year, a settler hit a Palestinian teenager at a checkpoint near Jerusalem, and then drove off leaving the wounded teenager behind.
Several claims were filed with the Israeli police and the military in the occupied territories regarding hit and run ramming incidents carried out by Israeli settlers, but no actual measures were taken on the ground.
10 feb 2013
Jewish settlers storm Aqsa mosque
Jewish settlers accompanied by media crews stormed the holy Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday to shoot a film on their alleged temple under heavy police protection.
Local sources said that Sheikh Azam Salhab, the director of the Awkaf department, contacted the commander of the police force responsible for security of the holy compound to ask him to get those fanatics out of the Aqsa.
They said, however, that the commander rather ordered the Aqsa guards to keep a distance of 100 meters away from the settlers and the TV crews.
One of the guards said that the storming started in the early morning in the form of small groups that entered the site one after the other.
He said that the settlers toured a number of plazas inside the Haram Al-Sharif while other witnesses said they saw the settlers trying to offer Talmudic rituals.
Local sources said that Sheikh Azam Salhab, the director of the Awkaf department, contacted the commander of the police force responsible for security of the holy compound to ask him to get those fanatics out of the Aqsa.
They said, however, that the commander rather ordered the Aqsa guards to keep a distance of 100 meters away from the settlers and the TV crews.
One of the guards said that the storming started in the early morning in the form of small groups that entered the site one after the other.
He said that the settlers toured a number of plazas inside the Haram Al-Sharif while other witnesses said they saw the settlers trying to offer Talmudic rituals.
Soldiers Surround Azzoun Town
Israeli soldiers surrounded, on Saturday at night, Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, and fired dozens of gas bombs at local residents.
The army surrounded the village after a group of extremist Israeli settlers attempted to invade it from the eastern side.
Medical sources reported that dozens of residents were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation after the soldiers attacked them when they tried to prevent the settlers from invading their village.
The army also warned the residents that the soldiers will be invading their village, apparently to conduct arrests, should they fail to leave the area.
Hundreds of residents gathered at all entrances of the village after the settlers attempted to invade it, local sources reported.
In related news, Israeli soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank.
Three of them were kidnapped, on Saturday morning, in the Canaan village, that was installed by nonviolent activists on Palestinian lands that belong to the residents of Yatta.
The fourth resident was kidnapped from his home in Yatta after the soldiers invaded his property, and searched it causing excessive damage.
The army surrounded the village after a group of extremist Israeli settlers attempted to invade it from the eastern side.
Medical sources reported that dozens of residents were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation after the soldiers attacked them when they tried to prevent the settlers from invading their village.
The army also warned the residents that the soldiers will be invading their village, apparently to conduct arrests, should they fail to leave the area.
Hundreds of residents gathered at all entrances of the village after the settlers attempted to invade it, local sources reported.
In related news, Israeli soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank.
Three of them were kidnapped, on Saturday morning, in the Canaan village, that was installed by nonviolent activists on Palestinian lands that belong to the residents of Yatta.
The fourth resident was kidnapped from his home in Yatta after the soldiers invaded his property, and searched it causing excessive damage.
9 feb 2013
Settlers close road, IOF soldiers storm home of wanted Palestinian
Jewish settlers, backed by Israeli occupation forces, closed the main road linking southern Al-Khalil villages to northern areas of the district on Saturday.
The Israeli radio claimed that the road was closed after suspecting a strange object on that road that is close to Beit Hagai settlement. Traffic came to a standstill and long queues of vehicles including commercial trucks were seen for hours.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed the home of a wanted Palestinian, suspected of affiliation with the armed wing of Hamas, in Dura town south of Al-Khalil.
Quds Press said that the soldiers broke into the home of Munir Al-Huroub at a late night hour on Friday, questioned his family members, and searched the house.
Huroub has been wanted for the IOF since 1996 when the IOF tried to arrest him but failed and he went out of sight since then.
The Israeli radio claimed that the road was closed after suspecting a strange object on that road that is close to Beit Hagai settlement. Traffic came to a standstill and long queues of vehicles including commercial trucks were seen for hours.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed the home of a wanted Palestinian, suspected of affiliation with the armed wing of Hamas, in Dura town south of Al-Khalil.
Quds Press said that the soldiers broke into the home of Munir Al-Huroub at a late night hour on Friday, questioned his family members, and searched the house.
Huroub has been wanted for the IOF since 1996 when the IOF tried to arrest him but failed and he went out of sight since then.
8 feb 2013
Harsh sentences against Jerusalem youth who stand to settlers
Prisoners' Families and Jerusalemite detainees Committee confirmed that the so-called Israeli District Court in Jerusalem issued harsh sentences against a number of young children who confronted settlers aggressions.
The committee added in a statement that the court sentenced the child Mohammed Emad Zaatari to 22 months, Ahmed Hunaiti to 20 months, Shadi Mohammed Khuys to 19 months, Mohamed Khaled Abu Hawa to 18 months, and Youssef Isaac Abu Hawa to 16 months on charges of throwing Molotov cocktails towards settlers and occupation forces.
It pointed out that the occupation authorities targeted the Jerusalemite children in particular, noting that "there are 20 Jerusalemite children under the age of 18 years who are detained in Israeli jails for different security charges, in addition to imposing house arrest on a number of other children and imposing heavy fines on families."
The committee added that the occupation forces deliberately aims at instilling fear in the children by arresting them in a violent way.
The committee added in a statement that the court sentenced the child Mohammed Emad Zaatari to 22 months, Ahmed Hunaiti to 20 months, Shadi Mohammed Khuys to 19 months, Mohamed Khaled Abu Hawa to 18 months, and Youssef Isaac Abu Hawa to 16 months on charges of throwing Molotov cocktails towards settlers and occupation forces.
It pointed out that the occupation authorities targeted the Jerusalemite children in particular, noting that "there are 20 Jerusalemite children under the age of 18 years who are detained in Israeli jails for different security charges, in addition to imposing house arrest on a number of other children and imposing heavy fines on families."
The committee added that the occupation forces deliberately aims at instilling fear in the children by arresting them in a violent way.
7 feb 2013
Dozens of soldiers, settlers break into the Aqsa mosque
Around 110 officers of the Israeli occupation army stormed the Aqsa mosque in their uniform on Thursday. The Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage (AFEH) said in a statement that the officers, of various ranks, toured the holy site under heavy protection.
It said that many of them went inside old mosques in the holy site while others roamed its various plazas as hundreds of worshipers anxiously stood by.
AFEH said that around 30 Jewish settlers broke into the Aqsa mosque at the same time and tried to offer religious rituals.
The foundation charged the Israeli occupation authorities with escalating attacks on the Aqsa mosque, and called in this respect on all Palestinians capable of reaching the holy site to do so and defend it in face of such violations of its sanctity.
AFEH urged the Islamic world to adopt a clear position in support and defense of the Aqsa mosque until its final liberation of occupation.
It said that many of them went inside old mosques in the holy site while others roamed its various plazas as hundreds of worshipers anxiously stood by.
AFEH said that around 30 Jewish settlers broke into the Aqsa mosque at the same time and tried to offer religious rituals.
The foundation charged the Israeli occupation authorities with escalating attacks on the Aqsa mosque, and called in this respect on all Palestinians capable of reaching the holy site to do so and defend it in face of such violations of its sanctity.
AFEH urged the Islamic world to adopt a clear position in support and defense of the Aqsa mosque until its final liberation of occupation.
Hundreds of settlers storm Nabi Yusuf tomb in Nablus
Hundreds of settlers storm Nabi Yusuf tomb in Nablus
Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed Nabi Yusuf tomb to the east of Nablus city at dawn Thursday amidst heavy Israeli military escort. Local sources said that more than 500 settlers arrived at the shrine in a number of buses that took them from settlements near to Nablus city.
They said that Israeli occupation forces provided protection for the settlers who arrived shortly after midnight Wednesday.
The sources said that soldiers patrolled the streets of nearby Asker refugee camp and eastern suburbs of Nablus to protect the settlers, adding that no confrontations with inhabitants were reported.
Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed Nabi Yusuf tomb to the east of Nablus city at dawn Thursday amidst heavy Israeli military escort. Local sources said that more than 500 settlers arrived at the shrine in a number of buses that took them from settlements near to Nablus city.
They said that Israeli occupation forces provided protection for the settlers who arrived shortly after midnight Wednesday.
The sources said that soldiers patrolled the streets of nearby Asker refugee camp and eastern suburbs of Nablus to protect the settlers, adding that no confrontations with inhabitants were reported.
6 feb 2013
Palestinian Shepherd Injured After Being Attacked By Settlers Near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian shepherd was attacked, on Wednesday afternoon, by a group of extremist Israeli settlers west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The Maan News Agency reported that Khaled Mahmoud Barry, 42, from Amateen village, suffered various cuts and bruises.
The settlers who attacked him came from the Havut Gilad illegal settlement near the village.
Maan reported that the settler tried to steal sheep owned by the shepherd, and violently attacked him when he tried to stop them. He was moved to the Rafidia hospital near Nablus suffering mild-to-moderate injuries.
The Maan News Agency reported that Khaled Mahmoud Barry, 42, from Amateen village, suffered various cuts and bruises.
The settlers who attacked him came from the Havut Gilad illegal settlement near the village.
Maan reported that the settler tried to steal sheep owned by the shepherd, and violently attacked him when he tried to stop them. He was moved to the Rafidia hospital near Nablus suffering mild-to-moderate injuries.
5 feb 2013
Palestinian teen dies eight years after Jewish settler ran over him
A Palestinian teenager from Hawara village, south of Nablus, died on Tuesday of serious injuries sustained eight years ago when he was ten years old in a car accident.
Family members said that Qassam Dumaidi was hit by a Jewish settler near the main road of Hawara and was in coma since then.
The main road in Hawara is described by citizens as the “death road” due to the numerous hit and run accidents recorded on it.
In a related incident on Monday night, a Palestinian young man was injured when an Israeli army vehicle rammed into his car south of Bethlehem.
Medical sources said that Khalifa Mahamid, 23, suffered moderate injuries as a result of the incident.
Family members said that Qassam Dumaidi was hit by a Jewish settler near the main road of Hawara and was in coma since then.
The main road in Hawara is described by citizens as the “death road” due to the numerous hit and run accidents recorded on it.
In a related incident on Monday night, a Palestinian young man was injured when an Israeli army vehicle rammed into his car south of Bethlehem.
Medical sources said that Khalifa Mahamid, 23, suffered moderate injuries as a result of the incident.
Jewish settlers torch Palestinian cars in Ramallah village
Jewish settlers burnt down two Palestinian cars in Deir Daeef village, east of Ramallah, on Tuesday. Mohammed Khamis, one of the owners of the burnt cars, told the PIC that Jewish settlers barged into the village at dawn and poured petrol on his car then set it alight.
He said that the settlers then wrote racist slogans on the walls of his house such as “Price Tag” and that this (village) land is theirs.
Khamis, 50, asked the concerned authorities to intervene and curb the Jewish attacks.
Settlers Torch Two Palestinian Cars Near Ramallah
A number of extremist Israeli settlers torched two Palestinian vehicles in the Dir Jareer village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and wrote racist graffiti on the walls of a number of homes in the village.
Local sources told the Palestine News Network (PNN) that the settlers burnt two vehicles that belong to resident Mohammad Khamis Maali, and wrote graffiti against the Arabs and Palestinians, including graffiti that demands the Palestinians to “leave the land of Israel, the promised land”, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported.
In related news, Israeli soldiers invaded different areas in Ramallah city, and installed several roadblocks at the entrances of a number of nearby villages and town.
The soldiers stopped and searched dozens of Palestinian vehicles and interrogated the residents.
Earlier in January this year, Dozens of armed settlers invaded Qasra village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, surrounded and broke into one home, cut and uprooted around 200 olive trees and saplings.
The settlers also invaded Qaryout village, near Nablus, and violently attacked a resident identified as Hasan Yousef, 55, causing serious injuries.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, a number of settlers invaded Ithna town, north of the city, and burnt a tractor and a car, and wrote racist graffiti north of the town.
On December 12 2012, a number of extremist Israeli settlers wrote, on Wednesday at dawn, racist graffiti attacking Christianity and Jesus Christ on the walls of a monastery in occupied Jerusalem.
The graffiti written on the walls of the monastery included “Price Tag”, (a reference to the idea that Palestinians must all 'pay a price' for the dismantling of illegal settlement outposts by the Israeli military), and several insults against Jesus Christ.
The settlers also punctured the tires of three vehicles parked near the monastery.
In September, extremist Israeli settlers burnt the main gate of the Latrun Christian Monastery west of Jerusalem, and also wrote racist graffiti against Jesus Christ and against Christianity.
List of a number of similar attacks carried out by extremist Israeli settlers over the last two years;
Tuesday at dawn, June 19: A number of extremist Israeli settlers burnt a local mosque in Jaba’ Palestinian village, in occupied East Jerusalem, and defaced some of its walls.
Local sources reported that the settlers wrote racist graffiti on some of the walls of the mosque, including the “Price Tag” graffiti.
Monday, January 16, 2012, settlers torched the car of a Palestinian Authority Intelligence officer, Mohammad Ghannam, in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012, a group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers burnt three Palestinian cars in Dir Estia village, in the West Bank district of Salfit, and defaced the local mosque with “Price Tag” graffiti.
On February 20, 2012, settlers spray-painted racist graffiti on a church in occupied East Jerusalem in the third such incident since January 2012.
The graffiti also included “Death to Christians” and the phrase “price tag” was found on the walls of the Baptist Narkis Street Congregation. Furthermore residents of the area found their car tires slashed.
Wednesday January 4th 2012, settlers set fire to two Palestinian trucks and spray-painted anti-Arab, racist graffiti.
In February, the bilingual school Hand In Hand and the Monastery of the Cross were vandalized, and graffiti promoting violence against Christians was found on its wall.
On December of 2011, the settlers carried out four attacks against mosques in several parts of the occupied West Bank, and set ablaze five Palestinian cars near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
In an attack targeting several mosques, the settlers spray-painted slogans including 'Price Tag'. They also burnt copies of the Quran.
In mid-December of last year, a group of fanatic Israeli settlers burnt a mosque in Borqa village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and wrote racist graffiti on its walls.
The attack came only one day after a similar arson attempt targeted the historic mosque of Okasha in Jerusalem. Before setting parts of the mosque ablaze, the settlers spray-painted racist graffiti targeting the Palestinians and the Muslim prophet.
He said that the settlers then wrote racist slogans on the walls of his house such as “Price Tag” and that this (village) land is theirs.
Khamis, 50, asked the concerned authorities to intervene and curb the Jewish attacks.
Settlers Torch Two Palestinian Cars Near Ramallah
A number of extremist Israeli settlers torched two Palestinian vehicles in the Dir Jareer village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and wrote racist graffiti on the walls of a number of homes in the village.
Local sources told the Palestine News Network (PNN) that the settlers burnt two vehicles that belong to resident Mohammad Khamis Maali, and wrote graffiti against the Arabs and Palestinians, including graffiti that demands the Palestinians to “leave the land of Israel, the promised land”, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported.
In related news, Israeli soldiers invaded different areas in Ramallah city, and installed several roadblocks at the entrances of a number of nearby villages and town.
The soldiers stopped and searched dozens of Palestinian vehicles and interrogated the residents.
Earlier in January this year, Dozens of armed settlers invaded Qasra village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, surrounded and broke into one home, cut and uprooted around 200 olive trees and saplings.
The settlers also invaded Qaryout village, near Nablus, and violently attacked a resident identified as Hasan Yousef, 55, causing serious injuries.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, a number of settlers invaded Ithna town, north of the city, and burnt a tractor and a car, and wrote racist graffiti north of the town.
On December 12 2012, a number of extremist Israeli settlers wrote, on Wednesday at dawn, racist graffiti attacking Christianity and Jesus Christ on the walls of a monastery in occupied Jerusalem.
The graffiti written on the walls of the monastery included “Price Tag”, (a reference to the idea that Palestinians must all 'pay a price' for the dismantling of illegal settlement outposts by the Israeli military), and several insults against Jesus Christ.
The settlers also punctured the tires of three vehicles parked near the monastery.
In September, extremist Israeli settlers burnt the main gate of the Latrun Christian Monastery west of Jerusalem, and also wrote racist graffiti against Jesus Christ and against Christianity.
List of a number of similar attacks carried out by extremist Israeli settlers over the last two years;
Tuesday at dawn, June 19: A number of extremist Israeli settlers burnt a local mosque in Jaba’ Palestinian village, in occupied East Jerusalem, and defaced some of its walls.
Local sources reported that the settlers wrote racist graffiti on some of the walls of the mosque, including the “Price Tag” graffiti.
Monday, January 16, 2012, settlers torched the car of a Palestinian Authority Intelligence officer, Mohammad Ghannam, in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012, a group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers burnt three Palestinian cars in Dir Estia village, in the West Bank district of Salfit, and defaced the local mosque with “Price Tag” graffiti.
On February 20, 2012, settlers spray-painted racist graffiti on a church in occupied East Jerusalem in the third such incident since January 2012.
The graffiti also included “Death to Christians” and the phrase “price tag” was found on the walls of the Baptist Narkis Street Congregation. Furthermore residents of the area found their car tires slashed.
Wednesday January 4th 2012, settlers set fire to two Palestinian trucks and spray-painted anti-Arab, racist graffiti.
In February, the bilingual school Hand In Hand and the Monastery of the Cross were vandalized, and graffiti promoting violence against Christians was found on its wall.
On December of 2011, the settlers carried out four attacks against mosques in several parts of the occupied West Bank, and set ablaze five Palestinian cars near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
In an attack targeting several mosques, the settlers spray-painted slogans including 'Price Tag'. They also burnt copies of the Quran.
In mid-December of last year, a group of fanatic Israeli settlers burnt a mosque in Borqa village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and wrote racist graffiti on its walls.
The attack came only one day after a similar arson attempt targeted the historic mosque of Okasha in Jerusalem. Before setting parts of the mosque ablaze, the settlers spray-painted racist graffiti targeting the Palestinians and the Muslim prophet.
Settlers escalate their attacks in Nablus
Israeli settlers attacked on Monday evening Palestinian citizens on the road reopened by the occupation authorities near Nablus after being closed for 13 years.
Hamza Diriya, member of the Committee for the Defense of Aqraba lands, confirmed that a group of Israeli settlers has attacked Palestinian citizens on Monday while passing through the road, where they smashed their vehicles’ windscreens.
He pointed out that the settlers have previously attacked Palestinian farmers and prevented them from having access to their lands.
The Palestinian activist has warned earlier against the settlers' attacks in the area protesting the re-opening of the road to Palestinian villagers in an attempt to prevent them from reaching their agricultural lands.
The road had been closed by the Israeli military for the past 13 years, which compelled the villagers to take a difficult, circuitous route in order to reach the city of Nablus.
Hamza Diriya, member of the Committee for the Defense of Aqraba lands, confirmed that a group of Israeli settlers has attacked Palestinian citizens on Monday while passing through the road, where they smashed their vehicles’ windscreens.
He pointed out that the settlers have previously attacked Palestinian farmers and prevented them from having access to their lands.
The Palestinian activist has warned earlier against the settlers' attacks in the area protesting the re-opening of the road to Palestinian villagers in an attempt to prevent them from reaching their agricultural lands.
The road had been closed by the Israeli military for the past 13 years, which compelled the villagers to take a difficult, circuitous route in order to reach the city of Nablus.
4 feb 2013
When the Messiah comes, you'll be our slaves
When the Messiah comes, you'll be our slaves
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3 feb 2013
Jerusalemite traders protest against settlers' practices
A large number of Jerusalemite traders protested against the repeated Israeli settlers' attacks, where they attacked a number of Palestinian cars parked on both sides of the Salah al-Din Street. The traders held the Israeli police fully responsible for these repeated attacks, especially since there is a wide range of cameras that police erected in the streets of Jerusalem.
"How was it possible for the settlers to enter the area in their cars, cause damage to Palestinian cars and puncture about 20 tires without such criminal activity being detected by the police on their cameras, or by police patrols that roam the streets on a regular basis, especially at night," The cars' owners told PIC reporter
The Palestinian citizens and shopkeepers in Salah al-Din Street decided to file a lawsuit against the Israeli police to hold them responsible for these repeated Israeli attacks, especially that they installed special cameras at their shops' gates to document the settlers' attacks.
In the same context, Israeli Special Forces stormed on Thursday evening two houses belonging to the brothers Tawfik and Ayed Issa Ghazzawi in Jerusalem where they photographed the two houses.
The brothers confirmed to PIC reporter that they appealed against the Israeli orders to demolish their houses, however their appeal was rejected.
Ghazzawi brothers stated that the occupation municipality rejected a project presented by the neighborhood's residents to organize the area under the pretext that the houses are built on agricultural land.
Ghazzawi pointed out that the residents' conditions in Jerusalem are catastrophic in light of the PA negligence to fierce settlement campaign that targeted the Palestinian presence in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
"How was it possible for the settlers to enter the area in their cars, cause damage to Palestinian cars and puncture about 20 tires without such criminal activity being detected by the police on their cameras, or by police patrols that roam the streets on a regular basis, especially at night," The cars' owners told PIC reporter
The Palestinian citizens and shopkeepers in Salah al-Din Street decided to file a lawsuit against the Israeli police to hold them responsible for these repeated Israeli attacks, especially that they installed special cameras at their shops' gates to document the settlers' attacks.
In the same context, Israeli Special Forces stormed on Thursday evening two houses belonging to the brothers Tawfik and Ayed Issa Ghazzawi in Jerusalem where they photographed the two houses.
The brothers confirmed to PIC reporter that they appealed against the Israeli orders to demolish their houses, however their appeal was rejected.
Ghazzawi brothers stated that the occupation municipality rejected a project presented by the neighborhood's residents to organize the area under the pretext that the houses are built on agricultural land.
Ghazzawi pointed out that the residents' conditions in Jerusalem are catastrophic in light of the PA negligence to fierce settlement campaign that targeted the Palestinian presence in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
Dozens Injured Near Nablus As Army Attacks Protest Camp
Saturday evening - February 2; Palestinian medical sources reported that dozens of nonviolent activists have been injured after Israeli soldiers attacked nonviolent protesters who established “Al-Manatheer.
Neighborhood”, on Palestinians land Israel intends to confiscate, in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Dozens of nonviolent activists installed the protest camp on lands that belong to Palestinian villagers of Burin, in a move meant at protecting Palestinian lands and property, and to express rejection to Israel’s illegal settlement activities.
Dozens of soldiers and extremist Israeli settlers attacked the nonviolent protesters, and tried to remove them by force, eyewitnesses reported.
Medical sources said that at least twenty persons, including children, have been treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation, and due to being pepper-sprayed by the soldiers, while several residents have been injured by live rounds and rubber-coated metal bullets fired by the army, and were moved to local hospitals in Nablus.
Israeli media sources reported that two Israeli soldiers were mildly injured by stones thrown by some Palestinian youths during clashes that erupted with the army after the army attacked the nonviolent protesters.
Several families and their children were in the area visiting with family members and expressing solidarity with the nonviolent activists who installed their tents and established the new neighborhood on privately-owned Palestinians lands.
It is worth mentioning that the army was extensively deployed in the area, especially around Burin village, and installed roadblocks to prevent the residents from reaching the protest camp.
Activists said that this new neighborhood was established on Palestinian lands, in the occupied West Bank, as part of ongoing nonviolent activities against Israel’s illegal settlement activities in the West Bank, including in occupied Jerusalem.
In related news, Israeli soldiers violently attacked a nonviolent procession that was held in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
The residents marched to express solidarity with “Al-Manatheer Neighborhood” after the army attacked it, leading to several injuries.
Morad Eshtewy, media coordinator of the Nonviolent Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Qalqilia, stated that the soldiers fired gas bombs at the protesters leading to several injuries, adding that a child was hit in the leg by a gas bomb fired by the soldiers, and was moved to a local hospital
Eshtewy added that the escalating Israeli attacks against the nonviolent protesters are a clear indication that these nonviolent activities are effective in exposing Israel’s crimes and violations.
Neighborhood”, on Palestinians land Israel intends to confiscate, in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Dozens of nonviolent activists installed the protest camp on lands that belong to Palestinian villagers of Burin, in a move meant at protecting Palestinian lands and property, and to express rejection to Israel’s illegal settlement activities.
Dozens of soldiers and extremist Israeli settlers attacked the nonviolent protesters, and tried to remove them by force, eyewitnesses reported.
Medical sources said that at least twenty persons, including children, have been treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation, and due to being pepper-sprayed by the soldiers, while several residents have been injured by live rounds and rubber-coated metal bullets fired by the army, and were moved to local hospitals in Nablus.
Israeli media sources reported that two Israeli soldiers were mildly injured by stones thrown by some Palestinian youths during clashes that erupted with the army after the army attacked the nonviolent protesters.
Several families and their children were in the area visiting with family members and expressing solidarity with the nonviolent activists who installed their tents and established the new neighborhood on privately-owned Palestinians lands.
It is worth mentioning that the army was extensively deployed in the area, especially around Burin village, and installed roadblocks to prevent the residents from reaching the protest camp.
Activists said that this new neighborhood was established on Palestinian lands, in the occupied West Bank, as part of ongoing nonviolent activities against Israel’s illegal settlement activities in the West Bank, including in occupied Jerusalem.
In related news, Israeli soldiers violently attacked a nonviolent procession that was held in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
The residents marched to express solidarity with “Al-Manatheer Neighborhood” after the army attacked it, leading to several injuries.
Morad Eshtewy, media coordinator of the Nonviolent Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Qalqilia, stated that the soldiers fired gas bombs at the protesters leading to several injuries, adding that a child was hit in the leg by a gas bomb fired by the soldiers, and was moved to a local hospital
Eshtewy added that the escalating Israeli attacks against the nonviolent protesters are a clear indication that these nonviolent activities are effective in exposing Israel’s crimes and violations.
2 feb 2013
Jewish settlers puncture the tires of 19 Palestinian cars
Unknown assailants believed to be Jewish settlers punctured the tires of 19 Palestinian cars in occupied eastern Jerusalem. An Israeli police spokesperson said on Friday that the incident took place on Thursday night in Salahuddin Street.
She said that police forces were investigating the incident.
She said that police forces were investigating the incident.
1 feb 2013
Settlers Storm the Evacuated Settlement Tarsala
In the evening on Thursday, 31 January, dozens of settlers stormed the evacuated settlement of Tarsala, near the village of Sanur, South of Jenin.
Security sources reported to the Palestinian Official News Agency WAFA that dozens of settlers stormed the settlement under the protection of Occupation Forces.
Once in the settlement, they performed religious rituals and chanted slogans racist slogans against Arabs and Muslims.
Security sources reported to the Palestinian Official News Agency WAFA that dozens of settlers stormed the settlement under the protection of Occupation Forces.
Once in the settlement, they performed religious rituals and chanted slogans racist slogans against Arabs and Muslims.