9 july 2013
Israel's District Court in Jerusalem issued a decision to allow settlers to obtain information on Palestinian land owners through the Land Registry (Tabo) for the first time since the occupation of the West Bank 46 years ago.
Haaretz Hebrew-language newspaper reported on Tuesday, that Israeli occupation has prevented settlers access to information on Palestinian landowners due to fraud land transactions made by settlers in order to seize the lands, especially the lands whose owners living outside the Palestinian territories.
Israeli organizations headed to the court and demanded an access to information on the owners of the lands located near the settlements in order to purchase them for settlement expansion purposes.
The court's judge issued a decision allowing settlers to obtain information and such decision will give the chance for settlers to reveal the identity of the Palestinian owners and therefore expanding the settlements in Ramallah, Jordan Valley and Tulkarem.
It's worth mentioning that a senior officer in the "Israel's Civil Administration was convicted a year ago of leaking information about the Palestinian land for settlers who forged documents in order to control Palestinian land.
Haaretz: A court allows settlers to have access to Palestinian real estate deeds
Haaretz Hebrew-language newspaper reported on Tuesday, that Israeli occupation has prevented settlers access to information on Palestinian landowners due to fraud land transactions made by settlers in order to seize the lands, especially the lands whose owners living outside the Palestinian territories.
Israeli organizations headed to the court and demanded an access to information on the owners of the lands located near the settlements in order to purchase them for settlement expansion purposes.
The court's judge issued a decision allowing settlers to obtain information and such decision will give the chance for settlers to reveal the identity of the Palestinian owners and therefore expanding the settlements in Ramallah, Jordan Valley and Tulkarem.
It's worth mentioning that a senior officer in the "Israel's Civil Administration was convicted a year ago of leaking information about the Palestinian land for settlers who forged documents in order to control Palestinian land.
Haaretz: A court allows settlers to have access to Palestinian real estate deeds
Haaretz newspaper revealed a new Israeli court verdict allowing the Jewish settlers to have access to the registry information of the real estate owned by the Palestinians. The newspaper stated on Tuesday that this verdict was issued by the Israeli central court in occupied Jerusalem and it allowed the settlers to see and copy the real estate deeds which are archived by the Israeli land authorities.
This Israeli decision replaced an earlier one that had been in force for 46 years and banned access to any information on Palestinian real estate to prevent forgery crimes by the settlers.
This court decision also took place following a petition filed last year by Jewish groups with the central court demanding a permission to have access to Palestinian real estate information in order to buy and annex the properties near their settlements.
This Israeli decision replaced an earlier one that had been in force for 46 years and banned access to any information on Palestinian real estate to prevent forgery crimes by the settlers.
This court decision also took place following a petition filed last year by Jewish groups with the central court demanding a permission to have access to Palestinian real estate information in order to buy and annex the properties near their settlements.
8 july 2013
Two armed Israeli settlers raided a Palestinian home in East Jerusalem on Monday, and assaulted the owner and his friend, the owner said.
Sami al-Qalouni, 53, said he was at home in al-Tur village with his friend Jamal Abu Steif when the settlers raided in what al-Qalouni described as an attempt to take control of the building.
The settlers beat al-Qalouni and Abu Steif with iron bars, al-Qalouni told Ma'an.
Al-Qalouni suffered serious head, back and hand wounds, and Abu Steif sustained several fractures to his hand, a Ma'an reporter said.
Settlers previously set up a tent on al-Qalouni's land.
Israeli police took the two wounded Palestinians to hospital and removed the tent, the reporter said.
A spokesman for Israeli police could not be reached for comment.
Sami al-Qalouni, 53, said he was at home in al-Tur village with his friend Jamal Abu Steif when the settlers raided in what al-Qalouni described as an attempt to take control of the building.
The settlers beat al-Qalouni and Abu Steif with iron bars, al-Qalouni told Ma'an.
Al-Qalouni suffered serious head, back and hand wounds, and Abu Steif sustained several fractures to his hand, a Ma'an reporter said.
Settlers previously set up a tent on al-Qalouni's land.
Israeli police took the two wounded Palestinians to hospital and removed the tent, the reporter said.
A spokesman for Israeli police could not be reached for comment.
An Israeli settler ran over a Palestinian child near the Ibrahimi mosque in al-Khalil in the southern occupied West Bank. Ten-year-old Mohamed Essam Salayma was seriously injured after being run over by a settler in the Ibrahimi square south of the Ibrahimi mosque in al-Khalil.
The child was transferred to al-Khalil Government Hospital with bleeding wounds to his face and head, where his injuries were described as serious.
Settlers' deliberate car attacks against Palestinians particularly children have been on the rise in al-Khalil where they are rarely investigated.
The child was transferred to al-Khalil Government Hospital with bleeding wounds to his face and head, where his injuries were described as serious.
Settlers' deliberate car attacks against Palestinians particularly children have been on the rise in al-Khalil where they are rarely investigated.
More than 200 Jewish settlers raided the village of Orta, south east of Nablus city, at dawn Monday and offered Talmudic rituals. Reliable local sources said that the raid was launched under protection of the Israeli occupation forces, adding that citizens were terrified at the big number of the settlers and the escorting IOF forces.
Meanwhile, other IOF units stormed a number of suburbs in Nablus city at dawn Monday.
Locals said that the soldiers broke into three suburbs near to the Najah university and searched a number of homes where students live.
Meanwhile, other IOF units stormed a number of suburbs in Nablus city at dawn Monday.
Locals said that the soldiers broke into three suburbs near to the Najah university and searched a number of homes where students live.
Around 100 Israelis desecrated Monday the Muslim holy site, al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem when they toured the compound dressed in shorts and improper cloths for a holy place, according to sources from the Muslim Waqf, which is in charge of the Mosque compound.
They said the Israeli fanatics, who were escorted by police, held prayer rituals and destroyed olive branches in the yards in a clear provocative manner to the feelings of the hundreds of Muslims who were on the site and who reacted yelling Allah Akbar (God is great) in Arabic.
Israeli fanatics are increasing their provocative tours of the Muslim compound to create daily presence there with a goal to eventually take it over and build their temple on the ruins of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
They said the Israeli fanatics, who were escorted by police, held prayer rituals and destroyed olive branches in the yards in a clear provocative manner to the feelings of the hundreds of Muslims who were on the site and who reacted yelling Allah Akbar (God is great) in Arabic.
Israeli fanatics are increasing their provocative tours of the Muslim compound to create daily presence there with a goal to eventually take it over and build their temple on the ruins of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
Graffiti: 'Death to Arabs'
Restaurant in capital systematically suffers attacks by teens vowing revenge for business's employment of Arabs; graffiti found Sunday by employees
The caption "Death to Arabs" was spray painted on the door of a Jerusalem restaurant Sunday, apparently due to the fact that the restaurant hires Arab employees. Maor Ventura, a manger at the restaurant, said that on Saturday night, "at 1 am I closed the place. As the cameras show, 10 minutes later someone came in and sprayed the door. In the morning we realized it said 'Death to Arabs.' Police came by… and we went to file a complaint.'"
A cleaning crew from the municipality had cleaned the graffiti before police had arrived.
On Friday, a group of assailants made it to the area and threw stones at customers. "Within a minute, some 60 clients asked for their bill wanting to leave," Ventura said, "and it was all based on racism, because we hire Arabs." He added that "approximately two months ago, on a Friday evening, a group of about eight to 10 religious guys came to the area, as our cook, mostly Arabs, were sitting outside. One of the teens realized the cook was an Arab and started to curse at him. The cook asked them to leave and then they started to beat him as they were crying out 'Death to Arabs.'
Restaurant in capital systematically suffers attacks by teens vowing revenge for business's employment of Arabs; graffiti found Sunday by employees
The caption "Death to Arabs" was spray painted on the door of a Jerusalem restaurant Sunday, apparently due to the fact that the restaurant hires Arab employees. Maor Ventura, a manger at the restaurant, said that on Saturday night, "at 1 am I closed the place. As the cameras show, 10 minutes later someone came in and sprayed the door. In the morning we realized it said 'Death to Arabs.' Police came by… and we went to file a complaint.'"
A cleaning crew from the municipality had cleaned the graffiti before police had arrived.
On Friday, a group of assailants made it to the area and threw stones at customers. "Within a minute, some 60 clients asked for their bill wanting to leave," Ventura said, "and it was all based on racism, because we hire Arabs." He added that "approximately two months ago, on a Friday evening, a group of about eight to 10 religious guys came to the area, as our cook, mostly Arabs, were sitting outside. One of the teens realized the cook was an Arab and started to curse at him. The cook asked them to leave and then they started to beat him as they were crying out 'Death to Arabs.'
Rock thrown at restaurant
"When we tried to break the fight, but they attacked us too, and vowed to take revenge on us for hiring Arabs," Ventura noted, adding that the teens said that as long they continued to hire Arabs they will come back for revenge. Muhamad, who works as a cook at the restaurant, told Ynet: "There is no explanation for this except racism, and that's unfortunate. I've been working with Jews for years, and this is not the first time I've come across racism. I don’t think police are helping."
The restaurant's employees said that police were called in at every incident but that each time officers arrived after the assailants had left the scene. Police have yet to comment. The Jerusalem municipality reported that the issue is under investigation and will be looked into in coordination with the police.
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"When we tried to break the fight, but they attacked us too, and vowed to take revenge on us for hiring Arabs," Ventura noted, adding that the teens said that as long they continued to hire Arabs they will come back for revenge. Muhamad, who works as a cook at the restaurant, told Ynet: "There is no explanation for this except racism, and that's unfortunate. I've been working with Jews for years, and this is not the first time I've come across racism. I don’t think police are helping."
The restaurant's employees said that police were called in at every incident but that each time officers arrived after the assailants had left the scene. Police have yet to comment. The Jerusalem municipality reported that the issue is under investigation and will be looked into in coordination with the police.
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Clashes at Kotel
Some 5,000 ultra-Orthodox girls, dozens of haredi teens cause police to move Women of the Wall to distant prayer area. Women of the Wall: Police succumbed to haredi bullying
Thousands of haredim prevented the Women of the Wall from praying at their usual spot in the women's section at the Western Wall on Monday.
Some 5,000 ultra-Orthodox girls and dozens of haredi youths gathered at the site in an attempt to disrupt the monthly prayer. The women were then moved to a different location.
The youths shouted out hate slogans in order to drown out the women's prayer. Eggs and water bags were hurled at the women. Police detained two people for questioning.
Leslie Zacks, director of the Women of the Wall organization, said in response, "Today police succumbed to haredi bullying and put us at the back of the bus again. Had we arrived without the police escort we would have been able to secure a spot near the Kotel as we've done for the past 24 years." Reform movement leader Rabbi Gilad Kariv condemned the acts. "Israel Police have violated the court ruling allowing the Women of the Wall to pray and have rewarded a small group of haredi provocateurs and rabbis engaged in spreading hatred," he said.
"Israel Police have forgotten that they have a duty to safeguard freedom of religion at the Western Wall and not lock up worshippers." Kariv called on the cabinet secretary and relevant ministers to intervene. Jerusalem's acting mayor Yossi Deutsch (United Torah Judaism), who was among the protest's organizers, said: "The Western Wall is a place that unites the Jewish people. It's a shame that on the first day of the Month of Av a group of women would come here and divide the people."
Recent months have seen police step up enforcement against Women of the Wall and detain several women who broke the High Court ruling in the case. This has sparked outrage among non-Orthodox Jewish factions who called on the government to intervene. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tasked Jewish Agency chief Natan Sharanksy with finding a solution that would be acceptable to all parties involved. Sharanksy has formed a plan to expand the prayer area by dozens of meters and divide it to three sections: one for men, one for women and one where all are free to worship.
Some 5,000 ultra-Orthodox girls, dozens of haredi teens cause police to move Women of the Wall to distant prayer area. Women of the Wall: Police succumbed to haredi bullying
Thousands of haredim prevented the Women of the Wall from praying at their usual spot in the women's section at the Western Wall on Monday.
Some 5,000 ultra-Orthodox girls and dozens of haredi youths gathered at the site in an attempt to disrupt the monthly prayer. The women were then moved to a different location.
The youths shouted out hate slogans in order to drown out the women's prayer. Eggs and water bags were hurled at the women. Police detained two people for questioning.
Leslie Zacks, director of the Women of the Wall organization, said in response, "Today police succumbed to haredi bullying and put us at the back of the bus again. Had we arrived without the police escort we would have been able to secure a spot near the Kotel as we've done for the past 24 years." Reform movement leader Rabbi Gilad Kariv condemned the acts. "Israel Police have violated the court ruling allowing the Women of the Wall to pray and have rewarded a small group of haredi provocateurs and rabbis engaged in spreading hatred," he said.
"Israel Police have forgotten that they have a duty to safeguard freedom of religion at the Western Wall and not lock up worshippers." Kariv called on the cabinet secretary and relevant ministers to intervene. Jerusalem's acting mayor Yossi Deutsch (United Torah Judaism), who was among the protest's organizers, said: "The Western Wall is a place that unites the Jewish people. It's a shame that on the first day of the Month of Av a group of women would come here and divide the people."
Recent months have seen police step up enforcement against Women of the Wall and detain several women who broke the High Court ruling in the case. This has sparked outrage among non-Orthodox Jewish factions who called on the government to intervene. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tasked Jewish Agency chief Natan Sharanksy with finding a solution that would be acceptable to all parties involved. Sharanksy has formed a plan to expand the prayer area by dozens of meters and divide it to three sections: one for men, one for women and one where all are free to worship.
7 july 2013
Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage warned of the consequences of Jewish group's intention to organize protests to call for the construction of the Alleged Temple. One of the Jewish groups announced that it will organize on Sunday protests calling for the construction of the temple, for three days on the anniversary of the destruction of the alleged Temple, which falls on next Tuesday, in Sagher Park near the Old City of Jerusalem.
Al-Aqsa Foundation said in a statement on Sunday that this move comes within the framework of series of events and activities staged by the Jewish groups, noting that the event will be preceded by a conference organized by the Temple Institute on Monday, in the presence of Israel's Deputy Minister of Religious affairs Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan.
The foundation also pointed out that the Coalition for the Temple announced organizing a tour for the children inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on Monday morning, on the occasion of the start of the Hebrew month of (AAB).
The coalition will also hold next Wednesday a conference on the alleged temple in Shevi Shomron settlement in the West Bank, which will be followed by a raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday.
Al-Aqsa Foundation called on Palestinians to intensify their presence in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in order to protect it from the Israeli raids.
Al-Aqsa Foundation said in a statement on Sunday that this move comes within the framework of series of events and activities staged by the Jewish groups, noting that the event will be preceded by a conference organized by the Temple Institute on Monday, in the presence of Israel's Deputy Minister of Religious affairs Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan.
The foundation also pointed out that the Coalition for the Temple announced organizing a tour for the children inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on Monday morning, on the occasion of the start of the Hebrew month of (AAB).
The coalition will also hold next Wednesday a conference on the alleged temple in Shevi Shomron settlement in the West Bank, which will be followed by a raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday.
Al-Aqsa Foundation called on Palestinians to intensify their presence in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in order to protect it from the Israeli raids.
A Palestinian child was critically injured Sunday after he was hit by an Israeli settler car in Hebron, medics said.
Mohamed Salayma was run over near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the center of the city.
He was taken to hospital in Kiryat Arba settlement. Medics said his condition was critical.
Mohamed Salayma was run over near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the center of the city.
He was taken to hospital in Kiryat Arba settlement. Medics said his condition was critical.
Jewish settlers stormed the holy Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem via the Maghareba gate on Sunday morning. Jamal Omar, an expert in Jerusalem affairs, told Safa news agency that around 60 Jewish settlers entered the Aqsa mosque in groups and roamed its various plazas and tried to offer Talmudic rituals.
He pointed out that many Quran scholars were present in the holy site at time of the storming due to the approach of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and were ready to defend it.
Omar said that the Aqsa was passing through a very serious stage that necessitated urgent moves on the part of the Arab and Islamic countries to protect it. He asked those countries to prioritize the issue of the Aqsa.
He expected Jewish settlers to escalate their raids into the Aqsa mosque during Ramadan, and urged Jerusalemites and Palestinians in 1948 occupied land to intensify their presence in the mosque to ward off possible dangers.
He pointed out that many Quran scholars were present in the holy site at time of the storming due to the approach of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and were ready to defend it.
Omar said that the Aqsa was passing through a very serious stage that necessitated urgent moves on the part of the Arab and Islamic countries to protect it. He asked those countries to prioritize the issue of the Aqsa.
He expected Jewish settlers to escalate their raids into the Aqsa mosque during Ramadan, and urged Jerusalemites and Palestinians in 1948 occupied land to intensify their presence in the mosque to ward off possible dangers.
Jewish settlers from illegal ‘Beitar Illit’ settlement Sunday drowned Palestinian-owned agricultural land with wastewater in the village of Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem, according to a local source. Head of Wadi Fukin village council Ahmad Sokar told WAFA that settlers pumped wastewater to around 100 dumums of agricultural land belonging to around 50 farmers in the village, drowning it completely.
He said that the mentioned land became unfit for agricultural use due to the ongoing pumping of wastewater by settlers.
Settlers drown Palestinian lands with wastewater in Bethlehem
Settlers from Beitar Illit settlement, built on Palestinian lands west of Bethlehem, drowned Sunday about 100 dunums of Palestinian agricultural lands with wastewater in the village of Wadi Fukin. The mentioned lands became unfit for agricultural use due to the ongoing pumping of wastewater by settlers.
Wadi Fukin Village Council has called, in its statement, on concerned authorities to intervene to put an end to the settlers' attacks against the villagers' lands.
The settlers pumped wastewater to around 100 dunums of agricultural land belonging to around 50 farmers in the village, drowning it completely, the statement explained.
He said that the mentioned land became unfit for agricultural use due to the ongoing pumping of wastewater by settlers.
Settlers drown Palestinian lands with wastewater in Bethlehem
Settlers from Beitar Illit settlement, built on Palestinian lands west of Bethlehem, drowned Sunday about 100 dunums of Palestinian agricultural lands with wastewater in the village of Wadi Fukin. The mentioned lands became unfit for agricultural use due to the ongoing pumping of wastewater by settlers.
Wadi Fukin Village Council has called, in its statement, on concerned authorities to intervene to put an end to the settlers' attacks against the villagers' lands.
The settlers pumped wastewater to around 100 dunums of agricultural land belonging to around 50 farmers in the village, drowning it completely, the statement explained.
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Bedouin community near Nablus
An armed gang of around 50 Israeli settlers stormed a Palestinian Bedouin community of shepherds in Huwwara area, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank on Saturday. This is not the first time that settlers from the nearby Itamar and Yitzhar religious Jewish Israeli settlements have attacked Palestinian civilians – in the last three years, these attacks have become more and more frequent occurrences, according to local residents. The attacks often take place on Saturdays, after religious services in the settlements. |
In Saturday's attack, the gang of armed settlers descended on the Bedouin community and began uprooting trees and plants and smashing the glass of vehicles belonging to the Bedouins. They also tried to steal sheep from the Bedouin shepherds.
The Bedouin community in Huwwara is made up of several families living in tin huts and tents in extremely impoverished conditions, trying to make a living by herding sheep.
The Palestinian monitor of settlement activity in the West Bank, Ghassan Daghlas, called on the Israeli liaison office to investigate the incident.
The Bedouin community in Huwwara is made up of several families living in tin huts and tents in extremely impoverished conditions, trying to make a living by herding sheep.
The Palestinian monitor of settlement activity in the West Bank, Ghassan Daghlas, called on the Israeli liaison office to investigate the incident.
Israeli forces on Sunday morning prevented several Palestinian farmers from working on their fields south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, witnesses said.
Israeli troops stopped farmers harvesting their crops in Huwwara Plains, and instructed them to obtain permits from the Israeli liaison department, said 30-year-old Jihad Dweikat, from Rujeib village,
On Saturday, extremist settlers attacked farmers in the area and damaged a private vehicle and a tractor.
Israeli troops stopped farmers harvesting their crops in Huwwara Plains, and instructed them to obtain permits from the Israeli liaison department, said 30-year-old Jihad Dweikat, from Rujeib village,
On Saturday, extremist settlers attacked farmers in the area and damaged a private vehicle and a tractor.
6 july 2013
Jewish settlers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, attacked Palestinians, from the hamlet of Umm al-Khair, who tried to enter their lands, near the town of Yatta in al-Khalil. Ratib al-Jabour, the coordinator of the popular and national committees against the wall and settlements in Yatta, told Quds Press that the attack took place when the members of Hadhalin family tried, with the support of foreign solidarity activists, to reach their land seized by settlers about two weeks ago.
Jabour said that the Israelis from the settlement of Carmiel, guarded by the occupation soldiers, attacked and suppressed the Palestinian citizens, causing some women and children to faint.
Three civilians, including two women, were also injured in the attack, while another citizen and two foreign solidarity activists were arrested by the occupation soldiers.
The settlers seized a piece of land with an area of 50 dunums and prevented its owners to enter it and prepared the place to perform Talmudic rituals on it.
Safa News Agency quoted Umm al-Khair resident Ibrahim Hadhalin as saying that clashes erupted between the citizens and Israeli settlers and soldiers when a number of shepherds tried to cross the seized land to reach their pastures.
The occupation authorities seek to displace dozens of Bedouin families inhabiting lands adjacent to Carmiel settlement and continue the construction of settlement units on the southern and western sides of the settlement.
Meanwhile, dozens of other extremist Jewish settlers attacked on Saturday afternoon shepherds and their families, south of Nablus, and damaged their properties.
Ghassan Daghlas, Palestinian official who monitors settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said the settlers attacked the houses of the shepherds in Huwwara in the south of Nablus.
He added that the attackers damaged a tractor and smashed the windshield of a private car. They also tried to steal sheep from the Bedouins and destroyed plants and trees in the area.
Jabour said that the Israelis from the settlement of Carmiel, guarded by the occupation soldiers, attacked and suppressed the Palestinian citizens, causing some women and children to faint.
Three civilians, including two women, were also injured in the attack, while another citizen and two foreign solidarity activists were arrested by the occupation soldiers.
The settlers seized a piece of land with an area of 50 dunums and prevented its owners to enter it and prepared the place to perform Talmudic rituals on it.
Safa News Agency quoted Umm al-Khair resident Ibrahim Hadhalin as saying that clashes erupted between the citizens and Israeli settlers and soldiers when a number of shepherds tried to cross the seized land to reach their pastures.
The occupation authorities seek to displace dozens of Bedouin families inhabiting lands adjacent to Carmiel settlement and continue the construction of settlement units on the southern and western sides of the settlement.
Meanwhile, dozens of other extremist Jewish settlers attacked on Saturday afternoon shepherds and their families, south of Nablus, and damaged their properties.
Ghassan Daghlas, Palestinian official who monitors settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said the settlers attacked the houses of the shepherds in Huwwara in the south of Nablus.
He added that the attackers damaged a tractor and smashed the windshield of a private car. They also tried to steal sheep from the Bedouins and destroyed plants and trees in the area.
Avigdor Lieberman, the head of the Knesset foreign affairs committee, made on Friday a provocative tour in Wadi Hilwa neighborhood, south of the Aqsa Mosque. Palestinian sources said that director of Elad settlement society David Perry accompanied Lieberman during the tour under tight military and police protection.
The Israeli officials visited during their tour Ir David outpost located at the entrance to the neighborhood and an excavation site in Wadi Hilwa.
The sources affirmed that Lieberman's visit raised the ire of the Palestinian natives of Wadi Hilwa, which prompted him to end his tour sooner.
Israeli sources, in turn, said that Lieberman carried a message of support from the Knesset right wing to the Jewish settlers in Silwan and gave financial aid to the settlement outposts in the district.
The sources noted that a delegation of wealthy American Jews had paid a visit to Silwan district a week ago and met with the director of Elad society.
They added that the American Jews pledged to increase their financial support for the settlers in Silwan and work on seizing more Palestinian real estate.
The Israeli officials visited during their tour Ir David outpost located at the entrance to the neighborhood and an excavation site in Wadi Hilwa.
The sources affirmed that Lieberman's visit raised the ire of the Palestinian natives of Wadi Hilwa, which prompted him to end his tour sooner.
Israeli sources, in turn, said that Lieberman carried a message of support from the Knesset right wing to the Jewish settlers in Silwan and gave financial aid to the settlement outposts in the district.
The sources noted that a delegation of wealthy American Jews had paid a visit to Silwan district a week ago and met with the director of Elad society.
They added that the American Jews pledged to increase their financial support for the settlers in Silwan and work on seizing more Palestinian real estate.
An Israeli extremist group organized a provocative visit to Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood led by leaders in the Sephardic Jews association. Several cars roamed the neighborhood, where five settlers, wearing a cowl, alighted from the cars and listened to an explanation of a map by one of the settlers under Israeli police protection for seven minutes, local sources said.
The sources pointed out that the cars' plates indicate that they are owned by Israeli MKs.
Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood is daily subjected to settlers' threats, where they managed during the past years to illegally confiscate a number of Palestinian houses in the neighborhood.
The settlers' provocative visit came in conjunction with the extremist Avigdor Lieberman's visit to Silwan town as part of his continued campaign in support of settlement expansion.
The sources pointed out that the cars' plates indicate that they are owned by Israeli MKs.
Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood is daily subjected to settlers' threats, where they managed during the past years to illegally confiscate a number of Palestinian houses in the neighborhood.
The settlers' provocative visit came in conjunction with the extremist Avigdor Lieberman's visit to Silwan town as part of his continued campaign in support of settlement expansion.
Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers on Saturday attacked Palestinian Bedouins living in tents and steel structures in Huwwara south of Nablus, an official said.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlers in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that about 50 settlers from Itamar and Yitzhar near Nablus stormed the nomads’ residence. Clashes erupted, he said, when the invaders tried to steal sheep from the Bedouins.
Daghlas highlighted that the settlers damaged a tractor and smashed the windshield of a private car. The attackers started to destroy plants and trees in the area before officers of the Israeli liaison department intervened and evacuated them.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlers in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that about 50 settlers from Itamar and Yitzhar near Nablus stormed the nomads’ residence. Clashes erupted, he said, when the invaders tried to steal sheep from the Bedouins.
Daghlas highlighted that the settlers damaged a tractor and smashed the windshield of a private car. The attackers started to destroy plants and trees in the area before officers of the Israeli liaison department intervened and evacuated them.
5 july 2013
Israeli Occupation Forces stormed at dawn today Araba village, southwest of Jenin, for 2 hours and arrested a Palestinian after raiding and searching his house. Local sources said that Israeli forces raided the village and arrested Ahmed Adnan Merdawi, 23, brother of the sick prisoner Mohammed Merdawi, after raiding his family home.
The sources reported that violent clashes erupted between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the village.
In a related context, Jewish settlers bulldozed, on Friday morning, Palestinian lands in Yatta town al-Khalil southern West Bank.
Rateb al Jabour, the coordinator of the "Popular Committee Against the settlement" in the town of Yatta, confirmed that settlers from Susiya settlement built on Palestinian lands have bulldozed this morning land owned by Halees family in Yatta.
Around 200 settlers stormed Carmel town chanting Talmudic hymns under the protection of 50 Israeli soldiers who restricted Palestinian citizens' movement, Jabour added.
The coordinator of the "Popular Committee Against the settlement" stated that the Israeli settlers' attacks against Palestinians aim to displace them and confiscate their lands.
The sources reported that violent clashes erupted between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the village.
In a related context, Jewish settlers bulldozed, on Friday morning, Palestinian lands in Yatta town al-Khalil southern West Bank.
Rateb al Jabour, the coordinator of the "Popular Committee Against the settlement" in the town of Yatta, confirmed that settlers from Susiya settlement built on Palestinian lands have bulldozed this morning land owned by Halees family in Yatta.
Around 200 settlers stormed Carmel town chanting Talmudic hymns under the protection of 50 Israeli soldiers who restricted Palestinian citizens' movement, Jabour added.
The coordinator of the "Popular Committee Against the settlement" stated that the Israeli settlers' attacks against Palestinians aim to displace them and confiscate their lands.
Settlers of Susiya settlement stormed Friday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands belonging to al-Halees family, southeast of Yatta in Hebron, and started razing and stealing the red soil into the settlement.
Coordinator of Popular Committees to Resist Apartheid Wall and Settlement in Yatta, Rateb al-Jbour, said that more than two hundreds settlers, under the protection of 50 soldiers, stormed the village in the morning, while chanting religious hymns and provocative slogans against the Palestinian citizens.
Al-Jbour condemned these provocative acts by the settlers and Israeli forces that aim at expelling the Palestinian citizens from their lands in the West Bank.
Coordinator of Popular Committees to Resist Apartheid Wall and Settlement in Yatta, Rateb al-Jbour, said that more than two hundreds settlers, under the protection of 50 soldiers, stormed the village in the morning, while chanting religious hymns and provocative slogans against the Palestinian citizens.
Al-Jbour condemned these provocative acts by the settlers and Israeli forces that aim at expelling the Palestinian citizens from their lands in the West Bank.
4 july 2013
Violent Confrontations erupted Thursday, between the Palestinian residents of Urif village, south of Nablus and dozens of settlers from Yitzhar settlement which was constructed on the lands of Nablus.
Official responsible for the settlement file in the northern part of the West Bank, Ghassan Douglas, said that confrontations erupted after settlers threw Molotov cocktails toward an under-construction water tank in the village, in an attempt to destroy it.
Official responsible for the settlement file in the northern part of the West Bank, Ghassan Douglas, said that confrontations erupted after settlers threw Molotov cocktails toward an under-construction water tank in the village, in an attempt to destroy it.
3 july 2013
50 elements of the Israeli intelligence stormed on Wednesday morning the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Mughrabi Gate, under the protection of the occupation police. Media Coordinator of the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage Mahmoud Abu Atta told Safa news agency that three groups of intelligence elements stormed in the early morning hours the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and toured and desecrated the musallas (Prayer rooms).
Meanwhile, 25 settlers stormed the mosque and toured its courtyards, Abu Atta added.
Hundreds of Jerusalemite students were deployed in different parts of the Al-Aqsa, while the Israeli police tightened its security measures at the mosque's gates, especially the Mughrabi Gate.
Media Coordinator of the Al-Aqsa Foundation condemned the persistent raids in al-Aqsa Mosque, and called on the Palestinian people in Jerusalem, the West Bank and in the 1948-occupied territories to intensify their presence in Al-Aqsa, especially in Ramadan, in order to defend it from all the occupation practices.
About 30 elements of the Israeli police and intelligence service stormed before noon on Tuesday the office of the Foundation for Construction of al-Aqsa and Holy Sites in Salahedin Street in Jerusalem, and carried out searches campaign then confiscated all the offices' contents.
Meanwhile, 25 settlers stormed the mosque and toured its courtyards, Abu Atta added.
Hundreds of Jerusalemite students were deployed in different parts of the Al-Aqsa, while the Israeli police tightened its security measures at the mosque's gates, especially the Mughrabi Gate.
Media Coordinator of the Al-Aqsa Foundation condemned the persistent raids in al-Aqsa Mosque, and called on the Palestinian people in Jerusalem, the West Bank and in the 1948-occupied territories to intensify their presence in Al-Aqsa, especially in Ramadan, in order to defend it from all the occupation practices.
About 30 elements of the Israeli police and intelligence service stormed before noon on Tuesday the office of the Foundation for Construction of al-Aqsa and Holy Sites in Salahedin Street in Jerusalem, and carried out searches campaign then confiscated all the offices' contents.
Jewish settlers, on Wednesday under the protection of the Israeli army, removed a wall inside the corridors of the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil city in the southern occupied West Bank and stole its stones. Taysir Abu Sneineh, the Director General of the Ministry of Endowments in al-Khali, told Quds Press that the cleaners of the Ibrahimi Mosque found yesterday that the settlers, with the support of the Israeli occupation army, removed an ancient wall inside the mosque and took its stones to an unknown destination
Abu Sneineh considered that this act represents a blatant assault on the Ibrahimi Mosque and aims to change the mosque's features and Judaize it, under the protection and support of the Israeli government.
Abu Sneineh considered that this act represents a blatant assault on the Ibrahimi Mosque and aims to change the mosque's features and Judaize it, under the protection and support of the Israeli government.
1 july 2013
The Israeli Military Appeal Committee ruled on Monday that a Palestinian house was lawfully purchased in al-Khalil by Israeli settlers, although the family denies selling them the house. The court decision came a year and three months after their eviction from the house, Yediot Aharonot Hebrew newspaper said, pointing out that the settlers are now expecting to receive Ya'alon final approval which would allow them to move back into the house.
The house first caught public attention last April when settlers moved into it in the middle of the night claiming they legally bought the property. Several days later, after having received visits by rightist ministers and Knesset members, they were evicted on the orders of the then Defense Minister Ehud Barak, the newspaper added.
The Defense Ministry and Civil Administration claimed that the reason behind the eviction were irregularities in the purchase agreement which prevents the provision of permits by the Administration, the newspaper said.
The settlers then turned to the appeals committee which ruled in their favor.
The court ordered the State to cover the legal costs of the proceedings and criticized the Civil Administration for its handling of the issue remarking that "this conduct is not in line with what is expected of (the Administration.)"
The settlers are now expecting to receive Ya'alon’s final approval which would allow them to move back into the house.
The house first caught public attention last April when settlers moved into it in the middle of the night claiming they legally bought the property. Several days later, after having received visits by rightist ministers and Knesset members, they were evicted on the orders of the then Defense Minister Ehud Barak, the newspaper added.
The Defense Ministry and Civil Administration claimed that the reason behind the eviction were irregularities in the purchase agreement which prevents the provision of permits by the Administration, the newspaper said.
The settlers then turned to the appeals committee which ruled in their favor.
The court ordered the State to cover the legal costs of the proceedings and criticized the Civil Administration for its handling of the issue remarking that "this conduct is not in line with what is expected of (the Administration.)"
The settlers are now expecting to receive Ya'alon’s final approval which would allow them to move back into the house.
Israeli settlers started several fires in Burin village south of Nablus on Sunday evening, a Palestinian Authority official said.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlements in the northern West Bank, said residents of Bracha and Yitzhar settlements torched Palestinian fields, leading to clashes with locals.
He said Israeli soldiers intervened and fired tear gas and plastic-coated bullets at Palestinian residents and their homes.
An Israeli military spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Earlier Sunday, Jewish extremists from Yitzhar set fire on Sunday to Palestinian olive groves in Einabus, near Burin, destroying 200 olive trees, Daghlas said.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlements in the northern West Bank, said residents of Bracha and Yitzhar settlements torched Palestinian fields, leading to clashes with locals.
He said Israeli soldiers intervened and fired tear gas and plastic-coated bullets at Palestinian residents and their homes.
An Israeli military spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Earlier Sunday, Jewish extremists from Yitzhar set fire on Sunday to Palestinian olive groves in Einabus, near Burin, destroying 200 olive trees, Daghlas said.
Plainclothes policemen on patrol for the evacuation of Amona
Security forces are prepared to carry out the evacuation on 24 hours’ notice.
Ten Israel Police and Border Police officers due to command this month’s planned evacuation of Amona, an unauthorized West Bank outpost, paid an undercover visit to the outpost on Sunday to plan the operation.
At this point, the eviction of the settlers is due to take place by July 15, although the state has asked that the operation be deferred, citing the Jewish period of mourning leading up to the Tisha B’Av fast, which itself falls on sundown July 15 to sundown July 16. They also noted the fact that the eviction would take place during summer school vacation and during the Muslim fast of Ramadan. Security forces are prepared to carry out the evacuation on 24 hours’ notice, a police source told Haaretz.
Amona was established in 1995 on a mountain overlooking the West Bank settlement of Ofra. Most of the land Amona sits on is private Palestinian property. Demolition orders have been issued over the years against mobile homes and other semi-permanent structures on the site in 1997, 2003 and 2004. On Feb. 1, 2006, after a petition filed by Peace Now, the state demolished nine houses at the outpost. Hundreds were injured in confrontations between police and thousands of protesters who tried to prevent the evacuation.
The state at one point had promised in court to carry out the evacuation by the end of last year, but then asked that it be postponed until April and then again until July. Supreme Court President Asher Grunis gave the state until July 15 to carry out the operation, noting that he was going beyond the letter of the law.
In the interim, however, a political battle among those seeking to head off the evacuation continues behind the scenes. And through a company called Al-Watan, which is owned by the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, the settlers say they have managed to buy four parcels of land at Amona in addition to some other pieces of land there. The question of the legal significance of these claims recalls the case of another unauthorized outpost, Migron, residents of which claimed to have purchased land where the outpost was sitting. The Supreme Court justices hearing that case did not attach great significance to those claims.
Residents of Amona have now filed a Magistrate’s Court request in connection with the land ownership claims, and that case could take years to litigate if it is allowed to proceed. The State Prosecutor’s Office is taking the position that the land ownership claims cannot retroactively give the settlers the right to remain there, but some political figures are applying pressure to allow the issue to be litigated in court.
In any event, the Israel Defense Forces and the police are gearing up for the evacuation, which would involve 3,000 troops spearheaded by a force of 1,000 from the Border Police and the Yasam special forces unit of the Israel Police, who would remove those who do not leave voluntarily or who disturb the peace.
Security forces are prepared to carry out the evacuation on 24 hours’ notice.
Ten Israel Police and Border Police officers due to command this month’s planned evacuation of Amona, an unauthorized West Bank outpost, paid an undercover visit to the outpost on Sunday to plan the operation.
At this point, the eviction of the settlers is due to take place by July 15, although the state has asked that the operation be deferred, citing the Jewish period of mourning leading up to the Tisha B’Av fast, which itself falls on sundown July 15 to sundown July 16. They also noted the fact that the eviction would take place during summer school vacation and during the Muslim fast of Ramadan. Security forces are prepared to carry out the evacuation on 24 hours’ notice, a police source told Haaretz.
Amona was established in 1995 on a mountain overlooking the West Bank settlement of Ofra. Most of the land Amona sits on is private Palestinian property. Demolition orders have been issued over the years against mobile homes and other semi-permanent structures on the site in 1997, 2003 and 2004. On Feb. 1, 2006, after a petition filed by Peace Now, the state demolished nine houses at the outpost. Hundreds were injured in confrontations between police and thousands of protesters who tried to prevent the evacuation.
The state at one point had promised in court to carry out the evacuation by the end of last year, but then asked that it be postponed until April and then again until July. Supreme Court President Asher Grunis gave the state until July 15 to carry out the operation, noting that he was going beyond the letter of the law.
In the interim, however, a political battle among those seeking to head off the evacuation continues behind the scenes. And through a company called Al-Watan, which is owned by the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, the settlers say they have managed to buy four parcels of land at Amona in addition to some other pieces of land there. The question of the legal significance of these claims recalls the case of another unauthorized outpost, Migron, residents of which claimed to have purchased land where the outpost was sitting. The Supreme Court justices hearing that case did not attach great significance to those claims.
Residents of Amona have now filed a Magistrate’s Court request in connection with the land ownership claims, and that case could take years to litigate if it is allowed to proceed. The State Prosecutor’s Office is taking the position that the land ownership claims cannot retroactively give the settlers the right to remain there, but some political figures are applying pressure to allow the issue to be litigated in court.
In any event, the Israel Defense Forces and the police are gearing up for the evacuation, which would involve 3,000 troops spearheaded by a force of 1,000 from the Border Police and the Yasam special forces unit of the Israel Police, who would remove those who do not leave voluntarily or who disturb the peace.
Palestinian national and religious figures denounced as "serious" the declared involvement of the Shin Bet in the break-ins and violations which are carried out daily by Israeli settlers and rabbis at the Aqsa Mosque. Azzam Al-Khatib, director of the Jerusalem Islamic waqf, told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the waqf authority would not allow any extremist Jew to perform Talmudic rituals in the courtyard of the Aqsa Mosque, stressing that the Mosque is a purely Islamic holy site.
Khatib added that the waqf authority and the Muslim worshipers would resist any attempt by the Israeli government and its institutions to push the situation towards a religious strife in Jerusalem.
"They forcibly enter the Aqsa Mosque on a daily basis at the instigation of rabbis and others, and today they reveal more about these break-ins and talk about incitement exercised by the Shin Bet, but we will not allow any attempt to impose a fait accompli on the ground," he emphasized.
For his part, Sheikh Mohamed Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, said the involvement of the Shin Bet in the break-ins at the Aqsa Mosque vindicated further that the holy Mosque is violated at the behest of the Israeli political and security institutions and not only rabbis.
Sheikh Hussein stressed that the Palestinian people in Jerusalem are fully alert to the Israeli schemes against Jerusalem and its holy sites and determined to defend it against any looming dangers.
Hatem Abdul-Qader, director of Jerusalem affairs, warned in this regard that the Shin Bet scandal proved that there are attempts by the Israeli occupation regime and its wings to create a fait accompli at the Aqsa Mosque by dividing it.
He said that the Jerusalemite authorities would act immediately to control the situation and would prevent by all means the Jewish settlers and Israelis from performing rituals at the Aqsa Mosque.
These Palestinian reactions took place after a senior Jewish rabbi had disclosed that the internal intelligence agency Shin Bet incites and pressures the Jewish groups to intensify their (unwelcomed) visits to the Aqsa Mosque to perform rituals.
Khatib added that the waqf authority and the Muslim worshipers would resist any attempt by the Israeli government and its institutions to push the situation towards a religious strife in Jerusalem.
"They forcibly enter the Aqsa Mosque on a daily basis at the instigation of rabbis and others, and today they reveal more about these break-ins and talk about incitement exercised by the Shin Bet, but we will not allow any attempt to impose a fait accompli on the ground," he emphasized.
For his part, Sheikh Mohamed Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, said the involvement of the Shin Bet in the break-ins at the Aqsa Mosque vindicated further that the holy Mosque is violated at the behest of the Israeli political and security institutions and not only rabbis.
Sheikh Hussein stressed that the Palestinian people in Jerusalem are fully alert to the Israeli schemes against Jerusalem and its holy sites and determined to defend it against any looming dangers.
Hatem Abdul-Qader, director of Jerusalem affairs, warned in this regard that the Shin Bet scandal proved that there are attempts by the Israeli occupation regime and its wings to create a fait accompli at the Aqsa Mosque by dividing it.
He said that the Jerusalemite authorities would act immediately to control the situation and would prevent by all means the Jewish settlers and Israelis from performing rituals at the Aqsa Mosque.
These Palestinian reactions took place after a senior Jewish rabbi had disclosed that the internal intelligence agency Shin Bet incites and pressures the Jewish groups to intensify their (unwelcomed) visits to the Aqsa Mosque to perform rituals.
30 june 2013
Jewish extremists set fire on Sunday to Palestinian olive fields south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, a Palestinian Authority official said.
Ghassan Daughlas, who monitors settlement activities, said a group of settlers from the Yizhar settlement raided the Palestinians fields of the Einabus village and set fire to a vast area of olive fields, completely destroying 200 trees.
Locals extinguished the flames, he added.
Settlers Set Fire to Land near Nablus
Israeli settlers Sunday set fire to Palestinian-owned agricultural land in the village of Ainaboos, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, according to a local source. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said that settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzahar set fire to land planted with olive and almond trees and located north of the village.
Ghassan Daughlas, who monitors settlement activities, said a group of settlers from the Yizhar settlement raided the Palestinians fields of the Einabus village and set fire to a vast area of olive fields, completely destroying 200 trees.
Locals extinguished the flames, he added.
Settlers Set Fire to Land near Nablus
Israeli settlers Sunday set fire to Palestinian-owned agricultural land in the village of Ainaboos, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, according to a local source. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said that settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzahar set fire to land planted with olive and almond trees and located north of the village.
29 june 2013
Palestinian sources in Jerusalem said Jewish settlers on Friday night attacked buses carrying 100 Palestinian children participating in a summer camp organized by Health Work Committees in Silwan in occupied Jerusalem. Health Work Committees pointed in a press release on Saturday that the camp includes a group of children between 7 and 12 years old, a number of them had been previously arrested in the occupations jails.
The settlers threw stones at the buses, breaking their windows and terrorizing the children.
The committees condemned the attack and called for "providing protection for the Palestinian people and children from settlers' violence in occupied Palestine, committed under the protection of the occupation army."
In al-Khalil, another group of Israeli settlers attacked on Thursday evening a Palestinian civilian near Yatta, and fled the scene in the absence of the occupation forces, locals reported.
They added that the citizen sustained wounds as the settlers threw stones at him and was taken to hospital for treatment.
Jewish settlers set on Thursday fire to agricultural lands in the archaeological area of Sebastia near the city of Nablus in the north of the West Bank.
Na'el Shaer, Sebastia's mayor, said that groups of settlers from the settlement of Shavei Shomron built on the town's land set fire to agricultural land, damaging large stretches of land, including land planted with olives and almond trees.
He added that the settlers have been continuously targeting the town as it represents an archaeological and historical area, noting that they had previously destroyed crops after pumping wastewater into the cultivated lands.
The settlers threw stones at the buses, breaking their windows and terrorizing the children.
The committees condemned the attack and called for "providing protection for the Palestinian people and children from settlers' violence in occupied Palestine, committed under the protection of the occupation army."
In al-Khalil, another group of Israeli settlers attacked on Thursday evening a Palestinian civilian near Yatta, and fled the scene in the absence of the occupation forces, locals reported.
They added that the citizen sustained wounds as the settlers threw stones at him and was taken to hospital for treatment.
Jewish settlers set on Thursday fire to agricultural lands in the archaeological area of Sebastia near the city of Nablus in the north of the West Bank.
Na'el Shaer, Sebastia's mayor, said that groups of settlers from the settlement of Shavei Shomron built on the town's land set fire to agricultural land, damaging large stretches of land, including land planted with olives and almond trees.
He added that the settlers have been continuously targeting the town as it represents an archaeological and historical area, noting that they had previously destroyed crops after pumping wastewater into the cultivated lands.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Saturday two Palestinian boys in a Bethlehem village as Jewish settlers assaulted a Palestinian man in nearby Al-Khalil. PIC reporter in Bethlehem city said that IOF soldiers raided Asakra village and arrested Attiya and Shadi Asakra, both 17 years old.
In another incident in Bethlehem, IOF soldiers quelled a peaceful march in Al-Khader village using loud noise via loudspeakers causing vomiting among a number of children.
Meanwhile, a group of Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian man near Yatta in Al-Khalil, locals said, adding that Khaled Buhais was slightly wounded in the attack.
In another incident in Bethlehem, IOF soldiers quelled a peaceful march in Al-Khader village using loud noise via loudspeakers causing vomiting among a number of children.
Meanwhile, a group of Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian man near Yatta in Al-Khalil, locals said, adding that Khaled Buhais was slightly wounded in the attack.
28 june 2013
A Jewish rabbi, who campaigns for accelerating Israeli control over al-Aqsa Mosque, revealed that he gets support from former senior Shin Bet officials. Rabbi Jacob Midan, head of Mount Etzion religious institute, confirmed that he received support from former senior officials in Shin Bet to increase the number of Jewish settlers who visit Al-Aqsa Mosque in order to accelerate the Israeli control over the mosque.
Mahmoud Abu Atta, a spokesman for Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage, told Quds Press that the Israeli authorities seek to increase the number of Jewish settlers desecrating al-Aqsa mosque to 15 thousand settlers during 2013 in an attempt to impose a fait accompli by dividing the al-Aqsa mosque.
Since the beginning of 2013, 2000 Jewish settlers and 1000 soldiers, in their military uniforms, stormed al-Aqsa Mosque, Abu Atta said.
He stated that the occupation has deliberately allowed around 200 foreign tourists to enter al-Aqsa Mosque since the beginning of the year, without taking into account its sanctity and sacredness to Muslims.
He pointed out that there is an Israeli scheme to increase the Jewish settlers’ number in al-Aqsa mosque during 2013 to impose a daily Jewish presence in the mosque.
The Foundation said that the Jewish settlers are allowed to enter to al-Aqsa mosque on daily basis between the hours of 7:30–11:30 AM while preventing the Muslim worshipers' entry as part of the Israeli scheme to divide the mosque.
The occupation seeks to escalate its aggression against Jerusalem in general and al-Aqsa Mosque in particular, by intensifying incursions into al-Aqsa Mosque, and performing Talmudic prayers inside it.
Mahmoud Abu Atta, a spokesman for Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage, told Quds Press that the Israeli authorities seek to increase the number of Jewish settlers desecrating al-Aqsa mosque to 15 thousand settlers during 2013 in an attempt to impose a fait accompli by dividing the al-Aqsa mosque.
Since the beginning of 2013, 2000 Jewish settlers and 1000 soldiers, in their military uniforms, stormed al-Aqsa Mosque, Abu Atta said.
He stated that the occupation has deliberately allowed around 200 foreign tourists to enter al-Aqsa Mosque since the beginning of the year, without taking into account its sanctity and sacredness to Muslims.
He pointed out that there is an Israeli scheme to increase the Jewish settlers’ number in al-Aqsa mosque during 2013 to impose a daily Jewish presence in the mosque.
The Foundation said that the Jewish settlers are allowed to enter to al-Aqsa mosque on daily basis between the hours of 7:30–11:30 AM while preventing the Muslim worshipers' entry as part of the Israeli scheme to divide the mosque.
The occupation seeks to escalate its aggression against Jerusalem in general and al-Aqsa Mosque in particular, by intensifying incursions into al-Aqsa Mosque, and performing Talmudic prayers inside it.
An Israeli retired judge demanded the Israeli supreme court to allow performing Talmudic prayers and rituals in al-Aqsa mosque and to cancel the restrictions on Jewish entry to the mosque. She claimed that the court is not entitled to prevent the Jews from performing their prayers in al-Aqsa mosque.
The judge's statements came in coincidence with the discussion of a law that allows increasing the number of Jewish settlers who visit Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Israeli knesset.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police allowed Jewish extremists to perform their rituals in Al-Aqsa yards, although this act is considered to be illegal according to international law. Right-wing Jewish activist Yehuda Glick revealed in a seminar held on Wednesday in the Heritage Center of former Prime Minister Menachem Begin, that he performed his Talmudic rituals in Al-Aqsa under the protection of the Israeli police.
Jerusalemite bodies have monitored an unprecedented increase in the number of raids carried out by Jewish settlers and Knesset members into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and an escalation in the Israel's attempts to impose a fait accompli by dividing the Al-Aqsa mosque as what happened in the Ibrahimi Mosque, in preparation to destroy it and build the alleged Temple on its ruins.
The judge's statements came in coincidence with the discussion of a law that allows increasing the number of Jewish settlers who visit Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Israeli knesset.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police allowed Jewish extremists to perform their rituals in Al-Aqsa yards, although this act is considered to be illegal according to international law. Right-wing Jewish activist Yehuda Glick revealed in a seminar held on Wednesday in the Heritage Center of former Prime Minister Menachem Begin, that he performed his Talmudic rituals in Al-Aqsa under the protection of the Israeli police.
Jerusalemite bodies have monitored an unprecedented increase in the number of raids carried out by Jewish settlers and Knesset members into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and an escalation in the Israel's attempts to impose a fait accompli by dividing the Al-Aqsa mosque as what happened in the Ibrahimi Mosque, in preparation to destroy it and build the alleged Temple on its ruins.
Local sources have reported that a number of extremist Israeli settlers burnt on Thursday at night [June 27 2013] a Palestinian agricultural structure in Bardala village, near Tubas in the West Bank’s northern Plains. The sources added that Israeli soldiers, stationed at a nearby military roadblock, prevented Palestinian firefighters from crossing to extinguish the fire.
The burnt structure belong to a resident and local farmer identified as Fawwaz Sawafta.
Sawafta said that he recently built his farm in his own land, after Israeli soldiers demolished his farm, last month, destroying several hothouses.
Lawyer Yazan Sawafta, coordinator of The Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) has reported that the structure was burnt to the ground, as the fire consumed the hothouses, agricultural equipment and machines.
The burnt structure belong to a resident and local farmer identified as Fawwaz Sawafta.
Sawafta said that he recently built his farm in his own land, after Israeli soldiers demolished his farm, last month, destroying several hothouses.
Lawyer Yazan Sawafta, coordinator of The Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) has reported that the structure was burnt to the ground, as the fire consumed the hothouses, agricultural equipment and machines.
27 june 2013
A Palestinian man was lightly injured Thursday after a mob of Israeli settlers attacked him south of Hebron in the southern West Bank.
Khalid Mahmoud Bheis told Ma’an in Hebron that he was driving his car near Zeev crossroad Thursday morning when a suspicious vehicle approached him. He added that a Jewish settler extended his hand from a blue Mazda and threw a big rock at his car smashing the windshield.
He added, “I pulled over quickly and tried to get out of the car. I heard gunshots, so I crouched on the ground before the settlers fled the scene. I notified the Israeli police about the attack.”
Medical sources at Abu Al-Hasan Al-Qasim hospital told Ma’an that Bheis was admitted to the emergency room with bruises and scratches in the head and the hands.
Khalid Mahmoud Bheis told Ma’an in Hebron that he was driving his car near Zeev crossroad Thursday morning when a suspicious vehicle approached him. He added that a Jewish settler extended his hand from a blue Mazda and threw a big rock at his car smashing the windshield.
He added, “I pulled over quickly and tried to get out of the car. I heard gunshots, so I crouched on the ground before the settlers fled the scene. I notified the Israeli police about the attack.”
Medical sources at Abu Al-Hasan Al-Qasim hospital told Ma’an that Bheis was admitted to the emergency room with bruises and scratches in the head and the hands.
Tension was high in the Muslim holy place, al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday as Jewish fanatics held provocative tours of the compound, according to members of the Muslim Waqf, which oversees the affairs of the compound. They said a group of fanatics heeded a call by a right-wing Israeli lawmaker to tour the site as a show of defiance to the Muslim worshippers there.
The officials said groups of fanatics escorted by police entered the compound through Magharbe Gate after assembling at the Western Wall and listening to a speech by the lawmaker, Moshe Figlin, calling on Jews to reclaim what he called “their right to the Temple Mount,” in reference to the compound of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, the third holiest sites in Islam.
The officials said groups of fanatics escorted by police entered the compound through Magharbe Gate after assembling at the Western Wall and listening to a speech by the lawmaker, Moshe Figlin, calling on Jews to reclaim what he called “their right to the Temple Mount,” in reference to the compound of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, the third holiest sites in Islam.
Israeli settlers Thursday set fire to Palestinian-owned land northeast of the West Bank city of Nablus following a series of ongoing settlers’ attacks against Palestinians and their properties during the past 48 hours in south and west of the city, according to a local source. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Shavei Shomron set fire to agricultural land belonging to Palestinians.
He said that Israeli attacks have been targeting this area for the past week, warning of addition possible settlers attacks on the outskirts of Nablus.
Settlers Burn Palestinian Farmlands Near Nablus
Villages of the Sabastia area, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, have reported that a number of extremist Israeli settlers burnt, Thursday [June 27 2013], Palestinian agricultural lands planted with Olive and Almond trees.
Nael Ash-Sha’er, head of the Sabastia town council, stated that settlers of the Shave Shomron illegal settlement, built on lands that belong to Sabastia residents, set the Palestinian lands ablzae, and that the fire consumed dozens of trees.
He added that the latest attack is part of ongoing and escalating attacks and violations carried out by extremist settlers, and that the area is a historic and archeological site subject to frequent Israeli violations.
Ash-Sha’er further stated that the settlers previously flooded Palestinian farmlands with wastewater, uprooted and burnt lands, and attacked several villagers.
Also on Thursday, a number of settlers hurled stones at a vehicle that belong to a resident of southern Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and fired rounds of live ammunition into the air.
Rateb Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Yatta, near Hebron, told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that the settlers threw stones at the car of resident Khaled Mahmoud Bheiss, 35, as he was driving at the Zeef intersection, south of Hebron.
The resident suffered minor cuts and bruises, and was moved to the Abu Al-Hasan Al-Qasem Hospital, in Yatta.
Jabour added that the settlers also fired rounds of live ammunition into the air, and fled the scene.
He said that Israeli attacks have been targeting this area for the past week, warning of addition possible settlers attacks on the outskirts of Nablus.
Settlers Burn Palestinian Farmlands Near Nablus
Villages of the Sabastia area, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, have reported that a number of extremist Israeli settlers burnt, Thursday [June 27 2013], Palestinian agricultural lands planted with Olive and Almond trees.
Nael Ash-Sha’er, head of the Sabastia town council, stated that settlers of the Shave Shomron illegal settlement, built on lands that belong to Sabastia residents, set the Palestinian lands ablzae, and that the fire consumed dozens of trees.
He added that the latest attack is part of ongoing and escalating attacks and violations carried out by extremist settlers, and that the area is a historic and archeological site subject to frequent Israeli violations.
Ash-Sha’er further stated that the settlers previously flooded Palestinian farmlands with wastewater, uprooted and burnt lands, and attacked several villagers.
Also on Thursday, a number of settlers hurled stones at a vehicle that belong to a resident of southern Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and fired rounds of live ammunition into the air.
Rateb Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Yatta, near Hebron, told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that the settlers threw stones at the car of resident Khaled Mahmoud Bheiss, 35, as he was driving at the Zeef intersection, south of Hebron.
The resident suffered minor cuts and bruises, and was moved to the Abu Al-Hasan Al-Qasem Hospital, in Yatta.
Jabour added that the settlers also fired rounds of live ammunition into the air, and fled the scene.