10 mar 2014
Four Palestinian-owned plots near Qalqilya were retrieved to their owners after being previously seized by Israeli companies claiming their ownership to the land. Qalqilya governorate said in a statement on Monday that “brokers have long attempted to forge documents relating to ownership of the land which is adjacent to settlements and the apartheid wall.”
“Israeli settlement companies finance those brokers and are encouraged by the Israeli government which seeks in all means to seize the land in favor of the settlement projects,” added the statement.
The statement said Israeli documents and maps, recently published, indicate Israel’s desire to keep four settlement blocs (Karne, Shomron, Ma'ale Shomron and Kedumim) in addition to another bloc remained in Jerusalem district.
Governor of Qalqilya, Rafe’ Rawajbeh, stressed that ‘the government will not spare an effort to retrieve the lands by all means’, saying the land is the essence of the main conflict issues with Israel.
“Israeli settlement companies finance those brokers and are encouraged by the Israeli government which seeks in all means to seize the land in favor of the settlement projects,” added the statement.
The statement said Israeli documents and maps, recently published, indicate Israel’s desire to keep four settlement blocs (Karne, Shomron, Ma'ale Shomron and Kedumim) in addition to another bloc remained in Jerusalem district.
Governor of Qalqilya, Rafe’ Rawajbeh, stressed that ‘the government will not spare an effort to retrieve the lands by all means’, saying the land is the essence of the main conflict issues with Israel.
Palestinian villagers on Monday captured an Israeli settler when he was trying to steal sheep from a field in the northern West Bank village of al-Lubban al-Sharqiyya south of Nablus.
A Palestinian official who monitors settlement-related activities told Ma’an that a settler from the illegal Eli settlement tried to steal sheep from a Palestinian shepherd before a number of villagers arrived and captured him.
Ghassan Daghlas added that Palestinians notified officials in the Palestinian Authority who contacted the Israeli liaison department.
Just days earlier, villagers from Jalud and Talfit villages south of Nablus captured a settler but he managed to escape shortly afterward.
A Palestinian official who monitors settlement-related activities told Ma’an that a settler from the illegal Eli settlement tried to steal sheep from a Palestinian shepherd before a number of villagers arrived and captured him.
Ghassan Daghlas added that Palestinians notified officials in the Palestinian Authority who contacted the Israeli liaison department.
Just days earlier, villagers from Jalud and Talfit villages south of Nablus captured a settler but he managed to escape shortly afterward.
Jewish settlers seized control over 100 dunums of Palestinian agricultural land in Malih area in the Jordan Valley on Monday. Aref Daraghme, the chairman of the Malih and Bedouin tribes municipality, told the PIC reporter that the settlers bulldozed 100 dunums of land in Khirbat Samra hamlet and prevented Bedouins from approaching it.
He said that two bulldozers were working since the early morning hours in leveling the land.
Daraghme said that inhabitants in that hamlet were depending on cattle raising and farming for their living and are constantly harassed by Israeli occupation forces.
He recalled that the settlers confiscated another land lot three years ago adjacent to the one seized today and planted it with grapes despite objections by its Palestinian owners.
He said that two bulldozers were working since the early morning hours in leveling the land.
Daraghme said that inhabitants in that hamlet were depending on cattle raising and farming for their living and are constantly harassed by Israeli occupation forces.
He recalled that the settlers confiscated another land lot three years ago adjacent to the one seized today and planted it with grapes despite objections by its Palestinian owners.
French government Monday condemned an attack carried out by Israeli settlers on March 7 which targeted a photographer of the Agence France Presse while he was covering an event in the West Bank. In a statement published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, the French government said it “recalls its attachment and commitment in international fora for the defense of the freedom of expression and information.”
“Everywhere in the world, journalists must be able to practice their profession freely,” added the statement.
“We call on the Israeli authorities to shed full light on this incident and to prosecute its perpetrators.”
“Everywhere in the world, journalists must be able to practice their profession freely,” added the statement.
“We call on the Israeli authorities to shed full light on this incident and to prosecute its perpetrators.”
Israeli soldiers invaded Palestinian farmlands in the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and uprooted them.
Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in al-Khader, said several Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers uprooted farmlands in the al-Kishk area.
The attacked lands are close to the illegitimate Israeli settlement of Efrat, built on lands that belong to residents of the al-Kader, the Palestinian Public Broadcasting Corporation (PPBC) has reported.
Salah stated a number of fanatic settlers recently installed mobile homes in the area, in preparation to install an outpost, and illegally occupy privately owned Palestinian lands.
He added that the attack is part of repeated attempts to expand the settlement, especially amidst an escalating campaign, by soldiers and settlers, against Palestinian orchards, and villagers, in the area.
Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in al-Khader, said several Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers uprooted farmlands in the al-Kishk area.
The attacked lands are close to the illegitimate Israeli settlement of Efrat, built on lands that belong to residents of the al-Kader, the Palestinian Public Broadcasting Corporation (PPBC) has reported.
Salah stated a number of fanatic settlers recently installed mobile homes in the area, in preparation to install an outpost, and illegally occupy privately owned Palestinian lands.
He added that the attack is part of repeated attempts to expand the settlement, especially amidst an escalating campaign, by soldiers and settlers, against Palestinian orchards, and villagers, in the area.
Israeli settlers razed on Sunday Palestinian agricultural lands in al-Khader village southern Bethlehem, while others roamed al-Khalil and Nablus streets. The coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in al-Khader village in Bethlehem, Ahmed Salah, confirmed that Israeli settlers have bulldozed Palestinian agricultural land near Eliezer settlement built on the village lands.
The sources added that the settlers' bulldozing aims to confiscate the village lands in favor of settlement expansion.
Israeli settlers are used to razing Palestinian lands on a daily basis in favor of settlement expansion in different areas of the West Bank.
On the other hand, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian workers while working in an agricultural road near Burin town south of Nablus, and prevented them from continuing their work.
Local sources told PIC reporter that settlers from Bracha and Yitzhar settlements, built on lands south of Nablus, attacked a Palestinian bulldozer working on agricultural road to facilitate farmers' access to their lands. They stoned the workers and forced them to leave the land.
The sources added that clashes erupted between farmers and settlers before Israeli occupation forces reached the scene and forced workers to stop working.
Meanwhile, groups of settlers carried out at dawn Monday provocative practices in the old town and Shuhada Street in al-Khalil.
Local sources confirmed that the settlers attacked Palestinian homes at dawn in an attempt to break into the houses under IOF protection, causing a state of panic among the citizens.
IOF soldiers and settlers usually carry out such attacks in the Old City in al-Khalil aiming to force the citizens to abandon their homes and pave the way for settlement projects.
The sources added that the settlers' bulldozing aims to confiscate the village lands in favor of settlement expansion.
Israeli settlers are used to razing Palestinian lands on a daily basis in favor of settlement expansion in different areas of the West Bank.
On the other hand, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian workers while working in an agricultural road near Burin town south of Nablus, and prevented them from continuing their work.
Local sources told PIC reporter that settlers from Bracha and Yitzhar settlements, built on lands south of Nablus, attacked a Palestinian bulldozer working on agricultural road to facilitate farmers' access to their lands. They stoned the workers and forced them to leave the land.
The sources added that clashes erupted between farmers and settlers before Israeli occupation forces reached the scene and forced workers to stop working.
Meanwhile, groups of settlers carried out at dawn Monday provocative practices in the old town and Shuhada Street in al-Khalil.
Local sources confirmed that the settlers attacked Palestinian homes at dawn in an attempt to break into the houses under IOF protection, causing a state of panic among the citizens.
IOF soldiers and settlers usually carry out such attacks in the Old City in al-Khalil aiming to force the citizens to abandon their homes and pave the way for settlement projects.
A Jewish temple group intends to hold a conference in occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of imposing Israel's sovereignty over the Aqsa Mosque and creating the atmosphere for such step. The group stated in a press release on Sunday that it would organize a conference on imposing Israel's sovereignty over the Aqsa Mosque.
It noted that several Knesset members led by deputy speaker Moshe Feiglin and a number of senior rabbis would attend the conference.
The conference will address what was tabled last month at the Knesset about revoking Jordan's sovereignty over the Aqsa Mosque and making it under Israel's authority, according to the fanatic group.
Recently, Jordan, regional groups at the UN, and the organization of Islamic cooperation condemned and expressed concerns over Israel's illegal practices at the Aqsa Mosque and its declared intents to impose its sovereignty over the Islamic holy sites in occupied Jerusalem.
It noted that several Knesset members led by deputy speaker Moshe Feiglin and a number of senior rabbis would attend the conference.
The conference will address what was tabled last month at the Knesset about revoking Jordan's sovereignty over the Aqsa Mosque and making it under Israel's authority, according to the fanatic group.
Recently, Jordan, regional groups at the UN, and the organization of Islamic cooperation condemned and expressed concerns over Israel's illegal practices at the Aqsa Mosque and its declared intents to impose its sovereignty over the Islamic holy sites in occupied Jerusalem.
9 mar 2014
Two Palestinians were injured and eight were detained on Sunday after Israeli forces dispersed dozens who were planting trees on their confiscated land east of Jerusalem, a local official said.
Muhammad Salama, a council member of the village of Anata, told Ma'an that 100 people from the village were working on their land, which was seized by Israeli settlers in July 2013, when soldiers arrived that the scene.
"Shortly after the villagers arrived and started to dig and plant saplings, Israeli police officers stormed the area along with the settler and assaulted the villagers with pepper spray before detaining nine young men," Salama said.
He said Mahmoud Mustafa Ulayyan and Muhammad Hassan were taken to the hospital for treatment after fainting due to the gas.
Israeli forces arrested Moussa Hassan Salama, Mahmoud Saleh Ibrahim, Muayyad Muin Haikal, Muhammad Khalil Obaiyyat, Adel Samih Ulayyan, Hassan Ahmad Hassan al-Hilo, Ahmad Issa Ulayyan, Yassin Abdelal, and Abed Zahran.
A statement from the Israeli police said that a policeman was lightly injured after Palestinians threw stones.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was not familiar with the incident.
Salama said that an Israeli settlers had seized 400 dunams (100 acres) of land from Anata and surrounded the land with barbed wire.
Residents of the village have filed a lawsuit against the settlers, but an Israeli court decision has not yet been made, he added.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
Muhammad Salama, a council member of the village of Anata, told Ma'an that 100 people from the village were working on their land, which was seized by Israeli settlers in July 2013, when soldiers arrived that the scene.
"Shortly after the villagers arrived and started to dig and plant saplings, Israeli police officers stormed the area along with the settler and assaulted the villagers with pepper spray before detaining nine young men," Salama said.
He said Mahmoud Mustafa Ulayyan and Muhammad Hassan were taken to the hospital for treatment after fainting due to the gas.
Israeli forces arrested Moussa Hassan Salama, Mahmoud Saleh Ibrahim, Muayyad Muin Haikal, Muhammad Khalil Obaiyyat, Adel Samih Ulayyan, Hassan Ahmad Hassan al-Hilo, Ahmad Issa Ulayyan, Yassin Abdelal, and Abed Zahran.
A statement from the Israeli police said that a policeman was lightly injured after Palestinians threw stones.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was not familiar with the incident.
Salama said that an Israeli settlers had seized 400 dunams (100 acres) of land from Anata and surrounded the land with barbed wire.
Residents of the village have filed a lawsuit against the settlers, but an Israeli court decision has not yet been made, he added.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
Fanatic rabbi Yehuda Glick stormed the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning along with a group of settlers. Local sources told the PIC reporter that Glick briefed the settlers on the myth of the alleged temple, as small groups of other settlers entered the holy site and provocatively toured its various plazas.
Hundreds of school students from occupied Jerusalem had entered the Aqsa Mosque and toured its courtyards and utilities since the early morning hours.
Israeli policemen imposed restrictions on Palestinians wishing to enter the Aqsa Mosque and confiscated the IDs of young men and women during their stay in the compound.
Hundreds of school students from occupied Jerusalem had entered the Aqsa Mosque and toured its courtyards and utilities since the early morning hours.
Israeli policemen imposed restrictions on Palestinians wishing to enter the Aqsa Mosque and confiscated the IDs of young men and women during their stay in the compound.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) suppressed on Sunday afternoon a march organized by Palestinian activists and residents of the town of Annana, in the area of Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem. PIC's correspondent reported that undercover elements, accompanied by Israeli soldiers and settlers, attacked the march that was staged in protest against the confiscation of nearly 1,000 dunums of citizens’ lands.
Three civilians were wounded, while 13 others were arrested by the IOF.
The participants in the anti-E1 scheme march were assaulted by the settlers, while the Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and stun grenades at them in order to disperse them.
Three civilians were wounded, while 13 others were arrested by the IOF.
The participants in the anti-E1 scheme march were assaulted by the settlers, while the Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and stun grenades at them in order to disperse them.
8 mar 2014
Israeli settlers on Saturday attacked Palestinian residents and international activists near Shuhada Street in the center of the flashpoint southern West Bank City of Hebron, a local activist said.
Activist Imad Atrash said that a group of Jewish settlers from the Ramat Yishai outpost in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of central Hebron attacked the Abu Shamsieh and Sidr families, as well as foreign activists from the International Solidarity Movement.
The attack comes days after settlers erected a banner nearby reading "Palestine never existed! (and never will)."
Atrash said that after the banner was erected, "residents asked solidarity activists to protect them from the daily settler attacks" they were facing.
Hebron is a frequent site of clashes due to the presence of 500 Israeli settlers in the Old City, many of whom have illegally occupied Palestinian houses and forcibly removed the original inhabitants. They are protected by thousands of Israeli forces.
A 1997 agreement split Hebron into areas of Palestinian and Israeli control.
The Israeli military-controlled H2 zone includes the ancient Old City, home of the revered Ibrahimi Mosque -- also split into a synagogue referred to as the Tomb of the Patriarchs -- and the once thriving Shuhada Street, now just shuttered shops fronts and closed homes.
Since Israeli forces shut down the street in 1994, over 40 percent of the area's Palestinian homes had been abandoned and three-quarters of commercial establishments had shut down to the severe difficulties they faced as a result of the street closure and checkpoints, according to a 2007 report by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem.
Activist Imad Atrash said that a group of Jewish settlers from the Ramat Yishai outpost in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of central Hebron attacked the Abu Shamsieh and Sidr families, as well as foreign activists from the International Solidarity Movement.
The attack comes days after settlers erected a banner nearby reading "Palestine never existed! (and never will)."
Atrash said that after the banner was erected, "residents asked solidarity activists to protect them from the daily settler attacks" they were facing.
Hebron is a frequent site of clashes due to the presence of 500 Israeli settlers in the Old City, many of whom have illegally occupied Palestinian houses and forcibly removed the original inhabitants. They are protected by thousands of Israeli forces.
A 1997 agreement split Hebron into areas of Palestinian and Israeli control.
The Israeli military-controlled H2 zone includes the ancient Old City, home of the revered Ibrahimi Mosque -- also split into a synagogue referred to as the Tomb of the Patriarchs -- and the once thriving Shuhada Street, now just shuttered shops fronts and closed homes.
Since Israeli forces shut down the street in 1994, over 40 percent of the area's Palestinian homes had been abandoned and three-quarters of commercial establishments had shut down to the severe difficulties they faced as a result of the street closure and checkpoints, according to a 2007 report by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem.
7 mar 2014
AFP photojournalist Abbas Momani (R) disputes with Israeli security forces after settlers threw stones at his car near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit El on March 7, 2014
Israeli settlers in the West Bank stoned the car of a Palestinian photographer working for AFP, slightly injuring him, as he was on his way to cover a story Friday.
The photographer said several of around 100 settlers who were gathered at the side of the road threw stones at his car, cracking the windscreen and lightly injuring him in the face and hands.
Israeli soldiers on the scene did not intervene, he added.
In photographs of the incident, four settlers are seen running, three of them with pistols. Another shows the settlers stoning the car while the soldiers watched.
After the attack, soldiers moved the settlers on.
He and other journalists in a separate vehicle were on their way to cover Palestinian demonstrations in the nearby Jalazun refugee camp, north of the West Bank administrative center of Ramallah.
The AFP photographer, Abbas Momani, said he planned to file a complaint with Israeli police, while the Foreign Press Association said its lawyer would also look into the case.
Jewish settlers often attack Palestinian cars, the same way as Palestinian youths stone Israeli vehicles near Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Israeli settlers in the West Bank stoned the car of a Palestinian photographer working for AFP, slightly injuring him, as he was on his way to cover a story Friday.
The photographer said several of around 100 settlers who were gathered at the side of the road threw stones at his car, cracking the windscreen and lightly injuring him in the face and hands.
Israeli soldiers on the scene did not intervene, he added.
In photographs of the incident, four settlers are seen running, three of them with pistols. Another shows the settlers stoning the car while the soldiers watched.
After the attack, soldiers moved the settlers on.
He and other journalists in a separate vehicle were on their way to cover Palestinian demonstrations in the nearby Jalazun refugee camp, north of the West Bank administrative center of Ramallah.
The AFP photographer, Abbas Momani, said he planned to file a complaint with Israeli police, while the Foreign Press Association said its lawyer would also look into the case.
Jewish settlers often attack Palestinian cars, the same way as Palestinian youths stone Israeli vehicles near Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
6 mar 2014
Israeli policemen beat up a student at Qatanin gate of the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Thursday while Jewish settlers were allowed free access into the holy Islamic site. The Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage said in a statement that student Khalil Suwan, from occupied Jerusalem, was badly bruised in the incident.
The police story claimed that Suwan refused to give his identity card to the policemen before entering the Aqsa Mosque, AFEH said.
It pointed out that at the same time 64 Jewish settlers and students were allowed free access into the Aqsa Mosque with full police protection.
The foundation said that rabbis accompanied the group and gave explanations on history of the alleged temple.
It said that Israeli intelligence officers provocatively toured the Mosque and took photos of Quran students.
The police story claimed that Suwan refused to give his identity card to the policemen before entering the Aqsa Mosque, AFEH said.
It pointed out that at the same time 64 Jewish settlers and students were allowed free access into the Aqsa Mosque with full police protection.
The foundation said that rabbis accompanied the group and gave explanations on history of the alleged temple.
It said that Israeli intelligence officers provocatively toured the Mosque and took photos of Quran students.
Three young Palestinians were severely injured after a number of extremist settlers brutally assaulted them near al-Mughair village, northeast of Ramallah on Thursday morning.
Head of al-Mughair village council, Faraj Na'san, told PNN that a group of settlers from a nearby illegal settlement attacked the two brothers As'ad and Thiab Na'san and the youngster Haytham Ghaleb Haj Mohammed, adding that the latter suffered head injury and that his health condition was described as "dangerous".
West Bank: Settlers Assault Palestinians in al-Mughayyar Village, Key Bethlehem Road Closed
A group of colonial Israeli settlers attacked, on Thursday morning, three young Palestinians in al-Mughayyar village, to the north of the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Ghassan Daghlas, the Palestinian official who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that a group of colonial Israeli settlers attacked and severely beat three Palestinians while harvesting Gundelia crops, according to Al Ray. The Palestinians were transferred to a hospital in Ramallah.
Earlier, on Wednesday morning, a Palestinian farmer caught an Israeli settler trying to cut down olive trees in Talfitvillage, to the south of Nablus. The settler managed to escape, however.
On Thursday, Israeli occupation forces closed Qabr Helwa road in Bethlehem, south of the West Bank, under the pretext of existence of a suspicious object, according to eyewitnesses.
The road connects two main cities in the occupied West Bank, Hebron and Ramallah. After the closure, the road witnessed an accumulation of Palestinian vehicles.
According to a UN report, the policy of closing roads and checkpoints, which impedes Palestinian movement across the West Bank, "exists primarily to protect settlers and facilitates their movement to and from Israel."
Head of al-Mughair village council, Faraj Na'san, told PNN that a group of settlers from a nearby illegal settlement attacked the two brothers As'ad and Thiab Na'san and the youngster Haytham Ghaleb Haj Mohammed, adding that the latter suffered head injury and that his health condition was described as "dangerous".
West Bank: Settlers Assault Palestinians in al-Mughayyar Village, Key Bethlehem Road Closed
A group of colonial Israeli settlers attacked, on Thursday morning, three young Palestinians in al-Mughayyar village, to the north of the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Ghassan Daghlas, the Palestinian official who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that a group of colonial Israeli settlers attacked and severely beat three Palestinians while harvesting Gundelia crops, according to Al Ray. The Palestinians were transferred to a hospital in Ramallah.
Earlier, on Wednesday morning, a Palestinian farmer caught an Israeli settler trying to cut down olive trees in Talfitvillage, to the south of Nablus. The settler managed to escape, however.
On Thursday, Israeli occupation forces closed Qabr Helwa road in Bethlehem, south of the West Bank, under the pretext of existence of a suspicious object, according to eyewitnesses.
The road connects two main cities in the occupied West Bank, Hebron and Ramallah. After the closure, the road witnessed an accumulation of Palestinian vehicles.
According to a UN report, the policy of closing roads and checkpoints, which impedes Palestinian movement across the West Bank, "exists primarily to protect settlers and facilitates their movement to and from Israel."
The Knesset's interior committee on Wednesday approved the formation of a subcommittee assigned to handle the file of the Jews' entry into the Aqsa Mosque compound, which it described as the ascent to the temple mount. According to the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage, this Knesset subcommittee is tasked to examine the possibility of organizing Jewish break-ins at the Aqsa Mosque for three and a half hours every day.
It was given three months to submit its recommendations in this regard.
The formation of this subcommittee was suggested by right-wing Knesset member Miri Regev and it would be headed by his colleague David Tzur.
The Aqsa foundation said that this step is part of moves initiated by extremist Jewish temple groups against the Aqsa Mosque and aimed at dividing the Aqsa Mosque temporally and spatially between Muslims and Jews.
In a related incident, a Jewish temple group said it would hold a conference next April to incite the Jewish community to defile the Aqsa Mosque.
Extremist Knesset members like Moshe Feiglin and Yehuda Glick are expected to participate in this conference.
It was given three months to submit its recommendations in this regard.
The formation of this subcommittee was suggested by right-wing Knesset member Miri Regev and it would be headed by his colleague David Tzur.
The Aqsa foundation said that this step is part of moves initiated by extremist Jewish temple groups against the Aqsa Mosque and aimed at dividing the Aqsa Mosque temporally and spatially between Muslims and Jews.
In a related incident, a Jewish temple group said it would hold a conference next April to incite the Jewish community to defile the Aqsa Mosque.
Extremist Knesset members like Moshe Feiglin and Yehuda Glick are expected to participate in this conference.
Israeli settlers in the Nablus district of the occupied West Bank set up a new outpost May 2013
Knesset approved an allocation of NIS 2.5 million to protect Israeli settlers’ vehicles against Palestinian stone-throwers. ‘Israel Channel Seven’ said a Knesset subcommittee on Tuesday announced it obtained budgets from ‘Defense and Finance Ministries’ to protect private vehicles in occupied West Bank against ‘terror attacks’.
The funds shall be transferred in two weeks, the media outlet said, adding that this “will allow the issuing of a bid for reinforcement of vehicles against stonings,”
More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank in 1967.
Settlers carry out almost on a daily basis attacks against West Bank Palestinians, ranging from tree uprootings, verbal insults, car run overs, among others.
Saleh Mlihat,70, was killed on Sunday, March 2, after being run over by an Israeli colonial settler near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Local sources said that a settler, driving too fast, ran over Saleh Mlihat throwing him to 80 meters away.
Knesset approved an allocation of NIS 2.5 million to protect Israeli settlers’ vehicles against Palestinian stone-throwers. ‘Israel Channel Seven’ said a Knesset subcommittee on Tuesday announced it obtained budgets from ‘Defense and Finance Ministries’ to protect private vehicles in occupied West Bank against ‘terror attacks’.
The funds shall be transferred in two weeks, the media outlet said, adding that this “will allow the issuing of a bid for reinforcement of vehicles against stonings,”
More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank in 1967.
Settlers carry out almost on a daily basis attacks against West Bank Palestinians, ranging from tree uprootings, verbal insults, car run overs, among others.
Saleh Mlihat,70, was killed on Sunday, March 2, after being run over by an Israeli colonial settler near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Local sources said that a settler, driving too fast, ran over Saleh Mlihat throwing him to 80 meters away.
5 mar 2014
Three Palestinian man were detained in villages south of Nablus on Wednesday, hours after four Molotov cocktails were thrown at a bus carrying Israeli settlers in the area.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that dozens of Israeli soldiers raided the village of Madama and carried out searches in the area.
Locals told Ma'an that Mohammad Fawwaz Shareef Salih was detained near the village by Israeli forces.
Israeli forces also detained two Palestinians in the Asira Al-Qibliya village nearby on Wednesday evening.
Locals told Ma'an that Israeli forces arrested Majd Ahmad Saleh, 25, a Palestinian security forces officer, as well as Mohammad Fawaz Salih, 22, near Burin bridge near the main road.
The two were reportedly taken to Huwwara military base south of Nablus.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said she was not familiar with the incidents.
The area around the villages south of Nablus is a frequent site of settler violence and Palestinian clashes with Israeli forces as it is located beside the notoriously violent Israeli settlement of Yitzhar.
In mid-February, local settlers threw rocks at Palestinian schoolchildren and attacked a local high school in two separate incidents that led to clashes.
Settlers frequently attack a number of local villages and prevent farmers from reaching their lands, according to UNOCHA, in addition to attacks on local olive trees themselves.
As a result, local youths sometimes respond by targeting vehicles belonging to settlers on the area's main roads.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that dozens of Israeli soldiers raided the village of Madama and carried out searches in the area.
Locals told Ma'an that Mohammad Fawwaz Shareef Salih was detained near the village by Israeli forces.
Israeli forces also detained two Palestinians in the Asira Al-Qibliya village nearby on Wednesday evening.
Locals told Ma'an that Israeli forces arrested Majd Ahmad Saleh, 25, a Palestinian security forces officer, as well as Mohammad Fawaz Salih, 22, near Burin bridge near the main road.
The two were reportedly taken to Huwwara military base south of Nablus.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said she was not familiar with the incidents.
The area around the villages south of Nablus is a frequent site of settler violence and Palestinian clashes with Israeli forces as it is located beside the notoriously violent Israeli settlement of Yitzhar.
In mid-February, local settlers threw rocks at Palestinian schoolchildren and attacked a local high school in two separate incidents that led to clashes.
Settlers frequently attack a number of local villages and prevent farmers from reaching their lands, according to UNOCHA, in addition to attacks on local olive trees themselves.
As a result, local youths sometimes respond by targeting vehicles belonging to settlers on the area's main roads.
Dozens of Jewish settlers entered the Aqsa Mosque compound on Wednesday in two groups and toured its various courtyards under heavy Israeli police protection. Local sources said that more than 40 settlers and dozens of students broke into the holy site via Maghareba gate in two groups.
They said that the settlers listened to explanations about the alleged temple while worshipers and vigilantes inside the Mosque chanted Allahu Akbar in protest at the “suspicious tour”.
They said that the settlers listened to explanations about the alleged temple while worshipers and vigilantes inside the Mosque chanted Allahu Akbar in protest at the “suspicious tour”.
Palestinian residents caught Wednesday a settler chopping down Palestinian-owned olive trees in the village of Talffit, to the southeast of Nablus, according to a local official.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said that farmers caught the settler while has was chopping down olive trees belonging to residents.
Israeli settlers often attack Palestinians properties after nightfall.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said that farmers caught the settler while has was chopping down olive trees belonging to residents.
Israeli settlers often attack Palestinians properties after nightfall.
4 mar 2014
Members of Jewish groups and settlers led by rabbis participated on Monday evening in a provocative march around the gates of the Aqsa Mosque, wearing special shirts and chanting slogans calling for swiftly building the temple mount. According to the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage, the march started at seven o'clock in the evening from Al-Buraq plaza before it headed towards Al-Qattanin Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem where they performed Talmudic dances and rituals.
Later, the march moved to Al-Wad street and then Al-Mujahideen street and ended up outside Al-Asbat Gate where they also continued their offensive celebrations using loudspeakers.
The Israeli police escorted the march and closed the areas where the march took place.
The Aqsa foundation warned that this march is one of many coming activities to be organized by Jewish temple groups that aim to pressure the Israeli decision-makers to fulfil the demands of the Jewish people to build the temple mount in place of the Aqsa Mosque.
It stressed that the Aqsa Mosque and its site belong to the Muslim Nation alone and the Jews have no right to a grain of its soil, affirming that the alleged temple mount is a myth that does not exist in the human history.
Later, the march moved to Al-Wad street and then Al-Mujahideen street and ended up outside Al-Asbat Gate where they also continued their offensive celebrations using loudspeakers.
The Israeli police escorted the march and closed the areas where the march took place.
The Aqsa foundation warned that this march is one of many coming activities to be organized by Jewish temple groups that aim to pressure the Israeli decision-makers to fulfil the demands of the Jewish people to build the temple mount in place of the Aqsa Mosque.
It stressed that the Aqsa Mosque and its site belong to the Muslim Nation alone and the Jews have no right to a grain of its soil, affirming that the alleged temple mount is a myth that does not exist in the human history.
3 mar 2014
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) banned the call for prayers at the Ibrahimi mosque in Al-Khalil 44 times during the past month. The ban was at the pretext that the prayers call was disturbing Jewish settlers in the “usurped area of the mosque” and during Jewish feasts, the director of Awkaf in the city Sheikh Tayseer Abu Snene said.
He said that the IOA did not take into consideration the feelings of Muslims and their right to reach and pray in the mosque.
Abu Snene lashed out at the IOA ban, which, he said, encroached on the freedom of worship that was endorsed by all international laws.
He said that the IOA did not take into consideration the feelings of Muslims and their right to reach and pray in the mosque.
Abu Snene lashed out at the IOA ban, which, he said, encroached on the freedom of worship that was endorsed by all international laws.
