10 oct 2013
Jewish extremists vandalized three cars and the outside of a mosque in the West Bank village of Burka, outside of Ramallah, early Thursday morning.
Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post reported that the IOF is assuming the vandalism was a "price tag" attack following the destruction of the Ge'olate Zion outpost on Wednesday morning, as well as the Palestinian murder of Israeli soldier Tomer Hazan last month.
"Ge'olat Zion loves Tomer Hazan" was sprayed on the mosque’s exterior.
Less than 24 hours earlier, on Wednesday, four Israelis were arrested for attacking the Palestinian village Jalud.
JPost quoted Rabbis for Human Rights field worker Zakariya Saddeh saying that around 30 masked Israelis came to Jalud and proceeded to burn an olive grove, destroying some 400 trees. The group also threw stones at an elementary school and vandalized five cars belonging to teachers parked at the school. The report said that seven vehicles were damaged and the school's windows had been broken.
Rabbis for Human Rights sent a letter to the IOF demanding that it prioritize the protection of Palestinian property, Saddeh said, adding that he blames the IOF for the attack on the village.
Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post reported that the IOF is assuming the vandalism was a "price tag" attack following the destruction of the Ge'olate Zion outpost on Wednesday morning, as well as the Palestinian murder of Israeli soldier Tomer Hazan last month.
"Ge'olat Zion loves Tomer Hazan" was sprayed on the mosque’s exterior.
Less than 24 hours earlier, on Wednesday, four Israelis were arrested for attacking the Palestinian village Jalud.
JPost quoted Rabbis for Human Rights field worker Zakariya Saddeh saying that around 30 masked Israelis came to Jalud and proceeded to burn an olive grove, destroying some 400 trees. The group also threw stones at an elementary school and vandalized five cars belonging to teachers parked at the school. The report said that seven vehicles were damaged and the school's windows had been broken.
Rabbis for Human Rights sent a letter to the IOF demanding that it prioritize the protection of Palestinian property, Saddeh said, adding that he blames the IOF for the attack on the village.
Dozens of settlers, accompanied by a number of rabbis, stormed the Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning from the Mughrabi Gate, guarded by a large Israeli police force. Palestinian sources said that two groups of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and toured its courtyards, led by the extremist Jewish Rabbi Yehuda Glick, who provided the settlers with explanations about the alleged temple.
They pointed out that despite the restrictions imposed by the occupation on the entry of Palestinian worshipers to the mosque, and the presence of large numbers of troops in its yards and at its gates, the students and worshipers from Jerusalem and 1948 Palestine continued to flock to the Aqsa in large numbers.
Jewish organizations and activists from the rightist Likud party have called on Jews to participate in successive incursions into the Aqsa mosque that will continue for a week, starting from Thursday.
Meanwhile, Palestinian movements, institutions and figures called for intensifying the presence in Al-Aqsa Mosque, to confront the settlers' raids.
An atmosphere of tension prevails in the squares and at the gates of the mosque, and the Old City in light of the news about the presence of large crowds of settlers near the Buraq Wall, getting ready to break into the Aqsa Mosque.
They pointed out that despite the restrictions imposed by the occupation on the entry of Palestinian worshipers to the mosque, and the presence of large numbers of troops in its yards and at its gates, the students and worshipers from Jerusalem and 1948 Palestine continued to flock to the Aqsa in large numbers.
Jewish organizations and activists from the rightist Likud party have called on Jews to participate in successive incursions into the Aqsa mosque that will continue for a week, starting from Thursday.
Meanwhile, Palestinian movements, institutions and figures called for intensifying the presence in Al-Aqsa Mosque, to confront the settlers' raids.
An atmosphere of tension prevails in the squares and at the gates of the mosque, and the Old City in light of the news about the presence of large crowds of settlers near the Buraq Wall, getting ready to break into the Aqsa Mosque.
9 oct 2013
Landowners from Zaatara village east of Bethlehem entered their lands in Jab al-Theeb area for the first time in 13 years after it was closed by the Israeli army, a human rights organization said.
Yesh Din lawyer Mohammad Shqeir told Ma’an that the Israeli civil administration declared last week that landowners could enter into the 10 dunams of their 500-dunam lands that are planted with olive trees.
However, farmers and volunteers managed to enter into all the land and plant seeds there, Shqeir said.
The land was fenced off by settlers but Yesh Din made an appeal to Israeli authorities in 2009 to remove the fence and allow its owners in, Shqeir added.
Yesh Din lawyer Mohammad Shqeir told Ma’an that the Israeli civil administration declared last week that landowners could enter into the 10 dunams of their 500-dunam lands that are planted with olive trees.
However, farmers and volunteers managed to enter into all the land and plant seeds there, Shqeir said.
The land was fenced off by settlers but Yesh Din made an appeal to Israeli authorities in 2009 to remove the fence and allow its owners in, Shqeir added.
File: Armed settlers pictured in Hebron
Dozens of settlers set fire to agricultural land in Nablus on Wednesday and attacked students at a local school, a Palestinian Authority official said.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that settlers from Shilo set fire to agricultural land in an area known as Mount Jalud.
Dozens of settlers then raided a school in the nearby village of Qaryut and vandalized five cars. The group also set fire to land in the village, destroying dozens of olive trees.
Palestinian Authority firetrucks arrived at the scene and extinguished the blaze.
Settlers tried to enter the village but were confronted by local residents, Daghlas added.
An Israeli security official said the military received a complaint that a school, seven vehicles and an orchard were damaged in an attack.
In response, the official said, four suspects were arrested.
Lt.-Col. Peter Lerner added that the "the IDF frowns upon such grave actions, which destabilize the region and deviate security forces' attention from their main mission - combating terror."
The Nablus region of the West Bank experiences a particularly high rate of settler attacks, with settlements built illegally next to Palestinian communities.
Settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are systematic and rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
All Israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law.
Dozens of settlers set fire to agricultural land in Nablus on Wednesday and attacked students at a local school, a Palestinian Authority official said.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that settlers from Shilo set fire to agricultural land in an area known as Mount Jalud.
Dozens of settlers then raided a school in the nearby village of Qaryut and vandalized five cars. The group also set fire to land in the village, destroying dozens of olive trees.
Palestinian Authority firetrucks arrived at the scene and extinguished the blaze.
Settlers tried to enter the village but were confronted by local residents, Daghlas added.
An Israeli security official said the military received a complaint that a school, seven vehicles and an orchard were damaged in an attack.
In response, the official said, four suspects were arrested.
Lt.-Col. Peter Lerner added that the "the IDF frowns upon such grave actions, which destabilize the region and deviate security forces' attention from their main mission - combating terror."
The Nablus region of the West Bank experiences a particularly high rate of settler attacks, with settlements built illegally next to Palestinian communities.
Settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are systematic and rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
All Israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law.
Palestinian official responsible for settlement file in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Doughlas, said that Israeli authorities removed five mobile houses from a settlement outpost in Nablus.
Doughlas told PNN that Israeli Police and Civil Administration removed the houses that were placed in an illegal settlement constructed on the lands of Qaryut village, south of Nablus.
Doughlas added that there are concerns about and anticipation of settler violence to erupt in the area toward the Palestinians.
Doughlas told PNN that Israeli Police and Civil Administration removed the houses that were placed in an illegal settlement constructed on the lands of Qaryut village, south of Nablus.
Doughlas added that there are concerns about and anticipation of settler violence to erupt in the area toward the Palestinians.
8 oct 2013
The Israeli civil administration of the West Bank was planning the expropriation of hundreds of dunums of Palestinian land in Al-Khalil to expand a settlement outpost. Hebrew daily Ha’aretz said on Tuesday that the civil administration was planning to curtail the area of a natural sanctuary south of Al-Khalil mountain and award hundreds of dunums to a small settlement outpost that was built there in 1998.
The paper said that the outpost is inhabited by 30 Jewish families and was not recognized before as a settlement until a number of rightist leaders started last year to pressure the government to legitimize it.
It recalled that the commander of the Israeli army’s central region Nitzan Alon signed a military order allowing the outpost to annex 240 dunums of that sanctuary’s land.
It said that the administration’s planning and construction committee was waiting for the Israeli cabinet approval in order to start implementing the order.
The paper said that the outpost is inhabited by 30 Jewish families and was not recognized before as a settlement until a number of rightist leaders started last year to pressure the government to legitimize it.
It recalled that the commander of the Israeli army’s central region Nitzan Alon signed a military order allowing the outpost to annex 240 dunums of that sanctuary’s land.
It said that the administration’s planning and construction committee was waiting for the Israeli cabinet approval in order to start implementing the order.
More than 100 Israeli soldiers and settlers on Tuesday morning stormed the Aqsa Mosque from the Mughrabi Gate, under the protection of Israeli special police forces. Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and Heritage reported that a group of 50 female soldiers in their military uniform, in addition to 30 Israeli intelligence officers, and about 20 students and settlers stormed the courtyards of the Mosque.
It added that these groups toured the courtyards of the Mosque, guarded by soldiers and policemen who surrounded the crowds of Palestinian worshipers and hundreds of students who were present in the mosque and who expressed their intense anger due to the Israeli repeated violations.
Al-Aqsa Foundation reiterated that the Israeli occupation is trying to impose a new reality in the mosque, through the continuous campaigns of incursions.
It added that these groups toured the courtyards of the Mosque, guarded by soldiers and policemen who surrounded the crowds of Palestinian worshipers and hundreds of students who were present in the mosque and who expressed their intense anger due to the Israeli repeated violations.
Al-Aqsa Foundation reiterated that the Israeli occupation is trying to impose a new reality in the mosque, through the continuous campaigns of incursions.
Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and heritage revealed that the Israeli authority is preparing to launch a new Judaization project by digging tunnels near Buraq Square west of Al-Aqsa Mosque, aiming to establish new facilities on an area of 1444 square meters. The foundation said that the occupation planned to approve in the coming days the establishment of the Judaization facilities three years after freezing its construction. The Judaization project's cost is estimated at $10 million funded by the Jewish millionaire Baruch Klein.
Al-Aqsa Foundation pointed out that the project aims at increasing the number of settlers and foreign tourists in the Old City and occupied Jerusalem and al-Aqsa mosque particularly though establishing elevators and underground corridors to facilitate the arrival of the Jewish visitors as part of the Israeli policy to Judaize al-Buraq area and to blur the Islamic and Arab monuments in the area.
The foundation confirmed that it has charts and maps related to the mentioned project showing two tunnels to be drilled to link between Sharaf neighborhood and al-Buraq square through establishing a large elevator with a capacity for 24 passengers.
The project includes the construction of a visitor center, and public baths, stores, shops, and rooms for different uses. The foundation stated that it would publish the documents in the coming days.
Al-Aqsa Foundation pointed out that the project aims at increasing the number of settlers and foreign tourists in the Old City and occupied Jerusalem and al-Aqsa mosque particularly though establishing elevators and underground corridors to facilitate the arrival of the Jewish visitors as part of the Israeli policy to Judaize al-Buraq area and to blur the Islamic and Arab monuments in the area.
The foundation confirmed that it has charts and maps related to the mentioned project showing two tunnels to be drilled to link between Sharaf neighborhood and al-Buraq square through establishing a large elevator with a capacity for 24 passengers.
The project includes the construction of a visitor center, and public baths, stores, shops, and rooms for different uses. The foundation stated that it would publish the documents in the coming days.
Israeli military forces (IMF) have stormed the Palestinian town of al-Bireh in central West Bank, firing tear gas and rubber bullets on the Palestinian residents, witnesses reported. The Israeli soldiers in 30 military jeeps on Monday arrested at least one Palestinian man.
Tensions have been running high after an Israeli child shot and injured on Saturday night in the Israel settlement of Psagot located near al-Bireh.
Israeli police say the attack was probably carried out by a mentally unstable person.
Israeli settlers also attacked the al-Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah after the incident, throwing stones at residents and vandalizing their cars.
Israeli settlers, mostly armed, regularly attack Palestinian villages and farms and set fire to their mosques, olive groves and other properties in the West Bank under the so-called “price tag” policy. However, the IMF rarely detains the assailants.
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 and East Jerusalem in 1967.
The United Nations and most countries regard the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied lands.
Tensions have been running high after an Israeli child shot and injured on Saturday night in the Israel settlement of Psagot located near al-Bireh.
Israeli police say the attack was probably carried out by a mentally unstable person.
Israeli settlers also attacked the al-Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah after the incident, throwing stones at residents and vandalizing their cars.
Israeli settlers, mostly armed, regularly attack Palestinian villages and farms and set fire to their mosques, olive groves and other properties in the West Bank under the so-called “price tag” policy. However, the IMF rarely detains the assailants.
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 and East Jerusalem in 1967.
The United Nations and most countries regard the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied lands.
Suspected Jewish extremists burned two cars belonging to Arabs in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Monday and scrawled graffiti insulting Prophet Mohammad, residents said.
The residents said cars in the neighbourhood of Beit Eksa had been vandalised in the past, but it was the first time they had seen graffiti insulting the prophet there.
An AFP photographer saw the words “Mohammad is a pig” spray-painted on the wall of a nearby mosque shortly after the early-morning attack.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said later on Monday they had not yet received reports of the apparent hate crime.
Jewish extremist vandalism attacks in East Jerusalem — a regular occurrence in Arab neighborhoods near Jewish settlements — often feature the words “price tag” spray-painted at the scene of the crime.
“Price tag” is the expression used by perpetrators for vandalism and more serious attacks carried out in pursuit of their hardline agenda.
Such attacks were initially carried out against Palestinians in retaliation for state moves to dismantle unauthorised settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, but have since become a much broader phenomenon, with racist and xenophobic overtones.
Christian holy sites, Israeli peace activists and even the Israeli army have been targeted.
In a price tag attack in September last year, vandals wrote “Jesus is a monkey” on the wall of a Trappist monastery in Latrun, outside Jerusalem.
The residents said cars in the neighbourhood of Beit Eksa had been vandalised in the past, but it was the first time they had seen graffiti insulting the prophet there.
An AFP photographer saw the words “Mohammad is a pig” spray-painted on the wall of a nearby mosque shortly after the early-morning attack.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said later on Monday they had not yet received reports of the apparent hate crime.
Jewish extremist vandalism attacks in East Jerusalem — a regular occurrence in Arab neighborhoods near Jewish settlements — often feature the words “price tag” spray-painted at the scene of the crime.
“Price tag” is the expression used by perpetrators for vandalism and more serious attacks carried out in pursuit of their hardline agenda.
Such attacks were initially carried out against Palestinians in retaliation for state moves to dismantle unauthorised settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, but have since become a much broader phenomenon, with racist and xenophobic overtones.
Christian holy sites, Israeli peace activists and even the Israeli army have been targeted.
In a price tag attack in September last year, vandals wrote “Jesus is a monkey” on the wall of a Trappist monastery in Latrun, outside Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Presidency called on Tuesday the Israeli government to put a end to attacks that Israeli settlers carry out on Palestinians, their property and holy places, The Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported.
Presidency condemned the continued incursions by Jewish settlers, members of the intelligence and Israeli soldiers into al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Presidency warned that these attacks and violations "could lead to unwarranted developments.", according to WAFA.
Presidency condemned the continued incursions by Jewish settlers, members of the intelligence and Israeli soldiers into al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Presidency warned that these attacks and violations "could lead to unwarranted developments.", according to WAFA.
Al-Quds international institution warned of the repercussions of the Israeli intention to organize mass Jewish break-ins for one week at the Aqsa Mosque as of next Thursday to commemorate what the Jews call rabbi Moshe ben Maimon's ascent to the temple mount. Director of the institution Yasin Hamoud told Quds Press on Monday that the Israeli occupation regime's persistence in protecting the extremist Jews who desecrate the Aqsa Mosque is aimed at executing its plan to divide the Mosque temporally between Muslims and Jews.
Hamoud strongly denounced the Arab and Muslim governments for their passive attitude toward the Israeli violations against Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque.
He expressed his belief that the Israeli plan to divide and seize the Mosque would be doomed to failure as the Crusaders had failed before.
Hamoud pointed out that his institution would hold next Wednesday, September 9, an international workshop under the theme "Jerusalem on the agenda of nations and governments" in order to address the Jewish dangers threatening the holy city and the Aqsa Mosque.
Jewish groups advocating the demolition of the Aqsa Mosque and members of the ruling party Likud had urged the Jews to actively participate in marches to be held as of next Thursday and for one week to the Aqsa Mosque to celebrate the day of ben Maimon's ascent in 1175 to the so-called temple mount.
These Jewish groups and some Likud members made announcements and invitations through the Hebrew media and social networking websites urging the Jews to massively desecrate the Aqsa Mosque during the days of this occasion.
These marches will be taking place concurrently with a Zionist conference to be held on the same day in the old city of Jerusalem
Likud members, in turn, called on their friends to participate in a special festival they will hold on the first day of the occasion at the Aqsa.
Hamoud strongly denounced the Arab and Muslim governments for their passive attitude toward the Israeli violations against Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque.
He expressed his belief that the Israeli plan to divide and seize the Mosque would be doomed to failure as the Crusaders had failed before.
Hamoud pointed out that his institution would hold next Wednesday, September 9, an international workshop under the theme "Jerusalem on the agenda of nations and governments" in order to address the Jewish dangers threatening the holy city and the Aqsa Mosque.
Jewish groups advocating the demolition of the Aqsa Mosque and members of the ruling party Likud had urged the Jews to actively participate in marches to be held as of next Thursday and for one week to the Aqsa Mosque to celebrate the day of ben Maimon's ascent in 1175 to the so-called temple mount.
These Jewish groups and some Likud members made announcements and invitations through the Hebrew media and social networking websites urging the Jews to massively desecrate the Aqsa Mosque during the days of this occasion.
These marches will be taking place concurrently with a Zionist conference to be held on the same day in the old city of Jerusalem
Likud members, in turn, called on their friends to participate in a special festival they will hold on the first day of the occasion at the Aqsa.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday evening imposed a tight blockade on Al-Khalil city and set up checkpoints at its entrances. Eyewitnesses said that the IOF closed the northern entrance to Al-Khalil near Halhoul bridge as well as its western entrance and embarked on intercepting cars and searching citizens.
Another checkpoint was established at the crossroads of Al-Fawwar refugee camp in the southern area of Al-Khalil and forced Palestinian passengers, especially young men, to step out of the vehicles they were aboard for inspection.
Human rights sources, in turn, reported that the Israeli soldiers posted at the entrance to Beit Ummar town, north of Al-Khalil, detained three young men for long hours before they released two of them and took the third to Etzion detention center.
Meanwhile, a horde of fanatic Jewish settlers from Kiryat Arba outpost, located to the northeast of Al-Khalil, attacked the nearby Palestinian homes.
Ayoush Jaber, a 62-year-old man from the area, said that a group of malicious settlers under military protection threw stones and empty bottles at Palestinian cars and homes.
Jaber told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that a group of Palestinian young men used stones and sticks to fend off the Jewish assailants, but the IOF protected the settlers and chased the youth to arrest them.
Consequently, Wadi Al-Nasara area, especially the neighborhood where Jaber lives, saw more violent clashes that lasted for hours between the Palestinian residents on one side and the Jewish settlers and soldiers on the other side.
The IOF also cordoned off the area and prevented cars and passersby from entering or leaving.
Another checkpoint was established at the crossroads of Al-Fawwar refugee camp in the southern area of Al-Khalil and forced Palestinian passengers, especially young men, to step out of the vehicles they were aboard for inspection.
Human rights sources, in turn, reported that the Israeli soldiers posted at the entrance to Beit Ummar town, north of Al-Khalil, detained three young men for long hours before they released two of them and took the third to Etzion detention center.
Meanwhile, a horde of fanatic Jewish settlers from Kiryat Arba outpost, located to the northeast of Al-Khalil, attacked the nearby Palestinian homes.
Ayoush Jaber, a 62-year-old man from the area, said that a group of malicious settlers under military protection threw stones and empty bottles at Palestinian cars and homes.
Jaber told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that a group of Palestinian young men used stones and sticks to fend off the Jewish assailants, but the IOF protected the settlers and chased the youth to arrest them.
Consequently, Wadi Al-Nasara area, especially the neighborhood where Jaber lives, saw more violent clashes that lasted for hours between the Palestinian residents on one side and the Jewish settlers and soldiers on the other side.
The IOF also cordoned off the area and prevented cars and passersby from entering or leaving.
7 oct 2013
Jewish settlers attacked Beit Egza village, to the north west of occupied Jerusalem, at dawn Monday and tried to burn down its mosque. Mohammed Ghaith, a resident of the village and an eyewitness, told the Quds Press reporter that he saw five young Jewish settlers while drawing racist signs and insults to prophet Mohammed on the mosque’s wall before dawn.
He said that the assailants failed to enter the mosque and torch it because of the presence of vigilantes inside it. He added that the settlers damaged the mosque’s gate and spray-painted the Star of David on its wall along with other racist slogans.
Ghaith said that the settlers then burned down two cars and sprayed racist and insulting graffiti on nearby walls.
He said that he saw the settlers then flee to the nearby Ramot settlement, adding that it was not the first time the village and its inhabitants were targeted by Ramot settlers but it was the first time that they dared attack the mosque and try to torch it.
Settlers Burn Cars, Attack Mosque, Near Jerusalem
A group of extremist Israeli settlers burnt two Palestinian cars, and attacked a mosque in Beit Iksa village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, and wrote racist anti-Islamic graffiti.
Settlers also cut olive trees west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Local sources in Beit Iksa said that the settlers invaded the village during early dawn hours, and burnt two cars.
Resident Mohammad Gheith told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) stated that the settlers came from Ramot illegal settlement.
He added that the settlers wrote graffiti insulting Islam and the Muslim Prophet, Mohammad, in addition to writing other racist Price Tag graffiti on the front exterior wall of the local mosque.
The settlers tried to smash the mosque’s main door, but a number of residents were inside, noticed them, and chased them away.
In related news, a number of extremist settlers cut several olive trees in Ras Karkar village, west of Ramallah.
Resident Azmi Samhan, said that the settlers cut several trees than belong to his brother, Maher, in Nabi Aneer area.
Palestinian lands and orchards in the area are subject to frequent attacks carried out by extremist Israeli settler groups. Such attacks escalate every year during the Olive harvest season.
Last year, Israeli extremists attacked dozens of villagers in their orchards, violently beat and struck them with batons, and stole harvested olives.
They also had dogs that mauled some villagers causing various injuries.
Settlers also harvested Palestinian orchards and stole the produce, they also cut hundreds of trees in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
He said that the assailants failed to enter the mosque and torch it because of the presence of vigilantes inside it. He added that the settlers damaged the mosque’s gate and spray-painted the Star of David on its wall along with other racist slogans.
Ghaith said that the settlers then burned down two cars and sprayed racist and insulting graffiti on nearby walls.
He said that he saw the settlers then flee to the nearby Ramot settlement, adding that it was not the first time the village and its inhabitants were targeted by Ramot settlers but it was the first time that they dared attack the mosque and try to torch it.
Settlers Burn Cars, Attack Mosque, Near Jerusalem
A group of extremist Israeli settlers burnt two Palestinian cars, and attacked a mosque in Beit Iksa village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, and wrote racist anti-Islamic graffiti.
Settlers also cut olive trees west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Local sources in Beit Iksa said that the settlers invaded the village during early dawn hours, and burnt two cars.
Resident Mohammad Gheith told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) stated that the settlers came from Ramot illegal settlement.
He added that the settlers wrote graffiti insulting Islam and the Muslim Prophet, Mohammad, in addition to writing other racist Price Tag graffiti on the front exterior wall of the local mosque.
The settlers tried to smash the mosque’s main door, but a number of residents were inside, noticed them, and chased them away.
In related news, a number of extremist settlers cut several olive trees in Ras Karkar village, west of Ramallah.
Resident Azmi Samhan, said that the settlers cut several trees than belong to his brother, Maher, in Nabi Aneer area.
Palestinian lands and orchards in the area are subject to frequent attacks carried out by extremist Israeli settler groups. Such attacks escalate every year during the Olive harvest season.
Last year, Israeli extremists attacked dozens of villagers in their orchards, violently beat and struck them with batons, and stole harvested olives.
They also had dogs that mauled some villagers causing various injuries.
Settlers also harvested Palestinian orchards and stole the produce, they also cut hundreds of trees in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
Jewish extremist settlers have attacked, this morning, fruitful olive trees near Ras Karkar village west of Ramallah in occupied West Bank. The head of the village council, Bahgat Samhan, said that nine Israeli settlers attacked in the early hours of Monday morning olive groves north of the village where they cut down several olive trees.
Nine olive trees were damaged during the attack, head of the village council said, pointing out that farmers who came to reap the fruits of olive trees, prevented them from completing their attack.
Samhan pointed that Israeli settlers escalate their attacks against olive trees in Ras Karkar village during the olive harvest in order to force the farmers to leave their lands in favor of settlement expansion.
Meanwhile, dozens of Israeli settlers attacked yesterday night Tawani village east of Yatta under the protection of Israeli soldiers.
Local sources said that armed Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian houses and properties at late hours of Sunday night, while the Israeli soldiers carried out searches of Palestinian houses and sheds.
He added that the Israeli soldiers fired tear gas, sound bombs and light flares during the attack. They also used police dogs to terrorize the residents.
In a related matter, a Palestinian organization launched a campaign to help Palestinian farmers in harvesting their olives, in light the escalated settlers' attacks against their lands.
Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees declared the launch of a new campaign to help Palestinian farmers to reap the fruits of the olive trees especially in areas subjected to frequent settlers' attacks.
Thousands of volunteers from West Bank, Gaza, and occupied territories in 1948 in addition to hundreds of foreign activists will participate in the campaign.
Settlers Uproot 13 Olive Trees near Ramallah
Bahjat Samhan, head of the Ras Karkar village council, said that a group of settlers uprooted around 13 olive trees near the village that is located to the northwest of Ramallah.
Samhan told PNN reporter that trees, which were uprooted, belonged to the Palestinian resident Maher Taha Samhan.
Nine olive trees were damaged during the attack, head of the village council said, pointing out that farmers who came to reap the fruits of olive trees, prevented them from completing their attack.
Samhan pointed that Israeli settlers escalate their attacks against olive trees in Ras Karkar village during the olive harvest in order to force the farmers to leave their lands in favor of settlement expansion.
Meanwhile, dozens of Israeli settlers attacked yesterday night Tawani village east of Yatta under the protection of Israeli soldiers.
Local sources said that armed Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian houses and properties at late hours of Sunday night, while the Israeli soldiers carried out searches of Palestinian houses and sheds.
He added that the Israeli soldiers fired tear gas, sound bombs and light flares during the attack. They also used police dogs to terrorize the residents.
In a related matter, a Palestinian organization launched a campaign to help Palestinian farmers in harvesting their olives, in light the escalated settlers' attacks against their lands.
Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees declared the launch of a new campaign to help Palestinian farmers to reap the fruits of the olive trees especially in areas subjected to frequent settlers' attacks.
Thousands of volunteers from West Bank, Gaza, and occupied territories in 1948 in addition to hundreds of foreign activists will participate in the campaign.
Settlers Uproot 13 Olive Trees near Ramallah
Bahjat Samhan, head of the Ras Karkar village council, said that a group of settlers uprooted around 13 olive trees near the village that is located to the northwest of Ramallah.
Samhan told PNN reporter that trees, which were uprooted, belonged to the Palestinian resident Maher Taha Samhan.
The Israeli police claimed they arrested some Jewish students of different Talmudic institutes in occupied Jerusalem who formed lately a criminal gang intended for attacking the Palestinians and their property. A spokesman for the Israeli police said the investigations are still underway and there would be other arrests among members of this gang.
The spokesman added that the suspects were interrogated and confessed to committing a number of criminal and abusive acts against Palestinians and their vehicles in different areas of Jerusalem.
The spokesman added that the suspects were interrogated and confessed to committing a number of criminal and abusive acts against Palestinians and their vehicles in different areas of Jerusalem.
Displaced Family
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn and on Sunday night after midnight, five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and in occupied East Jerusalem. Settlers invade village in Hebron.
Local sources in Bethlehem have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the Deheisha refugee camp, south of the city, broke into the home of Mohammad Al-Khamour before violently searching it and ransacking its property, and kidnapped his son Ibrahim, 18.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Ya’bod town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped on Palestinian.
Local sources in the town said that the soldiers violently broke into the home of Abdul-Karim Atatra, and kidnapped his son, Abdul-Karim, 21.
The sources added that the soldiers forced the family out of their home for several hours, and ransacked the property.
On Sunday night after midnight, soldiers ambushed a number of Palestinians close to the Annexation Wall, in Abu Dis town in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped two Palestinian.
The two have been identified as Abdul-Aziz Mohammad Bader, 20, and Mo’sab Ahmad Bader, 21.
On Sunday evening, dozens of Israeli soldiers and extremist settlers invaded the Tiwani village, east of Yatta, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and attacked several residents.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers broke into and searched a number of homes, and assaulted the families.
They added that the army also fired several flares over different parts of the village, causing several residents, mainly children, to suffer anxiety attacks.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded that the Al-Mintar area, south of Bardala village, south of the central West Bank city of Tubas, and ordered six families to stop the construction of their homes, and demolish built sections before November 11.
The attack comes a few days after the army destroyed Khirbit Makhoul Bedouin village, in the area, for the fourth time within two weeks.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn and on Sunday night after midnight, five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and in occupied East Jerusalem. Settlers invade village in Hebron.
Local sources in Bethlehem have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the Deheisha refugee camp, south of the city, broke into the home of Mohammad Al-Khamour before violently searching it and ransacking its property, and kidnapped his son Ibrahim, 18.
Dozens of soldiers also invaded Ya’bod town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped on Palestinian.
Local sources in the town said that the soldiers violently broke into the home of Abdul-Karim Atatra, and kidnapped his son, Abdul-Karim, 21.
The sources added that the soldiers forced the family out of their home for several hours, and ransacked the property.
On Sunday night after midnight, soldiers ambushed a number of Palestinians close to the Annexation Wall, in Abu Dis town in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped two Palestinian.
The two have been identified as Abdul-Aziz Mohammad Bader, 20, and Mo’sab Ahmad Bader, 21.
On Sunday evening, dozens of Israeli soldiers and extremist settlers invaded the Tiwani village, east of Yatta, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and attacked several residents.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers broke into and searched a number of homes, and assaulted the families.
They added that the army also fired several flares over different parts of the village, causing several residents, mainly children, to suffer anxiety attacks.
In related news, dozens of soldiers invaded that the Al-Mintar area, south of Bardala village, south of the central West Bank city of Tubas, and ordered six families to stop the construction of their homes, and demolish built sections before November 11.
The attack comes a few days after the army destroyed Khirbit Makhoul Bedouin village, in the area, for the fourth time within two weeks.
6 oct 2013
Jewish settlers entered the Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba gate on Sunday morning and offered Talmudic rituals in its yards. Local sources said that 22 settlers broke into and desecrate the holy site under heavy protection by police and special forces.
The sources noted that the number of settlers breaking into the Aqsa on daily basis had noticeably decreased with the end of the Jewish holidays.
The sources noted that the number of settlers breaking into the Aqsa on daily basis had noticeably decreased with the end of the Jewish holidays.
The information center of Wadi Hilwa district said that the occupied city of Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque saw during last September serious Israeli violations either by the Israeli occupation authority or the extremist Jewish groups. In a report on Saturday, Wadi Hilwa center said that the IOA closed the Aqsa Mosque seven times and allowed hundreds of extremist Jewish settlers to defile it.
The center noted that head of the Knesset interior committee Miri Regev called for officially dividing the Aqsa Mosque spatially and temporally between Muslims and Jews as is the case with the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil, affirming that her proposal was supported by her right-wing colleagues and many extremist Jewish figures, who attended the session.
According to its report, more than 1,595 Jewish settlers, including senior officials and rabbis, desecrated the Aqsa Mosque under police and military protection during their holidays last month.
The Jewish settlers also performed rituals at the Aqsa Mosque and removed stones from its courtyard during their break-ins.
More than 6,000 Jewish settlers have violated the sanctity of the Aqsa Mosque since the beginning of the current year, the report pointed out.
Different Israeli security forces also stormed the Aqsa Mosque three times during the reporting month and used unprecedented violence to suppress Palestinian worshipers.
Dozens of Palestinian worshipers suffered injuries and were detained during those Israeli raids on the Mosque.
During that month, the Israeli occupation forces detained more than 180 Jerusalemite citizens, including a lady and about 30 minors, in the Old City.
The Jewish settlers, in turn, sabotaged two churches and one Christian cemetery in Jerusalem and spray-painted racist slurs on some of its gravestones.
They also damaged and ruined Palestinian cars and property in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan districts.
Wadi Hilwa information center documented more than 165 attacks by the extremist Jewish gang known as the price tag on Palestinians and their property in the 1948 occupied land and some areas near Jerusalem.
The center noted that head of the Knesset interior committee Miri Regev called for officially dividing the Aqsa Mosque spatially and temporally between Muslims and Jews as is the case with the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil, affirming that her proposal was supported by her right-wing colleagues and many extremist Jewish figures, who attended the session.
According to its report, more than 1,595 Jewish settlers, including senior officials and rabbis, desecrated the Aqsa Mosque under police and military protection during their holidays last month.
The Jewish settlers also performed rituals at the Aqsa Mosque and removed stones from its courtyard during their break-ins.
More than 6,000 Jewish settlers have violated the sanctity of the Aqsa Mosque since the beginning of the current year, the report pointed out.
Different Israeli security forces also stormed the Aqsa Mosque three times during the reporting month and used unprecedented violence to suppress Palestinian worshipers.
Dozens of Palestinian worshipers suffered injuries and were detained during those Israeli raids on the Mosque.
During that month, the Israeli occupation forces detained more than 180 Jerusalemite citizens, including a lady and about 30 minors, in the Old City.
The Jewish settlers, in turn, sabotaged two churches and one Christian cemetery in Jerusalem and spray-painted racist slurs on some of its gravestones.
They also damaged and ruined Palestinian cars and property in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan districts.
Wadi Hilwa information center documented more than 165 attacks by the extremist Jewish gang known as the price tag on Palestinians and their property in the 1948 occupied land and some areas near Jerusalem.