18 sept 2014
A number of fanatic Israeli settlers attacked, on Wednesday evening, several Palestinian cars driving on the main Jenin-Tulkarem road, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Soldiers invaded Ya’bad, near Jenin; many Palestinians were injured.
Local sources in Jenin said several settlers of the Mabo Dontan illegitimate Israeli settlement, threw stones and empty bottles at Palestinian cars, and gathered in the middle of the street to block traffic. The attacks led to damages but no injuries.
Later on, Israeli soldiers installed roadblocks east of west of Ya’bad, stopped and searched dozens of Palestinian cars, and failed to remove or apprehend the extremist settlers.
Also on Wednesday evening, Samer Abu Bakr, head of the Ya’bad Town Council, said several armored Israeli military jeeps invaded Ya’bad, and fired rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets, during clashes between the invading soldiers and local youth.
Medical sources said that dozens of residents received treatment for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Local sources in Jenin said several settlers of the Mabo Dontan illegitimate Israeli settlement, threw stones and empty bottles at Palestinian cars, and gathered in the middle of the street to block traffic. The attacks led to damages but no injuries.
Later on, Israeli soldiers installed roadblocks east of west of Ya’bad, stopped and searched dozens of Palestinian cars, and failed to remove or apprehend the extremist settlers.
Also on Wednesday evening, Samer Abu Bakr, head of the Ya’bad Town Council, said several armored Israeli military jeeps invaded Ya’bad, and fired rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets, during clashes between the invading soldiers and local youth.
Medical sources said that dozens of residents received treatment for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
17 sept 2014
A horde of Israeli extremist settlers, escorted by a gang of fanatic Jewish rabbis and Israeli occupation police, stormed on Wednesday morning Muslim’s holy al-Aqsa Mosque, via al-Maghareba gate. At least 40 settlers broke into the holy mosque since early morning hours and launched a round of desecration tours in its yards, the local SAFA News Agency quoted Mahmoud Abu al-Ata, media director at al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage, as reporting.
The mass break-in has been deliberately staged under the religious pretext at a time when hundreds of Muslim peaceful worshippers were gathering in the mosque.
According to Abu al-Ata the settler break-ins are expected to be stepped up within the next few hours amid mounting calls launched by the so-called temple organizations to escalate vandalism against holy al-Aqsa Mosque, allegedly on the occasion of the “fourth anniversary of a Jewish fanatic’s death”.
The Israeli occupation police stationing around al-Aqsa gates have come down heavily on the peaceful Muslim congregation and took their IDs.
At least 30 members of the so-called Israeli rapid intervention forces have been cordoning off al-Aqsa yards.
The break-ins uncover Israel’s malevolent schemes to entrench a Jewish presence around holy al-Aqsa Mosque and wipe out its typically Islamic character.
Abu al-Ata dubbed the break-ins “trial balloons” to test out Muslims’ reactions and set the stage for a projected round of sacrilegious attacks.
More sit-ins are to be staged at holy al-Aqsa Mosque by the Palestinian worshippers, who have been on the alert to such Israeli schemes, he further vowed, warning of Israel’s attempts to enforce a spatio-temporal division on holy al-Aqsa.
The mass break-in has been deliberately staged under the religious pretext at a time when hundreds of Muslim peaceful worshippers were gathering in the mosque.
According to Abu al-Ata the settler break-ins are expected to be stepped up within the next few hours amid mounting calls launched by the so-called temple organizations to escalate vandalism against holy al-Aqsa Mosque, allegedly on the occasion of the “fourth anniversary of a Jewish fanatic’s death”.
The Israeli occupation police stationing around al-Aqsa gates have come down heavily on the peaceful Muslim congregation and took their IDs.
At least 30 members of the so-called Israeli rapid intervention forces have been cordoning off al-Aqsa yards.
The break-ins uncover Israel’s malevolent schemes to entrench a Jewish presence around holy al-Aqsa Mosque and wipe out its typically Islamic character.
Abu al-Ata dubbed the break-ins “trial balloons” to test out Muslims’ reactions and set the stage for a projected round of sacrilegious attacks.
More sit-ins are to be staged at holy al-Aqsa Mosque by the Palestinian worshippers, who have been on the alert to such Israeli schemes, he further vowed, warning of Israel’s attempts to enforce a spatio-temporal division on holy al-Aqsa.
Hundreds of Jewish settlers broke at dawn Wednesday into Yusuf tomb in the northern West Bank city of Nablus under heavy security protection. Local sources revealed that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) tightened military restrictions in the eastern neighborhoods of the city and the neighboring refugee camp of Balata in order to provide protection for the busses carrying hundreds of settlers.
The settlers performed Talmudic rituals till the morning hours, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes between local residents and the invading soldiers, the sources added.
IOF soldiers fired during the clashes tear gas bombs and rubber bullets towards Palestinian youths who in their turn responded by throwing stones. Injuries were reported among the Palestinian citizens.
In another incident, Israeli settlers from Revava settlement built on Palestinian lands of Deir Estia in Salfit bulldozed agricultural lands near the city as a prelude to expand the settlement.
The PIC reporter quoted the researcher in settlements’ affairs Khaled Maali as saying that the agricultural lands that have been bulldozed were confiscated by Israeli forces under security pretexts.
The IOF confiscated 100 dunums of agricultural lands belonging to Hares town, he pointed out.
Maali said that Israeli bulldozing operations have notably escalated in Salfit city environs in order to expand the surrounding settlements.
The settlers performed Talmudic rituals till the morning hours, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes between local residents and the invading soldiers, the sources added.
IOF soldiers fired during the clashes tear gas bombs and rubber bullets towards Palestinian youths who in their turn responded by throwing stones. Injuries were reported among the Palestinian citizens.
In another incident, Israeli settlers from Revava settlement built on Palestinian lands of Deir Estia in Salfit bulldozed agricultural lands near the city as a prelude to expand the settlement.
The PIC reporter quoted the researcher in settlements’ affairs Khaled Maali as saying that the agricultural lands that have been bulldozed were confiscated by Israeli forces under security pretexts.
The IOF confiscated 100 dunums of agricultural lands belonging to Hares town, he pointed out.
Maali said that Israeli bulldozing operations have notably escalated in Salfit city environs in order to expand the surrounding settlements.
A number of extremist Israeli settlers bulldozed agricultural, and grazing, lands belonging to residents from Deir Estia and Hares villages, north of the Central West Bank city of Salfit.
The settlers came from the Revava illegal Israeli settlement, built on Palestinian lands in the district.
The attack is part of Israel’s efforts to expand the illegal settlements on the expense of Palestinian lands belonging to residents of Deir Estia and Hares.
Khaled Ma’ali, a researcher specialized in settlement affairs, said the uprooted agricultural and herding lands have recently been illegally confiscated from the Palestinians by an Israeli military order, under different “justifications”.
He said Israel has already confiscated around 100 Dunams (24.7 Acres) of Palestinian lands in the eastern areas of Hares town.
Ma’ali added that Israel has been bulldozing Palestinian lands in various areas in the Salfit District in order to expand its illegitimate settlements, an issue that increased the suffering of the residents, and deprived them of their livelihoods.
The settlers came from the Revava illegal Israeli settlement, built on Palestinian lands in the district.
The attack is part of Israel’s efforts to expand the illegal settlements on the expense of Palestinian lands belonging to residents of Deir Estia and Hares.
Khaled Ma’ali, a researcher specialized in settlement affairs, said the uprooted agricultural and herding lands have recently been illegally confiscated from the Palestinians by an Israeli military order, under different “justifications”.
He said Israel has already confiscated around 100 Dunams (24.7 Acres) of Palestinian lands in the eastern areas of Hares town.
Ma’ali added that Israel has been bulldozing Palestinian lands in various areas in the Salfit District in order to expand its illegitimate settlements, an issue that increased the suffering of the residents, and deprived them of their livelihoods.
The Yesha Council of Settlements has reported that the number of Jewish settlers living in the occupied West Bank, including in and around occupied Jerusalem, has reached 382031, adding that 7500 Israelis have moved into West Bank and Jerusalem settlements in the last six months.
Yesha said that, back in January of 2014, 374469 settlers lived in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and that the current number of settlers (382031) is a 2% increase.
It said that the biggest settlement is Beitar Illit settlement, located southwest of occupied Jerusalem, with a population of 63087 Jewish settlers.
There are more than 200.000 Israeli settlers living in various settlements in occupied East Jerusalem.
Settlements are illegal under International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, to which Israel is a signatory. They are largely built on privately-owned Palestinian lands, and many on what Israel calls “State Lands” which, by itself, is illegal as the West Bank and Jerusalem are under illegitimate Israeli occupation.
Israel’s settlements and its Annexation Wall continue to cause Palestinians to lose more of their lands and orchards, while vast areas of lands and orchards are now completely isolated behind the Wall.
On July 9, 2004, the International Court at The Hague issued an advisory ruling stating that the Wall Israel is building in the occupied territories is illegal and must be dismantled. The court also ruled that Palestinians affected by the construction of this Wall must be compensated. Israeli ignored the ruling.
On July 21, 2004, the UN General Assembly voted today to support the July 9 ruling by the International Court.
Israel claims that the wall meant to protect it from attackers, especially suicide bombers, but facts on the ground show that the illegal Wall is built deep inside the occupied territories, separating Palestinian villages from their surroundings and even separating the villagers from their lands.
The Wall is also built far away from the Green Line that separates ‘Israel’ from the West Bank, and is designed to enable further construction and expansion of Jewish-only settlements in occupied Palestine.
Yesha said that, back in January of 2014, 374469 settlers lived in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and that the current number of settlers (382031) is a 2% increase.
It said that the biggest settlement is Beitar Illit settlement, located southwest of occupied Jerusalem, with a population of 63087 Jewish settlers.
There are more than 200.000 Israeli settlers living in various settlements in occupied East Jerusalem.
Settlements are illegal under International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, to which Israel is a signatory. They are largely built on privately-owned Palestinian lands, and many on what Israel calls “State Lands” which, by itself, is illegal as the West Bank and Jerusalem are under illegitimate Israeli occupation.
Israel’s settlements and its Annexation Wall continue to cause Palestinians to lose more of their lands and orchards, while vast areas of lands and orchards are now completely isolated behind the Wall.
On July 9, 2004, the International Court at The Hague issued an advisory ruling stating that the Wall Israel is building in the occupied territories is illegal and must be dismantled. The court also ruled that Palestinians affected by the construction of this Wall must be compensated. Israeli ignored the ruling.
On July 21, 2004, the UN General Assembly voted today to support the July 9 ruling by the International Court.
Israel claims that the wall meant to protect it from attackers, especially suicide bombers, but facts on the ground show that the illegal Wall is built deep inside the occupied territories, separating Palestinian villages from their surroundings and even separating the villagers from their lands.
The Wall is also built far away from the Green Line that separates ‘Israel’ from the West Bank, and is designed to enable further construction and expansion of Jewish-only settlements in occupied Palestine.
A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded on Tuesday evening, Teqoua’ town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and clashed with a number of local youth. A settler’s car rammed a herd of sheep, killing eight, near Hebron.
Local sources said that soldiers fired dozens of rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs, causing several residents to suffer the effects of tear has inhalation.
On Monday, the army closed all roads leading to Teqoua’, an issue that pushed Palestinians to take alternate bypass roads, rough and unpaved, to enter or leave their town.
In related news, eyewitnesses said eight sheep belonging to a local shepherd were killed after being struck by a speeding settler’s vehicle, close to the Susiya illegal settlement, built on Palestinian lands belonging to residents of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in southern Hebron, Rateb Jabour, said the settler rammed 14 sheep belonging to residents Taleb and Ibrahim Mohammad No’man, killing eight sheep.
Also on Tuesday evening, Israeli sources said a settler was mildly injured, when his car’s windshield was damage, after a number of youth threw stones at his car, as he was driving in Beit Hanina town, in occupied Jerusalem.
Earlier Tuesday, soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians from the Bethlehem district while they were heading to work in occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources said that soldiers fired dozens of rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs, causing several residents to suffer the effects of tear has inhalation.
On Monday, the army closed all roads leading to Teqoua’, an issue that pushed Palestinians to take alternate bypass roads, rough and unpaved, to enter or leave their town.
In related news, eyewitnesses said eight sheep belonging to a local shepherd were killed after being struck by a speeding settler’s vehicle, close to the Susiya illegal settlement, built on Palestinian lands belonging to residents of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in southern Hebron, Rateb Jabour, said the settler rammed 14 sheep belonging to residents Taleb and Ibrahim Mohammad No’man, killing eight sheep.
Also on Tuesday evening, Israeli sources said a settler was mildly injured, when his car’s windshield was damage, after a number of youth threw stones at his car, as he was driving in Beit Hanina town, in occupied Jerusalem.
Earlier Tuesday, soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians from the Bethlehem district while they were heading to work in occupied Jerusalem.
16 sept 2014
On September 14th, two Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian shepherd and two international near the Israeli outpost of Mitzpe Yair, in the South Hebron Hills area. During the aggression, the settlers stole video cameras from the internationals and broke one of their phones.
15th September | Operation Dove | At Tuwani
Israeli police detained the Palestinian shepherd and one of the internationals for six hours. There were no consequences for the settlers.
At about 9:00 a.m. four Palestinian shepherds from the South Hebron Hills village of Qawawis were grazing their flocks accompanied by two internationals, on Palestinian owned land nearby the Israeli outpost. Two settlers from Mitzpe Yair crossed a closed area (where the access is forbidden to everyone else) in order to attack one Palestinian shepherd, starting to chase away his flock. The two internationals present taped the scene.
Afterwards the settlers assaulted the internationals: at first they grabbed one by the neck and knocked him down, they snatched his camera and broke his phone; subsequently the settlers attacked the other one twisting her arm and also seizing her camera. The settlers ran back to the outpost holding the stolen cameras, and the Palestinian and the internationals went to Qawawis village.
The Israeli police came to the Palestinian village and asked the shepherd and internationals to follow them to the Israeli Police station in Kiryat Arba settlement, due to one settler claiming that they threw stones at him. The Police officers detained both of them for six hours and questioned them about the incident. Israeli police released them at 5:00 p.m. without consequences.
The South Hebron hills area has suffered from the presence of Israeli settlers’ since the 70′s. Eight Israeli settlements and outposts (among which Mitzpe Yair is one) almost completely isolate 16 Palestinian villages from the rest of West Bank. The settlers’ violence includes overt violent attacks on Palestinians and their animals, damages to private properties, and limitations to freedom of movement with many consequences on their daily life.
Since the beginning of 2014, Operation Dove registered the arrests of 15 Palestinians, included minors, because they were on lands near the settlements. During the same period there were no consequences for Israeli settlers involved in the incidents occurring in the area. In spite of the violence suffered by the Palestinians from the South Hebron Hills area, they keep on grazing and farming on their lands, resisting in a non-violent way to the Israeli occupation.
Operation Dove has maintained an international presence in At-Tuwani and the South Hebron Hills since 2004. Also see
[Note: According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Hague Regulations, the International Court of Justice, and several United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements and outposts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. Most settlement outposts, including Havat Ma'on (Hill 833), are considered illegal also under Israeli law.]
15th September | Operation Dove | At Tuwani
Israeli police detained the Palestinian shepherd and one of the internationals for six hours. There were no consequences for the settlers.
At about 9:00 a.m. four Palestinian shepherds from the South Hebron Hills village of Qawawis were grazing their flocks accompanied by two internationals, on Palestinian owned land nearby the Israeli outpost. Two settlers from Mitzpe Yair crossed a closed area (where the access is forbidden to everyone else) in order to attack one Palestinian shepherd, starting to chase away his flock. The two internationals present taped the scene.
Afterwards the settlers assaulted the internationals: at first they grabbed one by the neck and knocked him down, they snatched his camera and broke his phone; subsequently the settlers attacked the other one twisting her arm and also seizing her camera. The settlers ran back to the outpost holding the stolen cameras, and the Palestinian and the internationals went to Qawawis village.
The Israeli police came to the Palestinian village and asked the shepherd and internationals to follow them to the Israeli Police station in Kiryat Arba settlement, due to one settler claiming that they threw stones at him. The Police officers detained both of them for six hours and questioned them about the incident. Israeli police released them at 5:00 p.m. without consequences.
The South Hebron hills area has suffered from the presence of Israeli settlers’ since the 70′s. Eight Israeli settlements and outposts (among which Mitzpe Yair is one) almost completely isolate 16 Palestinian villages from the rest of West Bank. The settlers’ violence includes overt violent attacks on Palestinians and their animals, damages to private properties, and limitations to freedom of movement with many consequences on their daily life.
Since the beginning of 2014, Operation Dove registered the arrests of 15 Palestinians, included minors, because they were on lands near the settlements. During the same period there were no consequences for Israeli settlers involved in the incidents occurring in the area. In spite of the violence suffered by the Palestinians from the South Hebron Hills area, they keep on grazing and farming on their lands, resisting in a non-violent way to the Israeli occupation.
Operation Dove has maintained an international presence in At-Tuwani and the South Hebron Hills since 2004. Also see
[Note: According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Hague Regulations, the International Court of Justice, and several United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements and outposts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. Most settlement outposts, including Havat Ma'on (Hill 833), are considered illegal also under Israeli law.]
14 sept 2014
Two Palestinian children have been moved, on Saturday evening, to the Hebron governmental hospital, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after a number of extremist Israeli settlers sprayed their faces with pepper spray.
Raed Abu Rmeila, a local human rights activist, said he moved the two children to hospital, after the settlers attacked them in Bani Dar neighborhood, in Hebron’s Old City.
The two have been identified as Mohammad Makram Nawaj’a, 10, and ‘Odai Nasser Edrees, 12.
He added that the settlers started organizing provocative tours, each Saturday evening, in different parts of the Old City of Hebron, under heavy Israeli military presence, and frequently attack the Palestinians.
Some 800 Israeli settlers live in the city of Hebron, and around 250.000 Palestinians.
Raed Abu Rmeila, a local human rights activist, said he moved the two children to hospital, after the settlers attacked them in Bani Dar neighborhood, in Hebron’s Old City.
The two have been identified as Mohammad Makram Nawaj’a, 10, and ‘Odai Nasser Edrees, 12.
He added that the settlers started organizing provocative tours, each Saturday evening, in different parts of the Old City of Hebron, under heavy Israeli military presence, and frequently attack the Palestinians.
Some 800 Israeli settlers live in the city of Hebron, and around 250.000 Palestinians.
11 sept 2014
A horde of Israeli extremist settlers, escorted by large numbers of Israeli occupation police, stormed on Thursday morning al-Aqsa Mosque via al-Maghareba gate and initiated a series of provocative rituals. Local sources said the settler break-ins started off as early as 7.30 a.m., local time, and are expected to be stepped up throughout the afternoon.
The settler hordes were led by a group of extremist rabbis who delivered mythical Jewish sermons and biased narratives about the alleged temple.
The Israeli occupation police have been cracking down on Palestinian women and students of Quran circles around holy al-Aqsa Mosque, denying them their right to get into the Mosque to perform their religious prayers.
A group of Israeli police forces on Wednesday summoned three members of al-Aqsa personnel for interrogation after having stormed an office run by the Islamic Endowment Department.
The settler hordes were led by a group of extremist rabbis who delivered mythical Jewish sermons and biased narratives about the alleged temple.
The Israeli occupation police have been cracking down on Palestinian women and students of Quran circles around holy al-Aqsa Mosque, denying them their right to get into the Mosque to perform their religious prayers.
A group of Israeli police forces on Wednesday summoned three members of al-Aqsa personnel for interrogation after having stormed an office run by the Islamic Endowment Department.
A Palestinian high school in Al-Sawiya village, south of Nablus, sustained severe damage at dawn Thursday when anonymous men, believed to be fanatic Jewish settlers, launched an arson attack on its building. Abdul-Rahim Suleiman, head of the municipal council in the village, told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the attack had burned three rooms in their entirety and destroyed computers and scores of important files.
Suleiman added that Palestinian fire trucks rushed to the scene and contained the fire.
He said that the Palestinian police started investigating the incident, adding that settlers from Eli settlement are strongly suspected of committing the crime.
About one week ago, Eli settlers stormed the school and clashed with students and employees before Israeli soldiers intervened and evacuated the assailants from the area.
Suleiman added that Palestinian fire trucks rushed to the scene and contained the fire.
He said that the Palestinian police started investigating the incident, adding that settlers from Eli settlement are strongly suspected of committing the crime.
About one week ago, Eli settlers stormed the school and clashed with students and employees before Israeli soldiers intervened and evacuated the assailants from the area.
10 sept 2014
An Israeli settler, on Wednesday, ran over a child in Hebron City, according to local sources.
6-year-old Mohammad al-Jabari, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency, was run over by an Israeli settler driving his car in the city.
Mohammad suffered multiple injuries throughout his body, and has been transferred to hospital for medical treatment.
Hate crimes conducted by militant Israeli Jews against Palestinians and their property -- both Christian and Muslim -- is a frequent occurence throughout the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as in the lands previously owned by Palestinians prior to 1948, and most often occurs with the full backing of Israeli forces via further land confiscation or simple negligence of settler violations, regardless of Israeli citizenship.
See related: Tens of Thousands of Jerusalemite Palestinians Still Lacking Water
Over 550,000 colonial Israeli settlers now live in illegal developments across the region, in direct contravention of established international laws and resolutions.
The number is constantly rising.
6-year-old Mohammad al-Jabari, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency, was run over by an Israeli settler driving his car in the city.
Mohammad suffered multiple injuries throughout his body, and has been transferred to hospital for medical treatment.
Hate crimes conducted by militant Israeli Jews against Palestinians and their property -- both Christian and Muslim -- is a frequent occurence throughout the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as in the lands previously owned by Palestinians prior to 1948, and most often occurs with the full backing of Israeli forces via further land confiscation or simple negligence of settler violations, regardless of Israeli citizenship.
See related: Tens of Thousands of Jerusalemite Palestinians Still Lacking Water
Over 550,000 colonial Israeli settlers now live in illegal developments across the region, in direct contravention of established international laws and resolutions.
The number is constantly rising.
9 sept 2014
Around 70 Israeli conscripts broke into and toured the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem after noon prayers on Tuesday, the Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage said. AFEH said that the tour was organized by the Israeli army as part of the so-called guiding tours, adding that the 70 conscripts entered in one batch in military uniform and were protected by special forces.
The Foundation pointed out that 26 Jewish settlers defiled the holy site in two batches before and after the noon prayers, and tried to offer Talmudic rituals but were confronted by Aqsa guards and worshipers.
It said that hundreds of Jerusalemites and Palestinians of 1948 occupied Palestine maintain vigil inside the Aqsa Mosque on daily basis especially in the morning.
The Foundation said that the Palestinians act as a human shield to defend the Aqsa, and called on the Arab and Muslim countries to assume their duties toward the holy site.
The Foundation pointed out that 26 Jewish settlers defiled the holy site in two batches before and after the noon prayers, and tried to offer Talmudic rituals but were confronted by Aqsa guards and worshipers.
It said that hundreds of Jerusalemites and Palestinians of 1948 occupied Palestine maintain vigil inside the Aqsa Mosque on daily basis especially in the morning.
The Foundation said that the Palestinians act as a human shield to defend the Aqsa, and called on the Arab and Muslim countries to assume their duties toward the holy site.
7 sept 2014
Groups of Jewish settlers entered the holy Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning under Israeli police protection. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli policemen at gates of the Aqsa allowed free access for those settlers while imposing restrictions on entry of Palestinians.
Israeli policemen bar entry of Palestinians into the Mosque during settlers’ break-ins except for elderly people.
Israeli policemen bar entry of Palestinians into the Mosque during settlers’ break-ins except for elderly people.
4 sept 2014
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday morning launched several raids in different West Bank areas and kidnapped some citizens. Local sources told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that dozens of Israeli patrols escorting Jewish settlers aboard buses entered Nablus city at dawn today and stopped at the mausoleum of Joseph's Tomb to perform rituals.
They said that several soldiers occupied the rooftops of nearby buildings to provide protection for the settlers.
The settlers continued for four hours performing their rituals and loudly singing hymns before leaving the area after sunrise.
Consequently, the presence of troops and settlers triggered clashes with young men in different areas around the mausoleum, especially in Balata refugee camp and Amman neighborhood.
The IOF also launched violent raids at dawn on homes in Yabad town, south of Jenin.
Local sources in Yabad said that the invading troops kidnapped 27-year-old Abdul-Jabbar Nufiyaat after ransacking his house and interrogated two other citizens before storming their homes and leaving without detaining them.
Arraba town to the south of Jenin also saw raids on homes. Locals reported that a young man identified as Mohamed Sheibani was taken prisoner after raiding his parents' home.
The IOF also carried out a search campaign in the towns of Yamun, Arka, and Hashimiya near Jenin, with no reported arrests.
In Qalqiliya, the IOF kidnapped two Palestinian young men known as Mahdi Labat, 24, and Ahmed Salameh, 19, at the northern entrance to the city, according to the Palestinian prisoner society.
Seven other Palestinian citizens were taken prisoners during violent IOF raids on homes in Tusan town of Bethlehem, Al-Khalil and Tulkarem.
In an earlier incident, the Israeli occupation police kidnapped on Wednesday night a young man hailing from Jenin refugee camp named Mohamed Al-Saadi after raiding his workplace in Sakhnin city in the 1948 occupied lands.
They said that several soldiers occupied the rooftops of nearby buildings to provide protection for the settlers.
The settlers continued for four hours performing their rituals and loudly singing hymns before leaving the area after sunrise.
Consequently, the presence of troops and settlers triggered clashes with young men in different areas around the mausoleum, especially in Balata refugee camp and Amman neighborhood.
The IOF also launched violent raids at dawn on homes in Yabad town, south of Jenin.
Local sources in Yabad said that the invading troops kidnapped 27-year-old Abdul-Jabbar Nufiyaat after ransacking his house and interrogated two other citizens before storming their homes and leaving without detaining them.
Arraba town to the south of Jenin also saw raids on homes. Locals reported that a young man identified as Mohamed Sheibani was taken prisoner after raiding his parents' home.
The IOF also carried out a search campaign in the towns of Yamun, Arka, and Hashimiya near Jenin, with no reported arrests.
In Qalqiliya, the IOF kidnapped two Palestinian young men known as Mahdi Labat, 24, and Ahmed Salameh, 19, at the northern entrance to the city, according to the Palestinian prisoner society.
Seven other Palestinian citizens were taken prisoners during violent IOF raids on homes in Tusan town of Bethlehem, Al-Khalil and Tulkarem.
In an earlier incident, the Israeli occupation police kidnapped on Wednesday night a young man hailing from Jenin refugee camp named Mohamed Al-Saadi after raiding his workplace in Sakhnin city in the 1948 occupied lands.
3 sept 2014
A state of tension has prevailed in al-Aqsa Mosque as Israeli settlers’ break-ins continued into its squares while Palestinian women's access to the Mosque is still denied for the fourth consecutive day. Jerusalemite sources said that Jewish settlers headed by the extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick stormed since the early morning hours al-Aqsa Mosque under Israeli police protection.
At the same time, Jerusalemite women continued their protests at the entrances to the Mosque after being denied from having access into it, condemning Israeli escalated attacks at the holy place.
For its part, Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage warned of the continued Israeli restrictions on women’s access to the Mosque.
The foundation said that Palestinian women of all ages are still prevented from entering into the Mosque for the fourth day in a row.
The foundation described the Israeli restrictions as a flagrant attack against the Islamic holy site and its sanctity.
Aqsa foundation called on Jerusalemites and Palestinians inside the Green Line to intensify their permanent presence in al-Aqsa Mosque, stressing the need for an urgent Arab and Islamic action in defense of the Mosque.
At the same time, Jerusalemite women continued their protests at the entrances to the Mosque after being denied from having access into it, condemning Israeli escalated attacks at the holy place.
For its part, Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage warned of the continued Israeli restrictions on women’s access to the Mosque.
The foundation said that Palestinian women of all ages are still prevented from entering into the Mosque for the fourth day in a row.
The foundation described the Israeli restrictions as a flagrant attack against the Islamic holy site and its sanctity.
Aqsa foundation called on Jerusalemites and Palestinians inside the Green Line to intensify their permanent presence in al-Aqsa Mosque, stressing the need for an urgent Arab and Islamic action in defense of the Mosque.
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday, at dawn, several Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, searched and ransacked several homes and properties, and kidnapped fourteen Palestinians.
Media sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, stated that several Israeli military vehicles invaded the al-‘Arqa village, west of the city, and kidnapped two brothers identified as ‘Ala Tawfiq Yahia, 28, and Ahmad Tawfiq Yahia, in addition to resident Maher Khader Waked.
Soldiers also invaded the homes of Nizar and Ahmad Khader, searched the properties and interrogated the families for several hours.
Another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Ahmad Barghoush, was kidnapped from his home in Kafr al-Labad village, in the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped six Palestinian youths close to the Annexation Wall section, in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Local sources said the six are from the Jenin district, and were trying to enter Israel to search for work, before the soldiers kidnapped them and took them to an unknown destination.
The kidnapped have been identified as Noureddeen Essam Mustafa, Khaled Tawfiq Jaradat, Samer and Salem Obeid, Mohammad Shawkat Abu Obeid, and Ahmad Abbas Kamil, all from a number of villages near Jenin.
The six are from the towns of Qabatia, al-Yamoun, Sielet al-Harithiyya, ‘Anza, and ‘Arbouna.
In related news, soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Maher Ibrahim Sabarna, 33.
Sabarna, a former political prisoner, was moved to the Etzion Israeli military and security base for interrogation.
The soldiers also broke into the home of former political prisoner, Torky Mohammad al-‘Allami, and confiscated his computer and a number of mobile SIM Cards.
They also installed roadblocks near a number of roads leading to areas north of Hebron, and the entrance of Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron, stopped and searched dozens of cars and interrogated several Palestinians while investigating their ID cards.
Israeli policemen and soldiers also kidnapped three Palestinians in the yards of al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, after around 40 extremist Israeli settlers invaded it through the al-Magharba Gate.
A number of settlers tried to climb to the rooftop of the mosque, but local worshipers managed to stop them.
Media sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, stated that several Israeli military vehicles invaded the al-‘Arqa village, west of the city, and kidnapped two brothers identified as ‘Ala Tawfiq Yahia, 28, and Ahmad Tawfiq Yahia, in addition to resident Maher Khader Waked.
Soldiers also invaded the homes of Nizar and Ahmad Khader, searched the properties and interrogated the families for several hours.
Another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Ahmad Barghoush, was kidnapped from his home in Kafr al-Labad village, in the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped six Palestinian youths close to the Annexation Wall section, in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Local sources said the six are from the Jenin district, and were trying to enter Israel to search for work, before the soldiers kidnapped them and took them to an unknown destination.
The kidnapped have been identified as Noureddeen Essam Mustafa, Khaled Tawfiq Jaradat, Samer and Salem Obeid, Mohammad Shawkat Abu Obeid, and Ahmad Abbas Kamil, all from a number of villages near Jenin.
The six are from the towns of Qabatia, al-Yamoun, Sielet al-Harithiyya, ‘Anza, and ‘Arbouna.
In related news, soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Maher Ibrahim Sabarna, 33.
Sabarna, a former political prisoner, was moved to the Etzion Israeli military and security base for interrogation.
The soldiers also broke into the home of former political prisoner, Torky Mohammad al-‘Allami, and confiscated his computer and a number of mobile SIM Cards.
They also installed roadblocks near a number of roads leading to areas north of Hebron, and the entrance of Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron, stopped and searched dozens of cars and interrogated several Palestinians while investigating their ID cards.
Israeli policemen and soldiers also kidnapped three Palestinians in the yards of al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, after around 40 extremist Israeli settlers invaded it through the al-Magharba Gate.
A number of settlers tried to climb to the rooftop of the mosque, but local worshipers managed to stop them.