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Dawabsha family, july 31 2015 burned by settlers |
1 aug 2015
The Dawabsheh family, whose home was set ablaze this week
Netanyahu thwarted the attempt to define Jewish 'price tag' perpetrators as terrorists; the courts are giving them light sentences; the severity of the acts increases - but nothing has changed.
The number of solved cases is still negligible, the sentences handed out to Jewish terrorists are relatively light, and the government is no rush to act. One year after the attempt to declare "price tag" perpetrators as terrorists - nothing has been done.
A year ago, then-justice minister Tzipi Livni and then-public security minister Yitzhak Aharonovich asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to approve two unusual measures to deal with "price tag" attacks - defining the perpetrators of those hate crimes as members of a terror organization, and issuing administrative arrest orders against prominent figures, when there is evidence to back these orders.
The request was made after Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein removed his objection to administrative arrests after he witnessed the damages caused by the so-called "price tag" attacks.
Netanyahu, who at the time was heading for elections in which he was vying for the right-wing's votes, including those in the extreme right-wing, did not adopt the recommendations. Apart from continuing the Shin Bet's close monitoring of these activists and filing several indictments, no significant changes have been made.
The main reason for that, according to senior law enforcement officials, is the lack of support from the political leadership, which establishes its rule using the right-wing factions. Even the almost-sole case that did lead to a serious indictment ended faintly.
Netanyahu thwarted the attempt to define Jewish 'price tag' perpetrators as terrorists; the courts are giving them light sentences; the severity of the acts increases - but nothing has changed.
The number of solved cases is still negligible, the sentences handed out to Jewish terrorists are relatively light, and the government is no rush to act. One year after the attempt to declare "price tag" perpetrators as terrorists - nothing has been done.
A year ago, then-justice minister Tzipi Livni and then-public security minister Yitzhak Aharonovich asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to approve two unusual measures to deal with "price tag" attacks - defining the perpetrators of those hate crimes as members of a terror organization, and issuing administrative arrest orders against prominent figures, when there is evidence to back these orders.
The request was made after Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein removed his objection to administrative arrests after he witnessed the damages caused by the so-called "price tag" attacks.
Netanyahu, who at the time was heading for elections in which he was vying for the right-wing's votes, including those in the extreme right-wing, did not adopt the recommendations. Apart from continuing the Shin Bet's close monitoring of these activists and filing several indictments, no significant changes have been made.
The main reason for that, according to senior law enforcement officials, is the lack of support from the political leadership, which establishes its rule using the right-wing factions. Even the almost-sole case that did lead to a serious indictment ended faintly.
The suspects charged with setting fire to the Church of Loaves and Fishes
Brothers Shlomo and Nahman Twito, Lehava activists who set fire to a bilingual Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem, were sentenced to no more than two and a half years in prison. They left the court singing and smiling, and said it was "worth it."
Incidentally, a senior IDF officer claimed in a press briefing last week that there has been a decline in the amount of Jewish nationalistic violent incidents, but stressed, even before the heinous murder in Duma, that the severity of the acts increased.
"We're looking at 141 incidents in the first half of 2015, including violence against Palestinians and vandalism, or violence against security forces, compared to 328 throughout 2014, and 420 in 2013.
But the severity of the incidents increased, and some went beyond Judea and Samaria and spread across the country," the senior officer said. When they turned to the prime minister, then-ministers Livni and Aharonovich wrote that the decision that was made in 2013 to define these groups as "unlawful organizations" rather than "terror organizations" - a decision initiated by Netanyahu despite the Shin Bet's recommendation to the contrary - was not sufficient.
Brothers Shlomo and Nahman Twito, Lehava activists who set fire to a bilingual Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem, were sentenced to no more than two and a half years in prison. They left the court singing and smiling, and said it was "worth it."
Incidentally, a senior IDF officer claimed in a press briefing last week that there has been a decline in the amount of Jewish nationalistic violent incidents, but stressed, even before the heinous murder in Duma, that the severity of the acts increased.
"We're looking at 141 incidents in the first half of 2015, including violence against Palestinians and vandalism, or violence against security forces, compared to 328 throughout 2014, and 420 in 2013.
But the severity of the incidents increased, and some went beyond Judea and Samaria and spread across the country," the senior officer said. When they turned to the prime minister, then-ministers Livni and Aharonovich wrote that the decision that was made in 2013 to define these groups as "unlawful organizations" rather than "terror organizations" - a decision initiated by Netanyahu despite the Shin Bet's recommendation to the contrary - was not sufficient.
The youths charged with setting fire to a bi-lingual school
"We believe that the fact these criminal incidents continue and are geographically spreading to new places, require a reexamination of things. Even though the legal tools in question can be used even while these groups are defined as 'unlawful organizations,' defining these groups as 'terror organizations' will reinforce the message and the profound condemnation of their activities."
They noted this was also the Shin Bet's position on the issue. Livni and Aharonovich stated that the attorney-general expressed his position at a hearing, saying that despite various difficulties, there is no legal impediment to advance the declaration of these groups as "terror organizations." Weinstein, who strongly opposes administrative arrests in a democratic society, realized over the past year that in certain cases there is no choice but to use them.
"We believe that the fact these criminal incidents continue and are geographically spreading to new places, require a reexamination of things. Even though the legal tools in question can be used even while these groups are defined as 'unlawful organizations,' defining these groups as 'terror organizations' will reinforce the message and the profound condemnation of their activities."
They noted this was also the Shin Bet's position on the issue. Livni and Aharonovich stated that the attorney-general expressed his position at a hearing, saying that despite various difficulties, there is no legal impediment to advance the declaration of these groups as "terror organizations." Weinstein, who strongly opposes administrative arrests in a democratic society, realized over the past year that in certain cases there is no choice but to use them.
Yishai Shlissel, perpetrator of the stabbing at the Jerusalem pride parade
High-ranked law enforcement officials explained that the Shin Bet knows how to map all of the activists and their different ties, but usually refuses to bring the evidence it collects in front of the court, because they don't want to risk losing their sources.
These officials claimed that due to cost-effectiveness considerations, the Shin Bet would even rather bear the local incidents rather than reveal their sources. In addition, these law enforcement officials claimed, the Shin Bet is also averse to locking horns with politicians from the extreme right-wing.
These politicians would rather turn a blind eye to such incidents because they don't want to anger their supporters, and often use the excuse that the perpetrators of such attacks are a fringe group of "wild kids." On the other hand, the legal system is worried about that one attack that would not be foiled and would start up a fire that cannot be put out.
Then, they fear, the accusatory finger will be pointed at them. The arson of the Dawabsheh family home could possibly be that attack. The sources stated that on top of restraining orders and indictments, there is no other option but to take an unusual approach when investigating these "price tag" attackers.
They proposed that in the initial stages, the State Attorney will prevent these detainees from speaking to a lawyer, similar to the treatment given to Palestinian detainees suspected of terror activity. In several meetings held at the attorney-general's office, legal officials once again emphasized that only a negligible percentage of "price tag" perpetrators are indicted because most of these attacks are sporadic in nature and because of the Shin Bet's unwillingness to expose Jewish sources, that are hard to come by as it is.
Legal officials rejected the claim that the legal system doesn't provide sufficient tools and does not help the Shin Bet and the defense establishment in the fight against the "price tag" phenomenon. Legal officials said that every time the Shin Bet has sufficient evidence against suspects, the legal system fully backs it.
They stated that, among other things, the legal system supported proposals to issue restraining orders and placing restrictions on "price tag" suspects, as well as provided IDF soldiers with efficient arrest authorities whenever the need arose to arrest a suspect in such an activity.
The Supreme Court is also mobilizing and signaling to lower courts that the price for these "price tag" perpetrators must increase.
A year ago, Justice Yitzchak Amit overturned a decision to release two suspects on house arrest. Following an appeal by the prosecution, Justice Amit decided to detain the suspects, who were charged with attacking and beating Palestinians with a racist motive.
"This was an act that was planned ahead of time, when the gang of lawbreakers equipped itself with rods and batons and balaclavas," he said. "They hit everywhere and even hit the head of one of them (their victims) after he had already tripped and fell. They didn't even take mercy on the horse."
A high-ranking legal source made it clear that the phrase "price tag" instead of "terrorism" provides legitimacy for indecisive treatment of the phenomenon. He said the perpetrators are interested in undermining the government and to deter it from evacuating illegal settlements. He argued that while the Palestinians are the victims - the real target is the elected government.
Tensions rising in West Bank as settlers, IDF clash with Palestinians
Dozens of settlers from the Esh Kodesh attack Palestinian farmers, trying to stop them from working their land; Palestinians clash with security forces at funeral of 17-year-old killed by IDF fire after throwing a Molotov cocktail at troops.
Clashes continued into the late afternoon hours on Saturday across the West Bank and in Jerusalem, as masked Palestinians used burning tires to block the main road outside Duma, where unknown Jewish perpetrators set fire to the Dawabsheh family home, killing 22-month-old Ali Dawabsheh and seriously wounding his parents and brother.
Palestinian youths clashed with security forces in the Jalazun refugee camp on Saturday afternoon following the funeral of Leith Khalidi, 17, who was killed by IDF fire on Friday night after throwing a Molotov cocktail at troops near Birzeit north of Ramallah.
On Saturday morning, Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian farmers from the village Qusra, who were preparing the land for planting some 100 meters from the security fence of the settlement Esh Kodesh.
The Palestinian farmers, who were using a mechanical bagger, halted their work when settlers from Esh Kodesh, who had called the IDF, arrived at the scene. There was an exchange of words between the Palestinians and the settlers, which devolved into rock throwing. The incident was over rather quickly after the IDF separated the parties.
The dispute surrounds the question of land ownership, and officers from the military coordination office were on the scene to examine whether the work was being conducted in area B or C.
These clashes are a regular occurrence in the agricultural plots surrounding Qusra. The settlers claim that the land belongs to the State of Israel, and that a Jewish-owned vineyard nearby was set ablaze by the Palestinians.
According to the settlers, the work was a provocation orchestrated by the organization "Rabbis for Human Rights" (a pro-Palestinian human rights organization), and other European left-wing activists who arrived with locals from the nearby villages in order to build infrastructure on disputed land.
Overnight violence
Additional clashes and protests erupted in the West Bank Friday, giving rise to intense fears of further escalation.
Riots first began in Jerusalem where Hamas had already declared a "Day of Rage" following clashes at the Temple Mount. The Palestinian organization based in Gaza then called on West Bank residents to demonstrate in response to the Duma Jewish terrorist attack.
One police officer was lightly wounded by broken glass from a bottle thrown at security forces in the Old City of Jerusalem alongside rocks and other objects. One Palestinian was arrested.
Several young Palestinians threw rocks at the entrance to Qalandiya, just north of Jerusalem. Border Police responded with tear gas, dispersing the crowd.
In Isawiya in East Jerusalem, Border Police clashed with dozens of Palestinians who threw fire bombs and stones at security forces. The rioters were met with riot-control measures and pushed back toward the center of the neighborhood.
High-ranked law enforcement officials explained that the Shin Bet knows how to map all of the activists and their different ties, but usually refuses to bring the evidence it collects in front of the court, because they don't want to risk losing their sources.
These officials claimed that due to cost-effectiveness considerations, the Shin Bet would even rather bear the local incidents rather than reveal their sources. In addition, these law enforcement officials claimed, the Shin Bet is also averse to locking horns with politicians from the extreme right-wing.
These politicians would rather turn a blind eye to such incidents because they don't want to anger their supporters, and often use the excuse that the perpetrators of such attacks are a fringe group of "wild kids." On the other hand, the legal system is worried about that one attack that would not be foiled and would start up a fire that cannot be put out.
Then, they fear, the accusatory finger will be pointed at them. The arson of the Dawabsheh family home could possibly be that attack. The sources stated that on top of restraining orders and indictments, there is no other option but to take an unusual approach when investigating these "price tag" attackers.
They proposed that in the initial stages, the State Attorney will prevent these detainees from speaking to a lawyer, similar to the treatment given to Palestinian detainees suspected of terror activity. In several meetings held at the attorney-general's office, legal officials once again emphasized that only a negligible percentage of "price tag" perpetrators are indicted because most of these attacks are sporadic in nature and because of the Shin Bet's unwillingness to expose Jewish sources, that are hard to come by as it is.
Legal officials rejected the claim that the legal system doesn't provide sufficient tools and does not help the Shin Bet and the defense establishment in the fight against the "price tag" phenomenon. Legal officials said that every time the Shin Bet has sufficient evidence against suspects, the legal system fully backs it.
They stated that, among other things, the legal system supported proposals to issue restraining orders and placing restrictions on "price tag" suspects, as well as provided IDF soldiers with efficient arrest authorities whenever the need arose to arrest a suspect in such an activity.
The Supreme Court is also mobilizing and signaling to lower courts that the price for these "price tag" perpetrators must increase.
A year ago, Justice Yitzchak Amit overturned a decision to release two suspects on house arrest. Following an appeal by the prosecution, Justice Amit decided to detain the suspects, who were charged with attacking and beating Palestinians with a racist motive.
"This was an act that was planned ahead of time, when the gang of lawbreakers equipped itself with rods and batons and balaclavas," he said. "They hit everywhere and even hit the head of one of them (their victims) after he had already tripped and fell. They didn't even take mercy on the horse."
A high-ranking legal source made it clear that the phrase "price tag" instead of "terrorism" provides legitimacy for indecisive treatment of the phenomenon. He said the perpetrators are interested in undermining the government and to deter it from evacuating illegal settlements. He argued that while the Palestinians are the victims - the real target is the elected government.
Tensions rising in West Bank as settlers, IDF clash with Palestinians
Dozens of settlers from the Esh Kodesh attack Palestinian farmers, trying to stop them from working their land; Palestinians clash with security forces at funeral of 17-year-old killed by IDF fire after throwing a Molotov cocktail at troops.
Clashes continued into the late afternoon hours on Saturday across the West Bank and in Jerusalem, as masked Palestinians used burning tires to block the main road outside Duma, where unknown Jewish perpetrators set fire to the Dawabsheh family home, killing 22-month-old Ali Dawabsheh and seriously wounding his parents and brother.
Palestinian youths clashed with security forces in the Jalazun refugee camp on Saturday afternoon following the funeral of Leith Khalidi, 17, who was killed by IDF fire on Friday night after throwing a Molotov cocktail at troops near Birzeit north of Ramallah.
On Saturday morning, Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian farmers from the village Qusra, who were preparing the land for planting some 100 meters from the security fence of the settlement Esh Kodesh.
The Palestinian farmers, who were using a mechanical bagger, halted their work when settlers from Esh Kodesh, who had called the IDF, arrived at the scene. There was an exchange of words between the Palestinians and the settlers, which devolved into rock throwing. The incident was over rather quickly after the IDF separated the parties.
The dispute surrounds the question of land ownership, and officers from the military coordination office were on the scene to examine whether the work was being conducted in area B or C.
These clashes are a regular occurrence in the agricultural plots surrounding Qusra. The settlers claim that the land belongs to the State of Israel, and that a Jewish-owned vineyard nearby was set ablaze by the Palestinians.
According to the settlers, the work was a provocation orchestrated by the organization "Rabbis for Human Rights" (a pro-Palestinian human rights organization), and other European left-wing activists who arrived with locals from the nearby villages in order to build infrastructure on disputed land.
Overnight violence
Additional clashes and protests erupted in the West Bank Friday, giving rise to intense fears of further escalation.
Riots first began in Jerusalem where Hamas had already declared a "Day of Rage" following clashes at the Temple Mount. The Palestinian organization based in Gaza then called on West Bank residents to demonstrate in response to the Duma Jewish terrorist attack.
One police officer was lightly wounded by broken glass from a bottle thrown at security forces in the Old City of Jerusalem alongside rocks and other objects. One Palestinian was arrested.
Several young Palestinians threw rocks at the entrance to Qalandiya, just north of Jerusalem. Border Police responded with tear gas, dispersing the crowd.
In Isawiya in East Jerusalem, Border Police clashed with dozens of Palestinians who threw fire bombs and stones at security forces. The rioters were met with riot-control measures and pushed back toward the center of the neighborhood.
Clashes broke out on Friday night in the neighborhoods and villages of Jerusalem in response to the settlers’ crime against Dawabsheh family house in the village of Duma south of Nablus which led to the Martyrdom of the baby Ali and the injury of his family members with critical burns.
Shu’fat refugee camp…
The spokesman of Fateh Movement in Shu’fat refugee camp, Thaer Fasfoos, explained that clashes broke out in the camp and led to the injury of a group of young men with rubber bullets and sound grenades; locals also suffocated due to tear-gas grenades.
The injuries were as follows:
Esawyeh
Mohammad Abu Hummos, member of follow-up committee in the village of Esawyeh, explained that clashes broke out in Esawyeh and lasted for several hours especially in the “schools’ neighborhood” in which locals suffocated due to the smell of wastewater.
During the clashes, the 93-old Amneh Mahmoud and the 48-year old Um Fadi Mahmoud suffocated after wastewater was directly sprayed at their houses; note that they were transferred to a medical center for treatment.
Wastewater was also directly sprayed towards the houses of Khader Mustafa, Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud and his son.
Abu Hummos also added that the occupation forces closed the eastern entrance of the village of Esawyeh with soil, big rocks and cement blocks as a collective punishment to the locals of the village.
One Jerusalemite young man was injured with a rubber bullet underneath his eye during the clashes in the village and was then transferred to the hospital for treatment.
The occupation forces targeted the photographer of the “Jerusalem” newspaper while he was in the village as the forces fired a bullet towards his car and partially damaged the front shield.
Al-Sowaneh…Jabal Al-Mukabber…Al-Tur…Beit Hanina and Wad Al-Joz
A group of young men threw firecrackers towards the settlement of Bet Aort and the occupation forces were deployed around the settlement. Also, young men threw Molotov Cocktails towards settlement outposts in Beit Hanina.
Clashes also broke out in Al-Tur and Jabal Al-Mukabber and young men threw firecrackers towards a police vehicle in the neighborhood of Wad Al-Joz.
Silwan…
The occupation forces arrested the 19-year old Amer Zidani in the neighborhood of Ein Al-Lozeh in Silwan when there were no clashes in the area; note that the police extended his arrest for 24 hours as explained by his brother Basem Zidani.
Also, several young men threw firecrackers towards a police vehicle while passing in Ein Al-Lozeh Street in Silwan.
PA calls for blacklisting of Israeli settlers
The Palestinian Authority has rejected Israel's condemnation of the killing of a Palestinian infant in the West Bank city of Nablus by Jewish settlers as insufficient. The PA is insisting that the illegal settlers must be blacklisted as terrorists, Quds Press reported on Friday.
A group of Jewish settlers threw firebombs and burning material inside a Palestinian house in Nablus on Friday morning, burning an 18-month old baby to death and causing severe burns to three of his family members, including his father, who is now in a critical condition.
"This crime is a shameful stigma on the forehead of the international community," said the PA foreign ministry. "The world has repeatedly ignored the systematic terrorism of Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians."
The ministry stressed it rejection of the official Israeli response, which only condemned the killing. "The Israeli government bears direct responsibility for this terrorist act as it is intentionally keeping silent and is refusing to brand these groups as illegal," the statement said. "Condemnation is no more enough or even acceptable as a response by the international community towards such a crime.
This weak position of the international community will not stop such attacks, the perpetrators of which are protected by official Israeli institutions and supported by Israeli ministers and Knesset members."
Shu’fat refugee camp…
The spokesman of Fateh Movement in Shu’fat refugee camp, Thaer Fasfoos, explained that clashes broke out in the camp and led to the injury of a group of young men with rubber bullets and sound grenades; locals also suffocated due to tear-gas grenades.
The injuries were as follows:
- Six young men were injured in the head…one critical injury that was transferred to the hospital and five others with rubber bullets in addition to one injury with a tear gas grenade that required three stitches.
- One young man directly injured in his hand with a sound grenade that caused a deep cut.
- One young man injured with a rubber bullet in his back and suffered a deep cut.
- Four injuries with rubber bullets in the limbs.
Esawyeh
Mohammad Abu Hummos, member of follow-up committee in the village of Esawyeh, explained that clashes broke out in Esawyeh and lasted for several hours especially in the “schools’ neighborhood” in which locals suffocated due to the smell of wastewater.
During the clashes, the 93-old Amneh Mahmoud and the 48-year old Um Fadi Mahmoud suffocated after wastewater was directly sprayed at their houses; note that they were transferred to a medical center for treatment.
Wastewater was also directly sprayed towards the houses of Khader Mustafa, Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud and his son.
Abu Hummos also added that the occupation forces closed the eastern entrance of the village of Esawyeh with soil, big rocks and cement blocks as a collective punishment to the locals of the village.
One Jerusalemite young man was injured with a rubber bullet underneath his eye during the clashes in the village and was then transferred to the hospital for treatment.
The occupation forces targeted the photographer of the “Jerusalem” newspaper while he was in the village as the forces fired a bullet towards his car and partially damaged the front shield.
Al-Sowaneh…Jabal Al-Mukabber…Al-Tur…Beit Hanina and Wad Al-Joz
A group of young men threw firecrackers towards the settlement of Bet Aort and the occupation forces were deployed around the settlement. Also, young men threw Molotov Cocktails towards settlement outposts in Beit Hanina.
Clashes also broke out in Al-Tur and Jabal Al-Mukabber and young men threw firecrackers towards a police vehicle in the neighborhood of Wad Al-Joz.
Silwan…
The occupation forces arrested the 19-year old Amer Zidani in the neighborhood of Ein Al-Lozeh in Silwan when there were no clashes in the area; note that the police extended his arrest for 24 hours as explained by his brother Basem Zidani.
Also, several young men threw firecrackers towards a police vehicle while passing in Ein Al-Lozeh Street in Silwan.
PA calls for blacklisting of Israeli settlers
The Palestinian Authority has rejected Israel's condemnation of the killing of a Palestinian infant in the West Bank city of Nablus by Jewish settlers as insufficient. The PA is insisting that the illegal settlers must be blacklisted as terrorists, Quds Press reported on Friday.
A group of Jewish settlers threw firebombs and burning material inside a Palestinian house in Nablus on Friday morning, burning an 18-month old baby to death and causing severe burns to three of his family members, including his father, who is now in a critical condition.
"This crime is a shameful stigma on the forehead of the international community," said the PA foreign ministry. "The world has repeatedly ignored the systematic terrorism of Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians."
The ministry stressed it rejection of the official Israeli response, which only condemned the killing. "The Israeli government bears direct responsibility for this terrorist act as it is intentionally keeping silent and is refusing to brand these groups as illegal," the statement said. "Condemnation is no more enough or even acceptable as a response by the international community towards such a crime.
This weak position of the international community will not stop such attacks, the perpetrators of which are protected by official Israeli institutions and supported by Israeli ministers and Knesset members."
By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine
I am not particularly eager to hurl the Nazi epithet at Jews. I know that many Jews harbor a great deal of rectitude and would never condone the evil crimes committed in their name.
However, when some Jews think, behave and act like the Nazis thought, behaved and acted, we must not hesitate to call the spade a spade, even if the whole world thinks otherwise.
The burning to death last night of an 18-month-old Palestinian child, Ali Saad Dawabsha, at the hands of genocidal Jewish settlers south of Nablus is a Nazi act par excellence.
Therefore, we must not indulge in prevarication or verbal juggling, or make red-herring arguments, in an attempt to dilute the issue or make it look banal.
The incident was by no means an isolated one. A year ago, Nazi-like Jewish settlers burned alive a Palestinian boy after kidnapping him and taking him to a remote place, where they pumped gasoline into his belly before setting him on fire.
Unfortunately, Israeli government officials continued to treat this growing phenomenon as a Hasbara issue rather than a terror issue.
This is why Israeli and Jewish officials are often seen struggling to find extenuating circumstances and excuses in order to mitigate the enormity and brutal ugliness of the crimes.
But this approach ultimately encourages the Judeo-Nazi elements to carry out more heinous crimes against the virtually completely unprotected Palestinian population.
We all know that the Palestinian Authority (PA) can't provide any semblance of protection for the Palestinian people just as the Judenrates (or Jewish councils) under the Nazis didn't provide any protection for European Jewry from the Nazi killing machine.
Israel does have the ability to rein in Jewish terrorists who carry out these evil crimes. But Israel lacks the will and the inclination to stem the tide of Jewish terror against Palestinian civilians.
In fact, one wouldn't exaggerate a bit by saying that the Israeli political and security authorities use Jewish terror in the West Bank as a political tool to expedite sinister Israeli goals and policies.
This is the only inevitable conclusion one would reach in light of the failure of the Israeli government to prevent the perpetration of thousands of attacks and acts of vandalism against Palestinians by fanatical Jewish extremists.
Needless to say, these extremists thrive thanks to a brashly-racist education system permeating through hundreds of Talmudic seminaries in Israel, whereby students are taught that non-Jews are infra-humans or animals walking on two legs and whose lives have absolutely no sanctity.
Hence, the claim that we occasionally hear from Zionist apologists that the Jewish terrorists who commit these Nazi-like crimes represent wild weeds should be taken with not a few grains of salt.
I am not claiming or suggesting that burning Palestinian kids alive is an expression of Jewish morality.
However, we cannot deny the fact that the terrorists have a considerable social base in Israel, including hundreds of rabbis who openly advocate and bless the nefarious acts.
Likewise, we can't ignore the fact that the terrorists and the school of thought they espouse and represent has been part and parcel of successive Israeli governments, including the current one.
The quasi-fascist party, known as ha-Bayt ha-Yahudi (Jewish Home) more or less controls the Israeli government. This is the party of the settlers.
The Israeli state is legally bound by international law to provide protection for the Palestinian people who languish under its occupation.
But as we all see Israel has gravely failed to carry out this task as is evident from the relentless persistence of murderous crimes by Jewish terrorists and Israeli security forces against Palestinians. In fact, Israel excels in and strives to torment and murder the Palestinians, much less tries to protect them.
This is why, the Palestinian people urgently needs a meaningful international protection from the ghoul of Jewish Nazism.
We hear and watch rabbis and other leaders in Israel shamelessly call for sending Palestinians to concentration camps. What is even more shocking is that we see how these genocidal urges fail to raise the eyebrows of the Israeli society.
So what are we really waiting for?
Today, the safety and survival of the Palestinian people in the West Bank in particular depends to a large extent on the good will of the international public opinion.
Should the world, God forbid, goes into a brief moment of slumber, Judeo-Nazi elements could seize the moment and embark on the unthinkable.
We should also remember that the holocaust didn't actually start with concentration camps as Auschwitz, Bergen Belsen, and Dachau.
It actually started with incidents very much like what the terrorists are doing to the helpless Palestinians.
The writings are on the wall.
Palestinians in Europe call for international events against Israel
General Secretariat for Palestinians in Europe Conference called for organizing a wave of large-scale protests and marches in condemnation of the Israeli crime of burning a Palestinian infant child alive at the hands of extremist Jewish settlers.
Majid al-Zir, the head of Palestinians in Europe Conference, said in a statement on Saturday that the settlers’ crimes in the West Bank could not be done unless there is conspiracy by the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) with those extremist settlers as it provides them with required protection and coverage to commit such crimes.
He demanded that those Jewish criminals, who burned the infant Ali Dawabsheh as well as the Jerusalemite minor Mohammad Abu Khdair, who was burned alive almost a year ago, should be prosecuted along with Israeli leaders.
Zir also emphasized the necessity to offer international protection for the Palestinian people living under occupation. He stressed that the settlers’ violations should be brought to an end by prohibiting them from entering the Palestinian territories.
He called on the international community to pressure the IOA to end the settlers’ violations against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
General Secretariat for Palestinians in Europe Conference underlined that settlers’ offenses constitute an obvious breach of human rights in general and child rights in particular. It pointed out that the Palestinian children have recently become targets of settlers’ repeated attacks and violations.
It opined that the Israeli policy of negligence toward settlers’ offensive actions in the West Bank and refraining from opening investigations in their crimes pave the way for more crimes committed against Palestinians.
I am not particularly eager to hurl the Nazi epithet at Jews. I know that many Jews harbor a great deal of rectitude and would never condone the evil crimes committed in their name.
However, when some Jews think, behave and act like the Nazis thought, behaved and acted, we must not hesitate to call the spade a spade, even if the whole world thinks otherwise.
The burning to death last night of an 18-month-old Palestinian child, Ali Saad Dawabsha, at the hands of genocidal Jewish settlers south of Nablus is a Nazi act par excellence.
Therefore, we must not indulge in prevarication or verbal juggling, or make red-herring arguments, in an attempt to dilute the issue or make it look banal.
The incident was by no means an isolated one. A year ago, Nazi-like Jewish settlers burned alive a Palestinian boy after kidnapping him and taking him to a remote place, where they pumped gasoline into his belly before setting him on fire.
Unfortunately, Israeli government officials continued to treat this growing phenomenon as a Hasbara issue rather than a terror issue.
This is why Israeli and Jewish officials are often seen struggling to find extenuating circumstances and excuses in order to mitigate the enormity and brutal ugliness of the crimes.
But this approach ultimately encourages the Judeo-Nazi elements to carry out more heinous crimes against the virtually completely unprotected Palestinian population.
We all know that the Palestinian Authority (PA) can't provide any semblance of protection for the Palestinian people just as the Judenrates (or Jewish councils) under the Nazis didn't provide any protection for European Jewry from the Nazi killing machine.
Israel does have the ability to rein in Jewish terrorists who carry out these evil crimes. But Israel lacks the will and the inclination to stem the tide of Jewish terror against Palestinian civilians.
In fact, one wouldn't exaggerate a bit by saying that the Israeli political and security authorities use Jewish terror in the West Bank as a political tool to expedite sinister Israeli goals and policies.
This is the only inevitable conclusion one would reach in light of the failure of the Israeli government to prevent the perpetration of thousands of attacks and acts of vandalism against Palestinians by fanatical Jewish extremists.
Needless to say, these extremists thrive thanks to a brashly-racist education system permeating through hundreds of Talmudic seminaries in Israel, whereby students are taught that non-Jews are infra-humans or animals walking on two legs and whose lives have absolutely no sanctity.
Hence, the claim that we occasionally hear from Zionist apologists that the Jewish terrorists who commit these Nazi-like crimes represent wild weeds should be taken with not a few grains of salt.
I am not claiming or suggesting that burning Palestinian kids alive is an expression of Jewish morality.
However, we cannot deny the fact that the terrorists have a considerable social base in Israel, including hundreds of rabbis who openly advocate and bless the nefarious acts.
Likewise, we can't ignore the fact that the terrorists and the school of thought they espouse and represent has been part and parcel of successive Israeli governments, including the current one.
The quasi-fascist party, known as ha-Bayt ha-Yahudi (Jewish Home) more or less controls the Israeli government. This is the party of the settlers.
The Israeli state is legally bound by international law to provide protection for the Palestinian people who languish under its occupation.
But as we all see Israel has gravely failed to carry out this task as is evident from the relentless persistence of murderous crimes by Jewish terrorists and Israeli security forces against Palestinians. In fact, Israel excels in and strives to torment and murder the Palestinians, much less tries to protect them.
This is why, the Palestinian people urgently needs a meaningful international protection from the ghoul of Jewish Nazism.
We hear and watch rabbis and other leaders in Israel shamelessly call for sending Palestinians to concentration camps. What is even more shocking is that we see how these genocidal urges fail to raise the eyebrows of the Israeli society.
So what are we really waiting for?
Today, the safety and survival of the Palestinian people in the West Bank in particular depends to a large extent on the good will of the international public opinion.
Should the world, God forbid, goes into a brief moment of slumber, Judeo-Nazi elements could seize the moment and embark on the unthinkable.
We should also remember that the holocaust didn't actually start with concentration camps as Auschwitz, Bergen Belsen, and Dachau.
It actually started with incidents very much like what the terrorists are doing to the helpless Palestinians.
The writings are on the wall.
Palestinians in Europe call for international events against Israel
General Secretariat for Palestinians in Europe Conference called for organizing a wave of large-scale protests and marches in condemnation of the Israeli crime of burning a Palestinian infant child alive at the hands of extremist Jewish settlers.
Majid al-Zir, the head of Palestinians in Europe Conference, said in a statement on Saturday that the settlers’ crimes in the West Bank could not be done unless there is conspiracy by the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) with those extremist settlers as it provides them with required protection and coverage to commit such crimes.
He demanded that those Jewish criminals, who burned the infant Ali Dawabsheh as well as the Jerusalemite minor Mohammad Abu Khdair, who was burned alive almost a year ago, should be prosecuted along with Israeli leaders.
Zir also emphasized the necessity to offer international protection for the Palestinian people living under occupation. He stressed that the settlers’ violations should be brought to an end by prohibiting them from entering the Palestinian territories.
He called on the international community to pressure the IOA to end the settlers’ violations against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
General Secretariat for Palestinians in Europe Conference underlined that settlers’ offenses constitute an obvious breach of human rights in general and child rights in particular. It pointed out that the Palestinian children have recently become targets of settlers’ repeated attacks and violations.
It opined that the Israeli policy of negligence toward settlers’ offensive actions in the West Bank and refraining from opening investigations in their crimes pave the way for more crimes committed against Palestinians.
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Dawabsheh family remain in critical condition; Palestinian officials, including PM Hamdallah, visit family members at hospital.
The parents and four-year-old brother of the Palestinian baby murdered in a Jewish terror attack remain in critical condition on Saturday, as a mourners tent was set up outside the Sheba Medical Center, where they are hospitalized, in memory of the slain baby.
"Burned alive," "The world is heartless" and "Don't burn the children" were some of the banners waved by children and teens that arrived at the mourning tent, and called to bring the killers to justice. Ali Dawabsheh was a year and 10 months old when he died.
Reham Dawabsheh, 27, Ali's mother, is suffering from burns on 90 percent of her body, while her son Ahmad, 4, is suffering from burns on 60 percent of his body. The two are hospitalized at the Sheba Medical Center. Saad Dawabsheh, 31, the father, is hospitalized at the Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva, with burns on 80 percent of his body. Their injuries are life-threatening.
Palestinian intelligence head Majid Faraj, negotiator Saeb Erekat and health minister Dr. Jawad Awaad visited Ahmad Dawabsheh in the hospital on Saturday at noontime.
Faraj and Erekat also visited the mourners tent along with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, while Awaad also visited the father of the family at the Soroka Medical Center.
Nasser, Saad Dawabsheh's brother, who arrived at the Soroka Medical Center, demanded on the Israeli government "to provide us protection as a people living under the occupation, the stop the murderers and bring them to justice."
"This is a government that encourages settlers, that keep saying slogans like 'Death to Arabs', so the government is part of the incitement," he added.
The attack was strongly condemned both in Israel and abroad.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas compared the crime to the 2014 murder of Abu Khdeir. "This is another crime committed by the settlers and the Israeli government," he said.
"The Israeli government continues to build settlements everywhere in the West Bank, and thus encourages settlers to commit these acts. We condemn the Israeli crimes – this is a war crime and a crime against humanity. We will take this to the International Criminal Court and no one will stop us from doing so. We demand that the world act. What does the United States think of these crimes? We don't hear from it. If the Israeli government and the Israeli military wanted to prevent these incidents, they could have prevent them."
Ahrar: "Seven Palestinians Killed In July"
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights has reported that Israeli soldiers have killed six Palestinians in the occupied territories, and kidnapped 316, while Israeli fanatics have killed a Palestinian baby, in July.
Ahrar said the army carried out the majority of abductions in occupied Jerusalem, where they have kidnapped 113 Palestinians, followed by the Hebron district, 57, Ramallah, 42, Bethlehem, 32, Nablus, 31, Jenin, 21, Tulkarem, 5, and 4 in Qalqilia.
Among the kidnapped are 20 children from different parts of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and sixteen women, mainly from Jerusalem.
The soldiers also kidnapped 11 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including three who were taken prisoner after crossing the border fence, and two on border terminals.
The Navy also continued its violations and attacks against Gaza fishers and fishing boats, and kidnapped six fishers in Gaza waters.
Ahrar further stated that Israeli soldiers, and Israeli fanatics, have killed six Palestinians in the West Bank, and one in the Gaza Strip.
The slain Palestinians are:
1. Mohammad Sami al-Kasba, 17, from the Qalandia refugee camp, Ramallah – killed by Israeli army fire.
2. Mohammad Maher ‘Alawna, 21, from Burqin in the Jenin district – killed by army fire.
3. Falah Hamdi Abu Mariya, 50, from Beit Ummar in the Hebron district – killed by army fire in his own home.
4. Mohammad Abu Latifa, 18, from the Qalandia refugee camp, Ramallah – killed by Israeli army fire.
5. Ali Dawabsha, 18 months of age, burnt to death after Israeli extremists firebombs his family home.
6. Mohammad Hamed al-Masri, 17, from Beit Lahia in northern Gaza – killed by Israeli army fire.
7. Laith Fadel al-Khalidi, 17, from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, in Ramallah, killed by Israeli army fire.
Haneyya to settlers’ arson attack victims: We share your pain
Deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haneyya expressed his condolences during a phone call with Dawabsheh family who lost their baby in a settlers’ arson attack.
Haneyya strongly condemned the heinous crime carried out by a group of settlers against a safe Palestinian family in Nablus.
"We stand behind you as we share your pain," he said during the phone conversation.
Haneyya expressed wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured family members who are still receiving treatment in hospital.
On Friday morning, a Palestinian toddler was burned to death while three of his family members were injured after a group of settlers deliberately set fire in two homes in Duma town south of Nablus.
Al-Qassam holds Israel responsible for Nablus arson attack
Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, held the Israeli occupation leaders fully responsible for the consequences of the settlers' arson attack on a Palestinian home, which rendered a Palestinian toddler dead in Nablus yesterday.
In a press release on Friday, spokesman for the Brigades Abu Obeida said that the Palestinian people and their resistance would not stay passive towards what he described as the heinous crime of killing Palestinian toddler Ali Dawabsheh and wounding his family.
"The resistance has the right to burn the ground underneath of those who burned toddler Ali Dawabsheh," the spokesman warned.
A horde of extremist Jewish settlers at dawn Friday torched two Palestinian house on the outskirts of Duma village, south of Nablus city, killing Ali Dawabsheh, 18 months, and seriously injuring his parents and four-year-old brother.
Third Palestinian killed in less than 24 hours
A Palestinian teen died late Friday evening of injuries he sustained during clashes at an Israeli military checkpoint near Ramallah in the West Bank, bringing the total deaths’ number to three in less than 24 hours.
Laith al-Khaldi, 17, from the Jifna village near Ramallah, was shot in the chest by an Israeli sniper during violent clashes that erupted at Atara checkpoint following the settlers’ arson attack in Duma town.
Al-Khaldi was shot and injured during similar clashes nearly a month ago in Jalazoun refugee camp.
Unfortunately, he didn’t survive this time like he did last month.
Earlier Friday evening, a 17-year-old teen was killed and another wounded when Israeli border soldiers opened fire at an angry march east of Beit Lahiya district in northern Gaza Strip protesting the settlers' deadly attack on a Palestinian family in Nablus.
On Friday morning, an 18-month-old baby was killed in an arson attack carried out by a group of Israeli settlers near Nablus. Three of his family members remain in critical condition.
Dawabsheh family remain in critical condition; Palestinian officials, including PM Hamdallah, visit family members at hospital.
The parents and four-year-old brother of the Palestinian baby murdered in a Jewish terror attack remain in critical condition on Saturday, as a mourners tent was set up outside the Sheba Medical Center, where they are hospitalized, in memory of the slain baby.
"Burned alive," "The world is heartless" and "Don't burn the children" were some of the banners waved by children and teens that arrived at the mourning tent, and called to bring the killers to justice. Ali Dawabsheh was a year and 10 months old when he died.
Reham Dawabsheh, 27, Ali's mother, is suffering from burns on 90 percent of her body, while her son Ahmad, 4, is suffering from burns on 60 percent of his body. The two are hospitalized at the Sheba Medical Center. Saad Dawabsheh, 31, the father, is hospitalized at the Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva, with burns on 80 percent of his body. Their injuries are life-threatening.
Palestinian intelligence head Majid Faraj, negotiator Saeb Erekat and health minister Dr. Jawad Awaad visited Ahmad Dawabsheh in the hospital on Saturday at noontime.
Faraj and Erekat also visited the mourners tent along with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, while Awaad also visited the father of the family at the Soroka Medical Center.
Nasser, Saad Dawabsheh's brother, who arrived at the Soroka Medical Center, demanded on the Israeli government "to provide us protection as a people living under the occupation, the stop the murderers and bring them to justice."
"This is a government that encourages settlers, that keep saying slogans like 'Death to Arabs', so the government is part of the incitement," he added.
The attack was strongly condemned both in Israel and abroad.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas compared the crime to the 2014 murder of Abu Khdeir. "This is another crime committed by the settlers and the Israeli government," he said.
"The Israeli government continues to build settlements everywhere in the West Bank, and thus encourages settlers to commit these acts. We condemn the Israeli crimes – this is a war crime and a crime against humanity. We will take this to the International Criminal Court and no one will stop us from doing so. We demand that the world act. What does the United States think of these crimes? We don't hear from it. If the Israeli government and the Israeli military wanted to prevent these incidents, they could have prevent them."
Ahrar: "Seven Palestinians Killed In July"
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights has reported that Israeli soldiers have killed six Palestinians in the occupied territories, and kidnapped 316, while Israeli fanatics have killed a Palestinian baby, in July.
Ahrar said the army carried out the majority of abductions in occupied Jerusalem, where they have kidnapped 113 Palestinians, followed by the Hebron district, 57, Ramallah, 42, Bethlehem, 32, Nablus, 31, Jenin, 21, Tulkarem, 5, and 4 in Qalqilia.
Among the kidnapped are 20 children from different parts of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and sixteen women, mainly from Jerusalem.
The soldiers also kidnapped 11 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including three who were taken prisoner after crossing the border fence, and two on border terminals.
The Navy also continued its violations and attacks against Gaza fishers and fishing boats, and kidnapped six fishers in Gaza waters.
Ahrar further stated that Israeli soldiers, and Israeli fanatics, have killed six Palestinians in the West Bank, and one in the Gaza Strip.
The slain Palestinians are:
1. Mohammad Sami al-Kasba, 17, from the Qalandia refugee camp, Ramallah – killed by Israeli army fire.
2. Mohammad Maher ‘Alawna, 21, from Burqin in the Jenin district – killed by army fire.
3. Falah Hamdi Abu Mariya, 50, from Beit Ummar in the Hebron district – killed by army fire in his own home.
4. Mohammad Abu Latifa, 18, from the Qalandia refugee camp, Ramallah – killed by Israeli army fire.
5. Ali Dawabsha, 18 months of age, burnt to death after Israeli extremists firebombs his family home.
6. Mohammad Hamed al-Masri, 17, from Beit Lahia in northern Gaza – killed by Israeli army fire.
7. Laith Fadel al-Khalidi, 17, from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, in Ramallah, killed by Israeli army fire.
Haneyya to settlers’ arson attack victims: We share your pain
Deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haneyya expressed his condolences during a phone call with Dawabsheh family who lost their baby in a settlers’ arson attack.
Haneyya strongly condemned the heinous crime carried out by a group of settlers against a safe Palestinian family in Nablus.
"We stand behind you as we share your pain," he said during the phone conversation.
Haneyya expressed wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured family members who are still receiving treatment in hospital.
On Friday morning, a Palestinian toddler was burned to death while three of his family members were injured after a group of settlers deliberately set fire in two homes in Duma town south of Nablus.
Al-Qassam holds Israel responsible for Nablus arson attack
Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, held the Israeli occupation leaders fully responsible for the consequences of the settlers' arson attack on a Palestinian home, which rendered a Palestinian toddler dead in Nablus yesterday.
In a press release on Friday, spokesman for the Brigades Abu Obeida said that the Palestinian people and their resistance would not stay passive towards what he described as the heinous crime of killing Palestinian toddler Ali Dawabsheh and wounding his family.
"The resistance has the right to burn the ground underneath of those who burned toddler Ali Dawabsheh," the spokesman warned.
A horde of extremist Jewish settlers at dawn Friday torched two Palestinian house on the outskirts of Duma village, south of Nablus city, killing Ali Dawabsheh, 18 months, and seriously injuring his parents and four-year-old brother.
Third Palestinian killed in less than 24 hours
A Palestinian teen died late Friday evening of injuries he sustained during clashes at an Israeli military checkpoint near Ramallah in the West Bank, bringing the total deaths’ number to three in less than 24 hours.
Laith al-Khaldi, 17, from the Jifna village near Ramallah, was shot in the chest by an Israeli sniper during violent clashes that erupted at Atara checkpoint following the settlers’ arson attack in Duma town.
Al-Khaldi was shot and injured during similar clashes nearly a month ago in Jalazoun refugee camp.
Unfortunately, he didn’t survive this time like he did last month.
Earlier Friday evening, a 17-year-old teen was killed and another wounded when Israeli border soldiers opened fire at an angry march east of Beit Lahiya district in northern Gaza Strip protesting the settlers' deadly attack on a Palestinian family in Nablus.
On Friday morning, an 18-month-old baby was killed in an arson attack carried out by a group of Israeli settlers near Nablus. Three of his family members remain in critical condition.
