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Mohamed Abu Khudeir, 16, june 12 2014 Burned alive by settlers |
4 july 2014
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15-year old Palestinian-America Tariq beaten by Israeli police
A Palestinian teenager identified by local sources as the cousin of the 16-year-old who was murdered on Wednesday was beaten and abducted by Israeli police on Thursday, and was refused medical treatment for his broken nose and other injuries while in custody. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has reported that over 170 Palestinians have been injured since Monday, when the bodies of three Israeli teenagers who had gone missing two weeks earlier were found. 15-year old Tariq was allegedly participating in one of several protests that |
took place in Shu'fat and nearby areas after Muhammad Abu Khdeir, 16, was abducted by Israelis, according to eyewitnesses, and later found burned to death on Wednesday.
Hundreds of Palestinians took part in the protests, which were met with tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and concussion grenades. At least three incidents have been reported of Israeli police and military using live ammunition against the demonstrators. Of the 170 injured since Monday, at least six are journalists.
Since his death Wednesday, the family of Muhammed Abu Khdeir has faced interrogations, DNA tests and a misinformation campaign started by the Israeli police to claim, based on no evidence, that the boy was killed in a family dispute -- in addition to the Israeli police refusing to look at surveillance video showing the assailants, which would normally be a major part of an investigation.
The attack on the 15-year-old appears to be the latest affront to a family that is mourning the brutal death of a child. Tariq is a Palestinian-American who was staying with family in Jerusalem when he was beaten and abducted by Israeli police. He full extent of his injuries is still unknown.
Hundreds of Palestinians took part in the protests, which were met with tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and concussion grenades. At least three incidents have been reported of Israeli police and military using live ammunition against the demonstrators. Of the 170 injured since Monday, at least six are journalists.
Since his death Wednesday, the family of Muhammed Abu Khdeir has faced interrogations, DNA tests and a misinformation campaign started by the Israeli police to claim, based on no evidence, that the boy was killed in a family dispute -- in addition to the Israeli police refusing to look at surveillance video showing the assailants, which would normally be a major part of an investigation.
The attack on the 15-year-old appears to be the latest affront to a family that is mourning the brutal death of a child. Tariq is a Palestinian-American who was staying with family in Jerusalem when he was beaten and abducted by Israeli police. He full extent of his injuries is still unknown.
Palestinian sources in occupied Jerusalem have reported that the clashes and confrontations between Israeli occupation soldiers have been ongoing, while hundreds Palestinians have been wounded since a number of extremist settlers abducted a murdered a Palestinian child in occupied Jerusalem, Wednesday.
The clashes have been taking place in several Arab neighborhoods and towns in the occupied city, especially in the neighborhood of Shu’fat, where the Palestinian child Mohammad Abu Khdeir, age 16, was born and lived until his abduction and murder, on Wednesday evening.
Medical sources said undercover forces of the Israeli army kidnapped six Palestinians in Shu’fat, assaulted and dragged several Palestinians, after soldiers infiltrated the neighborhood and fired rounds of live ammunition, wounding several Palestinians, including Tareq Salah Abu Khdeir. Salim Mousa Abu Khdeir and Amer al-Lifftawi.
The clashes extended from the Shu’fat neighborhood, to Beit Hanina nearby neighborhood, while medical sources said at least eight Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, mainly in the head and upper body parts.
Eyewitnesses said that, shortly after midnight, dozens of Palestinian youths surrounded a Palestinian home that was illegally taken over by fanatic Israeli settlers two years ago, and were attacked by more than 25 undercover soldiers who were hiding in the home.
The youths managed to torch the main door of the home, and some of its windows.
Four more Palestinians have been wounded in Shu’fat refugee camp, while soldiers kidnapped two Palestinian children. One Palestinian was moved to a local hospital after a soldier fired a gas bomb directly at him.
Several Palestinians were injured by live rounds at the Anata town junction, and more than twenty Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets and concussion grenades.
Two of the wounded Palestinians suffered head injuries after being hit by rubber-coated metal bullets, and were moved to a local hospital.
Clashes also continued in the at-Tour neighborhood, Silwan, Ras al-’Amoud and the al-Eesawiyya town in occupied Jerusalem.
In addition, one woman was shot in the back by a rubber bullet as she was standing in front of her home.
Local youth threw stones and Molotov cocktails at dozens of invading soldiers, who fired rounds of live ammunition.
At least ten Palestinians have been injured in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, after the soldiers invaded it, while resident Aisha Hamdan, 60 years of age, suffered a broken leg after she was hit by a concussion grenade, fired by the soldiers at her.
Hundreds of soldiers have also been deployed in areas separating between the French Hill, the Hebrew University and the Hadassah Hospital, in order to prevent the protesters from entering those areas, where they fired several rounds of live ammunition at them.
In al-Ram, at least three Palestinians have been wounded, while undercover forces of the Israeli military kidnapped at least three more Palestinians.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians in a number of neighborhoods in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.
One Palestinian, identified as Nidal Amin Shqeirat, 33, suffered various cuts and bruises after being violently assaulted and beaten by Israeli soldiers in Jabal al-Mokabber.
The soldiers prevented a Palestinian ambulance crew from reaching him, an issue that led to further clashes.
Meanwhile, dozens of extremist Israeli settlers attacked the Mamanallah Mall, chanting slogans, including “Death To Arabs”, and “Revenge” before trying to attack Palestinian workers and residents.
The police arrived at the scene and forced the settlers out, but did not arrest any of them.
Six Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli undercover forces in Jerusalem clashes
Six Palestinian young men were kidnapped by Israeli undercover forces in a wave of brutal clashes that broke out Thursday in occupied Jerusalem following the kidnapping and murder of Palestinian child Mohamed Abu Khudeir.
Jerusalemite sources identified some of the abducted citizens as Amer Al-Laftawi, 30, Kareem Abu Khdeir, 21, and Tarek Abu Khdeir.
The Israeli kidnappers dragged all the Palestinian hostages to an unknown location, the sources added.
Heavy firing of tear gas and stun grenades by the Israeli occupation police took place during the events.
The IOF have been heavily deployed in Jerusalem in anticipation of further escalation of the ongoing clashes in different areas of east Jerusalem neighborhoods.
The confrontations started last Wednesday morning and led to severe injuries among scores of Palestinian civilians after extremist Jewish settlers kidnapped Abu Khdeir and murdered him in cold blood.
In a related event, Beit Hanina natives have been on the alert to the attempts of Israeli extremist settlers to kidnap Jerusalemite child Muhammad Ali al-Kiswani, 11, from the town, north of Jerusalem.
The clashes have been taking place in several Arab neighborhoods and towns in the occupied city, especially in the neighborhood of Shu’fat, where the Palestinian child Mohammad Abu Khdeir, age 16, was born and lived until his abduction and murder, on Wednesday evening.
Medical sources said undercover forces of the Israeli army kidnapped six Palestinians in Shu’fat, assaulted and dragged several Palestinians, after soldiers infiltrated the neighborhood and fired rounds of live ammunition, wounding several Palestinians, including Tareq Salah Abu Khdeir. Salim Mousa Abu Khdeir and Amer al-Lifftawi.
The clashes extended from the Shu’fat neighborhood, to Beit Hanina nearby neighborhood, while medical sources said at least eight Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, mainly in the head and upper body parts.
Eyewitnesses said that, shortly after midnight, dozens of Palestinian youths surrounded a Palestinian home that was illegally taken over by fanatic Israeli settlers two years ago, and were attacked by more than 25 undercover soldiers who were hiding in the home.
The youths managed to torch the main door of the home, and some of its windows.
Four more Palestinians have been wounded in Shu’fat refugee camp, while soldiers kidnapped two Palestinian children. One Palestinian was moved to a local hospital after a soldier fired a gas bomb directly at him.
Several Palestinians were injured by live rounds at the Anata town junction, and more than twenty Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets and concussion grenades.
Two of the wounded Palestinians suffered head injuries after being hit by rubber-coated metal bullets, and were moved to a local hospital.
Clashes also continued in the at-Tour neighborhood, Silwan, Ras al-’Amoud and the al-Eesawiyya town in occupied Jerusalem.
In addition, one woman was shot in the back by a rubber bullet as she was standing in front of her home.
Local youth threw stones and Molotov cocktails at dozens of invading soldiers, who fired rounds of live ammunition.
At least ten Palestinians have been injured in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, after the soldiers invaded it, while resident Aisha Hamdan, 60 years of age, suffered a broken leg after she was hit by a concussion grenade, fired by the soldiers at her.
Hundreds of soldiers have also been deployed in areas separating between the French Hill, the Hebrew University and the Hadassah Hospital, in order to prevent the protesters from entering those areas, where they fired several rounds of live ammunition at them.
In al-Ram, at least three Palestinians have been wounded, while undercover forces of the Israeli military kidnapped at least three more Palestinians.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians in a number of neighborhoods in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.
One Palestinian, identified as Nidal Amin Shqeirat, 33, suffered various cuts and bruises after being violently assaulted and beaten by Israeli soldiers in Jabal al-Mokabber.
The soldiers prevented a Palestinian ambulance crew from reaching him, an issue that led to further clashes.
Meanwhile, dozens of extremist Israeli settlers attacked the Mamanallah Mall, chanting slogans, including “Death To Arabs”, and “Revenge” before trying to attack Palestinian workers and residents.
The police arrived at the scene and forced the settlers out, but did not arrest any of them.
Six Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli undercover forces in Jerusalem clashes
Six Palestinian young men were kidnapped by Israeli undercover forces in a wave of brutal clashes that broke out Thursday in occupied Jerusalem following the kidnapping and murder of Palestinian child Mohamed Abu Khudeir.
Jerusalemite sources identified some of the abducted citizens as Amer Al-Laftawi, 30, Kareem Abu Khdeir, 21, and Tarek Abu Khdeir.
The Israeli kidnappers dragged all the Palestinian hostages to an unknown location, the sources added.
Heavy firing of tear gas and stun grenades by the Israeli occupation police took place during the events.
The IOF have been heavily deployed in Jerusalem in anticipation of further escalation of the ongoing clashes in different areas of east Jerusalem neighborhoods.
The confrontations started last Wednesday morning and led to severe injuries among scores of Palestinian civilians after extremist Jewish settlers kidnapped Abu Khdeir and murdered him in cold blood.
In a related event, Beit Hanina natives have been on the alert to the attempts of Israeli extremist settlers to kidnap Jerusalemite child Muhammad Ali al-Kiswani, 11, from the town, north of Jerusalem.
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By Khalid Amayreh in Occupied Palestine
I realize that the title of this article might offend and provoke many people, especially those adhering to the Judaic faith. I do know that Jews, like everyone else, are not carbon copies of each other. There are many conscientious Jews who believe in fairness and basic human equality regardless of color, race and faith, and strongly reject racism and chauvinism in any form. These people I salute for their rectitude, humanity and morality. They are our natural partners for peace and a better tomorrow for our children and their children. |
Israeli girls write that "To hate #Arabs is not racism"!
But there are numerous other Jews who don't believe in human equality and justice for all. Indeed, there are many Jews, e.g. followers of the hateful Chabad sect, who don't even ascribe full humanity to people who are not members of the Jewish faith.
Needless to say, the venomous ideology adopted by these racist fanatics has much in common with Aryan Nazism.
What else can be said to describe an ideology that teaches adherents that the life of a non-Jew has no sanctity and that goyem can be murdered without the slightest compunction or feeling of guilt?
The shocking reactions by the Israeli government, rabbis, and community leaders to the latest abduction, murder and subsequent burning of a Palestinian child near Jerusalem are very telling.
In a certain sense, these reactions and attitudes can be compared to the reactions and attitudes of many Germans to the pogroms carried out against Jews by the Nazis prior to and during the Second World War.
But there are numerous other Jews who don't believe in human equality and justice for all. Indeed, there are many Jews, e.g. followers of the hateful Chabad sect, who don't even ascribe full humanity to people who are not members of the Jewish faith.
Needless to say, the venomous ideology adopted by these racist fanatics has much in common with Aryan Nazism.
What else can be said to describe an ideology that teaches adherents that the life of a non-Jew has no sanctity and that goyem can be murdered without the slightest compunction or feeling of guilt?
The shocking reactions by the Israeli government, rabbis, and community leaders to the latest abduction, murder and subsequent burning of a Palestinian child near Jerusalem are very telling.
In a certain sense, these reactions and attitudes can be compared to the reactions and attitudes of many Germans to the pogroms carried out against Jews by the Nazis prior to and during the Second World War.
“Death penalty to terrorists! and to the haters of Israel!
The gleefully despicable embrace of the brashly hideous crime by the bulk of the Israeli Jewish society underscores the fact that millions of Jews in Israel and abroad do harbor certain Nazi tendencies, especially against the Palestinian people. These tendencies are too real and too tangible to be overstated.
Indeed, the conspicuous reluctance of the Israeli government to condemn the murder of Muhammad Khdier is more than ominous. I am not eager to demonize Jews or hurl on them the Nazi epithet.
However, we must call the spade a spade, even at the expense of upsetting the huge Zionist propaganda machine which habitually alters the black into white and the blatant big lie into a "truth" glorified by sheepish westerners who have long been brainwashed into believing that Israel is a modern, civilized and democratic state.
In the final analysis, when Jews (or anyone else) think, behave and act like the Nazis thought, behaved and acted, they simply become Nazis. Pure and simple.
The gleefully despicable embrace of the brashly hideous crime by the bulk of the Israeli Jewish society underscores the fact that millions of Jews in Israel and abroad do harbor certain Nazi tendencies, especially against the Palestinian people. These tendencies are too real and too tangible to be overstated.
Indeed, the conspicuous reluctance of the Israeli government to condemn the murder of Muhammad Khdier is more than ominous. I am not eager to demonize Jews or hurl on them the Nazi epithet.
However, we must call the spade a spade, even at the expense of upsetting the huge Zionist propaganda machine which habitually alters the black into white and the blatant big lie into a "truth" glorified by sheepish westerners who have long been brainwashed into believing that Israel is a modern, civilized and democratic state.
In the final analysis, when Jews (or anyone else) think, behave and act like the Nazis thought, behaved and acted, they simply become Nazis. Pure and simple.
Blood=blood, we want revenge. Give the army the chance to win
Today, there are numerous Jews who openly call for the physical annihilation of Palestinians as retaliation for the abduction and killing of three Jewish settlers in the West Bank.
Saber-rattling rabbis speak menacingly of the need to adopt "the Biblical way" to combat the Palestinians.
For those not versed in Jewish phraseology, "Biblical way" is euphemism for genocide.
Today, the Israeli media reported that some army personnel openly appealed to the government to "give us the green light to annihilate them."!!!
Today, there are numerous Jews who openly call for the physical annihilation of Palestinians as retaliation for the abduction and killing of three Jewish settlers in the West Bank.
Saber-rattling rabbis speak menacingly of the need to adopt "the Biblical way" to combat the Palestinians.
For those not versed in Jewish phraseology, "Biblical way" is euphemism for genocide.
Today, the Israeli media reported that some army personnel openly appealed to the government to "give us the green light to annihilate them."!!!
Just read what thousands of Jewish youths have been writing on their Facebook pages! It is outrageous, disgusting and sheer evil.
To put it in a nutshell, Nazism is being regurgitated and exuded all over Israel. This is happening in broad daylight while professional liars like Binyamin Netanyahu are filling the ether with all sorts of shameless lies about Israel being victimized by the Palestinians.
Seventy-six years have passed since Kristalnacht. Today Jewish settlers in the west Bank, in close cooperation and coordination, with the Israeli army could very well carry out a huge pogrom against an innocent and helpless community which really finds itself very much in the same precarious and vulnerable position that European Jewry experienced prior to WWII.
I am not a prophet of doom and gloom, but the signs are unmistakably bleak.
A final point, the Palestinian people in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are surviving thanks to the good-will of the international public opinion. Should the international community go into a brief slumber, God forbid, Israel and its own Wehrmacht, SS, Gestapo and Hitler Youth might embark on the unthinkable. Don't you ever say Jews can't carry out a holocaust against their victims, the Palestinians?
Words can kill; words do kill.
Unfortunately, the chilling words we are hearing from many Israeli Jews these days leave no room for optimism. More pictures and video's
To put it in a nutshell, Nazism is being regurgitated and exuded all over Israel. This is happening in broad daylight while professional liars like Binyamin Netanyahu are filling the ether with all sorts of shameless lies about Israel being victimized by the Palestinians.
Seventy-six years have passed since Kristalnacht. Today Jewish settlers in the west Bank, in close cooperation and coordination, with the Israeli army could very well carry out a huge pogrom against an innocent and helpless community which really finds itself very much in the same precarious and vulnerable position that European Jewry experienced prior to WWII.
I am not a prophet of doom and gloom, but the signs are unmistakably bleak.
A final point, the Palestinian people in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are surviving thanks to the good-will of the international public opinion. Should the international community go into a brief slumber, God forbid, Israel and its own Wehrmacht, SS, Gestapo and Hitler Youth might embark on the unthinkable. Don't you ever say Jews can't carry out a holocaust against their victims, the Palestinians?
Words can kill; words do kill.
Unfortunately, the chilling words we are hearing from many Israeli Jews these days leave no room for optimism. More pictures and video's
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Israeli settlers attempted to kidnap a seven-year-old Palestinian child in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina overnight Thursday, locals said.
Witnesses told Ma'an that four settlers from Pisgat Zeev tried to kidnap Muhammad Ali al-Kiswani while he was playing in the neighborhood late Thursday after breaking the Ramadan fast. Children in the area alerted family members, who thwarted the attack, according to witnesses. The settlers fled on foot, locals said. An Israeli police spokesman could not be reached for comment. On Tuesday, Muhammad Abu Khdeir, 16, was kidnapped from the Shufat neighborhood and later found dead in a Jerusalem forest. His body was found badly burnt. |
Earlier, two settlers attempted to kidnap Mousa Zalloum, 10, in Beit Hanina, locals said. The kidnapping was reportedly thwarted by the boy's mother and local residents.
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At least 20 Palestinians were reported injured on Friday in clashes following the funeral of Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir, medics said.
Thousands of Palestinians gathered early Friday to receive the body of the 16-year-old boy after a Red Crescent ambulance collected the body from Hadassah hospital. Grieving Palestinian youths carried the teenager on their shoulders chanting "We have had enough!" as crowds waved Palestinian flags and shouted slogans demanding freedom. Crowds chanted "Allah Akbar!" and "We sacrifice our blood for you!" as Muhammad's body was taken for burial. |
Clashes broke out following the funeral procession, with Palestinian youths throwing rocks at Israeli forces, who responded with riot dispersal means.
At least 20 Palestinians have been shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets in the ongoing clashes.
Earlier, clashes were reported in the Old City of Jerusalem and Ras al-Amud, as young Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces.
Israeli police said "thousands" of officers were on the streets across East Jerusalem ahead of the teenager's funeral in the Shufat neighborhood, which coincided with the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
At least 20 Palestinians have been shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets in the ongoing clashes.
Earlier, clashes were reported in the Old City of Jerusalem and Ras al-Amud, as young Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces.
Israeli police said "thousands" of officers were on the streets across East Jerusalem ahead of the teenager's funeral in the Shufat neighborhood, which coincided with the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Bien Weidman reporter for BBC shot in the head by IDF
Just 8,000 Palestinian worshipers joined the prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, police said, with many staying away for fear of clashes with Israeli forces.
On the same day last year police reported a crowd of 80,000. Video
Barghouti: “This is campaign of collective punishment”
The past 24 hours have brought about an unprecedented explosion of settler aggression against Palestinians throughout the West Bank and Jerusalem, says Dr. Mustafa Barghouti of the Palestinian National Initiative Party (Mubadara). He adds, “we are currently witnessing a very serious qualitative change in the situation”.
“This is collective punishment. These are acts of revenge. The Israeli military is behaving like a gang, and it is allowing illegal settlers to conduct a war of terror against Palestinians,” say Barghouti.
After the killing of three Israeli teens in the West Bank, Israel began conducting a massive campaign of collective punishment across the occupied Palestinian territory, Barghouti said. This campaign includes the spreading and tightening of Israel’s system of checkpoints throughout the territories, preventing Palestinians from the West Bank from entering Jerusalem (and canceling all permits to do so), and preventing medical personnel from reaching their work in Jerusalem hospitals.
Additionally, according to Barghouti, permits for prayer have been canceled and UNRWA workers from the West Bank have been barred from reaching their headquarters in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem.
Secondly, Israeli forces have begun to demolish the homes of people they have labeled guilty, despite the fact that they have not demonstrated any physical proof of their guilt or allowed them any judicial process, argued Barghouti. The Israeli army has, thus far, destroyed three Palestinian homes in the last two days. All three are in the Hebron area.
The Shin Bet, Israel’s security service, has named Marwan Qawasmeh and Amer Abu Aisha, both residents of Hebron, as the primary suspects in the abduction and killing of the teens. Both men have spent time in Israeli prisons and have reportedly disappeared since the night the teens went missing. Israeli forces detonated explosive charges in both of their homes shortly after the teens’ bodies were found Monday evening.
Overnight on Tuesday, Israeli forced destroyed the home of Ziad Awad, one of two Palestinians charged with the murder of off-duty Israeli police officer Baruch Mizrahi in April of this year. Awad had recently been released as part of the Israel-Hamas prisoner swap in 2011.
According to Barghouti, Israeli authorities have recently given additional orders to demolish the homes of three past prisoners in the Ramallah area: Bajes Nakhleh (Jalazone refugee camp), Mohammad Duheish (Jalazone refugee camp), and Abbas Qur’an (Al-Bireh).
“Israel, who claims itself as a democratic country that respects the rule of law, is violating every principle of the rule of law by demolishing the houses of people without any single proof that they are responsible for this incident,” said Barghouti.
The Israeli army shot and killed a 16-year-old boy during clashes in the Jenin refugee camp early Tuesday morning. “Yousef Abu Zagha was killed for no reason – in cold blood,” Barghouti said. “We have confirmed this. It is absolutely not true that he tried to attack the army. He presented no threat whatsoever.”
The most important issue that has arisen since the bodies of the three Israeli teens were found two days ago is the overwhelming rise in extremist settler attacks against Palestinians, according to Barghouti. “We have had reports over the last 24 hours of Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian citizens all over the West Bank and Jerusalem, particularly in the Jerusalem, Nablus and Hebron areas,” said Barghouti.
Over the last 12 hours, there have been two instances of kidnapping carried out by Israelis against Palestinians in Jerusalem.
Two Israeli settlers reportedly attempted to force Mousa Rami Zalloum, 10, into a car in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of Jerusalem Tuesday morning. The boy was prevented from being pulled into the car after his mother and local residents grabbed him from the two assailants.
Overnight on Tuesday, however, reports rolled in that a Palestinian teen had been forced into a car by Israelis in the Shu’fat area of East Jerusalem. Residents said that cameras in the area confirm that three Israeli men forced Mohammad Hussein Abu Khdeir, 16, into a Hyundai in front of the boy’s home before speeding off. His burnt body was found by Israeli police in West Jerusalem early Tuesday morning.
The boy’s murder sparked clashes between Palestinian residents and Israeli security forces throughout the eastern half of the city. Police responded with rubber-coated steel bullets and stun grenades.
Tensions have peaked in Jerusalem since the three Israeli teens were buried Tuesday evening. Shortly after the funeral, hundreds of right-wing Israelis poured through the streets, chanting “death to Arabs.”
Barghouti appealed to the international community for help. “There is currently no system in place to protect us. We urge members of the international community to step in and protect the Palestinian people.”
The Hebron Defense Committee has also issued an urgent appeal to the international community.
Just 8,000 Palestinian worshipers joined the prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, police said, with many staying away for fear of clashes with Israeli forces.
On the same day last year police reported a crowd of 80,000. Video
Barghouti: “This is campaign of collective punishment”
The past 24 hours have brought about an unprecedented explosion of settler aggression against Palestinians throughout the West Bank and Jerusalem, says Dr. Mustafa Barghouti of the Palestinian National Initiative Party (Mubadara). He adds, “we are currently witnessing a very serious qualitative change in the situation”.
“This is collective punishment. These are acts of revenge. The Israeli military is behaving like a gang, and it is allowing illegal settlers to conduct a war of terror against Palestinians,” say Barghouti.
After the killing of three Israeli teens in the West Bank, Israel began conducting a massive campaign of collective punishment across the occupied Palestinian territory, Barghouti said. This campaign includes the spreading and tightening of Israel’s system of checkpoints throughout the territories, preventing Palestinians from the West Bank from entering Jerusalem (and canceling all permits to do so), and preventing medical personnel from reaching their work in Jerusalem hospitals.
Additionally, according to Barghouti, permits for prayer have been canceled and UNRWA workers from the West Bank have been barred from reaching their headquarters in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem.
Secondly, Israeli forces have begun to demolish the homes of people they have labeled guilty, despite the fact that they have not demonstrated any physical proof of their guilt or allowed them any judicial process, argued Barghouti. The Israeli army has, thus far, destroyed three Palestinian homes in the last two days. All three are in the Hebron area.
The Shin Bet, Israel’s security service, has named Marwan Qawasmeh and Amer Abu Aisha, both residents of Hebron, as the primary suspects in the abduction and killing of the teens. Both men have spent time in Israeli prisons and have reportedly disappeared since the night the teens went missing. Israeli forces detonated explosive charges in both of their homes shortly after the teens’ bodies were found Monday evening.
Overnight on Tuesday, Israeli forced destroyed the home of Ziad Awad, one of two Palestinians charged with the murder of off-duty Israeli police officer Baruch Mizrahi in April of this year. Awad had recently been released as part of the Israel-Hamas prisoner swap in 2011.
According to Barghouti, Israeli authorities have recently given additional orders to demolish the homes of three past prisoners in the Ramallah area: Bajes Nakhleh (Jalazone refugee camp), Mohammad Duheish (Jalazone refugee camp), and Abbas Qur’an (Al-Bireh).
“Israel, who claims itself as a democratic country that respects the rule of law, is violating every principle of the rule of law by demolishing the houses of people without any single proof that they are responsible for this incident,” said Barghouti.
The Israeli army shot and killed a 16-year-old boy during clashes in the Jenin refugee camp early Tuesday morning. “Yousef Abu Zagha was killed for no reason – in cold blood,” Barghouti said. “We have confirmed this. It is absolutely not true that he tried to attack the army. He presented no threat whatsoever.”
The most important issue that has arisen since the bodies of the three Israeli teens were found two days ago is the overwhelming rise in extremist settler attacks against Palestinians, according to Barghouti. “We have had reports over the last 24 hours of Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian citizens all over the West Bank and Jerusalem, particularly in the Jerusalem, Nablus and Hebron areas,” said Barghouti.
Over the last 12 hours, there have been two instances of kidnapping carried out by Israelis against Palestinians in Jerusalem.
Two Israeli settlers reportedly attempted to force Mousa Rami Zalloum, 10, into a car in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of Jerusalem Tuesday morning. The boy was prevented from being pulled into the car after his mother and local residents grabbed him from the two assailants.
Overnight on Tuesday, however, reports rolled in that a Palestinian teen had been forced into a car by Israelis in the Shu’fat area of East Jerusalem. Residents said that cameras in the area confirm that three Israeli men forced Mohammad Hussein Abu Khdeir, 16, into a Hyundai in front of the boy’s home before speeding off. His burnt body was found by Israeli police in West Jerusalem early Tuesday morning.
The boy’s murder sparked clashes between Palestinian residents and Israeli security forces throughout the eastern half of the city. Police responded with rubber-coated steel bullets and stun grenades.
Tensions have peaked in Jerusalem since the three Israeli teens were buried Tuesday evening. Shortly after the funeral, hundreds of right-wing Israelis poured through the streets, chanting “death to Arabs.”
Barghouti appealed to the international community for help. “There is currently no system in place to protect us. We urge members of the international community to step in and protect the Palestinian people.”
The Hebron Defense Committee has also issued an urgent appeal to the international community.
Eleven Palestinians were injured late Thursday during clashes with Israeli forces in Qalandiya refugee camp and the town of al-Ram, locals said.
Five youths were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets and live fire after locals clashed with Israeli forces who had deployed overnight to prepare for expected clashes on the first Friday of Ramadan.
Six people were injured in the nearby town of al-Ram as Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets at youths.
Palestinians hurled stones at Israeli forces, eventually forcing them to retreat from the town.
Dozens Injured In Qalandia and Al-Ram
Palestinian medical sources reported that eleven Palestinians have been injured by rounds of live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets, while dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the al-Ram town, and Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
The sources said five Palestinians were shot by rounds of live ammunition, and rubber-coated metal bullets in clashes that took place close to the Qalandia terminal.
Local youths hurled stones and empty bottles at the soldiers, especially as hundreds of additional soldiers have been deployed in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, as the Muslims prepare to mark the first Friday of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
The soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, at Palestinian demonstrators, and Palestinian cars driving on the main Ramallah-Jerusalem road, just before the Qalandia terminal and roadblock.
Clashes have also been reported near the northern entrance of the al-Ram nearby town, before dozens of soldiers invaded it.
Five Palestinians were injured during ensuing clashes, and the soldiers had to retreat from the town by dozens of Palestinian protesters.
Clashes have been ongoing in occupied Jerusalem, especially in Shu’fat and carious Palestinian areas after a number of fanatic Israelis abducted and murder a Palestinian child, in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday.
Five youths were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets and live fire after locals clashed with Israeli forces who had deployed overnight to prepare for expected clashes on the first Friday of Ramadan.
Six people were injured in the nearby town of al-Ram as Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets at youths.
Palestinians hurled stones at Israeli forces, eventually forcing them to retreat from the town.
Dozens Injured In Qalandia and Al-Ram
Palestinian medical sources reported that eleven Palestinians have been injured by rounds of live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets, while dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the al-Ram town, and Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
The sources said five Palestinians were shot by rounds of live ammunition, and rubber-coated metal bullets in clashes that took place close to the Qalandia terminal.
Local youths hurled stones and empty bottles at the soldiers, especially as hundreds of additional soldiers have been deployed in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, as the Muslims prepare to mark the first Friday of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
The soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, at Palestinian demonstrators, and Palestinian cars driving on the main Ramallah-Jerusalem road, just before the Qalandia terminal and roadblock.
Clashes have also been reported near the northern entrance of the al-Ram nearby town, before dozens of soldiers invaded it.
Five Palestinians were injured during ensuing clashes, and the soldiers had to retreat from the town by dozens of Palestinian protesters.
Clashes have been ongoing in occupied Jerusalem, especially in Shu’fat and carious Palestinian areas after a number of fanatic Israelis abducted and murder a Palestinian child, in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday.
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Thousands of Palestinian citizens attended the funeral procession of 17-year-old Mohamed Abu Khudair, who was murdered and burned by Jewish assailants a few days ago in Shuafat neighborhood in east Jerusalem. Scores of citizens rallied outside the house of Abu Khudair family in Shuafat area before marching in the funeral.
The Israeli occupation authority had detained the body of the slain boy for a couple of days before handing it over to his family on Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, violent clashes broke out between participants in the funeral of Abu Khudair and Israeli policemen. The Israeli occupation forces also subdued marches held following the Friday prayers in different West Bank areas in protest at the hideous murder of Abu Khudair. |
Palestinians from the coastal villages of Jisr az-Zarqa and Fureidis in the 1948 occupied lands also participated in a march on Friday protesting the killing of the boy and the daily attacks launched by Jewish settlers on Arab property.
