19 june 2012
Mosque torched near Ramallah
Mosque torched near Ramallah
Slogan on mosque reads 'Ulpana war'
Suspected 'price tag' act in village of Jaba: 'War has begun' and 'Pay the price' spray-painted on mosque two weeks before scheduled evacuation of Beit El's Ulpana neighborhood.
uspected 'price tag': Unknown assailants torched and spray-painted Hebrew slogans on a mosque in the village of Jaba, southeast of Ramallah. Damage was caused to the building.
The slogans read, "Ulpana war" "The war has started" and "Pay the price." IDF and police forces are canvassing the area. It is suspected the vandalism was a "price tag" act.
Military sources said in response, "Apart from the moral failing, this type of event presents real danger to the security enjoyed by the settlers."
Yesha Council head Danny Dayan condemned the act and did not rule out the possibility that settlers were involved in the event.
Suspicions for "price tag" acts were raised several times over the past few weeks following the impending evacuation of Beit El's Ulpana neighborhood.
Last week, the tires of four cars belonging to east Jerusalem residents parked near Shufat were punctured. The word "Ulpana" was found painted over one of the cars.
Several days earlier, the tires of 14 vehicles were punctured in the integrated community of Neve Shalom. The words "Death to Arabs" "Revenge" and "Regards from the Ulpana" were spray-painted on three cars.
The slogan "Regards from Havat Gilad, revenge" was also found on the wall of an elementary school.
Suspected 'price tag' act in village of Jaba: 'War has begun' and 'Pay the price' spray-painted on mosque two weeks before scheduled evacuation of Beit El's Ulpana neighborhood.
uspected 'price tag': Unknown assailants torched and spray-painted Hebrew slogans on a mosque in the village of Jaba, southeast of Ramallah. Damage was caused to the building.
The slogans read, "Ulpana war" "The war has started" and "Pay the price." IDF and police forces are canvassing the area. It is suspected the vandalism was a "price tag" act.
Military sources said in response, "Apart from the moral failing, this type of event presents real danger to the security enjoyed by the settlers."
Yesha Council head Danny Dayan condemned the act and did not rule out the possibility that settlers were involved in the event.
Suspicions for "price tag" acts were raised several times over the past few weeks following the impending evacuation of Beit El's Ulpana neighborhood.
Last week, the tires of four cars belonging to east Jerusalem residents parked near Shufat were punctured. The word "Ulpana" was found painted over one of the cars.
Several days earlier, the tires of 14 vehicles were punctured in the integrated community of Neve Shalom. The words "Death to Arabs" "Revenge" and "Regards from the Ulpana" were spray-painted on three cars.
The slogan "Regards from Havat Gilad, revenge" was also found on the wall of an elementary school.
Hamas and the Islamic-Christian committee condemn the burning of Jaba Mosque
Hamas condemned the burning of the Mosque in Jaba village, north of Jerusalem, by Jewish settlers and the writing of racist slogans on its walls, on Tuesday, and hold the occupation authorities responsible for "continuing its criminal approach."
According to a statement issued by Hamas, the Jaba Mosque is the sixth mosque to be burned during the last two years by the settlers who have been encouraged to commit such cowardly action in view of the occupation authorities' support for them.
The statement added: "We condemn the burning of Jaba mosque and urge the Palestinian people to unite and confront the occupation and settlers' crimes. We also call on the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic cooperation and all human rights organizations to intervene in order to stop the occupier's racist crimes."
For his part, the Palestinian MP Dawud Abu Sir denounced the settlers' attack on the mosque, asserting that it was a part of a series of attacks waged by groups of settlers, under the cover of the occupation's army and government, targeting mosques.
The MP for the city of Nablus said that these attacks represent flagrant violation of international laws and conventions that prohibit attacks on the places of worship and the holy sites. Thus, he called the PA and the security apparatuses to provide needed protection to the places of worship and to confront and tackle these ongoing attacks.
Abu Sir also called on the international community and its institutions to clarify their position concerning these violations and to put an end to the occupation's attacks and abuses. He also called the media to focus on and expose the occupation and the settlers' attacks against the Palestinian land, people and sanctities.
Furthermore, the Islamic-Christian committee in support of Jerusalem and holy sites warned in a statement of a new wave of extremism that is targeting mosques, churches and places of worship in Jerusalem and the Palestinian occupied territories mentioning the burning of Jaba mosque and the writing of slogans on its walls offending Islam and Muslims.
The committee pointed out that the occupation is launching an extremist racial scheme that aims at transforming the conflict from a political conflict to a religious one stressing that Jaba mosque is not the first to be attacked by burning and desecration, and will not be the last one.
The Secretary-General of the Islamic-Christian committee, Dr. Hanna Issa, called for the need to stop this Zionist extremism that is escalating day by day. He held the occupation Government and its rabbis responsible for these criminal acts, because of the continuous calls of extremist rabbis for killing Arabs, Muslims and Christians in Palestine and attacking places of worship including mosques, churches and monasteries.
The Commission mentioned in its statement the several attacks and violations against the holy sites in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, as the Mosques and the Churches, noting that such crimes are creating a new dangerous culture based on hatred and extremism, which will eventually lead to the creation of a massive and wide wave of extremism and racism.
Lieberman wants medal of honor to truck driver who killed 2 Palestinians
Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman has asked for a medal of honor to be awarded to the Israeli truck driver who killed two Palestinians a couple of days earlier.
Lieberman, during a session for the Yisrael Beiteinu parliamentary bloc, said that the truck driver prevented a repeat of the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Commenting on PA chief Mahmoud Abbas’s description of the incident as cold-blooded murder, the foreign minister said that the statement reflected Abbas’s intentions, adding that there would be no breakthrough in the peace process as long as Abbas remained in power.
18 june 2012
Zarir: Al-Khalil’s crime proves the PA's failure in protecting our people
The deputy in the Palestinian Legislative Council, Bassem al-Zarir, accused on Sunday the PA and its security apparatuses in the West Bank, of failing to protect citizens against the settlers and the occupation government's violations, referring to the death of the two workers and the injury of another near Samu.
Zarir said in an exclusive statement to PIC, "The settlers have escalated their attacks against citizens throughout the West Bank" mentioning their last crime in Semia near Samu which they were encouraged to commit after noticing that PA's security apparatus has been fighting, chasing and resisting the resistance, while it has not been moving a finger to deter the settlers and soldiers' attacks.
Zarir added that the security apparatuses had to protect the Palestinians in view of the huge budgets it is costing them under the pretext of providing the people with security. "The citizens have never seen that PA security apparatuses providing security and preventing the violations committed bt settlers and soldiers and attacks that have become almost daily", Zarir affirmed.
He continued: "The PA apparatuses have been detaining and arresting the resistance activists while the IOF and the Zionist settlers are killing our sons at the checkpoints," stressing that PA role, which is overseen by America, lies in fighting the Palestinians and preventing them from defending themselves rather than protect them, as he said.
Zarir denounced the Authority's continuation to issue statements of condemnation and denunciation against the resistance at a time when it stands silent in front of the settlers and soldiers' repeated attacks on the Palestinian people, which prove that the PA exists to protect the Israeli security and not the Palestinian.
The MP offered condolences to the families of the two martyrs calling on the international community to shoulder its responsibilities and to stop supporting the Zionist entity. He also stressed on the need to unite in the face of these repeated attacks and to confront them on the basis of the constants and resistance.
Radwan calls for end of security coordination in West Bank
Hamas called to free the resistance in occupied West Bank to respond to occupation and Israeli settlers' crimes especially after Israeli settlers had shot and killed 2 Palestinian civilians and injured another man on Sunday morning.
Dr. Ismail Radwan, Hamas leader, said that the martyrdom of two Palestinians in Al-Khalil city by Israeli criminals and offenders is a new crime against the Palestinian people.
Radwan called on resistance in occupied West Bank, during a statement to Quds Press, to respond to this heinous crime and he called on the international community and human rights organizations to stop the Israeli oppressions and aggressions against the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Jerusalem and to punish the occupation for its continuous crimes.
Tightening the resistance in occupied West Bank proves that the Palestinian people is exposed to a double campaign between security coordination and the occupation's crimes, he added, stressing on the need to stop security coordination and to free the resistance to defend Palestinian people in West Bank.
Tourists venture to West Bank to 'shoot terrorists'
Hamas condemned the burning of the Mosque in Jaba village, north of Jerusalem, by Jewish settlers and the writing of racist slogans on its walls, on Tuesday, and hold the occupation authorities responsible for "continuing its criminal approach."
According to a statement issued by Hamas, the Jaba Mosque is the sixth mosque to be burned during the last two years by the settlers who have been encouraged to commit such cowardly action in view of the occupation authorities' support for them.
The statement added: "We condemn the burning of Jaba mosque and urge the Palestinian people to unite and confront the occupation and settlers' crimes. We also call on the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic cooperation and all human rights organizations to intervene in order to stop the occupier's racist crimes."
For his part, the Palestinian MP Dawud Abu Sir denounced the settlers' attack on the mosque, asserting that it was a part of a series of attacks waged by groups of settlers, under the cover of the occupation's army and government, targeting mosques.
The MP for the city of Nablus said that these attacks represent flagrant violation of international laws and conventions that prohibit attacks on the places of worship and the holy sites. Thus, he called the PA and the security apparatuses to provide needed protection to the places of worship and to confront and tackle these ongoing attacks.
Abu Sir also called on the international community and its institutions to clarify their position concerning these violations and to put an end to the occupation's attacks and abuses. He also called the media to focus on and expose the occupation and the settlers' attacks against the Palestinian land, people and sanctities.
Furthermore, the Islamic-Christian committee in support of Jerusalem and holy sites warned in a statement of a new wave of extremism that is targeting mosques, churches and places of worship in Jerusalem and the Palestinian occupied territories mentioning the burning of Jaba mosque and the writing of slogans on its walls offending Islam and Muslims.
The committee pointed out that the occupation is launching an extremist racial scheme that aims at transforming the conflict from a political conflict to a religious one stressing that Jaba mosque is not the first to be attacked by burning and desecration, and will not be the last one.
The Secretary-General of the Islamic-Christian committee, Dr. Hanna Issa, called for the need to stop this Zionist extremism that is escalating day by day. He held the occupation Government and its rabbis responsible for these criminal acts, because of the continuous calls of extremist rabbis for killing Arabs, Muslims and Christians in Palestine and attacking places of worship including mosques, churches and monasteries.
The Commission mentioned in its statement the several attacks and violations against the holy sites in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, as the Mosques and the Churches, noting that such crimes are creating a new dangerous culture based on hatred and extremism, which will eventually lead to the creation of a massive and wide wave of extremism and racism.
Lieberman wants medal of honor to truck driver who killed 2 Palestinians
Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman has asked for a medal of honor to be awarded to the Israeli truck driver who killed two Palestinians a couple of days earlier.
Lieberman, during a session for the Yisrael Beiteinu parliamentary bloc, said that the truck driver prevented a repeat of the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Commenting on PA chief Mahmoud Abbas’s description of the incident as cold-blooded murder, the foreign minister said that the statement reflected Abbas’s intentions, adding that there would be no breakthrough in the peace process as long as Abbas remained in power.
18 june 2012
Zarir: Al-Khalil’s crime proves the PA's failure in protecting our people
The deputy in the Palestinian Legislative Council, Bassem al-Zarir, accused on Sunday the PA and its security apparatuses in the West Bank, of failing to protect citizens against the settlers and the occupation government's violations, referring to the death of the two workers and the injury of another near Samu.
Zarir said in an exclusive statement to PIC, "The settlers have escalated their attacks against citizens throughout the West Bank" mentioning their last crime in Semia near Samu which they were encouraged to commit after noticing that PA's security apparatus has been fighting, chasing and resisting the resistance, while it has not been moving a finger to deter the settlers and soldiers' attacks.
Zarir added that the security apparatuses had to protect the Palestinians in view of the huge budgets it is costing them under the pretext of providing the people with security. "The citizens have never seen that PA security apparatuses providing security and preventing the violations committed bt settlers and soldiers and attacks that have become almost daily", Zarir affirmed.
He continued: "The PA apparatuses have been detaining and arresting the resistance activists while the IOF and the Zionist settlers are killing our sons at the checkpoints," stressing that PA role, which is overseen by America, lies in fighting the Palestinians and preventing them from defending themselves rather than protect them, as he said.
Zarir denounced the Authority's continuation to issue statements of condemnation and denunciation against the resistance at a time when it stands silent in front of the settlers and soldiers' repeated attacks on the Palestinian people, which prove that the PA exists to protect the Israeli security and not the Palestinian.
The MP offered condolences to the families of the two martyrs calling on the international community to shoulder its responsibilities and to stop supporting the Zionist entity. He also stressed on the need to unite in the face of these repeated attacks and to confront them on the basis of the constants and resistance.
Radwan calls for end of security coordination in West Bank
Hamas called to free the resistance in occupied West Bank to respond to occupation and Israeli settlers' crimes especially after Israeli settlers had shot and killed 2 Palestinian civilians and injured another man on Sunday morning.
Dr. Ismail Radwan, Hamas leader, said that the martyrdom of two Palestinians in Al-Khalil city by Israeli criminals and offenders is a new crime against the Palestinian people.
Radwan called on resistance in occupied West Bank, during a statement to Quds Press, to respond to this heinous crime and he called on the international community and human rights organizations to stop the Israeli oppressions and aggressions against the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Jerusalem and to punish the occupation for its continuous crimes.
Tightening the resistance in occupied West Bank proves that the Palestinian people is exposed to a double campaign between security coordination and the occupation's crimes, he added, stressing on the need to stop security coordination and to free the resistance to defend Palestinian people in West Bank.
Tourists venture to West Bank to 'shoot terrorists'
First she cried, then she fired
Thrill-seeking tourists of all ages brave West Bank shooting range to be taught by settlers how to shoot terrorists.
Summer camp, warfare style: Like a frozen turkey plunged into boiling oil, a group of American tourists descend from an air-conditioned van into the scorching heat of the West Bank.
Flashing smiles all around, they march into Caliber 3, a local shooting range.
"Move it!" the Israeli guide suddenly yells. "Destroy that terrorist," he orders them, and they charge, guns loaded, at cardboard targets.
Summer camp, warfare style: Like a frozen turkey plunged into boiling oil, a group of American tourists descend from an air-conditioned van into the scorching heat of the West Bank. Flashing smiles all around, they march into Caliber 3, a local shooting range.
"Move it!" the Israeli guide suddenly yells. "Destroy that terrorist," he orders them, and they charge, guns loaded, at cardboard targets.
Three seconds to take terrorist down
Gush Etzion has become a hot destination in recent months for tourists seeking an Israeli experience like no other: The opportunity to pretend-shoot a terror operative. Residents of the nearby settlements, who run the site, offer day-trippers a chance to hear stories from the battleground, watch a simulated assassination of terrorists by guards, and fire weapons at the range.
The fact that the tourist attraction is located beyond the Green Line only intensifies the thrill for the visitors, who often appear disappointed when told by their guides that they are not in any danger.
'Mommy can't protect you'
Shay, a gray-haired guide with a throaty voice, demonstrates the best way to grab hold of an assailant, while shots sound in the nearby range. A variety of rifles and faux explosive belts lay on a desk in front of him, while the pictures of smiling "terrorist" targets line the walls.
"Grab me," he orders 19-year-old Michael, who finds himself on the ground within moments of touching his muscular instructor.
According to reports in the foreign media, Shay was one of the combat troops who took part in Operation Entebbe, the mission that rescued the passengers of a hijacked Air France flight in 1976. When the tourists hear about it, their eyes light up.
"Suppose that the terrorist in front of me has an automatic weapon," Shay tells the captivated audience. "He can spray a cartridge within 2.8 seconds, which means I have less than three seconds to take him down. And that is what I will do."
He turns around and lodges a bullet in each target, prompting loud cheers all around.
But the tourists don’t come out all the way to Gush Etzion for a lecture; they want to push the trigger as well.
Shay hands a dummy gun to the 14-year-old Brian, who excitedly blurts out, "Jesus!"
"Your mommy won't be here to protect you, so stand up like a man," Shay yells at the teen. "Are you ready to take out a terrorist?"
"Yes I am," Brian retorts.
One by one, the combatants-for-a-day don protective glasses and approach their Tavor or M16 rifles.
Thrill-seeking tourists of all ages brave West Bank shooting range to be taught by settlers how to shoot terrorists.
Summer camp, warfare style: Like a frozen turkey plunged into boiling oil, a group of American tourists descend from an air-conditioned van into the scorching heat of the West Bank.
Flashing smiles all around, they march into Caliber 3, a local shooting range.
"Move it!" the Israeli guide suddenly yells. "Destroy that terrorist," he orders them, and they charge, guns loaded, at cardboard targets.
Summer camp, warfare style: Like a frozen turkey plunged into boiling oil, a group of American tourists descend from an air-conditioned van into the scorching heat of the West Bank. Flashing smiles all around, they march into Caliber 3, a local shooting range.
"Move it!" the Israeli guide suddenly yells. "Destroy that terrorist," he orders them, and they charge, guns loaded, at cardboard targets.
Three seconds to take terrorist down
Gush Etzion has become a hot destination in recent months for tourists seeking an Israeli experience like no other: The opportunity to pretend-shoot a terror operative. Residents of the nearby settlements, who run the site, offer day-trippers a chance to hear stories from the battleground, watch a simulated assassination of terrorists by guards, and fire weapons at the range.
The fact that the tourist attraction is located beyond the Green Line only intensifies the thrill for the visitors, who often appear disappointed when told by their guides that they are not in any danger.
'Mommy can't protect you'
Shay, a gray-haired guide with a throaty voice, demonstrates the best way to grab hold of an assailant, while shots sound in the nearby range. A variety of rifles and faux explosive belts lay on a desk in front of him, while the pictures of smiling "terrorist" targets line the walls.
"Grab me," he orders 19-year-old Michael, who finds himself on the ground within moments of touching his muscular instructor.
According to reports in the foreign media, Shay was one of the combat troops who took part in Operation Entebbe, the mission that rescued the passengers of a hijacked Air France flight in 1976. When the tourists hear about it, their eyes light up.
"Suppose that the terrorist in front of me has an automatic weapon," Shay tells the captivated audience. "He can spray a cartridge within 2.8 seconds, which means I have less than three seconds to take him down. And that is what I will do."
He turns around and lodges a bullet in each target, prompting loud cheers all around.
But the tourists don’t come out all the way to Gush Etzion for a lecture; they want to push the trigger as well.
Shay hands a dummy gun to the 14-year-old Brian, who excitedly blurts out, "Jesus!"
"Your mommy won't be here to protect you, so stand up like a man," Shay yells at the teen. "Are you ready to take out a terrorist?"
"Yes I am," Brian retorts.
One by one, the combatants-for-a-day don protective glasses and approach their Tavor or M16 rifles.
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Five-year-old sniper
They should know where they come from Michel Brown, 40, a Miami banker, chose to take his wife and three children to the range with the purpose of "teaching them values." Upon entering the range, his five-year-old daughter, Tamara, bursts into tears. A half hour later, she is holding a gun and shooting clay bullets like a pro. "This is part of their education," Michel says as he proudly watches his daughter. "They should know where they come from and also feel some action. |
Sharon Gat, the range's manager, says all the instructors at the site have served in elite IDF units.
"This is a special program created due to popular demand," he says. "Travelers from all over the world come here to meet former combat troops and hear stories about elite units. It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience."
"We heard on the news about shootings in the West Bank," the mother, Olga, says. "We came to see it in person."
Her son, Jacob, 24, puts down his rifle and exclaims: "This is an awesome experience. I learned how to stop a terrorist and how to rescue hostages. Now, when I find myself in distress, I will know how to deal."
Davidi Pearl, who heads the Gush Etzion Regional Council, notes that this kind of experience turns the district into a world-famous "tourist gem."
At the end of the thrill-filled day, the tourists get a diploma indicating they "completed a basic shooting course in Israel."
"Boom, boom," the 13-year-old Riley mutters on the way out of the range.
"Boom, boom!" Jacob responds, knowingly.
(This report doesn't show what was in the printed newspaper: targets with faces of Palestinians on them.)
Zionist shock tourism draws ‘em in
"This is a special program created due to popular demand," he says. "Travelers from all over the world come here to meet former combat troops and hear stories about elite units. It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience."
"We heard on the news about shootings in the West Bank," the mother, Olga, says. "We came to see it in person."
Her son, Jacob, 24, puts down his rifle and exclaims: "This is an awesome experience. I learned how to stop a terrorist and how to rescue hostages. Now, when I find myself in distress, I will know how to deal."
Davidi Pearl, who heads the Gush Etzion Regional Council, notes that this kind of experience turns the district into a world-famous "tourist gem."
At the end of the thrill-filled day, the tourists get a diploma indicating they "completed a basic shooting course in Israel."
"Boom, boom," the 13-year-old Riley mutters on the way out of the range.
"Boom, boom!" Jacob responds, knowingly.
(This report doesn't show what was in the printed newspaper: targets with faces of Palestinians on them.)
Zionist shock tourism draws ‘em in
A girl shooting a pistol at a shooting range in Gush Etzion in 2010
Imagine for a moment a group of American tourists, deep in the West Bank, clad in comfortable clothes, tennis shoes, and baseball caps, chanting together “Eliminate the terrorist!”
Welcome to a demonstration of the hottest Israeli tourism trend of the summer: extreme Zionist tourism.
Visitors from around the world are welcomed to such shooting ranges as Caliber 3 in Efrat, which offers a two-hour “anti-terrorism” program for tourists of all ages which “combine[s] together the values of Zionism with the excitement and enjoyment of shooting which makes the activity more meaningful,” according to their site.
Tourists seeking something a bit more exciting than the usual tours of holy sites and archaeological digs, with stops on the beaches of the Mediterranean, can venture into the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, where the shooting instructors of Caliber 3 will teach them how to fend off terrorists.
Michel Braun, 40, from Miami, told Yedioth Ahronoth that he had arrived at the range with his children “to instill values in them.” Even his five-year-old Tamara, participated, shooting clay bullets from a real weapon at targets set up on a wall.
“This is part of their education,” Braun said, “So that they know where they are from, and of course to get a little action.”
“This is tourism with added value,” said Davidi Perl, the head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council to Yedioth. “An experience like this… can create worldwide recognition for Gush Etzion as a pearl of tourism.”
Tourist 2 hour courses
Exciting new program for tourists
General introduction:
This activity is geared to all tourists of any age who would like to learn about anti terrorism tactics. Experts in anti terrorism combat will teach how terrorism is fought, how to shoot a pistol and give hands on experience for all participants
in shooting a weapon. All this can be experienced at the Gush Etzion, Caliber 3 Shooting Range located in Gush Etzion.
The program is available in Hebrew or in English.
Imagine for a moment a group of American tourists, deep in the West Bank, clad in comfortable clothes, tennis shoes, and baseball caps, chanting together “Eliminate the terrorist!”
Welcome to a demonstration of the hottest Israeli tourism trend of the summer: extreme Zionist tourism.
Visitors from around the world are welcomed to such shooting ranges as Caliber 3 in Efrat, which offers a two-hour “anti-terrorism” program for tourists of all ages which “combine[s] together the values of Zionism with the excitement and enjoyment of shooting which makes the activity more meaningful,” according to their site.
Tourists seeking something a bit more exciting than the usual tours of holy sites and archaeological digs, with stops on the beaches of the Mediterranean, can venture into the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, where the shooting instructors of Caliber 3 will teach them how to fend off terrorists.
Michel Braun, 40, from Miami, told Yedioth Ahronoth that he had arrived at the range with his children “to instill values in them.” Even his five-year-old Tamara, participated, shooting clay bullets from a real weapon at targets set up on a wall.
“This is part of their education,” Braun said, “So that they know where they are from, and of course to get a little action.”
“This is tourism with added value,” said Davidi Perl, the head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council to Yedioth. “An experience like this… can create worldwide recognition for Gush Etzion as a pearl of tourism.”
Tourist 2 hour courses
Exciting new program for tourists
General introduction:
This activity is geared to all tourists of any age who would like to learn about anti terrorism tactics. Experts in anti terrorism combat will teach how terrorism is fought, how to shoot a pistol and give hands on experience for all participants
in shooting a weapon. All this can be experienced at the Gush Etzion, Caliber 3 Shooting Range located in Gush Etzion.
The program is available in Hebrew or in English.
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We also have at our shooting range, paintball activities available for families, friends, birthday parties or for whatever reason you choose.
Remarks:
At our program we combine together the values of Zionism with the excitement and enjoyment of shooting which makes the activity more meaningful.
The contact with real soldiers who have experienced anti terrorism fighting means that everything shown and taught is authentic.
From our familiarity with this program the participants have a very different and special encounter that can not be experienced anywhere else except on the battle field.
To contact us or for more information call Sharon Gat Tel: 050-3422...
Remarks:
At our program we combine together the values of Zionism with the excitement and enjoyment of shooting which makes the activity more meaningful.
The contact with real soldiers who have experienced anti terrorism fighting means that everything shown and taught is authentic.
From our familiarity with this program the participants have a very different and special encounter that can not be experienced anywhere else except on the battle field.
To contact us or for more information call Sharon Gat Tel: 050-3422...
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17 june 2012
Witnesses: Settlers crash cars into Hebron mourners
Settlers deliberately crashed several cars into a crowd of Palestinian mourners in Hebron on Saturday evening, witnesses said.
Several people sustained bruises when settler cars collided into mourners in the al-Ras area of Hebron, a Ma'an correspondent said.
People had gathered for the funeral of three people killed earlier in a car accident in Wadi al-Houz, east of Hebron.
"While we were escorting three members of the family who were killed in a traffic accident, three settler vehicles traveling on the main road deliberately crashed into the crowd injuring a number of mourners," Fawwaz Rajabi, a family member at the funeral, said.
Mourners tried to stop the settlers but Israeli soldiers deployed in the area, preventing people from taking part in the funeral procession, Rajabi added.
Shaab Omran Al-Rajbi 26, his brother Saadi, 30, Hamza Saleem Al-Rajbi, 33, and Safwat Ratih Al-Ajlouni, 23 were killed on Saturday when the car they were traveling in flipped over.
A civil defense statement said Israeli army and police forces attended the scene, which lies in an area of the West Bank under Israeli military control.
Around 800 Jewish settlers live in Hebron's Old City, among 30,000 Palestinians in the parts of the city that are under Israeli control.
Abu Fanar: Jewish settler killed the two Palestinians
Witnesses: Settlers crash cars into Hebron mourners
Settlers deliberately crashed several cars into a crowd of Palestinian mourners in Hebron on Saturday evening, witnesses said.
Several people sustained bruises when settler cars collided into mourners in the al-Ras area of Hebron, a Ma'an correspondent said.
People had gathered for the funeral of three people killed earlier in a car accident in Wadi al-Houz, east of Hebron.
"While we were escorting three members of the family who were killed in a traffic accident, three settler vehicles traveling on the main road deliberately crashed into the crowd injuring a number of mourners," Fawwaz Rajabi, a family member at the funeral, said.
Mourners tried to stop the settlers but Israeli soldiers deployed in the area, preventing people from taking part in the funeral procession, Rajabi added.
Shaab Omran Al-Rajbi 26, his brother Saadi, 30, Hamza Saleem Al-Rajbi, 33, and Safwat Ratih Al-Ajlouni, 23 were killed on Saturday when the car they were traveling in flipped over.
A civil defense statement said Israeli army and police forces attended the scene, which lies in an area of the West Bank under Israeli military control.
Around 800 Jewish settlers live in Hebron's Old City, among 30,000 Palestinians in the parts of the city that are under Israeli control.
Abu Fanar: Jewish settler killed the two Palestinians
A Jewish settler fired at a group of Palestinian workers in Simya area between Samu and Dhaheria villages in Al-Khalil on Sunday killing two of them instantly, Yatta municipal council member Abdulaziz Abu Fanar told the PIC.
Other sources told the PIC reporter that a third worker was injured in the shooting, adding that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) took him away after claiming the three were trying to kidnap the settler.
Citizens in the area are outraged at the killing especially when it came after a series of settlers’ attacks on them and their property under IOF protection, our reporter said.
He noted that IOF soldiers later stormed Yatta town and stationed near Fateh mosque and asked citizens about the house of one of the martyrs in today’s shooting.
Anwar Abed Rabbo from Yatta and Naim Al-Najjar from Samu were killed in the settler’s shooting.
Jewish settlers kill two Palestinians in cold blood
Other sources told the PIC reporter that a third worker was injured in the shooting, adding that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) took him away after claiming the three were trying to kidnap the settler.
Citizens in the area are outraged at the killing especially when it came after a series of settlers’ attacks on them and their property under IOF protection, our reporter said.
He noted that IOF soldiers later stormed Yatta town and stationed near Fateh mosque and asked citizens about the house of one of the martyrs in today’s shooting.
Anwar Abed Rabbo from Yatta and Naim Al-Najjar from Samu were killed in the settler’s shooting.
Jewish settlers kill two Palestinians in cold blood
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Jewish settlers chased and killed two Palestinians near Al-Khalil city on Sunday, medical sources in Yatta town, south of Al-Khalil, said.
They said that the bodies of Anwar Abed Rabbo, 30, and Naim Al-Najjar, 32, were delivered to a hospital in the town while both their hands were shackled. The sources said that Najjar was hit with a bullet in the head while Abed Rabbo was hit with a bullet in the chest. Eyewitnesses in the hospital said that Jewish settlers chased the two young men and kidnapped them in an area between Al-Khalil city and Samu village. |
They said that the two men were shot at point blank and in cold blood Hebrew newspaper Yediot Ahronot claimed that the two men attacked an Israeli truck driver who shot them in “self-defense” in south “Mount Hebron”
BREAKING NEWS: Jewish Settler Kills Two Palestinians, Injure One South of Hebron
A Jewish settler Sunday shot dead two Palestinians, including an elderly, and injured a third in an area west of the village of al-Sammu’, south of Hebron, according to security sources.
They told WAFA that a Jewish settler opened fire at a group of Palestinians in the area, killing Anwar Abed Rabbouh , 35, and Na’eem An-Najjar, 79, both from the town of Yatta in south of Hebron, and injuring a third Palestinian whose identity has not been yet revealed.
IOF soldiers bulldoze Palestinian cultivated land
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bulldozed Palestinian cultivated land lots near Dura town in Al-Khalil province on Sunday morning, security sources said.
The sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF bulldozers damaged land in Kharsa village owned by two families.
Meanwhile, Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian homes in Salaima suburb in the Old City of Al-Khalil.
16 june 2012
IOF persist in suppressing W. Bank peaceful marches
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked on Friday afternoon the peaceful marches against the segregation wall and settlement in the West Bank villages of Masarah and Nabi Saleh.
The Israeli troops intercepted Palestinian villagers of Masarah and foreign activists as they were trying to reach the Palestinian land near the apartheid wall, and physically assaulted them.
In Nabi Saleh village northwest of Ramallah, dozens of protestors were injured when the IOF attacked them with tear gas grenades, rubber bullets and wastewater.
The protestors, afterwards, responded by throwing stones at the Israeli troops who attempted to advance into the village.
The villagers along with foreign activists were trying to reach the main entrance of the village which has been closed by the IOF for weeks.
In a separate incident, more than 3,000 Jewish settlers under military protection invaded Kafl Hares town north of Salfit to visit some Islamic holy sites which they claim to be Jewish shrines.
The IOF intensified their presence throughout the village to protect the settlers who had the chance to go on the rampage through the town and put up posters on the walls of houses wishing death to Arabs.
15 june 2012
Jewish settlers won't go quietly as eviction looms
By Maayan Lubell
The clock is ticking for 30 Jewish settler families in the occupied West Bank.
Israel's Supreme Court has said their homes sit on privately-owned Palestinian land and as an eviction deadline draws near, they say they will not go quietly.
"They will have to drag me out of here," said Yoel Fattal, 28, who lives with his wife and three young children in one of the five apartment blocs the government must tear down by July 1, on the Ulpana hill in the settlement of Beit El.
Fattal said news of the court ruling hit them "like a bolt of lightning on a clear day". When he leased the flat five years ago, he had not imagined such a scenario could be possible.
"It hasn't broken us, but it is very difficult," he said as his wife sat beside him bouncing their 7-month-old son on her knee. "We are at the frontline of the struggle ... our main fear is that if this goes by easily it will not stop there."
Fattal can see Ramallah from his balcony. A military camp, where Palestinian workmen employed by Israeli authorities are preparing mobile homes as temporary housing for the 30 families, is just down the road.
Palestinians want to establish a state in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. They say Jewish settlements will deny them contiguous territory. Over 500,00 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
All Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank are illegal under international law. Israel disputes this and has sanctioned 120 illegal settlements.
The anti-settlement group Peace Now says roughly 9,000 homes were built on land listed as owned by Palestinians. The fate of some of those houses is now in the hands of the Supreme Court, which is yet to rule on a number of ongoing cases.
Feeling cheated
"No one wants a fight," Fattal's wife, Yiska, said. "It is difficult for us and it is difficult for them too," she said, referring to the Israeli policemen or soldiers who may be assigned to carry out the eviction order.
Ulpana is a political headache for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The settlers are a traditional support base for him, but the pending eviction has left them feeling betrayed.
"People definitely feel cheated and he (Netanyahu) probably cannot follow through on all the promises he has made," Yoel Fattal said. In an effort to appease the settlers, Netanyahu has pledged to build 851 new homes for them in the West Bank, angering Palestinians and drawing international condemnation.
Treading through a political minefield, Netanyahu last week won a parliamentary battle against an attempt to sanction all illegal settler homes on private Palestinian land.
Talks are ongoing between officials and settler leaders to try and avoid any violence at Ulpana. A contested eviction would be reminiscent of Israel's removal of 8,000 Jews from Gaza in 2005 -- a withdrawal that still stirs great settler resentment.
Outside the Ulpana apartments, settlers have erected a protest camp. A poster on the fence says: "We will not let the destruction of the neighborhood pass quietly," and calls on Israelis to march against the eviction.
Tires have been stacked by the road apparently to serve as a barricade should Israeli forces move in to remove the settlers.
'Not just brick walls'
Beit El is the scene of several biblical tales. In one, God changes Jacob's name to Israel and promises to give him the land of his fathers, Isaac and Abraham.
Like many settlers, Brad and Michal Kitay, who bought their Ulpana home more than two years ago, cite such Biblical ties to West Bank land, which Israel calls by its Old Testament name, Judea and Samaria, as the reason for living there.
"Unfortunately we found ourselves in the middle of a big politicization of this issue. It's difficult on a personal level. It's a home, it's not a house. It's love and it's memories and it's family. It's not just brick walls," Brad said.
There are no cardboard boxes piling up in their house and they have not begun packing their belongings.
Moshe Rosenbaum, head of the Beit El council, was one of the founders of the settlement 35 years ago. He says some 7,000 people now live there, the vast majority in houses that face no legal challenge. But he is upset that 30 families must move on.
"It is immoral, it makes no sense, it is unjust and inhuman," Rosenbaum said of the impending eviction. "Everyone is saying this is private Palestinian land. This is a lie," he said, despite the Supreme Court's ruling to the contrary.
"The lands were abandoned ... even if it were ever proved to be owned by an Arab, he can be financially compensated," Rosenbaum said. "Demolishing homes here will rip us apart - not just in Beit El. It will open a rift with hundreds of thousands of (Israelis) who live in Judea and Samaria."
Palestinians have rejected offers of compensation and say they are eager to regain the Ulpana land.
Rosenbaum is concerned the eviction may get out of hand.
"Of course I'm worried. I know that thousands of people will come here. No one has control over what happens when there are thousands of people here, especially when the atmosphere is heating up," he said.
14 june 2012
Netanyahu's settlement panel won't limit Barak's influence on West Bank building Ehud Barak
Premier proposes committee on settlement issues in bid to appease right-wing, settler leaders after cabinet struck down bill to regulate West Bank outposts built on private Palestinian land.
A move by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to appease settlers, by seemingly mitigating Defense Minister Ehud Barak's pull on settlement matters, does not in fact reduce Barak's current influence, Haaretz learned on Thursday.
Earlier this month, Netanyahu listed a number of measures he intended to take to bolster West Bank settlement activity, in an apparent attempt to ameliorate backlash over the cabinet's refusal to pass a bill to regulate illegal West Bank outposts.
Specifically, the PM promised that the Beit El settlement, of which Ulpana Hill is a neighborhood, will be expanded by 300 new homes.
In another measure, Netanyahu acceded to a long-standing settler demand by promising to divest Barak of the sole authority to approve or veto new construction in the settlements and transfer this authority to a ministerial committee.
Netanyahu is due to submit the committee's formation to the cabinet's approval on Sunday.
However, an examination of the details of that submission reveals that the defense minister's authority on West Bank issues remains untouched.
Stating the panel's official mandate, the proposal said that the committee would discuss unregulated settlement construction on state-owned and private lands in the West Bank, and form government policy on the matter; discuss government policy on principled issues surfacing in court appeals concerning the West Bank; discuss ongoing settlement matters, and anything the premier wishes to raise related to settlement issues.
The mandate's vague and general wording, especially that of the last clause, raises questions as to its de-facto jurisdiction. These doubts seem to be supported by the clarification attached to the proposal written by legal adviser to the Prime Minister's Office, Shulamit Barnea-Farago.
"The decision does not diminish the prime minister and defense minister's authority, as stated in government decisions, according to which the defense minister has the authority to approve construction and planning in the West Bank," Barnea-Farago wrote.
Barak did not voice his official position concerning the formation of the ministerial committee on settlements, with the proposal drafted ahead of Sunday's cabinet meetings stating that the defense minister has not yet conveyed his stance.
In addition, the proposal indicates that the panel provides an automatic majority to right-wing ministers.
Other than Netanyahu, Barak and Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz, the panel will also include Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Science and Technology Minister Daniel Hershkowitz, Interior Minister Eli Yishai, Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Minister Benny Begin, Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein, Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar, and Evironmetal Protection Minster Gilad Erdan.
13 june 2012
Ulpana: Defense Ministry sub-contractors pelted with stones
Settlers hurl stones at contractors visiting Beit El as part of preparations for evacuation.
Settlers hurled stones at Defense Ministry sub-contractors who visited the Beit El's Ulpana neighborhood as part of preparations for an evacuation scheduled to be carried out by July 1. The contractors left the scene. There were no injuries.
Earlier on Wednesday, Beit El's rabbi Zalman Melamed called for counter measures as talks between the settlers and the government reached a deadlock. "We call on the public, Knesset members and Land of Israel faithfuls to join a determined struggle with devotion and willingness to make sacrifices."
Sources close to the rabbi said that "when he says 'devotion' he means it." They said the affair could deteriorate into a second and worse case of Amona. "Netanyahu has failed to meet his obligations and has done little to try and reach a compromise."
Harel Cohen, the spokesman for MK Yaakov Katz and resident of the Ulpana neighborhood said, "There are no talks and the government has nothing to offer us. Obviously if 3,000 men in uniform, who we all know are quite violent, show up a massive clash could erupt."
12 june 2012
Statistics Bureau: Seven Jewish Settlers for Each 10 Palestinians in Jerusalem
For each 10 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, seven Jewish settlers live in illegal settlements built on Palestinian land since the city’s occupation in 1967, said a report by Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on Tuesday.
It said that the total number of Israeli settlers in and around East Jerusalem reached 262,000 residing in 26 illegal settlements.
It said that there are 16 illegal settlements in the Israeli-annexed part of occupied East Jerusalem, with 196,000 settlers, and 10 settlements in areas outside the Jerusalem city borders set by Israel in 1967, where 66,000 settlers live.
The population in Jerusalem accounted for 9.2% of the total population in the Palestinian Territory while the unemployment rate in Jerusalem for individuals aged 15 years and over reached 13.2% in 2011, it said.
The estimated population in Jerusalem governorate by mid-2012 was about 397,000 including 246,000 inhabitants in the annexed area and 151,000 inhabitants outside it.
IOF planning to build watchtower south of Al-Khalil
The Israeli occupation army is planning to build a military watchtower near Kharsa village to the south of Al-Khalil, local sources said.
They said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) surveyed and marked the area on Monday in preparation for building the watchtower.
Eyewitnesses from Kharsa village told the PIC that three IOF patrols arrived in the area and started to lay down the marks, adding that the soldiers would use the watchtower to monitor movement of Palestinians in a bid to protect the Jewish settlers trekking the area.
They noted that the watchtower would overlook and monitor a number of villages south of Al-Khalil.
11 june 2012
Jewish settler runs over Palestinian child
A Jewish settler ran over a 10-year-old Palestinian child in Tel Ermaida suburb in Al-Khalil on Sunday night, medical sources said.
Ambulance and emergency sources in Al-Khalil told the PIC that the settler sped away in his car after hitting the child Mamun Tamimi, whow as then evacuated by an Israeli ambulance.
Eyewitnesses denied the Israeli liaison’s story that Tamimi was injured when he fell off his bike, affirming that the child was hit by a speeding car driven by a settler.
Farmers: Wild boars damage crops near Salfit
Wild boars on Sunday damaged farm land near Salfit, farmers said.
Farmers told Ma'an the boars damaged apricot trees, wheat crops and seedlings. They said the boars were released onto their land by settlers.
Residents and local officials in the area have for several years complained that settlers release pigs, which have caused injuries and destroy land in the rural communities.
The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem says that while Israel claims it cannot control the wild boar population in the area, and the purposeful release of pigs cannot be confirmed, Israel's separation wall has pushed the animals to search for new habitats.
Settlers 'throw rocks at farmer' near Beit Ummar
Settlers on Monday threw rocks at a Palestinian farmer working on his land near Hebron, a local official said.
Hamdi Abu Maria was working in his tractor when residents of Karmi Tzur settlement attacked him, spokesman of the Beit Ummar popular committee Yousef Abu Maria told Ma'an.
International activists and Beit Ummar residents intervened to help the farmer, and Israeli soldiers arrived and detained committee member Mousa Abu Maria, the spokesman said.
Israeli forces fired tear gas and sound grenades, he added.
Settler arrested for entering closed military zone, assaulting officer
Border Guard forces raided the Ramat Migron outpost in the West Bank on Monday and arrested a young female settler who allegedly violated a closed military zone order and assaulted a police officer.
The Honenu organization, which offers legal assistance to Israeli citizens, claimed the girl was arrested for no good reason.
Two masked settlers stoned Palestinian shepherd, internationals in South Hebron Hills
A Jewish settler Sunday shot dead two Palestinians, including an elderly, and injured a third in an area west of the village of al-Sammu’, south of Hebron, according to security sources.
They told WAFA that a Jewish settler opened fire at a group of Palestinians in the area, killing Anwar Abed Rabbouh , 35, and Na’eem An-Najjar, 79, both from the town of Yatta in south of Hebron, and injuring a third Palestinian whose identity has not been yet revealed.
IOF soldiers bulldoze Palestinian cultivated land
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bulldozed Palestinian cultivated land lots near Dura town in Al-Khalil province on Sunday morning, security sources said.
The sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF bulldozers damaged land in Kharsa village owned by two families.
Meanwhile, Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian homes in Salaima suburb in the Old City of Al-Khalil.
16 june 2012
IOF persist in suppressing W. Bank peaceful marches
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked on Friday afternoon the peaceful marches against the segregation wall and settlement in the West Bank villages of Masarah and Nabi Saleh.
The Israeli troops intercepted Palestinian villagers of Masarah and foreign activists as they were trying to reach the Palestinian land near the apartheid wall, and physically assaulted them.
In Nabi Saleh village northwest of Ramallah, dozens of protestors were injured when the IOF attacked them with tear gas grenades, rubber bullets and wastewater.
The protestors, afterwards, responded by throwing stones at the Israeli troops who attempted to advance into the village.
The villagers along with foreign activists were trying to reach the main entrance of the village which has been closed by the IOF for weeks.
In a separate incident, more than 3,000 Jewish settlers under military protection invaded Kafl Hares town north of Salfit to visit some Islamic holy sites which they claim to be Jewish shrines.
The IOF intensified their presence throughout the village to protect the settlers who had the chance to go on the rampage through the town and put up posters on the walls of houses wishing death to Arabs.
15 june 2012
Jewish settlers won't go quietly as eviction looms
By Maayan Lubell
The clock is ticking for 30 Jewish settler families in the occupied West Bank.
Israel's Supreme Court has said their homes sit on privately-owned Palestinian land and as an eviction deadline draws near, they say they will not go quietly.
"They will have to drag me out of here," said Yoel Fattal, 28, who lives with his wife and three young children in one of the five apartment blocs the government must tear down by July 1, on the Ulpana hill in the settlement of Beit El.
Fattal said news of the court ruling hit them "like a bolt of lightning on a clear day". When he leased the flat five years ago, he had not imagined such a scenario could be possible.
"It hasn't broken us, but it is very difficult," he said as his wife sat beside him bouncing their 7-month-old son on her knee. "We are at the frontline of the struggle ... our main fear is that if this goes by easily it will not stop there."
Fattal can see Ramallah from his balcony. A military camp, where Palestinian workmen employed by Israeli authorities are preparing mobile homes as temporary housing for the 30 families, is just down the road.
Palestinians want to establish a state in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. They say Jewish settlements will deny them contiguous territory. Over 500,00 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
All Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank are illegal under international law. Israel disputes this and has sanctioned 120 illegal settlements.
The anti-settlement group Peace Now says roughly 9,000 homes were built on land listed as owned by Palestinians. The fate of some of those houses is now in the hands of the Supreme Court, which is yet to rule on a number of ongoing cases.
Feeling cheated
"No one wants a fight," Fattal's wife, Yiska, said. "It is difficult for us and it is difficult for them too," she said, referring to the Israeli policemen or soldiers who may be assigned to carry out the eviction order.
Ulpana is a political headache for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The settlers are a traditional support base for him, but the pending eviction has left them feeling betrayed.
"People definitely feel cheated and he (Netanyahu) probably cannot follow through on all the promises he has made," Yoel Fattal said. In an effort to appease the settlers, Netanyahu has pledged to build 851 new homes for them in the West Bank, angering Palestinians and drawing international condemnation.
Treading through a political minefield, Netanyahu last week won a parliamentary battle against an attempt to sanction all illegal settler homes on private Palestinian land.
Talks are ongoing between officials and settler leaders to try and avoid any violence at Ulpana. A contested eviction would be reminiscent of Israel's removal of 8,000 Jews from Gaza in 2005 -- a withdrawal that still stirs great settler resentment.
Outside the Ulpana apartments, settlers have erected a protest camp. A poster on the fence says: "We will not let the destruction of the neighborhood pass quietly," and calls on Israelis to march against the eviction.
Tires have been stacked by the road apparently to serve as a barricade should Israeli forces move in to remove the settlers.
'Not just brick walls'
Beit El is the scene of several biblical tales. In one, God changes Jacob's name to Israel and promises to give him the land of his fathers, Isaac and Abraham.
Like many settlers, Brad and Michal Kitay, who bought their Ulpana home more than two years ago, cite such Biblical ties to West Bank land, which Israel calls by its Old Testament name, Judea and Samaria, as the reason for living there.
"Unfortunately we found ourselves in the middle of a big politicization of this issue. It's difficult on a personal level. It's a home, it's not a house. It's love and it's memories and it's family. It's not just brick walls," Brad said.
There are no cardboard boxes piling up in their house and they have not begun packing their belongings.
Moshe Rosenbaum, head of the Beit El council, was one of the founders of the settlement 35 years ago. He says some 7,000 people now live there, the vast majority in houses that face no legal challenge. But he is upset that 30 families must move on.
"It is immoral, it makes no sense, it is unjust and inhuman," Rosenbaum said of the impending eviction. "Everyone is saying this is private Palestinian land. This is a lie," he said, despite the Supreme Court's ruling to the contrary.
"The lands were abandoned ... even if it were ever proved to be owned by an Arab, he can be financially compensated," Rosenbaum said. "Demolishing homes here will rip us apart - not just in Beit El. It will open a rift with hundreds of thousands of (Israelis) who live in Judea and Samaria."
Palestinians have rejected offers of compensation and say they are eager to regain the Ulpana land.
Rosenbaum is concerned the eviction may get out of hand.
"Of course I'm worried. I know that thousands of people will come here. No one has control over what happens when there are thousands of people here, especially when the atmosphere is heating up," he said.
14 june 2012
Netanyahu's settlement panel won't limit Barak's influence on West Bank building Ehud Barak
Premier proposes committee on settlement issues in bid to appease right-wing, settler leaders after cabinet struck down bill to regulate West Bank outposts built on private Palestinian land.
A move by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to appease settlers, by seemingly mitigating Defense Minister Ehud Barak's pull on settlement matters, does not in fact reduce Barak's current influence, Haaretz learned on Thursday.
Earlier this month, Netanyahu listed a number of measures he intended to take to bolster West Bank settlement activity, in an apparent attempt to ameliorate backlash over the cabinet's refusal to pass a bill to regulate illegal West Bank outposts.
Specifically, the PM promised that the Beit El settlement, of which Ulpana Hill is a neighborhood, will be expanded by 300 new homes.
In another measure, Netanyahu acceded to a long-standing settler demand by promising to divest Barak of the sole authority to approve or veto new construction in the settlements and transfer this authority to a ministerial committee.
Netanyahu is due to submit the committee's formation to the cabinet's approval on Sunday.
However, an examination of the details of that submission reveals that the defense minister's authority on West Bank issues remains untouched.
Stating the panel's official mandate, the proposal said that the committee would discuss unregulated settlement construction on state-owned and private lands in the West Bank, and form government policy on the matter; discuss government policy on principled issues surfacing in court appeals concerning the West Bank; discuss ongoing settlement matters, and anything the premier wishes to raise related to settlement issues.
The mandate's vague and general wording, especially that of the last clause, raises questions as to its de-facto jurisdiction. These doubts seem to be supported by the clarification attached to the proposal written by legal adviser to the Prime Minister's Office, Shulamit Barnea-Farago.
"The decision does not diminish the prime minister and defense minister's authority, as stated in government decisions, according to which the defense minister has the authority to approve construction and planning in the West Bank," Barnea-Farago wrote.
Barak did not voice his official position concerning the formation of the ministerial committee on settlements, with the proposal drafted ahead of Sunday's cabinet meetings stating that the defense minister has not yet conveyed his stance.
In addition, the proposal indicates that the panel provides an automatic majority to right-wing ministers.
Other than Netanyahu, Barak and Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz, the panel will also include Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Science and Technology Minister Daniel Hershkowitz, Interior Minister Eli Yishai, Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Minister Benny Begin, Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein, Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar, and Evironmetal Protection Minster Gilad Erdan.
13 june 2012
Ulpana: Defense Ministry sub-contractors pelted with stones
Settlers hurl stones at contractors visiting Beit El as part of preparations for evacuation.
Settlers hurled stones at Defense Ministry sub-contractors who visited the Beit El's Ulpana neighborhood as part of preparations for an evacuation scheduled to be carried out by July 1. The contractors left the scene. There were no injuries.
Earlier on Wednesday, Beit El's rabbi Zalman Melamed called for counter measures as talks between the settlers and the government reached a deadlock. "We call on the public, Knesset members and Land of Israel faithfuls to join a determined struggle with devotion and willingness to make sacrifices."
Sources close to the rabbi said that "when he says 'devotion' he means it." They said the affair could deteriorate into a second and worse case of Amona. "Netanyahu has failed to meet his obligations and has done little to try and reach a compromise."
Harel Cohen, the spokesman for MK Yaakov Katz and resident of the Ulpana neighborhood said, "There are no talks and the government has nothing to offer us. Obviously if 3,000 men in uniform, who we all know are quite violent, show up a massive clash could erupt."
12 june 2012
Statistics Bureau: Seven Jewish Settlers for Each 10 Palestinians in Jerusalem
For each 10 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, seven Jewish settlers live in illegal settlements built on Palestinian land since the city’s occupation in 1967, said a report by Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on Tuesday.
It said that the total number of Israeli settlers in and around East Jerusalem reached 262,000 residing in 26 illegal settlements.
It said that there are 16 illegal settlements in the Israeli-annexed part of occupied East Jerusalem, with 196,000 settlers, and 10 settlements in areas outside the Jerusalem city borders set by Israel in 1967, where 66,000 settlers live.
The population in Jerusalem accounted for 9.2% of the total population in the Palestinian Territory while the unemployment rate in Jerusalem for individuals aged 15 years and over reached 13.2% in 2011, it said.
The estimated population in Jerusalem governorate by mid-2012 was about 397,000 including 246,000 inhabitants in the annexed area and 151,000 inhabitants outside it.
IOF planning to build watchtower south of Al-Khalil
The Israeli occupation army is planning to build a military watchtower near Kharsa village to the south of Al-Khalil, local sources said.
They said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) surveyed and marked the area on Monday in preparation for building the watchtower.
Eyewitnesses from Kharsa village told the PIC that three IOF patrols arrived in the area and started to lay down the marks, adding that the soldiers would use the watchtower to monitor movement of Palestinians in a bid to protect the Jewish settlers trekking the area.
They noted that the watchtower would overlook and monitor a number of villages south of Al-Khalil.
11 june 2012
Jewish settler runs over Palestinian child
A Jewish settler ran over a 10-year-old Palestinian child in Tel Ermaida suburb in Al-Khalil on Sunday night, medical sources said.
Ambulance and emergency sources in Al-Khalil told the PIC that the settler sped away in his car after hitting the child Mamun Tamimi, whow as then evacuated by an Israeli ambulance.
Eyewitnesses denied the Israeli liaison’s story that Tamimi was injured when he fell off his bike, affirming that the child was hit by a speeding car driven by a settler.
Farmers: Wild boars damage crops near Salfit
Wild boars on Sunday damaged farm land near Salfit, farmers said.
Farmers told Ma'an the boars damaged apricot trees, wheat crops and seedlings. They said the boars were released onto their land by settlers.
Residents and local officials in the area have for several years complained that settlers release pigs, which have caused injuries and destroy land in the rural communities.
The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem says that while Israel claims it cannot control the wild boar population in the area, and the purposeful release of pigs cannot be confirmed, Israel's separation wall has pushed the animals to search for new habitats.
Settlers 'throw rocks at farmer' near Beit Ummar
Settlers on Monday threw rocks at a Palestinian farmer working on his land near Hebron, a local official said.
Hamdi Abu Maria was working in his tractor when residents of Karmi Tzur settlement attacked him, spokesman of the Beit Ummar popular committee Yousef Abu Maria told Ma'an.
International activists and Beit Ummar residents intervened to help the farmer, and Israeli soldiers arrived and detained committee member Mousa Abu Maria, the spokesman said.
Israeli forces fired tear gas and sound grenades, he added.
Settler arrested for entering closed military zone, assaulting officer
Border Guard forces raided the Ramat Migron outpost in the West Bank on Monday and arrested a young female settler who allegedly violated a closed military zone order and assaulted a police officer.
The Honenu organization, which offers legal assistance to Israeli citizens, claimed the girl was arrested for no good reason.
Two masked settlers stoned Palestinian shepherd, internationals in South Hebron Hills
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At 9.30 on Monday morning, two masked settlers chased and threw stones at a Palestinian shepherd and two international volunteers accompanying him in the Humra Valley, South Hebron Hills.
The settlers apparently came from the nearby outpost of Havat Maon. Video Published on Jun 13, 2012 Three masked settlers from Havat Ma'on illegal outpost attack two Operation Dove volunteers on their way back home after a patrol in Humra Valley, near At-Tuwani village, in South Hebron hills. |
Report: 7 Palestinian cars vandalized in Jerusalem
Seven Palestinian cars were vandalized in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Shufat overnight Sunday, Israeli news site Ynet reported.
The cars were found with their tires slashed and the word "Ulpana" sprayed on them.
Last Friday, vandals spray-painted "Death to Arabs" and "revenge" on cars in Neve Shalom, a cooperative village founded by Palestinians and Israelis to promote coexistence.
Vandals also scrawled "regards from Ulpana" on vehicles and slashed the tires.
Israel's high court ruled in May that the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El settlement, near al-Bireh, must be evacuated by July 1 after the Israeli government sought an extension to an earlier May deadline.
The term "price tag" is used by Jewish settlers to describe a policy to attack Palestinians and their property in retaliation for perceived anti-settler actions by the Israeli government.
Attacks are usually carried out in West Bank villages, but there have also been numerous incidents in Jerusalem.
Caravillas arrive at Beit El ahead of Ulpana eviction
Portable homes meant to house Beit El neighborhood's evictees arrive in settlement's military base.
The residents of the West Bank settlement of Beit El reported Monday that six caravillas had arrived at the military base in the settlement, ahead of the impending eviction of the Ulpana neighborhood.
The housing units were delivered under disguise, in an effort to stop the settlers from preventing their arrival and stationing.
The evacuation of five homes in the neighborhood was decreed by the High Court. A bill meant to circumvent the ruling failed to pass a Knesset vote.
Ulpana residents said that would stage various protest measures in order to prevent the move, scheduled for July 1.
Following the failed vote on the settlement regulation bill, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had greenlighted 850 new housing units for various West Bank settlements – 300 of them for Beit El.
10 june 2012
Witnesses: Hebron settler runs over child
Seven Palestinian cars were vandalized in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Shufat overnight Sunday, Israeli news site Ynet reported.
The cars were found with their tires slashed and the word "Ulpana" sprayed on them.
Last Friday, vandals spray-painted "Death to Arabs" and "revenge" on cars in Neve Shalom, a cooperative village founded by Palestinians and Israelis to promote coexistence.
Vandals also scrawled "regards from Ulpana" on vehicles and slashed the tires.
Israel's high court ruled in May that the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El settlement, near al-Bireh, must be evacuated by July 1 after the Israeli government sought an extension to an earlier May deadline.
The term "price tag" is used by Jewish settlers to describe a policy to attack Palestinians and their property in retaliation for perceived anti-settler actions by the Israeli government.
Attacks are usually carried out in West Bank villages, but there have also been numerous incidents in Jerusalem.
Caravillas arrive at Beit El ahead of Ulpana eviction
Portable homes meant to house Beit El neighborhood's evictees arrive in settlement's military base.
The residents of the West Bank settlement of Beit El reported Monday that six caravillas had arrived at the military base in the settlement, ahead of the impending eviction of the Ulpana neighborhood.
The housing units were delivered under disguise, in an effort to stop the settlers from preventing their arrival and stationing.
The evacuation of five homes in the neighborhood was decreed by the High Court. A bill meant to circumvent the ruling failed to pass a Knesset vote.
Ulpana residents said that would stage various protest measures in order to prevent the move, scheduled for July 1.
Following the failed vote on the settlement regulation bill, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had greenlighted 850 new housing units for various West Bank settlements – 300 of them for Beit El.
10 june 2012
Witnesses: Hebron settler runs over child
A young boy was injured on Sunday after being run over by a settler car in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron, witnesses told Ma'an.
Mamoun al-Saheb, 9, was treated at the scene by Israeli soldiers, before being taken to hospital.
The settler was arrested.
Mamoun al-Saheb, 9, was treated at the scene by Israeli soldiers, before being taken to hospital.
The settler was arrested.
Tel Rumeida lies in the Israeli-military controlled H2 zone of the southern West Bank city, after a 1997 agreement split Hebron into areas of Palestinian and Israeli control.
The zone includes the ancient Old City, home of the revered Ibrahimi Mosque -- also split into a synagogue referred to as the Tomb of the Patriarchs. Around 800 Jewish settlers live in Hebron's Old City, among 30,000 Palestinians in the parts of the city that are under Israeli control.
Settlers Set Fire to Wheat Fields South of Nablus
Israeli settlers Sunday set fire to wheat fields in the villages of al-Sawiya and al-Lubban al-Sharqiya in southern Nablus, according to local sources.
Witnesses said settlers set fire to four locations in the Palestinian-owned wheat fields of the neighboring villages.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said the separate arsons were started in an attempt to burn the entire fields, adding that Israeli settlers in the area attempt to burn the fields at the beginning of every summer.
Daghlas stressed the escalation of settlers’ attacks recently, targeting Palestinians and their property in southern Nablus.
Settlers Cut Tens of Olive Trees South of Hebron
Israeli settlers from the illegal outpost of Havat Ma'on in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron Sunday cut tens of olive trees in the nearby village of al-Tuwani, east of the Yatta, a town south of Hebron, according to a local activist.
The Popular Committee Coordinator in Yatta, Rateb Jabour, said Israeli settlers cut 30 olive trees in Palestinian-owned property in the village. This latest attack brought the toll of settlers’ attacks, targeting fruitful trees in the area, to over five attacks since May, noted Jabour, adding that such assaults aim to expand Israeli settlements over Palestinians’ private land.
Local residents urged international rights organizations to intervene and stop the Israeli assaults over Palestinian property and sources of livelihood.
Jewish settlers damage Palestinian olive trees east of Al-Khalil city
Jewish settlers from Ma'on settlement east of Al-Khalil city on Sunday morning destroyed a large number of olive trees in a nearby Palestinian land.
Human rights activist Ismail Amour told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that a group of Ma'on settlers uprooted and cut 30 olive trees in Attawani village.
The agricultural land is owned by both Fadel Rabei and Ahmed Rabei, the activist stated.
The agricultural lands of Palestinians citizens in this village and Yatta town are constantly attacked by Jewish settlers from the settlements of Ma'on and Hafat Ma'on.
The attacks are aimed at expanding these settlements at the expense of Palestinian lands.
The Palestinian villagers in these areas appealed to human rights organizations and groups to help them stop these Jewish violations against their property and living sources.
9 june 2012
Israeli attempts to prevent demolition of housing units near Bethlehem
Israeli government officials and extremist right-wing groups held intensive consultations concerning the demolition order of the apartment buildings in Beit El’s Ulpana neighborhood, a Hebrew newspaper revealed.
Haaretz revealed on Friday that talks were held between a group of right-wing activists and representatives of the attorney general’s office and the Prime Minister’s Office, over the past few days, in an effort to reach an agreement under which the residents will leave the apartment buildings in Beit El’s Ulpana neighborhood.
“In exchange the buildings will not be demolished so that the residents will be able to return, in the future, after reaching a permanent peace agreement with the Palestinians”, according to the newspaper.
It also pointed out that among the representatives at the talks were Yesha Council of settlements, parliamentarians, Jewish religious figures, and the settlers' representatives while the Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein and cabinet secretary Zvi Hauser were representing the government in the talks.
The zone includes the ancient Old City, home of the revered Ibrahimi Mosque -- also split into a synagogue referred to as the Tomb of the Patriarchs. Around 800 Jewish settlers live in Hebron's Old City, among 30,000 Palestinians in the parts of the city that are under Israeli control.
Settlers Set Fire to Wheat Fields South of Nablus
Israeli settlers Sunday set fire to wheat fields in the villages of al-Sawiya and al-Lubban al-Sharqiya in southern Nablus, according to local sources.
Witnesses said settlers set fire to four locations in the Palestinian-owned wheat fields of the neighboring villages.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said the separate arsons were started in an attempt to burn the entire fields, adding that Israeli settlers in the area attempt to burn the fields at the beginning of every summer.
Daghlas stressed the escalation of settlers’ attacks recently, targeting Palestinians and their property in southern Nablus.
Settlers Cut Tens of Olive Trees South of Hebron
Israeli settlers from the illegal outpost of Havat Ma'on in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron Sunday cut tens of olive trees in the nearby village of al-Tuwani, east of the Yatta, a town south of Hebron, according to a local activist.
The Popular Committee Coordinator in Yatta, Rateb Jabour, said Israeli settlers cut 30 olive trees in Palestinian-owned property in the village. This latest attack brought the toll of settlers’ attacks, targeting fruitful trees in the area, to over five attacks since May, noted Jabour, adding that such assaults aim to expand Israeli settlements over Palestinians’ private land.
Local residents urged international rights organizations to intervene and stop the Israeli assaults over Palestinian property and sources of livelihood.
Jewish settlers damage Palestinian olive trees east of Al-Khalil city
Jewish settlers from Ma'on settlement east of Al-Khalil city on Sunday morning destroyed a large number of olive trees in a nearby Palestinian land.
Human rights activist Ismail Amour told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that a group of Ma'on settlers uprooted and cut 30 olive trees in Attawani village.
The agricultural land is owned by both Fadel Rabei and Ahmed Rabei, the activist stated.
The agricultural lands of Palestinians citizens in this village and Yatta town are constantly attacked by Jewish settlers from the settlements of Ma'on and Hafat Ma'on.
The attacks are aimed at expanding these settlements at the expense of Palestinian lands.
The Palestinian villagers in these areas appealed to human rights organizations and groups to help them stop these Jewish violations against their property and living sources.
9 june 2012
Israeli attempts to prevent demolition of housing units near Bethlehem
Israeli government officials and extremist right-wing groups held intensive consultations concerning the demolition order of the apartment buildings in Beit El’s Ulpana neighborhood, a Hebrew newspaper revealed.
Haaretz revealed on Friday that talks were held between a group of right-wing activists and representatives of the attorney general’s office and the Prime Minister’s Office, over the past few days, in an effort to reach an agreement under which the residents will leave the apartment buildings in Beit El’s Ulpana neighborhood.
“In exchange the buildings will not be demolished so that the residents will be able to return, in the future, after reaching a permanent peace agreement with the Palestinians”, according to the newspaper.
It also pointed out that among the representatives at the talks were Yesha Council of settlements, parliamentarians, Jewish religious figures, and the settlers' representatives while the Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein and cabinet secretary Zvi Hauser were representing the government in the talks.
