5 feb 2012
Settlers Raid Village West of Ramallah, Break into House
A number of settlers from Talmon settlement Sunday attacked al-Janiya, a village west of Ramallah, and broke into a house that belongs to a Palestinian, according to witnesses.
Owner of the attacked house, Ismail Mazloum, told WAFA that a number of settlers broke into his house at midnight, vandalized his car and wrote on the walls racist slogans calling to avenge Arabs, insulting Prophet Muhammad, and slogans saying “wait for us, we are coming back.”
He said, “Once the village’s residents were alerted of the settlers’ presence, they fled toward the settlement.”
The recent attacks by Jewish settlers come within the latest campaign called “Price Tag”, which is most active in the West Bank and within the green line (1948 land under Israeli control) targeting Palestinians and their property.
Settlers raid Ramallah village, vandalize property
Settlers attacked a Ramallah village overnight Saturday, breaking into a house and vandalizing village property.
Ismail Mazloum said that settlers from the nearby settlement of Talmon raided the village, vandalized his car and wrote racist slogans on walls in al-Janiya village, official news agency Wafa reported.
"Once the village’s residents were alerted of the settlers’ presence, they fled toward the settlement," Wafa quoted Mazloum as saying.
"Wait for us, we are coming back," and other slogans insulting Islam and calling for "revenge" were sprayed in the village.
Some Jewish settlers in the West Bank have adopted a "price tag" policy, attacking Palestinians and their property in retaliation for perceived anti-settler actions by the Israeli government.
Settler attacks in the West Bank against Palestinians increased by more than 50 percent in 2011, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Some 500,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. There are about 2.5 million Palestinians in the same territory. All settlements are illegal under international law.
Israeli forces detain French, Palestinian marathon runners
Israeli police detained three marathon-runners near Hebron on Saturday, including two French nationals, witnesses said.
The three men were later released, but Palestinian Nasser Abu Farha, 47, was told he will face a hearing in June on charges of organizing an illegal demonstration, he told Ma'an.
The runners were taking part in a marathon from Hebron to Jenin organized by Fair Trade groups and US-based community development group On the Ground.
Abu Farha said 10 US citizens would run the length of the course, joined by Palestinians and other internationals along the way.
The project aims to raise awareness and support for small farming communities and Fair Trade practices across the West Bank, On the Ground's website says. They planted 500 olive saplings in southern Hebron village al-Tuwani before the beginning the marathon on Saturday, which will run for five days.
Israeli police approached the group on Road 60 near Israeli settlement Kiryat Arba, Abu Farha said, where they threatened to arrest him if any of the runners touched the road.
"They ran in the dirt to avoid the road, but the police arrested me anyway," he told Ma'an.
Later, police arrested two French nationals who were released inside Kiryat Arba and assaulted by Israel settlers, he said.
An Israeli police spokesman said he was looking into the incident.
Settlers Raid Village West of Ramallah, Break into House
A number of settlers from Talmon settlement Sunday attacked al-Janiya, a village west of Ramallah, and broke into a house that belongs to a Palestinian, according to witnesses.
Owner of the attacked house, Ismail Mazloum, told WAFA that a number of settlers broke into his house at midnight, vandalized his car and wrote on the walls racist slogans calling to avenge Arabs, insulting Prophet Muhammad, and slogans saying “wait for us, we are coming back.”
He said, “Once the village’s residents were alerted of the settlers’ presence, they fled toward the settlement.”
The recent attacks by Jewish settlers come within the latest campaign called “Price Tag”, which is most active in the West Bank and within the green line (1948 land under Israeli control) targeting Palestinians and their property.
Settlers raid Ramallah village, vandalize property
Settlers attacked a Ramallah village overnight Saturday, breaking into a house and vandalizing village property.
Ismail Mazloum said that settlers from the nearby settlement of Talmon raided the village, vandalized his car and wrote racist slogans on walls in al-Janiya village, official news agency Wafa reported.
"Once the village’s residents were alerted of the settlers’ presence, they fled toward the settlement," Wafa quoted Mazloum as saying.
"Wait for us, we are coming back," and other slogans insulting Islam and calling for "revenge" were sprayed in the village.
Some Jewish settlers in the West Bank have adopted a "price tag" policy, attacking Palestinians and their property in retaliation for perceived anti-settler actions by the Israeli government.
Settler attacks in the West Bank against Palestinians increased by more than 50 percent in 2011, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Some 500,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. There are about 2.5 million Palestinians in the same territory. All settlements are illegal under international law.
Israeli forces detain French, Palestinian marathon runners
Israeli police detained three marathon-runners near Hebron on Saturday, including two French nationals, witnesses said.
The three men were later released, but Palestinian Nasser Abu Farha, 47, was told he will face a hearing in June on charges of organizing an illegal demonstration, he told Ma'an.
The runners were taking part in a marathon from Hebron to Jenin organized by Fair Trade groups and US-based community development group On the Ground.
Abu Farha said 10 US citizens would run the length of the course, joined by Palestinians and other internationals along the way.
The project aims to raise awareness and support for small farming communities and Fair Trade practices across the West Bank, On the Ground's website says. They planted 500 olive saplings in southern Hebron village al-Tuwani before the beginning the marathon on Saturday, which will run for five days.
Israeli police approached the group on Road 60 near Israeli settlement Kiryat Arba, Abu Farha said, where they threatened to arrest him if any of the runners touched the road.
"They ran in the dirt to avoid the road, but the police arrested me anyway," he told Ma'an.
Later, police arrested two French nationals who were released inside Kiryat Arba and assaulted by Israel settlers, he said.
An Israeli police spokesman said he was looking into the incident.
4 feb 2012
Nabi Saleh Residents Charge Settlers Tired to Burn Mosque
Palestinian residents of the Ramallah area village of Nabi Saleh said Saturday that motorcycle-riding armed Jewish settlers broke into their village after midnight in an apparent attempt to vandalize the village mosque, according to the head of the village council Bashir Tamimi.
He said settlers, who numbered around 10 riding four motorcycles, tried to reach the village’s mosque in the center of Nabi Saleh apparently to set it on fire but village residents, who noticed them, throw rocks at them and forced them to retreat.
The village had earlier on Friday witnessed the weekly protest against seizure of Nabi Saleh land and water for the benefit of Jewish settlements built in on village land.
Almost 20 protesters, including a French national, were injured during the weekly Friday protest, according to local activists, when Israeli soldiers fired tear gas grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets at them when they approached an area the army has seized to expand the settlement of Halamish.
The French protester was shot in the neck, initially thought to be by a tear gas canister, but later reported to be a rubber-coated steel bullet. Her condition was said to be serious.
Villagers foil settlers’ attempt to burn mosque
Jewish settlers attacked Nabi Saleh village, to the north west of Ramallah, before dawn Saturday and tried to burn a mosque in it, local sources said.
They said that the settlers tried to reach Tamim Al-Dari mosque in the center of the village but young men spotted them and threw stones at them.
Twenty locals and a French activist were wounded in the village on Friday during its weekly peaceful demonstration that was met with violence on the part of the Israeli occupation forces. The French woman’s condition was described as “critical”.
In another incident, Jewish settlers assaulted a Palestinian shepherd in the Jordan Valley on Friday afternoon for letting his sheep graze near to their settlement.
Eyewitnesses said that Mahdi Daraghme, 24, was helping his father in rearing the sheep herd during his holiday, adding that he was a student at the Arab American University.
They said that the settlers took the young man to the gate of the settlement and beat him up.
Nabi Saleh Residents Charge Settlers Tired to Burn Mosque
Palestinian residents of the Ramallah area village of Nabi Saleh said Saturday that motorcycle-riding armed Jewish settlers broke into their village after midnight in an apparent attempt to vandalize the village mosque, according to the head of the village council Bashir Tamimi.
He said settlers, who numbered around 10 riding four motorcycles, tried to reach the village’s mosque in the center of Nabi Saleh apparently to set it on fire but village residents, who noticed them, throw rocks at them and forced them to retreat.
The village had earlier on Friday witnessed the weekly protest against seizure of Nabi Saleh land and water for the benefit of Jewish settlements built in on village land.
Almost 20 protesters, including a French national, were injured during the weekly Friday protest, according to local activists, when Israeli soldiers fired tear gas grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets at them when they approached an area the army has seized to expand the settlement of Halamish.
The French protester was shot in the neck, initially thought to be by a tear gas canister, but later reported to be a rubber-coated steel bullet. Her condition was said to be serious.
Villagers foil settlers’ attempt to burn mosque
Jewish settlers attacked Nabi Saleh village, to the north west of Ramallah, before dawn Saturday and tried to burn a mosque in it, local sources said.
They said that the settlers tried to reach Tamim Al-Dari mosque in the center of the village but young men spotted them and threw stones at them.
Twenty locals and a French activist were wounded in the village on Friday during its weekly peaceful demonstration that was met with violence on the part of the Israeli occupation forces. The French woman’s condition was described as “critical”.
In another incident, Jewish settlers assaulted a Palestinian shepherd in the Jordan Valley on Friday afternoon for letting his sheep graze near to their settlement.
Eyewitnesses said that Mahdi Daraghme, 24, was helping his father in rearing the sheep herd during his holiday, adding that he was a student at the Arab American University.
They said that the settlers took the young man to the gate of the settlement and beat him up.
3 feb 2012
Medics: Israelis attack shepherd in northern West Bank
A 20-year-old Palestinian shepherd was injured on Friday after being attacked by Israelis in the northern West Bank, medics said.
Red Crescent medics told Ma'an that Mahdi Daraghma was beaten by Israelis from the Mehola settlement in the northern Jordan Valley while he was tending his sheep.
Daraghma was moderately injured and transferred to a Jenin hospital, they added.
On Dec. 5, Israeli settlers kidnapped a 60-year-old shepherd south of Nablus, and stole all 50 of his sheep, local officials said.
Some 500,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. There are about 2.5 million Palestinians in the same territory.
All settlements are considered illegal under international law.
Settlers invade al-Khalil villages and set up a settlement outpost
Israeli settlers on Friday established a new settlement outpost in the southern part of al-Khalil district. They invaded the village of Karmel to the east of Yatta while others invaded the Za'ta neighbourhood of Beit Ummar in the north of the district.
Coordinator of the national committee to resist the wall and settlements in Yatta, Rateb Jobour, said that around 25 settlers accompanied by "border guards" and occupation police raided the village of Karmel and set up six mobile homes in the Um al-Sakhan neighbourhood close to the Maun settlement which is built on land belonging to the village.
Spokesman of the national committee against settlement in Beit Ummar, Yusuf Abu Marya, said that about 150 settlers toured the fields in Za'ta neighbourhood to the east of the town and they closed the road between al-Quds and al-Khalil and stopped Palestinian cars from going through and hampered traffic under IOF protection.
Settlement expert, Abdel-Hadi Hantash, said that these moves are part of the a plan to expand settlements and confiscate more Palestinian lands.
Official: Israeli settlers tour Beit Ummar
By Muhammad Oweiweih
For the second time in two weeks, settlers made a tour of Beit Ummar north of Hebron, according to a spokesman for the town's popular committee.
Muhammad Ayyad Awad said that more than 100 Kfar Etzion settlers toured Beit Ummar under the protection of Israeli forces. During the tour, they made provocative remarks which eventually sparked clashes.
Awad said the clashes erupted in the Asida area, and residents threw rocks at the settlers. Israeli forces responded by firing live ammunition and stun grenades, he added.
Ahmad Abu Hashem, the coordinator of the popular committee, said Karmei Tzur settlement security official have announced that the settlement will expand and 200 dunums will be confiscated from the village.
Meanwhile, around 200 settlers with 12 Israeli army jeeps raided Baraka village east of Yatta and set up six temporary houses in an attempt to create a new outpost near Ma'on settlement.
Separately, Israeli forces detained a Palestinian resident on Friday after police dogs attacked him during clashes between Palestinian and Israeli forces in the Tabqa area south of Hebron.
Locals said Akram Jamal was attacked by the dog after Israeli forces released it. The forces refused to allow a Red Crescent team to give him first aid before detaining him.
Also Friday, Palestinians tossed Molotov cocktails at an Israeli military patrol near al-Aroub, settler media reported. There were no reports of injury or damage.
Medics: Israelis attack shepherd in northern West Bank
A 20-year-old Palestinian shepherd was injured on Friday after being attacked by Israelis in the northern West Bank, medics said.
Red Crescent medics told Ma'an that Mahdi Daraghma was beaten by Israelis from the Mehola settlement in the northern Jordan Valley while he was tending his sheep.
Daraghma was moderately injured and transferred to a Jenin hospital, they added.
On Dec. 5, Israeli settlers kidnapped a 60-year-old shepherd south of Nablus, and stole all 50 of his sheep, local officials said.
Some 500,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. There are about 2.5 million Palestinians in the same territory.
All settlements are considered illegal under international law.
Settlers invade al-Khalil villages and set up a settlement outpost
Israeli settlers on Friday established a new settlement outpost in the southern part of al-Khalil district. They invaded the village of Karmel to the east of Yatta while others invaded the Za'ta neighbourhood of Beit Ummar in the north of the district.
Coordinator of the national committee to resist the wall and settlements in Yatta, Rateb Jobour, said that around 25 settlers accompanied by "border guards" and occupation police raided the village of Karmel and set up six mobile homes in the Um al-Sakhan neighbourhood close to the Maun settlement which is built on land belonging to the village.
Spokesman of the national committee against settlement in Beit Ummar, Yusuf Abu Marya, said that about 150 settlers toured the fields in Za'ta neighbourhood to the east of the town and they closed the road between al-Quds and al-Khalil and stopped Palestinian cars from going through and hampered traffic under IOF protection.
Settlement expert, Abdel-Hadi Hantash, said that these moves are part of the a plan to expand settlements and confiscate more Palestinian lands.
Official: Israeli settlers tour Beit Ummar
By Muhammad Oweiweih
For the second time in two weeks, settlers made a tour of Beit Ummar north of Hebron, according to a spokesman for the town's popular committee.
Muhammad Ayyad Awad said that more than 100 Kfar Etzion settlers toured Beit Ummar under the protection of Israeli forces. During the tour, they made provocative remarks which eventually sparked clashes.
Awad said the clashes erupted in the Asida area, and residents threw rocks at the settlers. Israeli forces responded by firing live ammunition and stun grenades, he added.
Ahmad Abu Hashem, the coordinator of the popular committee, said Karmei Tzur settlement security official have announced that the settlement will expand and 200 dunums will be confiscated from the village.
Meanwhile, around 200 settlers with 12 Israeli army jeeps raided Baraka village east of Yatta and set up six temporary houses in an attempt to create a new outpost near Ma'on settlement.
Separately, Israeli forces detained a Palestinian resident on Friday after police dogs attacked him during clashes between Palestinian and Israeli forces in the Tabqa area south of Hebron.
Locals said Akram Jamal was attacked by the dog after Israeli forces released it. The forces refused to allow a Red Crescent team to give him first aid before detaining him.
Also Friday, Palestinians tossed Molotov cocktails at an Israeli military patrol near al-Aroub, settler media reported. There were no reports of injury or damage.
Initial post mortem findings concludes four-month old boy death was result of multiple cranial fractures.
The Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court released Wednesday the initial findings of the autopsy performed on the four-month old baby boy who the police believed was shaken to death by his parents. The autopsy concluded his death was the result of cranial fractures.
The boy and his twin sister were hospitalized in critical condition on Thursday, at the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. Doctors have been able to stabilize the girl. Both parents were arrested by the police for alleged child abuse.
A police investigator testifying during the father's arraignment hearing Wednesday said that initial post mortem findings concluded that the infant died of multiple cranial fractures.
The autopsy ruled out other claims by the parents, suggesting the death might have been caused by the side effect caused by a vaccination, careless baby-yoga exercises or a genetic disease.
The officer said that while the autopsy result furthered the investigation, there was still no definitive conclusion suggesting the father's actions cause the infant's death.
The twin's mother was remanded to house arrest on Tuesday. Her daughter was released from the hospital into the care of another family member, who was appointed the infant's guardian.
Hundreds of Jewish settlers storm Nablus village
Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed the southern Nablus village of Awarta before midnight Tuesday and remained there until dawn Wednesday to tour a number of historical sites.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the settlers mounted a number of buses and entered the village under heavy Israeli army escort. They said that the settlers toured a number of sites, which they believe have connection to the Jewish religion, in eastern and central areas in the village.
Sami Awad, the chairman of the Awarta municipal council, said that Nablus governor Jibrin Al-Bakri told him that a number of rabbis would visit the village.
He said that the settlers, including rabbis, arrived in seven buses, adding that the Israeli soldiers mounted rooftops of high buildings in the village. He said that they wrote anti-Arab slogans on walls of those buildings.
Tell Chabad to Condemn Settler Violence
On January 4th the national headquarters of Chabad Lubovitch issued a statement condemning the widely publicized attack by ultra-Orthodox Jews on an 8-year-old girl in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh last month. That attack triggered outrage in Israel, among friends of Israel in the United States and beyond.
Chabad’s statement said: “Violent behaviors of individuals or groups who abuse, intimidate and insult others are a flagrant offense to Torah and tzniut (modesty), in both letter and spirit, and deserve to be unequivocally condemned.”
Chabad is normally an inward-looking movement, and deserves credit for condemning this religiously-motivated violence in Israel. However, Chabad’s condemnation is too narrow. Consistent with its own religious values, Chabad also needs to speak out against extremist settlers’ violence.
Click here to tell Chabad that settler violence must be condemned, too!
Settlers Stone Cars, Injure Elderly Woman
Jewish settlers Wednesday stoned Palestinian cars passing near the settlement of Yitzhar, south of Nablus, injuring an elderly woman passenger in the head, according to a Palestinian official.
Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of settlements file in the Palestinian Authority in the northern part of the West Bank, told WAFA that settlers stoned Palestinian cars driving on a highway in the West Bank near the settlement.
The elderly woman was transferred to hospital in Nablus for treatment, he said.
IOF soldiers arrest 2 citizens, settlers throw stones at old lady
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian citizen from his home in Al-Khalil city at dawn Wednesday in an intensified campaign against the province.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers stormed the home of Sami Abu Ermaile and searched it before taking him away.
Another young man was taken from his car near Kiryat Arba settlement after the soldiers chased it then fired at its tires.
Meanwhile, a group of Jewish settlers threw stones at passing cars south of Nablus city wounding a 61-year-old woman in her head. Locals said that Miyasar Abdulmajid was taken to Rafidia hospital in serious condition.
The Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court released Wednesday the initial findings of the autopsy performed on the four-month old baby boy who the police believed was shaken to death by his parents. The autopsy concluded his death was the result of cranial fractures.
The boy and his twin sister were hospitalized in critical condition on Thursday, at the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. Doctors have been able to stabilize the girl. Both parents were arrested by the police for alleged child abuse.
A police investigator testifying during the father's arraignment hearing Wednesday said that initial post mortem findings concluded that the infant died of multiple cranial fractures.
The autopsy ruled out other claims by the parents, suggesting the death might have been caused by the side effect caused by a vaccination, careless baby-yoga exercises or a genetic disease.
The officer said that while the autopsy result furthered the investigation, there was still no definitive conclusion suggesting the father's actions cause the infant's death.
The twin's mother was remanded to house arrest on Tuesday. Her daughter was released from the hospital into the care of another family member, who was appointed the infant's guardian.
Hundreds of Jewish settlers storm Nablus village
Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed the southern Nablus village of Awarta before midnight Tuesday and remained there until dawn Wednesday to tour a number of historical sites.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the settlers mounted a number of buses and entered the village under heavy Israeli army escort. They said that the settlers toured a number of sites, which they believe have connection to the Jewish religion, in eastern and central areas in the village.
Sami Awad, the chairman of the Awarta municipal council, said that Nablus governor Jibrin Al-Bakri told him that a number of rabbis would visit the village.
He said that the settlers, including rabbis, arrived in seven buses, adding that the Israeli soldiers mounted rooftops of high buildings in the village. He said that they wrote anti-Arab slogans on walls of those buildings.
Tell Chabad to Condemn Settler Violence
On January 4th the national headquarters of Chabad Lubovitch issued a statement condemning the widely publicized attack by ultra-Orthodox Jews on an 8-year-old girl in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh last month. That attack triggered outrage in Israel, among friends of Israel in the United States and beyond.
Chabad’s statement said: “Violent behaviors of individuals or groups who abuse, intimidate and insult others are a flagrant offense to Torah and tzniut (modesty), in both letter and spirit, and deserve to be unequivocally condemned.”
Chabad is normally an inward-looking movement, and deserves credit for condemning this religiously-motivated violence in Israel. However, Chabad’s condemnation is too narrow. Consistent with its own religious values, Chabad also needs to speak out against extremist settlers’ violence.
Click here to tell Chabad that settler violence must be condemned, too!
Settlers Stone Cars, Injure Elderly Woman
Jewish settlers Wednesday stoned Palestinian cars passing near the settlement of Yitzhar, south of Nablus, injuring an elderly woman passenger in the head, according to a Palestinian official.
Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of settlements file in the Palestinian Authority in the northern part of the West Bank, told WAFA that settlers stoned Palestinian cars driving on a highway in the West Bank near the settlement.
The elderly woman was transferred to hospital in Nablus for treatment, he said.
IOF soldiers arrest 2 citizens, settlers throw stones at old lady
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian citizen from his home in Al-Khalil city at dawn Wednesday in an intensified campaign against the province.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers stormed the home of Sami Abu Ermaile and searched it before taking him away.
Another young man was taken from his car near Kiryat Arba settlement after the soldiers chased it then fired at its tires.
Meanwhile, a group of Jewish settlers threw stones at passing cars south of Nablus city wounding a 61-year-old woman in her head. Locals said that Miyasar Abdulmajid was taken to Rafidia hospital in serious condition.
31 jan 2012
Outpost advocate 'appointed to legalization committee'
Israel has appointed a lawyer paid by settlers to advocate legalizing settler outposts to a government committee examining how to allow unauthorized settlements, Israeli media reported.
Alan Baker, who lives in settlement Har Adar, was hired by an outpost legalization advocacy outfit, and nine days ago issued a legal opinion stating that Israel was authorized to lease Palestinian land deemed 'abandoned' to Jewish-only settlements, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
The opinion contradicts a legal opinion from Israel's Justice Ministry 20 years ago, the report said.
Baker will now join two Israeli judges to on the government committee examining the use of Palestinian land for more settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Meanwhile, Israelis living in a settler outpost that was ordered to be dismantled by the High Court plan to flood courts with petitions to demolish Bedouin buildings in the Negev, Haaretz reported.
Moves to take down the Ramallah-district Migron outpost sparked violent clashes between settlers and Israeli forces, and a series of 'price tag' attacks on Palestinian and Israeli army property.
Settler attacks in the West Bank against Palestinians increased by more than 50 percent in 2011, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The international community regards all settlements built on occupied Palestinian land to be illegal, while the Israel government distinguishes between the more than 100 state-sponsored settlements and dozens of unauthorized outposts.
IOF soldiers detain liberated prisoner, Hamas leader among others
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested an ex-prisoner who was liberated in the exchange deal with Hamas movement in Al-Khalil province and a 50-year-old lecturer in Jenin among others on Tuesday.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter in Al-Khalil that IOF soldiers besieged the house of Sheikh Ayman Al-Sharawne, 38, in Deir Samet village, forced his family out in the cold weather, and then took him away.
They said that the soldiers broke furniture during their savage search of his and his family’s homes. Sharawne was sentenced to life in jail in 2001.
IOF soldiers arrested the lecturer Mohammed Al-Sayyed from his home in Jenin city at dawn Tuesday after questioning him inside it. He is a well-known Hamas leader.
Local sources told the PIC that IOF soldiers stormed homes near to the lecturer’s house.
Sayyed, who suffers many diseases, was arrested at the hands of PA security elements for ten times and questioned tens of times.
Local sources said that five citizens including a teen were arrested in Kafr Qaddoum village in Qalqilia, a young man in Balata refugee camp east of Nablus, and man in Tamon village, Tobas province, after searching his house.
IOF soldiers were also seen severely beating a Palestinian man near Daheria village, south of Al-Khalil. Locals said that the man was hospitalized.
For their part, Jewish settlers tried to kidnap a Palestinian man south of Al-Khalil on Tuesday under gun threat but he managed to escape after leaving behind his car, local sources said.
They said that Jewish settlers also assaulted citizens in the Old City of Al-Khalil and Tal Rumaida in downtown on Monday night.
29 jan 2012
Jewish settlers declare intent to establish outpost in Beit Hanina
Members of a right-wing Jewish group, who claimed five years ago their ownership of two houses in Beit Hanina neighborhood to the east of occupied Jerusalem, now declared their intention to establish the first Jewish settlement outpost there, the Hebrew newspaper Jerusalem said on Friday.
The newspaper stated that two years after the unrest in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, the same scene could be repeated here in Beit Hanina as a result of this outpost.
It noted that it would not be possible to prevent members of this group of staying in these two houses, especially after the homes that had been seized by Jewish groups in Sheikh Jarrah was legally settled by the Israeli higher court which stated then that there was no legal obstacle preventing their residence in houses purchased legally.
Right-wing activist Aryeh King said that he and member of the Jewish group found out lately that a Palestinian family is still residing in what he described as an unauthorized building located in the middle of the two houses they had bought in Beit Hanina.
King added that he and his fellow right-wing comrades went last Tuesday to Beit Hanina to demand the Palestinian family to evacuate their home.
According to him, they also handed the family a letter telling it about their intention to move soon to the houses, so it has to leave its home or demolish it.
He also noted that a group of Jewish young singles would live in these houses.
The housing administration in Beit Hanina was very surprised to hear about this Zionist malicious plan which was prepared by members of this right-wing group and emphasized it would fight their scheme with all legal means.
Beit Hanina housing administration also warned that this Zionist scheme would turn the area into a flashpoint.
28 jan 2012
Palestinian teen hit by Israeli car at Jerusalem checkpoint
Outpost advocate 'appointed to legalization committee'
Israel has appointed a lawyer paid by settlers to advocate legalizing settler outposts to a government committee examining how to allow unauthorized settlements, Israeli media reported.
Alan Baker, who lives in settlement Har Adar, was hired by an outpost legalization advocacy outfit, and nine days ago issued a legal opinion stating that Israel was authorized to lease Palestinian land deemed 'abandoned' to Jewish-only settlements, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
The opinion contradicts a legal opinion from Israel's Justice Ministry 20 years ago, the report said.
Baker will now join two Israeli judges to on the government committee examining the use of Palestinian land for more settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Meanwhile, Israelis living in a settler outpost that was ordered to be dismantled by the High Court plan to flood courts with petitions to demolish Bedouin buildings in the Negev, Haaretz reported.
Moves to take down the Ramallah-district Migron outpost sparked violent clashes between settlers and Israeli forces, and a series of 'price tag' attacks on Palestinian and Israeli army property.
Settler attacks in the West Bank against Palestinians increased by more than 50 percent in 2011, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The international community regards all settlements built on occupied Palestinian land to be illegal, while the Israel government distinguishes between the more than 100 state-sponsored settlements and dozens of unauthorized outposts.
IOF soldiers detain liberated prisoner, Hamas leader among others
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested an ex-prisoner who was liberated in the exchange deal with Hamas movement in Al-Khalil province and a 50-year-old lecturer in Jenin among others on Tuesday.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter in Al-Khalil that IOF soldiers besieged the house of Sheikh Ayman Al-Sharawne, 38, in Deir Samet village, forced his family out in the cold weather, and then took him away.
They said that the soldiers broke furniture during their savage search of his and his family’s homes. Sharawne was sentenced to life in jail in 2001.
IOF soldiers arrested the lecturer Mohammed Al-Sayyed from his home in Jenin city at dawn Tuesday after questioning him inside it. He is a well-known Hamas leader.
Local sources told the PIC that IOF soldiers stormed homes near to the lecturer’s house.
Sayyed, who suffers many diseases, was arrested at the hands of PA security elements for ten times and questioned tens of times.
Local sources said that five citizens including a teen were arrested in Kafr Qaddoum village in Qalqilia, a young man in Balata refugee camp east of Nablus, and man in Tamon village, Tobas province, after searching his house.
IOF soldiers were also seen severely beating a Palestinian man near Daheria village, south of Al-Khalil. Locals said that the man was hospitalized.
For their part, Jewish settlers tried to kidnap a Palestinian man south of Al-Khalil on Tuesday under gun threat but he managed to escape after leaving behind his car, local sources said.
They said that Jewish settlers also assaulted citizens in the Old City of Al-Khalil and Tal Rumaida in downtown on Monday night.
29 jan 2012
Jewish settlers declare intent to establish outpost in Beit Hanina
Members of a right-wing Jewish group, who claimed five years ago their ownership of two houses in Beit Hanina neighborhood to the east of occupied Jerusalem, now declared their intention to establish the first Jewish settlement outpost there, the Hebrew newspaper Jerusalem said on Friday.
The newspaper stated that two years after the unrest in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, the same scene could be repeated here in Beit Hanina as a result of this outpost.
It noted that it would not be possible to prevent members of this group of staying in these two houses, especially after the homes that had been seized by Jewish groups in Sheikh Jarrah was legally settled by the Israeli higher court which stated then that there was no legal obstacle preventing their residence in houses purchased legally.
Right-wing activist Aryeh King said that he and member of the Jewish group found out lately that a Palestinian family is still residing in what he described as an unauthorized building located in the middle of the two houses they had bought in Beit Hanina.
King added that he and his fellow right-wing comrades went last Tuesday to Beit Hanina to demand the Palestinian family to evacuate their home.
According to him, they also handed the family a letter telling it about their intention to move soon to the houses, so it has to leave its home or demolish it.
He also noted that a group of Jewish young singles would live in these houses.
The housing administration in Beit Hanina was very surprised to hear about this Zionist malicious plan which was prepared by members of this right-wing group and emphasized it would fight their scheme with all legal means.
Beit Hanina housing administration also warned that this Zionist scheme would turn the area into a flashpoint.
28 jan 2012
Palestinian teen hit by Israeli car at Jerusalem checkpoint
A Palestinian teenager was injured by an Israeli hit-and-run driver near an East Jerusalem checkpoint on Saturday morning, eyewitnesses told Ma'an.
Suleiman Abu Mahamid, 18, was waiting to catch a bus near al-Zayyem checkpoint between the West Bank and Jerusalem, when a private car hit him and fled the scene.
Onlookers said the assailant was an Israeli settler using the road into the West Bank that is off limits to Palestinians. Witnesses from nearby East Jerusalem neighborhood Isawiya took the car number and photos of the incident, they said.
Abu Mahamid was taken to the Medical Compound in Ramallah to treat his bruising.
27 jan 2012
Jewish settlers steal 30 Dunums in al-Khalil
Jewish settlers planted land belonging to the village of Sair to the north of al-Khalil, in the southern West Bank, in an attempt to take it over, claiming that they are planting it because it belongs to them.
Researcher at the Land Research Centre, Rajeh Talahmeh said that settlers from the Asfer settlement, which is built on Palestinian stolen land in the Qanoub area to the east of the village, planted the village's fields.
He also said that the fields belong to the Shaladeh family who were surprised on Thursday morning to find that the settlers planted their fields with trees and protected plants all over their fields which lie outside the fence of the settlement.
PA forces 'arrest 5 settlers in Nablus'
Palestinian Authority security forces detained five Israeli settlers in the northern West Bank in the early hours of Friday morning, officials said.
The settlers, who hold US passports, tried to enter Joseph's Tomb, the site where some believe the biblical figure Joseph was buried, Palestinian officials told Ma'an.
They were questioned and handed over to Israeli liaison officials, local officials said, adding that the visitors were unarmed. An Israeli police spokesman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
The tomb, near Balata refugee camp, is in an area under PA control but the settlers had not coordinated the visit with PA security forces.
The Israeli army provides regular escorted visits to the religious site, coordinated with PA security forces, but extremist settlers have challenged any restrictions on their access to the tomb, located inside Nablus city.
Earlier this month, an Israeli court charged four men with making unauthorized visits to the tomb. They had made several trips to the site in 2008, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
It was the first case pursued by the courts for unauthorized entry to Nablus.
25 jan 2012
Extremist Jews Destroy Graves in Islamic Cemetery, Says Group
Suleiman Abu Mahamid, 18, was waiting to catch a bus near al-Zayyem checkpoint between the West Bank and Jerusalem, when a private car hit him and fled the scene.
Onlookers said the assailant was an Israeli settler using the road into the West Bank that is off limits to Palestinians. Witnesses from nearby East Jerusalem neighborhood Isawiya took the car number and photos of the incident, they said.
Abu Mahamid was taken to the Medical Compound in Ramallah to treat his bruising.
27 jan 2012
Jewish settlers steal 30 Dunums in al-Khalil
Jewish settlers planted land belonging to the village of Sair to the north of al-Khalil, in the southern West Bank, in an attempt to take it over, claiming that they are planting it because it belongs to them.
Researcher at the Land Research Centre, Rajeh Talahmeh said that settlers from the Asfer settlement, which is built on Palestinian stolen land in the Qanoub area to the east of the village, planted the village's fields.
He also said that the fields belong to the Shaladeh family who were surprised on Thursday morning to find that the settlers planted their fields with trees and protected plants all over their fields which lie outside the fence of the settlement.
PA forces 'arrest 5 settlers in Nablus'
Palestinian Authority security forces detained five Israeli settlers in the northern West Bank in the early hours of Friday morning, officials said.
The settlers, who hold US passports, tried to enter Joseph's Tomb, the site where some believe the biblical figure Joseph was buried, Palestinian officials told Ma'an.
They were questioned and handed over to Israeli liaison officials, local officials said, adding that the visitors were unarmed. An Israeli police spokesman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
The tomb, near Balata refugee camp, is in an area under PA control but the settlers had not coordinated the visit with PA security forces.
The Israeli army provides regular escorted visits to the religious site, coordinated with PA security forces, but extremist settlers have challenged any restrictions on their access to the tomb, located inside Nablus city.
Earlier this month, an Israeli court charged four men with making unauthorized visits to the tomb. They had made several trips to the site in 2008, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
It was the first case pursued by the courts for unauthorized entry to Nablus.
25 jan 2012
Extremist Jews Destroy Graves in Islamic Cemetery, Says Group
Al -Aqsa Institute for Waqf and Heritage revealed Wednesday that several extremist Jews destroyed a large number of tombstones in Bisan Cemetery, north of Israel, according to a press release by the institute.
A delegation from the institute went on an inspection visit to the cemetery and found out that a large number of graves and tombstones were destroyed by extremist Jews.
“The extremist Jews seek to obliterate what is left of Islamic landmarks in the city,” said deputy of the institute Sami Rizqallah.
Injury of a number of settlers in violent clashes in Jerusalem
A number of settlers injured in the Old City of Jerusalem after a clash and fighting between them and dozens of young Jerusalemites.
In a later development our correspondence confirmed at least of 3 settlers wounded, one of them had head injury as well as one member of the special forces in occupation army
In a later development dozens of Palestinian youth surrounding a number of the settlers and beat them.
24 jan 2012
IOF soldiers fire at protesting Palestinians near Nabi Yusuf
Hundreds of Jewish settlers escorted by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the Nabi Yusuf shrine to the east of Nablus city at midnight Monday.
Eyewitnesses said that ten coaches carrying hundreds of Jewish settlers arrived to the site at midnight Monday and performed rituals.
They said that confrontations took place between the IOF soldiers and Palestinian youths residing near to the shrine that continued till dawn Tuesday during which the soldiers fired stun grenades at Palestinian homes and youths who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
Palestinians living nearby have always complained form the repeated “visits” of those settlers to the shrine during which they perform their rituals and revel in a way disturbing the residents.
Jewish Settlers Break into Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus
A large number of Jewish settlers broke into Joseph’s Tomb, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, late Monday night, according to local sources.
They told WAFA that around 10 buses carrying 1200 extremist settlers broke into the Tomb and performed rituals and prayers until dawn under the heavy protection of the Israeli army.
Sources in the Israeli army said the breaking was coordinated between the army and the settlers.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided the eastern area of Nablus, particularly the vicinity of Balata refugee camp, as well as broke into a bookshop near An-Najah National University campus in the city, and confiscated contents.
A delegation from the institute went on an inspection visit to the cemetery and found out that a large number of graves and tombstones were destroyed by extremist Jews.
“The extremist Jews seek to obliterate what is left of Islamic landmarks in the city,” said deputy of the institute Sami Rizqallah.
Injury of a number of settlers in violent clashes in Jerusalem
A number of settlers injured in the Old City of Jerusalem after a clash and fighting between them and dozens of young Jerusalemites.
In a later development our correspondence confirmed at least of 3 settlers wounded, one of them had head injury as well as one member of the special forces in occupation army
In a later development dozens of Palestinian youth surrounding a number of the settlers and beat them.
24 jan 2012
IOF soldiers fire at protesting Palestinians near Nabi Yusuf
Hundreds of Jewish settlers escorted by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the Nabi Yusuf shrine to the east of Nablus city at midnight Monday.
Eyewitnesses said that ten coaches carrying hundreds of Jewish settlers arrived to the site at midnight Monday and performed rituals.
They said that confrontations took place between the IOF soldiers and Palestinian youths residing near to the shrine that continued till dawn Tuesday during which the soldiers fired stun grenades at Palestinian homes and youths who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
Palestinians living nearby have always complained form the repeated “visits” of those settlers to the shrine during which they perform their rituals and revel in a way disturbing the residents.
Jewish Settlers Break into Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus
A large number of Jewish settlers broke into Joseph’s Tomb, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, late Monday night, according to local sources.
They told WAFA that around 10 buses carrying 1200 extremist settlers broke into the Tomb and performed rituals and prayers until dawn under the heavy protection of the Israeli army.
Sources in the Israeli army said the breaking was coordinated between the army and the settlers.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided the eastern area of Nablus, particularly the vicinity of Balata refugee camp, as well as broke into a bookshop near An-Najah National University campus in the city, and confiscated contents.
