Church workers stand next to a church wall sprayed with graffiti in Jerusalem February 20, 2012
Extremist Jewish settlers, members of the price tag gang, desecrated the Baptist church in the western part of occupied Jerusalem and wrote crude remarks and profanities about Prophet Jesus and his mother Mary.
The settlers sprayed graffiti remarks in Hebrew language on the exterior walls of the church and some of them read, "We will crucify you" and "Death to Christianity."
They also slashed the tires of several cars parked in the church compound.
The assailants left their usual signature "price tag" to refer to their anti-Arab group which escalated their racist attacks on Islamic and Christian holy places, Palestinian homes and property.
Most of their attacks in earlier incidents involved the torching and vandalism of cars, mosques and olive trees.
The Israeli police have provided a cover-up for all these attacks so far and every time such crimes happened they claimed either they were unable to press charges for lack of evidence or they failed to arrest and identify the assailants.
Jewish settlers storm Aqsa under police protection
Two groups of Jewish settlers stormed the holy Aqsa mosque on Monday morning under Israeli police protection, eyewitnesses said.
Quds Press quoted those witnesses, inside the Aqsa mosque, as saying that the settlers strolled in the mosque’s yards with heavy police escort.
They said that Israeli forces were blocking entry of young Palestinians into the Aqsa compound.
Meanwhile, Palestinian national and religious leaders called on Palestinian women to go to the Aqsa mosque to confront Jewish women who plan to storm the holy site on Tuesday morning.
The Jewish women announced on Hebrew websites their intention to storm the Aqsa and to perform Talmudic rituals inside it.
They said that similar “visits” would be organized twice monthly and said that they obtained permission from the Israeli police.
Arab League: Israel's moves against the Aqsa Mosque threaten the world's peace
The Arab League warned that the escalating Judaization measures in the occupied city of Jerusalem threaten the stability in the region and the whole world, and appealed to the international parties to protect the Aqsa Mosque against Israel's threats.
In a statement read during a meeting on Sunday, the Arab League stated that all the Israeli measures in Jerusalem are illegal under international law and especially the latest resolution issued on October 30 by the UN general-assembly.
The League pointed that Israel's Judaization activities in Jerusalem violate the international humanitarian law, especially the fourth Geneva convention and the Hague convention.
The League also strongly denounced the Israeli aggression actions against the Aqsa Mosque and the Israeli Knesset decision to hold a referendum on their withdrawal from Jerusalem.
It demanded the UN security council, the European union and the UNESCO to assume their responsibilities in this regard and protect the Islamic and Christian holy sites in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Sheikh Qaradawi urges Arab nation to defend Aqsa Mosque
Head of the international union for Muslim scholars Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi called for Arab popular moves to protect the Aqsa Mosque and confront the Jewish attempts to defile it.
In a press release issued on Monday by Al-Quds international foundation, Sheikh Qaradawi stressed that the Aqsa Mosque is a red line and the Muslims would not stand idly if the Jews repeated their attacks on the Mosque.
He urged the Palestinians in their occupied land and the Arab peoples in neighboring countries, Egypt, Jordan and Syria, to rise up in defense of the Aqsa Mosque and liberate it from the Jewish occupation.
Jewish settlers burn cars, damage Mosque in 1948 occupied lands
Extremist Jewish settlers, members of the price tag gang, desecrated the Baptist church in the western part of occupied Jerusalem and wrote crude remarks and profanities about Prophet Jesus and his mother Mary.
The settlers sprayed graffiti remarks in Hebrew language on the exterior walls of the church and some of them read, "We will crucify you" and "Death to Christianity."
They also slashed the tires of several cars parked in the church compound.
The assailants left their usual signature "price tag" to refer to their anti-Arab group which escalated their racist attacks on Islamic and Christian holy places, Palestinian homes and property.
Most of their attacks in earlier incidents involved the torching and vandalism of cars, mosques and olive trees.
The Israeli police have provided a cover-up for all these attacks so far and every time such crimes happened they claimed either they were unable to press charges for lack of evidence or they failed to arrest and identify the assailants.
Jewish settlers storm Aqsa under police protection
Two groups of Jewish settlers stormed the holy Aqsa mosque on Monday morning under Israeli police protection, eyewitnesses said.
Quds Press quoted those witnesses, inside the Aqsa mosque, as saying that the settlers strolled in the mosque’s yards with heavy police escort.
They said that Israeli forces were blocking entry of young Palestinians into the Aqsa compound.
Meanwhile, Palestinian national and religious leaders called on Palestinian women to go to the Aqsa mosque to confront Jewish women who plan to storm the holy site on Tuesday morning.
The Jewish women announced on Hebrew websites their intention to storm the Aqsa and to perform Talmudic rituals inside it.
They said that similar “visits” would be organized twice monthly and said that they obtained permission from the Israeli police.
Arab League: Israel's moves against the Aqsa Mosque threaten the world's peace
The Arab League warned that the escalating Judaization measures in the occupied city of Jerusalem threaten the stability in the region and the whole world, and appealed to the international parties to protect the Aqsa Mosque against Israel's threats.
In a statement read during a meeting on Sunday, the Arab League stated that all the Israeli measures in Jerusalem are illegal under international law and especially the latest resolution issued on October 30 by the UN general-assembly.
The League pointed that Israel's Judaization activities in Jerusalem violate the international humanitarian law, especially the fourth Geneva convention and the Hague convention.
The League also strongly denounced the Israeli aggression actions against the Aqsa Mosque and the Israeli Knesset decision to hold a referendum on their withdrawal from Jerusalem.
It demanded the UN security council, the European union and the UNESCO to assume their responsibilities in this regard and protect the Islamic and Christian holy sites in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Sheikh Qaradawi urges Arab nation to defend Aqsa Mosque
Head of the international union for Muslim scholars Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi called for Arab popular moves to protect the Aqsa Mosque and confront the Jewish attempts to defile it.
In a press release issued on Monday by Al-Quds international foundation, Sheikh Qaradawi stressed that the Aqsa Mosque is a red line and the Muslims would not stand idly if the Jews repeated their attacks on the Mosque.
He urged the Palestinians in their occupied land and the Arab peoples in neighboring countries, Egypt, Jordan and Syria, to rise up in defense of the Aqsa Mosque and liberate it from the Jewish occupation.
Jewish settlers burn cars, damage Mosque in 1948 occupied lands
The Hebrew media said Jewish settlers from the "price tag" gang torched eight Palestinian cars at dawn Sunday in Musmus town, Wadi Ara area, in the 1948 occupied lands, and sabotaged the only Mosque there.
The Israeli police failed to arrest the assailants as it always did when similar attacks repeatedly happened against Palestinian property and Mosques.
The price tag gang is notorious for waging arson attacks on Mosques and Palestinians' cars and it is believed that the Israeli police always lie about their failure to arrest the criminals responsible for such offenses.
'Death to Christianity' written on Jerusalem church
Vandals daubed "Death to Christianity" on a Jerusalem church on Monday in the second such attack in the holy city this month, police said.
The words "Price Tag", a slogan used by ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers, were also scrawled on the walls of the Baptist Narkis Street Congregation in a quiet residential neighborhood in West Jerusalem.
"Officers are investigating a strong possibility of a (Jewish) nationalist motive but no one has been apprehended yet," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.
The graffiti also included profanity about Jesus, and the vandals slashed the tires of several cars parked in the church compound.
The "Price Tag" term refers to retribution settlers say they will exact for any attempt by the Israeli government to curb settlement in the occupied West Bank, an area Palestinians seek as part of a future state.
"Death to Christians" was daubed in Hebrew on the outer walls of the Monastery of the Cross, an 11th-century holy site, on Feb. 7.
On the same day, "Death to Arabs" was painted in Hebrew on the wall of a playground of a Jewish-Arab bilingual school in East Jerusalem.
"Price Tag" attacks have targeted mosques, Palestinian homes and Israeli military installations in the occupied West Bank.
Since December, five mosques have been vandalized in attacks by suspected Jewish extremists. An ancient mosque in Jerusalem was torched on Dec. 13, and sprayed with the Star of David, "price tag," "Muhammad is a pig" and "A good Arab is a dead Arab" in Hebrew.
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. Ma'an staff in Bethlehem contributed to this report.
Vandals scrawl graffiti on Jerusalem Baptist church
Anonymous perpetrators daub 'Death to Christianity' on Jerusalem church wall in second such attack in the holy city this month. Police launch investigation.
Vandals daubed "Death to Christianity" on a Jerusalem church on Monday in the second such attack in the holy city this month, police said. The words 'Price Tag', a slogan used by extremist Jewish settlers, were also scrawled on the walls of the Baptist Narkis Street Congregation in a quiet residential neighborhood in west Jerusalem.
"Officers are investigating a strong possibility of a nationalist motive but no one has been apprehended yet," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.
The graffiti also included profanity about Jesus, and the vandals slashed the tires of several cars parked in the church compound.
Two weeks ago, similar graffiti was scrawled on the 11th-century Monastery of the Cross which is also in west Jerusalem but no suspect have been arrested, Rosenfeld said.
Price Tag attacks have targeted mosques, Palestinian homes and Israeli military installations in the occupied West Bank.
Khatib: All construction activities around the Aqsa part of the alleged temple
The Israeli police failed to arrest the assailants as it always did when similar attacks repeatedly happened against Palestinian property and Mosques.
The price tag gang is notorious for waging arson attacks on Mosques and Palestinians' cars and it is believed that the Israeli police always lie about their failure to arrest the criminals responsible for such offenses.
'Death to Christianity' written on Jerusalem church
Vandals daubed "Death to Christianity" on a Jerusalem church on Monday in the second such attack in the holy city this month, police said.
The words "Price Tag", a slogan used by ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers, were also scrawled on the walls of the Baptist Narkis Street Congregation in a quiet residential neighborhood in West Jerusalem.
"Officers are investigating a strong possibility of a (Jewish) nationalist motive but no one has been apprehended yet," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.
The graffiti also included profanity about Jesus, and the vandals slashed the tires of several cars parked in the church compound.
The "Price Tag" term refers to retribution settlers say they will exact for any attempt by the Israeli government to curb settlement in the occupied West Bank, an area Palestinians seek as part of a future state.
"Death to Christians" was daubed in Hebrew on the outer walls of the Monastery of the Cross, an 11th-century holy site, on Feb. 7.
On the same day, "Death to Arabs" was painted in Hebrew on the wall of a playground of a Jewish-Arab bilingual school in East Jerusalem.
"Price Tag" attacks have targeted mosques, Palestinian homes and Israeli military installations in the occupied West Bank.
Since December, five mosques have been vandalized in attacks by suspected Jewish extremists. An ancient mosque in Jerusalem was torched on Dec. 13, and sprayed with the Star of David, "price tag," "Muhammad is a pig" and "A good Arab is a dead Arab" in Hebrew.
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. Ma'an staff in Bethlehem contributed to this report.
Vandals scrawl graffiti on Jerusalem Baptist church
Anonymous perpetrators daub 'Death to Christianity' on Jerusalem church wall in second such attack in the holy city this month. Police launch investigation.
Vandals daubed "Death to Christianity" on a Jerusalem church on Monday in the second such attack in the holy city this month, police said. The words 'Price Tag', a slogan used by extremist Jewish settlers, were also scrawled on the walls of the Baptist Narkis Street Congregation in a quiet residential neighborhood in west Jerusalem.
"Officers are investigating a strong possibility of a nationalist motive but no one has been apprehended yet," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.
The graffiti also included profanity about Jesus, and the vandals slashed the tires of several cars parked in the church compound.
Two weeks ago, similar graffiti was scrawled on the 11th-century Monastery of the Cross which is also in west Jerusalem but no suspect have been arrested, Rosenfeld said.
Price Tag attacks have targeted mosques, Palestinian homes and Israeli military installations in the occupied West Bank.
Khatib: All construction activities around the Aqsa part of the alleged temple
Deputy head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied land Kamal Al-Khatib warned that the escalating attempts to storm and seize the Aqsa Mosque are part of the Jewish black scheme to tear it down and build the alleged temple on its ruins.
Khatib told Quds Press on Sunday that all construction activities happening beneath and around the Aqsa Mosque are part of this alleged temple's premises and annexes.
He warned that the Jewish attempts to storm and take hold of the Aqsa Mosque would increase during the coming days and months.
In a related context, head of the committee on Jerusalem at the international union of Muslim scholars Salah Amin said there are intensive contacts and consultations underway between Muslim religious figures all over the world to organize a massive angry rallies marching towards the Aqsa Mosque from all sides of the occupied Palestinian land.
"I am networking with many Muslim scholars worldwide to prepare for a march towards Jerusalem on the Nakba anniversary that falls on May 15," Amin told the Palestinian information center (PIC) on Sunday.
Report: Israeli authorities seek to permit unplanned settler roads
Israeli military authorities in the occupied West Bank are pushing to change laws to allow Israeli settlers to build dirt roads "to protect state lands," Israeli media reported on Monday.
The change in legislation will allow settlers to construct non-tarmacked roads without a permit, allowing settlers to extend their control outside settlement boundaries on the large swathes of occupied territory designated Israeli-state land, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
Israel's Civil Administration will request the legal amendment from Israel's Deputy Attorney General, the report said. Currently settlers have to apply for permits to build, however the Israeli army is already permitted to seize land for roads to "protect settlements," it added.
All Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem break international law banning the transfer of civilian populations into occupied territory. Israeli authorities want to make a distinction between authorized settlements and outposts that have not received official approval, as well as "state land" that rights groups say has been seized from Palestinian owners.
According to a 2006 report by Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now, over 50 percent of the lands settlements have been built on have retroactively been declared state lands. The areas in the occupied West Bank are often declared state land if it is not formally registered as private property, or if it is not cultivated for three years, under Ottoman law it can be declared state lands.
Under the British Mandate a process of registration of lands began, continued under Jordanian rule, but was halted by an injunction by Israel when its military occupied the West Bank in 1967.
19 feb 2012
Jewish settlers and policemen defile Aqsa Mosque, clash with Muslim worshipers
Khatib told Quds Press on Sunday that all construction activities happening beneath and around the Aqsa Mosque are part of this alleged temple's premises and annexes.
He warned that the Jewish attempts to storm and take hold of the Aqsa Mosque would increase during the coming days and months.
In a related context, head of the committee on Jerusalem at the international union of Muslim scholars Salah Amin said there are intensive contacts and consultations underway between Muslim religious figures all over the world to organize a massive angry rallies marching towards the Aqsa Mosque from all sides of the occupied Palestinian land.
"I am networking with many Muslim scholars worldwide to prepare for a march towards Jerusalem on the Nakba anniversary that falls on May 15," Amin told the Palestinian information center (PIC) on Sunday.
Report: Israeli authorities seek to permit unplanned settler roads
Israeli military authorities in the occupied West Bank are pushing to change laws to allow Israeli settlers to build dirt roads "to protect state lands," Israeli media reported on Monday.
The change in legislation will allow settlers to construct non-tarmacked roads without a permit, allowing settlers to extend their control outside settlement boundaries on the large swathes of occupied territory designated Israeli-state land, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
Israel's Civil Administration will request the legal amendment from Israel's Deputy Attorney General, the report said. Currently settlers have to apply for permits to build, however the Israeli army is already permitted to seize land for roads to "protect settlements," it added.
All Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem break international law banning the transfer of civilian populations into occupied territory. Israeli authorities want to make a distinction between authorized settlements and outposts that have not received official approval, as well as "state land" that rights groups say has been seized from Palestinian owners.
According to a 2006 report by Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now, over 50 percent of the lands settlements have been built on have retroactively been declared state lands. The areas in the occupied West Bank are often declared state land if it is not formally registered as private property, or if it is not cultivated for three years, under Ottoman law it can be declared state lands.
Under the British Mandate a process of registration of lands began, continued under Jordanian rule, but was halted by an injunction by Israel when its military occupied the West Bank in 1967.
19 feb 2012
Jewish settlers and policemen defile Aqsa Mosque, clash with Muslim worshipers
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A group of Palestinian worshipers holding a vigil inside the Aqsa Mosque have fended off dozens of fanatic Jewish settlers who tried on Sunday morning to desecrate the Islamic holy site, and clashed with their police escorts.
The Israeli occupation policemen spread extensively throughout the Mosque and attempted to secure the settlers' provocative entry. Three Israeli armed policemen were injured during the clashes with Palestinian worshipers.
According to news reports, violent confrontations are still ongoing between the Palestinians who attempt to protect the Mosque and the Israeli assailants The reports also said that dozens of Jewish settlers and policemen gathered near Al-Maghariba Gate, one of the Mosque's doors, in an attempt to storm it.
Other Israeli soldiers were seen preventing the Palestinian young men and women under age 45 from entering the Aqsa Mosque to help their brothers under attack.
Several extremist Jewish groups spearheaded by a movement called the temple trustees incited recently their followers to storm the Aqsa Mosque to strengthen what they claimed to be the status of the temple.
In this regard, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum strongly denounced the repeated Jewish attacks on the Aqsa Mosque and the malicious intents to demolish it to establish an alleged temple on its ruins.
He added in a press release that Israel is waging a religious war on the Islamic holy sites in the occupied Palestinian land and this war is supported by the US which is the cause of all pains and sufferings inflicted on the occupied Palestinian people.
Barhoum urged the Muslim nation all over the world to rise and revolt for occupied Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque and move to confront the Jewish extremists' attempts to harm the holy Mosque.
18 feb 2012
Nablus village at the center of settler violence
By Charlie Hoyle
A drive along the northern section of route 60 paints a telling picture of the physical geography of settlements and settler violence in the West Bank.
Winding through picturesque Nablus countryside, the main north-south highway acts as a boundary between Israeli settlements on one side and Palestinian villages on the other.
Overlooked by these illegal hilltop residences, local Palestinians are all too familiar with the disadvantages of the neighborly proximity, especially given that the Nablus district experienced the majority of settler violence in 2011.
"Generally speaking, no week passes without an attack," the mayor of Nablus village Asira al-Qibliya says.
Located just off route 60, this village of around 3,000 residents is left to fend for itself in a political power vacuum so common in the West Bank.
"The Palestinian Authority can’t do anything for us as they need security clearance," Mayor Ahmed Abdel Hadi says. Such clearance, if approved, could take over 5 hours, he adds.
Asira al-Qibliya lies in Area B, designated in the Oslo Accords as being under Israeli security control and PA administrative rule. The nearest settlement to Asira al-Qibliya is Yitzhar, which, like most others, is located in Area C, under full Israeli administrative and security control.
Over 90 percent of villages attacked by settlers are under Israeli security control, a Washington based think tank said recently. One such victim of settler violence is father of six Ibrahim Makhlouf.
"Since 2001 the attacks are more frequent and they are more organized," Makhlouf , 50, says. "They all wear the same uniform and there is usually a leader giving orders. A teacher in the village, Ibrahim’s house is some 60 meters from buildings belonging to the settlement of Yitzhar.
On Dec. 12, over 200 settlers entered the village and threw rocks at homes, smashing windows and damaging cars.
"I woke to the sound of rocks being thrown, and went up onto my roof. The children started to scream so we locked ourselves in our house," Makhlouf says.
Such attacks on the village are commonplace and have tripled over the past five years, the Palestine Center says. In 2011, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that settler attacks had increased by 50 percent on the previous year.
Outside of the PA’s limited control, villagers have to fend for themselves against ever more frequent attacks. "They attack us to make us leave. But if I leave they will take my house, so where should I go? Makhlouf says the army sometimes arrives during attacks but fires tear gas at the villagers.
Living no more than a hundred meters from the village, settlers can enter at will, knowing that if a situation escalates the Israeli army will intervene.
The mayor is convinced that settlers would not attack if they didn’t have the protection of the army.
Yet more and more villagers are coming back from Nablus and Ramallah to protect their land, Abdel Hadi says, and even villagers working in Israel are coming back more regularly because of the attacks.
Local level organization against settler attacks can serve as a deterrent if villagers numerically outnumber settlers.
Yet the disparity in the means of violence, and protection, between villagers and settlers is so great that the pattern of low intensity violence will continue indefinitely without any political settlement. "Most mainstream people in society want to live peacefully," the village mayor says. “But when I see a settler, I see Netanyahu standing there, saying: I don’t want peace.”
16 feb 2012
Settlers Raid Village, Burn Car in Qalqilya
A group of Jewish settlers Thursday raided An Nabi Elias, a village in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, burnt a car and wrote anti-Arab graffiti at the village entrance, according to an activist.
Ghassan Douglas, in charge of settlements file at the Palestinian Authority in the northern part of the West, told WAFA that a group of settlers raided the village, burning a car that was parked at the entrance of the village.
He said they also wrote racist anti-Arab graffiti at the town’s entrance before leaving the town.
Jewish settlers burn Palestinian car, cut trees
Jewish settlers burnt a Palestinian car in Laban village to the north of Ramallah and damaged other property in a pre-dawn raid on Thursday, local sources said.
Ghassan Daghlas, monitoring Israeli settlement activity north of the West Bank, said that the settlers wrote insulting slogans against the prophet and provocative slogans against the Palestinians.
He added that other groups of settlers cut an unspecified number of tees in Madma village and 15 olive trees in Burin village.
Daghlass said that the settlers’ attacks escalated with the start of 2012, adding that the Israeli occupation authority gives a blind eye to such attacks.
He said that a state of anger was sweeping the Palestinian villages as a result of those attacks, adding that he expected more such attacks in the near future in view of the stalemate in the political settlement process.
Settlers Raid Tomb of Prophet Joseph Accompanied By Israeli Soldiers
On Thursday, around 600 settlers raided the tomb of the prophet Joseph, east of Nablus, accompanied by Israeli forces.
Chief of settlement file issue's in the Northern West Bank, Ghassan Douglas, told Palestinian news wire Wafa that Ten Israeli busses carrying settlers along with several Israeli military jeeps, raided Balata refugee camp and prayed inside the place where the tomb is, and then they left the location.
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The Israeli occupation policemen spread extensively throughout the Mosque and attempted to secure the settlers' provocative entry. Three Israeli armed policemen were injured during the clashes with Palestinian worshipers.
According to news reports, violent confrontations are still ongoing between the Palestinians who attempt to protect the Mosque and the Israeli assailants The reports also said that dozens of Jewish settlers and policemen gathered near Al-Maghariba Gate, one of the Mosque's doors, in an attempt to storm it.
Other Israeli soldiers were seen preventing the Palestinian young men and women under age 45 from entering the Aqsa Mosque to help their brothers under attack.
Several extremist Jewish groups spearheaded by a movement called the temple trustees incited recently their followers to storm the Aqsa Mosque to strengthen what they claimed to be the status of the temple.
In this regard, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum strongly denounced the repeated Jewish attacks on the Aqsa Mosque and the malicious intents to demolish it to establish an alleged temple on its ruins.
He added in a press release that Israel is waging a religious war on the Islamic holy sites in the occupied Palestinian land and this war is supported by the US which is the cause of all pains and sufferings inflicted on the occupied Palestinian people.
Barhoum urged the Muslim nation all over the world to rise and revolt for occupied Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque and move to confront the Jewish extremists' attempts to harm the holy Mosque.
18 feb 2012
Nablus village at the center of settler violence
By Charlie Hoyle
A drive along the northern section of route 60 paints a telling picture of the physical geography of settlements and settler violence in the West Bank.
Winding through picturesque Nablus countryside, the main north-south highway acts as a boundary between Israeli settlements on one side and Palestinian villages on the other.
Overlooked by these illegal hilltop residences, local Palestinians are all too familiar with the disadvantages of the neighborly proximity, especially given that the Nablus district experienced the majority of settler violence in 2011.
"Generally speaking, no week passes without an attack," the mayor of Nablus village Asira al-Qibliya says.
Located just off route 60, this village of around 3,000 residents is left to fend for itself in a political power vacuum so common in the West Bank.
"The Palestinian Authority can’t do anything for us as they need security clearance," Mayor Ahmed Abdel Hadi says. Such clearance, if approved, could take over 5 hours, he adds.
Asira al-Qibliya lies in Area B, designated in the Oslo Accords as being under Israeli security control and PA administrative rule. The nearest settlement to Asira al-Qibliya is Yitzhar, which, like most others, is located in Area C, under full Israeli administrative and security control.
Over 90 percent of villages attacked by settlers are under Israeli security control, a Washington based think tank said recently. One such victim of settler violence is father of six Ibrahim Makhlouf.
"Since 2001 the attacks are more frequent and they are more organized," Makhlouf , 50, says. "They all wear the same uniform and there is usually a leader giving orders. A teacher in the village, Ibrahim’s house is some 60 meters from buildings belonging to the settlement of Yitzhar.
On Dec. 12, over 200 settlers entered the village and threw rocks at homes, smashing windows and damaging cars.
"I woke to the sound of rocks being thrown, and went up onto my roof. The children started to scream so we locked ourselves in our house," Makhlouf says.
Such attacks on the village are commonplace and have tripled over the past five years, the Palestine Center says. In 2011, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that settler attacks had increased by 50 percent on the previous year.
Outside of the PA’s limited control, villagers have to fend for themselves against ever more frequent attacks. "They attack us to make us leave. But if I leave they will take my house, so where should I go? Makhlouf says the army sometimes arrives during attacks but fires tear gas at the villagers.
Living no more than a hundred meters from the village, settlers can enter at will, knowing that if a situation escalates the Israeli army will intervene.
The mayor is convinced that settlers would not attack if they didn’t have the protection of the army.
Yet more and more villagers are coming back from Nablus and Ramallah to protect their land, Abdel Hadi says, and even villagers working in Israel are coming back more regularly because of the attacks.
Local level organization against settler attacks can serve as a deterrent if villagers numerically outnumber settlers.
Yet the disparity in the means of violence, and protection, between villagers and settlers is so great that the pattern of low intensity violence will continue indefinitely without any political settlement. "Most mainstream people in society want to live peacefully," the village mayor says. “But when I see a settler, I see Netanyahu standing there, saying: I don’t want peace.”
16 feb 2012
Settlers Raid Village, Burn Car in Qalqilya
A group of Jewish settlers Thursday raided An Nabi Elias, a village in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, burnt a car and wrote anti-Arab graffiti at the village entrance, according to an activist.
Ghassan Douglas, in charge of settlements file at the Palestinian Authority in the northern part of the West, told WAFA that a group of settlers raided the village, burning a car that was parked at the entrance of the village.
He said they also wrote racist anti-Arab graffiti at the town’s entrance before leaving the town.
Jewish settlers burn Palestinian car, cut trees
Jewish settlers burnt a Palestinian car in Laban village to the north of Ramallah and damaged other property in a pre-dawn raid on Thursday, local sources said.
Ghassan Daghlas, monitoring Israeli settlement activity north of the West Bank, said that the settlers wrote insulting slogans against the prophet and provocative slogans against the Palestinians.
He added that other groups of settlers cut an unspecified number of tees in Madma village and 15 olive trees in Burin village.
Daghlass said that the settlers’ attacks escalated with the start of 2012, adding that the Israeli occupation authority gives a blind eye to such attacks.
He said that a state of anger was sweeping the Palestinian villages as a result of those attacks, adding that he expected more such attacks in the near future in view of the stalemate in the political settlement process.
Settlers Raid Tomb of Prophet Joseph Accompanied By Israeli Soldiers
On Thursday, around 600 settlers raided the tomb of the prophet Joseph, east of Nablus, accompanied by Israeli forces.
Chief of settlement file issue's in the Northern West Bank, Ghassan Douglas, told Palestinian news wire Wafa that Ten Israeli busses carrying settlers along with several Israeli military jeeps, raided Balata refugee camp and prayed inside the place where the tomb is, and then they left the location.
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15 feb 2012
Björklund (Liberal) was attacked by an aggressive settlers during a visit to the West Bank on Wednesday.
Björklund (Liberal) was attacked by an aggressive settlers during a visit to the West Bank on Wednesday.
Minister for Education Jan Björklund
By Erik Hogstrom
Minister for Education Jan Björklund (Liberal) was attacked by an aggressive settlers during a visit to the West Bank on Wednesday.
Minister's bodyguards had to intervene.
- There was a scuffle, but Jan Björklund escaped without injury, says FP leader's press officer Anders Andrén to Expressen.se. - There was a scuffle, but Jan Björklund escaped without injury, says FP leader's press officer Anders Andrén to Expressen.se.
Jan Björklund is now on an official visit to Israel and Palestine.
But during a tour of a residence in the center of Hebron in the West Bank, the Minister of Education was forced to flee after having been attacked physically.
It was a very aggressive settlers who tried to attack Bjorklund. One of his bodyguards from the security police had to intervene and there was a scuffle between the two, says Björk's press officer Anders Andren.
The tour suspended
Soldiers from the Israeli army was also present and after the attack, they recommended that the tour would immediately be stopped.
- When did we do it simply says Anders Andren. -
The Security Service is secretive about the incident.
I can confirm that there was a minor incident today. But I will not go into any details. It was all very dramatic, and this situation was solved quickly and easily, says Sirpa Franzen, Press Officer at SAPO.
"Tense atmosphere"
Anders Andren do not think the settler who attacked Bjorklund knew it was the Swedish Minister of Education, as he went on.
There is a tension between the illegal settlements and the environment. We were a delegation from Sweden and we did not exactly like regular Hebron lives, he says.
The situation is nothing like the Swedish people par leader is accustomed to.
It is clear that it is very uncommon for bodyguards to intervene.
Jan Björklund is on a visit to Israel and Palestine. He has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday.
UN Envoy Tours Palestinian Territories To Assess Settler Violence
After a recent increase in Israeli settler attacks against Palestinian civilians, property and holy sites, the UN envoy Richard Falk arrived in the West Bank this weekend to begin an eleven-day tour of the Palestinian Territories to examine the situation.
The tour comes in the midst of unity talks between the two main Palestinian political parties, Hamas and Fateh, including a meeting over the weekend between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, with the Fateh party, and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Qatar.
In his tour of the West Bank and Gaza, which began Friday, Falk has been gathering evidence and testimony to use in his June report to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
He issued a statement through the United Nations stating, “This mission will focus particularly on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, the human rights implications of prolonged refugee status, disturbing patterns of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their properties, as well as the conditions and treatment of Palestinians detained by Israel.”
Falk is meeting with government and inter-governmental officials, human rights defenders, and representatives of non-governmental organizations working on human rights issues, and plans to hold a press conference in Amman, Jordan on February 20th, at the conclusion of his tour.
Richard Falk was selected as the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories in 2008 – the position was established by the United Nations in 1993, in the wake of the Oslo Agreement that was signed that year and was supposed to be the beginning of a two-state solution.
His visit to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian Territories comes in the wake of a tour conducted by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, who wrote in her report that “Israel’s land and planning regime has discriminated against certain groups on the basis of their ethnic origin,” and noted Israel’s “frontiers of dispossession” in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Border Guard officers, settlers clash near Oz Zion outpost
Border Guard officers have held three suspects for questioning and arrested a fourth man over suspicions that they threw rocks at the officers near the recently evacuated Oz Zion outpost.
Officers arrived in the area after suspicions that construction on the outpost had
resumed were raised. They confronted the settlers and chased them.
The officers noted that the settlers fled to a yeshiva in the nearby Givat Assaf outpost where they were apprehended. The residents are claiming that the officers burst into the yeshiva and violently attacked those present. The Border Guard officers have denied the allegations.
Settlers, Soldiers Uproot Olive Trees in West Bank Village
Israeli settlers backed by a large army force Wednesday uprooted olive trees in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, forcing clashes with local residents, said a local resident.
Rajeh Abu al-Sukkar told WAFA that settlers and soldiers came to his land and started uprooting trees then loading them on a truck to take them away.
He denied claims by the soldiers and settlers that the land was state-owned stressing that he had a court order three months ago confirming that the land is his and that he can work on it.
The soldiers also claimed the settlers had a court order to uproot the trees from his land under the pretext it was state land.
Residents confronted the soldiers and settlers to stop them from uprooting the trees, said Abu al-Sukkar. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests.
14 feb 2012
"Report Release: When Settlers Attack"
By Erik Hogstrom
Minister for Education Jan Björklund (Liberal) was attacked by an aggressive settlers during a visit to the West Bank on Wednesday.
Minister's bodyguards had to intervene.
- There was a scuffle, but Jan Björklund escaped without injury, says FP leader's press officer Anders Andrén to Expressen.se. - There was a scuffle, but Jan Björklund escaped without injury, says FP leader's press officer Anders Andrén to Expressen.se.
Jan Björklund is now on an official visit to Israel and Palestine.
But during a tour of a residence in the center of Hebron in the West Bank, the Minister of Education was forced to flee after having been attacked physically.
It was a very aggressive settlers who tried to attack Bjorklund. One of his bodyguards from the security police had to intervene and there was a scuffle between the two, says Björk's press officer Anders Andren.
The tour suspended
Soldiers from the Israeli army was also present and after the attack, they recommended that the tour would immediately be stopped.
- When did we do it simply says Anders Andren. -
The Security Service is secretive about the incident.
I can confirm that there was a minor incident today. But I will not go into any details. It was all very dramatic, and this situation was solved quickly and easily, says Sirpa Franzen, Press Officer at SAPO.
"Tense atmosphere"
Anders Andren do not think the settler who attacked Bjorklund knew it was the Swedish Minister of Education, as he went on.
There is a tension between the illegal settlements and the environment. We were a delegation from Sweden and we did not exactly like regular Hebron lives, he says.
The situation is nothing like the Swedish people par leader is accustomed to.
It is clear that it is very uncommon for bodyguards to intervene.
Jan Björklund is on a visit to Israel and Palestine. He has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday.
UN Envoy Tours Palestinian Territories To Assess Settler Violence
After a recent increase in Israeli settler attacks against Palestinian civilians, property and holy sites, the UN envoy Richard Falk arrived in the West Bank this weekend to begin an eleven-day tour of the Palestinian Territories to examine the situation.
The tour comes in the midst of unity talks between the two main Palestinian political parties, Hamas and Fateh, including a meeting over the weekend between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, with the Fateh party, and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Qatar.
In his tour of the West Bank and Gaza, which began Friday, Falk has been gathering evidence and testimony to use in his June report to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
He issued a statement through the United Nations stating, “This mission will focus particularly on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, the human rights implications of prolonged refugee status, disturbing patterns of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their properties, as well as the conditions and treatment of Palestinians detained by Israel.”
Falk is meeting with government and inter-governmental officials, human rights defenders, and representatives of non-governmental organizations working on human rights issues, and plans to hold a press conference in Amman, Jordan on February 20th, at the conclusion of his tour.
Richard Falk was selected as the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories in 2008 – the position was established by the United Nations in 1993, in the wake of the Oslo Agreement that was signed that year and was supposed to be the beginning of a two-state solution.
His visit to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian Territories comes in the wake of a tour conducted by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, who wrote in her report that “Israel’s land and planning regime has discriminated against certain groups on the basis of their ethnic origin,” and noted Israel’s “frontiers of dispossession” in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Border Guard officers, settlers clash near Oz Zion outpost
Border Guard officers have held three suspects for questioning and arrested a fourth man over suspicions that they threw rocks at the officers near the recently evacuated Oz Zion outpost.
Officers arrived in the area after suspicions that construction on the outpost had
resumed were raised. They confronted the settlers and chased them.
The officers noted that the settlers fled to a yeshiva in the nearby Givat Assaf outpost where they were apprehended. The residents are claiming that the officers burst into the yeshiva and violently attacked those present. The Border Guard officers have denied the allegations.
Settlers, Soldiers Uproot Olive Trees in West Bank Village
Israeli settlers backed by a large army force Wednesday uprooted olive trees in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, forcing clashes with local residents, said a local resident.
Rajeh Abu al-Sukkar told WAFA that settlers and soldiers came to his land and started uprooting trees then loading them on a truck to take them away.
He denied claims by the soldiers and settlers that the land was state-owned stressing that he had a court order three months ago confirming that the land is his and that he can work on it.
The soldiers also claimed the settlers had a court order to uproot the trees from his land under the pretext it was state land.
Residents confronted the soldiers and settlers to stop them from uprooting the trees, said Abu al-Sukkar. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests.
14 feb 2012
"Report Release: When Settlers Attack"
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Mr. Yousef Munayyer Executive Director Palestine Center
The Palestine Center released a comprehensive report on Israeli settler violence against Palestinian civilians and their property in the West Bank. The report, "When Settlers Attack," is comprised of data gathered over a span of seven years, from 2004 to 2011, that includes over 3,700 separate incidents of settler violence. It provides analysis as to why, how and when Israeli settler violence occurs. The Palestine Center found that there has been a steady increase of Israeli settler attacks against Palestinian civilians over the past five years and that they are increasingly occurring in the northern West Bank targeting rural villages. Every year, the Palestinian olive harvest period sees the highest peak in attacks on Palestinian civilians. |
The report determines that the majority of Israeli settler violence is not ‘price tag’ or responsorial in nature, but is structural and a symptom of the occupation. Over 90 percent of Palestinian areas that experience multiple incidents of settler violence are under Israeli security jurisdiction
Find the report here:
Yousef Munayyer is Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund and its educational program, The Palestine Center. Prior to joining the Palestine Center Munayyer served as a Policy Analyst for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the nation’s largest Arab American membership organization.
Center: Settler violence peaked in 2011
Find the report here:
Yousef Munayyer is Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund and its educational program, The Palestine Center. Prior to joining the Palestine Center Munayyer served as a Policy Analyst for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the nation’s largest Arab American membership organization.
Center: Settler violence peaked in 2011
A Palestinian woman gestures in front of graffiti, reading "war" in Hebrew, sprayed on the wall of a mosque in the West Bank village of Burqa, near Ramallah on Dec. 15, 2011
Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians and their property in the West Bank have tripled in the past five years, a Washington-based think tank said Tuesday.
Violence by Israelis living in Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank reached a peak in 2011, when the number of attacks grew by 39 percent from the previous year, according to a new report by the Palestine Center.
Most settler attacks now occur in the northern West Bank governorate of Nablus, overtaking the southern Hebron district as the most concentrated center of violence, the report said.
Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians and their property in the West Bank have tripled in the past five years, a Washington-based think tank said Tuesday.
Violence by Israelis living in Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank reached a peak in 2011, when the number of attacks grew by 39 percent from the previous year, according to a new report by the Palestine Center.
Most settler attacks now occur in the northern West Bank governorate of Nablus, overtaking the southern Hebron district as the most concentrated center of violence, the report said.
Source: When Settlers Attack, The Palestine Center, 2012
The assaults rise during the annual olive harvest season, and predominantly target rural villages, the report noted, suggesting that "settlers are exploiting unfettered access to isolated Palestinian villages to perpetrate violence more than ever before. More than 90 percent of villages which have experienced multiple attacks by settlers are in areas of the West Bank under full Israeli security control, the report added
Arson attacks have grown from six percent of settler violence in 2005 to 11 percent in 2011, it said.
"With a more than 300 percent increase in settler violence of the past five years and nearly 2.7 incidents per day in 2011, settler violence presents a daily challenge to Palestinians," Executive Director of the Palestine Center Yousef Munayyer said.
So-called 'price tag' attacks, when settlers harm Palestinians and their property in response to Israeli government measures against the settlements, make up a small portion of overall violence, Munayyer argues in the report.
The assaults rise during the annual olive harvest season, and predominantly target rural villages, the report noted, suggesting that "settlers are exploiting unfettered access to isolated Palestinian villages to perpetrate violence more than ever before. More than 90 percent of villages which have experienced multiple attacks by settlers are in areas of the West Bank under full Israeli security control, the report added
Arson attacks have grown from six percent of settler violence in 2005 to 11 percent in 2011, it said.
"With a more than 300 percent increase in settler violence of the past five years and nearly 2.7 incidents per day in 2011, settler violence presents a daily challenge to Palestinians," Executive Director of the Palestine Center Yousef Munayyer said.
So-called 'price tag' attacks, when settlers harm Palestinians and their property in response to Israeli government measures against the settlements, make up a small portion of overall violence, Munayyer argues in the report.
Source: When Settlers Attack, The Palestine Center, 2012
The report suggests that while settler violence does increase following Israeli government actions against settlements, the 'price tag' phenomenon cannot account for larger trends in Israeli settler violence.
"It is in fact because the Israeli state overwhelming fails to confront the settlers and provide protection for Palestinians and their property, that settlers are emboldened and perpetuate attacks," the report says. It calls on Israel to crack down on known centers of settler violence, and thoroughly investigate all assaults. The report authors also urge Palestinian leaders to provide training, documentation, and medical resources to villages most at risk from settler violence
The study analyzed over 3,700 separate incidents of settler violence recorded by the inter-agency Palestinian Monitoring Group between September 2004 and December of 2011.
Indictment: Jerusalem cult members abused minors
Prosecution files severe indictment against three wives, three children of cult leader; details harsh punishment for young members, including whipping, sexual abuse
An indictment filed with the Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday against three wives and three children of the leader of a religious cult details how he and his followers "educated" the cult's younger members through physical and mental abuse.
In one of the incidents mentioned in the indictment, a child who took food from the kitchen without permission was sexually assaulted and ordered to remain completely naked for a week.
In another incident, the cult leader suspected that one of the children sexually abused one of his daughters. As punishment, one of the wives and two of the leader's daughters committed lewd acts against the child and placed his head into a bathtub filled with water – to the point where he almost suffocated.
The cult leader has 15 sons and daughters, 11 of whom are his biological children. All have been removed from their home and placed under care of social services.
The investigation into the cult began when social workers received a complaint by one of the women embroiled in the cult, alleging abuse.
A subsequent police search of the premises uncovered further evidence to substantiate the complaint, including restraints, stun guns and wooden rods.
According to the indictment, the children were whipped, interrogated by family members and were the victims of continuous sexual abuse.
The evidence suggests that the children, who were all home-schooled by the cult leader, were virtual prisoners in their home and were subjected to physical, sexual and emotional abuse by the male members of the cult.
The female members of the cult – both the leader's six wives and the wives of other members, were also physically and sexually abused by the leader.
The three wives and three children have been charged with committing lewd acts, abusing minors, sexual abuse and witness intimidation.
A few months ago D., the cult's leader and two other of its male members were charged with multiple counts of enslavement, abuse, sexual abuse, false imprisonment, rape, sodomy, indecent acts and aggravated assault. According to the prosecution, the leader would humiliate his wives and children, sexually assault them and even cause them to sexually abuse each other.
According to the prosecution, two of his children, who are minors, were charged with conspiring to interfere with the investigation by hiding key witnesses from the authorities. With the wives' knowledge, the children rented a house near the Sea of Galilee and stocked it with food, electrical appliances and other necessities.
In addition, the female defendants with one of the prosecution's female witnesses and tried to convince her not to testify by offering her gold rings, a diamond and NIS 2,000 (about $540).
The prosecution asked that the court extend the defendants' remand until the conclusion of all legal proceedings against them, citing public safety.
Attorney Boaz Kenig, who represents some of the defendants, said his clients have denied the charges and slammed the prosecution for filing "such a severe indictment based on the false testimony of a delusional minor."
Jerusalem Center for Media: “Forum of Women for the Temple” is planning to storm Al-Aqsa on Tuesday
The report suggests that while settler violence does increase following Israeli government actions against settlements, the 'price tag' phenomenon cannot account for larger trends in Israeli settler violence.
"It is in fact because the Israeli state overwhelming fails to confront the settlers and provide protection for Palestinians and their property, that settlers are emboldened and perpetuate attacks," the report says. It calls on Israel to crack down on known centers of settler violence, and thoroughly investigate all assaults. The report authors also urge Palestinian leaders to provide training, documentation, and medical resources to villages most at risk from settler violence
The study analyzed over 3,700 separate incidents of settler violence recorded by the inter-agency Palestinian Monitoring Group between September 2004 and December of 2011.
Indictment: Jerusalem cult members abused minors
Prosecution files severe indictment against three wives, three children of cult leader; details harsh punishment for young members, including whipping, sexual abuse
An indictment filed with the Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday against three wives and three children of the leader of a religious cult details how he and his followers "educated" the cult's younger members through physical and mental abuse.
In one of the incidents mentioned in the indictment, a child who took food from the kitchen without permission was sexually assaulted and ordered to remain completely naked for a week.
In another incident, the cult leader suspected that one of the children sexually abused one of his daughters. As punishment, one of the wives and two of the leader's daughters committed lewd acts against the child and placed his head into a bathtub filled with water – to the point where he almost suffocated.
The cult leader has 15 sons and daughters, 11 of whom are his biological children. All have been removed from their home and placed under care of social services.
The investigation into the cult began when social workers received a complaint by one of the women embroiled in the cult, alleging abuse.
A subsequent police search of the premises uncovered further evidence to substantiate the complaint, including restraints, stun guns and wooden rods.
According to the indictment, the children were whipped, interrogated by family members and were the victims of continuous sexual abuse.
The evidence suggests that the children, who were all home-schooled by the cult leader, were virtual prisoners in their home and were subjected to physical, sexual and emotional abuse by the male members of the cult.
The female members of the cult – both the leader's six wives and the wives of other members, were also physically and sexually abused by the leader.
The three wives and three children have been charged with committing lewd acts, abusing minors, sexual abuse and witness intimidation.
A few months ago D., the cult's leader and two other of its male members were charged with multiple counts of enslavement, abuse, sexual abuse, false imprisonment, rape, sodomy, indecent acts and aggravated assault. According to the prosecution, the leader would humiliate his wives and children, sexually assault them and even cause them to sexually abuse each other.
According to the prosecution, two of his children, who are minors, were charged with conspiring to interfere with the investigation by hiding key witnesses from the authorities. With the wives' knowledge, the children rented a house near the Sea of Galilee and stocked it with food, electrical appliances and other necessities.
In addition, the female defendants with one of the prosecution's female witnesses and tried to convince her not to testify by offering her gold rings, a diamond and NIS 2,000 (about $540).
The prosecution asked that the court extend the defendants' remand until the conclusion of all legal proceedings against them, citing public safety.
Attorney Boaz Kenig, who represents some of the defendants, said his clients have denied the charges and slammed the prosecution for filing "such a severe indictment based on the false testimony of a delusional minor."
Jerusalem Center for Media: “Forum of Women for the Temple” is planning to storm Al-Aqsa on Tuesday
Jerusalem
Media Center warned in a statement issued Tuesday morning 14/2/2012
the intention of 20 settlers will storm Al Aqsa Mosque from eight
o’clock am to ten am.
The Center said in its statement that “the Forum of Women for the Temple” which is headed by Einat Ziv and Rivka Shimon seeks to regulate continuous break-ins through the allocation of two days per month for desecration of the Aqsa Mosque.
The Center added that the invitations to Jewish across sites for the regulation of break-ins of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
And Rabbi Ati Elizur will be at the head of the feminist group that will storm Al Aqsa Mosque and by the licensing and protection of the occupation police as mentioned in the invitations.
The director of Jerusalem Center for Media Mohammad Sadeq Appealed to the Palestinian and international to shed light on the movements of the settlers, and to expose their practices and their desecration for Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Sadeq added that the media played a key role in preventing the entry of Likud party to the Aqsa Mosque earlier this week by pressing by the media and the awareness campaigns throughout during the entire week before the date of the storm.
Jewish female group declares intent to regularly defile Aqsa Mosque
The Center said in its statement that “the Forum of Women for the Temple” which is headed by Einat Ziv and Rivka Shimon seeks to regulate continuous break-ins through the allocation of two days per month for desecration of the Aqsa Mosque.
The Center added that the invitations to Jewish across sites for the regulation of break-ins of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
And Rabbi Ati Elizur will be at the head of the feminist group that will storm Al Aqsa Mosque and by the licensing and protection of the occupation police as mentioned in the invitations.
The director of Jerusalem Center for Media Mohammad Sadeq Appealed to the Palestinian and international to shed light on the movements of the settlers, and to expose their practices and their desecration for Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Sadeq added that the media played a key role in preventing the entry of Likud party to the Aqsa Mosque earlier this week by pressing by the media and the awareness campaigns throughout during the entire week before the date of the storm.
Jewish female group declares intent to regularly defile Aqsa Mosque
Jerusalem media center said a gang of 20 Jewish women declared their intent to desecrate the Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday morning.
In a press release, the center explained that a Jewish assembly called women for the temple led by Zionist female figures Einat Ziv and Rivka Shimon seeks to regulate continuous break-ins through the allocation of two days per month for desecration of the Aqsa Mosque.
It added that all orthodox Jewish women were invited through internet announcements to participate in these regular break-ins, especially the one which would be organized today.
The invitation announcements noted that rabi Ati Elizur would come along the feminist group that would storm the Aqsa Mosque this morning under police protection. In a related context, the Egyptian parliament strongly denounced on Monday Israel's Judaization attacks on the Aqsa Mosque and Al-Ibrahimi Mosque.
Addressing the parliament, head of its committee on Arab affairs Mohamed Adris called for necessarily supporting the Palestinian cause as a central cause and help the Palestinians to restore their usurped rights and establish their independent state.
He also called for delegating some members of the parliament to visit the besieged Gaza Strip to renew the parliament's commitment to supporting the Palestinian cause.
Jewish settlers throw stones at Palestinian woman in her car
Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian car driven by a woman south of Al-Khalil and smashed its rear window on Sunday night.
The Palestinian woman, Hamsa Al-Takruri, told Quds Press on Monday that the settlers from Kiryat Arba settlement attacked her car at a late night hour when she was passing near the settlement’s walls.
She said that the stones broke the car’s rear window and fell into the car’s back seat.
3 structures razed in Oz Zion outpost
Civil Administration officers demolish temporary buildings in illegal West Bank outpost as IDF blocks roads nearby.
Civil Administration officers accompanied by security forces razed three structures at the illegal West Bank outpost of Oz Zion overnight Tuesday as IDF soldiers set up road blocks nearby to prevent residents from entering the outpost.
The Civil Administration identified three structures that were built on private Palestinian land. Demolition orders were issued as part of routine law enforcement in the area and the Israeli authorities' fights against illegal construction in the West Bank. The outpost has also been declared a closed military zone.
Oz Zion is a small outpost adjacent to Beit-El, and its residents are mostly hilltop youths.
The outpost has been razed several times before and is usually rebuilt shortly afterwards.
In January, the Civil Administration razed five structures in the outpost of Oz Zion.
Residents of Oz Zion have already begun clearing the debris, saying they will start rebuilding immediately.
In a press release, the center explained that a Jewish assembly called women for the temple led by Zionist female figures Einat Ziv and Rivka Shimon seeks to regulate continuous break-ins through the allocation of two days per month for desecration of the Aqsa Mosque.
It added that all orthodox Jewish women were invited through internet announcements to participate in these regular break-ins, especially the one which would be organized today.
The invitation announcements noted that rabi Ati Elizur would come along the feminist group that would storm the Aqsa Mosque this morning under police protection. In a related context, the Egyptian parliament strongly denounced on Monday Israel's Judaization attacks on the Aqsa Mosque and Al-Ibrahimi Mosque.
Addressing the parliament, head of its committee on Arab affairs Mohamed Adris called for necessarily supporting the Palestinian cause as a central cause and help the Palestinians to restore their usurped rights and establish their independent state.
He also called for delegating some members of the parliament to visit the besieged Gaza Strip to renew the parliament's commitment to supporting the Palestinian cause.
Jewish settlers throw stones at Palestinian woman in her car
Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian car driven by a woman south of Al-Khalil and smashed its rear window on Sunday night.
The Palestinian woman, Hamsa Al-Takruri, told Quds Press on Monday that the settlers from Kiryat Arba settlement attacked her car at a late night hour when she was passing near the settlement’s walls.
She said that the stones broke the car’s rear window and fell into the car’s back seat.
3 structures razed in Oz Zion outpost
Civil Administration officers demolish temporary buildings in illegal West Bank outpost as IDF blocks roads nearby.
Civil Administration officers accompanied by security forces razed three structures at the illegal West Bank outpost of Oz Zion overnight Tuesday as IDF soldiers set up road blocks nearby to prevent residents from entering the outpost.
The Civil Administration identified three structures that were built on private Palestinian land. Demolition orders were issued as part of routine law enforcement in the area and the Israeli authorities' fights against illegal construction in the West Bank. The outpost has also been declared a closed military zone.
Oz Zion is a small outpost adjacent to Beit-El, and its residents are mostly hilltop youths.
The outpost has been razed several times before and is usually rebuilt shortly afterwards.
In January, the Civil Administration razed five structures in the outpost of Oz Zion.
Residents of Oz Zion have already begun clearing the debris, saying they will start rebuilding immediately.
