11 june 2012
Israeli soldiers stationed along the borders with the Gaza Strip Monday fired heavy artillery at Palestinian houses and farms east of Khan Younis, according to local sources. No injuries were reported.
Witnesses said Israeli soldiers opened fire at agricultural land and residences in Abasan and al-Khirba, towns east of Khan Younis, forcing the farmers to flee the scene.
Areas east of Khan Younis particularly those close to the borders with Israel are regularly targeted by the Israeli army. Previous attacks resulted in the death and injury of several Palestinians, and prevented farmers from reaching their land near the borders.
IOF troops bulldoze land inside Gaza Strip
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced 500 meters into south east of Gaza city on Monday afternoon amidst heavy firing, local sources said. They told Quds Press that four armored vehicles and five bulldozers infiltrated into an area east of Juhr Al-Deek and leveled vast tracts of cultivated land while shooting in all directions.
Local sources in southern Gaza had told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers opened heavy machinegun fire at the eastern outskirts of Khan Younis at the early morning hours but no casualties were reported.
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Settlers ‘throw rocks at farmer’ near Beit Ummar
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Witnesses said Israeli soldiers opened fire at agricultural land and residences in Abasan and al-Khirba, towns east of Khan Younis, forcing the farmers to flee the scene.
Areas east of Khan Younis particularly those close to the borders with Israel are regularly targeted by the Israeli army. Previous attacks resulted in the death and injury of several Palestinians, and prevented farmers from reaching their land near the borders.
IOF troops bulldoze land inside Gaza Strip
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced 500 meters into south east of Gaza city on Monday afternoon amidst heavy firing, local sources said. They told Quds Press that four armored vehicles and five bulldozers infiltrated into an area east of Juhr Al-Deek and leveled vast tracts of cultivated land while shooting in all directions.
Local sources in southern Gaza had told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers opened heavy machinegun fire at the eastern outskirts of Khan Younis at the early morning hours but no casualties were reported.
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Two children arrested in night raid on Beit Ommar
MADA: Serious violations against journalists during May
Israel to house Ulpana evictees in unauthorized outpost buildings
Palestinian cars vandalized in Jerusalem
Farmers: Wild boars damage crops near Salfit
Settlers ‘throw rocks at farmer’ near Beit Ummar
Israel’s West Bank wall annexes Palestinian land the size of Chicago: Help bring it down
Israeli policies blocking aid to Palestinians
Israeli forces stationed along the Gaza border opened fire on homes and fields on Sunday, witnesses told Ma'an.
The incident took place east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, locals said.
No injuries were reported.
The incident took place east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, locals said.
No injuries were reported.
10 june 2012
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A young boy was injured on Sunday after being run over by a settler car in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron, witnesses told Ma'an.
Mamoun al-Saheb, 9, was treated at the scene by Israeli soldiers, before being taken to hospital. The settler was arrested. Tel Rumeida lies in the Israeli-military controlled H2 zone of the southern West Bank city, after a 1997 agreement split Hebron into areas of Palestinian and Israeli control. The zone includes the ancient Old City, home of the revered Ibrahimi Mosque -- also split into a |
synagogue referred to as the Tomb of the Patriarchs.
Around 800 Jewish settlers live in Hebron's Old City, among 30,000 Palestinians in the parts of the city that are under Israeli control.
Official: Settlers burn wheat fields in Nablus
Settlers set fire to wheat fields in Palestinian villages near Nablus on Sunday, witnesses said.
Four locations were set alight in the villages of al-Sawiya and al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, located by Eli settlement.
Palestinian Authority official Ghassan Daghlas said the arson attacks were designed to destroy the entire fields, adding that settlers attempt to burn Palestinian agricultural crops at the beginning of every summer.
Last Monday, a group of settlers set fire to wheat fields in the Hebron town of Yatta. Palestinians from nearby village Susiya found seven piles of harvested grain had been torched in a field near an Israeli settlement earlier last week.
In the West Bank, over 90 percent of villages which have experienced multiple attacks by settlers are under Israeli security control, The Palestine Center says, meaning local Palestinians only have the official protection of an army which they claim ignores settler violence.
Committee: Settlers chop down 30 trees near Hebron
Israeli settlers destroyed 30 olive trees in the southern West Bank on Sunday morning, a local official said.
Residents of Maon settlement chopped down the orchard in al-Tuwani village, south of Hebron, belonging to locals Jibreel and Fadel Ribi, local committee against settlement activity coordinator Ratib al-Jabour said.
On Friday, settlers felled dozens of trees belonging to Ali al-Arda from the nearby town of Yatta, al-Jabour said.
Palestinians face systematic violence by Israel settlers in the West Bank, research groups say.
Over 90 percent of West Bank villages which have experienced multiple attacks by settlers are under Israeli security control, meaning Palestinians only have the official protection of an army which they claim ignores settler violence, according to The Palestine Center.
Around 800 Jewish settlers live in Hebron's Old City, among 30,000 Palestinians in the parts of the city that are under Israeli control.
Official: Settlers burn wheat fields in Nablus
Settlers set fire to wheat fields in Palestinian villages near Nablus on Sunday, witnesses said.
Four locations were set alight in the villages of al-Sawiya and al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, located by Eli settlement.
Palestinian Authority official Ghassan Daghlas said the arson attacks were designed to destroy the entire fields, adding that settlers attempt to burn Palestinian agricultural crops at the beginning of every summer.
Last Monday, a group of settlers set fire to wheat fields in the Hebron town of Yatta. Palestinians from nearby village Susiya found seven piles of harvested grain had been torched in a field near an Israeli settlement earlier last week.
In the West Bank, over 90 percent of villages which have experienced multiple attacks by settlers are under Israeli security control, The Palestine Center says, meaning local Palestinians only have the official protection of an army which they claim ignores settler violence.
Committee: Settlers chop down 30 trees near Hebron
Israeli settlers destroyed 30 olive trees in the southern West Bank on Sunday morning, a local official said.
Residents of Maon settlement chopped down the orchard in al-Tuwani village, south of Hebron, belonging to locals Jibreel and Fadel Ribi, local committee against settlement activity coordinator Ratib al-Jabour said.
On Friday, settlers felled dozens of trees belonging to Ali al-Arda from the nearby town of Yatta, al-Jabour said.
Palestinians face systematic violence by Israel settlers in the West Bank, research groups say.
Over 90 percent of West Bank villages which have experienced multiple attacks by settlers are under Israeli security control, meaning Palestinians only have the official protection of an army which they claim ignores settler violence, according to The Palestine Center.
8 june 2012
Agricultural fields to the east of Khan Younis, Southern of Gaza strip, caught fire, on Thursday, causing the farmers heavy losses.
Local sources told PIC reporter that the IOF opened fire and fired smoke bombs targeting wheat and barley fields located to the east of the of Abasan al-Kabira to the east of Khan Younis, causing a huge fire to reignite.
The sources said that civil defense crews arrived at the area trying to put out the fire which extended over large areas of land, causing severe damage.
Occupation forces launch, from time to time, random shelling targeting the east of the Gaza Strip, which had previously caused agricultural fields to catch fire, in addition to the bulldozing of the fields adjacent to the Zionist security fence.
The IOF set fire to Jordan Valley natural area
On 8th June 2012 the IOF and the occupation environmental officer set fire to a large grazing area in the northern Jordan Valley. The area is located to the north of Marj Na’ja and is called Shwaeer.
Thousands of hectares of natural habitat and Bedouin grazing land were destroyed by the fire. This will make it even harder than ever for bedouin to sustain themselves, as it was one of the last areas in the valley where they could graze their livestock without having to pay.
This is part of the occupier’s policy, which started years ago, of cleansing the Jordan Valley of its Palestinian presence. Today 95% of the Valley is under the occupier’s full control.
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Local sources told PIC reporter that the IOF opened fire and fired smoke bombs targeting wheat and barley fields located to the east of the of Abasan al-Kabira to the east of Khan Younis, causing a huge fire to reignite.
The sources said that civil defense crews arrived at the area trying to put out the fire which extended over large areas of land, causing severe damage.
Occupation forces launch, from time to time, random shelling targeting the east of the Gaza Strip, which had previously caused agricultural fields to catch fire, in addition to the bulldozing of the fields adjacent to the Zionist security fence.
The IOF set fire to Jordan Valley natural area
On 8th June 2012 the IOF and the occupation environmental officer set fire to a large grazing area in the northern Jordan Valley. The area is located to the north of Marj Na’ja and is called Shwaeer.
Thousands of hectares of natural habitat and Bedouin grazing land were destroyed by the fire. This will make it even harder than ever for bedouin to sustain themselves, as it was one of the last areas in the valley where they could graze their livestock without having to pay.
This is part of the occupier’s policy, which started years ago, of cleansing the Jordan Valley of its Palestinian presence. Today 95% of the Valley is under the occupier’s full control.
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Israel unmoved by US criticism of settlement plans in West Bank
‘Israel wants to ‘expand settlement into West Bank’
Farmer spurns Israel’s cash offer, refuses to allow settlers on his land
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'Death to Arabs' and 'revenge' spray-painted on vehicles in Neve Shalom on heels of Knesset decision to evacuate homes in West Bank settlement.
Violent response to government's decision to evacuate Ulpana: Unknown vandals punctured the tires of 14 parked cars in Neve Shalom Friday morning. The words "revenge," "death to Arabs" and "regards from Ulpana" were spray-pained on the vehicles. Neve Shalom is a cooperative village that was jointly founded in 1969 by Israeli Jews and Arabs to promote coexistence. It is located about seven kilometers (4.3 miles) north of Beit Shemesh. |
The vandals also spray-painted the words "regards from Havat Gilad" and "revenge" on the wall of a local elementary school. Havat Gilad is a Jewish outpost in the West Bank. Police have launched on investigation.
"Unknown vandals arrived at dawn and vandalized vehicles," Neve Shalom Secretary Gideon Suleimani told Ynet. "We are shocked and insulted."
"We are trying to promote peace and coexistence, and what happened here was a political act aimed at shattering this (initiative)," he said.
Anwar Dawod, headmaster of the village’s binational, bilingual, multicultural Oasis of Peace Primary School, said "(Authorities) must not wait until someone is killed before they decide to act. The writing is on the wall, and it indicates intense hatred.
Earlier this week the Knesset voted to uphold a High Court ruling ordering the State to evacuate five homes in Ulpana, a neighborhood in the West Bank settlement of Beit El, because they were built on private Palestinian land.
Following the vote, rightists demonstrated at the entrance to Jerusalem and burned tires. Meanwhile, dozens of teenagers threw stones at cars travelling along a road near Havat Gilad and clashed with Border Guard officers.
The teens, who were also protesting the decision to evacuate homes in Ulpana, set fire to a nearby field before security forces dispersed them using stun grenades.
"I hope this incident will not stir fear among the residents. We'll erase the slogans, but the stain will remain on the wall. Despite what happened, we'll continue with our project. The school is a symbol of coexistence to all those who believe in peace," he said.
Neve Shalom resident Michal Zak (52) said, "We've lived here for more than 30 years. Such incidents won't deter us. On the contrary, they only increase the need to (promote peace).
"We must keep in mind that today's incident is merely a spillover from the daily violence in the occupied territories. What happened here is a call for violence and the killing of civilians," she claimed.
"Unknown vandals arrived at dawn and vandalized vehicles," Neve Shalom Secretary Gideon Suleimani told Ynet. "We are shocked and insulted."
"We are trying to promote peace and coexistence, and what happened here was a political act aimed at shattering this (initiative)," he said.
Anwar Dawod, headmaster of the village’s binational, bilingual, multicultural Oasis of Peace Primary School, said "(Authorities) must not wait until someone is killed before they decide to act. The writing is on the wall, and it indicates intense hatred.
Earlier this week the Knesset voted to uphold a High Court ruling ordering the State to evacuate five homes in Ulpana, a neighborhood in the West Bank settlement of Beit El, because they were built on private Palestinian land.
Following the vote, rightists demonstrated at the entrance to Jerusalem and burned tires. Meanwhile, dozens of teenagers threw stones at cars travelling along a road near Havat Gilad and clashed with Border Guard officers.
The teens, who were also protesting the decision to evacuate homes in Ulpana, set fire to a nearby field before security forces dispersed them using stun grenades.
"I hope this incident will not stir fear among the residents. We'll erase the slogans, but the stain will remain on the wall. Despite what happened, we'll continue with our project. The school is a symbol of coexistence to all those who believe in peace," he said.
Neve Shalom resident Michal Zak (52) said, "We've lived here for more than 30 years. Such incidents won't deter us. On the contrary, they only increase the need to (promote peace).
"We must keep in mind that today's incident is merely a spillover from the daily violence in the occupied territories. What happened here is a call for violence and the killing of civilians," she claimed.
Israeli forces arrested three young residents of Silwan in an unprovoked ambush on a shopping street on Wednesday 6 June. 23-year old Khader Ibrahim Sumran was taken from Al-Aqsa’s Sheikh Berekat released on bail as trial continues
Al-Aqsa Mosque cleric Sheikh Najeh Bekerat has been granted conditional release by an Israeli court while his trial continues, with the mosque’s Head of Records forced to pay a 3,000 NIS bail and sign over a further 5,000 NIS until the legal process’ conclusion. Bekerat has also been placed under a six-month ban on communication with all press and is not permitted to enter or approach Al-Aqsa Mosque, his place of work and worship, for a period of one month.
Berekat was arrested by Israeli forces during a raid on his home in Soor Baher. The trial proved harsh for Bekerat, being preceded by a 10-hour investigation being finally being taken to court. He faces accusations of incitement by the Israeli prosecution, who in court screened recorded interviews with Berekat where, they claim, he incites Arab people to revolt against Israel.
Bekerat’s wife stated in an interview with Silwanic that her husband is denying all charges. She points to Berekat’s public speaking as awareness-raising, not incitement. “Israel is trying to intimidate my husband into thinking that it is not he nor any Palestinian’s right to even talk about the oppression East Jerusalem is facingSilwan following an attack by an Israeli patrol harassing a group of local youth outside a shop in Samer Sarhan Street (named after Sarhan when he was martyred by an Israeli settler guard in 2010) belonging to one of the boys’ families. When the officers failed to arrest any of the youth, they instead seized Khader Sumran a customer doing his shopping.
Ahmad Sarhan (29) and his brother Saleh Samih Sarhan (21) were arrested later that day at Salah al-Din Street police station when they attempted to press charges against the patrol for harassment. The two brothers’ father states that the patrol is notorious in the neighborhood for provoking residents. The two young men, however, have been detained and held as suspects alongside Khader Sumran.
Local youth responded to the arrests in anger, with Molotov cocktails being hurled at Israeli patrols in several areas of Silwan.
A neighbor of the Sarhan family states that the Israeli authorities have been targeting the family on account of their relation to the martyr, Samer Sarhan.
Monument to Samer Sarhan was demolished by Israeli forces
Al-Aqsa Mosque cleric Sheikh Najeh Bekerat has been granted conditional release by an Israeli court while his trial continues, with the mosque’s Head of Records forced to pay a 3,000 NIS bail and sign over a further 5,000 NIS until the legal process’ conclusion. Bekerat has also been placed under a six-month ban on communication with all press and is not permitted to enter or approach Al-Aqsa Mosque, his place of work and worship, for a period of one month.
Berekat was arrested by Israeli forces during a raid on his home in Soor Baher. The trial proved harsh for Bekerat, being preceded by a 10-hour investigation being finally being taken to court. He faces accusations of incitement by the Israeli prosecution, who in court screened recorded interviews with Berekat where, they claim, he incites Arab people to revolt against Israel.
Bekerat’s wife stated in an interview with Silwanic that her husband is denying all charges. She points to Berekat’s public speaking as awareness-raising, not incitement. “Israel is trying to intimidate my husband into thinking that it is not he nor any Palestinian’s right to even talk about the oppression East Jerusalem is facingSilwan following an attack by an Israeli patrol harassing a group of local youth outside a shop in Samer Sarhan Street (named after Sarhan when he was martyred by an Israeli settler guard in 2010) belonging to one of the boys’ families. When the officers failed to arrest any of the youth, they instead seized Khader Sumran a customer doing his shopping.
Ahmad Sarhan (29) and his brother Saleh Samih Sarhan (21) were arrested later that day at Salah al-Din Street police station when they attempted to press charges against the patrol for harassment. The two brothers’ father states that the patrol is notorious in the neighborhood for provoking residents. The two young men, however, have been detained and held as suspects alongside Khader Sumran.
Local youth responded to the arrests in anger, with Molotov cocktails being hurled at Israeli patrols in several areas of Silwan.
A neighbor of the Sarhan family states that the Israeli authorities have been targeting the family on account of their relation to the martyr, Samer Sarhan.
Monument to Samer Sarhan was demolished by Israeli forces
7 june 2012
Jewish settlers Thursday rampaged throughout the West Bank, attacking Palestinians and stealing property, according to local sources. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the north of the West Bank said a group of settlers from the illegal settlement of Gilad set up ambushes for Palestinian vehicles travelling on a main road near the town of Howara, south of Nablus, attacking and stoning them.
Ratib al-Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in southern West Bank city of Hebron, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal settlements of Maon and Havat Maon attacked Palestinian shepherds and farmers east of the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, and prevented them from harvesting their crops of wheat and barley and from replanting the trees the settles had cut down a few days ago.
Meanwhile, coordinator of the National Committee against the Apartheid Wall, Ahmad Salah, told WAFA that a number of settlers from the illegal settlement of Eliezer removed and stole metal bars marking borders of land in the village of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, in addition to stealing the barbed wire that surrounded the land.
He said residents found a flyer left by the settlers in their land in which an Israeli settlers group called the Green Berets claimed its responsibility for the damage caused to the land.
Ratib al-Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in southern West Bank city of Hebron, told WAFA that settlers from the illegal settlements of Maon and Havat Maon attacked Palestinian shepherds and farmers east of the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, and prevented them from harvesting their crops of wheat and barley and from replanting the trees the settles had cut down a few days ago.
Meanwhile, coordinator of the National Committee against the Apartheid Wall, Ahmad Salah, told WAFA that a number of settlers from the illegal settlement of Eliezer removed and stole metal bars marking borders of land in the village of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, in addition to stealing the barbed wire that surrounded the land.
He said residents found a flyer left by the settlers in their land in which an Israeli settlers group called the Green Berets claimed its responsibility for the damage caused to the land.
Israeli bulldozers Thursday destroyed six water wells east of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, according to local and security sources. They said that Israeli bulldozers, accompanied by 10 Israeli military vehicles, destroyed two artesian water wells, which were used to irrigate dozens of dunums of agricultural land at a crossroad with the village of Beit Qad east of Jenin.
Meanwhile, Israeli bulldozers, protected by soldiers, destroyed four other water wells in Deir Abu Daif village east of Jenin.
Governor of Jenin, Talal Dweikat, condemned the destruction of the water wells and said that these measures are part of an Israeli policy aimed at getting Palestinians to leave their land for the benefit of settlement expansion.
Violent clashes at dawn between Nabi Saleh villagers and troops
Violent clashes broke out at dawn Thursday between Palestinian young men and Israeli troops in Nabi Saleh village near Ramallah city during raids on homes.
The confrontations took place when the invading troops stormed a number of homes in the village including the house of a noted popular resistance figure called Bashir Al-Tamimi.
The Israeli troops violently broke into the house of Al-Tamimi, physically assaulted his son Tareq and took him to an unknown destination.
The Israeli occupation forces have been tightening its stranglehold on the village since last Friday and closing its main entrance in the morning and evening as a king of collective punishment against its natives to force them to stop their weekly marches and events against the occupation and settlement activities.
In a separate incident, an Israeli special unit kidnapped on Wednesday evening a young man named Mohamed Nayef in an ambush at the entrance of Araba town south of Jenin city.
The unit troops removed the barriers they set up for the ambush and took the young man to an unknown destination, according to eyewitnesses.
The IOF escalated its kidnapping of Palestinians throughout the West Bank areas and the number of military checkpoints and barriers increased lately.
Meanwhile, Israeli bulldozers, protected by soldiers, destroyed four other water wells in Deir Abu Daif village east of Jenin.
Governor of Jenin, Talal Dweikat, condemned the destruction of the water wells and said that these measures are part of an Israeli policy aimed at getting Palestinians to leave their land for the benefit of settlement expansion.
Violent clashes at dawn between Nabi Saleh villagers and troops
Violent clashes broke out at dawn Thursday between Palestinian young men and Israeli troops in Nabi Saleh village near Ramallah city during raids on homes.
The confrontations took place when the invading troops stormed a number of homes in the village including the house of a noted popular resistance figure called Bashir Al-Tamimi.
The Israeli troops violently broke into the house of Al-Tamimi, physically assaulted his son Tareq and took him to an unknown destination.
The Israeli occupation forces have been tightening its stranglehold on the village since last Friday and closing its main entrance in the morning and evening as a king of collective punishment against its natives to force them to stop their weekly marches and events against the occupation and settlement activities.
In a separate incident, an Israeli special unit kidnapped on Wednesday evening a young man named Mohamed Nayef in an ambush at the entrance of Araba town south of Jenin city.
The unit troops removed the barriers they set up for the ambush and took the young man to an unknown destination, according to eyewitnesses.
The IOF escalated its kidnapping of Palestinians throughout the West Bank areas and the number of military checkpoints and barriers increased lately.
6 june 2012
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A Palestinian boy carries chicken waterers found in a coop as he walksover debris at the site of an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern
Israeli warplanes fired on a naval police base in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, injuring two Palestinians. Medical services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said two people were evacuated to Shifa hospital, one of whom was in a critical condition. The dawn airstrike hit a naval police post in the Sudaniyya neighborhood of Gaza City, a Ma'an correspondent said. |
Witnesses also said Israeli fighter jets fired at a poultry farm in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning. No injuries have been reported.
An Israeli army statement said the strike "targeted two weapon storage facilities ... The sites were targeted in response to the rocket fire on communities in southern Israel."
On Tuesday afternoon a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel, without causing damage or injuries, the Israeli army said.
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since Friday have injured 15 Palestinians, with two men later dying of their wounds.
On Friday, a Palestinian gunman had breached the southern Gaza border and opened fire on Israeli soldiers, who returned fire, the army said. A soldier and the Palestinian were killed.
Rizqa calls for national consensus to face occupation’s aggressions
Political adviser to Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, Yousef Rizqa, has considered that the recent Israeli raids on Gaza are part of "an Israeli strategic plan to prove that truce could only be achieved through military deterrence."
Rizqa told Quds Press that these Israeli raids came within the framework of a Zionist strategic military plan under which the pacification should be based on military deterrence and imposing a heavy price on the Palestinians for every missile and every resistance operation they launch.
He emphasized on the need for Palestinian national and factional consensus to face the Israeli plan that is uncovered for resistance men.
"I do not think that the Israeli side cares for the Egyptian position in this period because Egypt is now busy with its presidential elections and not concerned with the Israeli aggression on Gaza”, he said regarding the Egyptian position who was the mediator of the last truce agreement, adding that what is going to happen on the Egyptian side is only protests against such Israeli raids.
The practical steps need a stable situation in Egypt and to a new revolutionary leadership that has a strategic position towards the Israeli aggression on Gaza and this takes some time until ending the Egyptian presidential election and achieving political stability.
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Israeli court orders the demolition of 29 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem
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Despite court ruling, soldiers ban farmers from land
New road built for Har Homa as part of Israel’s greater Jerusalem plan
Israel PM plans hundreds of settler homes after vote
Israeli navy kidnaps 3 Palestinians at sea
Israeli forces arrest 14 Palestinians, including minors, in West Bank, Gaza
Israelis arrest Palestinian theater’s artistic director at 3 am
Border Guard officers robbed Arabs in Jerusalem
Settlers block Hebron farmers from land
Jewish settlers cordon off Nablus village
An Israeli army statement said the strike "targeted two weapon storage facilities ... The sites were targeted in response to the rocket fire on communities in southern Israel."
On Tuesday afternoon a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel, without causing damage or injuries, the Israeli army said.
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since Friday have injured 15 Palestinians, with two men later dying of their wounds.
On Friday, a Palestinian gunman had breached the southern Gaza border and opened fire on Israeli soldiers, who returned fire, the army said. A soldier and the Palestinian were killed.
Rizqa calls for national consensus to face occupation’s aggressions
Political adviser to Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, Yousef Rizqa, has considered that the recent Israeli raids on Gaza are part of "an Israeli strategic plan to prove that truce could only be achieved through military deterrence."
Rizqa told Quds Press that these Israeli raids came within the framework of a Zionist strategic military plan under which the pacification should be based on military deterrence and imposing a heavy price on the Palestinians for every missile and every resistance operation they launch.
He emphasized on the need for Palestinian national and factional consensus to face the Israeli plan that is uncovered for resistance men.
"I do not think that the Israeli side cares for the Egyptian position in this period because Egypt is now busy with its presidential elections and not concerned with the Israeli aggression on Gaza”, he said regarding the Egyptian position who was the mediator of the last truce agreement, adding that what is going to happen on the Egyptian side is only protests against such Israeli raids.
The practical steps need a stable situation in Egypt and to a new revolutionary leadership that has a strategic position towards the Israeli aggression on Gaza and this takes some time until ending the Egyptian presidential election and achieving political stability.
Other attacks
Israeli soldiers storm prison, attack detainees
Israeli court orders the demolition of 29 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem
Israeli authorities raze Palestinian homes in the Negev
Jordan Valley displacements and demolitions continue
Despite court ruling, soldiers ban farmers from land
New road built for Har Homa as part of Israel’s greater Jerusalem plan
Israel PM plans hundreds of settler homes after vote
Israeli navy kidnaps 3 Palestinians at sea
Israeli forces arrest 14 Palestinians, including minors, in West Bank, Gaza
Israelis arrest Palestinian theater’s artistic director at 3 am
Border Guard officers robbed Arabs in Jerusalem
Settlers block Hebron farmers from land
Jewish settlers cordon off Nablus village
Four Palestinian youth were injured by rubber bullets on Tuesday, at a rally by Qalandiya checkpoint to mark the 45th anniversary of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, witnesses said.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an late Tuesday that Israeli forces clashed with protesters at the Ramallah junction, at the commemoration of the 1967 Naksa, or "setback," marked every year on June 5.
Nine Palestinians were also struck by the riot-dispersal rounds at a demonstration by the nearby Ofer detention center on Tuesday.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that forces used riot-dispersal means to disperse about 100 Palestinians, some of whom threw stones at soldiers in the same general area.
Israeli Forces Raid Various Towns in Hebron
Several towns in Hebron were raided by Israeli forces on Wednesday morning. Check points were also set up at town entrances and houses were searched.
Wafa news agency reported that Israeli forces stormed into Wad Al-Herya as well as the area south of Hebron city. Israeli forces then searched many houses in those areas.
The Israeli forces also set up barriers at the entrance of Fawar refugee camp as well as a town south of Hebron called Al-thayereya. Vehicles were stopped and searched which created a lot of traffic.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an late Tuesday that Israeli forces clashed with protesters at the Ramallah junction, at the commemoration of the 1967 Naksa, or "setback," marked every year on June 5.
Nine Palestinians were also struck by the riot-dispersal rounds at a demonstration by the nearby Ofer detention center on Tuesday.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that forces used riot-dispersal means to disperse about 100 Palestinians, some of whom threw stones at soldiers in the same general area.
Israeli Forces Raid Various Towns in Hebron
Several towns in Hebron were raided by Israeli forces on Wednesday morning. Check points were also set up at town entrances and houses were searched.
Wafa news agency reported that Israeli forces stormed into Wad Al-Herya as well as the area south of Hebron city. Israeli forces then searched many houses in those areas.
The Israeli forces also set up barriers at the entrance of Fawar refugee camp as well as a town south of Hebron called Al-thayereya. Vehicles were stopped and searched which created a lot of traffic.
Around 20 Palestinian families spent Tuesday night in the open fields after they were ordered by the Israeli army to leave their homes in the Jordan Valley under the pretext the army wants to hold military training in the area, according to a local official.
Aref Daraghme, head of Wadi al-Maleh village council, said on Wednesday that around 200 young and old Palestinians were forced to leave their homes and sleep in the open fields while the Israeli army conducted intensive military exercises using heavy artillery in the vicinity of their residences.
The families have not been yet allowed to return to their homes, added Daraghme.
Aref Daraghme, head of Wadi al-Maleh village council, said on Wednesday that around 200 young and old Palestinians were forced to leave their homes and sleep in the open fields while the Israeli army conducted intensive military exercises using heavy artillery in the vicinity of their residences.
The families have not been yet allowed to return to their homes, added Daraghme.
Villagers in Ein Shibli village in central Jordan Valley have complained that maneuvers conducted by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at the slopes of nearby mountains had cut off water supplies to their homes.
Locals said that hundreds of IOF troops were exercising with live ammunition and sleeping in tents pitched near their village.
They complained that the soldiers have deliberately shut down water springs that supplied the village with water for their crops and house use.
The municipal council of the village said in a press release that around one thousand IOF soldiers and more than 70 armored vehicles were deployed in the nearby mountainous area.
It said that the military exercises damaged cultivated land lots and cut off water supplies to the village.
Locals said that hundreds of IOF troops were exercising with live ammunition and sleeping in tents pitched near their village.
They complained that the soldiers have deliberately shut down water springs that supplied the village with water for their crops and house use.
The municipal council of the village said in a press release that around one thousand IOF soldiers and more than 70 armored vehicles were deployed in the nearby mountainous area.
It said that the military exercises damaged cultivated land lots and cut off water supplies to the village.
5 june 2012
The Israeli army have started large scale training with tanks and live ammunition in the northern Jordan Valley.
Showing complete disregard for Palestinians in the area, they warned four Bedouin families to leave their homes for 24 hours, yet they didn’t go anywhere near the illegal settlements or the land they farm.
Military training in areas of the Jordan Valley completely controlled by Israel (designated as Area C under the Oslo accords) is commonplace … However, with this current wave of training they have moved into Area B (where the Palestinian Authority has joint control under the Oslo accords).
On this occasion they were carrying out their training in the centre of Ein Shibli village, next to a park where local people take their children to play and swim. This busy village is one of the few places where Bedouin communities from Al Hadidiya, Makhoul, Ras ar Ahmar and Humsa can come to fill up their portable water tanks, that they then use for themselves and their livestock to drink.
Israeli soldiers fire at Jerusalemite demo
Israeli occupation troops fired rubber bullets and teargas canisters at a group of Jerusalemites near Abu Dis town in a bid to disperse their demonstration on Monday night.
Local sources said that soldiers stationed in a military base near the town also fired stun grenades at the young men, who were protesting the Israeli occupation authority’s policy in the holy city.
The Israeli occupation forces provocatively search Jerusalemite youths and launch night raids on their homes other than protecting Jewish settlers’ attacks on the Arab suburbs.
Meanwhile, a coalition against racism in 1948 occupied Palestine asked for an investigation into the attack by Jewish settlers on six Palestinian female students from occupied Jerusalem who were on a trip in Tel Aviv.
The Jewish settlers threw stones and empty bottles at the students of the Tur intermediate school for girls.
Showing complete disregard for Palestinians in the area, they warned four Bedouin families to leave their homes for 24 hours, yet they didn’t go anywhere near the illegal settlements or the land they farm.
Military training in areas of the Jordan Valley completely controlled by Israel (designated as Area C under the Oslo accords) is commonplace … However, with this current wave of training they have moved into Area B (where the Palestinian Authority has joint control under the Oslo accords).
On this occasion they were carrying out their training in the centre of Ein Shibli village, next to a park where local people take their children to play and swim. This busy village is one of the few places where Bedouin communities from Al Hadidiya, Makhoul, Ras ar Ahmar and Humsa can come to fill up their portable water tanks, that they then use for themselves and their livestock to drink.
Israeli soldiers fire at Jerusalemite demo
Israeli occupation troops fired rubber bullets and teargas canisters at a group of Jerusalemites near Abu Dis town in a bid to disperse their demonstration on Monday night.
Local sources said that soldiers stationed in a military base near the town also fired stun grenades at the young men, who were protesting the Israeli occupation authority’s policy in the holy city.
The Israeli occupation forces provocatively search Jerusalemite youths and launch night raids on their homes other than protecting Jewish settlers’ attacks on the Arab suburbs.
Meanwhile, a coalition against racism in 1948 occupied Palestine asked for an investigation into the attack by Jewish settlers on six Palestinian female students from occupied Jerusalem who were on a trip in Tel Aviv.
The Jewish settlers threw stones and empty bottles at the students of the Tur intermediate school for girls.
The three Palestinian Arabic dailies Tuesday focused on a meeting between Fatah and Hamas officials to name the upcoming cabinet members, in addition to the series of Israeli airstrikes against the Gaza Strip.
The main front page article in al-Quds newspaper reported that Fatah Central Committee member Azzam al-Ahmad, who heads its delegation to the reconciliation talks, is expected to meet with Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk in Cairo to consider the candidates for the upcoming national unity government.
Al-Ayyam’s prime headline featured an Israeli airstrike that targeted a dairy factory near Gaza City on Sunday, injuring a Palestinian who was reported in moderate condition. It said a Palestinian had died of his wounds sustained in an Israeli airstrike against a group of fighters near Khan Younis on Friday.
The newspaper printed a picture of young Palestinian boys checking the destroyed site of the factory.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida printed a picture of President Mahmoud Abbas and Turkish President Abdullah Gül during Abbas’ visit to Istanbul on Sunday. It said Abbas is expected to head to Paris and meet the French president Francois Hollande on Friday.
Al-Quds’ front page commemorated the 45th anniversary of the June 5, 1967 war, which Palestinians refer to as Naksa, or setback, emphasizing the Palestinians’ persistence to end the Israeli occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state.
The newspaper also featured promises by an Israeli official to allow families of Palestinian prisoners from Gaza to visit their sons detained in Israeli jails within a month.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Ayyam reported on sharp disagreements among Israeli government officials regarding an eviction order by the Supreme Court against Ulpana outpost near the illegal settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah.
An op-ed by Hani al-Masri in al-Ayyam newspaper tackled the current Hamas and Fatah meetings to agree on the formation of the national unity government and discussed the obstacles that lie ahead of the upcoming government.
The main front page article in al-Quds newspaper reported that Fatah Central Committee member Azzam al-Ahmad, who heads its delegation to the reconciliation talks, is expected to meet with Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk in Cairo to consider the candidates for the upcoming national unity government.
Al-Ayyam’s prime headline featured an Israeli airstrike that targeted a dairy factory near Gaza City on Sunday, injuring a Palestinian who was reported in moderate condition. It said a Palestinian had died of his wounds sustained in an Israeli airstrike against a group of fighters near Khan Younis on Friday.
The newspaper printed a picture of young Palestinian boys checking the destroyed site of the factory.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida printed a picture of President Mahmoud Abbas and Turkish President Abdullah Gül during Abbas’ visit to Istanbul on Sunday. It said Abbas is expected to head to Paris and meet the French president Francois Hollande on Friday.
Al-Quds’ front page commemorated the 45th anniversary of the June 5, 1967 war, which Palestinians refer to as Naksa, or setback, emphasizing the Palestinians’ persistence to end the Israeli occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state.
The newspaper also featured promises by an Israeli official to allow families of Palestinian prisoners from Gaza to visit their sons detained in Israeli jails within a month.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Ayyam reported on sharp disagreements among Israeli government officials regarding an eviction order by the Supreme Court against Ulpana outpost near the illegal settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah.
An op-ed by Hani al-Masri in al-Ayyam newspaper tackled the current Hamas and Fatah meetings to agree on the formation of the national unity government and discussed the obstacles that lie ahead of the upcoming government.
Israeli Forces Open Fire Towards Fishermen, Gaza
On Monday, 4th June, Israeli occupation forces opened fire towards Palestinian fishermen in the coast of Gaza city.
Israeli continuous attacks on fishing boats aim to terrorize fishermen and prevent them from entering the sea.
Israeli continuous attacks on fishing boats aim to terrorize fishermen and prevent them from entering the sea.
Palestinian badly wounded in alleged attack on soldier in Al-Khalil
A Palestinian citizen was seriously wounded on Monday evening when Israeli troops opened fire at him after he allegedly stabbed one of them at a checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque.
A medical source told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the citizen was left bleeding at the scene for more than one hour before a military ambulance picked him up without stating the hospital they were taking him to.
It added that the wounded citizen is aged 31 from Halhoul town north of Al-Khalil and his name is Laith Mashaal.
Immediately after the shooting, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) started to cordon off the area and patrol it on foot, detained citizens, searched them and raided homes.
They also set up barriers at the entrances to Al-Khalil city and stopped Palestinian cars for inspection.
The PIC was told that the IOF stormed Halhoul town and went on the rampage through it ransacking homes and stores and confiscating personal documents of citizens.
Israeli troops also raided the house of the wounded citizen, damaged the furniture and maltreated his family.
In general, the IOF intensified its presence throughout Al-Khalil city and its towns following the incident.
A medical source told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the citizen was left bleeding at the scene for more than one hour before a military ambulance picked him up without stating the hospital they were taking him to.
It added that the wounded citizen is aged 31 from Halhoul town north of Al-Khalil and his name is Laith Mashaal.
Immediately after the shooting, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) started to cordon off the area and patrol it on foot, detained citizens, searched them and raided homes.
They also set up barriers at the entrances to Al-Khalil city and stopped Palestinian cars for inspection.
The PIC was told that the IOF stormed Halhoul town and went on the rampage through it ransacking homes and stores and confiscating personal documents of citizens.
Israeli troops also raided the house of the wounded citizen, damaged the furniture and maltreated his family.
In general, the IOF intensified its presence throughout Al-Khalil city and its towns following the incident.
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