22 aug 2012
Israeli forces fired artillery shells near an area of central Gaza on Wednesday, witnesses said.
Explosions were heard near the Wadi Gaza area in the central Gaza Strip, with no injuries reported, spokesman of the ministry of health in Gaza Ashraf al-Qudra said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an there had been no military activity in the area.
Explosions were heard near the Wadi Gaza area in the central Gaza Strip, with no injuries reported, spokesman of the ministry of health in Gaza Ashraf al-Qudra said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an there had been no military activity in the area.
Israeli artillery and gunboats fired projectiles and machine guns at Palestinian houses and fishing boats in the Gaza Strip at dawn Wednesday.
Local sources told PIC's correspondent that the occupation artillery had fired a shell at Palestinian agricultural land in Juhor al-Dik village, southeast of Gaza City, pointing out that the shell exploded without causing casualties.
The sources added that the Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza City and forced them to abandon their boats and to halt fishing.
The border areas and Palestinian fishermen are considered permanent targets of the Israeli occupation forces as fishermen were prevented from fishing for more than six nautical miles, while farmers were prevented from approaching the border fence east and north of Gaza for a distance of 300 meters.
Settlers Invade Nablus Village
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the village of Awarta, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and tried to torch two Palestinian cars after writing racist graffiti against the Palestinians.
Local sources reported that the settlers came from Itamar illegal settlement, built on Palestinian lands, near Awarta village, east of Nablus.
The sources added that the settlers wrote anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian graffiti on the walls of some homes, and fled the scene after some residents noticed them.
The attack is the latest of a series of seriously escalating attacks carried out by extremist settlers against the Palestinians and their property.
On Tuesday at dawn, a number of armed extremist Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian home in Far’ata village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and tried to torch it.
One of the attacked youths, identified as Jamal Julani, 17, is currently in a serious condition at the Hadassah Israeli hospital in Jerusalem.
Last Thursday, settlers hurled a firebomb at a Palestinian Taxi causing severe injuries to Ayman Mohammad Ghayatha, 36, his wife Jamila Abdul-Hai, 28, their children; Mohammad, 5, and Eman, 4, and Hasan Mohammad Hasan Ghayatha, 26. The Taxi driver, Bassam Mohammad Ghayatha, 55, was also injured.
Medical sources said that the wounded family suffered fourth degree burns, the worst degree of burns as the flesh is burnt to the bone, and that their condition is deteriorating.
In Jerusalem Friday, August 17, a mob of Israelis chanting 'Death to Arabs' attacked three young Palestinians, nearly killing one and severely wounding the other two.
The attack took place in Zion Square, where three as-yet unidentified Palestinian youth were walking when the mob began beating them, chanting ethnic slurs including “A Jew is a soul and an Arab is a son of a b--”
On Monday, the Israeli Police apprehended seven Israeli youths suspected of involvement in the lynch attack.
A similar 'lynch mob' type incident took place in March in Jerusalem's Malha Mall. Despite the submission of cellphone video footage to the Israeli police to help identify the assailants, no investigation was done and no arrests were ever made.
Instead, according to journalist Ali Abunimah, “Israel’s Hasbara [propaganda] machinery jumped into action, denying there was a pervasive problem with racism. The Jewish Agency’s online hasbara chief Avi Mayer even mounted a publicity stunt where he went to Malha Mall to distribute candy.”
Local sources told PIC's correspondent that the occupation artillery had fired a shell at Palestinian agricultural land in Juhor al-Dik village, southeast of Gaza City, pointing out that the shell exploded without causing casualties.
The sources added that the Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza City and forced them to abandon their boats and to halt fishing.
The border areas and Palestinian fishermen are considered permanent targets of the Israeli occupation forces as fishermen were prevented from fishing for more than six nautical miles, while farmers were prevented from approaching the border fence east and north of Gaza for a distance of 300 meters.
Settlers Invade Nablus Village
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the village of Awarta, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and tried to torch two Palestinian cars after writing racist graffiti against the Palestinians.
Local sources reported that the settlers came from Itamar illegal settlement, built on Palestinian lands, near Awarta village, east of Nablus.
The sources added that the settlers wrote anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian graffiti on the walls of some homes, and fled the scene after some residents noticed them.
The attack is the latest of a series of seriously escalating attacks carried out by extremist settlers against the Palestinians and their property.
On Tuesday at dawn, a number of armed extremist Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian home in Far’ata village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and tried to torch it.
One of the attacked youths, identified as Jamal Julani, 17, is currently in a serious condition at the Hadassah Israeli hospital in Jerusalem.
Last Thursday, settlers hurled a firebomb at a Palestinian Taxi causing severe injuries to Ayman Mohammad Ghayatha, 36, his wife Jamila Abdul-Hai, 28, their children; Mohammad, 5, and Eman, 4, and Hasan Mohammad Hasan Ghayatha, 26. The Taxi driver, Bassam Mohammad Ghayatha, 55, was also injured.
Medical sources said that the wounded family suffered fourth degree burns, the worst degree of burns as the flesh is burnt to the bone, and that their condition is deteriorating.
In Jerusalem Friday, August 17, a mob of Israelis chanting 'Death to Arabs' attacked three young Palestinians, nearly killing one and severely wounding the other two.
The attack took place in Zion Square, where three as-yet unidentified Palestinian youth were walking when the mob began beating them, chanting ethnic slurs including “A Jew is a soul and an Arab is a son of a b--”
On Monday, the Israeli Police apprehended seven Israeli youths suspected of involvement in the lynch attack.
A similar 'lynch mob' type incident took place in March in Jerusalem's Malha Mall. Despite the submission of cellphone video footage to the Israeli police to help identify the assailants, no investigation was done and no arrests were ever made.
Instead, according to journalist Ali Abunimah, “Israel’s Hasbara [propaganda] machinery jumped into action, denying there was a pervasive problem with racism. The Jewish Agency’s online hasbara chief Avi Mayer even mounted a publicity stunt where he went to Malha Mall to distribute candy.”
20 aug 2012
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at Palestinian residential quarters on the eastern outskirts of Gaza city and Khan Younis governorate.
Local sources said that soldiers in military watchtowers opened fire at the residential quarters on Sunday but no casualties were reported.
The Hebrew radio, meanwhile, claimed that a locally made rocket was fired from Gaza at the western Negev.
It said that no human or material losses were sustained as the rocket fell in a deserted area.
Other attacks: Jewish settlers establish poultry farm on Palestinian land
Palestinians fined for confiscation of their own equipment
State: Migron must be evicted on time
Local sources said that soldiers in military watchtowers opened fire at the residential quarters on Sunday but no casualties were reported.
The Hebrew radio, meanwhile, claimed that a locally made rocket was fired from Gaza at the western Negev.
It said that no human or material losses were sustained as the rocket fell in a deserted area.
Other attacks: Jewish settlers establish poultry farm on Palestinian land
Palestinians fined for confiscation of their own equipment
State: Migron must be evicted on time
One of the suspects in the Jerusalem attack being brought to court on August 19, 2012
Four minors, including one girl, arrested in connection with attack at Zion Square in which one victim was seriously injured and three others were slightly hurt.
After initially treating the event as a brawl, police on Sunday for the first time referred to the attack on Palestinian youths by dozens of Jewish teens in Jerusalem early last Friday as a "lynching."
A police representative told the Magistrate's Court that hundreds of people watched the event without helping the victims.
Witnesses say the attack lasted a short while before police arrived and the attackers fled.
Four minors between the ages of 13-15, including one girl, were arrested on Sunday in connection with the attack at Zion Square, in which one victim was seriously injured and three others were slightly hurt.
Earlier, the court extended by four days the detention of the 19-year-old man arrested Friday. Police believe there will be further arrests.
Sergeant First Class Shmuel Shenhav defined the attack as a lynch, and said: "The victim lost his consciousness and was thought to be dead until a Magen David Adom [emergency paramedic] crew arrived and resuscitated him. He was anesthetized and on a respirator in the hospital for days. This was an extremely severe crime. Only a miracle saved him from death."
A 13-year-old suspect brought into court yesterday did not deny he was present at the scene, but said he wasn't involved in the beating. His mother, L., told Haaretz: "They came at noon while he was sleeping. The investigators woke him up and took him to the police car. How can they do such a thing to a young kid?"
The suspect's brother, who was also present at the scene, said outside the court that it was the four Arab youths who had provoked passersby and "made passes at Jewish girls." He added: "Why should an Arab make passes at my sister? They shouldn't be here, it's our area. For what other reason would they come here if not to make passes at Jewish girls?"
The 19-year-old suspect's attorney, Ariel Attari, said that his client wasn't present at the scene and said he had an alibi for the entire time.
Meanwhile, victim Jamal Julani remains in serious condition, according to the authorities. Julani, 17, from Jerusalem's Ras al-Amud neighborhood, was admitted to the intensive care unit at Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem in critical condition. His mother told Haaretz that he had regained consciousness but is very confused, did not remember the assault and did not understand why he was in the hospital.
"There were four of us," one of the victim's cousins, Mohammed Mujahad, said Saturday, recalling what happened when he and his three cousins reached Zion Square after midnight Thursday. "Suddenly maybe 50 Jews came toward us shouting, 'Arabs Arabs.' I don't understand what they said. They weren't calling us. They were just generally shouting."
According to an eyewitness, the group of teenagers appeared to be hunting for Arab victims, calling out "Death to Arabs" and other anti-Arab slurs.
"We walked slowly, so there wouldn't be trouble," related Nuaman Julani, another of Jamal's cousins. "Suddenly one said to Jamal, 'What are you doing, you son of a bitch?' Jamal tried to flee, but [the attacker] whacked him in the chest and [Jamal] fell."
The incident was brief, according to Mujahad and Nuaman Julani. One of the cousins says he saw a few attackers hitting and kicking Jamal as he lay on the ground. Both noted that police quickly arrived, after which all the perpetrators dispersed.
Four minors, including one girl, arrested in connection with attack at Zion Square in which one victim was seriously injured and three others were slightly hurt.
After initially treating the event as a brawl, police on Sunday for the first time referred to the attack on Palestinian youths by dozens of Jewish teens in Jerusalem early last Friday as a "lynching."
A police representative told the Magistrate's Court that hundreds of people watched the event without helping the victims.
Witnesses say the attack lasted a short while before police arrived and the attackers fled.
Four minors between the ages of 13-15, including one girl, were arrested on Sunday in connection with the attack at Zion Square, in which one victim was seriously injured and three others were slightly hurt.
Earlier, the court extended by four days the detention of the 19-year-old man arrested Friday. Police believe there will be further arrests.
Sergeant First Class Shmuel Shenhav defined the attack as a lynch, and said: "The victim lost his consciousness and was thought to be dead until a Magen David Adom [emergency paramedic] crew arrived and resuscitated him. He was anesthetized and on a respirator in the hospital for days. This was an extremely severe crime. Only a miracle saved him from death."
A 13-year-old suspect brought into court yesterday did not deny he was present at the scene, but said he wasn't involved in the beating. His mother, L., told Haaretz: "They came at noon while he was sleeping. The investigators woke him up and took him to the police car. How can they do such a thing to a young kid?"
The suspect's brother, who was also present at the scene, said outside the court that it was the four Arab youths who had provoked passersby and "made passes at Jewish girls." He added: "Why should an Arab make passes at my sister? They shouldn't be here, it's our area. For what other reason would they come here if not to make passes at Jewish girls?"
The 19-year-old suspect's attorney, Ariel Attari, said that his client wasn't present at the scene and said he had an alibi for the entire time.
Meanwhile, victim Jamal Julani remains in serious condition, according to the authorities. Julani, 17, from Jerusalem's Ras al-Amud neighborhood, was admitted to the intensive care unit at Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem in critical condition. His mother told Haaretz that he had regained consciousness but is very confused, did not remember the assault and did not understand why he was in the hospital.
"There were four of us," one of the victim's cousins, Mohammed Mujahad, said Saturday, recalling what happened when he and his three cousins reached Zion Square after midnight Thursday. "Suddenly maybe 50 Jews came toward us shouting, 'Arabs Arabs.' I don't understand what they said. They weren't calling us. They were just generally shouting."
According to an eyewitness, the group of teenagers appeared to be hunting for Arab victims, calling out "Death to Arabs" and other anti-Arab slurs.
"We walked slowly, so there wouldn't be trouble," related Nuaman Julani, another of Jamal's cousins. "Suddenly one said to Jamal, 'What are you doing, you son of a bitch?' Jamal tried to flee, but [the attacker] whacked him in the chest and [Jamal] fell."
The incident was brief, according to Mujahad and Nuaman Julani. One of the cousins says he saw a few attackers hitting and kicking Jamal as he lay on the ground. Both noted that police quickly arrived, after which all the perpetrators dispersed.
19 aug 2012
Other attacks: Jewish settlers expand settlement outposts in Al-Khalil
Israelis throws rocks at Palestinian car near Bethlehem, car damaged
Settlers visit sites of evacuated West Bank settlements, vow to return
Other attacks: Jewish settlers expand settlement outposts in Al-Khalil
Israelis throws rocks at Palestinian car near Bethlehem, car damaged
Settlers visit sites of evacuated West Bank settlements, vow to return
18 aug 2012
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Palestinian journalists routinely covering weekly protest in Kafr Kadum arrested by troops, seen in video being assaulted by troops.
Palestinian journalists documented IDF soldiers while they beat them with clubs during an arrest in Kafr Kadum on Friday. The IDF said that the journalists were released shortly after their arrest, which followed a demonstration. The demonstration was part of a weekly protest over what the Palestinians claim is "Israeli annexation and seizure of the village's lands." The protests are usually attended by Palestinians and foreign activists. The journalists covering the event work for Palestinian press as well as foreign media outlets. |
They were wearing vests which read "Press" and carried cameras which identified them as members of the press.
They were not visibly part of any conflict between the residents and IDF troops.
The video shows two IDF vehicles pulling over near the journalists. One soldier is heard calling them "come here" and a photographer is seen being separated from the group.
A soldier wearing a gas mask and holding a baton is seen ordering one of the journalists to sit down and not go near his colleagues, standing a few yards away.
Later in the video, other soldiers are seen approaching the Palestinian journalists while swinging their clubs. One of the soldiers is seen hitting a journalist who refused to accompany the troops.
Later on, soldiers are seen hitting two other members of the press. Among the detained journalists were correspondents of the French and Chinese news agencies as well as Palestinian media.
'Attack was unprovoked'
Bakher Abdel Hek, a Palestinian journalist from Nablus, was one of the five detainees, whom he said routinely cover the weekly protest. "They (the soldiers) showed up and started beating us with batons.
"They broke one of the journalists' hands. The whole attack was unprovoked. We cover the demonstration every week and this is the first time they assaulted us," he told Ynet.
Abdel Hek noted that the journalists were detained in the village for half an hour and were then taken to the Kedumin police station. "They told us we entered a closed military zone and were not allowed to be there. It makes no sense, because we come to the same spot every week and were never warned." The IDF said in response, "During a violent and illegal riot, several rioters, including some journalists, were detained for violating a closed military zone and rioting.
The journalists were released shortly thereafter once their identities were checked. As a rule, the IDF respects and allows free media activity even in conflict zones."
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They were not visibly part of any conflict between the residents and IDF troops.
The video shows two IDF vehicles pulling over near the journalists. One soldier is heard calling them "come here" and a photographer is seen being separated from the group.
A soldier wearing a gas mask and holding a baton is seen ordering one of the journalists to sit down and not go near his colleagues, standing a few yards away.
Later in the video, other soldiers are seen approaching the Palestinian journalists while swinging their clubs. One of the soldiers is seen hitting a journalist who refused to accompany the troops.
Later on, soldiers are seen hitting two other members of the press. Among the detained journalists were correspondents of the French and Chinese news agencies as well as Palestinian media.
'Attack was unprovoked'
Bakher Abdel Hek, a Palestinian journalist from Nablus, was one of the five detainees, whom he said routinely cover the weekly protest. "They (the soldiers) showed up and started beating us with batons.
"They broke one of the journalists' hands. The whole attack was unprovoked. We cover the demonstration every week and this is the first time they assaulted us," he told Ynet.
Abdel Hek noted that the journalists were detained in the village for half an hour and were then taken to the Kedumin police station. "They told us we entered a closed military zone and were not allowed to be there. It makes no sense, because we come to the same spot every week and were never warned." The IDF said in response, "During a violent and illegal riot, several rioters, including some journalists, were detained for violating a closed military zone and rioting.
The journalists were released shortly thereafter once their identities were checked. As a rule, the IDF respects and allows free media activity even in conflict zones."
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17 aug 2012
A Jerusalemite teen was hospitalized with a serious injury after a Jewish mob attacked him and his friends in western Jerusalem on Thursday night.
Eyewitnesses said that Jewish settlers attacked a number of Jerusalemite Arabs who were shopping at Jaffa Street seriously wounding one of them after he was severely beaten in his chest and head.
Jamal Al-Joulani was taken to Hadassah Ein Karem hospital’s intensive care unit where his mother Nariman told AFP that doctors told her that his condition was “difficult”.
Two of his friends, both 17 years old, said that they were walking in the street when suddenly they were attacked by a mob of 50 Jewish youths. They said that the youths were shouting at them and calling them bad names.
They told AFP that they did not quarrel with the youths, adding that monitoring cameras would detail everything if anybody cared about watching their recording.
Hebrew newspaper Yediot Ahronot reported the following on its website: “An activist at an aid organization for youths at risk, who witnessed the event, posted a message on Facebook, claiming that the incident was more like "a lynch."
"Today I saw a lynch with my very own eyes, at Zion Square in the center of Jerusalem," she wrote.
"We arrived for our usual volunteering shift at Zion Square and not more than half-an-hour later, (we heard) screams: 'A Jew is a (good) soul; an Arab is a son-of-a…'. (We saw) dozens of teens running and gathering around, starting to deliver deadly blows to three Arab teens who were peacefully walking by," the activist wrote.
"When one of the Arab teens fell onto the floor, they continued to kick his head, and he lost consciousness... the assailants ran away and the rest gathered in a circle (around him) and some continued to shout with hatred in their eyes."”
Eyewitness: J'lem brawl was lynch against Arabs
Volunteer for youths at risk says incident in which 18-year-old Arab man was seriously injured instigated by Jewish teens.
Acting Jerusalem Police Commissioner Menny Yitzhaki instructed on Friday to set up a special investigation team to probe the violent clash between Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem's Zion Square. The incident, which occurred Thursday night, left an 18-year-old Arab man seriously wounded.
The police say they plan to indict the suspects, and are looking into whether the incident had nationalistic motives.
An activist at an aid organization for youths at risk, who witnessed the event, posted a message on Facebook, claiming that the incident was more like "a lynch."
"Today I saw a lynch with my very own eyes, at Zion Square in the center of Jerusalem," she wrote.
"We arrived for our usual volunteering shift at Zion Square and not more than half-an-hour later, (we heard) screams: 'A Jew is a (good) soul; an Arab is a son-of-a…'. (We saw) dozens of teens running and gathering around, starting to deliver deadly blows to three Arab teens who were peacefully walking by," the activist wrote.
"When one of the Arab teens fell onto the floor, they continued to kick his head, and he lost consciousness... the assailants ran away and the rest gathered in a circle (around him) and some continued to shout with hatred in their eyes."
The activist further claimed in her post that when two of the volunteers tried to resuscitate the injured Arabs, "the crowds were complaining that they were Arabs and that they deserve it because maybe now they will be afraid."
A relative of the Arab teen who was hospitalized in serious condition recounted the event: "We were near Zion Square, and there was a group of boys who started shouting curses against Arabs. We walked really slowly because we didn’t want any trouble.
"Suddenly, someone approached my cousin, grabbed him and told him 'what are you doing here you son-of-a-bitch.' (My cousin) tried walking faster but the man kicked him in the leg and he fell on the floor. Then someone said to call the police and they escaped. One of them hit me in the back. They did it because we are Arabs," he said.
J'lem: Man injured in fight between Arabs, Jews
Arab man seriously wounded when brawl breaks out between Jews, Arabs in Jerusalem's Zion Square, he was taken to hospital with serious head injuries.
An 18-year-old Arab man was seriously wounded in a fight in Jerusalem's Zion Square between a group of Jews and a group of Arabs on Thursday night. The circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear.
Magen David Adom teams arrived at the scene where they carried out CPR on a man who was suffering from severe head injuries. Paramedics evacuated the young man to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. Others who were involved in the fight have fled the scene, and police are scouring the area to find them.
MDA paramedic Amir Edri said that "When we arrived at the scene we saw a 20 year old man lying on the floor. He was unconscious and paramedics began performing CPR. Passersby said that there was a brawl and that he was hit and collapsed."
According to Edri "After 10 minutes of intense CPR that included electric shock he regained his pulse and was evacuated to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in serious but stable condition."
The paramedic added that many people gathered at the scene "but they let us do our job. No one was there with him (the injured man) and no one asked to come with him in the ambulance."
Meanwhile, another brawl broke out in the northern city of Tiberias in which two 21 year olds were injured. The two were attacked with hammers and cudgels and sustained head injuries. They were transferred to the Poria Hospital unconscious. Later they will be transferred to the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
Police noted that the reason for the fight was as yet, unclear yet apparently the two young men sought to take part in a party in one of the homes in the area. Police Northern District Spokesman Chief Superintendent Yehuda Maman said both the injured men were Tiberias residents.
Other attacks: Olive grove destroyed in south Hebron
Report: Palestinian, Israeli group clash in West Jerusalem
IOF refuses to return confiscated tractors, water tanks IOF raids eastern Rafah, clashes with resistance in Shijaia
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided areas east of Rafah to the southernmost area of the Gaza Strip on Friday for the second time in less than 24 hours.
Local sources told PIC reporter that eight Israeli military vehicles raided the Shoka area eastern Rafah.
The sources said that the invading forces opened indiscriminate fire at nearby residential areas.
Meanwhile, Palestinian resistance fighters engaged an Israeli special unit that tried to sneak into the vicinity of the industrial area east of Shijaia neighborhood eastern Gaza City late last night.
Eyewitnesses said that Jewish settlers attacked a number of Jerusalemite Arabs who were shopping at Jaffa Street seriously wounding one of them after he was severely beaten in his chest and head.
Jamal Al-Joulani was taken to Hadassah Ein Karem hospital’s intensive care unit where his mother Nariman told AFP that doctors told her that his condition was “difficult”.
Two of his friends, both 17 years old, said that they were walking in the street when suddenly they were attacked by a mob of 50 Jewish youths. They said that the youths were shouting at them and calling them bad names.
They told AFP that they did not quarrel with the youths, adding that monitoring cameras would detail everything if anybody cared about watching their recording.
Hebrew newspaper Yediot Ahronot reported the following on its website: “An activist at an aid organization for youths at risk, who witnessed the event, posted a message on Facebook, claiming that the incident was more like "a lynch."
"Today I saw a lynch with my very own eyes, at Zion Square in the center of Jerusalem," she wrote.
"We arrived for our usual volunteering shift at Zion Square and not more than half-an-hour later, (we heard) screams: 'A Jew is a (good) soul; an Arab is a son-of-a…'. (We saw) dozens of teens running and gathering around, starting to deliver deadly blows to three Arab teens who were peacefully walking by," the activist wrote.
"When one of the Arab teens fell onto the floor, they continued to kick his head, and he lost consciousness... the assailants ran away and the rest gathered in a circle (around him) and some continued to shout with hatred in their eyes."”
Eyewitness: J'lem brawl was lynch against Arabs
Volunteer for youths at risk says incident in which 18-year-old Arab man was seriously injured instigated by Jewish teens.
Acting Jerusalem Police Commissioner Menny Yitzhaki instructed on Friday to set up a special investigation team to probe the violent clash between Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem's Zion Square. The incident, which occurred Thursday night, left an 18-year-old Arab man seriously wounded.
The police say they plan to indict the suspects, and are looking into whether the incident had nationalistic motives.
An activist at an aid organization for youths at risk, who witnessed the event, posted a message on Facebook, claiming that the incident was more like "a lynch."
"Today I saw a lynch with my very own eyes, at Zion Square in the center of Jerusalem," she wrote.
"We arrived for our usual volunteering shift at Zion Square and not more than half-an-hour later, (we heard) screams: 'A Jew is a (good) soul; an Arab is a son-of-a…'. (We saw) dozens of teens running and gathering around, starting to deliver deadly blows to three Arab teens who were peacefully walking by," the activist wrote.
"When one of the Arab teens fell onto the floor, they continued to kick his head, and he lost consciousness... the assailants ran away and the rest gathered in a circle (around him) and some continued to shout with hatred in their eyes."
The activist further claimed in her post that when two of the volunteers tried to resuscitate the injured Arabs, "the crowds were complaining that they were Arabs and that they deserve it because maybe now they will be afraid."
A relative of the Arab teen who was hospitalized in serious condition recounted the event: "We were near Zion Square, and there was a group of boys who started shouting curses against Arabs. We walked really slowly because we didn’t want any trouble.
"Suddenly, someone approached my cousin, grabbed him and told him 'what are you doing here you son-of-a-bitch.' (My cousin) tried walking faster but the man kicked him in the leg and he fell on the floor. Then someone said to call the police and they escaped. One of them hit me in the back. They did it because we are Arabs," he said.
J'lem: Man injured in fight between Arabs, Jews
Arab man seriously wounded when brawl breaks out between Jews, Arabs in Jerusalem's Zion Square, he was taken to hospital with serious head injuries.
An 18-year-old Arab man was seriously wounded in a fight in Jerusalem's Zion Square between a group of Jews and a group of Arabs on Thursday night. The circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear.
Magen David Adom teams arrived at the scene where they carried out CPR on a man who was suffering from severe head injuries. Paramedics evacuated the young man to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. Others who were involved in the fight have fled the scene, and police are scouring the area to find them.
MDA paramedic Amir Edri said that "When we arrived at the scene we saw a 20 year old man lying on the floor. He was unconscious and paramedics began performing CPR. Passersby said that there was a brawl and that he was hit and collapsed."
According to Edri "After 10 minutes of intense CPR that included electric shock he regained his pulse and was evacuated to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in serious but stable condition."
The paramedic added that many people gathered at the scene "but they let us do our job. No one was there with him (the injured man) and no one asked to come with him in the ambulance."
Meanwhile, another brawl broke out in the northern city of Tiberias in which two 21 year olds were injured. The two were attacked with hammers and cudgels and sustained head injuries. They were transferred to the Poria Hospital unconscious. Later they will be transferred to the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
Police noted that the reason for the fight was as yet, unclear yet apparently the two young men sought to take part in a party in one of the homes in the area. Police Northern District Spokesman Chief Superintendent Yehuda Maman said both the injured men were Tiberias residents.
Other attacks: Olive grove destroyed in south Hebron
Report: Palestinian, Israeli group clash in West Jerusalem
IOF refuses to return confiscated tractors, water tanks IOF raids eastern Rafah, clashes with resistance in Shijaia
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided areas east of Rafah to the southernmost area of the Gaza Strip on Friday for the second time in less than 24 hours.
Local sources told PIC reporter that eight Israeli military vehicles raided the Shoka area eastern Rafah.
The sources said that the invading forces opened indiscriminate fire at nearby residential areas.
Meanwhile, Palestinian resistance fighters engaged an Israeli special unit that tried to sneak into the vicinity of the industrial area east of Shijaia neighborhood eastern Gaza City late last night.
Israeli military vehicles crossed into the southern Gaza Strip early Friday, residents told Ma'an, reporting the sound of heavy gunfire in the area.
No injuries have been reported.
Several military vehicles entered dozens of meters near al-Shouka, east of Rafah, the same site where tanks and bulldozers fired guns and launched smoke bombs on Thursday, according to witnesses.
An Israeli military spokesman said there was nothing but "very routine activity" in the region and no gunfire towards Gaza.
Meanwhile, a militant group in Gaza claimed responsibility for a clash near Gaza City on Thursday.
The Al-Mujahidin Brigades said it blocked Israeli military from entering Gaza near the Karni crossing. There were no further details about the clash.
Report: Palestinian, Israeli group clash in West Jerusalem
Tel Aviv- An 18-year-old Palestinian was seriously injured in a fight between a group of Palestinians and Israelis in West Jerusalem on Thursday night, Israeli media reported.
Israeli news site Ynet said the man was taken to Ein Kerem hospital with serious head injuries after the brawl broke out in Zion Square.
Israeli police are searching the area for suspects, the report said.
No injuries have been reported.
Several military vehicles entered dozens of meters near al-Shouka, east of Rafah, the same site where tanks and bulldozers fired guns and launched smoke bombs on Thursday, according to witnesses.
An Israeli military spokesman said there was nothing but "very routine activity" in the region and no gunfire towards Gaza.
Meanwhile, a militant group in Gaza claimed responsibility for a clash near Gaza City on Thursday.
The Al-Mujahidin Brigades said it blocked Israeli military from entering Gaza near the Karni crossing. There were no further details about the clash.
Report: Palestinian, Israeli group clash in West Jerusalem
Tel Aviv- An 18-year-old Palestinian was seriously injured in a fight between a group of Palestinians and Israelis in West Jerusalem on Thursday night, Israeli media reported.
Israeli news site Ynet said the man was taken to Ein Kerem hospital with serious head injuries after the brawl broke out in Zion Square.
Israeli police are searching the area for suspects, the report said.
16 aug 2012
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported Thursday that a cab driver, a Palestinian father, mother and their children, from Nahhalin town, near Bethlehem, suffered moderate to severe injuries after fundamentalist Israeli settlers hurled a firebomb at the Palestinian cab.
The attack took place when the Palestinian Taxi was driving near the illegal Bat Ayin and Gavot illegal settlements, close to the Gush Etzion settlement block, south the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Medical sources reported that a cab driving a Palestinian family was attacked by extremist settlers who also hurled a firebomb at it leading to six injuries; the wounded six family members received initial treatment in Bethlehem before being moved to the Hadassah Israeli hospital in Jerusalem due to the seriousness of their injuries.
Head of the Emergency Department of the Red Crescent in Bethlehem, Abdul-Halim Ja’afra, reported that wounded residents were identified as Bassam (cab driver) Mahmoud Ghayatha, 55, Ayman Hassan Ghayatha, 35, his wife Jamila Abdul-Hai, 28, their children; Mohammad, 5, and Eman, 4, and Hasan Mohammad Hasan Ghayatha, 26.
Residents Ayman, Jamila and Hasan suffered second and third-degree burns, while the children, Mohammad and Eman suffered first-degree burns.
The Israeli police reported that the attack was carried out by Jewish settlers, and that the assault was nationally motivated.
According to the Maan News Agency, the office of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, issued a statement denouncing the attack and stating that he instructed the Internal Security Services to act decisively and apprehend the assailants.
Extremist settler groups in the occupied West Bank are behind hundreds of attacks against the Palestinians, their lands and property, leading to dozens of casualties and significant damages.
Such attacks included the burning of mosques and churches in occupied Palestine, torching Palestinian farmlands, destroying Palestinian wells and property, and uprooting hundreds of trees, in addition to flooding Palestinian farmlands with sewage.
Six Palestinians Wounded, Some Seriously In Settler Attack On Their Car Near Hebron
Six Palestinians were wounded, three seriously, when Israeli settlers hurled a cocktail bomb at the car they were riding on the Bethlehem-Hebron road on Thursday.
Palestinian media sources reported that settlers from Beit Ayin settlement in the Etzion settlment bloc threw a cocktail bomb at the van en route to wounding the driver and five members of Ghayatha family, including two children.
Israeli ambulance arrived at the scene and evacuated the wounded to Hadasa hospital in Jerusalem. Three of the wounded suffer second degree burns.
The car drove for around hundred meter after the attack before it flipped over on the side of the road. Traces of the fire bomb and a lighter were found on the road side.
Israeli police also arrived at the scene and closed the road on both ways for around two hours, eyewitnesses reported.
Settler violence increased since 2005 when Israel unilaterally withdrew from the Gaza Strip and moved out all its settlers.
Most of the settler attacks against Palestinians are not followed up by Israeli police.
Other attacks: IOF holds military ceremony in Ibrahimi Mosque
IOF soldiers raid eastern Rafah
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided areas east of Rafah to the southernmost area of the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers mounting three armored vehicles escorted four huge military bulldozers to the Shoka area.
They said that the soldiers opened indiscriminate fire at nearby residential areas, farms, and civilian property with no casualties reported.
Confrontations and arrests in Jenin
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched at dawn Thursday raid and search campaigns in three towns west of Jenin and arrested a citizen as clashes erupted in the town of Yamoun.
Local sources said that several military vehicles stormed the town of Yamoun and encircled the house of Said Shaaban, which led to the outbreak of violent confrontations during which the occupation forces fired bullets and stun grenades.
The sources pointed out that IOF soldiers raided the house of Said Shaaban, 52, using police dogs and then took him to the Israeli Salem army camp as a hostage until his son turns himself in to the occupation forces.
IOF troops also combed the center of Silat al-Harithiya village during which Palestinian youths threw stones and empty bottles at the invading forces.
In another context, the Israeli occupation authorities released on Thursday morning the two MPs of Change and Reform Bloc, Dr. Mohamed Abu Juhaisha and Dr. Azzam Salhab.
According to their families, the IOA decided not to extend their administrative custody after they appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court against administrative detention.
The IOA arrested Dr. Azzam Salhab and Abu Juhaisha in 2011 and held them in administrative detention that was renewed several times.
Meanwhile, the IOA released on Wednesday afternoon the MPs Dr. Hatem Rabah Kafisha, 50, and Dr. Mohammed Maher Badr, 55, from Al-Khalil after spending eighteen months in administrative detention in the Negev desert prison.
The released MPs were welcomed by a number of Palestinian MPs topped by speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Dr. Aziz Dweik at Shamaa barrier.
IOF soldiers had arrested both MPs after besieging their homes in the city of Al-Khalil in 2010, and held them in administrative detention.
The attack took place when the Palestinian Taxi was driving near the illegal Bat Ayin and Gavot illegal settlements, close to the Gush Etzion settlement block, south the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Medical sources reported that a cab driving a Palestinian family was attacked by extremist settlers who also hurled a firebomb at it leading to six injuries; the wounded six family members received initial treatment in Bethlehem before being moved to the Hadassah Israeli hospital in Jerusalem due to the seriousness of their injuries.
Head of the Emergency Department of the Red Crescent in Bethlehem, Abdul-Halim Ja’afra, reported that wounded residents were identified as Bassam (cab driver) Mahmoud Ghayatha, 55, Ayman Hassan Ghayatha, 35, his wife Jamila Abdul-Hai, 28, their children; Mohammad, 5, and Eman, 4, and Hasan Mohammad Hasan Ghayatha, 26.
Residents Ayman, Jamila and Hasan suffered second and third-degree burns, while the children, Mohammad and Eman suffered first-degree burns.
The Israeli police reported that the attack was carried out by Jewish settlers, and that the assault was nationally motivated.
According to the Maan News Agency, the office of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, issued a statement denouncing the attack and stating that he instructed the Internal Security Services to act decisively and apprehend the assailants.
Extremist settler groups in the occupied West Bank are behind hundreds of attacks against the Palestinians, their lands and property, leading to dozens of casualties and significant damages.
Such attacks included the burning of mosques and churches in occupied Palestine, torching Palestinian farmlands, destroying Palestinian wells and property, and uprooting hundreds of trees, in addition to flooding Palestinian farmlands with sewage.
Six Palestinians Wounded, Some Seriously In Settler Attack On Their Car Near Hebron
Six Palestinians were wounded, three seriously, when Israeli settlers hurled a cocktail bomb at the car they were riding on the Bethlehem-Hebron road on Thursday.
Palestinian media sources reported that settlers from Beit Ayin settlement in the Etzion settlment bloc threw a cocktail bomb at the van en route to wounding the driver and five members of Ghayatha family, including two children.
Israeli ambulance arrived at the scene and evacuated the wounded to Hadasa hospital in Jerusalem. Three of the wounded suffer second degree burns.
The car drove for around hundred meter after the attack before it flipped over on the side of the road. Traces of the fire bomb and a lighter were found on the road side.
Israeli police also arrived at the scene and closed the road on both ways for around two hours, eyewitnesses reported.
Settler violence increased since 2005 when Israel unilaterally withdrew from the Gaza Strip and moved out all its settlers.
Most of the settler attacks against Palestinians are not followed up by Israeli police.
Other attacks: IOF holds military ceremony in Ibrahimi Mosque
IOF soldiers raid eastern Rafah
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided areas east of Rafah to the southernmost area of the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers mounting three armored vehicles escorted four huge military bulldozers to the Shoka area.
They said that the soldiers opened indiscriminate fire at nearby residential areas, farms, and civilian property with no casualties reported.
Confrontations and arrests in Jenin
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched at dawn Thursday raid and search campaigns in three towns west of Jenin and arrested a citizen as clashes erupted in the town of Yamoun.
Local sources said that several military vehicles stormed the town of Yamoun and encircled the house of Said Shaaban, which led to the outbreak of violent confrontations during which the occupation forces fired bullets and stun grenades.
The sources pointed out that IOF soldiers raided the house of Said Shaaban, 52, using police dogs and then took him to the Israeli Salem army camp as a hostage until his son turns himself in to the occupation forces.
IOF troops also combed the center of Silat al-Harithiya village during which Palestinian youths threw stones and empty bottles at the invading forces.
In another context, the Israeli occupation authorities released on Thursday morning the two MPs of Change and Reform Bloc, Dr. Mohamed Abu Juhaisha and Dr. Azzam Salhab.
According to their families, the IOA decided not to extend their administrative custody after they appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court against administrative detention.
The IOA arrested Dr. Azzam Salhab and Abu Juhaisha in 2011 and held them in administrative detention that was renewed several times.
Meanwhile, the IOA released on Wednesday afternoon the MPs Dr. Hatem Rabah Kafisha, 50, and Dr. Mohammed Maher Badr, 55, from Al-Khalil after spending eighteen months in administrative detention in the Negev desert prison.
The released MPs were welcomed by a number of Palestinian MPs topped by speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Dr. Aziz Dweik at Shamaa barrier.
IOF soldiers had arrested both MPs after besieging their homes in the city of Al-Khalil in 2010, and held them in administrative detention.
Thaer Awad, 23, pictured after the attack
Israeli forces assaulted a man while on his way to Jerusalem on Tuesday night, a local committee said.
Thaer Ribhi Muhammad Awad, 23, was attacked by border guards while heading to Al-Aqsa for the holy night of Laylat al-Qadr, spokesman for the popular committee in Beit Ummar Muhammad Ayyad Awad said.
Awad suffered nerve damage to his left foot, and his right foot was also injured.
Witnesses to the attack said that an ambulance took him to a hospital in Beit Jala.
An Israeli military representative did not immediately return calls.
Meanwhile in Hebron, a video depicting off-duty soldiers dragging a Palestinian man into a house in the West Bank city of Hebron was uploaded online.
The video shows a group of at least nine men and one uniformed Israeli soldier aggressively drag a Palestinian youth down a road and into a house.
The Israeli military said in a statement that the men were off-duty soldiers who "came to the aid of the soldiers on scene."
It says the Palestinian involved had confronted Israeli soldiers and refused to identify himself in an incident which did not appear on the video.
Video: Off-duty soldiers drag Palestinian into Hebron house
A group of off-duty soldiers were captured on video dragging a Palestinian man into a house in the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday.
The video shows a group of at least nine men and one uniformed Israeli soldier aggressively drag a Palestinian youth down a road and into a house.
The Israeli military said in a statement that the men were off-duty soldiers who "came to the aid of the soldiers on scene."
It says the Palestinian involved had confronted Israeli soldiers and refused to identify himself in an incident which did not appear on the video.
Israeli forces assaulted a man while on his way to Jerusalem on Tuesday night, a local committee said.
Thaer Ribhi Muhammad Awad, 23, was attacked by border guards while heading to Al-Aqsa for the holy night of Laylat al-Qadr, spokesman for the popular committee in Beit Ummar Muhammad Ayyad Awad said.
Awad suffered nerve damage to his left foot, and his right foot was also injured.
Witnesses to the attack said that an ambulance took him to a hospital in Beit Jala.
An Israeli military representative did not immediately return calls.
Meanwhile in Hebron, a video depicting off-duty soldiers dragging a Palestinian man into a house in the West Bank city of Hebron was uploaded online.
The video shows a group of at least nine men and one uniformed Israeli soldier aggressively drag a Palestinian youth down a road and into a house.
The Israeli military said in a statement that the men were off-duty soldiers who "came to the aid of the soldiers on scene."
It says the Palestinian involved had confronted Israeli soldiers and refused to identify himself in an incident which did not appear on the video.
Video: Off-duty soldiers drag Palestinian into Hebron house
A group of off-duty soldiers were captured on video dragging a Palestinian man into a house in the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday.
The video shows a group of at least nine men and one uniformed Israeli soldier aggressively drag a Palestinian youth down a road and into a house.
The Israeli military said in a statement that the men were off-duty soldiers who "came to the aid of the soldiers on scene."
It says the Palestinian involved had confronted Israeli soldiers and refused to identify himself in an incident which did not appear on the video.
Video: Israeli soldiers out of uniform violently detaining a Palestinian at Checkpoint 56, Tel Rumeida
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A Palestinian man was detained by soldiers at checkpoint 56 and dragged into a house were they closed the door. Another Palestinian, a teenager, protested against this just as a group of soldiers out of uniform came jogging by.
They immediately went for the young Palestinian protesting the detainment and started wrestling him to the ground in an efford to detain him as well. As they were wrestling him one soldier kicked him while another hit him with his hand. The soldiers proceded to carry him down the hill towards the same building where they still kept the first detained Palestinian behind closed doors. As they went they dropped the young Palestinian man to the ground but just kept on dragging him across the concrete. |
More soldiers came to the area and started shoving people away declaring it a Closed Military Zone (CMZ), but refusing to show the papers they are required to have in order to create a CMZ.
One soldier out of uniform tried to steal several witnesses camera and passport and succeded in one case, after which he ran down the hill hiding amongst the other soldiers.
The soldiers kept the passport for 35 minutes at which point they handed it over to the police, saying "Make sure to write down his name for the airport, so he can't come back here", referring to the many solidarity activists who has been registrered and banned from entering Israel.
The two Palestinian men were put into military jeeps and taken to the military base even though the police were present.
We have tried uploading a video that shows the events leading up to the arrest of the Palestinian, but it was conveniently marked as inappropriate.
IOF breaks into West Bank cities
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided at dawn Thursday a number of towns in Al-Khalil southern West Bank and established a number of military checkpoints at their main entrances.
Sources confirmed to PIC that the IOF in big numbers accompanied with Shin Bet officers raided a number of liberated prisoners' houses and handed them summonses.
In the same context, the Israeli forces raided the town of Bani Na'im east of Al-Khalil city at dawn and the Sorrah village in Dora where they searched several houses.
Israeli soldiers set up military checkpoints within the towns' neighborhoods and entrances.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed, in the early morning hours on Thursday, the village of Deir Ghazala, eastern the city of Jenin, in the northern West Bank, and erected a road barrier on its outskirts.
Witnesses told PIC that a number of IOF soldiers roamed the streets and alleys of the town before withdrawing.
Witnesses confirmed that the retreating troops, erected a checkpoint on the road between the villages Deir Ghazala and Beit Qad where they stopped and checked citizens' cars and identity cards.
One soldier out of uniform tried to steal several witnesses camera and passport and succeded in one case, after which he ran down the hill hiding amongst the other soldiers.
The soldiers kept the passport for 35 minutes at which point they handed it over to the police, saying "Make sure to write down his name for the airport, so he can't come back here", referring to the many solidarity activists who has been registrered and banned from entering Israel.
The two Palestinian men were put into military jeeps and taken to the military base even though the police were present.
We have tried uploading a video that shows the events leading up to the arrest of the Palestinian, but it was conveniently marked as inappropriate.
IOF breaks into West Bank cities
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided at dawn Thursday a number of towns in Al-Khalil southern West Bank and established a number of military checkpoints at their main entrances.
Sources confirmed to PIC that the IOF in big numbers accompanied with Shin Bet officers raided a number of liberated prisoners' houses and handed them summonses.
In the same context, the Israeli forces raided the town of Bani Na'im east of Al-Khalil city at dawn and the Sorrah village in Dora where they searched several houses.
Israeli soldiers set up military checkpoints within the towns' neighborhoods and entrances.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed, in the early morning hours on Thursday, the village of Deir Ghazala, eastern the city of Jenin, in the northern West Bank, and erected a road barrier on its outskirts.
Witnesses told PIC that a number of IOF soldiers roamed the streets and alleys of the town before withdrawing.
Witnesses confirmed that the retreating troops, erected a checkpoint on the road between the villages Deir Ghazala and Beit Qad where they stopped and checked citizens' cars and identity cards.
15 aug 2012
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) tightened restrictions in the occupied city of Jerusalem to prevent the Palestinian worshipers, especially the young men, from going to the Aqsa Mosque.
The IOF late on Tuesday attacked hundreds of Palestinian young men as they were trying to enter Jerusalem through Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah city and Jerusalem to attend the night prayers.
The Israeli soldiers also prevented many Palestinians from the West Bank to enter Jerusalem, although they had passes.
A Palestinian child was reportedly wounded in his face when the IOF fired stun and tear gas grenades at the Palestinian young men at Qalandiya checkpoint, according to a reporter for the Palestinian information center (PIC).
Many Palestinian young men managed to enter Jerusalem for the night prayers after they climbed over the segregation wall, but they suffered burns in their hands because they used ropes to get down the wall.
Despite the Israeli restrictions, more than 300,000 Palestinians, mostly from Jerusalem and the 1948 occupied lands, attended the night prayers at the Aqsa Mosque, according to the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage.
The foundation said it served at sundown Tuesday in cooperation with other organizations about 150, 000 fasting worshipers.
Al-Bayarek organization also hired about 200 buses to transfer Palestinian worshipers from the 1948 occupied lands to the Aqsa Mosque to break their fast there and attend the night prayers.
The Aqsa Mosque and its courtyards were crammed yesterday with thousands of Palestinian worshipers and many of them intend to stay the remaining nights of Ramadan inside the Mosque.
Other attacks: Netanyahu To Ignore Report On Legalizing West Bank Settlement Outposts
The IOF late on Tuesday attacked hundreds of Palestinian young men as they were trying to enter Jerusalem through Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah city and Jerusalem to attend the night prayers.
The Israeli soldiers also prevented many Palestinians from the West Bank to enter Jerusalem, although they had passes.
A Palestinian child was reportedly wounded in his face when the IOF fired stun and tear gas grenades at the Palestinian young men at Qalandiya checkpoint, according to a reporter for the Palestinian information center (PIC).
Many Palestinian young men managed to enter Jerusalem for the night prayers after they climbed over the segregation wall, but they suffered burns in their hands because they used ropes to get down the wall.
Despite the Israeli restrictions, more than 300,000 Palestinians, mostly from Jerusalem and the 1948 occupied lands, attended the night prayers at the Aqsa Mosque, according to the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage.
The foundation said it served at sundown Tuesday in cooperation with other organizations about 150, 000 fasting worshipers.
Al-Bayarek organization also hired about 200 buses to transfer Palestinian worshipers from the 1948 occupied lands to the Aqsa Mosque to break their fast there and attend the night prayers.
The Aqsa Mosque and its courtyards were crammed yesterday with thousands of Palestinian worshipers and many of them intend to stay the remaining nights of Ramadan inside the Mosque.
Other attacks: Netanyahu To Ignore Report On Legalizing West Bank Settlement Outposts
A group of extremist Israeli settlers used electric pumps to empty a Palestinian irrigation well and flooded Palestinian farmlands in as-Seer area, east of Sa’ir town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Resident Yassin Mohammad ash-Shalalda, told the Land Research Center that settlers of Esfir and Mitzad settlements carried out their attack on Tuesday at night. The settlers reportedly used a motor pump to empty the well and flooded the nearby Palestinian farmlands.
He added that several hundred cubic meters of land were wasted in the attack, and that the residents use this water for both irrigation and as a source of drinking water for their livestock.
Ash-Shalalda further stated that the residents filed a complaint to the Israeli police in Keryat Arba’ settlement in Hebron, but are not hopeful that there will be any affirmative action by the police due to the fact that numerous previous assaults, carried out by the settlers, were never investigated
The area in question is subject to frequent attacks especially since the settlers of both the illegal settlements of Mitzad and Esfir have been trying to expand their colonies at the expense of privately-owned Palestinian lands. The two outposts were also built on privately-owned Palestinian land.
Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention to which Israel is a signatory.
Israel’s settlements in the West Bank are turning Palestinian cities, towns and villages into isolated ghettoes, while Israel and the extremist settlers continue to focus on fertile Palestinian lands, mainly in the Jordan Valley. Most Israeli settlements and outposts are also built on hilltops surrounding different parts of the occupied West Bank.
IOF soldiers arrest citizen in Al-Khalil, storm villages
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed a number of villages in Al-Khalil province and arrested a young man in the city on Wednesday, local sources said.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers arrested Abdulaziz Fakhuri while walking in Shalalde street in downtown Al-Khalil.
He was taken to Kiryat Arba settlement’s police station then to Etzion detention center, they said.
The soldiers raided various suburbs in Al-Khalil city and stormed a number of villages in its vicinity.
Meanwhile, Israeli border guards beat up a 23-year-old youth from Walaja village near occupied Jerusalem while on his way to offer night prayers in the Aqsa mosque.
Witnesses said that two border guards assaulted Thaer Awad and beat him up, adding that he was hospitalized with a broken left foot and injuries in his right one.
West Bank’s weekly protests demand an end for the Oslo agreement
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly protest against the Wall and Settlements in Bil'in, causing scores of Palestinians and international activists to suffocate.
The Popular Committee against Wall and Settlements said in a statement that "Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas and stun grenades at protesters and sprayed them with wastewater mixed with chemicals when they arrived at the liberated territories of Abu Lemon nature reserve near the apartheid wall".
The Committee added that dozens of demonstrators suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, while one of the solidarity activists was shot by a gas grenade in his head.
The protesters held a symbolic funeral ceremony for the “Oslo peace agreement”, and carried a mock coffin of the agreement that was “killed by Israeli missiles, bulldozed by extremist settlers, and crushed by tanks”.
They also chanted against the Oslo agreement, and stating that the Israeli occupation was never committed to any of the signed peace deals, and continued its violations and illegitimate activities.
The Popular Committee against Wall and Settlements added in its statement that the protesters called for cancelling the Oslo agreement and the agreements that followed, as the Paris Protocol, and demanded to put an end to the suffering of Palestinian captives and to release them from the occupation prisons.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday, Kufr Qaddoum weekly protest against the closure of the main road that leads to the village and arrested three citizens and a number of solidarity activists.
Media Coordinator of the weekly protests in Kufr Qaddoum, Morad Shtewy, stated that dozens of soldiers raided the village, since Friday early hours, preventing the worshipers from reaching the Mosque of Omar bin al-Khattab for Friday prayers.
He added that the soldiers fired tear gas, causing dozens of residents to suffocate, as violent clashes erupted between residents and occupation forces which used poison gas grenades and wastewater, as he said.
The IOF installed roadblocks at the entrances of the village, since early hours Friday, and declared the village and its lands as closed military zones.
They also broke into the home of Adnan Ali, and kidnapped his three sons, Ehab, 35, Baker, 24, and Humam, 16. They also detained two peace activists.
Resident Yassin Mohammad ash-Shalalda, told the Land Research Center that settlers of Esfir and Mitzad settlements carried out their attack on Tuesday at night. The settlers reportedly used a motor pump to empty the well and flooded the nearby Palestinian farmlands.
He added that several hundred cubic meters of land were wasted in the attack, and that the residents use this water for both irrigation and as a source of drinking water for their livestock.
Ash-Shalalda further stated that the residents filed a complaint to the Israeli police in Keryat Arba’ settlement in Hebron, but are not hopeful that there will be any affirmative action by the police due to the fact that numerous previous assaults, carried out by the settlers, were never investigated
The area in question is subject to frequent attacks especially since the settlers of both the illegal settlements of Mitzad and Esfir have been trying to expand their colonies at the expense of privately-owned Palestinian lands. The two outposts were also built on privately-owned Palestinian land.
Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention to which Israel is a signatory.
Israel’s settlements in the West Bank are turning Palestinian cities, towns and villages into isolated ghettoes, while Israel and the extremist settlers continue to focus on fertile Palestinian lands, mainly in the Jordan Valley. Most Israeli settlements and outposts are also built on hilltops surrounding different parts of the occupied West Bank.
IOF soldiers arrest citizen in Al-Khalil, storm villages
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed a number of villages in Al-Khalil province and arrested a young man in the city on Wednesday, local sources said.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers arrested Abdulaziz Fakhuri while walking in Shalalde street in downtown Al-Khalil.
He was taken to Kiryat Arba settlement’s police station then to Etzion detention center, they said.
The soldiers raided various suburbs in Al-Khalil city and stormed a number of villages in its vicinity.
Meanwhile, Israeli border guards beat up a 23-year-old youth from Walaja village near occupied Jerusalem while on his way to offer night prayers in the Aqsa mosque.
Witnesses said that two border guards assaulted Thaer Awad and beat him up, adding that he was hospitalized with a broken left foot and injuries in his right one.
West Bank’s weekly protests demand an end for the Oslo agreement
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly protest against the Wall and Settlements in Bil'in, causing scores of Palestinians and international activists to suffocate.
The Popular Committee against Wall and Settlements said in a statement that "Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas and stun grenades at protesters and sprayed them with wastewater mixed with chemicals when they arrived at the liberated territories of Abu Lemon nature reserve near the apartheid wall".
The Committee added that dozens of demonstrators suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, while one of the solidarity activists was shot by a gas grenade in his head.
The protesters held a symbolic funeral ceremony for the “Oslo peace agreement”, and carried a mock coffin of the agreement that was “killed by Israeli missiles, bulldozed by extremist settlers, and crushed by tanks”.
They also chanted against the Oslo agreement, and stating that the Israeli occupation was never committed to any of the signed peace deals, and continued its violations and illegitimate activities.
The Popular Committee against Wall and Settlements added in its statement that the protesters called for cancelling the Oslo agreement and the agreements that followed, as the Paris Protocol, and demanded to put an end to the suffering of Palestinian captives and to release them from the occupation prisons.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday, Kufr Qaddoum weekly protest against the closure of the main road that leads to the village and arrested three citizens and a number of solidarity activists.
Media Coordinator of the weekly protests in Kufr Qaddoum, Morad Shtewy, stated that dozens of soldiers raided the village, since Friday early hours, preventing the worshipers from reaching the Mosque of Omar bin al-Khattab for Friday prayers.
He added that the soldiers fired tear gas, causing dozens of residents to suffocate, as violent clashes erupted between residents and occupation forces which used poison gas grenades and wastewater, as he said.
The IOF installed roadblocks at the entrances of the village, since early hours Friday, and declared the village and its lands as closed military zones.
They also broke into the home of Adnan Ali, and kidnapped his three sons, Ehab, 35, Baker, 24, and Humam, 16. They also detained two peace activists.
14 aug 2012
An Israeli soldier accused of shooting a Palestinian mother and daughter who were holding a white flag during the 'Cast Lead' operation in the Gaza war in 2009 has been sentenced to just 45 days in jail, after reaching a plea bargain with Israel's Military Advocate General (MAG), Israeli media and human rights groups reported on Sunday.
Raya Abu Hajaj, 64, and her daughter Majda, 37, were killed while in a group of Palestinian civillians carrying white flags, in the Gazan village of Juhor al-Dik, on January 4th 2009, the first day of Israel's ground invasion of Gaza during Operation Cast Lead.
The civillians were obeying soldiers' calls to leave their homes, which followed the shelling of the Abu Hajaj family home, Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said. The family told B'Tselem that they were not able to remove the women's bodies until 19th January, due to the shelling of the area.
The Israeli soldier was originally indicted for killing an unidentified individual by the Israeli MAG, but will be charged with the lesser offense of "illegal use of weapons", following the plea bargain reached between the MAG and the soldier's lawyers.
Evidence presented in the case proved that the Soldier, known as S', had shot at the civilians, in contradiction of orders. However, his lawyers argued that there was no evidence linking the death of the two women and the soldier's shooting, and stated that the two events occurred at different times, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
An IDF spokesperson told Haaretz that "after examining all the evidence and circumstances, and following the military court's recommendation, both sides reached a plea bargain that would see the indictment corrected to illegal use of weapons."
Following the decision, B'Tselem has demanded that an investigation into the deaths of Raya and Majda Abu Hajaj be reopened. In a statement released on their website on Sunday, they said that if the military prosecutors had accepted S's lawyers' claims that his shooting and the deaths were not connected, then the investigation into the two deaths had never been completed.
B'Tselem, who investigated the event and collected witness testimonies, had previously warned the MAG's office in July 2010 that the decision to indict S' for killing an unknown person was "problematic".
The incident is one of the most significant and controversial ones mentioned in the UN-commissioned Goldstone Report, a 575 page report authored by South African Judge Richard Goldstone that was released in 2009.
The report caused controversy in Israel when it was released, and concluded that Israel committed "grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention in respect of willful killings and willfully causing great suffering to protected persons."
Other attacks today: Mayor Of Hebron Condemns The Israeli Violations Against The Palestinian Children
Raya Abu Hajaj, 64, and her daughter Majda, 37, were killed while in a group of Palestinian civillians carrying white flags, in the Gazan village of Juhor al-Dik, on January 4th 2009, the first day of Israel's ground invasion of Gaza during Operation Cast Lead.
The civillians were obeying soldiers' calls to leave their homes, which followed the shelling of the Abu Hajaj family home, Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said. The family told B'Tselem that they were not able to remove the women's bodies until 19th January, due to the shelling of the area.
The Israeli soldier was originally indicted for killing an unidentified individual by the Israeli MAG, but will be charged with the lesser offense of "illegal use of weapons", following the plea bargain reached between the MAG and the soldier's lawyers.
Evidence presented in the case proved that the Soldier, known as S', had shot at the civilians, in contradiction of orders. However, his lawyers argued that there was no evidence linking the death of the two women and the soldier's shooting, and stated that the two events occurred at different times, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
An IDF spokesperson told Haaretz that "after examining all the evidence and circumstances, and following the military court's recommendation, both sides reached a plea bargain that would see the indictment corrected to illegal use of weapons."
Following the decision, B'Tselem has demanded that an investigation into the deaths of Raya and Majda Abu Hajaj be reopened. In a statement released on their website on Sunday, they said that if the military prosecutors had accepted S's lawyers' claims that his shooting and the deaths were not connected, then the investigation into the two deaths had never been completed.
B'Tselem, who investigated the event and collected witness testimonies, had previously warned the MAG's office in July 2010 that the decision to indict S' for killing an unknown person was "problematic".
The incident is one of the most significant and controversial ones mentioned in the UN-commissioned Goldstone Report, a 575 page report authored by South African Judge Richard Goldstone that was released in 2009.
The report caused controversy in Israel when it was released, and concluded that Israel committed "grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention in respect of willful killings and willfully causing great suffering to protected persons."
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