4 dec 2012
Israeli prison authorities on Monday stormed a cell block at al-Nafha prison, injuring four prisoners, a detainees rights group said.
The international campaign to release prisoners identified one of the injured as Gamal Abu al-Hour, who was sentenced to five life terms and is affiliated to Hamas.
IOF quells solidarity rally with hunger strikers
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled a solidarity rally near Bab El-Amoud in occupied Jerusalem in solidarity with detained hunger strikers Ayman Sharawne and Samer Al-Issawi.
Israeli soldiers used excessive force to disperse the rally including horse-mounted police charging through the lines of marchers.
Fistfights were reported in the violent quelling of the rally as the chairman of the Palestinian prisoner’s association in Jerusalem Nasser Qaws was detained.
The demonstrators demanded the release of all Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.
The international campaign to release prisoners identified one of the injured as Gamal Abu al-Hour, who was sentenced to five life terms and is affiliated to Hamas.
IOF quells solidarity rally with hunger strikers
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled a solidarity rally near Bab El-Amoud in occupied Jerusalem in solidarity with detained hunger strikers Ayman Sharawne and Samer Al-Issawi.
Israeli soldiers used excessive force to disperse the rally including horse-mounted police charging through the lines of marchers.
Fistfights were reported in the violent quelling of the rally as the chairman of the Palestinian prisoner’s association in Jerusalem Nasser Qaws was detained.
The demonstrators demanded the release of all Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.
A Palestinian man who was shot dead by Israeli security agents outside Nablus on Monday did not attack them before they opened fire, his family maintains.
Hatem Shadid of the Illar village was driving when his car collided with an Israeli jeep near the Beit Lid village. One of the occupants of the car, a Shin Bet agent, later shot him.
Israeli officials said Shadid had attacked the agents with an axe but his family disputed the account saying he was going about his day normally when the incident occurred.
Relatives told Ma'an that Hatim left his home after dawn prayer to Nablus, then he traveled back to Tulkarem where he works at a construction company, before he was shot dead.
Israeli forces later broke into the victim's home in Illar and detained three of his brothers for interrogation. His wife was also questioned at home, Shadid's sister told Ma'an.
She added that 30 Israeli soldiers and an intelligence officer ransacked the house. The soldiers confiscated medical reports and other documents. She said Hatim suffered from back problems.
Relatives told Ma'an that reports the victim had attacked the agents were false.
"He crosses several military checkpoints every day, and the Israelis are only trying to give trivial pretexts to justify the killing," a cousin of the victim said.
The family called upon the Palestinian government and president to investigate the killing of Hatim "in cold blood" highlighting that he left behind five children aged 1-12 years.
Hatem Shadid of the Illar village was driving when his car collided with an Israeli jeep near the Beit Lid village. One of the occupants of the car, a Shin Bet agent, later shot him.
Israeli officials said Shadid had attacked the agents with an axe but his family disputed the account saying he was going about his day normally when the incident occurred.
Relatives told Ma'an that Hatim left his home after dawn prayer to Nablus, then he traveled back to Tulkarem where he works at a construction company, before he was shot dead.
Israeli forces later broke into the victim's home in Illar and detained three of his brothers for interrogation. His wife was also questioned at home, Shadid's sister told Ma'an.
She added that 30 Israeli soldiers and an intelligence officer ransacked the house. The soldiers confiscated medical reports and other documents. She said Hatim suffered from back problems.
Relatives told Ma'an that reports the victim had attacked the agents were false.
"He crosses several military checkpoints every day, and the Israelis are only trying to give trivial pretexts to justify the killing," a cousin of the victim said.
The family called upon the Palestinian government and president to investigate the killing of Hatim "in cold blood" highlighting that he left behind five children aged 1-12 years.
3 dec 2012
A Palestinian young man was killed at the hands of Israeli occupation forces (IOF) after a traffic accident west of Nablus city on Monday.
Eyewitnesses said that the traffic accident occurred near Deir Sharaf village west of Nablus between an IOF jeep and a Palestinian car.
They said that the passengers in the civilian car tried to help the soldiers out of their jeep that turned turtle but when the soldiers got out one of them fired at the driver of the Palestinian car killing him instantly.
They denied the Israeli version of the incident that claimed the Israeli soldiers fired at the driver when he tried to attack them with an ax.
The IOF troops sealed off the entire area and blocked arrival of Palestinian ambulance cars to evacuate the body of the deceased driver.
Palestinian shot dead by Israeli agents near Nablus
A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli security officials outside Nablus on Monday morning, witnesses said.
The man's vehicle collided with an Israeli jeep near the northern West Bank village of Beit Lid, they told Ma'an.
A Ma'an correspondent said the area was declared a closed military zone and Palestinian medics had been unable to reach the site.
Israeli media reported that the man's car collided with a vehicle carrying agents of the Israeli internal security service, the Shin Bet.
The Israeli vehicle overturned, and the Palestinian man approached them carrying an axe, settler news site Arutz Sheva reported.
The site said he attacked the agents, lightly to moderately injuring several officers, and was shot dead.
An Israeli military spokesman confirmed that members of the army were not involved in the shooting.
IOF Troops Shot Dead Palestinian in the West Bank
On Monday 3rd December, Yediot Ahranot Israeli newspaper said that Israeli occupation forces shot dead a young Palestinian; on claims he tried to stab a soldier from the Israeli army.
Hebrew-language media sources reported that Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinians running down a West Bank road, wielding an axe.
Two soldiers were slightly hurt when their jeep overturned around time of the incident.
Eyewitnesses said that the traffic accident occurred near Deir Sharaf village west of Nablus between an IOF jeep and a Palestinian car.
They said that the passengers in the civilian car tried to help the soldiers out of their jeep that turned turtle but when the soldiers got out one of them fired at the driver of the Palestinian car killing him instantly.
They denied the Israeli version of the incident that claimed the Israeli soldiers fired at the driver when he tried to attack them with an ax.
The IOF troops sealed off the entire area and blocked arrival of Palestinian ambulance cars to evacuate the body of the deceased driver.
Palestinian shot dead by Israeli agents near Nablus
A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli security officials outside Nablus on Monday morning, witnesses said.
The man's vehicle collided with an Israeli jeep near the northern West Bank village of Beit Lid, they told Ma'an.
A Ma'an correspondent said the area was declared a closed military zone and Palestinian medics had been unable to reach the site.
Israeli media reported that the man's car collided with a vehicle carrying agents of the Israeli internal security service, the Shin Bet.
The Israeli vehicle overturned, and the Palestinian man approached them carrying an axe, settler news site Arutz Sheva reported.
The site said he attacked the agents, lightly to moderately injuring several officers, and was shot dead.
An Israeli military spokesman confirmed that members of the army were not involved in the shooting.
IOF Troops Shot Dead Palestinian in the West Bank
On Monday 3rd December, Yediot Ahranot Israeli newspaper said that Israeli occupation forces shot dead a young Palestinian; on claims he tried to stab a soldier from the Israeli army.
Hebrew-language media sources reported that Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinians running down a West Bank road, wielding an axe.
Two soldiers were slightly hurt when their jeep overturned around time of the incident.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed a number of towns in Jenin district at dawn Monday and clashed with inhabitants.
Local sources said that IOF troops raided the city of Jenin and nearby villages of Rummane, Yamon and Kufr Dan without arrests reported.
They said that the soldiers combed the vicinity of the eastern suburb in the city and the government hospital during which young men threw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers who responded by firing bullets and tear gas.
The sources said that the occupation forces combed Yamon and Kufr Dan villages while other troops broke into Rummane where violent clashes were reported with young men some of whom suffered suffocation as a result of the IOF intensive firing of tear gas grenades.
Local sources said that IOF troops raided the city of Jenin and nearby villages of Rummane, Yamon and Kufr Dan without arrests reported.
They said that the soldiers combed the vicinity of the eastern suburb in the city and the government hospital during which young men threw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers who responded by firing bullets and tear gas.
The sources said that the occupation forces combed Yamon and Kufr Dan villages while other troops broke into Rummane where violent clashes were reported with young men some of whom suffered suffocation as a result of the IOF intensive firing of tear gas grenades.
A group of Jewish settlers burned a vehicle belonged to Salman Sulaiman Abu Sundus in Abu al-Asja village, south of Durah in Hebron.
They spray-painted anti-Palestinians slogans on the wall of the village.
The Palestinian citizen, Mohmmad Abu Sundus said that a group of settlers raided the village at 1 AM, and set his parked car on fire.
He also said that the settlers snuck into the village under the protection of the Israeli forces, saying that the fire caused severe damages to the car.
Settlers also spray-painted anti Arab and Palestinian slogans and other racist statements at the same place.
Abu Sundus reported that forces from the Israeli police came and opened an investigation into the incident, as Israeli police claims.
In Jenin, confrontations launched after Israeli forces raided the eastern neighborhood in the city. Dozens of Palestinians suffered asphyxiation due to tear gas inhalation.
Local sources said that nine military vehicles raided the eastern neighborhood, fired bullets into the air and threw tear gas canisters toward Palestinians.
Sources also said that Israeli forces searched the vicinity of Dr. Khalil Sulaiman Hospital in Jenin.
They spray-painted anti-Palestinians slogans on the wall of the village.
The Palestinian citizen, Mohmmad Abu Sundus said that a group of settlers raided the village at 1 AM, and set his parked car on fire.
He also said that the settlers snuck into the village under the protection of the Israeli forces, saying that the fire caused severe damages to the car.
Settlers also spray-painted anti Arab and Palestinian slogans and other racist statements at the same place.
Abu Sundus reported that forces from the Israeli police came and opened an investigation into the incident, as Israeli police claims.
In Jenin, confrontations launched after Israeli forces raided the eastern neighborhood in the city. Dozens of Palestinians suffered asphyxiation due to tear gas inhalation.
Local sources said that nine military vehicles raided the eastern neighborhood, fired bullets into the air and threw tear gas canisters toward Palestinians.
Sources also said that Israeli forces searched the vicinity of Dr. Khalil Sulaiman Hospital in Jenin.
Israeli sources reported Monday that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu asked Jordan, twice in the last two months, to grant Tel Aviv a green light to strike what Israeli claims to be Syrian chemical weapons facilities.
The issue was revealed in a report by Jeffery Goldberg of The Atlantic, who also reported that Jordan has, so far, rejected any Israeli request to strike Syria.
Goldberg added that Israel has the option to go ahead and strike the Syrian facilities without Jordan’s approval, similar to what Israel did when it bombarded what is believed to be a nuclear plant in Deir Az-Zour, in Syria, but Tel Aviv is now concerned about the political aftermath of such a strike, and the repercussions that could take place in the region.
Goldberg reported that Jordan told Israel that “the current time not right for such an action”, Israeli Israel daily, Haaretz, said.
It is worth mentioning that the Atlantic reported that Israeli and American drones are conducting surveillance over the Jordanian border with Syria “to uncover and document Syrian chemical facilities not far from the border area”.
The Atlantic added that Netanyahu even sent representatives of the Israeli Intelligence Agency (Mossad) to Amman in an attempt to coordinate the strike with Jordan but the Jordanian leadership refused to grant Israel any green light.
Meanwhile, the United States reaffirmed its stance and position that was initially stated by President, Barack Obama, who said that using chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria is a “red line”.
The issue was revealed in a report by Jeffery Goldberg of The Atlantic, who also reported that Jordan has, so far, rejected any Israeli request to strike Syria.
Goldberg added that Israel has the option to go ahead and strike the Syrian facilities without Jordan’s approval, similar to what Israel did when it bombarded what is believed to be a nuclear plant in Deir Az-Zour, in Syria, but Tel Aviv is now concerned about the political aftermath of such a strike, and the repercussions that could take place in the region.
Goldberg reported that Jordan told Israel that “the current time not right for such an action”, Israeli Israel daily, Haaretz, said.
It is worth mentioning that the Atlantic reported that Israeli and American drones are conducting surveillance over the Jordanian border with Syria “to uncover and document Syrian chemical facilities not far from the border area”.
The Atlantic added that Netanyahu even sent representatives of the Israeli Intelligence Agency (Mossad) to Amman in an attempt to coordinate the strike with Jordan but the Jordanian leadership refused to grant Israel any green light.
Meanwhile, the United States reaffirmed its stance and position that was initially stated by President, Barack Obama, who said that using chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria is a “red line”.
2 dec 2012
A Palestinian man was shot in the stomach during clashes south of Hebron on Saturday night, locals told Ma'an.
A military patrol entered the town of Dura, sparking clashes with local youth, they said.
Israeli forces used tear gas and live fire against residents, according to witnesses.
Shadi Salameh al-Masharqa, 22, was hit by a live bullet in his abdomen and underwent surgery in Hebron government hospital, locals said.
An Israeli military spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A military patrol entered the town of Dura, sparking clashes with local youth, they said.
Israeli forces used tear gas and live fire against residents, according to witnesses.
Shadi Salameh al-Masharqa, 22, was hit by a live bullet in his abdomen and underwent surgery in Hebron government hospital, locals said.
An Israeli military spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
1 dec 2012
The occupation authorities arrested at dawn today two citizens from al-Khalil and Bethlehem, and shot another in the town of Dura in al-Khalil in the southern West Bank.
Local sources said that the occupation soldiers arrested a young man from Bethlehem and another from the town of al-Dhahiriya south of al-Khalil, after raiding and searching their houses.
Another 22-year-old Palestinian youth was wounded on Saturday evening with Israeli bullets in the abdomen, during clashes that had erupted between the citizens and soldiers in the town of Dura, south of al-Khalil.
Meanwhile, confrontations took place between the residents of the village of Urif, south of the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, and the occupation forces which stormed the village, on Saturday afternoon.
The villagers said that the occupation troops attacked the village after an incursion by a number of settlers from the "Yitzhar" settlement, established on the village's land.
The soldiers fired tear gas towards the protesters which resulted in the suffocation of a number of civilians.
This is not the first time in which the IOF storms Urif, as the village has been subjected, since several months to repeated break-ins by the settlers who have been attacking the people and destroying the agricultural crops.
The settlers had also tried to burn Al-Mourabitoun mosque in the village, two weeks ago, and had attacked the village school.
Meanwhile, Rateb al Jabour, the coordinator of the "Popular Committee Against the settlement" in the town of Yatta, told "Quds Press" agency that Israeli soldiers blocked the road preventing a group of Palestinian farmers from reaching their lands in the area "Qawawis" near the settlement of "Ovijal", built on the lands of the town of Yatta, south of the city of al-Khalil, and forced them to return to their homes.
The farmers were heading to their lands for plowing and planting them after the occupation Supreme Court issued a decision allowing them to enter the lands of which they had confirmed ownership.
Local sources said that the occupation soldiers arrested a young man from Bethlehem and another from the town of al-Dhahiriya south of al-Khalil, after raiding and searching their houses.
Another 22-year-old Palestinian youth was wounded on Saturday evening with Israeli bullets in the abdomen, during clashes that had erupted between the citizens and soldiers in the town of Dura, south of al-Khalil.
Meanwhile, confrontations took place between the residents of the village of Urif, south of the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, and the occupation forces which stormed the village, on Saturday afternoon.
The villagers said that the occupation troops attacked the village after an incursion by a number of settlers from the "Yitzhar" settlement, established on the village's land.
The soldiers fired tear gas towards the protesters which resulted in the suffocation of a number of civilians.
This is not the first time in which the IOF storms Urif, as the village has been subjected, since several months to repeated break-ins by the settlers who have been attacking the people and destroying the agricultural crops.
The settlers had also tried to burn Al-Mourabitoun mosque in the village, two weeks ago, and had attacked the village school.
Meanwhile, Rateb al Jabour, the coordinator of the "Popular Committee Against the settlement" in the town of Yatta, told "Quds Press" agency that Israeli soldiers blocked the road preventing a group of Palestinian farmers from reaching their lands in the area "Qawawis" near the settlement of "Ovijal", built on the lands of the town of Yatta, south of the city of al-Khalil, and forced them to return to their homes.
The farmers were heading to their lands for plowing and planting them after the occupation Supreme Court issued a decision allowing them to enter the lands of which they had confirmed ownership.
Jewish settlers accompanied by Israeli occupation forces assaulted a 70-year-old Palestinian farmer while tending to his land to the east of Bethlehem on Saturday.
Hassan Breijeh, an anti-wall and anti-settlement activist, told Quds Press that the farmer Ahmed Miheimeed was planting seeds in his land in Firedees area to the east of Bethlehem when he was attacked.
He said that eight soldiers and two settlers attacked the old man and threatened to kill him if he did not get out of his land.
Hassan Breijeh, an anti-wall and anti-settlement activist, told Quds Press that the farmer Ahmed Miheimeed was planting seeds in his land in Firedees area to the east of Bethlehem when he was attacked.
He said that eight soldiers and two settlers attacked the old man and threatened to kill him if he did not get out of his land.
30 nov 2012
Two Palestinians were injured by tear gas canisters fired by Israeli forces at a protest in the West Bank on Friday, the popular committee said.
The rally in Ramallah village Billin was stopped by Israeli forces with rubber bullets, tear gas and sound grenades, the committee said.
Ahmad Abu Rahma, 18, was struck by a tear gas canister in his hand and Issa Abu Rahma, 40, was wounded in the leg, they reported, noting that dozens of others suffered tear gas inhalation.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was not familiar with any injuries at the protest.
Billin holds weekly demonstrations against the Israeli separation wall and settlement encroachment. Friday's rally was dedicated to celebration of the UN vote for Palestine to be a non-member state, and called on Palestinian political factions to implement a reconciliation deal.
In al-Masara village, near Bethlehem, protesters held signs reading "Warning! This is illegally occupied land. State of Palestine."
Activist Hassan Barjeyeh said the protest also called on President Mahmoud Abbas to urgently implement the reconciliation deal.
Another participant, Muath al-Laham, said they wanted to thank all the UN members that voted for Palestine on Thursday night.
The rally in Ramallah village Billin was stopped by Israeli forces with rubber bullets, tear gas and sound grenades, the committee said.
Ahmad Abu Rahma, 18, was struck by a tear gas canister in his hand and Issa Abu Rahma, 40, was wounded in the leg, they reported, noting that dozens of others suffered tear gas inhalation.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was not familiar with any injuries at the protest.
Billin holds weekly demonstrations against the Israeli separation wall and settlement encroachment. Friday's rally was dedicated to celebration of the UN vote for Palestine to be a non-member state, and called on Palestinian political factions to implement a reconciliation deal.
In al-Masara village, near Bethlehem, protesters held signs reading "Warning! This is illegally occupied land. State of Palestine."
Activist Hassan Barjeyeh said the protest also called on President Mahmoud Abbas to urgently implement the reconciliation deal.
Another participant, Muath al-Laham, said they wanted to thank all the UN members that voted for Palestine on Thursday night.
Gilad Sharon
Turkish lawyer Adam Yildirim has lodged a complaint with the Office of the Attorney General in Istanbul, against Gilad Sharon, the son of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, accusing him of "committing a crime against humanity."
The Mavi Marmara Istanbul Palace of Justice lawyers involved in the case of Adam Yildirim said that Gilad's statement to the Israeli press has to be considered as "a war crime and a crime against humanity".
“We need to flatten entire neighborhoods in Gaza. Flatten all of Gaza. The Americans didn’t stop with Hiroshima – the Japanese weren’t surrendering fast enough, so they hit Nagasaki, too.” Gilad Sharon wrote in the Jerusalem Post.
The Turkish lawyer pointed out that the international community does not respond adequately to the Israeli oppressive practices, and turn a blind eye to the violation of international law by the Israeli entity.
I bear my responsibility for the sake of Palestine and of all humanity, the lawyer said, adding that he had made a criminal complaint in order to punish the Israeli officer "Gilad Sharon" for committing a crime against humanity.
Israel Threatens To “Reoccupy’ West Bank
Israeli member of Knesset, Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development and the development of the Negev and Galilee, Silvan Shalom, threatened that Israel would reoccupy the West Bank in response to the Palestinian bid at the United Nations General Assembly that won the Palestinians a nonmember observer state status.
During an interview with the Israeli Radio, Shalom, of the Likud Party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accused the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the occupied West Bank, of violating the Oslo Agreement, and said that heading to the UN effectively “voided the peace deal, an issue that allows Israel to conduct unilateral moves”.
The Palestine News Network (PNN) has reported that Shalom threatened that Israel would enforce its military control on the entire West Bank, and would link the Ma'ale Adumim (the biggest settlement bloc in the West Bank) with occupied East Jerusalem by confiscating large areas of Palestinian lands.
Shalom claimed that the Palestinians did not agree to return to the negotiation table despite “the fact that Netanyahu agreed to the two-state solution and froze the construction and expansion of settlements”.
On her part, Tzipi Livni, former Israeli Foreign Minister and the leader of the newly formed party “The Movement”, stated that the Palestinian Authority could have been prevented from heading to the United Nations General Assembly, should the government of Benjamin Netanyahu have changed its policies and negotiated with the Palestinians.
Israel and the United States were angered by the Palestinian move, and the Palestinian victory at the United Nations General Assembly, after 138 voted Yes for Palestine, while only nine countries said No, and 41 countries abstained.
The Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank said that it is not opposed to direct peace talks with Israel, but cannot resume the talks as along as Tel Aviv continues its violations, invasions, home demolitions, and its illegal settlement construction and expansion activities on Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel never relinquished control of the West Bank, as the Palestinian Authority only “controls” main West Bank cities and some surrounding villages, but has not geographic contiguity, no control over borders or natural resources, and has no control on main areas of Palestinian lands in the West Bank.
The Israeli army also carries out repeated invasions and attacks, that also include the kidnapping of Palestinians, in areas that are under the “control of the P.A.”.
Turkish lawyer Adam Yildirim has lodged a complaint with the Office of the Attorney General in Istanbul, against Gilad Sharon, the son of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, accusing him of "committing a crime against humanity."
The Mavi Marmara Istanbul Palace of Justice lawyers involved in the case of Adam Yildirim said that Gilad's statement to the Israeli press has to be considered as "a war crime and a crime against humanity".
“We need to flatten entire neighborhoods in Gaza. Flatten all of Gaza. The Americans didn’t stop with Hiroshima – the Japanese weren’t surrendering fast enough, so they hit Nagasaki, too.” Gilad Sharon wrote in the Jerusalem Post.
The Turkish lawyer pointed out that the international community does not respond adequately to the Israeli oppressive practices, and turn a blind eye to the violation of international law by the Israeli entity.
I bear my responsibility for the sake of Palestine and of all humanity, the lawyer said, adding that he had made a criminal complaint in order to punish the Israeli officer "Gilad Sharon" for committing a crime against humanity.
Israel Threatens To “Reoccupy’ West Bank
Israeli member of Knesset, Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development and the development of the Negev and Galilee, Silvan Shalom, threatened that Israel would reoccupy the West Bank in response to the Palestinian bid at the United Nations General Assembly that won the Palestinians a nonmember observer state status.
During an interview with the Israeli Radio, Shalom, of the Likud Party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accused the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the occupied West Bank, of violating the Oslo Agreement, and said that heading to the UN effectively “voided the peace deal, an issue that allows Israel to conduct unilateral moves”.
The Palestine News Network (PNN) has reported that Shalom threatened that Israel would enforce its military control on the entire West Bank, and would link the Ma'ale Adumim (the biggest settlement bloc in the West Bank) with occupied East Jerusalem by confiscating large areas of Palestinian lands.
Shalom claimed that the Palestinians did not agree to return to the negotiation table despite “the fact that Netanyahu agreed to the two-state solution and froze the construction and expansion of settlements”.
On her part, Tzipi Livni, former Israeli Foreign Minister and the leader of the newly formed party “The Movement”, stated that the Palestinian Authority could have been prevented from heading to the United Nations General Assembly, should the government of Benjamin Netanyahu have changed its policies and negotiated with the Palestinians.
Israel and the United States were angered by the Palestinian move, and the Palestinian victory at the United Nations General Assembly, after 138 voted Yes for Palestine, while only nine countries said No, and 41 countries abstained.
The Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank said that it is not opposed to direct peace talks with Israel, but cannot resume the talks as along as Tel Aviv continues its violations, invasions, home demolitions, and its illegal settlement construction and expansion activities on Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel never relinquished control of the West Bank, as the Palestinian Authority only “controls” main West Bank cities and some surrounding villages, but has not geographic contiguity, no control over borders or natural resources, and has no control on main areas of Palestinian lands in the West Bank.
The Israeli army also carries out repeated invasions and attacks, that also include the kidnapping of Palestinians, in areas that are under the “control of the P.A.”.
29 nov 2012
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided at dawn on Thursday towns of Ya'abad, Kferet, and Kafr Kud south of the city of Jenin, during which clashes erupted in the town of Ya'abad.
Local sources said that the IOF closed the eastern entrance of the town two days ago, but they returned to the scene this morning, preventing students from having access to their schools.
The sources added that clashes erupted between students and IOF who fired in the air without reporting arrests, where the area has been witnessing a constant tension.
The sources pointed out that the occupation forces entered the neighboring towns Kferet and Kafr Kud and has conducted extensive combing operations including old buildings in the village of Kafr Kud.
Meanwhile, the IOF tightened on Wednesday evening its military measures south of the city of al-Khalil and erected barriers to hamper the movement of citizens.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that the Israeli military vehicles were present extensively near the settlement of "Najohout", built on land south of the city, and were deployed in the area of al-Majnouna camp, near the town of Dura.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers erected military checkpoints near the entrance of the town of Beit Awa south west of al-Khalil and at the entrance to the town of Yatta and stopped a number of vehicles.
On a different note, occupation forces released on Wednesday a prisoner from the city of al-Khalil after spending four and a half years in Israeli occupation jails.
Sources from the city of Dura, south of al-Khalil, confirmed that the occupation forces released prisoner Rami Said Amr after spending four and a half years, indicating that he had been arrested earlier by PA security forces.
The PA security forces in al-Khalil arrested the young man Amr on charges of manufacturing explosive devices and he was tortured in PA prisons before being released and arrested by the occupation.
Local sources said that the IOF closed the eastern entrance of the town two days ago, but they returned to the scene this morning, preventing students from having access to their schools.
The sources added that clashes erupted between students and IOF who fired in the air without reporting arrests, where the area has been witnessing a constant tension.
The sources pointed out that the occupation forces entered the neighboring towns Kferet and Kafr Kud and has conducted extensive combing operations including old buildings in the village of Kafr Kud.
Meanwhile, the IOF tightened on Wednesday evening its military measures south of the city of al-Khalil and erected barriers to hamper the movement of citizens.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that the Israeli military vehicles were present extensively near the settlement of "Najohout", built on land south of the city, and were deployed in the area of al-Majnouna camp, near the town of Dura.
Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers erected military checkpoints near the entrance of the town of Beit Awa south west of al-Khalil and at the entrance to the town of Yatta and stopped a number of vehicles.
On a different note, occupation forces released on Wednesday a prisoner from the city of al-Khalil after spending four and a half years in Israeli occupation jails.
Sources from the city of Dura, south of al-Khalil, confirmed that the occupation forces released prisoner Rami Said Amr after spending four and a half years, indicating that he had been arrested earlier by PA security forces.
The PA security forces in al-Khalil arrested the young man Amr on charges of manufacturing explosive devices and he was tortured in PA prisons before being released and arrested by the occupation.
28 nov 2012
Israeli forces prevented villagers in Jenin from performing morning prayers on Wednesday, locals said.
Soldiers raided the village of Meithalun early Wednesday and stationed themselves outside two mosques in the east and west of the village, witnesses told Ma'an.
The soldiers told villagers arriving for morning prayers to return home and checked several people's identity cards. No detentions were reported.
IOF soldiers storm Jenin villages
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed four villages in Jenin province at dawn Wednesday and questioned citizens after searching their homes.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers prevented worshipers from heading to dawn prayers in Maythalon village and burst into homes and forced their inhabitants out for field questioning.
Other IOF units set ambushes among bushes in nearby Sirees village and searched Sanur Valley and deployed near its greenhouses and installed roadblocks in its streets.
IOF soldiers also stormed the Zababde village and broke into a hostel of the Arab American University students and searched it, but no arrests were made.
Soldiers raided the village of Meithalun early Wednesday and stationed themselves outside two mosques in the east and west of the village, witnesses told Ma'an.
The soldiers told villagers arriving for morning prayers to return home and checked several people's identity cards. No detentions were reported.
IOF soldiers storm Jenin villages
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed four villages in Jenin province at dawn Wednesday and questioned citizens after searching their homes.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers prevented worshipers from heading to dawn prayers in Maythalon village and burst into homes and forced their inhabitants out for field questioning.
Other IOF units set ambushes among bushes in nearby Sirees village and searched Sanur Valley and deployed near its greenhouses and installed roadblocks in its streets.
IOF soldiers also stormed the Zababde village and broke into a hostel of the Arab American University students and searched it, but no arrests were made.
26 nov 2012
Israeli soldiers on Monday shot dead a Bedouin citizen of Israel who they suspected of breaking into a woman's home in southern Israel, Israeli media reported.
The 20-year-old man allegedly broke into a home in Sde Avraham and lightly wounded its resident with a knife, The Jerusalem Post reported.
As the community is close to Egypt and Gaza, the army was sent in on suspicion it was a "terror" incident, the report said.
Israeli authorities now believe the break-in was criminal in nature.
The 20-year-old man allegedly broke into a home in Sde Avraham and lightly wounded its resident with a knife, The Jerusalem Post reported.
As the community is close to Egypt and Gaza, the army was sent in on suspicion it was a "terror" incident, the report said.
Israeli authorities now believe the break-in was criminal in nature.
25 nov 2012
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the Zabuba village to the west of Jenin on Saturday night triggering violent clashes with young men, locals told the PIC.
They said that dozens of IOF soldiers stormed the village at a late night hour and fired stun grenades and teargas canisters in addition to live bullets in the incursion.
Young men threw stones at the invading troops who responded by firing bullets, the sources said, adding that many civilians were treated for breathing problems due to the IOF extensive use of tear gas bombs.
They noted that a number of those canisters hit citizens inside their homes. They said that the soldiers burst into houses at the outskirts of the village and assaulted the inhabitants.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers returned to the village at dawn Sunday and stationed in the vicinity of its municipality and installed a roadblock on the Jenin-Haifa road.
They said that dozens of IOF soldiers stormed the village at a late night hour and fired stun grenades and teargas canisters in addition to live bullets in the incursion.
Young men threw stones at the invading troops who responded by firing bullets, the sources said, adding that many civilians were treated for breathing problems due to the IOF extensive use of tear gas bombs.
They noted that a number of those canisters hit citizens inside their homes. They said that the soldiers burst into houses at the outskirts of the village and assaulted the inhabitants.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers returned to the village at dawn Sunday and stationed in the vicinity of its municipality and installed a roadblock on the Jenin-Haifa road.
Rushdi Attamimi 31
The human rights group B'Tselem said Israeli soldiers killed in cold blood two Palestinian civilians during protests in support for Gaza a few days ago in the West Bank.
B'Tselem added that the two victims posed no threat to the Israeli soldiers, affirming that it sent a strongly-worded letter to the commandership of the Israeli army calling for giving clear orders to its soldiers not to open deadly fire at protestors throwing stones at them.
An investigation into these incidents conducted by B’Tselem raised the suspicion that the Israeli army and security echelons had permitted soldiers to use live fire, including in confrontations with stone throwers who are not armed and in situations that are not life threatening to the soldiers.
On November 17, 2012, Rushdi Attamimi, 31 and the father of one daughter, was injured by live firing by soldiers shooting at young men who threw stones at them in Nabi Saleh village. He died of his wounds two days later.
On November 19, 2012, security forces killed Hamdi Al-Fallah, 22, during clashes in the area of the Halhul, Al-Khalil city. He was hit with four live bullets to the chest, arm and leg.
An investigation by B’Tselem found that Fallah had pointed a laser pen at the soldiers, and that none of the stone throwers were armed.
At least 39 other Palestinians have been wounded by military and security forces since November 15, 2012 during incidents in which Palestinians threw stones at the forces. Among them were 16 injured by live fire, including six who sustained serious injuries.
13 Palestinians have been wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets, nine of them in the head and 10 suffered wounds by direct hits by teargas canisters, seven of them in the head as well, the human rights group said.
The human rights group B'Tselem said Israeli soldiers killed in cold blood two Palestinian civilians during protests in support for Gaza a few days ago in the West Bank.
B'Tselem added that the two victims posed no threat to the Israeli soldiers, affirming that it sent a strongly-worded letter to the commandership of the Israeli army calling for giving clear orders to its soldiers not to open deadly fire at protestors throwing stones at them.
An investigation into these incidents conducted by B’Tselem raised the suspicion that the Israeli army and security echelons had permitted soldiers to use live fire, including in confrontations with stone throwers who are not armed and in situations that are not life threatening to the soldiers.
On November 17, 2012, Rushdi Attamimi, 31 and the father of one daughter, was injured by live firing by soldiers shooting at young men who threw stones at them in Nabi Saleh village. He died of his wounds two days later.
On November 19, 2012, security forces killed Hamdi Al-Fallah, 22, during clashes in the area of the Halhul, Al-Khalil city. He was hit with four live bullets to the chest, arm and leg.
An investigation by B’Tselem found that Fallah had pointed a laser pen at the soldiers, and that none of the stone throwers were armed.
At least 39 other Palestinians have been wounded by military and security forces since November 15, 2012 during incidents in which Palestinians threw stones at the forces. Among them were 16 injured by live fire, including six who sustained serious injuries.
13 Palestinians have been wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets, nine of them in the head and 10 suffered wounds by direct hits by teargas canisters, seven of them in the head as well, the human rights group said.
22 nov 2012
A car was burned out by a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces during clashes in the Hebron village Ithna on Wednesday, witnesses said.
Abed al-Hadi al-Jabawi, the owner of the car, said the canister smashed the window and set the car alight, and soldiers prevented civil defense from putting out the flames.
Committee: 5 wounded in Beit Ummar clash
Five Palestinians were wounded by rubber bullets fired by Israeli soldiers in Beit Ummar on Wednesday, a local committee said.
Committee spokesman Mohammad Ayad Awad said forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a demonstration against Israeli the attacks on Gaza.
An Israeli settler also fired at Palestinians, when soldiers were standing by, but no one was wounded, he said.
Witnesses: PA security block Israeli raid on Jenin
Palestinian Authority security forces on Wednesday blocked Israeli troops from entering the northern West Bank city of Jenin, witnesses said.
PA security patrols stationed at Beer al-Jamal, south of the city, stopped a number of Israel military vehicles, leading to long altercations between Palestinian officers and Israeli soldiers.
Eventually, Israeli troops left the area, witnesses told Ma'an.
An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Overnight, Israeli forces detained 55 Palestinians in raids across the West Bank, the Israeli army said. Nine people were detained in three villages around Jenin, but none were detained from the city itself, a military statement said.
Under the 1993 Oslo agreement, the PA has full security control over urban center in the occupied West Bank, but Israeli forces enter almost every night to detain Palestinians and search homes. They instruct PA forces to return to their bases before the raids.
On Tuesday, a PA security officer said Palestinian forces had refused to provide security coordination to Israeli troops entering Tulkarem in the northern West Bank.
He said the Palestinian liaison officers turned down the request because the troops wanted to enter at the time children were going to school in the morning.
The PA security commander told Ma'an around 200 officers deployed around the city in front of Israeli military patrols. Israeli forces eventually retreated, he said.
An Israeli military spokesman did not respond to a request to comment on that incident.
There are 4,520 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails as of November 2012, according to Addameer. This figure includes 156 administrative detainees held without charge, 164 children and 10 women.
Abed al-Hadi al-Jabawi, the owner of the car, said the canister smashed the window and set the car alight, and soldiers prevented civil defense from putting out the flames.
Committee: 5 wounded in Beit Ummar clash
Five Palestinians were wounded by rubber bullets fired by Israeli soldiers in Beit Ummar on Wednesday, a local committee said.
Committee spokesman Mohammad Ayad Awad said forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a demonstration against Israeli the attacks on Gaza.
An Israeli settler also fired at Palestinians, when soldiers were standing by, but no one was wounded, he said.
Witnesses: PA security block Israeli raid on Jenin
Palestinian Authority security forces on Wednesday blocked Israeli troops from entering the northern West Bank city of Jenin, witnesses said.
PA security patrols stationed at Beer al-Jamal, south of the city, stopped a number of Israel military vehicles, leading to long altercations between Palestinian officers and Israeli soldiers.
Eventually, Israeli troops left the area, witnesses told Ma'an.
An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Overnight, Israeli forces detained 55 Palestinians in raids across the West Bank, the Israeli army said. Nine people were detained in three villages around Jenin, but none were detained from the city itself, a military statement said.
Under the 1993 Oslo agreement, the PA has full security control over urban center in the occupied West Bank, but Israeli forces enter almost every night to detain Palestinians and search homes. They instruct PA forces to return to their bases before the raids.
On Tuesday, a PA security officer said Palestinian forces had refused to provide security coordination to Israeli troops entering Tulkarem in the northern West Bank.
He said the Palestinian liaison officers turned down the request because the troops wanted to enter at the time children were going to school in the morning.
The PA security commander told Ma'an around 200 officers deployed around the city in front of Israeli military patrols. Israeli forces eventually retreated, he said.
An Israeli military spokesman did not respond to a request to comment on that incident.
There are 4,520 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails as of November 2012, according to Addameer. This figure includes 156 administrative detainees held without charge, 164 children and 10 women.
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