29 dec 2012
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled on Friday afternoon the peaceful marches that were held against settlement activities and the segregation wall in different West Bank villages.
In Kafr Qaddum village west of Nablus city, the IOF aggressively attacked Palestinian and foreign protestors demanding the opening of the main road of the village, which has been closed for more than a decade.
Dozens suffered tear gas injuries when they arrived at the Israeli barriers blocking the main road.
In another village near Ramallah, many suffered suffocation when the IOF showered their anti-wall march with a barrage of tear gas grenades.
Others also suffered minor injuries from rubber bullets upon their arrival at Abu Leimoun area where the segregation wall is located.
For his part, a senior official from the popular committee against the wall and settlement in Masarah village in Bethlehem city said that a march of Palestinian and foreign activists moved from the village towards the Palestinian lands appropriated by Israel for settlement expansion.
During the march, Israeli soldiers attacked the activists with batons and prevented them from reaching the seized lands, the official added.
Three protestors, including a child, were reported wounded during the soldiers' attack.
Other activists participating in Nabi Saleh village march north of Ramallah city also suffered injuries from tear gas grenades and rubber bullets as they were protesting Israel's settlement activities in the West Bank.
IOF soldiers quell anti-wall march in Al-Khalil village
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas canisters at Palestinian citizens in Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, who were participating in a peaceful anti-wall march on Saturday.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers encircled dozens of citizens and fired teargas at them causing breathing problems among many of them.
They said that the confrontations took place near Karmi Tzur settlement established on Palestinian land near Al-Khalil.
In Kafr Qaddum village west of Nablus city, the IOF aggressively attacked Palestinian and foreign protestors demanding the opening of the main road of the village, which has been closed for more than a decade.
Dozens suffered tear gas injuries when they arrived at the Israeli barriers blocking the main road.
In another village near Ramallah, many suffered suffocation when the IOF showered their anti-wall march with a barrage of tear gas grenades.
Others also suffered minor injuries from rubber bullets upon their arrival at Abu Leimoun area where the segregation wall is located.
For his part, a senior official from the popular committee against the wall and settlement in Masarah village in Bethlehem city said that a march of Palestinian and foreign activists moved from the village towards the Palestinian lands appropriated by Israel for settlement expansion.
During the march, Israeli soldiers attacked the activists with batons and prevented them from reaching the seized lands, the official added.
Three protestors, including a child, were reported wounded during the soldiers' attack.
Other activists participating in Nabi Saleh village march north of Ramallah city also suffered injuries from tear gas grenades and rubber bullets as they were protesting Israel's settlement activities in the West Bank.
IOF soldiers quell anti-wall march in Al-Khalil village
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas canisters at Palestinian citizens in Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, who were participating in a peaceful anti-wall march on Saturday.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers encircled dozens of citizens and fired teargas at them causing breathing problems among many of them.
They said that the confrontations took place near Karmi Tzur settlement established on Palestinian land near Al-Khalil.
28 dec 2012
Inciting calls against Palestinians have escalated within the Israeli army especially after broadcasting movies by the so-called organization "Faithful Recruits" which works to convince the Israeli youths to the urgent need to enlist in the Army with their commitment to implement the Torah orders.
The broadcasted clips started following the escape of a group of Israeli soldiers, in face of the Palestinian stone throwers in the town of Kafr Qadum, where they were protesting against the continued closure of the main street of the village for more than a decade.
One of the broadcasted inciting clips, addressed to the Israeli soldiers, showed Israeli soldiers with their military uniform and their guns, calling on their colleagues not to escape from the Arabs, and to refuse orders to evacuate settlements.
Another clip showed an Israeli soldier has already fled from his unit for refusing to participate in evacuating outposts near the settlement of "Yitzhar", saying "when I have enlisted in the army I was convinced that the military knows how to kill Arabs and soldiers do not flee because they ran out of ammunition, but because of the orders that prevent them from responding .. When I am there, I will not implement these orders".
The broadcasted clips started following the escape of a group of Israeli soldiers, in face of the Palestinian stone throwers in the town of Kafr Qadum, where they were protesting against the continued closure of the main street of the village for more than a decade.
One of the broadcasted inciting clips, addressed to the Israeli soldiers, showed Israeli soldiers with their military uniform and their guns, calling on their colleagues not to escape from the Arabs, and to refuse orders to evacuate settlements.
Another clip showed an Israeli soldier has already fled from his unit for refusing to participate in evacuating outposts near the settlement of "Yitzhar", saying "when I have enlisted in the army I was convinced that the military knows how to kill Arabs and soldiers do not flee because they ran out of ammunition, but because of the orders that prevent them from responding .. When I am there, I will not implement these orders".
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In another clip, two Israeli youths standing by the gates of "Afram" military base located south of Ramallah, which was stormed by right activists to prevent the eviction of settlements, saying "The next time there will be no need to break this base, because we will be the soldiers who prevent settlement evictions."
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were carrying a book of "King’s Theory," written by Rabbi of occupied Palestinian city of Safed, who has justified the killing of Arabs for mere suspicion of their intention to kill Israelis.
A member of the group said "when I reach the border, I will not listen for the invalid orders, and I will kill the enemy in order to prevent the arrival of any Sudanese or Syrian to Tel Aviv."
A member of the group said "when I reach the border, I will not listen for the invalid orders, and I will kill the enemy in order to prevent the arrival of any Sudanese or Syrian to Tel Aviv."
27 dec 2012
A Palestinian man suffered a critical head injury on Wednesday in clashes with the Israeli army in Yatta in the southern West Bank.
Mohammad Kamal Abu Qbaieta was hit in the head by a tear gas canister and taken to Al-Mezan Hospital, a Ma'an reporter said.
Clashes broke out in Yatta after Israeli forces raided the town and detained Yousif Ibrahim Nawajaa, a disabled grocery store owner.
Locals threw stones at the soldiers, who responded by firing tear gas and sound grenades.
An Israeli military spokesman said on Wednesday that he was looking into the incident.
Mohammad Kamal Abu Qbaieta was hit in the head by a tear gas canister and taken to Al-Mezan Hospital, a Ma'an reporter said.
Clashes broke out in Yatta after Israeli forces raided the town and detained Yousif Ibrahim Nawajaa, a disabled grocery store owner.
Locals threw stones at the soldiers, who responded by firing tear gas and sound grenades.
An Israeli military spokesman said on Wednesday that he was looking into the incident.
Violent confrontations have erupted on Thursday morning between the occupation forces and Palestinians, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
In the north-east of the city of Ramallah, specifically in the town of Silwad, clashes took place between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youths from the town, on Thursday morning.
Eyewitnesses told PIC correspondent in Ramallah that Israeli soldiers fired during clashes live bullets towards school students who pelted Israeli soldiers with stones and empty bottles, noting that there were no casualties among the Palestinians.
In the city of al-Khalil, more than 20 people were injured at dawn on Thursday, including serious injuries, after clashes broke out in Yatta, south of the city.
Local sources said that Israeli forces stormed the area al-Shaaben in the town of Yatta, south of al-Khalil, where IOF fired heavily tear gas towards Palestinian citizens, which led to clashes, during which more than 20 people suffered from suffocation, including the child Mohammed Abu Qbita, 12, who was seriously injured by a gas bomb in his head.
The sources added that the clashes have lasted all the night until dawn.
Local sources said that the Israeli occupation forces arrested three youths in the town of Beit Ummar, Taha Abu Maria, 14, Jihad Nasser Akhalil, 16, Ahmed Ayman Akhalil, 16.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces stormed at dawn today, the city of Nablus in northern West Bank, to protect the Israeli settlers who came to Youssef Tomb in the city to perform Talmudic rituals.
Eyewitnesses said that dozens of military vehicles accompanied the Israeli buses and cars carrying hundreds of Israeli settlers who came to visit Youssef’s Tomb, east of the city.
The same sources added that the clashes erupted in the area between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers who fired tear gas, resulting in a number of suffocation cases. Palestinians threw stones and empty bottles before the withdrawal of the Israeli troops and settlers in the early morning hours.
In the village of Urif southwest of Nablus, clashes have erupted between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers and settlers.
A member of the village council confirmed that settlers from the Yitzhar settlement established on the lands of the village and neighboring villages, attacked citizens in the southern side of the village near the village's high school, pointing out that the students happened to be returning to their homes.
He stressed that the Israeli soldiers came to protect the settlers who stormed the village and started firing stun grenades and tear gas towards the citizens.
Israeli settlers have repeatedly stormed the Tomb which was an Islamic mosque built over a tomb of an Islamic Sheikh named Youssef Dweikat from the town of Balata. It was seized by Israeli settlers just after the occupation of the West Bank in 1967 under the pretext that it contains Tomb of Prophet Youssef.
In the north-east of the city of Ramallah, specifically in the town of Silwad, clashes took place between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youths from the town, on Thursday morning.
Eyewitnesses told PIC correspondent in Ramallah that Israeli soldiers fired during clashes live bullets towards school students who pelted Israeli soldiers with stones and empty bottles, noting that there were no casualties among the Palestinians.
In the city of al-Khalil, more than 20 people were injured at dawn on Thursday, including serious injuries, after clashes broke out in Yatta, south of the city.
Local sources said that Israeli forces stormed the area al-Shaaben in the town of Yatta, south of al-Khalil, where IOF fired heavily tear gas towards Palestinian citizens, which led to clashes, during which more than 20 people suffered from suffocation, including the child Mohammed Abu Qbita, 12, who was seriously injured by a gas bomb in his head.
The sources added that the clashes have lasted all the night until dawn.
Local sources said that the Israeli occupation forces arrested three youths in the town of Beit Ummar, Taha Abu Maria, 14, Jihad Nasser Akhalil, 16, Ahmed Ayman Akhalil, 16.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces stormed at dawn today, the city of Nablus in northern West Bank, to protect the Israeli settlers who came to Youssef Tomb in the city to perform Talmudic rituals.
Eyewitnesses said that dozens of military vehicles accompanied the Israeli buses and cars carrying hundreds of Israeli settlers who came to visit Youssef’s Tomb, east of the city.
The same sources added that the clashes erupted in the area between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers who fired tear gas, resulting in a number of suffocation cases. Palestinians threw stones and empty bottles before the withdrawal of the Israeli troops and settlers in the early morning hours.
In the village of Urif southwest of Nablus, clashes have erupted between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers and settlers.
A member of the village council confirmed that settlers from the Yitzhar settlement established on the lands of the village and neighboring villages, attacked citizens in the southern side of the village near the village's high school, pointing out that the students happened to be returning to their homes.
He stressed that the Israeli soldiers came to protect the settlers who stormed the village and started firing stun grenades and tear gas towards the citizens.
Israeli settlers have repeatedly stormed the Tomb which was an Islamic mosque built over a tomb of an Islamic Sheikh named Youssef Dweikat from the town of Balata. It was seized by Israeli settlers just after the occupation of the West Bank in 1967 under the pretext that it contains Tomb of Prophet Youssef.
Israeli prison guards and special forces attacked Palestinian prisoners in two prisons on Wednesday wounding four of them, the Palestinian prisoner’s association said in a statement on Thursday.
It said that joint forces of Matsada, Nahshon, and Dror attacked wards 4, 6, 9 in the Megiddo jail wounding four prisoners, adding that ward 4 was closed.
The statement said that other units stormed ward 14 in Nafha desert prison last night and injured a number of prisoners in the process.
It said that the soldiers searched the detainees and damaged their belongings in the process in rooms 94 and 95.
The association noted that the Palestinian prisoners have complained of growing provocations on the part of the Israeli prison administrations against them.
It said that joint forces of Matsada, Nahshon, and Dror attacked wards 4, 6, 9 in the Megiddo jail wounding four prisoners, adding that ward 4 was closed.
The statement said that other units stormed ward 14 in Nafha desert prison last night and injured a number of prisoners in the process.
It said that the soldiers searched the detainees and damaged their belongings in the process in rooms 94 and 95.
The association noted that the Palestinian prisoners have complained of growing provocations on the part of the Israeli prison administrations against them.
Dozens of Palestinian citizens were treated for suffocation after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used teargas canisters against them in Qasra village, south of Nablus, afternoon Wednesday.
The chairman of the village’s municipal council said that a number of Jewish settlers stormed the southern area of the village and went on the rampage in its agricultural land.
He said that inhabitants rushed to rescue the farms and confront the settlers at which time IOF soldiers burst into the village mounting armored vehicles and fired teargas at the villagers to disperse them.
He said that smoke covered the facades of nearby houses and many civilians were treated for shock and gas inhalation.
Clashes in Beit Ummar after bus strikes teenager
An Israeli bus hit a Palestinian teenager in Beit Ummar on Monday evening, leading to clashes in the town north of Hebron, the local popular committee said.
Committee spokesman Mohammad Awad told Ma'an that 15-year-old Mohammad Zahaqiq was taken to Hebron governmental hospital for treatment.
Locals threw stones at the bus, Awad said, and Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at them.
The Israeli army said the clashes were sparked by Palestinians throwing rocks that damaged an Israeli vehicle and injured a civilian.
The army representative said 50 people rioted in the street and forces responded using riot-dispersal means including tear gas.
Awad, the local activist, said three settlers were hurt.
The chairman of the village’s municipal council said that a number of Jewish settlers stormed the southern area of the village and went on the rampage in its agricultural land.
He said that inhabitants rushed to rescue the farms and confront the settlers at which time IOF soldiers burst into the village mounting armored vehicles and fired teargas at the villagers to disperse them.
He said that smoke covered the facades of nearby houses and many civilians were treated for shock and gas inhalation.
Clashes in Beit Ummar after bus strikes teenager
An Israeli bus hit a Palestinian teenager in Beit Ummar on Monday evening, leading to clashes in the town north of Hebron, the local popular committee said.
Committee spokesman Mohammad Awad told Ma'an that 15-year-old Mohammad Zahaqiq was taken to Hebron governmental hospital for treatment.
Locals threw stones at the bus, Awad said, and Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at them.
The Israeli army said the clashes were sparked by Palestinians throwing rocks that damaged an Israeli vehicle and injured a civilian.
The army representative said 50 people rioted in the street and forces responded using riot-dispersal means including tear gas.
Awad, the local activist, said three settlers were hurt.
26 dec 2012
Confrontations were reported on Wednesday morning between Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and villagers of Beit Ummar to the north of Al-Khalil.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers fired metal bullets and teargas at the civilians who were walking in a funeral procession near a cemetery.
They said that young men threw stones at the soldiers who dispersed the procession by force.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers fired metal bullets and teargas at the civilians who were walking in a funeral procession near a cemetery.
They said that young men threw stones at the soldiers who dispersed the procession by force.
25 dec 2012
Jerusalem storekeepers and vendors were surprised on Monday to see Israeli municipal employees drawing yellow lines outside their stores and stalls and warning them not to go beyond them or else they would be fined.
Such Israeli measure sparked outrage among the Palestinian traders in Al-Qatanin Souk of the old city of Jerusalem and prompted to engage verbally with the municipal staff.
The storekeepers and vendors slammed such step as the last nail which the Israeli municipal council hammered in the coffin of the commercial movement in the old city of Jerusalem.
One of the storekeepers said that the municipal council aims to force them to leave their stores and commercial activities in the old city as part of Israel's ethnic cleansing policy.
For its part, the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage strongly denounced this Israeli measure and said it would destroy the commercial activities in the old city.
The foundation noted that the Israeli occupation authority often resorts to malicious actions aimed at undermining the Arab presence in the old city and the areas around the Aqsa Mosque.
Such Israeli measure sparked outrage among the Palestinian traders in Al-Qatanin Souk of the old city of Jerusalem and prompted to engage verbally with the municipal staff.
The storekeepers and vendors slammed such step as the last nail which the Israeli municipal council hammered in the coffin of the commercial movement in the old city of Jerusalem.
One of the storekeepers said that the municipal council aims to force them to leave their stores and commercial activities in the old city as part of Israel's ethnic cleansing policy.
For its part, the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage strongly denounced this Israeli measure and said it would destroy the commercial activities in the old city.
The foundation noted that the Israeli occupation authority often resorts to malicious actions aimed at undermining the Arab presence in the old city and the areas around the Aqsa Mosque.
Jewish settlers attacked and wounded a Palestinian child near St. George Monastery near occupied Jerusalem.
The electronic website of Hebrew daily Yediot Ahronot reported that the 15-year-old child was hospitalized after the attack.
It said on Monday that the child was hit on his head by two Jewish settlers, describing his injuries as moderate.
The electronic website of Hebrew daily Yediot Ahronot reported that the 15-year-old child was hospitalized after the attack.
It said on Monday that the child was hit on his head by two Jewish settlers, describing his injuries as moderate.
An Israeli bus carrying Jewish settlers ran over a Palestinian child near the entrance to Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, on Monday.
Ahmed Abu Hashem, the coordinator of the village’s popular anti-wall committee, told Quds Press that 14-year-old Mohammed Al-Zaqiq was hospitalized in moderate condition after the hit-and-run incident.
He said that violent confrontations took place in the village after the accident during which angry young men threw stones at Israeli soldiers and settlers’ vehicles.
Ahmed Abu Hashem, the coordinator of the village’s popular anti-wall committee, told Quds Press that 14-year-old Mohammed Al-Zaqiq was hospitalized in moderate condition after the hit-and-run incident.
He said that violent confrontations took place in the village after the accident during which angry young men threw stones at Israeli soldiers and settlers’ vehicles.
23 dec 2012
Six Palestinians were treated for inhalation of teargas fired by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at civilians in Mireha village, south of Jenin, on Saturday night.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers mounting five armored vehicles burst into the town’s center triggering clashes between young men and the soldiers.
They said that the soldiers used teargas in abundance to disperse the youths leading to breathing problems among some of them.
IOF soldiers were seen in the nearby village of Kufairat at dawn Sunday, patrolling its streets and combing nearby olive groves, locals reported.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers mounting five armored vehicles burst into the town’s center triggering clashes between young men and the soldiers.
They said that the soldiers used teargas in abundance to disperse the youths leading to breathing problems among some of them.
IOF soldiers were seen in the nearby village of Kufairat at dawn Sunday, patrolling its streets and combing nearby olive groves, locals reported.
22 dec 2012
Many Palestinian families with their children are mercilessly maltreated and forced out of their houses in freezing cold during arrest raids carried out at dawn by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the West Bank.
This scene repeatedly takes place on a daily basis in the early morning hours.
As women and children along with other members of the family are asleep, all of a sudden a force of Israeli troops with masks or blackened faces break into their house terrorizing everyone and forcing them amid the cries of children to leave their beds and stay outdoors.
Afterwards, they start to ransack the house, turn everything inside upside down and cause sometimes material damage to the furniture during their violent search.
During such raids, the troops and their escorts from the Israeli intelligence feel like to arrest one member or maybe more from the family, mostly little kids or young men, and sometimes they hand them summonses for interrogation.
Many such incidents have also been reported lately of families being humiliated and interrogated for hours by intelligence officers inside or outside their homes in different West Bank areas.
A mother of a Palestinian detainee from Azzun town said that Israeli soldiers forced her and her children out of the house in freezing cold and arrested one of her sons.
She added that the soldiers handcuffed and blindfolded her son and ordered him to stand against the wall before searching him thoroughly and taking him without allowing him to change his light clothes.
The night of arrest is unforgettable to all detainees and families whose suffering continues until the release day, according to Fouad Al-Khafsh, a specialist in prisoners' affairs.
Several human rights groups have reported lately an increase in the daily arrest of Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories, which has caused the Israeli jails and detention centers to be overcrowded with detainees and prisoners.
The poor incarceration conditions have also gotten worse as Israeli jails and detention centers have become filled to capacity nowadays, reports said.
This scene repeatedly takes place on a daily basis in the early morning hours.
As women and children along with other members of the family are asleep, all of a sudden a force of Israeli troops with masks or blackened faces break into their house terrorizing everyone and forcing them amid the cries of children to leave their beds and stay outdoors.
Afterwards, they start to ransack the house, turn everything inside upside down and cause sometimes material damage to the furniture during their violent search.
During such raids, the troops and their escorts from the Israeli intelligence feel like to arrest one member or maybe more from the family, mostly little kids or young men, and sometimes they hand them summonses for interrogation.
Many such incidents have also been reported lately of families being humiliated and interrogated for hours by intelligence officers inside or outside their homes in different West Bank areas.
A mother of a Palestinian detainee from Azzun town said that Israeli soldiers forced her and her children out of the house in freezing cold and arrested one of her sons.
She added that the soldiers handcuffed and blindfolded her son and ordered him to stand against the wall before searching him thoroughly and taking him without allowing him to change his light clothes.
The night of arrest is unforgettable to all detainees and families whose suffering continues until the release day, according to Fouad Al-Khafsh, a specialist in prisoners' affairs.
Several human rights groups have reported lately an increase in the daily arrest of Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories, which has caused the Israeli jails and detention centers to be overcrowded with detainees and prisoners.
The poor incarceration conditions have also gotten worse as Israeli jails and detention centers have become filled to capacity nowadays, reports said.
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