14 jan 2016
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) prevented Thursday morning holding a press conference which was called for by the High Follow-up Committee of the Arab Citizens in Occupied Jerusalem under the theme “Our Humanity is Stronger than Your Prohibition”.
Israeli forces assaulted the participants and fired sound bombs at them in order to disperse their gathering.
The conference was planned to address the reality of the civil institutions that have recently been banned by Israeli authorities.
QPress center quoted sources as saying that several attendees were injured by Israeli troops who arrested one of them after beating him severely.
Mohammad Barakah, head of the follow-up committee, said that they will continue their struggle against the Israeli aggressive practices and banning orders.
Israeli forces assaulted the participants and fired sound bombs at them in order to disperse their gathering.
The conference was planned to address the reality of the civil institutions that have recently been banned by Israeli authorities.
QPress center quoted sources as saying that several attendees were injured by Israeli troops who arrested one of them after beating him severely.
Mohammad Barakah, head of the follow-up committee, said that they will continue their struggle against the Israeli aggressive practices and banning orders.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has warned that Israel's hysterical killing of Palestinians in cold blood would not bring it security and stability and would only lead to more resistance.
In a press release on Wednesday, the PFLP condemned the killing of three young men in al-Khalil and Bethlehem a few days ago, describing their murder as part of Israel's all-out war on al-Quds intifada (uprising).
The PFLP expressed its strong belief that the mass killing incidents in the West Bank and Jerusalem would not break the Palestinian youths' determination to continue their struggle against the occupation.
It added that "the growing field executions which armed soldiers carry out against weaponless young men and women reflected that Israel's systematic crimes would not be able to stop the intifada."
In a press release on Wednesday, the PFLP condemned the killing of three young men in al-Khalil and Bethlehem a few days ago, describing their murder as part of Israel's all-out war on al-Quds intifada (uprising).
The PFLP expressed its strong belief that the mass killing incidents in the West Bank and Jerusalem would not break the Palestinian youths' determination to continue their struggle against the occupation.
It added that "the growing field executions which armed soldiers carry out against weaponless young men and women reflected that Israel's systematic crimes would not be able to stop the intifada."
Reports released by Israeli news outlets Wednesday pointed out the state of frenzy overwhelming the Israeli occupation stakeholders and settler community following the mass-condemnation, by European politicians, of Israeli crimes against the Palestinians.
The Ynetnews newspaper said a state of deep-rooted anxiety has rocked the political institution in Tel Aviv following the dramatic surge in accusations against the Israeli occupation.
Most recent among such accusations were those voiced by the British MP Naseem Naz Shah who said: “There is no evidence of Palestinian minors causing a death or contributing to a death using a stone.”
Israel’s deputy ambassador to the UK reproached the British MP over such an anti-Israel position.
Along the same line, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom called on Tuesday for launching a serious probe into the acts of violence and murder perpetrated by the Israeli occupation army against the Palestinians.
Wallstrom pushed for an investigation to determine whether the Israeli occupation was guilty of extrajudicial killing of Palestinians during recent violence there, local media reported.
"It is vital that there is a thorough, credible investigation into these deaths in order to clarify and bring about possible accountability," Wallstrom said during a parliamentary debate, according to news agency TT.
155 Palestinians, including 28 children and seven women, had been murdered by the Israeli occupation troops since the outbreak of the ongoing anti-occupation Jerusalem Intifada, in early October.
The Ynetnews newspaper said a state of deep-rooted anxiety has rocked the political institution in Tel Aviv following the dramatic surge in accusations against the Israeli occupation.
Most recent among such accusations were those voiced by the British MP Naseem Naz Shah who said: “There is no evidence of Palestinian minors causing a death or contributing to a death using a stone.”
Israel’s deputy ambassador to the UK reproached the British MP over such an anti-Israel position.
Along the same line, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom called on Tuesday for launching a serious probe into the acts of violence and murder perpetrated by the Israeli occupation army against the Palestinians.
Wallstrom pushed for an investigation to determine whether the Israeli occupation was guilty of extrajudicial killing of Palestinians during recent violence there, local media reported.
"It is vital that there is a thorough, credible investigation into these deaths in order to clarify and bring about possible accountability," Wallstrom said during a parliamentary debate, according to news agency TT.
155 Palestinians, including 28 children and seven women, had been murdered by the Israeli occupation troops since the outbreak of the ongoing anti-occupation Jerusalem Intifada, in early October.
13 jan 2016
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An Israeli military video camera recently fell in the hands of Palestinian protesters, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah; its videos shot by a soldier, showed how he marks the protesters, and gives the order to shoot them.
Palestinian activists said the camera accidentally fell from a soldier while the army was chasing Palestinian protesters, and the videos clearly shows how he was “marking” each protester, and giving the sharpshooters the order to shoot. The contents clearly show how, unlike military claims of only firing at protesters to deflect harm to the soldiers, the incidents when the open |
fire orders were given, showed the soldiers faced no threats to their lives and safety.
The "shooter" behind the camera chooses his targets, focuses his lens, and gives the orders to shoot the protesters he marked.
Every time the soldiers managed to shoot their "marked target," their cheers could be heard off camera.
The videos were shot in Silwad, al-Jalazoun, Qalandia, also near Ofer and Bet El.
Translation of The videos (Starting from second 28):
First Scene:
Can you see him, holding the yellow flag over there? He stopped moving; he stopped moving.
(Gunshot)
It’s a hit; he is injured.
Where was he shot?
In his butt.
Seriously?!
Yes, %100 in his behind!
Second Scene:
There he is, near the garbage bin, focus there, focus on the bin!
Here he is standing in that empty land, can you see him? Can you see him? He is kneeling, be ready, shoot him when he stands!
There he is, he is kneeling again,
He is standing now; he is standing, shoot him!
(Gunshot)
Beautiful, he fell; he is injured, very nice; very nice; they are moving him away.
Third Scene:
Go ahead, you have a green light to shoot,
He is hit; he is hit!
Very beautiful, very beautiful, is he injured… seems he is not injured!
No, No, he is injured; they are moving him away now…
Very beautiful, very nice, he is injured.
Fourth Scene:
Very Beautiful, he is hit!
Fifth Scene:
There, near the garbage bin, do you see him?
He is preparing his slingshot…
(gunshot)
Very nice,
Is he hit?
Absolutely brother, you shot him.
Sixth Scene:
(gunfire)
Nice! very nice job… he is hit
Great job, you shot him.
Seventh Scene:
There he is, can you see him? Can you see him?
I shot him as he was running…
Eight Scene:
OK, that one with the slingshot…
He stopped...
(gunshot)
I shot him, did I hit him?
No, No, No, No hit
Last Scene:
The soldiers relaxing in their military jeep.
The "shooter" behind the camera chooses his targets, focuses his lens, and gives the orders to shoot the protesters he marked.
Every time the soldiers managed to shoot their "marked target," their cheers could be heard off camera.
The videos were shot in Silwad, al-Jalazoun, Qalandia, also near Ofer and Bet El.
Translation of The videos (Starting from second 28):
First Scene:
Can you see him, holding the yellow flag over there? He stopped moving; he stopped moving.
(Gunshot)
It’s a hit; he is injured.
Where was he shot?
In his butt.
Seriously?!
Yes, %100 in his behind!
Second Scene:
There he is, near the garbage bin, focus there, focus on the bin!
Here he is standing in that empty land, can you see him? Can you see him? He is kneeling, be ready, shoot him when he stands!
There he is, he is kneeling again,
He is standing now; he is standing, shoot him!
(Gunshot)
Beautiful, he fell; he is injured, very nice; very nice; they are moving him away.
Third Scene:
Go ahead, you have a green light to shoot,
He is hit; he is hit!
Very beautiful, very beautiful, is he injured… seems he is not injured!
No, No, he is injured; they are moving him away now…
Very beautiful, very nice, he is injured.
Fourth Scene:
Very Beautiful, he is hit!
Fifth Scene:
There, near the garbage bin, do you see him?
He is preparing his slingshot…
(gunshot)
Very nice,
Is he hit?
Absolutely brother, you shot him.
Sixth Scene:
(gunfire)
Nice! very nice job… he is hit
Great job, you shot him.
Seventh Scene:
There he is, can you see him? Can you see him?
I shot him as he was running…
Eight Scene:
OK, that one with the slingshot…
He stopped...
(gunshot)
I shot him, did I hit him?
No, No, No, No hit
Last Scene:
The soldiers relaxing in their military jeep.
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas threatened to retaliate against the Israeli continuous aggression on Gaza Strip and the Palestinian people.
In a statement on Wednesday, the spokesman of Hamas Sami Abu Zuhri held Israel responsible in full for the aggression on the northern Gaza Strip.
A young Palestinian man, Mousa Ezaiter, was killed and three others were injured on Wednesday morning in Israeli shelling to the west of Beit Lahya, according to the ministry of health.
Israeli sources declared the vicinity of the Gaza Strip as a military closed zone and warned settlers of approaching that area.
In a statement on Wednesday, the spokesman of Hamas Sami Abu Zuhri held Israel responsible in full for the aggression on the northern Gaza Strip.
A young Palestinian man, Mousa Ezaiter, was killed and three others were injured on Wednesday morning in Israeli shelling to the west of Beit Lahya, according to the ministry of health.
Israeli sources declared the vicinity of the Gaza Strip as a military closed zone and warned settlers of approaching that area.
Thousands of Palestinians in al-Khalil and Bethlehem governorates at noon on Wednesday bade farewell to three martyrs who were killed by Israeli gunfire on Tuesday.
The PIC reporter revealed that the people of al-Khalil participated in the funeral of the 17-year-old martyr Adnan Aiyd al-Halayqah, from al-Shuyoukh town, and Ahmad Kawazba, 23, from Saeer town. Meanwhile, general strike prevailed in both towns in mourning for the martyrs.
In Bethlehem, the crowds of the governorate bade farewell to martyr Surour Abu Surour who was murdered on Tuesday by Israeli troops in clashes in the city.
The PIC reporter revealed that the people of al-Khalil participated in the funeral of the 17-year-old martyr Adnan Aiyd al-Halayqah, from al-Shuyoukh town, and Ahmad Kawazba, 23, from Saeer town. Meanwhile, general strike prevailed in both towns in mourning for the martyrs.
In Bethlehem, the crowds of the governorate bade farewell to martyr Surour Abu Surour who was murdered on Tuesday by Israeli troops in clashes in the city.
Head of the Supreme Islamic Council, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, called on the Jordanian Awqaf to seriously step in and urge the Israeli occupation to halt its aggressive policies against the Muslim worshipers at the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Sabri said during a protest vigil staged by the Supreme Islamic Committee and the Commission of Jerusalem Sit-inners to protest Israeli bans on the Muslim worshipers on Tuesday: “The Israeli occupation has been pursuing a racist policy that exists nowhere else in the world.”
“Who on earth has the right to ban a worshiper from his/her place of worship?” Sheikh Sabri wondered, adding: “Israeli sacrilegious break-ins at al-Aqsa are just unacceptable. Muslims have the right to pray at the Mosque.”
He slammed the international community for its silence over Israeli terrorism against the peaceful Muslim congregation and Judaization schemes across the holy occupied city of Jerusalem.
He held the Israeli occupation responsible for simmering tension in Occupied Jerusalem.
A number of religious figures, activists, and representatives of the civil society partook in the vigil staged in protest at Israeli bans on the Muslim worshipers and sit-inners at al-Aqsa.
The protesters lifted banners calling for freedom of worship at al-Aqsa and condemning settler break-ins.
At least 55 Palestinians are currently banned from entering the holy al-Aqsa Mosque after they were blacklisted by Israeli occupation authorities.
Sabri said during a protest vigil staged by the Supreme Islamic Committee and the Commission of Jerusalem Sit-inners to protest Israeli bans on the Muslim worshipers on Tuesday: “The Israeli occupation has been pursuing a racist policy that exists nowhere else in the world.”
“Who on earth has the right to ban a worshiper from his/her place of worship?” Sheikh Sabri wondered, adding: “Israeli sacrilegious break-ins at al-Aqsa are just unacceptable. Muslims have the right to pray at the Mosque.”
He slammed the international community for its silence over Israeli terrorism against the peaceful Muslim congregation and Judaization schemes across the holy occupied city of Jerusalem.
He held the Israeli occupation responsible for simmering tension in Occupied Jerusalem.
A number of religious figures, activists, and representatives of the civil society partook in the vigil staged in protest at Israeli bans on the Muslim worshipers and sit-inners at al-Aqsa.
The protesters lifted banners calling for freedom of worship at al-Aqsa and condemning settler break-ins.
At least 55 Palestinians are currently banned from entering the holy al-Aqsa Mosque after they were blacklisted by Israeli occupation authorities.
Palestinian masses in 1948 Occupied Palestine marched at predawn time on Wednesday in the funeral procession of the slain Palestinian youth Melhem Nashat, shortly after the Israeli authorities released his body.
Melhem’s body was buried in the Arara cemetery.
The Israeli police prevented several Palestinians from reaching the cemetery and bidding last farewell to their relative.
Local news outlets said the Israeli police force turned the Arara village into a military barrack and that Israeli warplanes kept hovering over the territory all the way through the funeral.
Melhem was fatally shot on Friday by Israeli special forces after he had been chased down for over a week’s time on charges of carrying out an anti-occupation attack in Tel Aviv.
The Israeli occupation authorities had withheld Melhem’s body for days, leaving the family on tenterhooks to bury their murdered son.
Melhem’s body was buried in the Arara cemetery.
The Israeli police prevented several Palestinians from reaching the cemetery and bidding last farewell to their relative.
Local news outlets said the Israeli police force turned the Arara village into a military barrack and that Israeli warplanes kept hovering over the territory all the way through the funeral.
Melhem was fatally shot on Friday by Israeli special forces after he had been chased down for over a week’s time on charges of carrying out an anti-occupation attack in Tel Aviv.
The Israeli occupation authorities had withheld Melhem’s body for days, leaving the family on tenterhooks to bury their murdered son.
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom called on Tuesday for launching a serious probe into the acts of violence and murder perpetrated by the Israeli occupation army against the Palestinians.
Wallstrom pushed for an investigation to determine whether the Israeli occupation was guilty of extrajudicial killings of Palestinians during recent violence there, local media reported.
"It is vital that there is a thorough, credible investigation into these deaths in order to clarify and bring about possible accountability," Wallstrom said during a parliamentary debate, according to news agency TT.
155 Palestinians, including 28 children and seven women, had been murdered by the Israeli occupation troops since the outbreak of the ongoing anti-occupation Jerusalem Intifada, in early October.
The comments were the latest in a series of statements by Wallstrom that have irked the Israeli occupation authorities. Ties between Sweden and Israel nose-dived when Sweden recognized the Palestinian state shortly after Wallstrom's center-left Social Democrats won parliamentary elections in 2014.
Wallstrom pushed for an investigation to determine whether the Israeli occupation was guilty of extrajudicial killings of Palestinians during recent violence there, local media reported.
"It is vital that there is a thorough, credible investigation into these deaths in order to clarify and bring about possible accountability," Wallstrom said during a parliamentary debate, according to news agency TT.
155 Palestinians, including 28 children and seven women, had been murdered by the Israeli occupation troops since the outbreak of the ongoing anti-occupation Jerusalem Intifada, in early October.
The comments were the latest in a series of statements by Wallstrom that have irked the Israeli occupation authorities. Ties between Sweden and Israel nose-dived when Sweden recognized the Palestinian state shortly after Wallstrom's center-left Social Democrats won parliamentary elections in 2014.
11 jan 2016
The Jerusalem office of the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B'Tselem, was badly damaged in a fire on Sunday night, which authorities suspect may have been arson.
According to a statement by the group, "None of our staff were in the building, but people working on other floors had to be evacuated by the fire brigade. We do not know of any injuries."
B'Tselem also stated, "We are still waiting for the findings of the fire investigator. However, if it is discovered that this was an arson attack, it must be seen in the context of the wave of government incitement and smear campaigns against Israel's human rights groups, and B'Tselem in particular."
B'Tselem has worked for the past twenty years to document the abuses carried out by Israeli soldiers and settlers against the Palestinian civilian population living under Israeli military occupation.
The group has provided cameras to Palestinians living near settlements, allowing them to document the violent attacks carried out by Israeli settlers against them on a regular basis.
Most recently, B'Tselem documented the Israeli military severely beating children accused of throwing stones in the town of al-Janiya in the West Bank.
After the fire, the group posted this video on their Facebook page, which shows the severe damage to the building and the office of the non-profit.
In their statement about the fire, B'Tselem wrote, "Naturally, the damage to our offices will not stop our work of documenting and exposing the harm to human rights under the occupation."
According to a statement by the group, "None of our staff were in the building, but people working on other floors had to be evacuated by the fire brigade. We do not know of any injuries."
B'Tselem also stated, "We are still waiting for the findings of the fire investigator. However, if it is discovered that this was an arson attack, it must be seen in the context of the wave of government incitement and smear campaigns against Israel's human rights groups, and B'Tselem in particular."
B'Tselem has worked for the past twenty years to document the abuses carried out by Israeli soldiers and settlers against the Palestinian civilian population living under Israeli military occupation.
The group has provided cameras to Palestinians living near settlements, allowing them to document the violent attacks carried out by Israeli settlers against them on a regular basis.
Most recently, B'Tselem documented the Israeli military severely beating children accused of throwing stones in the town of al-Janiya in the West Bank.
After the fire, the group posted this video on their Facebook page, which shows the severe damage to the building and the office of the non-profit.
In their statement about the fire, B'Tselem wrote, "Naturally, the damage to our offices will not stop our work of documenting and exposing the harm to human rights under the occupation."
10 jan 2016
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Executions…arrest…demolition…displacement…raiding Al-Aqsa Mosque…deportation…targeting educational and medical institutions…these violation and others were committed by the occupation during 2015…
What if we compare them to violations during 2013 and 2014. Which year do you think was the most difficult on the city of Jerusalem? Wadi Hilweh Information Center-Silwan monitored the most prominent violations in 2015 and compared it to 2013 and 2014. |
Israeli authorities have officially labelled a deadly Tel Aviv shooting carried out earlier this month a “terror attack,” Israel’s Public Security Ministry said Saturday.
In an interview with Israel’s Channel 2 news, Gilad Erdan referred to the suspected shooter, Nashat Melhem, as a “terrorist” acting out of “nationalistic motives.”
Israel’s Defense Ministry meanwhile recognized three Israelis killed in the shooting as “victims of terror,” Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
Melhem was suspected of carrying out a shooting attack that killed two Israelis and injured 7 on Jan. 1. A third Israeli -- reportedly a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship -- was killed as Melhem fled the scene before going into hiding.
Melhem was shot dead in a gun battle with Israeli forces days later in his hometown of Arara.
Several were arrested during the search for Melhem and an Israeli court on Saturday extended the detention of five Palestinians suspected of involvement with the shooting attack, according to Haaretz. The newspaper added that Melhem's father, who had been held in Israeli police custody for five days, and his brother, were released.
A court in Haifa accepted a police request for the extended arrest of the five, all of whom are suspected for membership in an illegal organization and conspiracy to commit a crime and aiding a crime, the daily said.
The Defense Ministry’s labeling of the Tel Aviv attack as a “terrorist” incident came shortly after the Hamas movement on Friday mourned the death of Melhem.
A spokesman for the movement, Husam Badran, said in a statement that Melhem was a “hero.”
"Nashaat is an example of the free Palestinian who sacrifices himself in defense of his own people and in support of their cause," Badran said.
"The blood of the martyrs will remain a beacon for the [Palestinian] generations who will tread the same path," he added.
Details have yet to be released regarding Melhem’s political affiliation and exact motives for the attack. Israeli police and intelligence forces meanwhile have reportedly targeted Palestinian communities in northern Israel since the Jan. 1. attack.
Jafar Farah, the director of the Haifa-based Mossawa Advocacy Center For Arab Citizens In Israel, told Ma’an on Friday that his organization had received a number of calls since the attack regarding aggressive behavior from Israeli security forces against Palestinians with Israeli citizenship.
"But we know that in these circumstances, there is no authority willing to intervene in the media to do anything other than support the (crackdown)," Farah said at the time. "The atmosphere right now is very heavy and racist, there is a lot of incitement."
Critics slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged incitement against Palestinian citizens of Israel during the search for Melhem, and Haaretz reported that the PM may revoke a plan intended to advance minorities in Israel.
The five-year $2.5 billion plan was approved by Israel’s cabinet last week and would fund employment and social development for Palestinian citizens of Israel as well as other minorities.
In an interview with Israel’s Channel 2 news, Gilad Erdan referred to the suspected shooter, Nashat Melhem, as a “terrorist” acting out of “nationalistic motives.”
Israel’s Defense Ministry meanwhile recognized three Israelis killed in the shooting as “victims of terror,” Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
Melhem was suspected of carrying out a shooting attack that killed two Israelis and injured 7 on Jan. 1. A third Israeli -- reportedly a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship -- was killed as Melhem fled the scene before going into hiding.
Melhem was shot dead in a gun battle with Israeli forces days later in his hometown of Arara.
Several were arrested during the search for Melhem and an Israeli court on Saturday extended the detention of five Palestinians suspected of involvement with the shooting attack, according to Haaretz. The newspaper added that Melhem's father, who had been held in Israeli police custody for five days, and his brother, were released.
A court in Haifa accepted a police request for the extended arrest of the five, all of whom are suspected for membership in an illegal organization and conspiracy to commit a crime and aiding a crime, the daily said.
The Defense Ministry’s labeling of the Tel Aviv attack as a “terrorist” incident came shortly after the Hamas movement on Friday mourned the death of Melhem.
A spokesman for the movement, Husam Badran, said in a statement that Melhem was a “hero.”
"Nashaat is an example of the free Palestinian who sacrifices himself in defense of his own people and in support of their cause," Badran said.
"The blood of the martyrs will remain a beacon for the [Palestinian] generations who will tread the same path," he added.
Details have yet to be released regarding Melhem’s political affiliation and exact motives for the attack. Israeli police and intelligence forces meanwhile have reportedly targeted Palestinian communities in northern Israel since the Jan. 1. attack.
Jafar Farah, the director of the Haifa-based Mossawa Advocacy Center For Arab Citizens In Israel, told Ma’an on Friday that his organization had received a number of calls since the attack regarding aggressive behavior from Israeli security forces against Palestinians with Israeli citizenship.
"But we know that in these circumstances, there is no authority willing to intervene in the media to do anything other than support the (crackdown)," Farah said at the time. "The atmosphere right now is very heavy and racist, there is a lot of incitement."
Critics slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged incitement against Palestinian citizens of Israel during the search for Melhem, and Haaretz reported that the PM may revoke a plan intended to advance minorities in Israel.
The five-year $2.5 billion plan was approved by Israel’s cabinet last week and would fund employment and social development for Palestinian citizens of Israel as well as other minorities.