28 apr 2016
Palestinian medical sources confirmed that the Palestinian woman, who was killed by Israeli army fire, on Wednesday, did not carry an explosive belt as the army claimed, but was instead five months pregnant, and “her only fault was walking the wrong route and not understanding Hebrew.”
The Israeli police and army tried to come up with various allegations, including the usual claim of “carrying a knife,” and then tried to claim that she “was wearing an explosive belt,” while the only thing she “carried” was her fetus.
The slain woman has been identified as Maram Saleh Abu Ismael, 24, a mother of two children; Sarah, 6, and Remas, 4. Her brother, Ibrahim Taha, only sixteen years of age, was also killed as he was walking with her, heading to Jerusalem, after she obtained for the first time, a permit to enter the city.
In contrary to the Israeli allegation that Maram “carried a knife,” and the second allegation of “carrying an explosive,” eyewitnesses said the two victims walked the wrong route while heading to the Qalandia terminal, as they took the route that is only used for vehicles, instead of the pedestrian path.
The soldiers then started shouting in Hebrew, a language neither Maram nor her brother understood, and the woman just froze from fear before the soldiers started firing at her, and when her brother rushed to rescue her, the soldiers shot him too, and both were left to bleed to death.
The two were tens of meters away from the soldiers, and contrary to military allegations, did not attempt to attack any soldier or officer.
Ahmad Taha, an eyewitness from Jerusalem said that after the soldiers shot the pregnant woman and her brother, they retreated a few meters back, and fired several additional live rounds on them, “confirming the kill.”
“There was no stabbing attempt, and no reason for the army to shoot, the soldiers shot them from a distance, and later fired more rounds to confirm the kill,” Ahmad said, “The soldiers then placed two knives next to the lifeless body of the pregnant woman, and shortly after that, the police published pictures showing three knives!”
Mohammad Ahmad, a bus driver who witnessed the shooting, said an Israeli soldier, who standing behind a large concrete block, shot the woman from a distance of more than twenty meters.
“Neither the woman, nor her brother, posed any threat to the lives of the soldiers,” Ahmad stated, “They were far away from the nearest soldier, and did not pose any threat to them – they just walked the wrong route.”
The slain brother and his sister are from Qotna village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem; Maram is Married and living with her husband and children in Beit Surik nearby village.
It is worth mentioning that a Palestinian ambulance rushed to the scene, but the soldiers closed the entire area, and prevented them from approaching the two Palestinians, who eventually bled to death.
More than an hour after the shooting, Israeli military medics placed the corpses of the two Palestinians in black bags, and took them away.
One day before this fatal shooting, a Palestinian man in his sixty nearly faced the same deadly fate when he walked this same wrong route, but when the soldiers started shouting at him he understood them because he speaks and understand Hebrew very well.
The Israeli police and army tried to come up with various allegations, including the usual claim of “carrying a knife,” and then tried to claim that she “was wearing an explosive belt,” while the only thing she “carried” was her fetus.
The slain woman has been identified as Maram Saleh Abu Ismael, 24, a mother of two children; Sarah, 6, and Remas, 4. Her brother, Ibrahim Taha, only sixteen years of age, was also killed as he was walking with her, heading to Jerusalem, after she obtained for the first time, a permit to enter the city.
In contrary to the Israeli allegation that Maram “carried a knife,” and the second allegation of “carrying an explosive,” eyewitnesses said the two victims walked the wrong route while heading to the Qalandia terminal, as they took the route that is only used for vehicles, instead of the pedestrian path.
The soldiers then started shouting in Hebrew, a language neither Maram nor her brother understood, and the woman just froze from fear before the soldiers started firing at her, and when her brother rushed to rescue her, the soldiers shot him too, and both were left to bleed to death.
The two were tens of meters away from the soldiers, and contrary to military allegations, did not attempt to attack any soldier or officer.
Ahmad Taha, an eyewitness from Jerusalem said that after the soldiers shot the pregnant woman and her brother, they retreated a few meters back, and fired several additional live rounds on them, “confirming the kill.”
“There was no stabbing attempt, and no reason for the army to shoot, the soldiers shot them from a distance, and later fired more rounds to confirm the kill,” Ahmad said, “The soldiers then placed two knives next to the lifeless body of the pregnant woman, and shortly after that, the police published pictures showing three knives!”
Mohammad Ahmad, a bus driver who witnessed the shooting, said an Israeli soldier, who standing behind a large concrete block, shot the woman from a distance of more than twenty meters.
“Neither the woman, nor her brother, posed any threat to the lives of the soldiers,” Ahmad stated, “They were far away from the nearest soldier, and did not pose any threat to them – they just walked the wrong route.”
The slain brother and his sister are from Qotna village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem; Maram is Married and living with her husband and children in Beit Surik nearby village.
It is worth mentioning that a Palestinian ambulance rushed to the scene, but the soldiers closed the entire area, and prevented them from approaching the two Palestinians, who eventually bled to death.
More than an hour after the shooting, Israeli military medics placed the corpses of the two Palestinians in black bags, and took them away.
One day before this fatal shooting, a Palestinian man in his sixty nearly faced the same deadly fate when he walked this same wrong route, but when the soldiers started shouting at him he understood them because he speaks and understand Hebrew very well.
Hamas on Wednesday slammed the world’s silence over Israel’s cold-blooded execution of a Palestinian girl and her brother at the Qalandiya checkpoint earlier in the day.
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said in a press statement: “The silence maintained by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its president Mahmoud Abbas, along with the PA-Israel security coordination, gave the Israeli occupation a push to shed more Palestinian blood.”
“Such a crime shall not go without punishment,” said Barhoum. “It has to usher in a new phase in armed resistance across the occupied West Bank so as to defend Palestinian children, lands, and holy sites against the crimes perpetrated by the Israeli occupation and its settler gangs.”
23-year-old Maram Salah Abu Ismail, a mother of two kids, and her 16-year-old brother Ibrahim Saleh Taha were shot dead by the Israeli occupation soldiers near the Qalandiya checkpoint, in northern Occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday morning.
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said in a press statement: “The silence maintained by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its president Mahmoud Abbas, along with the PA-Israel security coordination, gave the Israeli occupation a push to shed more Palestinian blood.”
“Such a crime shall not go without punishment,” said Barhoum. “It has to usher in a new phase in armed resistance across the occupied West Bank so as to defend Palestinian children, lands, and holy sites against the crimes perpetrated by the Israeli occupation and its settler gangs.”
23-year-old Maram Salah Abu Ismail, a mother of two kids, and her 16-year-old brother Ibrahim Saleh Taha were shot dead by the Israeli occupation soldiers near the Qalandiya checkpoint, in northern Occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday morning.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday banned the family of the slain anti-occupation youth Muhammad Abu Fanouneh from passing through the Karama border crossing to perform Umrah (minor pilgrimage) in Makkah.
A PIC journalist quoted Abu Fanouneh’s wife as saying that the IOF banned her, along with her children, and mother-in-law, from travelling via the Karama border crossing.
Muhammad Abu Fanouneh was shot dead by the IOF on 18/3/2016 at the Etzion crossroads, to the north of al-Khalil province, on allegations that the attempted to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing attack.
A PIC journalist quoted Abu Fanouneh’s wife as saying that the IOF banned her, along with her children, and mother-in-law, from travelling via the Karama border crossing.
Muhammad Abu Fanouneh was shot dead by the IOF on 18/3/2016 at the Etzion crossroads, to the north of al-Khalil province, on allegations that the attempted to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing attack.
27 apr 2016
Witnesses to an alleged stab attempt on Israeli border police at a military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank Wednesday said two siblings shot dead during the incident posed no threat at the time the Israeli officer killed them.
Witnesses told Ma’an that 23-year-old Maram Salih Hassan Abu Ismail, five months pregnant, and her 16-year-old brother Ibrahim were en route to Jerusalem when they took a path intended for vehicles, not pedestrians, into Qalandiya checkpoint near Ramallah. The two were apparently unable to understand Israeli officers yelling in Hebrew, and stopped walking.
Witnesses said it appeared that Ibrahim attempted to grab his sister's hand and move away from the officers, when they opened fire on her. Maram fell to the ground and when Ibrahim attempted to aid her, he was shot in his tracks.
A Palestinian bus driver present at the scene, Muhammad Ahmad, told Ma’an that the Israeli officer who opened fire on Maram was standing behind a cement block some 20 meters away from her at the time. The driver said it did not appear that Maram or her brother posed any threat when the officer shot them.
Palestinian local and witness to the incident Ahmad Taha told Ma’an that Israeli officers approached the two after they had been shot and had fallen to the ground before opening fire on them again “to ensure that they were dead,” adding that the officers “could have moved the two away without opening fire.”
Taha alleged that the officers planted knives on the scene, photographs of which were distributed by Israeli police who said they had been in Maram and Ibrahim’s possession.
The witness accounts collected following the incident contradict Israeli police reports that the officer opened fire after Maram threw a knife in their direction.
Local sources said Maram was the mother of a six and four-year-old, and five months pregnant. She had reportedly obtained a permit from the Israeli authorities to enter Jerusalem for the first time when she was crossing on Wednesday.
Maram and her 16-year-old brother are among over 200 Palestinians to be killed by Israeli forces or settlers since October, the majority during small-scale attacks that have left nearly 30 Israelis dead.
Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip denounced the deaths Wednesday and called for continued resistance against the Israeli occupation.
Daoud Shihab, spokesperson of the Islamic Jihad movement, referred to their deaths as an “execution,” while Fawzi Barhum of Hamas said the move by the Israeli officer to shoot the two was “systematic terrorism” and a “hideous crime that has crossed all red lines,” adding that the “crime would not go without punishment.”
Maram and Ibrahim’s deaths come in the wake of mass criticism towards what has been termed Israel’s policy of “extrajudicial executions” towards Palestinians, which most recently came under spotlight after an Israeli soldier was caught on film shooting a prone Palestinian through the head from point blank range.
Israel's excessive use of force against Palestinians has brought allegations from local and international NGOs, senior UN officials and foreign leaders, and prominent US congressmen that Israeli forces regularly carry out unlawful killings.
Popular Palestinian support for stab attacks -- widely explained by Palestinian and international leadership as a natural response to the effects of the ongoing Israeli military occupation -- has hovered below fifty percent for the past two months, according to polls, coinciding with a relative drop in the frequency of such attacks that initially surged in October.
A reduction in stab attacks has been attributed to security coordination between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, as well as to general public sentiments that the attacks are not effective in resistance against the occupation, according to polls.
Witnesses told Ma’an that 23-year-old Maram Salih Hassan Abu Ismail, five months pregnant, and her 16-year-old brother Ibrahim were en route to Jerusalem when they took a path intended for vehicles, not pedestrians, into Qalandiya checkpoint near Ramallah. The two were apparently unable to understand Israeli officers yelling in Hebrew, and stopped walking.
Witnesses said it appeared that Ibrahim attempted to grab his sister's hand and move away from the officers, when they opened fire on her. Maram fell to the ground and when Ibrahim attempted to aid her, he was shot in his tracks.
A Palestinian bus driver present at the scene, Muhammad Ahmad, told Ma’an that the Israeli officer who opened fire on Maram was standing behind a cement block some 20 meters away from her at the time. The driver said it did not appear that Maram or her brother posed any threat when the officer shot them.
Palestinian local and witness to the incident Ahmad Taha told Ma’an that Israeli officers approached the two after they had been shot and had fallen to the ground before opening fire on them again “to ensure that they were dead,” adding that the officers “could have moved the two away without opening fire.”
Taha alleged that the officers planted knives on the scene, photographs of which were distributed by Israeli police who said they had been in Maram and Ibrahim’s possession.
The witness accounts collected following the incident contradict Israeli police reports that the officer opened fire after Maram threw a knife in their direction.
Local sources said Maram was the mother of a six and four-year-old, and five months pregnant. She had reportedly obtained a permit from the Israeli authorities to enter Jerusalem for the first time when she was crossing on Wednesday.
Maram and her 16-year-old brother are among over 200 Palestinians to be killed by Israeli forces or settlers since October, the majority during small-scale attacks that have left nearly 30 Israelis dead.
Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip denounced the deaths Wednesday and called for continued resistance against the Israeli occupation.
Daoud Shihab, spokesperson of the Islamic Jihad movement, referred to their deaths as an “execution,” while Fawzi Barhum of Hamas said the move by the Israeli officer to shoot the two was “systematic terrorism” and a “hideous crime that has crossed all red lines,” adding that the “crime would not go without punishment.”
Maram and Ibrahim’s deaths come in the wake of mass criticism towards what has been termed Israel’s policy of “extrajudicial executions” towards Palestinians, which most recently came under spotlight after an Israeli soldier was caught on film shooting a prone Palestinian through the head from point blank range.
Israel's excessive use of force against Palestinians has brought allegations from local and international NGOs, senior UN officials and foreign leaders, and prominent US congressmen that Israeli forces regularly carry out unlawful killings.
Popular Palestinian support for stab attacks -- widely explained by Palestinian and international leadership as a natural response to the effects of the ongoing Israeli military occupation -- has hovered below fifty percent for the past two months, according to polls, coinciding with a relative drop in the frequency of such attacks that initially surged in October.
A reduction in stab attacks has been attributed to security coordination between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, as well as to general public sentiments that the attacks are not effective in resistance against the occupation, according to polls.
Al-Arabiya Organization for Human Rights in Britain warned of the escalated attacks of the Israeli organizations of the alleged Temple of Solomon at the Aqsa Mosque.
It urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League to exert efforts to put an end to Israeli crimes.
In a statement on Tuesday, al-Arabiya organization highlighted the Israeli aggressive practices including the escalation of settlement building, demolition of Palestinian homes, confiscating Palestinians' IDs and closing charities and relief societies.
The statement also affirmed that the Temple of Solomon organizations which are supported by the Israeli government take advantage of Jewish holidays to intensify the incursions into the Aqsa Mosque and perform Talmudic rituals at the Muslims’ sacred place.
Al-Arabiya asked the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to raise the issue of Israeli crimes in Occupied Jerusalem including construction plans to build the alleged temple at the Security Council.
All indications point out that the Israeli government is going ahead in its implementation of Judaization schemes at the Aqsa Mosque, al-Arabiya said.
It urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League to exert efforts to put an end to Israeli crimes.
In a statement on Tuesday, al-Arabiya organization highlighted the Israeli aggressive practices including the escalation of settlement building, demolition of Palestinian homes, confiscating Palestinians' IDs and closing charities and relief societies.
The statement also affirmed that the Temple of Solomon organizations which are supported by the Israeli government take advantage of Jewish holidays to intensify the incursions into the Aqsa Mosque and perform Talmudic rituals at the Muslims’ sacred place.
Al-Arabiya asked the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to raise the issue of Israeli crimes in Occupied Jerusalem including construction plans to build the alleged temple at the Security Council.
All indications point out that the Israeli government is going ahead in its implementation of Judaization schemes at the Aqsa Mosque, al-Arabiya said.
Israeli army officers expressed fears over an expected surge in the pace of Palestinian anti-occupation activism, saying the current state of stillness is “the calm before the storm.”
Speaking in an interview with the Israeli Yedioth Aharonot newspaper, six senior Israeli officers in the occupied West Bank said the shrinkage in the number of anti-occupation attacks carried out by Palestinians over recent weeks is not a sign that the popular uprising has reached its closing stages but is rather “the calm before the storm.”
The newspaper quoted the Israeli officers as expressing concern that the anti-occupation uprising would reach unabated stages as even 13-year-old Palestinians were holding knives and carrying out resistance attacks.
According to the same officers, the Jerusalem anti-occupation bus bombing is a reminder of the second Intifada, which started in September 2000.
Observers said the statement released by the Israeli army officers amount to first-time confessions on Israel’s failure to snuff out the flames of the anti-occupation Intifada waged by the Palestinians.
Speaking in an interview with the Israeli Yedioth Aharonot newspaper, six senior Israeli officers in the occupied West Bank said the shrinkage in the number of anti-occupation attacks carried out by Palestinians over recent weeks is not a sign that the popular uprising has reached its closing stages but is rather “the calm before the storm.”
The newspaper quoted the Israeli officers as expressing concern that the anti-occupation uprising would reach unabated stages as even 13-year-old Palestinians were holding knives and carrying out resistance attacks.
According to the same officers, the Jerusalem anti-occupation bus bombing is a reminder of the second Intifada, which started in September 2000.
Observers said the statement released by the Israeli army officers amount to first-time confessions on Israel’s failure to snuff out the flames of the anti-occupation Intifada waged by the Palestinians.
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, described the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) withdrawal of the complaint against Israeli illegal settlement activity filed with the UN Security Council as manipulation of the Palestinian Question and demanded the PA to stop it.
The spokesman of Hamas Movement Sami Abu Zuhri called on the PA “to halt its monopolization policy and to respect partnership and political willingness to achieve reconciliation with Palestinian factions, not the Israeli occupation.”
The PA withdrew its draft resolution to the UN Security Council against Israeli settlement claiming that it made the decision in order not to fail the French initiative to hold an international peace conference.
The spokesman of Hamas Movement Sami Abu Zuhri called on the PA “to halt its monopolization policy and to respect partnership and political willingness to achieve reconciliation with Palestinian factions, not the Israeli occupation.”
The PA withdrew its draft resolution to the UN Security Council against Israeli settlement claiming that it made the decision in order not to fail the French initiative to hold an international peace conference.
Israeli police closed Beersheba Street to Palestinians in al-Khalil city on Tuesday in order to facilitate and secure settlers’ access to an alleged Jewish historical site.
Quds Press quoted local sources as saying that the main road of Beersheba Street is very vital because it connects the city to its central market place.
Israeli policemen evacuated the street in order to pave the way for settlers to reach Tomb of Othniel.
Israeli occupation authorities have been closing the Ibrahimi Mosque to Palestinians for two days while, at the same time, allowing settlers to enter and perform Talmudic rituals inside the Muslims’ holy site to mark the Jewish Passover holiday.
Quds Press quoted local sources as saying that the main road of Beersheba Street is very vital because it connects the city to its central market place.
Israeli policemen evacuated the street in order to pave the way for settlers to reach Tomb of Othniel.
Israeli occupation authorities have been closing the Ibrahimi Mosque to Palestinians for two days while, at the same time, allowing settlers to enter and perform Talmudic rituals inside the Muslims’ holy site to mark the Jewish Passover holiday.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday sealed off the Sebastiya archaeological site in northern Nablus province.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli army patrols rolled into Sebastia, a home to several Palestinian archaeological sites, and cordoned off the area, before they forced the Palestinians out.
The move falls in line with the celebration of the Jewish Passover and the influx of Israeli extremist settlers to the area in an attempt to perform a series of rituals.
Earlier, overnight Monday, Israeli settlers pitched tents on Palestinian lands in al-Masoudiya area for a two-day camp before they left at dawn on Wednesday under a tight security shield.
Parts of the Sebastiya archaeological legacy and al-Masoudiya make part of the Israeli-controlled Area C.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli army patrols rolled into Sebastia, a home to several Palestinian archaeological sites, and cordoned off the area, before they forced the Palestinians out.
The move falls in line with the celebration of the Jewish Passover and the influx of Israeli extremist settlers to the area in an attempt to perform a series of rituals.
Earlier, overnight Monday, Israeli settlers pitched tents on Palestinian lands in al-Masoudiya area for a two-day camp before they left at dawn on Wednesday under a tight security shield.
Parts of the Sebastiya archaeological legacy and al-Masoudiya make part of the Israeli-controlled Area C.
26 apr 2016
Jews praying on the site were surrounded by Muslims chanting 'allahu akbar'; physical altercations erupted between Israel Police and Muslims and Waqf officials.
A protest erupted on Tuesday morning on the Temple Mount after several Jews visiting the site began prostrating themselves and began reciting Jewish prayers which are strictly forbidden under current agreements between Israel and the Waqf.
The prayer provoked Muslims nearby to gather around the Jewish visitors and begin chanting “Allahu akbar” and “with our blood we will redeem Al-Aqsa.” The Jewish Temple Mount activists claim that they were assaulted by Waqf officials and the Muslim worshippers.
While police said that they were not aware of any violent behavior and that the exchanges were purely verbal, video footage from the incident proved that physical altercations did indeed occur.
The protesters calmed down after the police ejected the praying Jewish people from the area. Eight Jewish visitors, whom the police claim violated the rules, were ejected from the Temple Mount area. About 250 Jewish visitors have come to the Temple Mount so far, and the police presence on the mount and in the surrounding area has been high, aimed at keeping the sensitive zone's routine intact.
The police issued a response: "During visits to the Temple Mount this morning, 527 visitors including 400 tourists entered (the complex). Eight Jewish visitors who violated visitation rules were removed from Temple Mount's grounds. After the final Jewish visitor group left Temple Mount, Muslims began shouting at the same Jews, who had been removed from the Temple Mount for violating the site's rules.
Police officers and Border Police distanced the Jews and took action to prevent disruptions and return order to the site. The police is prepared, as it has been throughout the holiday, to allow all visitors of all religions and ethnicities to practice (their) religion and rituals freely. The police will act decisively against everyone who tries to violate the status quo."
On Monday, the Jordan warned that “serious consequences” could arise from what it described as "the invasion of settler groups and Israeli occupying forces in the Al-Aqsa mosque." Jordanian Minister for Media Affairs and government spokesperson Mohammad al-Momani said that what Israel and the Jewish visitors ascending Temple Mount are doing is acting against Muslim worshippers in the mosque and is a breach of law and international trust.
Al-Momani further demanded that the Israeli authorities immediately stop the visits and prevent the entry of Jews and Israeli security forces to the compound. Moreover, he demanded that Israel allow Palestinian worshippers to enter the mosque and perform their ritual practices.
A protest erupted on Tuesday morning on the Temple Mount after several Jews visiting the site began prostrating themselves and began reciting Jewish prayers which are strictly forbidden under current agreements between Israel and the Waqf.
The prayer provoked Muslims nearby to gather around the Jewish visitors and begin chanting “Allahu akbar” and “with our blood we will redeem Al-Aqsa.” The Jewish Temple Mount activists claim that they were assaulted by Waqf officials and the Muslim worshippers.
While police said that they were not aware of any violent behavior and that the exchanges were purely verbal, video footage from the incident proved that physical altercations did indeed occur.
The protesters calmed down after the police ejected the praying Jewish people from the area. Eight Jewish visitors, whom the police claim violated the rules, were ejected from the Temple Mount area. About 250 Jewish visitors have come to the Temple Mount so far, and the police presence on the mount and in the surrounding area has been high, aimed at keeping the sensitive zone's routine intact.
The police issued a response: "During visits to the Temple Mount this morning, 527 visitors including 400 tourists entered (the complex). Eight Jewish visitors who violated visitation rules were removed from Temple Mount's grounds. After the final Jewish visitor group left Temple Mount, Muslims began shouting at the same Jews, who had been removed from the Temple Mount for violating the site's rules.
Police officers and Border Police distanced the Jews and took action to prevent disruptions and return order to the site. The police is prepared, as it has been throughout the holiday, to allow all visitors of all religions and ethnicities to practice (their) religion and rituals freely. The police will act decisively against everyone who tries to violate the status quo."
On Monday, the Jordan warned that “serious consequences” could arise from what it described as "the invasion of settler groups and Israeli occupying forces in the Al-Aqsa mosque." Jordanian Minister for Media Affairs and government spokesperson Mohammad al-Momani said that what Israel and the Jewish visitors ascending Temple Mount are doing is acting against Muslim worshippers in the mosque and is a breach of law and international trust.
Al-Momani further demanded that the Israeli authorities immediately stop the visits and prevent the entry of Jews and Israeli security forces to the compound. Moreover, he demanded that Israel allow Palestinian worshippers to enter the mosque and perform their ritual practices.
The Israeli Shabak on Monday announced the launch of a plan to restrict Palestinians’ access into 1948 Occupied Palestine.
The Israeli Maariv newspaper said the position opted for by the Shabak stands in sharp contrast to the recommendations given by the Israeli occupation army to provide Palestinians with more permits as an efficient strategy of deterrence and control.
The newspaper added that the Shabak agency believes that limiting Palestinians’ access to permits will help quelling anti-occupation activism through a policy of “the stick and the carrot.”
Over recent days, the Israeli occupation authorities rescinded entry permits for thousands of Palestinians without prior notifications and under the security pretext.
The Israeli Maariv newspaper said the position opted for by the Shabak stands in sharp contrast to the recommendations given by the Israeli occupation army to provide Palestinians with more permits as an efficient strategy of deterrence and control.
The newspaper added that the Shabak agency believes that limiting Palestinians’ access to permits will help quelling anti-occupation activism through a policy of “the stick and the carrot.”
Over recent days, the Israeli occupation authorities rescinded entry permits for thousands of Palestinians without prior notifications and under the security pretext.
The Israeli police on Monday released the Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Majdi Khatib hours after they kidnapped him from his family home at the same time as they held two other leaders in custody.
Sources close to the Islamic Movement in 1948 Palestine said the police released Sheikh Khatib under conditions, including banning him from al-Aqsa Mosque until May 2.
Investigation into his pro-Aqsa activism and his involvement in peaceful vigils at al-Aqsa has been underway. Meanwhile, the Israeli police extended the remand of Sheikh Osama al-Akabi, member of the Islamic Movement in Negev, a few days after he was released from Israeli custody.
The police also arrested the Islamic Movement activist Dahud Asla, from Arraba town, and accused him of affiliation to an outlawed organization.
A few months earlier, the Israeli government blacklisted the Islamic Movement along with 23 charity organizations as illegal groups based on the 1945 British-mandate emergency law.
Sources close to the Islamic Movement in 1948 Palestine said the police released Sheikh Khatib under conditions, including banning him from al-Aqsa Mosque until May 2.
Investigation into his pro-Aqsa activism and his involvement in peaceful vigils at al-Aqsa has been underway. Meanwhile, the Israeli police extended the remand of Sheikh Osama al-Akabi, member of the Islamic Movement in Negev, a few days after he was released from Israeli custody.
The police also arrested the Islamic Movement activist Dahud Asla, from Arraba town, and accused him of affiliation to an outlawed organization.
A few months earlier, the Israeli government blacklisted the Islamic Movement along with 23 charity organizations as illegal groups based on the 1945 British-mandate emergency law.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) forces on Monday evening handed five Israeli settlers who entered Jericho city to the Israeli occupation forces.
According to the Israeli Yedioth Aharonot newspaper, the PA forces stopped five settlers as they crept into Jericho in an attempt to perform sacrilegious rituals in a holy site.
In a preplanned scheme of security coordination with the Israeli occupation, the PA troops have often returned settlers and officers who infiltrated into Palestinian towns and villages to the IOF, in a move that sparked wide-spread condemnation among the Palestinians.
According to the Israeli Yedioth Aharonot newspaper, the PA forces stopped five settlers as they crept into Jericho in an attempt to perform sacrilegious rituals in a holy site.
In a preplanned scheme of security coordination with the Israeli occupation, the PA troops have often returned settlers and officers who infiltrated into Palestinian towns and villages to the IOF, in a move that sparked wide-spread condemnation among the Palestinians.