14 sept 2016
Hundreds of Palestinians marched, on Tuesday evening, in the funeral procession of a Palestinian was killed by Israeli soldiers in Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied Jerusalem, on September fifth.
A Red Crescent Palestinian ambulance moved the body of Mustafa Nimir, 27, from Hadassah Israeli medical center in Jerusalem, to his family home in Anata town, northeast of Jerusalem.
Hundreds of Palestinians marched from Nimir family home in Ras Khamis neighborhood, and headed to the local mosque for funeral prayers before burying him in the town’s graveyard.
The Israeli army killed Nimir on September 5th, after the soldiers and undercover units invaded Shu’fat and killed the Palestinian allegedly for trying to carry out a ramming attack against them.
The Israeli army held the body of the slain Palestinian since his death, and only allowed its release Tuesday.
The army later said the Palestinian was accidentally shot and killed by the soldiers, and that he posed no threat to the lives of the soldiers who were operating in the refugee camp.
It admitted that Mustafa Nimir was not the driver of the vehicle at all, but then tried to blame his brother-in-law for driving ‘erratically’, which they claim led them to shoot both men, killing one and injuring the other.
A Red Crescent Palestinian ambulance moved the body of Mustafa Nimir, 27, from Hadassah Israeli medical center in Jerusalem, to his family home in Anata town, northeast of Jerusalem.
Hundreds of Palestinians marched from Nimir family home in Ras Khamis neighborhood, and headed to the local mosque for funeral prayers before burying him in the town’s graveyard.
The Israeli army killed Nimir on September 5th, after the soldiers and undercover units invaded Shu’fat and killed the Palestinian allegedly for trying to carry out a ramming attack against them.
The Israeli army held the body of the slain Palestinian since his death, and only allowed its release Tuesday.
The army later said the Palestinian was accidentally shot and killed by the soldiers, and that he posed no threat to the lives of the soldiers who were operating in the refugee camp.
It admitted that Mustafa Nimir was not the driver of the vehicle at all, but then tried to blame his brother-in-law for driving ‘erratically’, which they claim led them to shoot both men, killing one and injuring the other.
11 sept 2016
Israeli security forces gather around the car of Palestinian driver who they say attempted to ram his vehicle into Israeli police and soldiers at the Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on 18 December 2015.
By Ben White
Even by the standards we have come to expect from Israel’s armed forces, the circumstances of, and aftermath, of the killing of Mustafa Nimr by Israeli border police in Shuafat refugee camp last Monday take some beating for their sheer cruelty and gall.
At the end of an overnight raid in Shuafat early Monday, Israeli forces opened fire on a vehicle in what authorities immediately described as a thwarted car-ramming attack. Passenger Mustafa Nimr was killed, while the driver, his cousin Ali, was wounded and detained.
To be clear: the statement given to the media by the Israeli police spokesperson said that the car had sped towards the border police officers, and tried to run them over. The officers only opened fire, she said, after having warned the vehicle to stop.
Mustafa’s grieving family, however, insisted that this had been no car-ramming attempt, an account backed up by eyewitnesses. Photographs showed bread and children’s clothes on the back seat of the car, covered in broken glass and blood.
'Killed by mistake'?
The next day, Israeli officials informed the family that Mustafa had been “killed by mistake”.
On Tuesday night, Israeli TV broadcast amateur video footage from the scene where shots can be heard after the car had already stopped and Ali was lying on the floor. But the story wasn’t over.
It then emerged that Israeli police were looking to charge Ali, the wounded survivor of the shooting, with causing the death of his own cousin.
The rationale for this was that by his “reckless” driving, he had caused officers to open fire. These allegations of “manslaughter” have apparently been rejected by an Israeli court.
There is precedent for this, however; in 2012, Israeli forces shot and killed a labourer at a checkpoint, only for the Palestinian van driver to be charged with “negligent conduct”.
At time of writing, justice ministry investigators were still considering whether or not “to summon the police officers involved in the incident for questioning as possible criminal suspects.”
Waiting for accountability
The track record suggests no one should hold their breath while waiting for accountability. This is not the first time, even during the last year, that Israeli authorities’ account of a fatal shooting of a Palestinian has come unstuck.
On 21 June, the Israeli military said they had “targeted terrorists” when, in fact, they had killed 15-year-old Mahmoud Badran as he drove with his friends.
On 13 July, Israeli forces shot and killed Anwar al-Salaymeh during a night operation in al-Ram, again claiming a thwarted car-ramming. The survivors said they had simply been heading to a bakery.
The question is this: what will it take for the Western media to stop taking Israeli authorities’ version of events at face value? And why is this even a problem to begin with?
Since October 2015 the English-language Western media has, on the whole, completely failed to treat Israeli authorities’ claims with the scepticism that they clearly merit Is there a bias towards trusting a police or army statement?
Does a lack of time – or inclination – prevent a military spokesperson’s account being compared, or quoted alongside, reports by Palestinian media, eyewitnesses, or friends and relatives of the deceased?
It’s not difficult to do. And yet, as I have written before, since October 2015 the English-language Western media has, on the whole, completely failed to treat Israeli authorities’ claims with the scepticism – or even basic fact-checking – that they clearly merit.
Context paragraphs often look like this recent example from The Associated Press: “Since September 2015, Palestinians have killed 34 Israelis and two visiting Americans in attacks. Some 209 Palestinians have been killed in that time, most of them identified as attackers by Israel.”
However, on this occasion, AP added the following in its reporting on the Shuafat shooting: “Palestinians have frequently accused Israelis of using excessive force against assailants and said in many cases, alleged assailants were not even attackers.”
This is a welcome addition, and one can only hope that other news agencies and outlets take note. It is, however, still lacking; there is no mention, for example, that the Palestinian death toll includes unarmed civilians shot dead during protests and confrontations with Israeli forces.
Standard formulation
It is clear why such details matter from Israel’s point of view. Pro-Israel media pressure group Camera complained about AFP’s report on the Shuafat incident, despite the fact that the article reproduced, unquestioningly, the Israeli authorities’ – now truly debunked – version of events.
What was Camera’s objection? That AFP “deviate[d] from its standard formulation regarding Palestinian fatalities” by omitting “the key point that the majority of those Palestinians killed were carrying out attacks against Israelis.”
Commenting on the fatal shooting in Shuafat, Ali Nimr’s attorney said: “This is yet another example of a case in which the police’s finger is light on the trigger. After seeing the results [of their actions], the easiest thing was to say it was a car-ramming attempt.”
Easy indeed – and not least because they know how many journalists, both Israeli and international, remain willing to take them at their word.
Ben White is the author of Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide and Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy. He is a writer for Middle East Monitor. His article was published in the Middle East Eye website.
By Ben White
Even by the standards we have come to expect from Israel’s armed forces, the circumstances of, and aftermath, of the killing of Mustafa Nimr by Israeli border police in Shuafat refugee camp last Monday take some beating for their sheer cruelty and gall.
At the end of an overnight raid in Shuafat early Monday, Israeli forces opened fire on a vehicle in what authorities immediately described as a thwarted car-ramming attack. Passenger Mustafa Nimr was killed, while the driver, his cousin Ali, was wounded and detained.
To be clear: the statement given to the media by the Israeli police spokesperson said that the car had sped towards the border police officers, and tried to run them over. The officers only opened fire, she said, after having warned the vehicle to stop.
Mustafa’s grieving family, however, insisted that this had been no car-ramming attempt, an account backed up by eyewitnesses. Photographs showed bread and children’s clothes on the back seat of the car, covered in broken glass and blood.
'Killed by mistake'?
The next day, Israeli officials informed the family that Mustafa had been “killed by mistake”.
On Tuesday night, Israeli TV broadcast amateur video footage from the scene where shots can be heard after the car had already stopped and Ali was lying on the floor. But the story wasn’t over.
It then emerged that Israeli police were looking to charge Ali, the wounded survivor of the shooting, with causing the death of his own cousin.
The rationale for this was that by his “reckless” driving, he had caused officers to open fire. These allegations of “manslaughter” have apparently been rejected by an Israeli court.
There is precedent for this, however; in 2012, Israeli forces shot and killed a labourer at a checkpoint, only for the Palestinian van driver to be charged with “negligent conduct”.
At time of writing, justice ministry investigators were still considering whether or not “to summon the police officers involved in the incident for questioning as possible criminal suspects.”
Waiting for accountability
The track record suggests no one should hold their breath while waiting for accountability. This is not the first time, even during the last year, that Israeli authorities’ account of a fatal shooting of a Palestinian has come unstuck.
On 21 June, the Israeli military said they had “targeted terrorists” when, in fact, they had killed 15-year-old Mahmoud Badran as he drove with his friends.
On 13 July, Israeli forces shot and killed Anwar al-Salaymeh during a night operation in al-Ram, again claiming a thwarted car-ramming. The survivors said they had simply been heading to a bakery.
The question is this: what will it take for the Western media to stop taking Israeli authorities’ version of events at face value? And why is this even a problem to begin with?
Since October 2015 the English-language Western media has, on the whole, completely failed to treat Israeli authorities’ claims with the scepticism that they clearly merit Is there a bias towards trusting a police or army statement?
Does a lack of time – or inclination – prevent a military spokesperson’s account being compared, or quoted alongside, reports by Palestinian media, eyewitnesses, or friends and relatives of the deceased?
It’s not difficult to do. And yet, as I have written before, since October 2015 the English-language Western media has, on the whole, completely failed to treat Israeli authorities’ claims with the scepticism – or even basic fact-checking – that they clearly merit.
Context paragraphs often look like this recent example from The Associated Press: “Since September 2015, Palestinians have killed 34 Israelis and two visiting Americans in attacks. Some 209 Palestinians have been killed in that time, most of them identified as attackers by Israel.”
However, on this occasion, AP added the following in its reporting on the Shuafat shooting: “Palestinians have frequently accused Israelis of using excessive force against assailants and said in many cases, alleged assailants were not even attackers.”
This is a welcome addition, and one can only hope that other news agencies and outlets take note. It is, however, still lacking; there is no mention, for example, that the Palestinian death toll includes unarmed civilians shot dead during protests and confrontations with Israeli forces.
Standard formulation
It is clear why such details matter from Israel’s point of view. Pro-Israel media pressure group Camera complained about AFP’s report on the Shuafat incident, despite the fact that the article reproduced, unquestioningly, the Israeli authorities’ – now truly debunked – version of events.
What was Camera’s objection? That AFP “deviate[d] from its standard formulation regarding Palestinian fatalities” by omitting “the key point that the majority of those Palestinians killed were carrying out attacks against Israelis.”
Commenting on the fatal shooting in Shuafat, Ali Nimr’s attorney said: “This is yet another example of a case in which the police’s finger is light on the trigger. After seeing the results [of their actions], the easiest thing was to say it was a car-ramming attempt.”
Easy indeed – and not least because they know how many journalists, both Israeli and international, remain willing to take them at their word.
Ben White is the author of Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide and Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy. He is a writer for Middle East Monitor. His article was published in the Middle East Eye website.
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Thousands of Palestinians marched on Sunday morning in the funeral procession of six-year-old Lama Marwan Mousa, crushed to death by an Israeli settler on Saturday evening.
The procession kicked off from the Beit Jala public hospital, reaching her family home in Bethlehem’s southern town of al-Khader. Lama’s little body was wrapped in a Palestinian flag. Mourners chanted anti-occupation slogans as they carried the coffin on their shoulders. Born in 2010, Lama succumbed to her wounds on Saturday evening after she was hit by a car driven by an Israeli settler in Bethlehem’s southern town of al-Khader. |
10 sept 2016
The national bureau for defending the land and resisting settlement has strongly denounced Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu for defending the presence of settlements in the West Bank and comparing their residents to the Palestinian Arabs in Israel.
In a report on Saturday, the national bureau also condemned the head of the Israeli municipality in Jerusalem Nir Barkat for bragging, during his recent meeting with Likud officials, about his authority's cooperation with the police and the Shin Bet to punish Palestinian families in east Jerusalem, whose relatives are accused of carrying out attacks against Israelis.
It also warned of Israel's intents to use military orders extensively to seize Palestinian abandoned property in the West Bank in order to build or expand settlements.
The national bureau appealed to the international community to swiftly intervene to pressure the Israeli government to halt its settlement expansion activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.
In a report on Saturday, the national bureau also condemned the head of the Israeli municipality in Jerusalem Nir Barkat for bragging, during his recent meeting with Likud officials, about his authority's cooperation with the police and the Shin Bet to punish Palestinian families in east Jerusalem, whose relatives are accused of carrying out attacks against Israelis.
It also warned of Israel's intents to use military orders extensively to seize Palestinian abandoned property in the West Bank in order to build or expand settlements.
The national bureau appealed to the international community to swiftly intervene to pressure the Israeli government to halt its settlement expansion activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli municipality in Jerusalem has seized a vast tract of Palestinian land in Jabel Mukaber neighborhood, east of the holy city, for the construction of a synagogue and a ritual pond for Jewish settlers from Nof Zion settlement.
According to Iroshalim newspaper, the Jerusalem district planning and building committee had already sanctioned a plan to annex the land for the building of the synagogue and pond.
According to councilwoman Laura Wharton, the seized land is for the building of a synagogue and mikveh (Jewish ritual purification bath).
The land seized is private land, though the identity of the owners is clear. "Tens of thousands of Palestinians living near Nof Zion are short of classrooms, kindergartens, public parks, community centers and basic services.
The city adds to its sins by advancing construction plans for new residents while failing to permit construction for the Palestinians," said Wharton, a member of Jerusalem's city council.
"All Israeli citizens are paying for the expropriation of land for a small number of settlers, who move into Palestinian areas which none of the world recognizes as Israeli territory," she added.
According to Iroshalim newspaper, the Jerusalem district planning and building committee had already sanctioned a plan to annex the land for the building of the synagogue and pond.
According to councilwoman Laura Wharton, the seized land is for the building of a synagogue and mikveh (Jewish ritual purification bath).
The land seized is private land, though the identity of the owners is clear. "Tens of thousands of Palestinians living near Nof Zion are short of classrooms, kindergartens, public parks, community centers and basic services.
The city adds to its sins by advancing construction plans for new residents while failing to permit construction for the Palestinians," said Wharton, a member of Jerusalem's city council.
"All Israeli citizens are paying for the expropriation of land for a small number of settlers, who move into Palestinian areas which none of the world recognizes as Israeli territory," she added.
9 sept 2016
A survey conducted Thursday by the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University showed that 65% of the Israelis support the killing of an injured Palestinian at the scene in al-Khalil, Maariv Hebrew newspaper said.
Most Israelis polled expressed support for IOF Sgt. Elor Azariya, who is currently on trial for “manslaughter” as a result of his actions.
Azariya shot a wounded Palestinian for allegedly carrying out a stabbing attack. According to the survey, half of the respondents believe that every Palestinian who “attacks” Israelis should be killed, even if neutralized.
65% of respondents back Azariya’s story which says that he fired in self-defense, while 25% do not believe him, stating the firing of his weapon was unnecessary.
Last March, the Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem released a video showing an Israeli soldier shooting and killing an injured Palestinian as he lay in the road after an alleged stabbing attempt in the West Bank city of al-Khalil.
The video shows the injured Palestinian, named as Abed al-Fatah a-Sharif, lying on the ground for nearly two minutes as medics attend to the injured soldier. Then an Israeli soldier, surrounded by dozens of others, lifts his gun and shoots the 21-year-old Sharif in the head.
“The incident happens in the plain view of many other soldiers and officers, who do not not seem to take any notice,” B’Tselem said in a statement.
In October, at the start of the ongoing Jerusalem Intifada, Amnesty International called on Israel to end its “pattern of unlawful killings”. The group accused Israeli forces of committing “extrajudicial killings” against Palestinians.
Most Israelis polled expressed support for IOF Sgt. Elor Azariya, who is currently on trial for “manslaughter” as a result of his actions.
Azariya shot a wounded Palestinian for allegedly carrying out a stabbing attack. According to the survey, half of the respondents believe that every Palestinian who “attacks” Israelis should be killed, even if neutralized.
65% of respondents back Azariya’s story which says that he fired in self-defense, while 25% do not believe him, stating the firing of his weapon was unnecessary.
Last March, the Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem released a video showing an Israeli soldier shooting and killing an injured Palestinian as he lay in the road after an alleged stabbing attempt in the West Bank city of al-Khalil.
The video shows the injured Palestinian, named as Abed al-Fatah a-Sharif, lying on the ground for nearly two minutes as medics attend to the injured soldier. Then an Israeli soldier, surrounded by dozens of others, lifts his gun and shoots the 21-year-old Sharif in the head.
“The incident happens in the plain view of many other soldiers and officers, who do not not seem to take any notice,” B’Tselem said in a statement.
In October, at the start of the ongoing Jerusalem Intifada, Amnesty International called on Israel to end its “pattern of unlawful killings”. The group accused Israeli forces of committing “extrajudicial killings” against Palestinians.
A group of Jewish settlers on Thursday entered under military protection an archaeological area north of al-Khalil city with the intention of taking it over.
Local activist Mohamed Awad told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of settlers escorted by officers from the Israeli army's civil administration and the Shin Bet stormed Khirbet Jala area, west of Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil, and combed the archaeological location with its wells and caves using maps and laptops.
Awad expressed fears of Israeli intents to build a settlement or carry out a Judaization project on the historical site, where there is an ancient Islamic shrine.
Local activist Mohamed Awad told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that dozens of settlers escorted by officers from the Israeli army's civil administration and the Shin Bet stormed Khirbet Jala area, west of Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil, and combed the archaeological location with its wells and caves using maps and laptops.
Awad expressed fears of Israeli intents to build a settlement or carry out a Judaization project on the historical site, where there is an ancient Islamic shrine.
7 sept 2016
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continued to besiege ten villages south of Nablus to the north of the West Bank for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday.
According to the PIC reporter, Israeli forces continued to close all main feeder roads linking between the southern villages in the province.
Awarta military checkpoint was also closed, restricting the people’s movement.
On Sunday, Israeli forces closed the entrances to the southern villages as part of their collective punishment policy against Palestinians after an alleged stone-throwing attack against settlers’ cars near the area.
According to the PIC reporter, Israeli forces continued to close all main feeder roads linking between the southern villages in the province.
Awarta military checkpoint was also closed, restricting the people’s movement.
On Sunday, Israeli forces closed the entrances to the southern villages as part of their collective punishment policy against Palestinians after an alleged stone-throwing attack against settlers’ cars near the area.
6 sept 2016
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, overnight and on Tuesday at dawn, three Palestinians from Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and Surif town, northwest of Hebron, and shut down a store that sells fireworks.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded homes in the city, searched them causing damage, and kidnapped Ahmad Yousef Abu Sbeih in addition to Mahmoud Rajabi.
It added that the soldiers also invaded homes in Surif town, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Ibrahim al-Hoor.
Also in Surif, the soldiers invaded a store, owned by Tareq Ehdoush, after smashing its front door, and ordered the store shut for “selling fireworks that were used in attacking the army,” according to leaflets distributed by the military.
The statement claims the fireworks “are used in terrorist attacks that are harming people and property,” and that the military considers the fireworks to be illegal “and will be acting against anybody who sells them, or uses them.”
The statement added that some of the penalties for violating the military orders are fines, prosecution, and imprisonment.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded homes in the city, searched them causing damage, and kidnapped Ahmad Yousef Abu Sbeih in addition to Mahmoud Rajabi.
It added that the soldiers also invaded homes in Surif town, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Ibrahim al-Hoor.
Also in Surif, the soldiers invaded a store, owned by Tareq Ehdoush, after smashing its front door, and ordered the store shut for “selling fireworks that were used in attacking the army,” according to leaflets distributed by the military.
The statement claims the fireworks “are used in terrorist attacks that are harming people and property,” and that the military considers the fireworks to be illegal “and will be acting against anybody who sells them, or uses them.”
The statement added that some of the penalties for violating the military orders are fines, prosecution, and imprisonment.
5 sept 2016
The Islamic Awqaf Department in Occupied Jerusalem warned on Monday of the simmering tension in Muslims’ Holy al-Aqsa Mosque due to the ongoing Israeli aggressions.
According to a statement by Jerusalem’s Awqaf Department, an Israeli officer from the Antiquity Authority, escorted by policemen, stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque in the morning and scoured the Marwani place of worship for over 10 minutes.
The statement warned of the serious repercussions of such Israeli practices at the al-Aqsa, saying they rather inflame tension in Occupied Jerusalem and destabilize the status quo.
A horde of 17 Israeli fanatics broke into the al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate at the morning hours. The break-in was followed by a similar assault carried out by six Israeli fanatics at noon time.
According to a statement by Jerusalem’s Awqaf Department, an Israeli officer from the Antiquity Authority, escorted by policemen, stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque in the morning and scoured the Marwani place of worship for over 10 minutes.
The statement warned of the serious repercussions of such Israeli practices at the al-Aqsa, saying they rather inflame tension in Occupied Jerusalem and destabilize the status quo.
A horde of 17 Israeli fanatics broke into the al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate at the morning hours. The break-in was followed by a similar assault carried out by six Israeli fanatics at noon time.
An electronic campaign was launched by Palestinian activists to defend the historic Sebastia town, in northern Nablus, against Israeli Judaization schemes.
The campaign, launched under the slogan “Sebastia the Sun of Civilization,” sheds light on the tragic situation endured by the Palestinian natives of Sebastia in light of the simmering Israeli terrorism.
Campaigner al-Azhari said the campaign makes part of an attempt to disclose the Israeli schemes and projected excavations in and around Sebastia’s historic sites.
“After Occupied Jerusalem and al-Khalil, Sebastia is the third Palestinian town threatened with Judaization, among several other towns and villages,” said al-Azhari.
“In case the Israeli schemes are not brought to a halt, Sebastia’s fate is not going to be so much different from that of Tel Rumeida neighborhood which was taken over by Israeli settlers in al-Khalil,” he warned.
Al-Azhari sounded the alarm over the sacrilegious rituals, wild parties, abrupt break-ins, and demolitions of civilian structures carried out by Israeli settler gangs and occupation army across Sebastia so as to force Palestinians out and fence off the archeological sites, which cover more than half of Sebastia’s overall area.
The activist added that efforts have been underway to thwart Israeli attempts to distort Sebastia’s Islamic and Christian identity by boosting local tourism and appealing to international institutions to put the village on the UNESCO's world heritage sites list.
The campaign, launched under the slogan “Sebastia the Sun of Civilization,” sheds light on the tragic situation endured by the Palestinian natives of Sebastia in light of the simmering Israeli terrorism.
Campaigner al-Azhari said the campaign makes part of an attempt to disclose the Israeli schemes and projected excavations in and around Sebastia’s historic sites.
“After Occupied Jerusalem and al-Khalil, Sebastia is the third Palestinian town threatened with Judaization, among several other towns and villages,” said al-Azhari.
“In case the Israeli schemes are not brought to a halt, Sebastia’s fate is not going to be so much different from that of Tel Rumeida neighborhood which was taken over by Israeli settlers in al-Khalil,” he warned.
Al-Azhari sounded the alarm over the sacrilegious rituals, wild parties, abrupt break-ins, and demolitions of civilian structures carried out by Israeli settler gangs and occupation army across Sebastia so as to force Palestinians out and fence off the archeological sites, which cover more than half of Sebastia’s overall area.
The activist added that efforts have been underway to thwart Israeli attempts to distort Sebastia’s Islamic and Christian identity by boosting local tourism and appealing to international institutions to put the village on the UNESCO's world heritage sites list.
The Israeli occupation police in Lod city on Sunday evening handed Lawyer Khaled Zabarqa a renewed military order banning him from Occupied Jerusalem.
The renewed ban order was issued by the Israeli war ministry under the security pretext. It is founded on the Emergency Mandatory Regulations of 1945.
The ban is the third of its kind issued against lawyer Zabarqa in one year’s time. Lawyer Zabarqa said he was shocked by the ban which he received at 10 p.m., adding that the occupation authorities paid no heed to the appeals filed over recent weeks to cancel the ban.
“This is an arbitrary and oppressive rule issued by a colonizing power that has no legitimate sovereignty over Occupied Jerusalem,” he said.
According to Zabarqa, the order aims at wiping out Muslims’ presence in Occupied Jerusalem and the Holy al-Aqsa Mosque, particularly with the advent of Jewish holidays.
He called on all concerned parties, namely the Jordanian authorities, to speak up against such Israeli schemes. “It is high time we seriously and jointly thought of a declaration of civil disobedience so as to retrieve our rights and holy sites,” lawyer Zabarqa further stated.
The renewed ban order was issued by the Israeli war ministry under the security pretext. It is founded on the Emergency Mandatory Regulations of 1945.
The ban is the third of its kind issued against lawyer Zabarqa in one year’s time. Lawyer Zabarqa said he was shocked by the ban which he received at 10 p.m., adding that the occupation authorities paid no heed to the appeals filed over recent weeks to cancel the ban.
“This is an arbitrary and oppressive rule issued by a colonizing power that has no legitimate sovereignty over Occupied Jerusalem,” he said.
According to Zabarqa, the order aims at wiping out Muslims’ presence in Occupied Jerusalem and the Holy al-Aqsa Mosque, particularly with the advent of Jewish holidays.
He called on all concerned parties, namely the Jordanian authorities, to speak up against such Israeli schemes. “It is high time we seriously and jointly thought of a declaration of civil disobedience so as to retrieve our rights and holy sites,” lawyer Zabarqa further stated.