8 nov 2014
A number of Palestinian activists managed to breach a small section of the Israeli Annexation Wall, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem.
The activists said they demolished this section of the Wall to send a message that Jerusalem is an occupied Arab, Palestinian city, and to send a message to Israel that its army and offensives, and its wall, will never keep the Palestinians out of their city.
They added that this activity comes to mark the 25th Anniversary of the fall of Berlin’s Wall, and that “as the Berlin Wall fell, the Annexation will in Palestinian will fall, along with the occupation and its figures.”
The activists said the Palestinians in every part of Palestine are preparing for the era of the “Jerusalem Intifada,” and that this Intifada would be the final stage before liberation and independence.
They also said more activities will be held in the coming days, marking the death of late President Yasser Arafat, and the Declaration of Independence of November 14, 1988."
The activists said they demolished this section of the Wall to send a message that Jerusalem is an occupied Arab, Palestinian city, and to send a message to Israel that its army and offensives, and its wall, will never keep the Palestinians out of their city.
They added that this activity comes to mark the 25th Anniversary of the fall of Berlin’s Wall, and that “as the Berlin Wall fell, the Annexation will in Palestinian will fall, along with the occupation and its figures.”
The activists said the Palestinians in every part of Palestine are preparing for the era of the “Jerusalem Intifada,” and that this Intifada would be the final stage before liberation and independence.
They also said more activities will be held in the coming days, marking the death of late President Yasser Arafat, and the Declaration of Independence of November 14, 1988."
Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least 65 residents have been shot by Israeli rubber-coated metal bullets, while more than 207 suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes with the soldiers in different parts of occupied East Jerusalem.
The Red Crescent in the city said its medics provided treated to the wounded Palestinians, and moved many of them to local hospitals and clinics.
It added that 37 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli rubber-coated metal bullets, and around 150 suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation in Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
The clashes started following Friday noon prayers and lasted until late night hours, local sources said.
In addition, 28 Palestinians were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, and around 50 suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading various neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, including Wad al-Joz, at-Tour, al-Eesawiyya, and the Old City. One of the wounded suffered fractures in his leg.
The wounded residents received treatment by field medics, and some in a number of homes, as the ambulances could not transfer them to local hospitals and clinics due to extensive deployment of the Israeli army and police, especially since the soldiers blocked and sealed various roads and neighborhoods.
Clashes also took place in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, after the soldiers invaded the Mahmoud neighborhood, and fired gas bombs into its alleys and at a number of homes.
Mohammad Abu al-Hummus of the al-‘Eesawiyya Follow-up Committee, said dozens of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, seven of them were moved to a local hospital.
One of the wounded is a month-old infant, identified as Hala Mahmoud Khalil.
Abu al-Hummus said the soldiers continued their blockade of the town, after installing concrete blocks on its main entrances, in addition to keeping it completely surrounded.
On Friday evening, clashes took place in Jabal al-Mokabber village after a number of Israeli settlers hurled stones at a number of Palestinian homes and cars, before the army fired gas bombs at the residents and their homes.
The soldiers also used trucks to spray several homes, schools, and clinics with waste-water mixed with chemicals, especially in Wad al-Joz and al-‘Eesawiyya.
The Parents Committee of At-Tour Students decided to suspend schools, Saturday, to allow proper cleanup before students can go back to their classes, after the soldiers sprayed the schools with waste-water mixed with chemicals,
On Friday at night, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian near his home in the al-Wad Street, adjacent to the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Clashes also erupted in Ras al-'Amoud and the ath-Thoury neighborhoods, and Sur Baher.
The Red Crescent in the city said its medics provided treated to the wounded Palestinians, and moved many of them to local hospitals and clinics.
It added that 37 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli rubber-coated metal bullets, and around 150 suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation in Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
The clashes started following Friday noon prayers and lasted until late night hours, local sources said.
In addition, 28 Palestinians were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, and around 50 suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading various neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, including Wad al-Joz, at-Tour, al-Eesawiyya, and the Old City. One of the wounded suffered fractures in his leg.
The wounded residents received treatment by field medics, and some in a number of homes, as the ambulances could not transfer them to local hospitals and clinics due to extensive deployment of the Israeli army and police, especially since the soldiers blocked and sealed various roads and neighborhoods.
Clashes also took place in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, after the soldiers invaded the Mahmoud neighborhood, and fired gas bombs into its alleys and at a number of homes.
Mohammad Abu al-Hummus of the al-‘Eesawiyya Follow-up Committee, said dozens of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, seven of them were moved to a local hospital.
One of the wounded is a month-old infant, identified as Hala Mahmoud Khalil.
Abu al-Hummus said the soldiers continued their blockade of the town, after installing concrete blocks on its main entrances, in addition to keeping it completely surrounded.
On Friday evening, clashes took place in Jabal al-Mokabber village after a number of Israeli settlers hurled stones at a number of Palestinian homes and cars, before the army fired gas bombs at the residents and their homes.
The soldiers also used trucks to spray several homes, schools, and clinics with waste-water mixed with chemicals, especially in Wad al-Joz and al-‘Eesawiyya.
The Parents Committee of At-Tour Students decided to suspend schools, Saturday, to allow proper cleanup before students can go back to their classes, after the soldiers sprayed the schools with waste-water mixed with chemicals,
On Friday at night, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian near his home in the al-Wad Street, adjacent to the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Clashes also erupted in Ras al-'Amoud and the ath-Thoury neighborhoods, and Sur Baher.
6 nov 2014
At least 15 Palestinians kidnapped across West Bank
Seven Palestinians were injured, Thursday, after being targeted with rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas grenades by Israeli forces, as citizens and Birzeit University scholars headed to Ofer military camp, to protest in solidarity with Jerusalem and the rising number of dead throughout Palestine.
A number of Jewish settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque compound following clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers inside the complex.
PNN reports that hundreds of participants headed towards the Ofer checkpoint West Ramallah, where clashes sparked with Israeli soldiers. Seven injuries have been reported so far.
More photos at the PNN.
Israeli forces abducted, on Thursday, at least 26 Palestinian citizens in different raids across the West Bank, including relatives of Wednesday's hit and run suspect, north of Hebron.
See imemc.org/article/69626 for details.
According to Al Ray correspondence, tension has been running high in occupied East Jerusalem since Israeli authorities closed al-Aqsa Mosque compound following the attack on American-born extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick.
Authorities reopened the mosque the following day, after many violent clashes with Palestinian protesters, but continued their policy of barring male Muslim worshippers under 50 years old from entering the holy site.
PA President Mahmoud Abbas, for his part, warned that the closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque was tantamount to a "declaration of war" against the Palestinian people and their sacred places.
Turkish/English news outlet "World Bulletin" compares the current uprising to events in September of 2000, when a visit to the site by controversial Israeli politician Ariel Sharon sparked what later became known as the Second Intifada, a popular uprising against the Israeli occupation in which thousands of Palestinians were killed.
Seven Palestinians were injured, Thursday, after being targeted with rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas grenades by Israeli forces, as citizens and Birzeit University scholars headed to Ofer military camp, to protest in solidarity with Jerusalem and the rising number of dead throughout Palestine.
A number of Jewish settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque compound following clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers inside the complex.
PNN reports that hundreds of participants headed towards the Ofer checkpoint West Ramallah, where clashes sparked with Israeli soldiers. Seven injuries have been reported so far.
More photos at the PNN.
Israeli forces abducted, on Thursday, at least 26 Palestinian citizens in different raids across the West Bank, including relatives of Wednesday's hit and run suspect, north of Hebron.
See imemc.org/article/69626 for details.
According to Al Ray correspondence, tension has been running high in occupied East Jerusalem since Israeli authorities closed al-Aqsa Mosque compound following the attack on American-born extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick.
Authorities reopened the mosque the following day, after many violent clashes with Palestinian protesters, but continued their policy of barring male Muslim worshippers under 50 years old from entering the holy site.
PA President Mahmoud Abbas, for his part, warned that the closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque was tantamount to a "declaration of war" against the Palestinian people and their sacred places.
Turkish/English news outlet "World Bulletin" compares the current uprising to events in September of 2000, when a visit to the site by controversial Israeli politician Ariel Sharon sparked what later became known as the Second Intifada, a popular uprising against the Israeli occupation in which thousands of Palestinians were killed.
2 nov 2014
Israeli security backdropped by the Dome of the Rock mosque during Friday noon prayers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amud on Oct. 31, 2014
Gaza crossings closed indefinitely
Politically far-right member of the Israeli Knesset Moshe Feglin entered al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, on Sunday, while entry was restricted for Palestinians, according to witnesses. Border crossings in Gaza have been closed indefinitely.
AFP reports that, in renewed clashes with Israeli police on Saturday night, around East Jerusalem, police said 17 Palestinian protesters were detained, raising to 111 the number of arrests during protests since October 22.
An AFP photographer said that MK Feiglin visited the compound in the Old City district on Sunday, in spite of calls for restraint from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mr. Feiglin is a leading advocate for increased Jewish access to the compound, which is home to the mosque, though such access, so far, has been obtained primarily by aggressive surprise visits to the mosque, backed by armed escort.
Men and women under 40 have been banned from entering the mosque since, dawn prayer at around 4:30 a.m., witnesses told Ma'an News Agency. Additionally, several employees of the Ministry of Endowment who work inside the compound, as well as students there, were also reportedly denied entry by Israeli police officers.
Police, however, told AFP that no restrictions were in place.
Palestinian MK Ahmad Tibi says that Israeli PM Netanyahu’s request to try and calm the tension in the Old City is unacceptable.
He accused the Netanyahu government of being behind the ongoing escalation in the holy city.
While speaking to Ma’an, Tibi added that “the statement Netanyahu’s office released is unacceptable as I don’t agree to be viewed as an instigator if I go to the al-Aqsa Mosque.
“It is natural that I show (myself) in al-Aqsa, while the presence of extremist Jews there is provocative and instigative.”
Tibi described Netanyahu as “a thief who tries to help find stolen things which he himself stole.”
“The problem lies in the ruling party and the Likud lawmakers and their supporters. They are the ones who stir up the situation by storming al-Aqsa Mosque. They are the main cause of what is going on in addition to Netanyahu’s decision to shut down the al-Aqsa Mosque to Muslims.”
Al-Aqsa and adjacent neighborhoods have seen several months of violence, now, with the mosque compound serving as a rallying point right-wing Jewish attempts to take control of it and, in response, Palestinian resistance against these attempts.
Israel, on Thursday ordered a rare closure of the compound, after police clashed with local youth following the fatal shooting of Muataz Hijazi, a Palestinian suspected of trying to murder American-born extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick.
The area reopened the following day, with hundreds of additional police deployed by Israel, who continued with their ongoing policy of prohibiting entry for Muslim men under 50.
See: 11/01/14 Palestinian Uprising in Wake of Hijazi Assassination and Aqsa Closure, 28 Injured in Jerusalem
In the Gaza Strip, Israeli authorities closed Karm Abo Salem checkpoint and Beit Hanoun /Erez crossing borders, on Saturday evening.
Director of the crossing Munir Ghalban said on Saturday evening that "the Israeli occupation inform us of his sudden decision to close the crossings without giving any reasons, and did not specify the duration of the closure".
According to Al Ray, the official of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Moussa Abu Marzouq, said on Sunday morning that the Israeli entity violates the ceasefire understandings by closing the crossings.
He described it as "boyish behavior and irresponsible, and their justification is rejected." Marzouq pointed out that the closure is a collective punishment imposed on Gaza strip, which violates all international laws and conventions".
Israeli Channel 2 said that the decision to close the crossings came in response to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
Blockaded by Israel –- by air, land and sea –- since 2007, the Gaza Strip is associated with seven border crossings linking the region to the outside world.
Six of these crossings are controlled by Israel, while the seventh, Rafah, is controlled by Egypt authorities who keep it tightly sealed for the most part.
Israel sealed four of its commercial crossings with Gaza, in June of 2007, after Hamas wrested control of the strip, following elections.
Al Ray further reports that, currently, Israeli authorities allow the Kerem Shalom crossing – which links Gaza to both Israel and Egypt – to operate for commercial purposes. The Gaza-to-Israel "Erez" crossing, however, is generally devoted to the movement of individuals between Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
A truce deal recently brokered by Egypt, between Israeli and Palestinian groups in Gaza, calls for reopening the strip's border crossings, which, if implemented, would effectively end the seven-year blockade of the territory.
Gaza crossings closed indefinitely
Politically far-right member of the Israeli Knesset Moshe Feglin entered al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, on Sunday, while entry was restricted for Palestinians, according to witnesses. Border crossings in Gaza have been closed indefinitely.
AFP reports that, in renewed clashes with Israeli police on Saturday night, around East Jerusalem, police said 17 Palestinian protesters were detained, raising to 111 the number of arrests during protests since October 22.
An AFP photographer said that MK Feiglin visited the compound in the Old City district on Sunday, in spite of calls for restraint from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mr. Feiglin is a leading advocate for increased Jewish access to the compound, which is home to the mosque, though such access, so far, has been obtained primarily by aggressive surprise visits to the mosque, backed by armed escort.
Men and women under 40 have been banned from entering the mosque since, dawn prayer at around 4:30 a.m., witnesses told Ma'an News Agency. Additionally, several employees of the Ministry of Endowment who work inside the compound, as well as students there, were also reportedly denied entry by Israeli police officers.
Police, however, told AFP that no restrictions were in place.
Palestinian MK Ahmad Tibi says that Israeli PM Netanyahu’s request to try and calm the tension in the Old City is unacceptable.
He accused the Netanyahu government of being behind the ongoing escalation in the holy city.
While speaking to Ma’an, Tibi added that “the statement Netanyahu’s office released is unacceptable as I don’t agree to be viewed as an instigator if I go to the al-Aqsa Mosque.
“It is natural that I show (myself) in al-Aqsa, while the presence of extremist Jews there is provocative and instigative.”
Tibi described Netanyahu as “a thief who tries to help find stolen things which he himself stole.”
“The problem lies in the ruling party and the Likud lawmakers and their supporters. They are the ones who stir up the situation by storming al-Aqsa Mosque. They are the main cause of what is going on in addition to Netanyahu’s decision to shut down the al-Aqsa Mosque to Muslims.”
Al-Aqsa and adjacent neighborhoods have seen several months of violence, now, with the mosque compound serving as a rallying point right-wing Jewish attempts to take control of it and, in response, Palestinian resistance against these attempts.
Israel, on Thursday ordered a rare closure of the compound, after police clashed with local youth following the fatal shooting of Muataz Hijazi, a Palestinian suspected of trying to murder American-born extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick.
The area reopened the following day, with hundreds of additional police deployed by Israel, who continued with their ongoing policy of prohibiting entry for Muslim men under 50.
See: 11/01/14 Palestinian Uprising in Wake of Hijazi Assassination and Aqsa Closure, 28 Injured in Jerusalem
In the Gaza Strip, Israeli authorities closed Karm Abo Salem checkpoint and Beit Hanoun /Erez crossing borders, on Saturday evening.
Director of the crossing Munir Ghalban said on Saturday evening that "the Israeli occupation inform us of his sudden decision to close the crossings without giving any reasons, and did not specify the duration of the closure".
According to Al Ray, the official of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Moussa Abu Marzouq, said on Sunday morning that the Israeli entity violates the ceasefire understandings by closing the crossings.
He described it as "boyish behavior and irresponsible, and their justification is rejected." Marzouq pointed out that the closure is a collective punishment imposed on Gaza strip, which violates all international laws and conventions".
Israeli Channel 2 said that the decision to close the crossings came in response to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
Blockaded by Israel –- by air, land and sea –- since 2007, the Gaza Strip is associated with seven border crossings linking the region to the outside world.
Six of these crossings are controlled by Israel, while the seventh, Rafah, is controlled by Egypt authorities who keep it tightly sealed for the most part.
Israel sealed four of its commercial crossings with Gaza, in June of 2007, after Hamas wrested control of the strip, following elections.
Al Ray further reports that, currently, Israeli authorities allow the Kerem Shalom crossing – which links Gaza to both Israel and Egypt – to operate for commercial purposes. The Gaza-to-Israel "Erez" crossing, however, is generally devoted to the movement of individuals between Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
A truce deal recently brokered by Egypt, between Israeli and Palestinian groups in Gaza, calls for reopening the strip's border crossings, which, if implemented, would effectively end the seven-year blockade of the territory.
1 nov 2014
At least 28 injured across Jerusalem overnight
For the first time since 1967, Israel closed down al-Aqsa Mosque compound, following the assassination of a number of Palestinians. PNN reports that, as a result, there has been a civil uprising all across the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
Israeli forces blocked worshippers from entering the mosque to pray, as hundreds gathered at the gates of the mosque, finally offering their prayers in the streets.
Violent clashes have been taking place in Wadi Al-Joz and the Thawri neighbourhood, as well as the Qalandiya and Shu'fat areas in occupied East Jerusalem, were young men threw stones and burning bottles.
Israeli forces have been responding with teargas grenades, rubber-coated metal bullets and sound grenades.
In Wadi Al-Joz, a ten-year-old boy was injured in the head by a metal bullet, but his injury was reported to be slight.
Forces in Silwan attempted to detain two Palestinian children, a two-year-old and a nine-year old, on suspicion of throwing rocks.
Members of the Jaber family told Ma'an correspondence that once Israeli soldiers had found out the nine-year-old boy's name (Izz al-Din al-Qassam and also the name of a famous Palestinian national hero and used by Hamas as the name for its military brigades) they began questioning him.
Israeli soldiers apparently attempted to detain the nine-year-old boy based on the fact that he had "colored rocks" in his pockets, presumably to throw at soldiers but, when searched, the child was in fact found to be carrying nothing but candy.
According to a 2013 report by the UN's Children's Fund, Israel is the only country in the world where children are systematically tried in military courts and subjected to "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment."
Over the past ten years, Israeli forces have arrested, interrogated, and prosecuted some 7,000 children between 12 and 17, mostly boys, and at a rate of "an average of two children each day," according to UNICEF.
The most violent of Friday's clashes reportedly took place at Qalandiya checkpoint, where Palestinian youth burned a military tower, while Israeli forces again responded with intensive teargas and metal bullets.
In the Gaza Strip, a huge demonstration was launched following Friday prayers, in solidarity with Jerusalem.
Read more, with additional photos, at the Palestinian News Network.
At least 28 Palestinians were injured during clashes with Israeli forces which continued into the late hours of the night, on Friday, across Jerusalem.
Activist Jihad Oweida told Ma'an that one mourner, Attiya Shabbaneh, was injured by shrapnel from stun grenades in his face, and was subsequently taken to al-Maqasid Hospital for treatment.
Many suffered from excessive tear-gas inhalation while one received a fracture in his foot. A Palestinian youth identified as Rami Salah was detained by Israeli forces.
An official from Red Crescent said that 28 Palestinians suffered from light injuries, while three were taken to hospitals after they were hit at close range with rubber-coated steel bullets in the head, legs, and stomach.
Meanwhile, in al-Issawiya neighborhood, dozens also suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation, while unidentified Palestinian was reportedly detained.
AFP reports that a rocket was also said to have been fired from Gaza, hitting an open area in southern Israel on Friday, according to the Israeli army. No casualties or damages were reported. It is the first rocket from Gaza to be reported since September 16.
Al-Aqsa reopened on Friday, with hundreds of additional police deployed in the area, preventing entry for Muslim men under 50.
For the first time since 1967, Israel closed down al-Aqsa Mosque compound, following the assassination of a number of Palestinians. PNN reports that, as a result, there has been a civil uprising all across the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
Israeli forces blocked worshippers from entering the mosque to pray, as hundreds gathered at the gates of the mosque, finally offering their prayers in the streets.
Violent clashes have been taking place in Wadi Al-Joz and the Thawri neighbourhood, as well as the Qalandiya and Shu'fat areas in occupied East Jerusalem, were young men threw stones and burning bottles.
Israeli forces have been responding with teargas grenades, rubber-coated metal bullets and sound grenades.
In Wadi Al-Joz, a ten-year-old boy was injured in the head by a metal bullet, but his injury was reported to be slight.
Forces in Silwan attempted to detain two Palestinian children, a two-year-old and a nine-year old, on suspicion of throwing rocks.
Members of the Jaber family told Ma'an correspondence that once Israeli soldiers had found out the nine-year-old boy's name (Izz al-Din al-Qassam and also the name of a famous Palestinian national hero and used by Hamas as the name for its military brigades) they began questioning him.
Israeli soldiers apparently attempted to detain the nine-year-old boy based on the fact that he had "colored rocks" in his pockets, presumably to throw at soldiers but, when searched, the child was in fact found to be carrying nothing but candy.
According to a 2013 report by the UN's Children's Fund, Israel is the only country in the world where children are systematically tried in military courts and subjected to "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment."
Over the past ten years, Israeli forces have arrested, interrogated, and prosecuted some 7,000 children between 12 and 17, mostly boys, and at a rate of "an average of two children each day," according to UNICEF.
The most violent of Friday's clashes reportedly took place at Qalandiya checkpoint, where Palestinian youth burned a military tower, while Israeli forces again responded with intensive teargas and metal bullets.
In the Gaza Strip, a huge demonstration was launched following Friday prayers, in solidarity with Jerusalem.
Read more, with additional photos, at the Palestinian News Network.
At least 28 Palestinians were injured during clashes with Israeli forces which continued into the late hours of the night, on Friday, across Jerusalem.
Activist Jihad Oweida told Ma'an that one mourner, Attiya Shabbaneh, was injured by shrapnel from stun grenades in his face, and was subsequently taken to al-Maqasid Hospital for treatment.
Many suffered from excessive tear-gas inhalation while one received a fracture in his foot. A Palestinian youth identified as Rami Salah was detained by Israeli forces.
An official from Red Crescent said that 28 Palestinians suffered from light injuries, while three were taken to hospitals after they were hit at close range with rubber-coated steel bullets in the head, legs, and stomach.
Meanwhile, in al-Issawiya neighborhood, dozens also suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation, while unidentified Palestinian was reportedly detained.
AFP reports that a rocket was also said to have been fired from Gaza, hitting an open area in southern Israel on Friday, according to the Israeli army. No casualties or damages were reported. It is the first rocket from Gaza to be reported since September 16.
Al-Aqsa reopened on Friday, with hundreds of additional police deployed in the area, preventing entry for Muslim men under 50.
27 oct 2014
Palestinian medical sources in occupied East Jerusalem have reported that scores of residents have been injured during clashes that took place in different parts of occupied Jerusalem following noon prayers, after the soldiers and police prevented thousands from entering the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Soldiers kidnapped three children, including a physically challenged boy.
Eyewitnesses said protests took place in different parts of East Jerusalem, and in several nearby towns, after the soldiers prevented thousands from entering the al-Aqsa and its yards for Friday prayers.
Hundreds also took to the streets protesting the death of Abdul-Rahman Shalloudi, who was killed Wednesday, after the police claimed he deliberately rammed his speeding car into Israelis waiting for the light rail, while many reports indicated he might have lost control of his vehicle due to high speed wounding seven, and killing a 3-month-old baby.
The clashes took place in many Palestinian communities in Jerusalem, including Wad al-Joz, Silwan and the al-‘Eesawiyya towns.
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 said undercover Israeli police officers, and soldiers have kidnaped three Palestinian children, including a disabled child, and took them to a police station in the city.
The three have been identified as Mohammad Rashed al-‘Ajlouni, 14, his relative Mohammad, and Mohammad Abu ‘Asab.
The Police fired several gas bombs and dozens of rubber-coated metal bullets in Wad al-Joz, wounding three Palestinians, including the cameraperson of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, Ahmad Siyam.
Dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation; the soldiers also sprayed protesters and homes with waste-water.
Clashes also took place in Ras al-‘Amoud after the soldiers fired bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets targeting worshipers who had to pray in the street after being prevented from entering the al-Aqsa Mosque.
More clashes also took place in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Late on Thursday evening, soldiers invaded a residential building in Wad al-Jouz, and attacked many Palestinians before firing gas bombs and rubber-coated bullets into the homes.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the building during clashes that took place in Wad al-Jouz, and attacked several men, women and children.
A 12-year-old child, identified as ‘Awni Es’eeda, was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the abdomen, while resident Nasser Es’eeda, 47, suffered fractures in his arm after the soldiers beat him with their rifles and batons.
The soldiers also assaulted ‘Adnan Es’eeda who suffers from a heart condition and kidnaped two Palestinians identified as Hazem Es’eeda and Ahmad Salayma.
Earlier on Friday, the army imposed various restrictions on the entry to the al-Aqsa Mosque, preventing all Muslim men below the age of forty from entering the mosque or its yards, while hundreds of soldiers and undercover forces were deployed all over the city and its nearby villages and towns.
Thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayers in the streets of Wad al-Jouz, Ras al-‘Amoud, Al-Misrara and Salah Ed-Deen Street, while the police and soldiers took pictures of the worshipers, especially the young men.
Israeli daily Haaretz said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the police to deploy reinforcements from several cities into Jerusalem to take “a more aggressive approach” in different Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem.
Soldiers kidnapped three children, including a physically challenged boy.
Eyewitnesses said protests took place in different parts of East Jerusalem, and in several nearby towns, after the soldiers prevented thousands from entering the al-Aqsa and its yards for Friday prayers.
Hundreds also took to the streets protesting the death of Abdul-Rahman Shalloudi, who was killed Wednesday, after the police claimed he deliberately rammed his speeding car into Israelis waiting for the light rail, while many reports indicated he might have lost control of his vehicle due to high speed wounding seven, and killing a 3-month-old baby.
The clashes took place in many Palestinian communities in Jerusalem, including Wad al-Joz, Silwan and the al-‘Eesawiyya towns.
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 said undercover Israeli police officers, and soldiers have kidnaped three Palestinian children, including a disabled child, and took them to a police station in the city.
The three have been identified as Mohammad Rashed al-‘Ajlouni, 14, his relative Mohammad, and Mohammad Abu ‘Asab.
The Police fired several gas bombs and dozens of rubber-coated metal bullets in Wad al-Joz, wounding three Palestinians, including the cameraperson of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, Ahmad Siyam.
Dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation; the soldiers also sprayed protesters and homes with waste-water.
Clashes also took place in Ras al-‘Amoud after the soldiers fired bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets targeting worshipers who had to pray in the street after being prevented from entering the al-Aqsa Mosque.
More clashes also took place in the al-‘Eesawiyya town, while many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Late on Thursday evening, soldiers invaded a residential building in Wad al-Jouz, and attacked many Palestinians before firing gas bombs and rubber-coated bullets into the homes.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the building during clashes that took place in Wad al-Jouz, and attacked several men, women and children.
A 12-year-old child, identified as ‘Awni Es’eeda, was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the abdomen, while resident Nasser Es’eeda, 47, suffered fractures in his arm after the soldiers beat him with their rifles and batons.
The soldiers also assaulted ‘Adnan Es’eeda who suffers from a heart condition and kidnaped two Palestinians identified as Hazem Es’eeda and Ahmad Salayma.
Earlier on Friday, the army imposed various restrictions on the entry to the al-Aqsa Mosque, preventing all Muslim men below the age of forty from entering the mosque or its yards, while hundreds of soldiers and undercover forces were deployed all over the city and its nearby villages and towns.
Thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayers in the streets of Wad al-Jouz, Ras al-‘Amoud, Al-Misrara and Salah Ed-Deen Street, while the police and soldiers took pictures of the worshipers, especially the young men.
Israeli daily Haaretz said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the police to deploy reinforcements from several cities into Jerusalem to take “a more aggressive approach” in different Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem.
26 oct 2014
Violent clashes broke out Saturday evening between Palestinian young men and Israeli policemen in different areas of occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses reported that angry protests and clashes took place in the areas of Attur, Silwan, Sawwanna and Shuafat.
During the events, Palestinian young men hurled stones at Israeli passenger trains in Shuafat area and a bulldozer belonging to the Israeli municipal council in Silwan district, east of Jerusalem.
Dozens of masked young men blocked the Attur road with burning tires and threw stones and Molotov cocktails at Israeli policemen.
The Israeli police, in turn, said they were able to subdue the angry protests in Jerusalem yesterday.
Different neighborhoods of east Jerusalem have been seeing recently sporadic confrontations between Palestinian young men protesting Israeli violations and Israeli police forces, but the tension has escalated after the murder of a Palestinian near a rail station in the city a few days ago.
During the events, Palestinian young men hurled stones at Israeli passenger trains in Shuafat area and a bulldozer belonging to the Israeli municipal council in Silwan district, east of Jerusalem.
Dozens of masked young men blocked the Attur road with burning tires and threw stones and Molotov cocktails at Israeli policemen.
The Israeli police, in turn, said they were able to subdue the angry protests in Jerusalem yesterday.
Different neighborhoods of east Jerusalem have been seeing recently sporadic confrontations between Palestinian young men protesting Israeli violations and Israeli police forces, but the tension has escalated after the murder of a Palestinian near a rail station in the city a few days ago.
MP Jamal Al-Khudari, head of the popular committee against the siege, called on the Palestinians from all spectra to join forces with each other to confront Israel's violations in the occupied city of Jerusalem. In a press release on Saturday, Khudari said that Israel's persistence in violating the sanctity of the Aqsa Mosque and targeting the Palestinian natives of Jerusalem are grave violations that need to be ended.
The lawmaker accused Israel of using systematic mass punishment and aggression against the Palestinian natives in Jerusalem, and working on Judaizing their city, expelling them from it and seizing their property as part of a scheme to obliterate the Palestinian presence in the holy city.
He added that Israel also works day and night to eliminate any possibility for the Palestinians to have Jerusalem as a capital for their state through forcibly imposing further faits accomplis on the ground and expanding its control over the city.
Khudari stressed that the occupied territories can never enjoy security and stability without recognizing the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, withdrawing from their lands, especially Jerusalem, removing all settlements and establishing their independent state.
The lawmaker accused Israel of using systematic mass punishment and aggression against the Palestinian natives in Jerusalem, and working on Judaizing their city, expelling them from it and seizing their property as part of a scheme to obliterate the Palestinian presence in the holy city.
He added that Israel also works day and night to eliminate any possibility for the Palestinians to have Jerusalem as a capital for their state through forcibly imposing further faits accomplis on the ground and expanding its control over the city.
Khudari stressed that the occupied territories can never enjoy security and stability without recognizing the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, withdrawing from their lands, especially Jerusalem, removing all settlements and establishing their independent state.
Israeli fanatics and soldiers storm yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and in Jerusalem’s Old City, and kidnapped seventeen Palestinians before taking them to a number of military camps and detention centers.
Several armored Israeli vehicles invaded the town of ‘Atteel, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and kidnapped one Palestinian.
A Palestinian schoolteacher, identified as Amjad Mustafa Najm, was kidnapped at a military roadblock, installed by the soldiers at the main junction of his town, Qabalan, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
In al-Yamoun town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, soldiers handed the family of former detainee Maher Khamaysa, 27, a military warrant ordering him to head to the Salem military base for interrogation. Khamaysa previously spent seven years in Israeli detention facilities.
The soldiers also installed a roadblock at the entrance of Kufr Qoud village, west of Jenin, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated the passengers while inspecting their ID cards.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, dozens of soldiers invaded Deir Abu Mashal town, and kidnaped one Palestinian, in addition to kidnapping two Palestinians in the al-Mogheer town.
The army alleges the three are members of Hamas.
Another Palestinian was kidnapped in Za’tara town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, the soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, two in Sa’ir, and two more in Beit ‘Awwa town.
Spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, Mohammad Awad, said the soldiers kidnapped Basel Ali Abu Hashem, 18, (a former political prisoner who spent 14 months in Israeli prisons), Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Mariyya, 19(a former political prisoner who was imprisoned for a year), Ahmad Yousef Sabarna, 23, and his brother Ibrahim, 21.
Awad added that dozens of soldiers invaded homes south of Beit Ummar, especially in areas close to the Karmie Tzur illegal settlement, and that the soldiers smashed the main doors of the invaded homes, and searched the properties causing excessive damage.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem, 48, and handed his 14-year-old child, Qusai, a military order for interrogation at the Etzion base.
In Beit ‘Awwa town, the soldiers searched several homes and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mohannad Mahmoud Abu al-Ghalasy, 24, and Bassem Mohammad al-Masalma, 35.
The soldiers handed two Palestinians, identified as Bassem Isamel Shallash, 34, and Mohannad Mahmoud al-Masalma, 27, military orders for interrogation at the Etzion base.
In Sa’ir town, soldiers invaded several homes and ransacked them before kidnapping Mohammad Yassin Shalalda, 45, and his son ‘Amro, 24 years of age.
In Doura town, south of Hebron, soldiers handed a number of former political prisoners military orders to head to the Etzion base for interrogation.
Four of the residents have been identified as Hussein Mohammad ‘Amro, Abdullah Rajoub, Hamad Bassam az-Zeer, and Abdullah al-‘Amayra.
In addition, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian woman from the Old City of occupied Jerusalem as she was trying to enter the al-Aqsa Mosque from Bab Hatta area. The woman, Samiha Jouda, was moved to an interrogation center in the city.
Also in the Old City, soldiers kidnapped a young man, identified as Dia’ Daoud Hammouda, after breaking into his home and ransacking its property, in ‘Aqbat as-Saraya neighborhood.
A number of soldiers attacked Palestinian Muslim worshipers in the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped an elderly man, identified as Abu Bakr ash-Sheemy, after assaulting him.
Local sources said groups of Israeli fanatics, and soldiers, conducted provocative tours in the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, while dozens of soldiers prevented local Palestinians from entering the area.
The army conducts daily invasions, arrests and attacks against the Palestinians, their homes and property, and against their lands, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and in Jerusalem’s Old City, and kidnapped seventeen Palestinians before taking them to a number of military camps and detention centers.
Several armored Israeli vehicles invaded the town of ‘Atteel, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and kidnapped one Palestinian.
A Palestinian schoolteacher, identified as Amjad Mustafa Najm, was kidnapped at a military roadblock, installed by the soldiers at the main junction of his town, Qabalan, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
In al-Yamoun town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, soldiers handed the family of former detainee Maher Khamaysa, 27, a military warrant ordering him to head to the Salem military base for interrogation. Khamaysa previously spent seven years in Israeli detention facilities.
The soldiers also installed a roadblock at the entrance of Kufr Qoud village, west of Jenin, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated the passengers while inspecting their ID cards.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, dozens of soldiers invaded Deir Abu Mashal town, and kidnaped one Palestinian, in addition to kidnapping two Palestinians in the al-Mogheer town.
The army alleges the three are members of Hamas.
Another Palestinian was kidnapped in Za’tara town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, the soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, two in Sa’ir, and two more in Beit ‘Awwa town.
Spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, Mohammad Awad, said the soldiers kidnapped Basel Ali Abu Hashem, 18, (a former political prisoner who spent 14 months in Israeli prisons), Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Mariyya, 19(a former political prisoner who was imprisoned for a year), Ahmad Yousef Sabarna, 23, and his brother Ibrahim, 21.
Awad added that dozens of soldiers invaded homes south of Beit Ummar, especially in areas close to the Karmie Tzur illegal settlement, and that the soldiers smashed the main doors of the invaded homes, and searched the properties causing excessive damage.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem, 48, and handed his 14-year-old child, Qusai, a military order for interrogation at the Etzion base.
In Beit ‘Awwa town, the soldiers searched several homes and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mohannad Mahmoud Abu al-Ghalasy, 24, and Bassem Mohammad al-Masalma, 35.
The soldiers handed two Palestinians, identified as Bassem Isamel Shallash, 34, and Mohannad Mahmoud al-Masalma, 27, military orders for interrogation at the Etzion base.
In Sa’ir town, soldiers invaded several homes and ransacked them before kidnapping Mohammad Yassin Shalalda, 45, and his son ‘Amro, 24 years of age.
In Doura town, south of Hebron, soldiers handed a number of former political prisoners military orders to head to the Etzion base for interrogation.
Four of the residents have been identified as Hussein Mohammad ‘Amro, Abdullah Rajoub, Hamad Bassam az-Zeer, and Abdullah al-‘Amayra.
In addition, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian woman from the Old City of occupied Jerusalem as she was trying to enter the al-Aqsa Mosque from Bab Hatta area. The woman, Samiha Jouda, was moved to an interrogation center in the city.
Also in the Old City, soldiers kidnapped a young man, identified as Dia’ Daoud Hammouda, after breaking into his home and ransacking its property, in ‘Aqbat as-Saraya neighborhood.
A number of soldiers attacked Palestinian Muslim worshipers in the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped an elderly man, identified as Abu Bakr ash-Sheemy, after assaulting him.
Local sources said groups of Israeli fanatics, and soldiers, conducted provocative tours in the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, while dozens of soldiers prevented local Palestinians from entering the area.
The army conducts daily invasions, arrests and attacks against the Palestinians, their homes and property, and against their lands, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem.