24 mar 2016
Israeli Knesset passed on Wednesday a bill to deport families of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and accused of carrying out attacks against Israelis.
The bill was initiated by Israeli Minister of Transport and Exploration Israel Katz and submitted to the Knesset by Deputy David Bitanem.
It was supported by representatives from Likud, the Jewish Home and other parties, including Yish Atid. Israel’s legal adviser has previously rejected the bill, saying: “The deportation of families of attackers to Gaza or Syria might touch Israel’s position and lead to its global isolation.”
Katz also proposed another bill calling for the relocation of the families in the West Bank and putting more restrictions on their movement. Speaking to the Israeli TV Channel 7, Katz said: “The bill got large support from the [ruling] coalition and from the opposition.
We will put the bill for final approval next week. Terrorism will decrease as fast as we can approve this bill.” He added: “This bill is not an alternative to the army, Shabak, police and security activities. It is a complementary measure to control the minors.”
The bill was initiated by Israeli Minister of Transport and Exploration Israel Katz and submitted to the Knesset by Deputy David Bitanem.
It was supported by representatives from Likud, the Jewish Home and other parties, including Yish Atid. Israel’s legal adviser has previously rejected the bill, saying: “The deportation of families of attackers to Gaza or Syria might touch Israel’s position and lead to its global isolation.”
Katz also proposed another bill calling for the relocation of the families in the West Bank and putting more restrictions on their movement. Speaking to the Israeli TV Channel 7, Katz said: “The bill got large support from the [ruling] coalition and from the opposition.
We will put the bill for final approval next week. Terrorism will decrease as fast as we can approve this bill.” He added: “This bill is not an alternative to the army, Shabak, police and security activities. It is a complementary measure to control the minors.”
The Ayyad family in occupied Jerusalem managed on Tuesday to enter its “Cliff Hotel”, in Abu Dis town, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, for the first time in 13 years. The Israeli military had occupied the building since 2003, after taking possession of it under the so-called "Absentee Property Law."
Bassam Bahar, head of the Land Defense Committee in occupied Jerusalem, said the Ayyad family, the rightful owners of the hotel, managed to enter the building on Wednesday, following a lengthy legal battle with the Israeli authorities, after the building and nearby area, were illegally annexed by Israel.
Bahar said that the Ayyad family owns the entire property, but had to battle Israel for thirteen years over the Israeli decision to annex it.
He stated that family members Ali and Khaled Ayyad, along with a delegation of the Norwegian embassy, managed to enter the building and saw the excessive damage caused by the Israeli army and police.
"We finally managed to enter the building after Israel confiscated it, citing security considerations, in 2003, in order to take it over," Ali said, "We immediately filed an appeal against the decision, and remained persistent for 13 years, fighting Israel’s illegal decision that considered us ‘absent’."
Bahar said that the family’s Israeli lawyer Yotam Hillel is currently working on getting the court to order the complete surrender of the property to the family. Some of the family members live abroad and are considered ‘absent’ under the absentee property law (which applies to non-Jewish owners of property in Israel and Jerusalem).
The owners are challenging the Israeli law, saying that they have a right to remain owners of their property regardless of their place of residence. Most of the family is still resident on the land they own, next to the hotel that was confiscated. But two family members live abroad.
"In 1996, the Israeli army occupied the hotel building, then it withdrew; shortly after that, in 2003, the family started the legal procedures to regain control of their building, yet, the Israel army continued to use it as a military post and monitoring tower," he added, "We went to court, presented our case, and in early September 2013, the Israeli general prosecutor decided that the building does not qualify as absentee property."
After the army and police occupied the building, they installed surveillance cameras, installed barbed-wire, and prevented all Palestinians from entering it, in addition to confiscating its surrounding lands for the same reasons, and for the construction of the Annexation Wall section in the area.
An important part of the legal battle is the army's insistence on keeping its advanced surveillance system and cameras on the roof of the building, which also means to continue using the rooftop of the hotel, while security officials said last year that there is no need to continue using the entire building as a military base, but they still want to keep the surveillance system.
Bahar said that the army wants the hotel and its surrounding area to build a new colonial neighborhood for Jewish settlers.
Although the Israeli army left the hotel building in May of 2015, the owners were unable to return to the building, not even to conduct renovations before officially reopening it.
The Cliff Hotel was officially opened by the Ayyad family in 1961, six years before Israel occupied East Jerusalem, and before Israel established a municipal border line between the Ayyad family home and their hotel.
The Israeli daily Haaretz said the family managed to keep the hotel open until the year 2002, when Israel decided to annex the building and its lands for what it called “security considerations.”
After the illegal takeover, Israel then claimed ownership of the building and its land under the “Absentee Property Law,” although the family members who own the property were never absent, and never abandoned their property, including their home, that is just 200 yards away.
Bassam Bahar, head of the Land Defense Committee in occupied Jerusalem, said the Ayyad family, the rightful owners of the hotel, managed to enter the building on Wednesday, following a lengthy legal battle with the Israeli authorities, after the building and nearby area, were illegally annexed by Israel.
Bahar said that the Ayyad family owns the entire property, but had to battle Israel for thirteen years over the Israeli decision to annex it.
He stated that family members Ali and Khaled Ayyad, along with a delegation of the Norwegian embassy, managed to enter the building and saw the excessive damage caused by the Israeli army and police.
"We finally managed to enter the building after Israel confiscated it, citing security considerations, in 2003, in order to take it over," Ali said, "We immediately filed an appeal against the decision, and remained persistent for 13 years, fighting Israel’s illegal decision that considered us ‘absent’."
Bahar said that the family’s Israeli lawyer Yotam Hillel is currently working on getting the court to order the complete surrender of the property to the family. Some of the family members live abroad and are considered ‘absent’ under the absentee property law (which applies to non-Jewish owners of property in Israel and Jerusalem).
The owners are challenging the Israeli law, saying that they have a right to remain owners of their property regardless of their place of residence. Most of the family is still resident on the land they own, next to the hotel that was confiscated. But two family members live abroad.
"In 1996, the Israeli army occupied the hotel building, then it withdrew; shortly after that, in 2003, the family started the legal procedures to regain control of their building, yet, the Israel army continued to use it as a military post and monitoring tower," he added, "We went to court, presented our case, and in early September 2013, the Israeli general prosecutor decided that the building does not qualify as absentee property."
After the army and police occupied the building, they installed surveillance cameras, installed barbed-wire, and prevented all Palestinians from entering it, in addition to confiscating its surrounding lands for the same reasons, and for the construction of the Annexation Wall section in the area.
An important part of the legal battle is the army's insistence on keeping its advanced surveillance system and cameras on the roof of the building, which also means to continue using the rooftop of the hotel, while security officials said last year that there is no need to continue using the entire building as a military base, but they still want to keep the surveillance system.
Bahar said that the army wants the hotel and its surrounding area to build a new colonial neighborhood for Jewish settlers.
Although the Israeli army left the hotel building in May of 2015, the owners were unable to return to the building, not even to conduct renovations before officially reopening it.
The Cliff Hotel was officially opened by the Ayyad family in 1961, six years before Israel occupied East Jerusalem, and before Israel established a municipal border line between the Ayyad family home and their hotel.
The Israeli daily Haaretz said the family managed to keep the hotel open until the year 2002, when Israel decided to annex the building and its lands for what it called “security considerations.”
After the illegal takeover, Israel then claimed ownership of the building and its land under the “Absentee Property Law,” although the family members who own the property were never absent, and never abandoned their property, including their home, that is just 200 yards away.
22 mar 2016
The Israeli government has adjourned the discussion of the execution law against Palestinian activists to the end of March, Haaretz newspaper reported.
It was decided to discuss the legitimization of the execution law by the Israeli ministerial committee on Sunday.
The law was called for by Israel Beiteinu party and stipulates for facilitating death penalty against Palestinians who are convicted of carrying out attacks against Israeli targets.
The newspaper expected the proposed law to be endorsed by the committee in preparation for putting it into vote at the Knesset for final ratification.
The Israeli government has not decided yet whether the coalition members in the committee will be allowed to support the law or not, the newspaper pointed out. For his part, Israel Beiteinu right-wing party led by Avigdor Lieberman slammed the decision, saying that the government adjourned the discussion because of its fears of international condemnation.
Lieberman had repeatedly demanded executing Palestinian prisoners for carrying out attacks against Israeli targets. He renewed his demand of killing Palestinians who conduct anti-occupation attacks as an attempt to halt the Jerusalem Intifada after the failure of all of the Israeli repressive procedures in this regard.
It was decided to discuss the legitimization of the execution law by the Israeli ministerial committee on Sunday.
The law was called for by Israel Beiteinu party and stipulates for facilitating death penalty against Palestinians who are convicted of carrying out attacks against Israeli targets.
The newspaper expected the proposed law to be endorsed by the committee in preparation for putting it into vote at the Knesset for final ratification.
The Israeli government has not decided yet whether the coalition members in the committee will be allowed to support the law or not, the newspaper pointed out. For his part, Israel Beiteinu right-wing party led by Avigdor Lieberman slammed the decision, saying that the government adjourned the discussion because of its fears of international condemnation.
Lieberman had repeatedly demanded executing Palestinian prisoners for carrying out attacks against Israeli targets. He renewed his demand of killing Palestinians who conduct anti-occupation attacks as an attempt to halt the Jerusalem Intifada after the failure of all of the Israeli repressive procedures in this regard.
21 mar 2016
Robert Piper, United Nations Coordinator for Humanitarian Assistance in the occupied Palestinian territories, on Sunday denounced the arson attack on the home of the key witness in a notorious triple-murder crime in Duma.
“I strongly condemn today’s arson attack by suspected Jewish extremists on the home of Palestinian Ibrahim Dawabsheh in the occupied West Bank village of Duma,” he said.
In his statement, Piper maintained that Dawabsheh was the sole witness to the lethal July 2015 arson attack, which killed 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh and his parents, Saad and Riham.
“This violent act could easily have resulted in a more tragic outcome, as did the heinous terrorist attack last July on the home of Mr. Dawabsheh’s relatives in the same village,” he said, urging the Israeli occupation authority to launch an immediate probe into the crime and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Israeli suspects on Sunday overnight burned down the home of Ibrahim Dawabsheh, the key-witness to the notorious Duma arson attack. Ibrahim is a key witness to the Duma arson attack that took place on 31 July 2015, and killed 18-month-old baby Ali Dawabsheh and his parents Saad and Reham.
The only survivor of the arson attack is five-year-old Ahmad Dawabsheh, who is still being treated for the burns sustained all over his body.
“I strongly condemn today’s arson attack by suspected Jewish extremists on the home of Palestinian Ibrahim Dawabsheh in the occupied West Bank village of Duma,” he said.
In his statement, Piper maintained that Dawabsheh was the sole witness to the lethal July 2015 arson attack, which killed 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh and his parents, Saad and Riham.
“This violent act could easily have resulted in a more tragic outcome, as did the heinous terrorist attack last July on the home of Mr. Dawabsheh’s relatives in the same village,” he said, urging the Israeli occupation authority to launch an immediate probe into the crime and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Israeli suspects on Sunday overnight burned down the home of Ibrahim Dawabsheh, the key-witness to the notorious Duma arson attack. Ibrahim is a key witness to the Duma arson attack that took place on 31 July 2015, and killed 18-month-old baby Ali Dawabsheh and his parents Saad and Reham.
The only survivor of the arson attack is five-year-old Ahmad Dawabsheh, who is still being treated for the burns sustained all over his body.
20 mar 2016
The Israeli police on Sunday issued a gag order against reporting news on the latest arson attack on a Palestinian house belonging to Ibrahim al-Dawabsheh in Duma village, south of Nablus city.
An Israeli court approved a request filed by the police asking to ban the Israeli media from reporting details about the arson attack that happened at dawn Sunday in Duma village until 20 April.
Today's torched house is located near the site of a previous arson attack that killed last year three Palestinians. Immediate suspicion fell on Jewish extremists.
Ibrahim Dawabsheh is a relative of last year's victims and a key witness to the attack that killed them and is currently testifying before an Israeli court in the trial of two Jewish extremists.
In July last year, Jewish settlers infiltrated overnight into Duma village and hurled firebombs into a home, killing 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh. His mother, Riham, and father, Saad, died later of their wounds.
Ali's four-year-old brother Ahmad suffered serious injuries but survived. In a related incident, violent clashes broke out today morning between local young men and Israeli soldiers in Duma village.
Several residents and students suffered suffocation when the soldiers showered homes and a school with tear gas grenades.
Local sources reported that the Israeli police detained Dawabsheh, the owner of the house which sustained fire damage today, as well as his father and a number of his relatives and neighbors, and interrogated them about the incident.
An Israeli court approved a request filed by the police asking to ban the Israeli media from reporting details about the arson attack that happened at dawn Sunday in Duma village until 20 April.
Today's torched house is located near the site of a previous arson attack that killed last year three Palestinians. Immediate suspicion fell on Jewish extremists.
Ibrahim Dawabsheh is a relative of last year's victims and a key witness to the attack that killed them and is currently testifying before an Israeli court in the trial of two Jewish extremists.
In July last year, Jewish settlers infiltrated overnight into Duma village and hurled firebombs into a home, killing 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh. His mother, Riham, and father, Saad, died later of their wounds.
Ali's four-year-old brother Ahmad suffered serious injuries but survived. In a related incident, violent clashes broke out today morning between local young men and Israeli soldiers in Duma village.
Several residents and students suffered suffocation when the soldiers showered homes and a school with tear gas grenades.
Local sources reported that the Israeli police detained Dawabsheh, the owner of the house which sustained fire damage today, as well as his father and a number of his relatives and neighbors, and interrogated them about the incident.
The Knesset's ministerial committee for legislation on Sunday intends to rediscuss a bill calling for imposing the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of carrying out deadly attacks against Israelis, according to Reshet Bet radio.
Identical legislation was voted down by the Knesset last year. The bill, which was introduced by the Yisrael Beiteinu party and supported by other right-wing parties, seeks to increase Israeli military courts' ability to impose the death penalty on Palestinians.
Judges of military court are authorized to impose capital punishment on Palestinians under current Israeli law, but the death penalty has only been ordered in a few cases and has been commuted in each.
The proposed bill is intended to authorize courts to impose the death penalty even if the decision is not supported unanimously by a panel of judges, and to bar moves to commute a death sentence.
However, the Israeli occupation forces carry out summary executions on a daily basis against Palestinians accused of attacking settlers or soldiers with knives or cars.
Identical legislation was voted down by the Knesset last year. The bill, which was introduced by the Yisrael Beiteinu party and supported by other right-wing parties, seeks to increase Israeli military courts' ability to impose the death penalty on Palestinians.
Judges of military court are authorized to impose capital punishment on Palestinians under current Israeli law, but the death penalty has only been ordered in a few cases and has been commuted in each.
The proposed bill is intended to authorize courts to impose the death penalty even if the decision is not supported unanimously by a panel of judges, and to bar moves to commute a death sentence.
However, the Israeli occupation forces carry out summary executions on a daily basis against Palestinians accused of attacking settlers or soldiers with knives or cars.
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Unidentified assailants on Saturday night set fire to a house in the village of Duma in the occupied West Bank, targeting the only witness of an arson attack that killed a Palestinian family last year.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that unidentified attackers threw Molotov cocktails at the house of Ibrahim Dawabsha at 2 a.m. and broke a window while he and his family were sleeping. Daghlas added that Ibrahim Dawabsha was the only witness of the deadly arson attack carried out by extremist Israeli settlers on the home of Saad and Riham Dawabsha in the northern West Bank village on July 30 last year. Ahmad Dawabsha, now 5 years old, was the only survivor of the attack, |
which killed both his parents, Saad and Riham, as well as his 18-month-old brother, Ali.
Security sources said Ibrahim Dawabsha’s home was only ten meters away from the house which was burned down last year.
The sources added that Ibrahim Dawabsha and his wife were transferred to the Rafidiya hospital in Nablus for medical treatment after they suffered from smoke inhalation.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said that Israeli troops and police arrived the scene and started investigating the attack, adding that "the motives behind the attack are not clear yet."
However, Daghlas said there are enough indications that the assailants were Israeli settlers. "The way they attacked, the type of fire bombs and the timing of the attack all indicate that it was Israeli settlers," he said
Locals in Duma told Ma’an clashes broke out on Sunday morning between hundreds of school children and Israeli forces in the village. At least 15 girls suffered from tear gas inhalation fired by Israeli troops, whereas an Israeli soldier was injured by a stone to the face and evacuated in an ambulance.
The attack that left young Ahmad's entire family dead in 2015 brought international outcry against Israel's failure to hold Israeli settlers and Jewish extremists accountable for attacks on Palestinians, in effect being complicit in such attacks.
Several Israelis were arrested in late 2015 over the deadly arson attack on Ahmad’s family. In January, two Israelis, one of them a minor, were charged with three counts of murder and being an accessory to murder.
Israeli leadership at the time condemned the Dawabsha attack as "terrorism," and pledged to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Israeli rights group B'Tselem slammed the reaction by Israeli officials as "empty rhetoric."
"Official condemnations of this attack are empty rhetoric as long as politicians continue their policy of avoiding enforcement of the law on Israelis who harm Palestinians, and do not deal with the public climate and the incitement which serve as backdrop to these acts," the group said at the time.
Israeli terrorists burn home of only witness to Duma arson attack
Israeli suspects on Sunday overnight burned down the home Ibrahim Dawabsheh, the key-witness to the notorious Duma arson attack.
A PIC correspondent said unidentified Israeli suspects threw two fast-flammable burning bottles into Ibrahim’s home after breaking the windows while Ibrahim and his wife were asleep, in an attempt to burn them alive.
Ibrahim and his wife were rushed to the Rafidia hospital for treatment, after they choked on the gases emanating from the burning bottles. Ibrahim is a key witness to the Duma arson attack that took place on 31 July 2015, and killed 18-month-old baby Ali Dawabsheh and his parents Saad and Reham.
The only survivor of the arson attack is five-year-old Ahmad Dawabsheh, who is still being treated for the burns sustained all over his body. Journalist Hayat Dawabsheh quoted Ibrahim’s wife as stating that just a few days earlier the Israeli occupation intelligence notified them of an imminent danger. She added that the family has detected strange voices and movements around the family home over the past three days.
Ghassan Daghlas, responsible for the settlement files in the northern occupied West Bank, said the arson attack on Ibrahim’s home was carried out in the same way in which the Dawabsheh family members were burned alive. A PIC expert in Israeli affairs said the arson attack aims at spreading terror and forcing Ibrahim to rescind his testimonies in the Dawabsheh crime.
The attack comes at the same time as a hearing was held for the main Israeli suspect in the Dawabsheh arson attack, Amiram Ben-Uliel.
Injuries as IOF attacks Palestinians in Duma
Dozens of Palestinians sustained injuries in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Duma town on Sunday morning shortly after Israeli terrorists burned down the home of the only witness in the Dawabsheh arson attack.
A PIC journalist quoted eyewitnesses as saying that over 50 Palestinians were rushed to hospital after they were hit with bullet fire and teargas canisters randomly discharged by the IOF all the way through the assault.
A school adjacent to the burned home was evacuated after the occupation troops showered the area with teargas grenades, resulting in several suffocation cases among Palestinian schoolchildren.
The clashes burst out moments after heavily-armed occupation patrols rolled into Duma, in southern Nablus province, allegedly to investigate the arson attack on the home of Ibrahim Dawabsheh, the only witness in the Israeli arson crime on the Dawabsheh family home which burned 18-month-old Ali to death and his parents.
The IOF further dragged the injured house owner, Ibrahim, and his father to the Zaatara military checkpoint pending alleged investigation into the crime.
Security sources said Ibrahim Dawabsha’s home was only ten meters away from the house which was burned down last year.
The sources added that Ibrahim Dawabsha and his wife were transferred to the Rafidiya hospital in Nablus for medical treatment after they suffered from smoke inhalation.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said that Israeli troops and police arrived the scene and started investigating the attack, adding that "the motives behind the attack are not clear yet."
However, Daghlas said there are enough indications that the assailants were Israeli settlers. "The way they attacked, the type of fire bombs and the timing of the attack all indicate that it was Israeli settlers," he said
Locals in Duma told Ma’an clashes broke out on Sunday morning between hundreds of school children and Israeli forces in the village. At least 15 girls suffered from tear gas inhalation fired by Israeli troops, whereas an Israeli soldier was injured by a stone to the face and evacuated in an ambulance.
The attack that left young Ahmad's entire family dead in 2015 brought international outcry against Israel's failure to hold Israeli settlers and Jewish extremists accountable for attacks on Palestinians, in effect being complicit in such attacks.
Several Israelis were arrested in late 2015 over the deadly arson attack on Ahmad’s family. In January, two Israelis, one of them a minor, were charged with three counts of murder and being an accessory to murder.
Israeli leadership at the time condemned the Dawabsha attack as "terrorism," and pledged to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Israeli rights group B'Tselem slammed the reaction by Israeli officials as "empty rhetoric."
"Official condemnations of this attack are empty rhetoric as long as politicians continue their policy of avoiding enforcement of the law on Israelis who harm Palestinians, and do not deal with the public climate and the incitement which serve as backdrop to these acts," the group said at the time.
Israeli terrorists burn home of only witness to Duma arson attack
Israeli suspects on Sunday overnight burned down the home Ibrahim Dawabsheh, the key-witness to the notorious Duma arson attack.
A PIC correspondent said unidentified Israeli suspects threw two fast-flammable burning bottles into Ibrahim’s home after breaking the windows while Ibrahim and his wife were asleep, in an attempt to burn them alive.
Ibrahim and his wife were rushed to the Rafidia hospital for treatment, after they choked on the gases emanating from the burning bottles. Ibrahim is a key witness to the Duma arson attack that took place on 31 July 2015, and killed 18-month-old baby Ali Dawabsheh and his parents Saad and Reham.
The only survivor of the arson attack is five-year-old Ahmad Dawabsheh, who is still being treated for the burns sustained all over his body. Journalist Hayat Dawabsheh quoted Ibrahim’s wife as stating that just a few days earlier the Israeli occupation intelligence notified them of an imminent danger. She added that the family has detected strange voices and movements around the family home over the past three days.
Ghassan Daghlas, responsible for the settlement files in the northern occupied West Bank, said the arson attack on Ibrahim’s home was carried out in the same way in which the Dawabsheh family members were burned alive. A PIC expert in Israeli affairs said the arson attack aims at spreading terror and forcing Ibrahim to rescind his testimonies in the Dawabsheh crime.
The attack comes at the same time as a hearing was held for the main Israeli suspect in the Dawabsheh arson attack, Amiram Ben-Uliel.
Injuries as IOF attacks Palestinians in Duma
Dozens of Palestinians sustained injuries in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Duma town on Sunday morning shortly after Israeli terrorists burned down the home of the only witness in the Dawabsheh arson attack.
A PIC journalist quoted eyewitnesses as saying that over 50 Palestinians were rushed to hospital after they were hit with bullet fire and teargas canisters randomly discharged by the IOF all the way through the assault.
A school adjacent to the burned home was evacuated after the occupation troops showered the area with teargas grenades, resulting in several suffocation cases among Palestinian schoolchildren.
The clashes burst out moments after heavily-armed occupation patrols rolled into Duma, in southern Nablus province, allegedly to investigate the arson attack on the home of Ibrahim Dawabsheh, the only witness in the Israeli arson crime on the Dawabsheh family home which burned 18-month-old Ali to death and his parents.
The IOF further dragged the injured house owner, Ibrahim, and his father to the Zaatara military checkpoint pending alleged investigation into the crime.
18 mar 2016
Moshe Orbach smiles in court on February 18, 2016
Moshe Orbach sentenced to two years for publishing instructions for attacks and calling for creation of extremist cells to fight the government.
An Israeli judge has jailed for two years the Jewish extremist author of an instruction manual for acts of violence against Palestinians, in a case linked to a deadly firebombing, judicial authorities said.
Prosecutors said the digital document entitled "Kingdom of Evil" contained among other things instructions for arson attacks on houses, a transcript released by the Israel Courts Administration said.
"It is in its entirety incitement to criminal activity and clear directions for the commission of violence against the property and persons of the Arab community," said the judgment, seen by AFP on Friday.
Moshe Orbach, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, was arrested in July and charged with sedition, possession of material inciting violence and of racist material. He was convicted on all counts in February.
The prosecution linked the "Kingdom of Evil" document with the July arson attack on a house in the West Bank village of Duma that killed 18-month-old Palestinian Ali Saad Dawabsheh and his parents.
Two Israelis have been charged with the firebombing.
"The murder in Duma, carried out days after charges were filed, was carried out in a way similar to that described in the document," the court transcript quoted the prosecution as saying, without accusing Orbach of direct involvement.
The Duma killings prompted a police crackdown on other Jewish extremists, some of whom are suspected of a string of nationalist hate crimes targeting Palestinians, Christians and even Israeli soldiers.
The prosecution says Orbach's manifesto, reportedly found on a USB drive in his car, called for the establishment of hermetically-sealed extremist groups which would be hard for Israeli security services to infiltrate.
"It is a document for conspiracy which calls for setting up small terror cells insulated from one another," the court document said. "It is an open call for revolt against the government, acts of murder and violence."
Moshe Orbach sentenced to two years for publishing instructions for attacks and calling for creation of extremist cells to fight the government.
An Israeli judge has jailed for two years the Jewish extremist author of an instruction manual for acts of violence against Palestinians, in a case linked to a deadly firebombing, judicial authorities said.
Prosecutors said the digital document entitled "Kingdom of Evil" contained among other things instructions for arson attacks on houses, a transcript released by the Israel Courts Administration said.
"It is in its entirety incitement to criminal activity and clear directions for the commission of violence against the property and persons of the Arab community," said the judgment, seen by AFP on Friday.
Moshe Orbach, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, was arrested in July and charged with sedition, possession of material inciting violence and of racist material. He was convicted on all counts in February.
The prosecution linked the "Kingdom of Evil" document with the July arson attack on a house in the West Bank village of Duma that killed 18-month-old Palestinian Ali Saad Dawabsheh and his parents.
Two Israelis have been charged with the firebombing.
"The murder in Duma, carried out days after charges were filed, was carried out in a way similar to that described in the document," the court transcript quoted the prosecution as saying, without accusing Orbach of direct involvement.
The Duma killings prompted a police crackdown on other Jewish extremists, some of whom are suspected of a string of nationalist hate crimes targeting Palestinians, Christians and even Israeli soldiers.
The prosecution says Orbach's manifesto, reportedly found on a USB drive in his car, called for the establishment of hermetically-sealed extremist groups which would be hard for Israeli security services to infiltrate.
"It is a document for conspiracy which calls for setting up small terror cells insulated from one another," the court document said. "It is an open call for revolt against the government, acts of murder and violence."
14 mar 2016
rabbi Yitzhak Joseph
A chief Jewish rabbi said that all knife-wielding attackers should be killed, condemning a call by the head of the Israeli army to not use excessive firepower in preventing a wave of Palestinian attacks.
He called on the Jews not to be afraid of the courts, the chief of staff or security officials if they say something else, stressing that it is a religious duty to kill Palestinians carrying knives.
He made his remarks at the Yazadim synagogue in Occupied Jerusalem on Saturday. He was responding to chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot who urged last month soldiers to remain calm during attacks and not to use unnecessary force.
"When there is a 13-year-old girl holding scissors or a knife and there is some distance between her and the soldiers, I do not want to see a soldier open fire and empty his magazine at a girl like that," Eisenkot said. "Rather he should use the force necessary to fulfill the objective."
A chief Jewish rabbi said that all knife-wielding attackers should be killed, condemning a call by the head of the Israeli army to not use excessive firepower in preventing a wave of Palestinian attacks.
He called on the Jews not to be afraid of the courts, the chief of staff or security officials if they say something else, stressing that it is a religious duty to kill Palestinians carrying knives.
He made his remarks at the Yazadim synagogue in Occupied Jerusalem on Saturday. He was responding to chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot who urged last month soldiers to remain calm during attacks and not to use unnecessary force.
"When there is a 13-year-old girl holding scissors or a knife and there is some distance between her and the soldiers, I do not want to see a soldier open fire and empty his magazine at a girl like that," Eisenkot said. "Rather he should use the force necessary to fulfill the objective."
9 mar 2016
Palestinian detained for attack on Avraham Hasno, who was run over after getting out of car to avoid stones.
A Palestinian from Dhahiriya was arrested on Wednesday for fatally running over Abraham Asher Hasno at the Fuer junction near Hebron in October.
The suspect was detained until recently at the Dhahiriya police station. After the Palestinian was released a few days ago, he was arrested in a joint operation that involved the Shin Bet, the IDF and the Duvdevan unit, following a period of intensive surveillance. The arrestee was taken for questioning by the security forces.
Hasno was run over after he got out of his vehicle to avoid stones being thrown at him. The driver fled Dhahiriya, and later turned himself in to Palestinian security forces, claiming that it was an accident. Initially the event was not defined as an attack, but two weeks later the Defense Ministry recognized Hasno as a victim of hostile actions.
Avraham's widow, Ruth Hasno, welcomed the arrest: "Thank the Almighty, who who has granted us life, sustained us and enabled us to reach this occasion, " she said after being informed about the arrest. "I feel justice was done. It will not weaken the pain over Avraham, at least a small circle was closed. "
Hasno wanted to thank the security forces, "who worked to turn in this heinous terrorist. That's what Avraham would have wanted. The loss is enormous, but now there is at least a small consolation. "
Five months after the attack, Hasno’s daughter, Tzadika Ben David, gave birth to a son. "I finished delivering within 40 minutes, I felt Dad was with me," she said after the birth of her third child. Tzadika, 25, lives with her husband and two children in Netivot and used to visit her parents often. Two weeks before her father was murdered, she told him she was pregnant. "He always told me, 'When will you bring another son I can be a godfather?' and I told him that as soon as I had a son, his place as a godfather was guaranteed. I told him I was pregnant and I asked him if he and Mom would come to the hospital if the birth happened at night. He replied, 'without Mom, I'll come to you and I will be with you throughout the entire birth.' And that's how I felt, that he was with me."
A Palestinian from Dhahiriya was arrested on Wednesday for fatally running over Abraham Asher Hasno at the Fuer junction near Hebron in October.
The suspect was detained until recently at the Dhahiriya police station. After the Palestinian was released a few days ago, he was arrested in a joint operation that involved the Shin Bet, the IDF and the Duvdevan unit, following a period of intensive surveillance. The arrestee was taken for questioning by the security forces.
Hasno was run over after he got out of his vehicle to avoid stones being thrown at him. The driver fled Dhahiriya, and later turned himself in to Palestinian security forces, claiming that it was an accident. Initially the event was not defined as an attack, but two weeks later the Defense Ministry recognized Hasno as a victim of hostile actions.
Avraham's widow, Ruth Hasno, welcomed the arrest: "Thank the Almighty, who who has granted us life, sustained us and enabled us to reach this occasion, " she said after being informed about the arrest. "I feel justice was done. It will not weaken the pain over Avraham, at least a small circle was closed. "
Hasno wanted to thank the security forces, "who worked to turn in this heinous terrorist. That's what Avraham would have wanted. The loss is enormous, but now there is at least a small consolation. "
Five months after the attack, Hasno’s daughter, Tzadika Ben David, gave birth to a son. "I finished delivering within 40 minutes, I felt Dad was with me," she said after the birth of her third child. Tzadika, 25, lives with her husband and two children in Netivot and used to visit her parents often. Two weeks before her father was murdered, she told him she was pregnant. "He always told me, 'When will you bring another son I can be a godfather?' and I told him that as soon as I had a son, his place as a godfather was guaranteed. I told him I was pregnant and I asked him if he and Mom would come to the hospital if the birth happened at night. He replied, 'without Mom, I'll come to you and I will be with you throughout the entire birth.' And that's how I felt, that he was with me."
8 mar 2016
Derekh Ha’avot outpost
The anti-settlement group Peace Now has accused the Israeli government of seeking to legitimize settlement construction on privately owned Palestinian lands in the West Bank.
According to Peace Now on Tuesday, the Israeli government told the higher court about its position on the petition filed by the group for the evacuation of 17 housing units in a settlement outpost known as Derekh Ha’avot near Bethlehem city.
The government asked the court to consider only 10 housing units in this outpost retroactively legal.
More than 10 years ago, the government declared that construction in the outpost was carried out illegally. Peace Now expressed hope that the higher court would reject the government's violation of its previous commitments in this regard and demand it to immediately evacuate the illegal outpost, which was built in February 2001.
The anti-settlement group Peace Now has accused the Israeli government of seeking to legitimize settlement construction on privately owned Palestinian lands in the West Bank.
According to Peace Now on Tuesday, the Israeli government told the higher court about its position on the petition filed by the group for the evacuation of 17 housing units in a settlement outpost known as Derekh Ha’avot near Bethlehem city.
The government asked the court to consider only 10 housing units in this outpost retroactively legal.
More than 10 years ago, the government declared that construction in the outpost was carried out illegally. Peace Now expressed hope that the higher court would reject the government's violation of its previous commitments in this regard and demand it to immediately evacuate the illegal outpost, which was built in February 2001.
