5 feb 2020
The Israeli Magistrate Court in Jerusalem ordered on Wednesday the eviction of two Palestinian families from their homes in Batn al-Hawa area of Silwan, a neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, for the benefit of Israeli settlers, according to Wadi Hilweh Information Center.
It said the court gave the families until Mid-August to vacate the building, which consists of a ground storage and two upper floors, under the pretext the house was bought by the Ateret Cohanim settler group.
The Magistrate Court issued the eviction decision after rejecting a petition submitted by the Showaiki and 'Odeh families to refute claims by the Ateret Cohanim settler group of ownership of the property and to prove their ownership of the house and land.
The settlement organization, which in 2001 claimed the right to administer Jewish property, claimed that it had owned the land before 1948 and began in September 2015 to hand over letters to residents of the neighborhood confirming its ownership of the land and buildings.
It said the court gave the families until Mid-August to vacate the building, which consists of a ground storage and two upper floors, under the pretext the house was bought by the Ateret Cohanim settler group.
The Magistrate Court issued the eviction decision after rejecting a petition submitted by the Showaiki and 'Odeh families to refute claims by the Ateret Cohanim settler group of ownership of the property and to prove their ownership of the house and land.
The settlement organization, which in 2001 claimed the right to administer Jewish property, claimed that it had owned the land before 1948 and began in September 2015 to hand over letters to residents of the neighborhood confirming its ownership of the land and buildings.
27 jan 2020
An Israeli court on Sunday issued a ruling in favor of the Ateret Cohanim settler group and ordered the eviction of five Palestinian families from their own homes in Silwan district, east of Occupied Jerusalem.
The families to be evicted live in a five-story apartment building belonging to the family of Duweik in the Baten al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan district. 25 individuals, including children, would be homeless if the court order was implemented.
Mazen Duweik, one of the real estate owners, stated that his grandfather had bought the land where the building was built in 1963 and since then his children and grandchildren have been living in it.
According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, the Jerusalem magistrate court rejected the objections that had been filed by the Duweik family against previous court eviction notices it received in 2014 from Ateret Cohanim, and gave the family until next August to evacuate the building.
Ateret Cohanim claim the land on which the building was built belong to Jews who owned it in the past.
The same settler group won a similar lawsuit recently against the Jerusalemite family of Rajbi, whose members have been living in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood since 1975.
84 Palestinian families living in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood received during the past years court eviction orders.
All the families in this neighborhood have been fighting lengthy and costly legal battles to prove their right to the lands their grandparents had bought from previous owners.
The families to be evicted live in a five-story apartment building belonging to the family of Duweik in the Baten al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan district. 25 individuals, including children, would be homeless if the court order was implemented.
Mazen Duweik, one of the real estate owners, stated that his grandfather had bought the land where the building was built in 1963 and since then his children and grandchildren have been living in it.
According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, the Jerusalem magistrate court rejected the objections that had been filed by the Duweik family against previous court eviction notices it received in 2014 from Ateret Cohanim, and gave the family until next August to evacuate the building.
Ateret Cohanim claim the land on which the building was built belong to Jews who owned it in the past.
The same settler group won a similar lawsuit recently against the Jerusalemite family of Rajbi, whose members have been living in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood since 1975.
84 Palestinian families living in Baten al-Hawa neighborhood received during the past years court eviction orders.
All the families in this neighborhood have been fighting lengthy and costly legal battles to prove their right to the lands their grandparents had bought from previous owners.
20 jan 2020
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The Israeli District Court in occupied Jerusalem has ordered the removal of a Palestinian family from their residential building in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, in Silwan town, to replace them with colonialist settlers.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the court ruled in favor of Ateret Cohanim colonialist organization, that claims ownership of the land. Silwanic stated that the Rajabi family filed appeals with the court after receiving eviction orders in the year 2016 and has been trying to prove its ownership of the land and the building. The building is a three-story structure, with three apartments and houses |
sixteen Palestinians, including children, seniors and persons with special needs.
It is worth mentioning that, in the year 2015, 84 Palestinian families in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood were informed by the District Court of several lawsuits filed on behalf of Ateret Cohanim, demanding their removal from their building and lands.
Silwanic stated that Rajabi family has several residential buildings on more than five Dunams of privately-owned lands in Batn al-Hawa, located on basins #97, 76, 95, 88, 75 and 72.
Ateret Cohanim is claiming the lands are owned by Jewish settlers, living in Batn al-Hawa, while the families, living in 35 buildings have official deeds of ownership of the lands that were purchased from their owners dozens of years ago.
The colonialist organization claims that the Israeli High Court has ruled in favor of Jewish colonialist settlers from Yemen, granting them ownership. The court claims the lands were owned by the illegal colonists before the year 1948.
It is worth mentioning that, in the year 2015, 84 Palestinian families in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood were informed by the District Court of several lawsuits filed on behalf of Ateret Cohanim, demanding their removal from their building and lands.
Silwanic stated that Rajabi family has several residential buildings on more than five Dunams of privately-owned lands in Batn al-Hawa, located on basins #97, 76, 95, 88, 75 and 72.
Ateret Cohanim is claiming the lands are owned by Jewish settlers, living in Batn al-Hawa, while the families, living in 35 buildings have official deeds of ownership of the lands that were purchased from their owners dozens of years ago.
The colonialist organization claims that the Israeli High Court has ruled in favor of Jewish colonialist settlers from Yemen, granting them ownership. The court claims the lands were owned by the illegal colonists before the year 1948.
25 dec 2019
A Palestinian woman from Occupied Jerusalem underwent surgery to implant a metal plate in her skull after an Israeli police officer assault her with his rifle butt.
According to Haaretz newspaper, 36-year-old Rina Darbas complained to the justice ministry’s department that investigates police officers, but they tried to convince her that she was struck by a rock.
Interrogators have claimed some of the questions that were asked during her deposition were "meant to ameliorate the investigation, and certainly do not testify to its results."
The victim said the incident occurred six weeks ago, when she tried to protect her son and keep him from being arrested by the police in Issawiya district.
The police held her 14-year-old son, demanding to check his shirt and shoes to see if they matched the description of a person suspected of throwing rocks at them.
Darbas and her husband overheard one officer say that their son was not the suspect they were looking for; however, they put him in their patrol vehicle anyway.
According to the deposition Darbas signed in the presence of her attorney, she tried to pull her kid away, to no avail, and when she tried to speak to one of the officers in the patrol car, he forcefully hit her with the butt of his rifle. Darbas lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital, where she underwent a complicated surgery to implant a metal plate in her skull, and will likely need plastic surgery as well.
“My life is ruined. I suffer from pain in my head and my face. My life has become a nightmare,” Darbas wrote in her deposition.
In an attempt to evade responsibility, the Israeli police claimed that firebombs and stones were hurled at their forces in Issawiya at the time of the incident and that Darbas fell victim to one of the stray stones.
Darbas’ son, who was arrested at the time for allegedly throwing stones, was released after four days in detention. No formal charges were filed against him.
A day after the incident, her husband contacted the justice ministry's police investigations department to file a formal complaint. He said they rejected his complaint and said only his wife could open a file. After having been discharged from the hospital, Darbas went to the department herself, but said she was treated dismissively by personnel there.
“The interrogator made it hard for me to explain what happened,” according to her deposition. “He asked for details about the soldier and asked me to draw a picture of the weapon. How would I know to do such a thing? He tried to put words in my mouth, to get me to say that I was hit by a rock, and he even tried to convince me that the soldier had hit me by accident when he raised his arm with the rifle to protect me from a rock that was thrown at me. I told him there was no rock-throwing going on there.”
Shortly after Haaretz inquired about the status of the case, Darbas' attorney received an answer from the department to the effect that the case is still under investigation. However, some hours later, another source informed the attorney that a case had not yet been opened.
The justice ministry’s department denied Darbas’ claims and said it opened the case file immediately after her husband came in to file a complaint. Its interrogation was meant to clarify events – not to hurt the complainant, it said.
The Israeli police insisted on their claims saying that during the weekend in question, 24 firebombs as well as fireworks and rocks were thrown at police forces at the scene in question, which is apparently how the local resident was hurt.”
According to Haaretz newspaper, 36-year-old Rina Darbas complained to the justice ministry’s department that investigates police officers, but they tried to convince her that she was struck by a rock.
Interrogators have claimed some of the questions that were asked during her deposition were "meant to ameliorate the investigation, and certainly do not testify to its results."
The victim said the incident occurred six weeks ago, when she tried to protect her son and keep him from being arrested by the police in Issawiya district.
The police held her 14-year-old son, demanding to check his shirt and shoes to see if they matched the description of a person suspected of throwing rocks at them.
Darbas and her husband overheard one officer say that their son was not the suspect they were looking for; however, they put him in their patrol vehicle anyway.
According to the deposition Darbas signed in the presence of her attorney, she tried to pull her kid away, to no avail, and when she tried to speak to one of the officers in the patrol car, he forcefully hit her with the butt of his rifle. Darbas lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital, where she underwent a complicated surgery to implant a metal plate in her skull, and will likely need plastic surgery as well.
“My life is ruined. I suffer from pain in my head and my face. My life has become a nightmare,” Darbas wrote in her deposition.
In an attempt to evade responsibility, the Israeli police claimed that firebombs and stones were hurled at their forces in Issawiya at the time of the incident and that Darbas fell victim to one of the stray stones.
Darbas’ son, who was arrested at the time for allegedly throwing stones, was released after four days in detention. No formal charges were filed against him.
A day after the incident, her husband contacted the justice ministry's police investigations department to file a formal complaint. He said they rejected his complaint and said only his wife could open a file. After having been discharged from the hospital, Darbas went to the department herself, but said she was treated dismissively by personnel there.
“The interrogator made it hard for me to explain what happened,” according to her deposition. “He asked for details about the soldier and asked me to draw a picture of the weapon. How would I know to do such a thing? He tried to put words in my mouth, to get me to say that I was hit by a rock, and he even tried to convince me that the soldier had hit me by accident when he raised his arm with the rifle to protect me from a rock that was thrown at me. I told him there was no rock-throwing going on there.”
Shortly after Haaretz inquired about the status of the case, Darbas' attorney received an answer from the department to the effect that the case is still under investigation. However, some hours later, another source informed the attorney that a case had not yet been opened.
The justice ministry’s department denied Darbas’ claims and said it opened the case file immediately after her husband came in to file a complaint. Its interrogation was meant to clarify events – not to hurt the complainant, it said.
The Israeli police insisted on their claims saying that during the weekend in question, 24 firebombs as well as fireworks and rocks were thrown at police forces at the scene in question, which is apparently how the local resident was hurt.”
22 dec 2019
Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamed on Saturday concluded the Kuala Lumpur summit, which was held on December 18-21, on a high note with an emphasis on the need to prosecute the Israeli occupation state for its crimes against the Palestinians.
Addressing a news conference following the closing session of the summit, Mahathir denied that the Kuala Lumpur summit was intended to create another Islamic entity.
“We would like to again reiterate that this summit is focused on its objectives of finding solutions and programs that we believe can assist and eventually save the Ummah from their current plight,” he said.
The Malaysian premier said that the summit crafted initiatives that would benefit the Ummah in fields such as advanced hi-technology, media collaboration, center of excellence for scientific research, food security as well as youth leadership.
As for Palestine, he stressed the need to prosecute Israel for its killing of innocent people and the construction of settlements on others’ lands.
Addressing a news conference following the closing session of the summit, Mahathir denied that the Kuala Lumpur summit was intended to create another Islamic entity.
“We would like to again reiterate that this summit is focused on its objectives of finding solutions and programs that we believe can assist and eventually save the Ummah from their current plight,” he said.
The Malaysian premier said that the summit crafted initiatives that would benefit the Ummah in fields such as advanced hi-technology, media collaboration, center of excellence for scientific research, food security as well as youth leadership.
As for Palestine, he stressed the need to prosecute Israel for its killing of innocent people and the construction of settlements on others’ lands.
