23 july 2019
A Palestinian youth was injured on Monday night after being shot by the Israeli police in Hadera settlement near Haifa, the northern area of the 1948 occupied Palestine.
The Israeli website 0404 reported, quoting an Israeli police spokesperson, that a 21-year-old Palestinian, whose identity has not been revealed, attempted to stab an Israeli officer.
The Israeli police stopped the Palestinian youth and asked him to show his ID card, the spokesperson said, claiming that the youth was carrying a knife and attempted a stabbing attack.
He was shot and transferred to an Israeli hospital for treatment. His injury was described as "moderate".
The Israeli website 0404 reported, quoting an Israeli police spokesperson, that a 21-year-old Palestinian, whose identity has not been revealed, attempted to stab an Israeli officer.
The Israeli police stopped the Palestinian youth and asked him to show his ID card, the spokesperson said, claiming that the youth was carrying a knife and attempted a stabbing attack.
He was shot and transferred to an Israeli hospital for treatment. His injury was described as "moderate".
Israeli forces today detained at least 10 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) as well as Palestinian security and local sources.
Israeli military raided Tuqu town, southeast of Bethlehem, where soldiers detained three Palestinians in their early 20s.
Israeli forces also raided al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, detaining a Palestinian.
In Hebron district, security sources said that Israeli forces conducted a raid in al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron city, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.
In Nablus district, local sources said that a 20-year-old Palestinian from the Dawabsheh family in Duma village, south of Nablus, was detained.
The PPS said two 20-year-old youths were also detained in the Qalqilya district in the north of the West Bank and two more from the Ramallah district.
Israeli military raided Tuqu town, southeast of Bethlehem, where soldiers detained three Palestinians in their early 20s.
Israeli forces also raided al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, detaining a Palestinian.
In Hebron district, security sources said that Israeli forces conducted a raid in al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron city, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.
In Nablus district, local sources said that a 20-year-old Palestinian from the Dawabsheh family in Duma village, south of Nablus, was detained.
The PPS said two 20-year-old youths were also detained in the Qalqilya district in the north of the West Bank and two more from the Ramallah district.
Israeli authorities released last night Mohammad Abu Teir, who owned the last of the buildings yesterday demolished by Israel in Sur Baher suburb of occupied East Jerusalem, and banned him from returning to his neighborhood until Thursday, said local sources.
Israeli soldiers detained Abu Teir yesterday when he protested the demolition of his building.
Israeli forces yesterday demolished 10 Palestinian-owned buildings in Sur Baher’s Wadi al-Hummus area and displaced 24 individuals in the process, many of them children. The demolition received wide scale condemnation.
Israeli soldiers detained Abu Teir yesterday when he protested the demolition of his building.
Israeli forces yesterday demolished 10 Palestinian-owned buildings in Sur Baher’s Wadi al-Hummus area and displaced 24 individuals in the process, many of them children. The demolition received wide scale condemnation.
22 july 2019
Jordan foiled today an attempt by the Israeli occupation authorities to deport Palestinian photojournalist Mustafa Kharouf, from Jerusalem, who has been fighting deportation order for a while.
Israeli authorities tried early morning to deport the photojournalist from Jerusalem to Jordan via the King Hussein Bridge (the Allenby Crossing).
However, the Jordanian side confirmed that no Palestinian would be allowed to enter its territories without having the necessary papers and documents.
The occupation authorities then tried to deport him through the border crossing near the city of Aqaba, however the Jordanian authorities refused to allow him to cross after the Israeli authorities left Kharouf in the buffer zone and returned him back to the occupied territories, foiling the Israeli attempts to deport him and bringing him back to Jerusalem to face another legal battle.
Anadolu Photojournalist Back in Israeli Jail
After failing to deport him to Jordan, Israeli authorities returned an Anadolu Agency photojournalist to a detention center, on Monday, where he has been detained for six months, according to his lawyer.
Israeli had tried since Sunday evening to deport Mustafa Kharouf, 32, to Jordan, but Jordan’s firm opposition prevented this, Adi Lustigman, Kharouf’s lawyer, told Anadolu Agency.
Kharouf’s lawyer explained that she had not yet had the opportunity to speak by phone with her client, stressing that they would press for his release through all legal avenues.
“Developments since yesterday evening have shown that there is no other place for Kharouf to go but Jerusalem,” the city he covered, the lawyer added.
Kharouf will face an Israeli court on Aug. 8, said Lustigman.
Lustigman stressed that she will request a meeting with Kharouf and his release as soon as possible.
A source at Jordan’s Foreign Ministry told Anadolu Agency that they blocked the deportation as he does not hold Jordanian nationality.
The deportation was also blocked due to the “illegal way that Israel tried to get him in,” the source added anonymously due to restrictions on speaking to the media, without giving further details.
Israel has not commented on the reports.
Earlier Monday, a friend of Kharouf told Anadolu that he has not been heard from since an Israeli decision to deport him to Jordan.
Threat of deportation
Kharouf was detained by Israeli police in East Jerusalem on Jan. 22 and held in prison in advance of his planned deportation.
Israeli authorities say that Kharouf, who has lived in Jerusalem with his family since he was 12, was born in Algeria.
“He told me during a phone call from prison on Sunday that Israeli authorities will deport him to Jordan today,” his friend, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Anadolu.
For the last 20 years, Israeli authorities have consistently refused to grant Kharouf a long-term residency permit, forcing him to get fresh tourist visas each year.
While Kharouf holds a Jordanian passport that allows him to travel to neighboring Arab states, it does not give him citizenship or residency rights in Jordan.
Kharouf has worked for Anadolu as a photojournalist since last August, Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency further reports.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem, in which the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is located, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.
In a move never recognized by the international community, Israel annexed the entire city in 1980, claiming it as the self-proclaimed Jewish state’s “eternal and undivided” capital.
Jerusalem remains at the heart of the decades-long Middle East dispute, with Palestinians hoping that East Jerusalem might one day serve as the capital of a Palestinian state.
Israeli authorities tried early morning to deport the photojournalist from Jerusalem to Jordan via the King Hussein Bridge (the Allenby Crossing).
However, the Jordanian side confirmed that no Palestinian would be allowed to enter its territories without having the necessary papers and documents.
The occupation authorities then tried to deport him through the border crossing near the city of Aqaba, however the Jordanian authorities refused to allow him to cross after the Israeli authorities left Kharouf in the buffer zone and returned him back to the occupied territories, foiling the Israeli attempts to deport him and bringing him back to Jerusalem to face another legal battle.
Anadolu Photojournalist Back in Israeli Jail
After failing to deport him to Jordan, Israeli authorities returned an Anadolu Agency photojournalist to a detention center, on Monday, where he has been detained for six months, according to his lawyer.
Israeli had tried since Sunday evening to deport Mustafa Kharouf, 32, to Jordan, but Jordan’s firm opposition prevented this, Adi Lustigman, Kharouf’s lawyer, told Anadolu Agency.
Kharouf’s lawyer explained that she had not yet had the opportunity to speak by phone with her client, stressing that they would press for his release through all legal avenues.
“Developments since yesterday evening have shown that there is no other place for Kharouf to go but Jerusalem,” the city he covered, the lawyer added.
Kharouf will face an Israeli court on Aug. 8, said Lustigman.
Lustigman stressed that she will request a meeting with Kharouf and his release as soon as possible.
A source at Jordan’s Foreign Ministry told Anadolu Agency that they blocked the deportation as he does not hold Jordanian nationality.
The deportation was also blocked due to the “illegal way that Israel tried to get him in,” the source added anonymously due to restrictions on speaking to the media, without giving further details.
Israel has not commented on the reports.
Earlier Monday, a friend of Kharouf told Anadolu that he has not been heard from since an Israeli decision to deport him to Jordan.
Threat of deportation
Kharouf was detained by Israeli police in East Jerusalem on Jan. 22 and held in prison in advance of his planned deportation.
Israeli authorities say that Kharouf, who has lived in Jerusalem with his family since he was 12, was born in Algeria.
“He told me during a phone call from prison on Sunday that Israeli authorities will deport him to Jordan today,” his friend, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Anadolu.
For the last 20 years, Israeli authorities have consistently refused to grant Kharouf a long-term residency permit, forcing him to get fresh tourist visas each year.
While Kharouf holds a Jordanian passport that allows him to travel to neighboring Arab states, it does not give him citizenship or residency rights in Jordan.
Kharouf has worked for Anadolu as a photojournalist since last August, Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency further reports.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem, in which the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is located, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.
In a move never recognized by the international community, Israel annexed the entire city in 1980, claiming it as the self-proclaimed Jewish state’s “eternal and undivided” capital.
Jerusalem remains at the heart of the decades-long Middle East dispute, with Palestinians hoping that East Jerusalem might one day serve as the capital of a Palestinian state.
Ronen Lubarsky and Islam Yusuf Hamid
Family of Staff Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky, who was killed by Islam Yusuf Hamid during an arrest raid in a West Bank refugee camp last year shouted 'shame' upon hearing the verdict
A Palestinian who killed an Israeli soldier by dropping a marble slap on his head in the West Bank last year, was on Monday sentenced to life in prison.
Staff Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky, 20, died from his wounds after Islam Yusuf Hamid, 33, dropped a marble slab on him from a rooftop during an arrest raid in the al-Am'ari Refugee Camp near Ramallah on May 24, 2018. Hamid, also known as Islam Naji, was arrested by Lubarsky’s comrades from the IDF's elite Duvdevan unit a month later.
The family of the murdered soldier began shouting “shame” in the courtroom upon hearing the verdict.
"This is a disgrace … today’s verdict is additional proof that it’s worthwhile to murder Israelis,” said Lubersky's father, Vladimir. “I’m deeply disappointed with the legal system. The citizens of the State of Israel should know the terrorists are attending a camp when they go to prison,” said Ronen’s brother, Erik.
Vladimir last year wrote a letter to the judges in the trial, asking them to give the Palestinian a death penalty.
The family also demanded a compensation in the amount of NIS 5 million, which is what the defendant is expected to receive from the Palestinian Authority during his time in prison, as part of PA's policy of paying stipends to the families of "martyrs."
The judge, however, ruled the total amount of compensation to be paid by the terrorist - whom he labeled as a man with “murderous ideology” - will be NIS 250,000.
The lawyer representing the Lubarsky family said the demand for compensation was meant to “prevent him from receiving his stipend from the Palestinian Authority. The court rejected the request, which is disrespectful to us.”
Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman also weighed in on the verdict, saying “the death penalty is the proper punishment for the murder which was planned in advance by the abominable terrorist.”
“It's a shame that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has for the past four years been sabotaging our demand for the death penalty for terrorists,” said the former defense minister.
Israel punishes young Palestinian for defending his family and demands for compensation
The Israeli military court in Ofer sentenced Islam Naji Abu Hmaid, from Am’ari refugee camp in Ramallah, to life imprisonment on Monday.
Israeli authorities have arrested Abu Hmaid several months ago and demolished the house of his mother as a punitive measure, as they accuse him of throwing a stone at a soldier during an Israeli raid into the refugee camp, which killed the soldier.
The court also ordered Abu Hmaid to pay compensation of 258,000 Shekels to the family of the occupier soldier.
The family of the dead soldier rejected the court sentence and demanded the compensation to be increased to 5 million Shekels. It also said that the court sentence is “shameful for Israel” and that Abu Hmaid should be sentenced to death for defending his house from their heavy-weaponized son.
Islam Abu Hmaid has said that he killed a ‘Duvdevan’ soldier to protect his house from the unit and after he saw what they did to his brothers.
“A Duvdevan unit has shot a brother of me injuring him and killed another one. This pushed me to identify the unit and its soldiers”, Abu Hmaid said.
“I have nine brothers; you killed one of them, sentenced four to life imprisonment, and arrested another one after midnight”, Abu Hmaid said to Israeli interrogators. “I found a Duvdevan unit inside my house. They threw my brother on the ground and assaulted him, at that time I decided to take revenge”.
Family of Staff Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky, who was killed by Islam Yusuf Hamid during an arrest raid in a West Bank refugee camp last year shouted 'shame' upon hearing the verdict
A Palestinian who killed an Israeli soldier by dropping a marble slap on his head in the West Bank last year, was on Monday sentenced to life in prison.
Staff Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky, 20, died from his wounds after Islam Yusuf Hamid, 33, dropped a marble slab on him from a rooftop during an arrest raid in the al-Am'ari Refugee Camp near Ramallah on May 24, 2018. Hamid, also known as Islam Naji, was arrested by Lubarsky’s comrades from the IDF's elite Duvdevan unit a month later.
The family of the murdered soldier began shouting “shame” in the courtroom upon hearing the verdict.
"This is a disgrace … today’s verdict is additional proof that it’s worthwhile to murder Israelis,” said Lubersky's father, Vladimir. “I’m deeply disappointed with the legal system. The citizens of the State of Israel should know the terrorists are attending a camp when they go to prison,” said Ronen’s brother, Erik.
Vladimir last year wrote a letter to the judges in the trial, asking them to give the Palestinian a death penalty.
The family also demanded a compensation in the amount of NIS 5 million, which is what the defendant is expected to receive from the Palestinian Authority during his time in prison, as part of PA's policy of paying stipends to the families of "martyrs."
The judge, however, ruled the total amount of compensation to be paid by the terrorist - whom he labeled as a man with “murderous ideology” - will be NIS 250,000.
The lawyer representing the Lubarsky family said the demand for compensation was meant to “prevent him from receiving his stipend from the Palestinian Authority. The court rejected the request, which is disrespectful to us.”
Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman also weighed in on the verdict, saying “the death penalty is the proper punishment for the murder which was planned in advance by the abominable terrorist.”
“It's a shame that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has for the past four years been sabotaging our demand for the death penalty for terrorists,” said the former defense minister.
Israel punishes young Palestinian for defending his family and demands for compensation
The Israeli military court in Ofer sentenced Islam Naji Abu Hmaid, from Am’ari refugee camp in Ramallah, to life imprisonment on Monday.
Israeli authorities have arrested Abu Hmaid several months ago and demolished the house of his mother as a punitive measure, as they accuse him of throwing a stone at a soldier during an Israeli raid into the refugee camp, which killed the soldier.
The court also ordered Abu Hmaid to pay compensation of 258,000 Shekels to the family of the occupier soldier.
The family of the dead soldier rejected the court sentence and demanded the compensation to be increased to 5 million Shekels. It also said that the court sentence is “shameful for Israel” and that Abu Hmaid should be sentenced to death for defending his house from their heavy-weaponized son.
Islam Abu Hmaid has said that he killed a ‘Duvdevan’ soldier to protect his house from the unit and after he saw what they did to his brothers.
“A Duvdevan unit has shot a brother of me injuring him and killed another one. This pushed me to identify the unit and its soldiers”, Abu Hmaid said.
“I have nine brothers; you killed one of them, sentenced four to life imprisonment, and arrested another one after midnight”, Abu Hmaid said to Israeli interrogators. “I found a Duvdevan unit inside my house. They threw my brother on the ground and assaulted him, at that time I decided to take revenge”.
Dozens of Palestinian citizens, including a paramedic, suffered injuries during violent clashes with Israeli police forces in Issawiya district, east of Occupied Jerusalem.
According to the Red Crescent, police forces assaulted ambulance crews and prevented them from evacuating wounded citizens to hospitals. One Red Crescent reportedly suffered a rubber bullet injury during the events. video video video
WAFA news agency said that police forces brutally assaulted many citizens, used pepper spray against them and arrested some of them, including a young man identified as Rami Obeid. video video
Cars and homes also sustained material damage as a result of the intensive use of tear gas and stun grenades and bullets during the events.
Earlier, the Israeli occupation police intensified the presence of their forces near the Bab al-Rahma area of the Aqsa Mosque.
Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, director of the Islamic Awqaf Authority in Jerusalem, said that scores of Muslim worshipers performed the Ishaa prayer at the Aqsa Mosque and the Bab al-Rahma area despite the Israeli police measures.
According to the Red Crescent, police forces assaulted ambulance crews and prevented them from evacuating wounded citizens to hospitals. One Red Crescent reportedly suffered a rubber bullet injury during the events. video video video
WAFA news agency said that police forces brutally assaulted many citizens, used pepper spray against them and arrested some of them, including a young man identified as Rami Obeid. video video
Cars and homes also sustained material damage as a result of the intensive use of tear gas and stun grenades and bullets during the events.
Earlier, the Israeli occupation police intensified the presence of their forces near the Bab al-Rahma area of the Aqsa Mosque.
Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, director of the Islamic Awqaf Authority in Jerusalem, said that scores of Muslim worshipers performed the Ishaa prayer at the Aqsa Mosque and the Bab al-Rahma area despite the Israeli police measures.
The Israeli occupation navy on Monday night kidnaped two Palestinian fishermen and confiscated their boat off the southern coast of the Gaza Strip.
According to the fishermen committees, the fishermen were kidnaped from aboard their boat off the shore of Rafah, south of Gaza. They were identified as Isam al-Aqra, 24, and his brother Riyad, 20.
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen almost every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
According to the fishermen committees, the fishermen were kidnaped from aboard their boat off the shore of Rafah, south of Gaza. They were identified as Isam al-Aqra, 24, and his brother Riyad, 20.
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen almost every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
The Israeli occupation forces on Sunday morning detained 102 Palestinian workers who allegedly were not holding permits to work in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
Israeli media sources said that the Israeli forces arrested 102 Palestinian workers at al-Dahiriya checkpoint, south of al-Khalil, while they were attempting to enter the 1948 occupied territories for work without having the necessary licenses.
The West Bank Palestinian citizens who work in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories always face the risk of being shot or arrested by the Israeli forces under the pretext of lacking the necessary work permits which Israel rarely issues.
About 500 Palestinian workers are currently held in Israeli jails for entering the 1948 occupied Palestine without having Israeli permits.
Israeli media sources said that the Israeli forces arrested 102 Palestinian workers at al-Dahiriya checkpoint, south of al-Khalil, while they were attempting to enter the 1948 occupied territories for work without having the necessary licenses.
The West Bank Palestinian citizens who work in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories always face the risk of being shot or arrested by the Israeli forces under the pretext of lacking the necessary work permits which Israel rarely issues.
About 500 Palestinian workers are currently held in Israeli jails for entering the 1948 occupied Palestine without having Israeli permits.
