3 nov 2014
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped two Palestinians. Another Palestinian has also been kidnapped while attending a court hearing for his cousin in the Ofer Israeli military court.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded a neighborhood in Hebron city, and kidnapped a Palestinian, identified as Mo’taz Taiseer an-Natsha, after searching and ransacking his home.
In addition, soldiers invaded Beit Ola town, west of Hebron, and kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Ra’ed Abdul-‘Afo al-‘Emla also after searching his home, causing excessive property damage.
Spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement in Beit Ummar, Mohammad ‘Ayyad Awad, said the soldiers also kidnapped Mohammad Mosleh Awad, 26, as he was attending a court heading for his cousin at the Ofer Israeli military court, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Awad was taken prisoner on Sunday; he is a former political prisoner who spent several months in Israeli interrogation and detention centers.
In related news, soldiers kidnaped on Monday at dawn a Palestinian woman identified as Yasmeen Taiseer Sha’ban, 31, after invading her home in the al-Jalama town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Sha’ban is a married mother of three children.
Also on Monday, soldiers invaded Huwwara town, south of Nablus, and forced shut several Palestinian stores on the main road of the town.
The soldiers said they were searching for youths who allegedly hurled Molotov cocktails at a settlement bus on Sunday.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded a neighborhood in Hebron city, and kidnapped a Palestinian, identified as Mo’taz Taiseer an-Natsha, after searching and ransacking his home.
In addition, soldiers invaded Beit Ola town, west of Hebron, and kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Ra’ed Abdul-‘Afo al-‘Emla also after searching his home, causing excessive property damage.
Spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement in Beit Ummar, Mohammad ‘Ayyad Awad, said the soldiers also kidnapped Mohammad Mosleh Awad, 26, as he was attending a court heading for his cousin at the Ofer Israeli military court, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Awad was taken prisoner on Sunday; he is a former political prisoner who spent several months in Israeli interrogation and detention centers.
In related news, soldiers kidnaped on Monday at dawn a Palestinian woman identified as Yasmeen Taiseer Sha’ban, 31, after invading her home in the al-Jalama town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Sha’ban is a married mother of three children.
Also on Monday, soldiers invaded Huwwara town, south of Nablus, and forced shut several Palestinian stores on the main road of the town.
The soldiers said they were searching for youths who allegedly hurled Molotov cocktails at a settlement bus on Sunday.
Undercover soldiers of the Israeli military kidnapped, on Monday morning, a Palestinian woman in the yards of the al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem, when she tried to stop and an extremist member of Knesset (MK) from invading the yards of the mosque accompanied by her armed guards and Israeli soldiers.
Eyewitnesses said the woman, Sahar Natasha, started chanting and shouting Allahu Akbar (God is greater) to express her rejection to the invasion and desecration of the mosque, and tried to stop the Israeli MK, Shuli Mualem-Rafaeli, of the “Jewish Home” Party.
An-Natsha was one of many women who tried to stop Shuli and her guards, who were advancing towards the Dome of the Rock, after invading its yards.
Israeli soldiers also imposed further restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, and closed all gates before allowing the Israeli MK and her guards into the area.
Eyewitnesses said employees of the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department, in addition to Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, the head of the al-Aqsa Mosque, tried to help the woman who was being beaten and arrested, but the army assaulted them, and forced them away.
The kidnapped woman was moved to a police station in the occupied city for interrogation.
The eyewitnesses added that dozens of soldiers and Israeli extremists invaded the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque through the al-Magharba Gate, while dozens of soldiers were also deployed at the main gates of the mosque before preventing all men below the age of 40 from entering.
They said scores of Palestinians have also been prevented from entering the mosque for dawn prayers, Monday, while the army withheld the ID cards of all older men who were allowed through.
In addition, the soldiers conducted searches in the yards of the al-Aqsa mosque, and interrogated several worshipers.
Eyewitnesses said the woman, Sahar Natasha, started chanting and shouting Allahu Akbar (God is greater) to express her rejection to the invasion and desecration of the mosque, and tried to stop the Israeli MK, Shuli Mualem-Rafaeli, of the “Jewish Home” Party.
An-Natsha was one of many women who tried to stop Shuli and her guards, who were advancing towards the Dome of the Rock, after invading its yards.
Israeli soldiers also imposed further restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, and closed all gates before allowing the Israeli MK and her guards into the area.
Eyewitnesses said employees of the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department, in addition to Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, the head of the al-Aqsa Mosque, tried to help the woman who was being beaten and arrested, but the army assaulted them, and forced them away.
The kidnapped woman was moved to a police station in the occupied city for interrogation.
The eyewitnesses added that dozens of soldiers and Israeli extremists invaded the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque through the al-Magharba Gate, while dozens of soldiers were also deployed at the main gates of the mosque before preventing all men below the age of 40 from entering.
They said scores of Palestinians have also been prevented from entering the mosque for dawn prayers, Monday, while the army withheld the ID cards of all older men who were allowed through.
In addition, the soldiers conducted searches in the yards of the al-Aqsa mosque, and interrogated several worshipers.
Soldiers Demolish Three Homes Near Nablus
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded various communities in occupied East Jerusalem, stormed dozens of homes and ransacked them, and kidnapped at least 19 Palestinians, including children. Army also kidnapped a Palestinian woman in Jenin.
The Palestine TV said the invasion lasted all night long until early morning hours, Monday.
The Israeli army alleged the kidnapped are involved in recent clashes with the soldiers in the occupied city.
The Palestinian Detainees Committee in Jerusalem said the soldiers stormed dozens of homes and terrorized the families while violently searching and ransacking their homes.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mohannad As’ad, Tawfiq, Waseem Abu Srour, Nour ‘Oleyyan, all from Jabal al-Mokabber, Khaled ‘Oleyyan, Bilal Abu al-Hawa, Baha’ Abu al-Hawa and Mohammad Abu al-Hawa, from at-Tour, Mohammad ‘Obeid from al-‘Eesawiyya, Mohammad Abu Dalu, Zakariyya Harbawi and Mo’taz Kalghasy from Wad al-Jouz, in addition to Mohammad Zaghal Mohammad Jadallah, Mohammad Dandees, Ahmad ar-Razem and Beesan ‘Oury.
Soldiers also invaded Ras Khamis area, near the Shu’fat refugee camp in the center of Jerusalem, and kidnapped several Palestinians; one of them has been identified as Amin al-Joulani.
The army disconnected power lines providing the invaded Palestinian communities with electricity before invading them, and conducted the home invasions, and abductions.
On Sunday evening, soldiers kidnapped former political prisoner Mahmoud Jaber from his home, in the Shu’fat refugee camp.
Also on Sunday, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian woman, identified as Hanadi al-Hilwani, as she was leaving the al-Aqsa Mosque, and decided to keep resident Abdul-Rahman Sharif under interrogation. Sharif is a guard of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
It is worth mentioning that the army kidnapped more than 630 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem in four months, and filed charges against nearly 30% of them, while many have been released and confined under house arrest.
Jerusalem has been witnessing daily clashes between the soldiers and Palestinian youths, especially amidst ongoing and escalating invasions carried out by Israeli extremists into the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
In Jenin, several military vehicles invaded the al-Jalama nearby town, on Monday at dawn, and kidnapped a Palestinian woman identified as Yasmeen Abdul-Rahman Sha’ban, 31. Sha’ban is a mother of four children.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded Khirbet at-Tawil village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and demolished three homes, built by the Palestinians more than a 100 years ago.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of Israeli settlements file in the northern part of the West Bank, said the army previously demolished several old homes in the same area as part of Israel’s efforts to expand its illegal Jewish-only settlements.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded various communities in occupied East Jerusalem, stormed dozens of homes and ransacked them, and kidnapped at least 19 Palestinians, including children. Army also kidnapped a Palestinian woman in Jenin.
The Palestine TV said the invasion lasted all night long until early morning hours, Monday.
The Israeli army alleged the kidnapped are involved in recent clashes with the soldiers in the occupied city.
The Palestinian Detainees Committee in Jerusalem said the soldiers stormed dozens of homes and terrorized the families while violently searching and ransacking their homes.
The kidnapped have been identified as Mohannad As’ad, Tawfiq, Waseem Abu Srour, Nour ‘Oleyyan, all from Jabal al-Mokabber, Khaled ‘Oleyyan, Bilal Abu al-Hawa, Baha’ Abu al-Hawa and Mohammad Abu al-Hawa, from at-Tour, Mohammad ‘Obeid from al-‘Eesawiyya, Mohammad Abu Dalu, Zakariyya Harbawi and Mo’taz Kalghasy from Wad al-Jouz, in addition to Mohammad Zaghal Mohammad Jadallah, Mohammad Dandees, Ahmad ar-Razem and Beesan ‘Oury.
Soldiers also invaded Ras Khamis area, near the Shu’fat refugee camp in the center of Jerusalem, and kidnapped several Palestinians; one of them has been identified as Amin al-Joulani.
The army disconnected power lines providing the invaded Palestinian communities with electricity before invading them, and conducted the home invasions, and abductions.
On Sunday evening, soldiers kidnapped former political prisoner Mahmoud Jaber from his home, in the Shu’fat refugee camp.
Also on Sunday, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian woman, identified as Hanadi al-Hilwani, as she was leaving the al-Aqsa Mosque, and decided to keep resident Abdul-Rahman Sharif under interrogation. Sharif is a guard of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
It is worth mentioning that the army kidnapped more than 630 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem in four months, and filed charges against nearly 30% of them, while many have been released and confined under house arrest.
Jerusalem has been witnessing daily clashes between the soldiers and Palestinian youths, especially amidst ongoing and escalating invasions carried out by Israeli extremists into the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
In Jenin, several military vehicles invaded the al-Jalama nearby town, on Monday at dawn, and kidnapped a Palestinian woman identified as Yasmeen Abdul-Rahman Sha’ban, 31. Sha’ban is a mother of four children.
In addition, several military vehicles invaded Khirbet at-Tawil village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and demolished three homes, built by the Palestinians more than a 100 years ago.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of Israeli settlements file in the northern part of the West Bank, said the army previously demolished several old homes in the same area as part of Israel’s efforts to expand its illegal Jewish-only settlements.
2 nov 2014
Settlers trowing stones go free?
The Israeli ministerial committee for legislation is expected to approve a proposed law which imposes a prison sentence of 20 years against any Palestinian who throws stones toward Israeli vehicles.
According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, the proposed law suggested by Israeli Minister of Justice, Tzibi Lvini, intends to raise the punishment of stone throwing at Israeli passersby up to twenty years, and five years for those who throw stones against Israeli forces .
Israeli news outlet Yedioth Ahronoth points out that the decision imposes an additional financial fine on families, as many participants in the current clashes in Jerusalem are minors, where the law does not allow to impose a severe penalties against them, such as high fines and long prison sentence.
The Israeli ministerial committee for legislation is expected to approve a proposed law which imposes a prison sentence of 20 years against any Palestinian who throws stones toward Israeli vehicles.
According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, the proposed law suggested by Israeli Minister of Justice, Tzibi Lvini, intends to raise the punishment of stone throwing at Israeli passersby up to twenty years, and five years for those who throw stones against Israeli forces .
Israeli news outlet Yedioth Ahronoth points out that the decision imposes an additional financial fine on families, as many participants in the current clashes in Jerusalem are minors, where the law does not allow to impose a severe penalties against them, such as high fines and long prison sentence.
Palestinian prisoners are preparing for protest steps against the extortion of the administration of the Israeli prisons regarding their needs for winter clothes and blankets, especially with predictions that it would be very cold.
Muhammad al-Masri, a prisoner in Megiddo Prison, told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) correspondent that the prison administration notified them that bringing winter clothes and blankets from outside the prison is prohibited; consequently; the prisoners were very irritated and threatened to escalate their protests.
He added that the prison administration was blackmailing the prisoners on the one hand, and doing “business” on the other. He explained that the prison administration prohibited bringing clothes and blankets from outside, but allowed buying them from the prison "Canteen".
Ofer overcrowding and the winter crisis
The case in the other prisons is not better than the case in Megiddo, but the case in Ofer prison is even worse in terms of the ability to provide winter needs.
The prisoners told our correspondent that they kept the winter requirements from last winter, and when a new prisoner comes; they provide him with his needs until he manages to get his own, but this year the situation is different.
Prisoner Ahmad told our correspondent: "This summer, many mass-arrests were carried out following al-Khalil operation, the war on Gaza and the repercussions of events, leading to a huge increase in the number of prisoners in Ofer prison, and a choking overcrowding in its different sections.
He said, "With the onset of winter, and the persistent refusal to allow the entry of the prisoners' needs through their families and the relevant institutions; the crisis will lead to harsh effects; prisoners can't meet the increasing needs of this growing number of prisoners.
Diseases are spreading, and jailers are neglecting
The human rights lawyer, Muhammad Kamnaji, pointed out that according to the international conventions, the Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) are obliged to provide the prisoners with all their needs for free, let alone allowing their families to bring these needs to them.
He added: "Noticeably, winter diseases spread inside the prisons at wide levels, and the (IOA) must be held accountable for the extent to which they comply with the international standards in dealing with the prisoners.
He continued: "Many winter diseases like bone diseases, rheumatism, arthritis, backaches, chest diseases, especially flu and cold, sore throat and common cold, in addition to skin diseases are the most spread, and due to the bad treatment; these diseases turn into chronic diseases".
He charged that that preventing the entry of winter clothes and blankets is a crime.
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Muhammad al-Masri, a prisoner in Megiddo Prison, told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) correspondent that the prison administration notified them that bringing winter clothes and blankets from outside the prison is prohibited; consequently; the prisoners were very irritated and threatened to escalate their protests.
He added that the prison administration was blackmailing the prisoners on the one hand, and doing “business” on the other. He explained that the prison administration prohibited bringing clothes and blankets from outside, but allowed buying them from the prison "Canteen".
Ofer overcrowding and the winter crisis
The case in the other prisons is not better than the case in Megiddo, but the case in Ofer prison is even worse in terms of the ability to provide winter needs.
The prisoners told our correspondent that they kept the winter requirements from last winter, and when a new prisoner comes; they provide him with his needs until he manages to get his own, but this year the situation is different.
Prisoner Ahmad told our correspondent: "This summer, many mass-arrests were carried out following al-Khalil operation, the war on Gaza and the repercussions of events, leading to a huge increase in the number of prisoners in Ofer prison, and a choking overcrowding in its different sections.
He said, "With the onset of winter, and the persistent refusal to allow the entry of the prisoners' needs through their families and the relevant institutions; the crisis will lead to harsh effects; prisoners can't meet the increasing needs of this growing number of prisoners.
Diseases are spreading, and jailers are neglecting
The human rights lawyer, Muhammad Kamnaji, pointed out that according to the international conventions, the Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) are obliged to provide the prisoners with all their needs for free, let alone allowing their families to bring these needs to them.
He added: "Noticeably, winter diseases spread inside the prisons at wide levels, and the (IOA) must be held accountable for the extent to which they comply with the international standards in dealing with the prisoners.
He continued: "Many winter diseases like bone diseases, rheumatism, arthritis, backaches, chest diseases, especially flu and cold, sore throat and common cold, in addition to skin diseases are the most spread, and due to the bad treatment; these diseases turn into chronic diseases".
He charged that that preventing the entry of winter clothes and blankets is a crime.
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Medical negligence could cause prisoner to lose sight in one eye
On Sunday, a Palestinian was shot and injured with live ammunition, while many others were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli forces, during confrontations which erupted at Qalandia checkpoint, to the north of Jerusalem.
According to WAFA correspondence, confrontations erupted during a peaceful demonstration organized by popular committees for the defense of al-Aqsa mosque, in light of recently escalating Israeli violations against the mosque.
Forces fired live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas canisters towards the demonstration, shooting and injuring many.
Local sources stated that a 19-year-old Palestinian was shot in the thigh with live ammunition, while some15 others were shot and injured by rubber-coated bullets. Dozens others suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
No arrests were reported by WAFA.
In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority sent extra security forces to Hebron, in the southern West Bank, on Saturday, just days after it announced that it would be conducting an extensive campaign in the city to arrest "outlaws."
An anonymous Palestinian security source, speaking to Ma'an News Agency, said that the campaign targeted perpetrators of armed robberies, arms and drug trade, shooting, and those who sold Palestinian property and land to Israelis.
"The security arrangements in Hebron are special because large parts of the city -- especially the south -- are still under Israeli security control, and Palestinian security forces are not allowed to operate there," the source said.
"Thus, more than 60 outlaws use it as a shelter to escape from Palestinian security," he added, saying that there was security coordination with Israeli forces in place in order to allow the Palestinian security to work in south Hebron at specific hours.
Some 40 Palestinians were arrested in Hebron in October alone, by Palestinian security forces, he added.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) has declared that medical negligence by the Israeli prison administration could cause prisoner Jaber A’wies, detained in Megiddo Israeli prison, to lose sight in his right eye due to severe infections left untreated.
WAFA further reports that, the head of the PPC Rae’d A’amer said, via press release, that A’wies cannot see well with his right eye due to an old injury he sustained from a bullet fired at him by Israeli forces before his March arrest, stressing that A’wies will lose complete vision in his eye if he doesn’t not receive the necessary treatment.
The prisoner’s family has appealed to the relevant parties to intervene and exert pressure on Israeli prison administration to provide their son with the needed treatment, stressing that they are banned from visiting their son for ‘security reasons’.
Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, says that the number of sick prisoners detained in Israeli jails has now reached 1,500, of whom 80 are suffering from serious health problems and do not receive the necessary treatment; they suffer from malignant diseases, paralysis, and disabilities, in addition to cases of mental illnesses and neurological disorders.
On Sunday, a Palestinian was shot and injured with live ammunition, while many others were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli forces, during confrontations which erupted at Qalandia checkpoint, to the north of Jerusalem.
According to WAFA correspondence, confrontations erupted during a peaceful demonstration organized by popular committees for the defense of al-Aqsa mosque, in light of recently escalating Israeli violations against the mosque.
Forces fired live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas canisters towards the demonstration, shooting and injuring many.
Local sources stated that a 19-year-old Palestinian was shot in the thigh with live ammunition, while some15 others were shot and injured by rubber-coated bullets. Dozens others suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
No arrests were reported by WAFA.
In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority sent extra security forces to Hebron, in the southern West Bank, on Saturday, just days after it announced that it would be conducting an extensive campaign in the city to arrest "outlaws."
An anonymous Palestinian security source, speaking to Ma'an News Agency, said that the campaign targeted perpetrators of armed robberies, arms and drug trade, shooting, and those who sold Palestinian property and land to Israelis.
"The security arrangements in Hebron are special because large parts of the city -- especially the south -- are still under Israeli security control, and Palestinian security forces are not allowed to operate there," the source said.
"Thus, more than 60 outlaws use it as a shelter to escape from Palestinian security," he added, saying that there was security coordination with Israeli forces in place in order to allow the Palestinian security to work in south Hebron at specific hours.
Some 40 Palestinians were arrested in Hebron in October alone, by Palestinian security forces, he added.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) has declared that medical negligence by the Israeli prison administration could cause prisoner Jaber A’wies, detained in Megiddo Israeli prison, to lose sight in his right eye due to severe infections left untreated.
WAFA further reports that, the head of the PPC Rae’d A’amer said, via press release, that A’wies cannot see well with his right eye due to an old injury he sustained from a bullet fired at him by Israeli forces before his March arrest, stressing that A’wies will lose complete vision in his eye if he doesn’t not receive the necessary treatment.
The prisoner’s family has appealed to the relevant parties to intervene and exert pressure on Israeli prison administration to provide their son with the needed treatment, stressing that they are banned from visiting their son for ‘security reasons’.
Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, says that the number of sick prisoners detained in Israeli jails has now reached 1,500, of whom 80 are suffering from serious health problems and do not receive the necessary treatment; they suffer from malignant diseases, paralysis, and disabilities, in addition to cases of mental illnesses and neurological disorders.
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.
A consortium of Palestinian human rights centers active in prisoners’ affairs raised alarm bells over the exacerbated health status of Palestinian prisoner patients held at Israeli jails.
Palestinian hunger-striking detainee, Raed Mousa, is set to appear before an Israeli occupation court, the Prisoners Center for Studies reported Sunday.
The center called on the Red Cross among many other international and humanitarian organizations to rally round prisoner Raed Faisal Mousa, 35, who has been without food for 43 uninterrupted days in protest at being isolated in Israeli jails.
The center further appealed to the national and Islamic organizations active in prisoners’ affairs to step in and save Mousa’s life before it is too late.
The detainee has been sentenced to three administrative prison-terms and spent a total of seven years and a half in Israeli lock-ups.
In a related development, Palestinian detainees held in the Israeli Ramla prison-hospital launched distress signals over their exacerbated state of affairs and dire detention circumstances.
The situation has gone from bad to worse due to the mounting overnight search-campaigns carried out by the Israeli occupation wardens in a remarkably abrupt and panic-provoking manner.
The prisoner patients further spoke out against the frequent denials of urgent medical checks-ups and treatment in Israeli jails.
Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society quoted life-sentenced Nahed al-Akra, incarcerated since 2007, as reporting: “Hadn’t the Israeli prison service been dragging its feet vis-à-vis my unbearable pains, my legs wouldn’t have been amputated from knee to toe.”
Prisoner Rabi’ Subeih, diagnosed with cardio-vascular diseases, has also raised alarm bells over his exacerbated health condition which has remarkably gone downhill due to IPS’s reluctance to accord him proper treatment.
At least 14 Palestinian prisoner-patients are permanently hospitalized in the Ramla prison hospital.
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Palestinian hunger-striking detainee, Raed Mousa, is set to appear before an Israeli occupation court, the Prisoners Center for Studies reported Sunday.
The center called on the Red Cross among many other international and humanitarian organizations to rally round prisoner Raed Faisal Mousa, 35, who has been without food for 43 uninterrupted days in protest at being isolated in Israeli jails.
The center further appealed to the national and Islamic organizations active in prisoners’ affairs to step in and save Mousa’s life before it is too late.
The detainee has been sentenced to three administrative prison-terms and spent a total of seven years and a half in Israeli lock-ups.
In a related development, Palestinian detainees held in the Israeli Ramla prison-hospital launched distress signals over their exacerbated state of affairs and dire detention circumstances.
The situation has gone from bad to worse due to the mounting overnight search-campaigns carried out by the Israeli occupation wardens in a remarkably abrupt and panic-provoking manner.
The prisoner patients further spoke out against the frequent denials of urgent medical checks-ups and treatment in Israeli jails.
Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society quoted life-sentenced Nahed al-Akra, incarcerated since 2007, as reporting: “Hadn’t the Israeli prison service been dragging its feet vis-à-vis my unbearable pains, my legs wouldn’t have been amputated from knee to toe.”
Prisoner Rabi’ Subeih, diagnosed with cardio-vascular diseases, has also raised alarm bells over his exacerbated health condition which has remarkably gone downhill due to IPS’s reluctance to accord him proper treatment.
At least 14 Palestinian prisoner-patients are permanently hospitalized in the Ramla prison hospital.
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The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday evening kidnapped a Palestinian young man from Balata refugee camp in Nablus during his presence at a checkpoint near Bethlehem.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers at the Container checkpoint near Bethlehem detained 21-year-old Atta Abu Hemeidan and took him in chain to an unknown place.
The IOF also established on Saturday a makeshift checkpoint at the entrance to Burin town, south of Nablus, and embarked on checking the ID cards of passersby.
In another incident on the same day, the Israeli army claimed it had arrested two Palestinians inside Eshkol settlement, east of the Gaza Strip, after they crossed the security fence.
According to Walla news website, the two detainees were unarmed and would be interrogated by the Shin Bet.
Some Palestinian young men from Gaza sometimes find themselves forced to risk their lives and infiltrate into Israeli occupied territories in order to search for jobs, but instead they either get killed by border soldiers or caught and then jailed for years.
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Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers at the Container checkpoint near Bethlehem detained 21-year-old Atta Abu Hemeidan and took him in chain to an unknown place.
The IOF also established on Saturday a makeshift checkpoint at the entrance to Burin town, south of Nablus, and embarked on checking the ID cards of passersby.
In another incident on the same day, the Israeli army claimed it had arrested two Palestinians inside Eshkol settlement, east of the Gaza Strip, after they crossed the security fence.
According to Walla news website, the two detainees were unarmed and would be interrogated by the Shin Bet.
Some Palestinian young men from Gaza sometimes find themselves forced to risk their lives and infiltrate into Israeli occupied territories in order to search for jobs, but instead they either get killed by border soldiers or caught and then jailed for years.
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A round of renewed clashes between the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and a group of Palestinian civilian youths burst out across Occupied Jerusalem on Saturday.
Eye-witnesses said the confrontations spread out to Jerusalem’s neighborhoods of al-Issawiya, Jabal al-Makbar and the Old City.
By-standers at the scene said the IOF targeted the civilian youngsters with heavy barrages of tear gas grenades and sound bombs.
The IOF attack culminated in the abduction of a Palestinian boy in Bab al-Amoud, one of the main entryways of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Large troops of the Israeli occupation police have been cordoning off the Palestinian neighborhoods in Occupied Jerusalem under pretext of searching for suspected stone-hurlers.
The Israeli occupation apparatuses claimed responsibility for the abduction of a 17-year-old Palestinian child allegedly for having been possibly involved in throwing firecrackers.
Meanwhile, the Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, urged all Israeli MKs to soothe tension around al-Aqsa Mosque.
The appeal came at a time when extremist MK Moshe Feiglin threatened to storm Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque in retaliation for Wednesday’s shooting of Israeli fanatic rabbi Yehuda Glick.
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Eye-witnesses said the confrontations spread out to Jerusalem’s neighborhoods of al-Issawiya, Jabal al-Makbar and the Old City.
By-standers at the scene said the IOF targeted the civilian youngsters with heavy barrages of tear gas grenades and sound bombs.
The IOF attack culminated in the abduction of a Palestinian boy in Bab al-Amoud, one of the main entryways of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Large troops of the Israeli occupation police have been cordoning off the Palestinian neighborhoods in Occupied Jerusalem under pretext of searching for suspected stone-hurlers.
The Israeli occupation apparatuses claimed responsibility for the abduction of a 17-year-old Palestinian child allegedly for having been possibly involved in throwing firecrackers.
Meanwhile, the Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, urged all Israeli MKs to soothe tension around al-Aqsa Mosque.
The appeal came at a time when extremist MK Moshe Feiglin threatened to storm Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque in retaliation for Wednesday’s shooting of Israeli fanatic rabbi Yehuda Glick.
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1 nov 2014
The two-year-old child Mimati
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Friday evening a Palestinian journalist while covering clashes in Silwad town, north of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses said that Palestine TV channel reporter Ali Dar Ali was arrested in Ramallah and taken to an unknown destination while covering the violent clashes that broke out between Israeli forces and local youths in Silwad.
Three youths were injured with rubber bullets during the confrontation, while an elderly man suffered breathing problems due to the heavy tear gas bombs fired by Israeli forces, the sources added.
The clashes erupted at the western entrance to the town when Israeli forces heavily fired a barrage of tear gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
On the other hand, IOF soldiers stormed a Palestinian home in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem and tried to arrest a two-year-old child and his 9-year-old cousin.
Wadi al-Hilweh Information Center confirmed that a large Israeli force broke into the home, claiming that the two children were stoning the soldiers from the rooftop.
Family sources told the center that the child Mimati Yasini, aged just two, had apparently thrown a stone while playing on the rooftop of the home.
"Raise your children not to throw stones! We are here to protect all of you", the Israeli officer claimed, addressing the child’s grandfather.
Israeli forces searched the home and tried to arrest the child for having “colored stones” in his pocket, which turned out be to be "candy".
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The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Friday evening a Palestinian journalist while covering clashes in Silwad town, north of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses said that Palestine TV channel reporter Ali Dar Ali was arrested in Ramallah and taken to an unknown destination while covering the violent clashes that broke out between Israeli forces and local youths in Silwad.
Three youths were injured with rubber bullets during the confrontation, while an elderly man suffered breathing problems due to the heavy tear gas bombs fired by Israeli forces, the sources added.
The clashes erupted at the western entrance to the town when Israeli forces heavily fired a barrage of tear gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
On the other hand, IOF soldiers stormed a Palestinian home in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem and tried to arrest a two-year-old child and his 9-year-old cousin.
Wadi al-Hilweh Information Center confirmed that a large Israeli force broke into the home, claiming that the two children were stoning the soldiers from the rooftop.
Family sources told the center that the child Mimati Yasini, aged just two, had apparently thrown a stone while playing on the rooftop of the home.
"Raise your children not to throw stones! We are here to protect all of you", the Israeli officer claimed, addressing the child’s grandfather.
Israeli forces searched the home and tried to arrest the child for having “colored stones” in his pocket, which turned out be to be "candy".
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Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, several communities in the Bethlehem district in the occupied West Bank, searched homes, and handed four Palestinians military orders for interrogation.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded Shawawra village, east of Bethlehem, and handed Mo’tasem Amjad Abu Ramees, 18, and Amjad Odah Abu Ramees, military orders for interrogation in the Etzion military base.
Soldiers also invaded Mrah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, and handed similar orders to Walid Mousa Sheikh, 38, and Mousa Reef Sheikh, 28.
Also on Saturday, soldiers invaded various Palestinian towns in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, installed roadblocks, and searched several homes and farmlands.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded Shawawra village, east of Bethlehem, and handed Mo’tasem Amjad Abu Ramees, 18, and Amjad Odah Abu Ramees, military orders for interrogation in the Etzion military base.
Soldiers also invaded Mrah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, and handed similar orders to Walid Mousa Sheikh, 38, and Mousa Reef Sheikh, 28.
Also on Saturday, soldiers invaded various Palestinian towns in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, installed roadblocks, and searched several homes and farmlands.
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