16 oct 2014
Israeli soldiers and police officers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, at least seventeen Palestinians near the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, while many residents have been injured, in renewed clashes.
Local sources said the army denied the Palestinians access to the al-Aqsa Mosque, for the second time this week, in order to allow dozens of Israeli fanatics to storm the compound.
The Maan News agency said that clashes continued late on Wednesday in al-Eesawiyya town, Jabal al-Mokabber, and various alleys and neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, while at least seven Palestinians were injured in al-Eesawiyya, when the soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs, and stun grenades.
The Police also kidnapped four children in allegedly after they threw stones at Israeli military vehicles.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped a 12-year-old child, identified as Salim ‘Oweisat, in addition to a teenager who remained unidentified.
The police and the army in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem also kidnapped at least five Palestinian teenagers.
Furthermore, a young Palestinian woman and her brother were injured by army fire in the African neighborhood, next to the Council gate, one of the gates of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Nasser Qous, head of the Jerusalem Office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded the African neighborhood area during clashes with local Palestinian youths in the al-Wad Street.
Qous said the soldiers fired dozens of rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, in various streets, largely targeting Palestinian homes, and that a young woman, identified as Marwa Edrees, 22, was shot in her back by a rubber-coated metal bullet while documenting an Israeli invasion into a local institution.
The soldiers also attacked her brother, Mahmoud, when he tried to help his wounded sister. Medical sources said Mahmoud suffered fractures in his leg.
Mahmoud and his sister were moved to the al-Makassed Islamic Hospital in Jerusalem or treatment.
Qous added the soldiers kidnapped another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Abu Sneina, near the Council Gate (Bab al-Majlis).
In addition, dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes that took place in the Shu’fat refugee camp after several Israeli military vehicles invaded it, while one Palestinian was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the chest, near the Sports Club in the City.
More clashes also took place in at-Tour neighborhood, in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, after the army invaded it for the second time in less than 24 hours.
Local sources said the army denied the Palestinians access to the al-Aqsa Mosque, for the second time this week, in order to allow dozens of Israeli fanatics to storm the compound.
The Maan News agency said that clashes continued late on Wednesday in al-Eesawiyya town, Jabal al-Mokabber, and various alleys and neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, while at least seven Palestinians were injured in al-Eesawiyya, when the soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs, and stun grenades.
The Police also kidnapped four children in allegedly after they threw stones at Israeli military vehicles.
In addition, the soldiers kidnapped a 12-year-old child, identified as Salim ‘Oweisat, in addition to a teenager who remained unidentified.
The police and the army in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem also kidnapped at least five Palestinian teenagers.
Furthermore, a young Palestinian woman and her brother were injured by army fire in the African neighborhood, next to the Council gate, one of the gates of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Nasser Qous, head of the Jerusalem Office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded the African neighborhood area during clashes with local Palestinian youths in the al-Wad Street.
Qous said the soldiers fired dozens of rubber-coated metal bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, in various streets, largely targeting Palestinian homes, and that a young woman, identified as Marwa Edrees, 22, was shot in her back by a rubber-coated metal bullet while documenting an Israeli invasion into a local institution.
The soldiers also attacked her brother, Mahmoud, when he tried to help his wounded sister. Medical sources said Mahmoud suffered fractures in his leg.
Mahmoud and his sister were moved to the al-Makassed Islamic Hospital in Jerusalem or treatment.
Qous added the soldiers kidnapped another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Abu Sneina, near the Council Gate (Bab al-Majlis).
In addition, dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes that took place in the Shu’fat refugee camp after several Israeli military vehicles invaded it, while one Palestinian was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the chest, near the Sports Club in the City.
More clashes also took place in at-Tour neighborhood, in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, after the army invaded it for the second time in less than 24 hours.
Farmers detained near Jenin
Palestinian Authority security forces killed a 25-year-old man, early this morning, during a raid in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Security officials informed Ma'an News Agency that clashes broke out as PA forces attempted to arrest several wanted men who had been hiding south of Hebron, in Area C.
It remains unclear just what the men are accused of. However, they reportedly opened fire at security forces during the raid, injuring seven security personnel, including one who is now in critical condition.
PA forces responded with live fire, injuring one Bilal al-Rajabi, who later died in a hospital.
Security spokesperson Adnan al-Damiri told Ma'an that security forces arrested 21 wanted criminals in the Jabal Jawhar area, where they recovered several stolen vehicles.
PA security continues to work in close coordination with the Israel, despite fierce Palestinian resistance to the occupation.
Also in the occupied West Bank , on Thursday, the Israeli army abducted a Palestinian youth at an Israeli checkpoint near Bethlehem, according to reports by security sources.
They said that Israeli soldiers arrested 19-year-old Mohammad Fanoun who was traveling to Jerusalem through ‘checkpoint 300’, under the pretext of illegal entry to Israel.
Israeli authorities rarely issues entry permits for Palestinians, either for work or for prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which provokes a large number to enter without permits.
Meanwhile, WAFA reports that Israeli soldiers broke through into an agricultural area near the village of Rummaneh, northwest of Jenin, where they detained a group of farmers and volunteers who were harvesting olive trees.
The soldiers transferred them to the nearby Salim military complex, upon which the farmers were interrogated army officers before being released.
Palestinian Authority security forces killed a 25-year-old man, early this morning, during a raid in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Security officials informed Ma'an News Agency that clashes broke out as PA forces attempted to arrest several wanted men who had been hiding south of Hebron, in Area C.
It remains unclear just what the men are accused of. However, they reportedly opened fire at security forces during the raid, injuring seven security personnel, including one who is now in critical condition.
PA forces responded with live fire, injuring one Bilal al-Rajabi, who later died in a hospital.
Security spokesperson Adnan al-Damiri told Ma'an that security forces arrested 21 wanted criminals in the Jabal Jawhar area, where they recovered several stolen vehicles.
PA security continues to work in close coordination with the Israel, despite fierce Palestinian resistance to the occupation.
Also in the occupied West Bank , on Thursday, the Israeli army abducted a Palestinian youth at an Israeli checkpoint near Bethlehem, according to reports by security sources.
They said that Israeli soldiers arrested 19-year-old Mohammad Fanoun who was traveling to Jerusalem through ‘checkpoint 300’, under the pretext of illegal entry to Israel.
Israeli authorities rarely issues entry permits for Palestinians, either for work or for prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which provokes a large number to enter without permits.
Meanwhile, WAFA reports that Israeli soldiers broke through into an agricultural area near the village of Rummaneh, northwest of Jenin, where they detained a group of farmers and volunteers who were harvesting olive trees.
The soldiers transferred them to the nearby Salim military complex, upon which the farmers were interrogated army officers before being released.
35-year-old Raed Moussa, currently being held in an Israeli prison, has been on hunger strike for nearly a month, now, in protest against being held without charge or trial for nearly a year, under Israeli Administrative Detention policy.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), in Jenin, said in a statement that Raed was detained in Jenin on Nov. 29, 2013, and sentenced to six months of administrative detention, according to Ma'an.
Moussa's detention was then extended for four more months, the PPS statement added, upon which he began an open-ended hunger strike for 34 days, until he was finally promised by prison authorities that there would be no more extensions to his detention.
He began the strike again, this September, when Israeli Prison Service re-sentenced him for another four months of administrative detention.
Raed is now being held in solitary confinement, at Ktziot prison, in the Negev desert. He has spent a total of seven years in Israeli jails in separate periods, according to Ma'an.
Administrative Detention procedures, the use of which by Israel dates back to the British mandate period, allows them to hold prisoners indefinitely without chage or trial, on the basis of secret information. The conditions under which prisoners are kept are often quite harsh, during such a sentence, with basic needs and medical care being neglected by Israeli authorities.
According to the PPS, the number of Palestinian prisoners held in administrative detention has now doubled, since the beginning of 2014. Some 500 Palestinian are being held under administrative detention, some of whom are members of Palestinian parliament.
This past April, Palestinian prisoners launched a massive hunger strike, in demand of an end to this policy. The strike lasted two months, and multiplied to around 270 prisoners, but failed to affect the Israeli policy.
Israel had promised to ease up on the practice, under a previous agreement which ultimately ended another similar strike, in years past. However, a Gaza election victory by Hamas compelled Israeli officials to again renege on their promises, implementing even further restrictions and collective punishments for Palestinians across the occupied territories.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), in Jenin, said in a statement that Raed was detained in Jenin on Nov. 29, 2013, and sentenced to six months of administrative detention, according to Ma'an.
Moussa's detention was then extended for four more months, the PPS statement added, upon which he began an open-ended hunger strike for 34 days, until he was finally promised by prison authorities that there would be no more extensions to his detention.
He began the strike again, this September, when Israeli Prison Service re-sentenced him for another four months of administrative detention.
Raed is now being held in solitary confinement, at Ktziot prison, in the Negev desert. He has spent a total of seven years in Israeli jails in separate periods, according to Ma'an.
Administrative Detention procedures, the use of which by Israel dates back to the British mandate period, allows them to hold prisoners indefinitely without chage or trial, on the basis of secret information. The conditions under which prisoners are kept are often quite harsh, during such a sentence, with basic needs and medical care being neglected by Israeli authorities.
According to the PPS, the number of Palestinian prisoners held in administrative detention has now doubled, since the beginning of 2014. Some 500 Palestinian are being held under administrative detention, some of whom are members of Palestinian parliament.
This past April, Palestinian prisoners launched a massive hunger strike, in demand of an end to this policy. The strike lasted two months, and multiplied to around 270 prisoners, but failed to affect the Israeli policy.
Israel had promised to ease up on the practice, under a previous agreement which ultimately ended another similar strike, in years past. However, a Gaza election victory by Hamas compelled Israeli officials to again renege on their promises, implementing even further restrictions and collective punishments for Palestinians across the occupied territories.
As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon toured the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, urging a revival of peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian political factions, armed Israeli aggression against Palestinians continued in the occupied West Bank, by both soldiers and civilians alike.
Palestinian youth Anas Na'ajeh was shot in the face, today, with a rubber-coated steel bullet, while several others suffered tear gas inhalation, during clashes which erupted in al-Fara’a refugee camp, northeast of Nablus.
Na’ajeh was transferred to a hospital to receive immediate treatment.
Witnesses told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that a large military force raided the camp, opening live fire and discharging both tear gas and sound bombs at a number of unarmed residents.
Soldiers raided several homes after blasting the front doors, using some residents as human shields. They also raided and ransacked several other homes in the area, turning one house into an investigation point.
Earlier today, Israeli forces turned a Palestinian home into a military barrack, while raiding and searching several Palestinian-owned homes in the town of Yabod, to the west of Jenin.
According to security sources, forces raided the home of one Walid Abu Bakir and turned it into a military observation point. Forces further raided several other houses and searched a shop, interrogating local residents.
Earlier this week, Israeli forces raided yet another house in Hebron, in systematic continuous Israeli violations of Palestinians privacy and human rights.
Forces, on Tuesday, abducted six Palestinians from the occupied West Bank districts of Hebron and Tulkarem, including a university student, while serving a youth from Bethlehem with a notice to appear for interrogation, according to reports by local and security sources.
Four Palestinians from the town of Beit Ummar, to the north of Hebron, were also taken following a raid on their homes. The kidnapped were identified as Sami abu Jodeh, age 19, Sofyan and Mohammad Ikhlil, and Mahmoud Abu Ayyash. Forces also took into custody, again, previously released prisoner Ihsan Dababseh, age 30, a woman from the town of Noba, to the west of Hebron.
Meanwhile, in Tulkarem, university student Kamal Azim, 29, was kidnapped after forces raided and thoroughly searched his home.
21-year-old Mohamad al-Masri was also served with a notice to appear for interrogation before the Israeli intelligence in 'Gush Etzion', a cluster of illegal Israeli settlements located near Bethlehem.
WAFA further reports that Israeli police assaulted, onTuesday, Director of al-Aqsa Mosque, Omar Kiswani, in occupied East Jerusalem, and also arrested an Islamic Waqf (IW) staff member after beating him, according to IW department.
According to IW, an Israeli police unit intercepted IW Director, Azzam Tamimi, while touring the mosque along with Kiswani. Police then attacked Kiswani and violently assaulted him.
Another police force present at the location assaulted one Mohannad Idris, an IW guard, before abducting him as well.
This latest civilian assault by Israeli forces comes after a vigorous Monday marred by violence, which erupted as illegal settlers broke into the Mosque compound to celebrate the Jewish holiday, Sukkot. Angered by the obtrusive invasion, worshipers began chanting religious slogans to fend off the assault.
Shortly after this, police chased hundreds of protesting worshipers towards the southern main building of the mosque and attempted to raid it, damaging a number of historical gates and windows in doing so. Dozens of worshipers were reported to have suffocated after Israeli police guards fired tear gas canisters in the building, where they were seeking shelter.
Furthermore, in the village of Aqraba, to the south of Nablus, on Tuesday, Israeli settlers sprayed the walls of a local mosque with racist graffiti and intentionally set it on fire, according to local sources.
Hamza Dereya, of the Anti-Settlement Committee in the village, stated that several settlers invaded the village before dawn and set fire to the local Abu Bakr Mosque. Settlers then proceeded to spray anti-Arab and miscellaneous hate graffiti on the walls.
Additionally, Minister of Religious Affairs Yousef Id’es said that the incident was the result of an ongoing Israeli racial campaign, within a nurtured environment of hatred which allows settlers to insult the Muslim and Christian holy sites in the city of Jerusalem, with the aim of forcing a temporal division of al-Aqsa Mosque.
The incident is but one in a series of similar violent episodes carried out by groups of Israeli settlers, during recent months, as Israeli forces continue to back settler aggression and impose increasingly tighter restrictions on worshippers.
Meanwhile, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, said that further assaults on the holy sites, on top of those at al-Aqsa Mosque, could potentially turn the region into a vertiable time bomb, foreshadowing an impending religious war in the region, should such assaults continue.
“Divine religions prohibit assaulting worship places and ensure they are away from any rounds of conflict,” Mr. Hussein was quoted to say, as he called for the ‘criminals’ to face justice while praising the local residents of Aqraba for defending their mosque.
WAFA reports that incidents of property destruction and arson, attacks on vulnerable communities, and continuing seizure of large areas of land are but a few forms of the daily aggressions against the Palestinian population, and especially in areas adjacent to the illegal settlements in the West Bank.
Settlers, on Tuesday, plundered a privately-owned Palestinian harvest of olives near Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank, according to WAFA correspondence.
AbdulRahman Rajab, owner of the crop, said that he was surprised to arrive in his land, only to find 10 large sacks that had been stuffed with olives now missing. He said that he had left the crop about two days ago, after being assaulted by illegal Israeli settlers.
In addition to Mr. Rajab's stolen crop, his donkey and agricultural tools were looted by the settlers, who apparently came from the nearby illegal settlement of ‘Avnei Hefets’.
Rajab additionally stated that he was on his land, along with his three sons and his wife, harvesting olive trees together, when three colonial settlers attacked them with stones, injuring the wife in her shoulder and his 8-year-old son in his legs.
The family was then forced to leave, to avoid any further physical injuries.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army further assaulted farmers in the village of al-Araqa, to west of Jenin, firing tear gas canisters at them while they were harvesting another crop of olive trees, causing them to suffocate.
Palestinian youth Anas Na'ajeh was shot in the face, today, with a rubber-coated steel bullet, while several others suffered tear gas inhalation, during clashes which erupted in al-Fara’a refugee camp, northeast of Nablus.
Na’ajeh was transferred to a hospital to receive immediate treatment.
Witnesses told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that a large military force raided the camp, opening live fire and discharging both tear gas and sound bombs at a number of unarmed residents.
Soldiers raided several homes after blasting the front doors, using some residents as human shields. They also raided and ransacked several other homes in the area, turning one house into an investigation point.
Earlier today, Israeli forces turned a Palestinian home into a military barrack, while raiding and searching several Palestinian-owned homes in the town of Yabod, to the west of Jenin.
According to security sources, forces raided the home of one Walid Abu Bakir and turned it into a military observation point. Forces further raided several other houses and searched a shop, interrogating local residents.
Earlier this week, Israeli forces raided yet another house in Hebron, in systematic continuous Israeli violations of Palestinians privacy and human rights.
Forces, on Tuesday, abducted six Palestinians from the occupied West Bank districts of Hebron and Tulkarem, including a university student, while serving a youth from Bethlehem with a notice to appear for interrogation, according to reports by local and security sources.
Four Palestinians from the town of Beit Ummar, to the north of Hebron, were also taken following a raid on their homes. The kidnapped were identified as Sami abu Jodeh, age 19, Sofyan and Mohammad Ikhlil, and Mahmoud Abu Ayyash. Forces also took into custody, again, previously released prisoner Ihsan Dababseh, age 30, a woman from the town of Noba, to the west of Hebron.
Meanwhile, in Tulkarem, university student Kamal Azim, 29, was kidnapped after forces raided and thoroughly searched his home.
21-year-old Mohamad al-Masri was also served with a notice to appear for interrogation before the Israeli intelligence in 'Gush Etzion', a cluster of illegal Israeli settlements located near Bethlehem.
WAFA further reports that Israeli police assaulted, onTuesday, Director of al-Aqsa Mosque, Omar Kiswani, in occupied East Jerusalem, and also arrested an Islamic Waqf (IW) staff member after beating him, according to IW department.
According to IW, an Israeli police unit intercepted IW Director, Azzam Tamimi, while touring the mosque along with Kiswani. Police then attacked Kiswani and violently assaulted him.
Another police force present at the location assaulted one Mohannad Idris, an IW guard, before abducting him as well.
This latest civilian assault by Israeli forces comes after a vigorous Monday marred by violence, which erupted as illegal settlers broke into the Mosque compound to celebrate the Jewish holiday, Sukkot. Angered by the obtrusive invasion, worshipers began chanting religious slogans to fend off the assault.
Shortly after this, police chased hundreds of protesting worshipers towards the southern main building of the mosque and attempted to raid it, damaging a number of historical gates and windows in doing so. Dozens of worshipers were reported to have suffocated after Israeli police guards fired tear gas canisters in the building, where they were seeking shelter.
Furthermore, in the village of Aqraba, to the south of Nablus, on Tuesday, Israeli settlers sprayed the walls of a local mosque with racist graffiti and intentionally set it on fire, according to local sources.
Hamza Dereya, of the Anti-Settlement Committee in the village, stated that several settlers invaded the village before dawn and set fire to the local Abu Bakr Mosque. Settlers then proceeded to spray anti-Arab and miscellaneous hate graffiti on the walls.
Additionally, Minister of Religious Affairs Yousef Id’es said that the incident was the result of an ongoing Israeli racial campaign, within a nurtured environment of hatred which allows settlers to insult the Muslim and Christian holy sites in the city of Jerusalem, with the aim of forcing a temporal division of al-Aqsa Mosque.
The incident is but one in a series of similar violent episodes carried out by groups of Israeli settlers, during recent months, as Israeli forces continue to back settler aggression and impose increasingly tighter restrictions on worshippers.
Meanwhile, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, said that further assaults on the holy sites, on top of those at al-Aqsa Mosque, could potentially turn the region into a vertiable time bomb, foreshadowing an impending religious war in the region, should such assaults continue.
“Divine religions prohibit assaulting worship places and ensure they are away from any rounds of conflict,” Mr. Hussein was quoted to say, as he called for the ‘criminals’ to face justice while praising the local residents of Aqraba for defending their mosque.
WAFA reports that incidents of property destruction and arson, attacks on vulnerable communities, and continuing seizure of large areas of land are but a few forms of the daily aggressions against the Palestinian population, and especially in areas adjacent to the illegal settlements in the West Bank.
Settlers, on Tuesday, plundered a privately-owned Palestinian harvest of olives near Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank, according to WAFA correspondence.
AbdulRahman Rajab, owner of the crop, said that he was surprised to arrive in his land, only to find 10 large sacks that had been stuffed with olives now missing. He said that he had left the crop about two days ago, after being assaulted by illegal Israeli settlers.
In addition to Mr. Rajab's stolen crop, his donkey and agricultural tools were looted by the settlers, who apparently came from the nearby illegal settlement of ‘Avnei Hefets’.
Rajab additionally stated that he was on his land, along with his three sons and his wife, harvesting olive trees together, when three colonial settlers attacked them with stones, injuring the wife in her shoulder and his 8-year-old son in his legs.
The family was then forced to leave, to avoid any further physical injuries.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army further assaulted farmers in the village of al-Araqa, to west of Jenin, firing tear gas canisters at them while they were harvesting another crop of olive trees, causing them to suffocate.
15 oct 2014
Tension has been running high at holy al-Aqsa Mosque as dozens of Palestinian peaceful sit-inners on Wednesday sustained critical wounds in a round of arbitrary assaults launched by the Israeli occupation police and settler bunches. Mahmoud Abu Al-Ata, media manager at the Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage, told Al-Ray news agency that many of the hundreds of Jerusalemites and Palestinians of the 1948 occupied Palestine, who gathered at the downtown street near Bab al-Asbat and Bab Hatta in an attempt to foil the settlers’ sacrilegious break-ins, were left wounded.
At least 50 Israelis, divided into two settler flocks, stormed Muslim’s holy al-Aqsa Mosque as early as 7.30 a.m. and defiled its courtyards.
The Israeli policemen had earlier tightened grips on Occupied Jerusalem and cordoned off all of al-Aqsa gates, denying Palestinians below the age of 50 and women access into the Mosque to perform their religious prayers within.
Fait accompli spatio-temporal division
Israeli fanatic rabbis and leaders stepped up calls for desecration attacks against al-Aqsa under pretext of the advent of the so-called Israeli sukkot holiday. Analysts said the campaign manifests of Israel’s attempt to enforce spatio-temporal division and impose a fait accompli on the Mosque.
A wave of violent confrontations flared up between the Israeli occupation apparatuses and a group of Palestinian unarmed youths as a result.
Eyewitnesses documented heavy discharge of random barrages of tear gas on the Palestinian youngsters and civilian homes in al-Tur neighborhood, the Shua’fat refugee camp, and the Qalandia crossing, among other neighborhoods.
At least 20 Palestinian civilians, including a child and a woman, have been nabbed by the Israeli occupation police throughout the mass-abduction campaign that suddenly rocked Occupied Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, the High Follow-up Committee for the Arab masses in 1948 occupied Palestine has launched distress signals over the ferocious sacrilegious campaign targeting the sanctity of al-Aqsa and Occupied Jerusalem, calling on Arabs and Muslims to head to the Mosque en masse on Wednesday.
The call comes at a time when Jerusalem’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohamed Hussein, who partook in the mass-rallies staged at al-Aqsa, urged Muslims to intensify their presence at the Mosque.
Along the same line, the ministry of information called on all mass media and news reporters to join the sit-ins so as to broadcast an authentic coverage of the scene and pressure the international community to immediately step in and take serious action against Israel’s flagrant breaches of international laws and Muslims’ rights.
Meanwhile, Hundreds of buses loaded with Muslim worshippers headed to al-Aqsa at dawn on Wednesday to maintain vigil at the Mosque and thwart Israeli break-ins.
Local media sources said the Israeli occupation soldiers denied the buses access into al-Aqsa Mosque and its vicinities, forcing all those who managed to mush their ways through the barriers out of the area.
The sit-inners have been performing pro-Muslim chants and slamming the apathy maintained by the Arab and international community’s vis-à-vis Israel’s mounting terrorism against such a historically Islamic site.
In a related development, the Israeli minister of internal security and the commander in chief of the occupation police have been deliberating over ways to step up monitoring of young Muslim worshippers via drones and military tactics, the Israeli Channel 2 reported Tuesday.
At least 50 Israelis, divided into two settler flocks, stormed Muslim’s holy al-Aqsa Mosque as early as 7.30 a.m. and defiled its courtyards.
The Israeli policemen had earlier tightened grips on Occupied Jerusalem and cordoned off all of al-Aqsa gates, denying Palestinians below the age of 50 and women access into the Mosque to perform their religious prayers within.
Fait accompli spatio-temporal division
Israeli fanatic rabbis and leaders stepped up calls for desecration attacks against al-Aqsa under pretext of the advent of the so-called Israeli sukkot holiday. Analysts said the campaign manifests of Israel’s attempt to enforce spatio-temporal division and impose a fait accompli on the Mosque.
A wave of violent confrontations flared up between the Israeli occupation apparatuses and a group of Palestinian unarmed youths as a result.
Eyewitnesses documented heavy discharge of random barrages of tear gas on the Palestinian youngsters and civilian homes in al-Tur neighborhood, the Shua’fat refugee camp, and the Qalandia crossing, among other neighborhoods.
At least 20 Palestinian civilians, including a child and a woman, have been nabbed by the Israeli occupation police throughout the mass-abduction campaign that suddenly rocked Occupied Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, the High Follow-up Committee for the Arab masses in 1948 occupied Palestine has launched distress signals over the ferocious sacrilegious campaign targeting the sanctity of al-Aqsa and Occupied Jerusalem, calling on Arabs and Muslims to head to the Mosque en masse on Wednesday.
The call comes at a time when Jerusalem’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohamed Hussein, who partook in the mass-rallies staged at al-Aqsa, urged Muslims to intensify their presence at the Mosque.
Along the same line, the ministry of information called on all mass media and news reporters to join the sit-ins so as to broadcast an authentic coverage of the scene and pressure the international community to immediately step in and take serious action against Israel’s flagrant breaches of international laws and Muslims’ rights.
Meanwhile, Hundreds of buses loaded with Muslim worshippers headed to al-Aqsa at dawn on Wednesday to maintain vigil at the Mosque and thwart Israeli break-ins.
Local media sources said the Israeli occupation soldiers denied the buses access into al-Aqsa Mosque and its vicinities, forcing all those who managed to mush their ways through the barriers out of the area.
The sit-inners have been performing pro-Muslim chants and slamming the apathy maintained by the Arab and international community’s vis-à-vis Israel’s mounting terrorism against such a historically Islamic site.
In a related development, the Israeli minister of internal security and the commander in chief of the occupation police have been deliberating over ways to step up monitoring of young Muslim worshippers via drones and military tactics, the Israeli Channel 2 reported Tuesday.
Palestinian Information Ministry said in a report issued on Wednesday that 21 Palestinian children were arrested by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the first half of October. The report charged that the IOF stepped up attacks and arrests against children since the beginning of October.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society, in its turn, pointed out that 250 Palestinian children are currently held in Israeli prisons and detention centers.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society, in its turn, pointed out that 250 Palestinian children are currently held in Israeli prisons and detention centers.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Tuesday evening a Palestinian young man from Yatta town in al-Khalil and closed the entrance to Carmel town to the south of the city. Coordinator of Popular Committee against Settlement and Separation Wall Rateb Jabour confirmed that an 18-year-old young man was arrested in Yatta town.
IOF troops stormed Carmel town after closing its entrances and erecting a number of checkpoints throughout its neighborhoods in order to pave the way for settlers’ break-in.
Meanwhile, 12 Israeli military vehicles stormed Tuesday evening Yabad town, south of Jenin, and broke into a number of homes.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers turned one of the homes into a military checkpoint after detaining all of the family members in one single room.
Several civilian homes and shops were also stormed and searched during the raid campaign, while dozens of vehicles were stopped and searched at the entrance to the town.
Along the same line, IOF carried out a night raid campaign throughout Jenin and served a summons to a 22-year-old young man after breaking into his parents’ home.
More than 15 people were injured after being hit with tear gas bombs and rubber bullets fired by Israeli forces during clashes that erupted overnight in Anza town near the city of Jenin.
Palestinian youths in their turn threw stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers.
IOF raids, arrests carried out throughout West Bank
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Tuesday evening a Palestinian young man from Yatta town in al-Khalil and closed the entrance to Carmel town to the south of the city. Coordinator of Popular Committee against Settlement and Separation Wall Rateb Jabour confirmed that an 18-year-old young man was arrested in Yatta town.
IOF troops stormed Carmel town after closing its entrances and erecting a number of checkpoints throughout its neighborhoods in order to pave the way for settlers’ break-in.
Meanwhile, 12 Israeli military vehicles stormed Tuesday evening Yabad town, south of Jenin, and broke into a number of homes.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers turned one of the homes into a military checkpoint after detaining all of the family members in one single room.
Several civilian homes and shops were also stormed and searched during the raid campaign, while dozens of vehicles were stopped and searched at the entrance to the town.
Along the same line, IOF carried out a night raid campaign throughout Jenin and served a summons to a 22-year-old young man after breaking into his parents’ home.
More than 15 people were injured after being hit with tear gas bombs and rubber bullets fired by Israeli forces during clashes that erupted overnight in Anza town near the city of Jenin.
Palestinian youths in their turn threw stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers.
IOF troops stormed Carmel town after closing its entrances and erecting a number of checkpoints throughout its neighborhoods in order to pave the way for settlers’ break-in.
Meanwhile, 12 Israeli military vehicles stormed Tuesday evening Yabad town, south of Jenin, and broke into a number of homes.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers turned one of the homes into a military checkpoint after detaining all of the family members in one single room.
Several civilian homes and shops were also stormed and searched during the raid campaign, while dozens of vehicles were stopped and searched at the entrance to the town.
Along the same line, IOF carried out a night raid campaign throughout Jenin and served a summons to a 22-year-old young man after breaking into his parents’ home.
More than 15 people were injured after being hit with tear gas bombs and rubber bullets fired by Israeli forces during clashes that erupted overnight in Anza town near the city of Jenin.
Palestinian youths in their turn threw stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers.
IOF raids, arrests carried out throughout West Bank
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Tuesday evening a Palestinian young man from Yatta town in al-Khalil and closed the entrance to Carmel town to the south of the city. Coordinator of Popular Committee against Settlement and Separation Wall Rateb Jabour confirmed that an 18-year-old young man was arrested in Yatta town.
IOF troops stormed Carmel town after closing its entrances and erecting a number of checkpoints throughout its neighborhoods in order to pave the way for settlers’ break-in.
Meanwhile, 12 Israeli military vehicles stormed Tuesday evening Yabad town, south of Jenin, and broke into a number of homes.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers turned one of the homes into a military checkpoint after detaining all of the family members in one single room.
Several civilian homes and shops were also stormed and searched during the raid campaign, while dozens of vehicles were stopped and searched at the entrance to the town.
Along the same line, IOF carried out a night raid campaign throughout Jenin and served a summons to a 22-year-old young man after breaking into his parents’ home.
More than 15 people were injured after being hit with tear gas bombs and rubber bullets fired by Israeli forces during clashes that erupted overnight in Anza town near the city of Jenin.
Palestinian youths in their turn threw stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) sentenced a Palestinian wheel-chaired detainee to a renewed administrative prison-term, paying no heed to his critical health status and the urgent check-ups his condition quite frequently needs. The Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement Tuesday the IOF renewed the administrative sentence of 41-year-old Palestinian captive Adnan Muheissen, from the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, for four more months in prison.
Things have gone from bad to worse for Prisoner Muheissen, detained since June 18, 2014, and diagnosed with triplegia (paralysis of three limbs), after he tripped over from his wheelchair in the Israeli Etzion jail before he was eventually transferred to al-Ramla prison hospital.
Meanwhile, the situation of Palestinian prisoner Raed Mousa, 35, has remarkably gone downhill as the detainee has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 25 days in a row in protest at his arbitrary administrative detention.
Prisoner Mousa, detained since 29 November, 2013, vowed to continue in his hunger strike until his release.
Earlier, the detainee had initiated another 43-day hunger strike after the Israeli prison service reneged on its release-promise and sentenced him to a renewed six-month-administrative term.
Things have gone from bad to worse for Prisoner Muheissen, detained since June 18, 2014, and diagnosed with triplegia (paralysis of three limbs), after he tripped over from his wheelchair in the Israeli Etzion jail before he was eventually transferred to al-Ramla prison hospital.
Meanwhile, the situation of Palestinian prisoner Raed Mousa, 35, has remarkably gone downhill as the detainee has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 25 days in a row in protest at his arbitrary administrative detention.
Prisoner Mousa, detained since 29 November, 2013, vowed to continue in his hunger strike until his release.
Earlier, the detainee had initiated another 43-day hunger strike after the Israeli prison service reneged on its release-promise and sentenced him to a renewed six-month-administrative term.
Israeli police detained a Palestinian and his two sons during clashes in the unrecognized Araqib village in Negev during clashes in the area Tuesday, residents said.
Residents in the Araqib village told Ma'an that clashes erupted when members of the Israeli land authority attempted to enter the cemetery of the village.
The Israeli police detained Sheikh Sayyah al-Turi and his two sons Mitib and Aziz.
Residents added that two cars and a water hose were confiscated from the village.
Awwad Abu Freih told Ma'an that “hundreds of Israeli demolition forces arrived to the area to demolish and destroy and detain residents.”
Residents in the Araqib village told Ma'an that clashes erupted when members of the Israeli land authority attempted to enter the cemetery of the village.
The Israeli police detained Sheikh Sayyah al-Turi and his two sons Mitib and Aziz.
Residents added that two cars and a water hose were confiscated from the village.
Awwad Abu Freih told Ma'an that “hundreds of Israeli demolition forces arrived to the area to demolish and destroy and detain residents.”
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Israeli police on Tuesday detained five Palestinians from the al-Tur neighborhood and the Old City in Jerusalem.
A Ma’an reporter said teenager Kamal al-Imam from al-Tur was detained and taken to Salah al-Din street police station for allegedly throwing rocks. His detention was extended until Wednesday.
Abd al-Karim Haddad and Tariq al-Kurd from the Old City were detained and their detention was extended until Wednesday, prisoner's society lawyer Mufid al-Haj said.
Mohammad al-Hashlamon was assaulted and beaten over the head with a baton when he was detained from the al-Aqsa compound, witnesses said.
Hamid Abd al-Karim Abu Sneineh was also beaten and detained.
Also, an Israeli court extended the detention of Mutasim al-Rajabi from Shufat until Wednesday.
A Ma’an reporter said teenager Kamal al-Imam from al-Tur was detained and taken to Salah al-Din street police station for allegedly throwing rocks. His detention was extended until Wednesday.
Abd al-Karim Haddad and Tariq al-Kurd from the Old City were detained and their detention was extended until Wednesday, prisoner's society lawyer Mufid al-Haj said.
Mohammad al-Hashlamon was assaulted and beaten over the head with a baton when he was detained from the al-Aqsa compound, witnesses said.
Hamid Abd al-Karim Abu Sneineh was also beaten and detained.
Also, an Israeli court extended the detention of Mutasim al-Rajabi from Shufat until Wednesday.
The number of Palestinian female detainees held in Israeli jails has gone up to 17 so far, Al-Ahrar Center for Prisoner Studies and Human Rights reported Tuesday. Head of al-Ahrar Center, Fuad Khuffash, said the number of Palestinian women has hit 17 after the Israeli occupation forces summoned 28-year-old ex-prisoner Ihsan Dababsa for interrogation in the Etzion detention center, near Bethlehem city, and locked her up, Dababsa’s family told the center.
Khuffash raised alarm bells over the dire detention circumstances undergone by the female detainees held in the Israeli HaSharon prison.
The official further spoke out against the systematic medical neglect to which the detainees have long been subjected.
Things have gone from bad to worse for the oldest female prisoner Lina al-Jarbouni, incarcerated in Israeli prisons for more than 13 years and diagnosed with chronic diseases ever since.
The situation of the Palestinian 16-year-old female detainee Dima Sawahra has been no better, Khuffash further reported, calling on the human rights organizations and feminist movements to activate the prisoners’ cause, both nationwide and overseas, and try every possible way to restore their freedom.
Khuffash raised alarm bells over the dire detention circumstances undergone by the female detainees held in the Israeli HaSharon prison.
The official further spoke out against the systematic medical neglect to which the detainees have long been subjected.
Things have gone from bad to worse for the oldest female prisoner Lina al-Jarbouni, incarcerated in Israeli prisons for more than 13 years and diagnosed with chronic diseases ever since.
The situation of the Palestinian 16-year-old female detainee Dima Sawahra has been no better, Khuffash further reported, calling on the human rights organizations and feminist movements to activate the prisoners’ cause, both nationwide and overseas, and try every possible way to restore their freedom.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Tuesday six Palestinians including a young woman and a university lecturer in al-Khalil and Nablus. Local sources said that IOF soldiers stormed civilian homes in Beit Ummar northern al-Khalil. Four youths were nabbed during the raid and taken to investigation centers for being “wanted”.
28-year-old Ihsan Dababsa, from al-Khalil, was arrested last night after being summoned for investigation for four times but she refused to show up, Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said.
The PPS reported that the soldiers broke into Ihsan’s home after refusing the repeated summonses. The young woman served 24 months in Israeli jails in 2009.
Along the same line, the lecturer at Najah University Islam Abdul Jawad, 42, was arrested overnight after breaking into his home in Nablus.
Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies underlined that Israeli forces stormed the university lecturer Abdul Jawad’s home after blowing up its gate and took him to an unknown destination. His mobile phone and laptop were confiscated during the raid.
Two university lecturers were also detained by the IOF earlier this month. One of them was released recently while the second is still held in Petah Tikva investigation center.
Head of the center Fuad al-Khuffash called on Najah University administration to swiftly act and demand the release of its lecturers from Israeli jails.
28-year-old Ihsan Dababsa, from al-Khalil, was arrested last night after being summoned for investigation for four times but she refused to show up, Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said.
The PPS reported that the soldiers broke into Ihsan’s home after refusing the repeated summonses. The young woman served 24 months in Israeli jails in 2009.
Along the same line, the lecturer at Najah University Islam Abdul Jawad, 42, was arrested overnight after breaking into his home in Nablus.
Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies underlined that Israeli forces stormed the university lecturer Abdul Jawad’s home after blowing up its gate and took him to an unknown destination. His mobile phone and laptop were confiscated during the raid.
Two university lecturers were also detained by the IOF earlier this month. One of them was released recently while the second is still held in Petah Tikva investigation center.
Head of the center Fuad al-Khuffash called on Najah University administration to swiftly act and demand the release of its lecturers from Israeli jails.
27 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) are currently held in Israeli jails including 19 MPs held under administrative detention according to which detainees are incarcerated without charge or trial, Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said. Eight MPS are detained and convicted for different periods of time including Marwan Barghouti, sentenced to five life terms imprisonment, and the secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Ahmed Saadat, sentenced to 30 years imprisonment
Speaker of the PLC Aziz Dweik is also held in Israeli jails under administrative detention, the PPS added.
26 MPs were detained during the last Israeli military operation throughout the West Bank and held in administrative detention. Ten of them were released.
Speaker of the PLC Aziz Dweik is also held in Israeli jails under administrative detention, the PPS added.
26 MPs were detained during the last Israeli military operation throughout the West Bank and held in administrative detention. Ten of them were released.
