24 oct 2017
A Palestinian female prisoner attacked, Tuesday, Israeli jailers with a sharp metal object in HaSharon prison, Hebrew media sources claimed.
No injuries were reported during the alleged attack, 0404 Hebrew website said.
The unidentified prisoner was then tied to her bed in HaShron prison.
No Palestinian rights sources have commented on the incident.
56 Palestinian female prisoners, including minors, are currently held in HaSharon and Damon prisons.
No injuries were reported during the alleged attack, 0404 Hebrew website said.
The unidentified prisoner was then tied to her bed in HaShron prison.
No Palestinian rights sources have commented on the incident.
56 Palestinian female prisoners, including minors, are currently held in HaSharon and Damon prisons.
The Palestinian prisoner Bilal Diab, who has been on hunger strike for seven days, has stopped taking water for the second consecutive day.
Diab has declared hunger strike in protest at his ill-treatment and harassment by Israeli jailers.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported that Diab was transferred two days ago from Negev prison’s solitary confinement to Ashkelon’s solitary confinement while handcuffed.
He suffered multiple injuries all over his body during the transfer operation, the PPS added.
The PPS’s lawyer affirmed that Diab stopped taking water and vitamins for the second day.
He started suffering sharp head and back pains, in addition to extreme fatigue.
Diab, 32, was arrested more than once by Israeli forces, most recently was last July. He previously waged a 77-day hunger strike in 2012 in protest against his administrative detention.
According to human rights groups, Israel uses its policy of administrative detention — internment without charge or trial based on undisclosed evidence— to detain anti-occupation activists and protesters in an extension of several policies that rights groups have deemed collective punishment aimed at disrupting family life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
Diab has declared hunger strike in protest at his ill-treatment and harassment by Israeli jailers.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported that Diab was transferred two days ago from Negev prison’s solitary confinement to Ashkelon’s solitary confinement while handcuffed.
He suffered multiple injuries all over his body during the transfer operation, the PPS added.
The PPS’s lawyer affirmed that Diab stopped taking water and vitamins for the second day.
He started suffering sharp head and back pains, in addition to extreme fatigue.
Diab, 32, was arrested more than once by Israeli forces, most recently was last July. He previously waged a 77-day hunger strike in 2012 in protest against his administrative detention.
According to human rights groups, Israel uses its policy of administrative detention — internment without charge or trial based on undisclosed evidence— to detain anti-occupation activists and protesters in an extension of several policies that rights groups have deemed collective punishment aimed at disrupting family life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem.
Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed on Tuesday that the Palestinian captive Wael Abu Shukhdum, 38 from al-Khalil, has been suffering from kidney pain for four years now without receiving any kind of treatment.
The Society’s lawyer who visited detainee Abu Shukhudum in Nafha Israeli jail pointed out that his suffering worsened after participation in the collective hunger strike last April. Since then, he has been complaining of cardiac and arterial hypertrophy beside kidney pain.
The prison management neither informed Abu Shukhdum, who is serving a sentence of 6 life imprisonments and 20 years and has been detained for 15 years, about the results of any of the medical tests he underwent in jail nor provided him with the appropriate treatment.
The Society’s lawyer who visited detainee Abu Shukhudum in Nafha Israeli jail pointed out that his suffering worsened after participation in the collective hunger strike last April. Since then, he has been complaining of cardiac and arterial hypertrophy beside kidney pain.
The prison management neither informed Abu Shukhdum, who is serving a sentence of 6 life imprisonments and 20 years and has been detained for 15 years, about the results of any of the medical tests he underwent in jail nor provided him with the appropriate treatment.
Israeli police rounded up a Palestinian child from al-Tour neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday after allegedly throwing stones at Israeli cars. Meanwhile, a group of Israeli Special Forces arrested a young man in al-Ram town near the holy city.
Quds Press said that the detained boy was identified as Wesam Abu Sbeitan. He was subjected to beating during arrest, it added.
Meanwhile, eyewitnesses said that a group of undercover Special Forces arrested Iyyad Bezei, from Qalandiya refugee camp, on Tuesday evening in al-Ram town to the north of Occupied Jerusalem.
Earlier at dawn hours, Israeli occupation forces arrested 19 "wanted" Palestinians in various West Bank areas, according to an Israeli army statement.
Quds Press said that the detained boy was identified as Wesam Abu Sbeitan. He was subjected to beating during arrest, it added.
Meanwhile, eyewitnesses said that a group of undercover Special Forces arrested Iyyad Bezei, from Qalandiya refugee camp, on Tuesday evening in al-Ram town to the north of Occupied Jerusalem.
Earlier at dawn hours, Israeli occupation forces arrested 19 "wanted" Palestinians in various West Bank areas, according to an Israeli army statement.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday kidnapped 19 Palestinian citizens in different West Bank areas and confiscated thousands of shekels from a house in al-Khalil.
In a statement, the Israeli army claimed the detained Palestinians were wanted and taken in for questioning.
In Bethlehem, the IOF kidnapped five Palestinians, including two teenagers, from their homes in different areas of the city and in the eastern town of Taqua.
The IOF also handed 16-year-old Ahmed Taqateqa, from Beit Fajjar town in Bethlehem, a summons ordering him to go to a Shin Bet center in Gush Etzion settlement bloc for interrogation.
In Jenin, an Israeli military force broke into and ransacked several homes in Qabatiya town and kidnapped five young men, four of them from the family of Abul-Rab.
Local sources reported local young men hurled stones at Israeli soldiers during the IOF campaign in Qabatiya, adding that soldiers also raided a café, and brutalized and questioned its patrons.
In al-Khalil, Israeli soldiers and Shin Bet officers stormed Beit Awwa village and confiscated thousands of shekels belonging to a citizen on allegations they would be used to fund activities against Israel.
A young man was reportedly rounded up in the morning after the IOF intercepted and searched a car in the Old City of al-Khalil.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers searched a car in the Karantina neighborhood of the Old City and found a plastic box containing five bullets belonging to a young passenger.
The detained young man was identified as 27-year-old Hasan Abu Asnaina.
In a separate incident, Israeli soldiers opened fire last night at two Gazan young men after they tried to cross into an Israeli territory east of Jabalia town. Luckily, they were unhurt but arrested by a Palestinian foot patrol.
In a statement, the Israeli army claimed the detained Palestinians were wanted and taken in for questioning.
In Bethlehem, the IOF kidnapped five Palestinians, including two teenagers, from their homes in different areas of the city and in the eastern town of Taqua.
The IOF also handed 16-year-old Ahmed Taqateqa, from Beit Fajjar town in Bethlehem, a summons ordering him to go to a Shin Bet center in Gush Etzion settlement bloc for interrogation.
In Jenin, an Israeli military force broke into and ransacked several homes in Qabatiya town and kidnapped five young men, four of them from the family of Abul-Rab.
Local sources reported local young men hurled stones at Israeli soldiers during the IOF campaign in Qabatiya, adding that soldiers also raided a café, and brutalized and questioned its patrons.
In al-Khalil, Israeli soldiers and Shin Bet officers stormed Beit Awwa village and confiscated thousands of shekels belonging to a citizen on allegations they would be used to fund activities against Israel.
A young man was reportedly rounded up in the morning after the IOF intercepted and searched a car in the Old City of al-Khalil.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers searched a car in the Karantina neighborhood of the Old City and found a plastic box containing five bullets belonging to a young passenger.
The detained young man was identified as 27-year-old Hasan Abu Asnaina.
In a separate incident, Israeli soldiers opened fire last night at two Gazan young men after they tried to cross into an Israeli territory east of Jabalia town. Luckily, they were unhurt but arrested by a Palestinian foot patrol.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Beit ‘Awwa town, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched many homes and abducted a young man, in addition to confiscating a large sum of cash.
Media sources in the town said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Yasser Masalma, after invading his home and searching it, along with many other homes.
They added that the soldiers also illegally confiscated 80.000 Israeli Shekels from the home of Mahmoud Masalma, after invading it.
Media sources in the town said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Yasser Masalma, after invading his home and searching it, along with many other homes.
They added that the soldiers also illegally confiscated 80.000 Israeli Shekels from the home of Mahmoud Masalma, after invading it.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, five Palestinians in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem, and five others in Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said that the soldiers invaded and ransacked homes in Teqoua’ town, east of the city, and abducted Qussai Jamal Salman, 16, and Mohammad No’man Jibril, 17.
It added that the soldiers also invaded homes in Wad Maali area, in the center of Bethlehem, city, and abducted Ahmad Jamal al-Hreimi, 23, and Nader Ayyad al-Hreimi, 44, in addition to Khalil Khader Shouka, 23, from Hindaza Mountain, east of Bethlehem.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and summoned Ahmad Salah Taqatqa, 16, for interrogation in the nearby Etzion military base and security center.
The Jenin office of the PPS said dozens of soldiers invaded and searched homes in Qabatia town, south of the Jenin city, and abducted Mohammad Lutfi Abu ar-Rob, Maher Sati Abu ar-Rob, Abdul-Aziz Hasan Abu ar-Rob, and his brother Abdul-Mon’em, in addition to former political prisoner Ali Kamil.
It added that the soldiers caused excessive damage in the invaded homes, while violently searching them, and interrogated many Palestinians.
On Monday at night, the soldiers invaded Mothallath ash-Shuhada village, south of Jenin, and broke into a Coffee-shop before assaulting many young.
The Bethlehem office of the PPS said that the soldiers invaded and ransacked homes in Teqoua’ town, east of the city, and abducted Qussai Jamal Salman, 16, and Mohammad No’man Jibril, 17.
It added that the soldiers also invaded homes in Wad Maali area, in the center of Bethlehem, city, and abducted Ahmad Jamal al-Hreimi, 23, and Nader Ayyad al-Hreimi, 44, in addition to Khalil Khader Shouka, 23, from Hindaza Mountain, east of Bethlehem.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded homes in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and summoned Ahmad Salah Taqatqa, 16, for interrogation in the nearby Etzion military base and security center.
The Jenin office of the PPS said dozens of soldiers invaded and searched homes in Qabatia town, south of the Jenin city, and abducted Mohammad Lutfi Abu ar-Rob, Maher Sati Abu ar-Rob, Abdul-Aziz Hasan Abu ar-Rob, and his brother Abdul-Mon’em, in addition to former political prisoner Ali Kamil.
It added that the soldiers caused excessive damage in the invaded homes, while violently searching them, and interrogated many Palestinians.
On Monday at night, the soldiers invaded Mothallath ash-Shuhada village, south of Jenin, and broke into a Coffee-shop before assaulting many young.
23 oct 2017
An Israeli court on Monday sentenced a Jerusalemite young man to 16 years in prison over a stabbing attempt two years ago, according to Israeli media.
The Hebrew newspaper Yediot Ahronot reported that the Jerusalem District Court sentenced Bahaa Eweisat, 22, a resident of the Jabal al-Mukabbir neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, to 16 years in prison for attempted murder and illegal possession of a knife.
In October 2015, Eweisat was allegedly waiting with a knife in the Nof Zion settlement to carry out a stabbing attack when a police officer asked him to identify himself.
According to the sources, Ewisat refused and tried to stab the policeman.
Ewisat’s family strongly denied the Israeli charges.
The Hebrew newspaper Yediot Ahronot reported that the Jerusalem District Court sentenced Bahaa Eweisat, 22, a resident of the Jabal al-Mukabbir neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, to 16 years in prison for attempted murder and illegal possession of a knife.
In October 2015, Eweisat was allegedly waiting with a knife in the Nof Zion settlement to carry out a stabbing attack when a police officer asked him to identify himself.
According to the sources, Ewisat refused and tried to stab the policeman.
Ewisat’s family strongly denied the Israeli charges.
Prisoners Media Office affirmed that Israeli occupation authorities have been denying families of Gazan Hamas prisoners, over 100 detainees, their right to visit their imprisoned sons for the fourth month by a decision of Israeli Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan.
In a statement on Monday, Prisoners Media Office pointed out that Israeli courts have not responded yet to the case filed by Hamas captives at the Israeli Supreme Court for the demand of resuming family visitation schedule which has been halted since last July.
The statement added that Israeli occupation authorities have been using ban of visit orders in order to pressure Hamas Movement to offer waivers with regards to the Israeli soldiers and officers who are missing since the Israeli aggression on Gaza in 2014.
The prisoners’ statement stressed that banning a number of the families of Gazan detainees from visiting their relatives in Israeli jails runs contrary to all international laws and norms. They called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to exert more efforts for reactivating the visitation schedule for all families of prisoners from the Gaza Strip.
In a statement on Monday, Prisoners Media Office pointed out that Israeli courts have not responded yet to the case filed by Hamas captives at the Israeli Supreme Court for the demand of resuming family visitation schedule which has been halted since last July.
The statement added that Israeli occupation authorities have been using ban of visit orders in order to pressure Hamas Movement to offer waivers with regards to the Israeli soldiers and officers who are missing since the Israeli aggression on Gaza in 2014.
The prisoners’ statement stressed that banning a number of the families of Gazan detainees from visiting their relatives in Israeli jails runs contrary to all international laws and norms. They called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to exert more efforts for reactivating the visitation schedule for all families of prisoners from the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli occupation forces on Monday came down heavily on families of Palestinian detainees at Salem military court, west of Jenin province.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli soldiers prevented over 20 members of Palestinian prisoners’ families from entering the courtroom to attend their relatives’ hearings and forced them out of the hall.
The Israeli soldiers arrested three Palestinian young men and dragged them to the Salem military camp.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli soldiers prevented over 20 members of Palestinian prisoners’ families from entering the courtroom to attend their relatives’ hearings and forced them out of the hall.
The Israeli soldiers arrested three Palestinian young men and dragged them to the Salem military camp.
he Israeli Ofer Court sentenced four Palestinian detainees to prison terms and steep fines, a human rights group reported on Monday.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Ofer court sentenced prisoner Wissam Asmar to 60 months in jail while prisoner Mohamed Marrar was sentenced to 38 months. The court ruled that both pay a fine of 4,000 shekels each.
Detainee Mohamed al-Ezza received a prison sentence of 25 months and a fine of 2,000 shekels
At the same time, the court issued a prison term of 20 months and a bail of 1,000 shekels against Palestinian detainee Zeid al-Hreimi.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Ofer court sentenced prisoner Wissam Asmar to 60 months in jail while prisoner Mohamed Marrar was sentenced to 38 months. The court ruled that both pay a fine of 4,000 shekels each.
Detainee Mohamed al-Ezza received a prison sentence of 25 months and a fine of 2,000 shekels
At the same time, the court issued a prison term of 20 months and a bail of 1,000 shekels against Palestinian detainee Zeid al-Hreimi.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and Jenin refugee camp, searched homes and abducted four young men, including a former political prisoner. Israeli navy ships opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Faraj Omar Sanouri, from his home in the Eastern Neighborhood, in Jenin city.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Fares Sa’id Shalabi, Yazan Mer’ey and Abdul-Rahman Salah Turkman, from Jenin city and Jenin refugee camp.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers conducted, at dawn, extensive invasions and violent searches of homes in al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted 43 Palestinians, including many children.
In addition, the Israeli army said its soldiers arrested fifteen Palestinians in the West Bank, excluding the 43 in Jerusalem, and that they located a pistol, during searches in Hebron, and another weapon in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem.
In the Gaza Strip, Israeli navy ships opened fire on several Palestinian fishing boats, in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Gaza City, causing damage.
The fishermen sailed back to the shore without being able to fish, to avoid further Israeli attacks.
The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Faraj Omar Sanouri, from his home in the Eastern Neighborhood, in Jenin city.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Fares Sa’id Shalabi, Yazan Mer’ey and Abdul-Rahman Salah Turkman, from Jenin city and Jenin refugee camp.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers conducted, at dawn, extensive invasions and violent searches of homes in al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted 43 Palestinians, including many children.
In addition, the Israeli army said its soldiers arrested fifteen Palestinians in the West Bank, excluding the 43 in Jerusalem, and that they located a pistol, during searches in Hebron, and another weapon in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem.
In the Gaza Strip, Israeli navy ships opened fire on several Palestinian fishing boats, in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Gaza City, causing damage.
The fishermen sailed back to the shore without being able to fish, to avoid further Israeli attacks.
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Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least forty-three Palestinians, more than half of them are children, after the army invaded dozens of homes in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and violently searched them, while a military helicopter flew overhead.
Raed Abu Mayyala, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, said dozens of soldiers and undercover officers, invaded the town from several directions, before storming into dozens of homes and ransacking them, causing excessive damage. He added that the soldiers caused many residents, especially children, anxiety attacks due to the violent invasions and searches of homes. |
Lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud said the soldiers moved the detained Palestinians to several detention and interrogation centers, including al-Maskobiyya in West Jerusalem, a police station in Salaheddin Street, Al-Qashla in the Old City, and Abu Ghneim illegal colony, south of Jerusalem.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded and searched many homes, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and abducted at least fifteen Palestinians.
The abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Ahmad Abdul-Salam Abu Roumi, 18.
- Waseem Eyad Dari, 15.
- Yousef Issa ِِِِAli Aisha, 17.
- Ali Mousa Aisha.
- Abboud Mousa Aisha.
- Ahmad Abdul-Raouf Mahmoud, 15.
- Mohammad Abdul-Raouf Mahmoud.
- Mohammad Tawfiq Abu al-Hummus, 16.
- Amir Othman Darwish, 15.
- Adam Kayed Mahmoud, 17.
- Qussai Ahmad Dari, 17.
- Majd Marwan Dari 15.
- Mahmoud Bassel Mahmoud, 17.
- Yazan Zakariya Harbawi, 17.
- Fadi Ra’fat Isawi, 16.
- Mohammad Ibrahim Mustafa, 14.
- Adam Khaled Abu Shammala, 17.
- Ayyub Ali Abu al-Hummus, 16.
- Saleh Bader Abu ‘Assab, 17.
- Odai Ali Dirbas, 17.
- Khaled Mohammad Mustafa, 15.
- Mohammad Zakariya Oleyyan, 17.
- Husam Sameeh Oleyyan, 17.
- Waleed Tawfiq Abu al-Hummus.
- Mohammad Tawfiq Abu al-Hummus.
- ‘Ala Ahmad Dari.
- Abdul-Rauf Mustafa.
- Mohammad Ramadan Masri.
- Mohammad Hussein Obeid.
- Ahmad Samir Obeid.
- Yousef Tareq Darwish.
- Mansour Mahmoud.
- Emad Mohammad Abu Ryala.
- Marwan Taha Abu Ryala.
- Mohammad Atiya.
- Firas Mahmoud.
- Adham Sabta.
- Mohammad Awni.
- Yazan Na’aji.
- Mahmoud Sa’adi.
- Qussai Abu Khanjar.
- Ala Abu Khanjar.
- Ayyoub Ali Abu al-Hummus.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also invaded and searched many homes, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and abducted at least fifteen Palestinians.
The head of the Studies and Documentation Department at the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, former political prisoner, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that Israel has issued around 3086 arbitrary Administrative detention orders, since October 1, 2015, holding hundreds of detainees captive without charges or trial.
Ferwana stated that 1285 (%42) of these orders were issued against detainees for the first time, and 1801 (%58) were renewals of existing orders.
He added that Israel is currently holding captive 450 Palestinians, including women, children and legislators, under Administrative Detention orders.
Administrative Detention policies aim at imprisoning hundreds of persons for extended periods; these orders are largely repeatedly renewed without charges or trial.
Many of these orders are renewed each time to three, four, or six months, in many cases, imprisoning dozens of detainees for years.
“Israel has transformed Administrative Detention from something that is occasionally used to a fixed policy in dealing with thousands of detainees since 1967. This includes males and females, including children.” Ferwana stated, “This illegal policy became a tool used by Israel to exact vengeance on detainees who are not facing any charges. It is immoral, and violates basic standards of human rights.”
Ferwana called on various local, regional and international legal and human rights groups to intervene, and end the escalating Israeli violations of International Law and the Four Geneva Convention, and added that Israel’s use and abuse of Administrative Detention was never occasional, but a fixed illegal policy, part of ongoing violations and oppression.”
He also stated that the silence of International Community, the unwillingness and idleness in dealing with these violations, have given Israel a green light to continue and escalate these violations, and pushed many detainees to hold individual and extended hunger strikes, demanding dignity and justice.
Ferwana stated that 1285 (%42) of these orders were issued against detainees for the first time, and 1801 (%58) were renewals of existing orders.
He added that Israel is currently holding captive 450 Palestinians, including women, children and legislators, under Administrative Detention orders.
Administrative Detention policies aim at imprisoning hundreds of persons for extended periods; these orders are largely repeatedly renewed without charges or trial.
Many of these orders are renewed each time to three, four, or six months, in many cases, imprisoning dozens of detainees for years.
“Israel has transformed Administrative Detention from something that is occasionally used to a fixed policy in dealing with thousands of detainees since 1967. This includes males and females, including children.” Ferwana stated, “This illegal policy became a tool used by Israel to exact vengeance on detainees who are not facing any charges. It is immoral, and violates basic standards of human rights.”
Ferwana called on various local, regional and international legal and human rights groups to intervene, and end the escalating Israeli violations of International Law and the Four Geneva Convention, and added that Israel’s use and abuse of Administrative Detention was never occasional, but a fixed illegal policy, part of ongoing violations and oppression.”
He also stated that the silence of International Community, the unwillingness and idleness in dealing with these violations, have given Israel a green light to continue and escalate these violations, and pushed many detainees to hold individual and extended hunger strikes, demanding dignity and justice.
A Palestinian committee in the city of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, has reportedly received an order by the Israeli Supreme Court to evacuate a group of Israeli settlers illegally occupying a Palestinian home in the area.
The home, which belongs to the Abu Rajab family, has been embroiled in a legal battle with Israeli settlers who claim that they purchased the rights to the home, though the Palestinian homeowners and the Israeli state have maintained that the settlers forged the documents.
Despite several court orders preventing the settlers from moving into the home, they forcibly took over the home in late July.
The state of Israel ordered the 15 settlers families living in the Abu Rajab house to evacuate last month, however, the Israeli Supreme Court ordered, in September, to delay the evacuation, based on an appeal submitted by the settlers.
According to Palestinian activists, who held a sit-in protest in front of the home on Friday, the Hebron Reconstruction Committee “was able to issue an order by the Israeli Supreme Court to evacuate Israeli settlers of the Abu Rajab building as it was proven that their entrance to the building was not legal.”
During the sit-in, Israeli forces detained coordinator of the Youth against Settlement group Issa Amro, according to Ma’an News Agency.
Located in the center of Hebron — one of the largest cities in the occupied West Bank — the Old City was divided into Palestinian and Israeli-controlled areas, H1 and H2, following the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre. The Abu Rajab home is located near to this mosque.
Some 800 notoriously aggressive Israeli settlers now live under the protection of the Israeli military in the Old City, surrounded by more than 30,000 Palestinians.
Palestinian residents of the Old City face a large Israeli military presence on a daily basis, with at least 20 checkpoints set up at the entrances of many streets, as well as the entrance of the Ibrahimi Mosque itself.
The home, which belongs to the Abu Rajab family, has been embroiled in a legal battle with Israeli settlers who claim that they purchased the rights to the home, though the Palestinian homeowners and the Israeli state have maintained that the settlers forged the documents.
Despite several court orders preventing the settlers from moving into the home, they forcibly took over the home in late July.
The state of Israel ordered the 15 settlers families living in the Abu Rajab house to evacuate last month, however, the Israeli Supreme Court ordered, in September, to delay the evacuation, based on an appeal submitted by the settlers.
According to Palestinian activists, who held a sit-in protest in front of the home on Friday, the Hebron Reconstruction Committee “was able to issue an order by the Israeli Supreme Court to evacuate Israeli settlers of the Abu Rajab building as it was proven that their entrance to the building was not legal.”
During the sit-in, Israeli forces detained coordinator of the Youth against Settlement group Issa Amro, according to Ma’an News Agency.
Located in the center of Hebron — one of the largest cities in the occupied West Bank — the Old City was divided into Palestinian and Israeli-controlled areas, H1 and H2, following the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre. The Abu Rajab home is located near to this mosque.
Some 800 notoriously aggressive Israeli settlers now live under the protection of the Israeli military in the Old City, surrounded by more than 30,000 Palestinians.
Palestinian residents of the Old City face a large Israeli military presence on a daily basis, with at least 20 checkpoints set up at the entrances of many streets, as well as the entrance of the Ibrahimi Mosque itself.
