- 15 aug 2011
Center: Prisoner's wife and child detained
HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Monday detained a prisoner's wife and child in Ofer military prison near Ramallah, a detainees' center reported.
Suha Edeis was visiting her husband Tareq with their one-year-old child. Israeli forces suspected that was smuggling a cell phone into the prison for her husband, the center said in a statement.
She was taken to Hasharon prison and will face court on Tuesday, the center said, adding that Israeli forces tried to take her child from her.
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Maria 19 aug 2011
Two civilians Injured as Troops Attack West Bank Anti-Wall Protests
PNN Exclusive /By: Ghassan Bannoura - A man and a child were reported injured as Israeli troops attacked anti-wall protests organized in a number of West Bank communities in solidarity with Gaza.
Protests on Friday were reported in the central West Bank villages of al-Nabi Salleh, Bil’in, and Nil’in in addition to al-Ma’ssara in the southern West Bank and Kufer Qadum in the north. Since Thursday Israeli attacks has left nine Palestinians killed in Gaza.
One child was wounded as Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti wall protest at the village of al-Ma’sara, southern West Bank. As soon as people marched to the land where Israel is building the wall troops attacked people with rifle buts and batons injuring Mohamed Zawahra, 15 years old.
On man was injured, many treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation when soldiers attacked the weekly anti wall protest at the village of Bil'in, central West Bank.
In the nearby village of Nil'in villagers marched along with their international and Israeli supporters. As soon as people reached the wall built of villagers lands troops fired tear gas; many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Also on Friday in central West Bank many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation as Israeli troops attacked the anti-wall and settlements protests in the village of al-Nabi Salleh. Villagers and their Israeli and international supporters marched to local farm lands were Israel had taken to build a new settlement. Troops attacked protesters with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets. Then soldiers forced people back into the village and fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas.
In southern west Bank, the villagers of Kufer Qadum, near Qalqilia city, protest on Friday the Israeli army closer of the main road leading to their village. As soon as villagers reached the road block soldiers fired tear gas at them. Many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
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Maria 20 aug 2011
Israeli forces 'fire live ammunition' at Hebron rally
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Saturday used live ammunition to disperse a demonstration against land confiscation in Beit Ummar near Hebron, local officials said.
Popular committee spokesman Younis Arar said soldiers stormed the rally as demonstrators marched toward the illegal Karmi Zur settlement, built on Palestinian-owned land.
Arar said it was the first time Israeli troops used live bullets at the weekly protest in Beit Ummar. He added that forces assaulted several protesters.
Locals Yousif Abu Maria, 36, and Majdi Zaaqiq, 40, and five foreign nationals were detained, he added.
An army spokeswoman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
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Maria 20 aug 2011
Israeli troops assault citizens during wide raid on Silwan homes
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- A large number of Israeli troops on Saturday stormed Silwan district, south of the Aqsa Mosque, violently breaking into homes, pointing their weapons at residents and assaulting some young men.
An official source from Silwan defense committee said today that the invading Israeli force included a number of armored military and police vehicles boarded by dozens of armed troops and policemen.
The police chief in occupied Jerusalem and a number of senior officers were among the raiding force. Palestinian prisoner Ishak Arafah was also seen shackled from his legs and handcuffed while being escorted by soldiers.
The source added that the house of prisoner Arafah was among many houses raided by the troops who forced many families to evacuate their houses. The troops used wild dogs and electronic devices during their sweep.
A Palestinian young man called Nezal Aqel was kidnapped this morning by Israeli troops from outside his home in Assammar area between the neighborhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Shuafat, according to local sources.
Eyewitnesses reported that Aqel was standing outside his home along with some friends when Israeli troops aboard a military car arrived in and ordered them provocatively to show their IDs and without reason they embarked on beating and cursing them before some neighbors intervened and saved the young men from the hands of the soldiers.
They added that the troops left the area, but after a while a female soldier escorted by male troops appeared and without prior notice sprayed Aqel's face with pepper spray before taking him handcuffed to an unknown destination.
The mother of the young man reportedly lost her consciousness after what she saw happening to her son and was taken to hospital.
In Al-Khalil city, a 16-year-old called Saleh Shehadeh was also kidnapped by Israeli troops on the same day from his home in Abu Sunaina neighborhood.
Four other Palestinian young men were kidnapped yesterday morning by Israeli security troops in the Old City of Jerusalem on allegation of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers.
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Maria 21 aug 2011
Israeli forces raid Hebron home
HEBRON (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces raided the Hebron home of Hasan Ali Darwish Al-Qawasmi on Sunday evening, witnesses said.
Around nine Israeli military vehicles surrounded the house before storming it and harassing family members, locals told Ma'an.
Al-Qawasmi had been previously detained 10 days ago by Israeli forces.
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Maria 21 aug 2011
Bethlehem Mufti says soldiers ransacked home
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces assaulted and detained a Palestinian man during a raid on the home of the Mufti of Bethlehem overnight Saturday, the sheikh said.
Sheikh Abdul-Majid Ata Amarna said troops raided his home in Duheisha refugee camp shortly before dawn prayers searching for his son Usayd, a journalist for Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV.
"When the soldiers raided my home, I asked them to wait before entering the different rooms so women could put on their head scarves and change their sleeping clothes, but instead of waiting they started firing inside the house injuring my brother-in-law, 27-year-old Bakr Badarin" the cleric told Ma'an.
He said Badarin was hit by a live bullet to his thigh, but soldiers refused to allow Palestinian Red Crescent medics to treat him and detained the injured man and the sheikh's son Usayd Amarna.
The family learned later that Badarin was taken to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem for treatment.
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Maria 22 aug 2011
A provision of house arrest , Trail extensions, and an arrest
Last monday, the Israeli court extended the arrest of Ibrahim Mousa Oudeh 20 years old after calling him for interrogation few days ago , and this was after they broke into his house in Al Bustan district in Silwan several times.
Add to this the sabotaging inspection operations for the house and its contents , the kidnapping of his little brother Muslim 10 years old and his relative Hamadeh Oudeh 13 years old and practicing all kinds of pressure against his family. Ibrahim decided to turn himself to the police.Kathem Abu Shafeh 17 years old who was arrested while storming al Bustan district in Silwan was released by the Israeli Forces but with a house arrest bond.
In addition to the release of the two kids Muslim and Hamdeh Oudeh who were kidnapped by the Undercover Israeli Units at the same day.
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Maria 23 aug 2011
The story of Yazen abbasi being tortured by the Israeli Forces
Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) --
Silwanic published the news about kidnapping the kid Yazan Reyad al Abbasi 16 y.o one resident of Ras Al Amoud Neighborhood Silwan ,So far it isn’t known if his eye is functioning or not ,especially after the brutal assault that he faced from the Israeli forces.
Yazen said to Silwanic site that he went out of the mousque after performing one of the prayers, and all of a sudden,when the neighborhood was so quite a military jeep headed towards me with many soldiers in attacked and started beating me then they threw me to the jeep and sprayed my face with pepper gas and kept beating me , I remember that ten of them attacked me, the I fainted . When I woke up I found my self in Salah al Dien police head Quarter.there the journey of torture and humiliation continued until they dragged to unknown place for me.
The father of Yazan says that I accompanied with my elder son went to explain about Yazan in Salah al Dien police head Quarter and there they started beating us and sprayed our faces with pepper gas, until now I and my elder son still feel the concussions caused by the Israeli soldiers .
Yazan Arrest memorized me when I was arrested in 1974 when I was still 16.
Occupation is still as it was tyrannous it never changes and he adds while they were attacking us the broke my glasses on purpose.
A relative for Yazan says that it is the same story but with different names and Yazan is just an example of Silwan dairies of the daily and repeated brutal assaults practiced by the Israeli occupation over Palestine Sons.
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Maria 23 aug 2011
The Israeli Forces Are Chasing Palestinian Medic Staffs
Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) --
The Israeli forces detained the Med Aqsa Mosque ic Mr. Waleed A’frawi one of PMRC medics . they inspected him in a humiliating way and ordered him to leave Al Aqsa Mosque yards immediately after that.
The Israeli Forces are pursuing medics and Palestinian press reporters. nevertheless, they last night prevented also a Palestinian press staff from heading to the Old City on the pretext of not having permissions to live coverage and were threatened by the Israeli forces of being arrested if they don’t leave Lions gate instantly.
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Maria 23 aug 2011
IOF troops arrest Palestinian shepherd, beat merchant
TOBAS, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) beat up a Palestinian businessman and detained his Mercedes car to the east of Tobas on Tuesday, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter.
They said that the soldiers detained Samih Al-Aw for a while before releasing him, adding that Aw trades in scrap iron.
In another incident, IOF soldiers arrested a Palestinian shepherd from Tobas in the northern Jordan Valley on Monday evening.
Local sources said that the shepherd, Mahmoud Araysha, was watching as his sheep were grazing near the Mihola settlement when the soldiers nabbed him at the pretext of presence in a military zone.
The sources said that the soldiers routinely ambush shepherds and farmers in this area and prevent them from tending to their land in a bid to force them desert their land.
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Maria 23 aug 2011
Report: Israel used excessive force against worshipers in OJ
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Quds center for social and economic rights accused Israel of using excessive force against thousands of worshipers while heading to attend the Friday congregation in the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.
A report by the center’s research and documentation department published on Monday said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used teargas, stun grenades, and hot polluted water against the masses.
It said that horse-mounted police charged against worshipers while whipping them with batons injuring at least seven of them while dozens suffered breathing difficulty as a result of the use of teargas canisters by the IOF.
The IOF measure of barring hundreds of Old City citizens from attending the congregation led to confrontations that ended with the arrest of four citizens, it said.
The center described the Israeli ban on entry of worshipers into the Aqsa and using force against those protesting the step as brazen violation of the freedom of worship.
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Maria 22 sept 2011
Voices from the Occupation: Aref A. - Settler/Soldier Violence
Name: Aref A.
Date of incident: 20 September 2011
Age: 14
Location: ‘Asira al Qibliya, Nablus, West Bank
Nature of incident: Settler/Soldier violence
On 20 September, 14-year-old Aref was hospitalised when he was hit in the back with a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers during a settler attack on his village of ‘Asira al Qibliya, approximately six kilometres south of Nablus City.
Aref A. (14) lives in the village of ‘Asira al Qibliya, approximately six kilometres south of Nablus City. Their village is next to the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar, known for being one of the most radical Jewish settlements in the West Bank. “Our village comes under repeated attacks from these settlers, who storm the village, and uproot plants and trees,” says Aref. At around 3:00 pm on Tuesday, 20 September 2011, Aref headed over to a neighbour’s house to see his father, who was working there that day. “When I reached the house,” he remembers, “I saw two Israeli jeeps parked near a house on the edge of the village, about 200 metres away. But I did not see anyone throwing stones at the jeeps. I just saw a lot of youths and men from the village with some reporters gathering around.”
“I was scared when I saw the jeeps and heard soldiers firing tear gas at the crowd,” he continues, “so I decided to head back home... I reached the main street and wanted to walk down the hill to get to my house, located in the middle of the village. I was walking fast, trying to avoid the soldiers and the jeeps. I was very scared. I had barely walked five metres on the main street when I felt an intense pain in my back. I tried to run down the hill but I couldn’t. I fell to the ground in pain. I was very scared. I inhaled the tear gas and started choking. I couldn’t shout or even say anything because of the gas and because I was so scared. I couldn’t even get up off the ground.”
Aref was carried to an ambulance, where he was given first aid. Then he was brought to hospital, where he was x-rayed and treated. “After one and a half hours the doctors allowed me to leave,” Aref explains, “I went back home. I cannot walk because my back still hurts. The injury led to burns in the upper part of my back. I skipped classes because of the intense pain.”Aref later learned that “a number of settlers from Yitzhar attacked the village” and that “one of the reporters was hit with a stone thrown by one of the settlers.”
According to the UN, during the week of 14-20 September 2011, Israeli settler violence against Palestinians continued to escalate. Nine Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, were injured in two separate incidents, when Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters to stop clashes between Palestinians and Israeli settlers in the villages of ‘Asira al Qibliya and Qusra in the Nablus governorate.
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Maria 24 sept 2011
Voices from the Occupation: F.D. - Settler/Soldier Violence
Name: F.D.
Date of incident: 23 September 2011
Age: 15
Location: Qusra, Nablus, West Bank
Nature of incident: Settler/Soldier violence
On 23 September 2011, a 15-year-old boy from Qusra, is hospitalised after being detained and beaten for approximately five hours by Israeli soldiers during a settler attack on his village.
F.D. (15) lives in the West Bank village of Qusra, approximately 25 km south of Nablus City. At around 2:00 pm on Friday 23 September 2011, F.D. was “at home in the house when I heard a call through the mosque loudspeakers to head south of the village to stop the settlers who were uprooting olive trees and destroying villagers’ lands. The settlers were from the settlement of Esh Kodesh, which is built on our lands. Our village is repeatedly attacked by settlers,” he says.
F.D. immediately headed to the site of the confrontations. “By the time I got there, there were around 30 to 40 settlers in white clothes. Some had their faces covered in white. Some were carrying weapons; others were holding sticks and shovels. I saw some of them cutting the olive trees. There were around seven military jeeps and around 30 armed soldiers there but they did not stop the settlers from cutting or destroying the trees. They were there to protect the settlers. The soldiers fired stun grenades to scare us away but we kept going and threw stones at the settlers to stop them.” More and more villagers came to defend their lands and eventually, the settlers retreated. “Then,” F.D. explains, “the soldiers started chasing us, firing live bullets, rubber bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades. They chased us to send us back into the village. Our villagers fought back by throwing stones at the soldiers.”
F.D. ran back towards the village but was apprehended by two soldiers, who ordered him to stop. “I heard one of them saying he would shoot and kill me. I was so scared that I stopped. Then, they grabbed me and started hitting me with their rifles all over my body until I fell.” F.D. was taken to stand next to an Israeli army jeep, where his hands were tied with plastic cords and the beating continued: “I was so scared, I thought they were going to shoot me or arrest me. I was shaking with fear.” When he asked why they were beating him they beat him more. “They were beating me with the barrel of their rifles, as well as kicking, punching and slapping me.”After 15 minutes, he was blindfolded and put inside a jeep. “Inside,” he recalls, “they sat on my back and the rest of my body. They stepped all over me and kept beating me with the barrels of their rifles until I passed out.” The soldiers brought another young villager (18) to the jeep and beat him also. “Then, I felt the jeep moving and stopping every 200 metres or so. Whenever it stopped, the soldiers would beat us.”
The two were kept inside the jeep until 7:30pm. “I thought they were going to shoot us or hand us over to the settlers,” F.D. remembers, “especially when the soldiers pulled us out of the jeep in the settlement. From under the blindfold I could see five settlers trying to get at us to beat us, but the soldiers stopped them. That terrified me because if they handed us to the settlers, the settlers would certainly kill us.” F.D. listened to the soldiers arguing with each other about what to do. “One of the soldiers told us in Arabic that some of them did not want to release us.” When the soldiers took off the blindfolds, F.D. noticed “five settlers nearby shouting at us in Hebrew and trying to get at us.” F.D. and the other young Palestinian headed back towards the village. “We were very scared of the settlers and that one of the soldiers would shoot us, so we walked fast but couldn’t run because we were in so much pain.” When they eventually reached the village, they were brought to hospital in Nablus for treatment.
Speaking to DCI the following day, F.D. says: “I am still hospitalised. I am waiting to be x-rayed to make sure there are no fractures or any other implications. The doctors told me that my previous tests indicate I am fine, but I have some bruising.”
Qusra suffers regular settler attacks. Two weeks prior to this attack, on Monday, 5 September 2011, settlers entered the village and burned a mosque. On Tuesday 11 October, the UN expressed concern about these attacks: “Qusra has been targeted by settlers at least six times in the past six weeks. The attacks took various forms and are emblematic of the phenomenon of settler violence throughout the West Bank. […] Two of the most recent examples include the shooting dead of a Palestinian civilian by an IDF soldier in Qusra on 23 September. On the same day, two Palestinian minors were detained for two hours during which they were allegedly beaten up and humiliated by the IDF soldiers before being released.” The day after the attack, a village spokesman stated in [url=http://fwd4.me/0CIK]The Guardian newspaper[/url]: "The settlers are provoking us continuously; [...] they uproot olive trees, kill our sheep, burn our mosques and curse our prophet. They want to drag us into the sphere of violence. We do not want to go there."
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