- 8 nov 2011
Israeli police harass Palestinian car drivers during Adha Eid
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Palestinian natives in occupied Jerusalem complained lately, especially during the days of the Adha Eid of being fined arbitrarily by Israeli policemen and municipal inspectors for alleged traffic violations.
Many Palestinian car drivers and pedestrians reported that Israeli policemen and municipal inspectors were stalking them in all traffic areas in the holy city, in an attempt to fine them directly, sometimes without any reason and other times without giving any traffic direction or guidance as it is normally followed by policemen in other countries.
Instead of helping the Palestinian drivers to find easily appropriate parking spaces and guiding them, the Israeli policemen hasten to issue parking tickets against them, some drivers complained.
Other citizens said they parked their cars properly and in the correct spaces on Salahuddin street, but Israeli municipal men stalked them and started to take pictures of their vehicles before issuing parking tickets.
The Israeli police intensified use of unmarked cars to stop and issued more penalties against Palestinian drivers during the festive season, according to Jerusalem residents.
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Maria 11 nov 2011
Israeli forces 'stop funeral' near Hebron, make arrests
HEBRON (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces intervened in the funeral of a Palestinian woman in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, on Friday, Palestinian activists in the West Bank village said.
Muhammad Ayyad Awad of the local popular committee said soldiers stopped the funeral from reaching a cemetery on the main road. The people had to go through a bypass road to reach the cemetery.
He added that as soon as Palestinians arrived at the cemetery, Israeli forces shot tear gas grenades to disperse them.
Awad said that the forces also raided the house of Mahmoud Abu Ayyash and took over the roof of his house. Israeli bulldozers closed the northern entrance of the village with cement blocks and closed the main gate on the northern entrance.
Witnesses told Ma’an that forces shot tear gas canisters toward residents and detained more than 15 Palestinians from the village. The witnesses said one of the detainees was injured.
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Maria 11 nov 2011
Nabi Saleh Protest Organizer Shot in Face at Weekly Protest
(7:47) NABI SALEH 11 11 11
Abu hussam shot in the face
In the village of an-Nabi Salah, in the district of Ramallah, an organizer of the weekly non-violent protest, Abu Hussam Tamimi, was shot in the face by the Israeli military, at a distance of approximately 20 meters, according the the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, on Friday.
Tamimi was shot in the face with a rubber coated steel bullet, contravening international law regarding the use of so-called crowd dispersal tactics, that state that projectiles should be fired towards the legs.
Local activists stated via Twitter that Tamimi lost a great deal of blood while waiting to be evacuated to hospital by the Red Crescent ambulance services.
The Popular Committee further stated that Tamimi has suffered a fracture.
Also, in an-Nabi Saleh an 11 year old boy, name not known, was shot in the torso with a rubber coated steel bullet, possibly fracturing the boy's ribs.
In total more than ten injuries wee reported in Nabi Saleh, as was the use of live ammunition. None of those injuries reported were due to the use of live munitions.
Furthermore, local journalist and volunteer for the Israeli human rights organization, B'Tselem, Bilal Tamimi, was arrested whilst filming this week's protest.
http://www.imemc.org/article/62490
Injuries Reported at all Non-Violent Protests; Multiple Arrests
Abu hussam shot in the face
Non-violent protests took place in five locations, on Friday, in the West Bank, resulting in injuries at all five locations and arrests in the village of al-Ma'sara, near Bethlehem, Kafr Qaddum, near Qalqilya, and an-Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah.
In Kafr Qaddum, whose villagers have begun weekly protests in the last month, three resident of the village were injured today by direct hits from tear gas cannisters. One of those injured was arrested whilst being treated by medics.
The firing of tear gas canisters directly at protesters contravenes international law that states that tear gas canisters must be fired in a upwards arc, and never directly at persons.
In al-Ma'sara, local protest organizer, Mahmoud Alaaeddin, was arrested whilst returning home from the village's protest. The Popular Committee in the village reported that the protest took place without injury and in a peaceful manner, and that the protest had ended when Alaaeddin was arrested.
In Bil'in, near Ramallah, where weekly protests have been carried out for over six years, only one injury was reported, when a Brazilian activist was evacuated from the scene of the protest following tear gas inhalation.
In the village of Ni'lin, also near Ramallah, the Popular Committee reported that the Israeli military fired tear gas canisters directly at protestors as they marched in the direction of the wall that separates villages from their land. The firing of live ammunition was also reported, but no injuries.
journalist Bilal Tamimi
Finally, in an-Nabi Saleh, more than 10 persons were injured, two requiring hospitalisation. Again, the Israeli military fired tear gas canisters into the crowd of protesters, and also struck an unnamed child in the torso with a rubber coated steel bullet, and local organizer Abu Hussam Tamimi in the face, resulting in a hairline fracture, loss of blood and shock.
Local journalist Bilal Tamimi was arrested by the military during his coverage of the protest. (more pictures)
http://www.imemc.org/article/62491 24 sep 2012, 15:26 , Respect -
Maria 12 nov 2011
Arrests in Kufr Qaddoum
(7:14) Arrests in Kufr Qaddoum Nov 12, 2011
Also see pictures
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Maria 16 nov 2011
Clashes Erupt in an East Jerusalem Neighborhood
JERUSALEM, (WAFA) – Clashes erupted Wednesday between Palestinian residents and Israeli forces in Al-Thawri, an East Jerusalem neighborhood, according to witnesses.
Witnesses said that the clashes erupted when a military vehicle invaded the neighborhood and a settler fired his gun in the air, provoking the residents.
They said that the Israeli police fired rubber bullets and tear gas bombs at Palestinians, while the latter answered back by throwing rocks and glass bottles.
They added that the young Palestinians closed the main road with rocks and burning tires when Israeli police back up reached the place.
To be noted, there are a number of settlers’ houses in the neighborhood, close the residents’ homes. Settlers deliberately provoke and harass the residents as a means to force them to leave the neighborhood.
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=18029 24 sep 2012, 15:26 , Respect -
Maria 17 nov 2011
Israel forces 'ransack home' of freed prisoner
TULKAREM (Ma'an) -- A recently-released prisoner said Israeli forces ransacked her home and threatened her on Thursday.
Duaa al-Jayousi told Ma'an Israeli troops raided her home in Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, searched her and told her she was "being watched." The soldiers warned her that she could return to prison, she added.
Al-Jayousi's mother witnessed the raid.
"It was brutal," she said, adding that she couldn't cope if her daughter was imprisoned again.
A prisoner affairs' center described the raid as "barbaric."
Al-Jayousi was released in October in a prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas. She had spent 10 years in an Israeli jail. She was sentenced to three life terms and 32 years.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=437265 24 sep 2012, 15:27 , Respect -
Maria 18 nov 2011
Al-Walajeh Protestors Walk on Settlers Road, Three Injured in Nabi Saleh, Settlers Beat 70-year-old
During Friday’s weekly protests around the West Bank, the Israeli army failed to stop a group of Palestinian and international from walking on a settlers’ only road in the Palestinian village of al-Walajeh, near Bethlehem, while suppression of other protests was widely reported and a settler attack near Bethlehem injured a 70-year-old man.
In al-Walajeh, the protesters were assaulted by Israeli soldiers shortly thereafter, according to protest organizer Mohammed Ahmed Bashir. “Dozens” were detained for trespassing in the illegal settlement of Har Gilo. Israeli soldiers also fired sound bombs and tear gas as well.
Mazen al-Azzeh, coordinator of the Bethlehem Popular Campaign Against the Wall and Settlements, said Friday’s protest was a “response to a policy of plunder, confiscation, and land destruction.”
In the central West Bank village of al-Nabi Saleh, the Israeli army invaded homes in the early morning and closed the village before the weekly protest began. Nevertheless protesters clashed with troops throughout the afternoon and at least three Palestinians were hit directly with tear gas canisters.
Shooting tear gas canisters directly at protesters is against Israeli army open-fire codes, which specify the canisters—which can be lethal—must be released in arcs in the air.
In the village of al-Khader, on the outskirts of Bethlehem, a group of Israeli settlers attacked and injured a 70-year-old man. The man’s name was not reported but his son, Hassan Salah, told Palestinian government news wire Wafa that he and his family had been “surprised” by a large group of settlers picking from the Salah family’s olive trees.
“While we were trying to stop them from picking from our trees, they attacked us with sticks and loosed a dog on us,” said Hassan. “My father was injured when they hit him with a stick.”
The family confronted Israeli authorities about the incident at the Etzion settlement but were turned away.
Salah told Wafa that the settler responsible for the attack, Nadia Matar, was the same woman who attacked elderly Palestinian farmers from Artas village during Eid al-Adha. She has been leading these attacks, according to Salah, in order to scare Palestinians off their land and make more room for the expansion of the area settlements.
Palestinian protests against the Israeli occupation were also reported in Kafr Qadum, al-Ma’sara, Bil’in, and Beit Omar.
In Beit Omar, a town lying directly between the Palestinian cities of Bethlehem and Hebron, Israeli border guards arrested one youth and fired tear gas directly into some homes. They also injured two elderly Palestinian men participating in a demonstration against the seizure of Beit Omar’s agricultural land.
Both 75-year-old Mahmoud Musa al-Salibi and 78-year-old Saeed Shahada Adi suffered “heavy bruising” to their bodies, according to Wafa.
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Maria 18 nov 2011
Israeli Army Closes the Entrance of Beta, Erects Dozens of Military Blockades in Nablus
On Thursday, the Israeli army closed “Beta” entrance in the southern part of the West Bank city of Nablus, preventing Palestinian residents from passing through it, the Palestinian news agency, Ma’an reported.
Local Palestinian sources stated that the army has erected many blockades in different parts of Nablus without definite reasons.
According to the sources, Israeli army personnel searched all Palestinian residents’ vehicles through these blockades.
In related news, four children were arrested after the army invaded their village and broke into their house in the West Bank city of Qalqilia. They were forced out of their houses in the cold weather.
They were identified as Qusai Saleem, 17, Rashad Sbettah, 13, I’hab Mesh’al, 17, and Ibahim I’nya, 17.
Soldiers also launched an incursion into the village of Amateen, near Qalqilia. They broke into two houses, with military dogs, and searched them, causing damage to the furniture.
http://www.imemc.org/article/62525 24 sep 2012, 15:27 , Respect -
Maria 20 nov 2011
Internationals denied entry, harassed in Nabi Saleh
(4:28) Internationals denied entry, harassed in Nabi Saleh
Following last week's violence in the village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, international observers and activists were today denied entry into the village by Israeli soldiers. The soldiers said that the entire village was a closed military zone and provided paperwork that seemed to support their claim. The internationals were followed and harassed by the Israel military as they attempted to leave the village.
Every Friday the village of Nabi Saleh organizes a march to protest the 2009 confiscation of an important water source by the Israelis. Last week Abu Hussam Tamimi suffered injuries after being shot in the face at close range by Israeli soldiers, in violation of international law. Also last week an 11 year old boy from the village suffered rib injuries from a "rubber bullet"*
Five international activists from the International Solidarity Movement were denied entry to the village while attempting to document this weeks protest. After leaving the main entrance to the village the activists were followed by military jeeps and harassed by soldiers.
When it became clear that any entry to the village was impossible, the activists tried to obtain transportation back to Ramallah. The Israeli military prevented taxis and services to stop to pick them up.
The video below shows activists asking soldiers to allow them to travel back to Ramallah. After approximately two hours the activists were able to find transportation out of the area. The van was followed by an Israeli military vehicle for several kilometers.
Last week an ISM activists was detained for several hours after being arrested in Kufr Qaddoum while photographing the weekly protest there. He was falsely accused of throwing stones and was physically abused by the Israelis. He was released later that night.
* Israel commonly uses the term "rubber bullets" when describing round steel bullets with a thin rubber coating
Wahed Rejol is a volunteer with International Solidarity Movement (name has been changed)
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Maria 22 nov 2011
Israeli forces abduct two children on their way home from school
wo children on their way home from school were abducted by Israeli forces on the afternoon of 22 November.
1- Omar Amer Abu Madi, 11, and
2- Ala’ Salah Abu Madi, 11,
both from Al-Hara al-Wasta neighborhood, were snatched on the street by officers and taken to an undisclosed location. The children were said by one of their fathers to have been visibly panicked by the surprise arrest. The two have most likely been taken to a police station such as that in Salah al-Din Street of East Jerusalem.
http://silwanic.net/?p=22363
Zionist violence for no reason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfgEUPwaeTU
Security guards violence raging in the streets and at the club in Petah Tikva stabbed man in the head because he had done wrong move at a restaurant in Tel Aviv.
(3:52) Israel Defense Forces Respond to Nabi Saleh Demonstration
IDF respond to a demonstration by unarmed Palestinians and international supporters
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Maria 28 nov 2011
IOF soldiers arrest 6 citizens, Jerusalemite child
NABLUS, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained five Palestinian citizens in Beit Osrin village in Nablus including the village municipality council head, a young man in Jenin, and a 9-year-old child in occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources said that IOF patrols stormed the village before dawn Monday and arrested the village council head in addition to four young men, three of them minors.
Sources in Jenin said that the IOF troops detained a young man in Jaba’a village, south of the city, after breaking into his home and searching it.
They said that the soldiers stormed four other villages to the west of Jenin and wreaked havoc on many houses before leaving without making any arrests.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation police detained a 9-year-old boy in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday evening.
Locals said that the policemen took away Ahmed Mansour Al-Resheq while playing in the alleys of Ein Al-Louze suburb without giving any reason.
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