- 4 mrt 2011
Clashes reported in Silwan
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Violent clashes erupted in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday afternoon, a local activist said.
Jawad Seyam of the Wadi Helwa information center said police fired tear gas in Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood.
"Undercover soldiers deployed across the area but failed to arrest children" from the neighborhood, Seyam said.
He accused Israeli forces of using a new kind of tear gas that causes breathing problems to those who inhale it.
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Troops Attack Anti-Wall Protests, Injuring Three
Ramallah PNN On Friday, three people were injured during anti-wall protests organized in the villages of Bil`in, Nil`in and al-Nabi Saleh, in the central West Bank as well as al-Ma`sara in the south. Many others were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In al-Nabi Saleh, three protesters were injured when troops attacked the weekly protest. Villagers were joined by international and Israeli settlers in a march toward lands confiscated by Israel for settlement construction.
The Israeli army sealed off the village and stopped the protesters from reaching the lands, and when protesters reached the soldiers stationed at the entrance, the soldiers fired tear gas directly at them.
Hilmi al-Tamimi was hit in the leg with a tear gas canister, Mustafa al-Tamimi was hit in the leg with a rubber-coated steel bullet and moved to an injury, and Bassem al-Tamimi was lightly injured when he fell as he was chased back to the village. Many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation and the protests ended with clashes between local youth and Israeli troops.
In al-Ma`sara village, southern West Bank, the weekly protest march ended with no injuries as Israeli troops suppressed it within an hour.
In the central West Bank villages of Ni'lin of Bil'in, nonviolent resistance marches were organized and carried out on lands owned by local Palestinian villagers. Joined by international and Israeli supporters, protesters carrying Palestinian flags and banners marched toward stationed troops, who fired tear gas at them. No injuries were reported at either location.
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Maria 5 mrt 2011
Dozens of women injured in march approaching Kalandia checkpoint
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Dozens of pro-Palestinian women sustained serious to moderate injuries near Ramallah on Saturday when Israeli soldiers fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas to disperse a march marking International Women's Day due March 8.
According to Palestinian sources, victims included a Swedish woman from the ICM foundation, Taghreed Shalalida, an official at the Union of Women's Action Committees in Al-Khalil, and Maryam Ma'ali, an official for the same committee in Ramallah.
The marchers began waiving Palestinian flags and shouting calls for an end to the occupation in front of the Kalandia refugee camp between Jerusalem and Ramallah. They then advanced towards the Kalandia crossing, an Israeli military checkpoint where Palestinians with permits can leave Ramallah, when soldiers began firing rubber bullets injuring many.
Dr. Nihad al-Akhras, an official of the union of health care committees, has said that many female activists had been hospitalized in Ramallah. He added that some injuries were serious, as the Swedish activist, called inda, was instantly knocked unconscious after being hit in the face with a stun grenade.
Palestinian activist Nada Tawir said in statements she gave near the checkpoint that Palestinian women want an end to the national split for the sake of resistance and confrontation of all settlement projects that indiscriminately target all that is Palestinian.
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Israel arrests mentally ill woman from Beit Fajjar
AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces arrested Friday evening a Palestinian young woman from Beit Fajjar north of Al-Khalil for allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli soldier.
According to the woman's family, the Israeli army has arrested Amal Jamal Taqatiqa, 19, near the Etzion crossroads in eastern Beit Fajjar claiming she attempted to stab a soldier.
The family submitted reports confirming Taqatiqa's mental illness to the Israeli Bethlehem liaison office seeking her release. But authorities are keeping her in custody.
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Maria 6 mrt 2011
Injuries reported as soldiers fire on protest
RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces violently shut down a demonstration led by women north of Jerusalem on Saturday, organizers said.
Border police fired tear gas and rubber-coated bullets at the protesters marking International Women's Day at the Qalandiya checkpoint.
The event was organized by minister of social affairs Majeda Al-Masri, a leader in the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and union officials from Hebron and Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
It was not clear how many people were hurt, but union official Nehad Al-Akhras said a Swedish activist was seriously injured by a stun grenade which struck her in the face. She was hospitalized in Ramallah.
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Maria 7 mrt 2011
IOF troops serve demolition notices, detain ten Palestinians including children
AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) served demolition notices to a number of citizens in Beit Ummar village, Al-Khalil, claiming that their houses were in proximity to the Quds-Khalil bypass road.
Local sources told the PIC that the troops allegedly wanted to prevent throwing stones at army vehicles and settlers' cars passing near the town.
The IOF soldiers rounded up ten Palestinians at dawn Monday in various West Bank areas.
Local sources said that the soldiers detained five citizens in the Bethlehem and Ramallah districts while one was detained at the Hawara checkpoint south of Nablus city alleging he was in possession of "combat means".
The soldiers arrested four other Palestinians in Al-Khalil city including two children the brothers Mahmoud and Suleiman Abu Ramuz, 14 and 15 years old respectively.
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4 Palestinians detained in Hebron
HEBRON (Ma`an) -- Israeli forces detained overnight four Palestinians from Hebron and lead them to unknown destination, local sources told Ma'an.
Home raids targeted family homes in the Old City of Hebron, and included two brothers.
The four were identified as Suleiman and Labib Majed Al-Fakhouri, 20 and 23, Mahmud Sa`id Abu Ramuz, 14, and Wisam Ramadan Abu Ramuz, 15.
An Israeli military statement said five Palestinians had been detained overnight, without specifying where they were taken from.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=366346 18 nov 2011, 23:10 , Respect -
Maria 8 mrt 2011
Soldiers Attack Sit-in in Southern West Bank
Hebron PNN/Exclusive- On Tuesday, Israeli troops broke up a nonviolent protest organized by the villagers of Beit Omar, north of Hebron in the southern West Bank.
Villagers along with Israeli and international supporters blocked Bypass Road 60, which connects southern West Bank settlements with Jerusalem. Today`s action was organized as a response to roadblocks imposed by settlers last week across the West Bank.
Last week, settlers closed Palestinian roads and pelted passing Palestinian cars with stones after the Israeli government evacuated a settlement outpost in the northern West Bank.
Today in Beit Omar, people managed to stop traffic for nearly 30 minutes before soldiers forced them out with rifle butts and batons. Soldiers arrested local activist Azmi al-Shoukhi as well as a number of Israeli activists and took their photos.
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Maria 9 mrt 2011
IDF is preparing for mass civil uprising in West Bank
Nearly a year ago, Judea and Samaria Division drew up comprehensive program to combat large demonstrations in West Bank, which is currently being adjusted in light of the popular revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt.
The Central Command and the Judea and Samaria Division of the Israel Defense Forces have been closely monitoring the recent events in Arab states and updating their operational plans for dealing with a potential popular, nonviolent uprising.
Nearly a year ago the Judea and Samaria Division drew up a comprehensive program to combat large demonstrations in the West Bank, which is currently being adjusted in light of the popular revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt.
Senior officers now serving, or who once served, in the West Bank say they have long felt there is no way to effectively contend with a widespread, nonviolent civil uprising. "There is nothing for it if something like what happened in Tunisia happens here," said one high-ranking officer serving in the division. The probability of a completely nonviolent uprising, however, is thought to be low.
"It's hard to believe there wouldn't be organizations that wouldn't hitch a ride and try to attack the IDF, thus the situation would not be similar to Egypt," another officer said. A third, who has long been serving in the West Bank, said recently, "At the moment, we are not observing that level of friction; the population here is still tired from the second intifada."
Scenarios like the one taking place in Northern Africa and the Arab Peninsula have also taken a more prominent place in Key Intelligence Topics, the list of priorities for gathering intelligence.
"In the past year, even before the events in Egypt and Tunisia, we connected the dots and decided what was needed in the division, down to the level of inventory of crowd-dispersal means and the preparation of infrastructure to prevent such events from taking place," one of the officers said. "The recent events in the Middle East made a big difference for us; it's not just in the background. It's obvious there's a domino effect, and that we could certainly be facing such situations."
Among the lessons being learned now in the IDF is the need to make preparations based not only on regular intelligence that is gathered about the plans and the intentions of the Palestinian organizations, but also on what is taking place within the various groups making up Palestinian society, and in particular the messages being sent over the Internet, through social networking sites such as Facebook.
Military officials emphasize that they will make no effort to prevent large demonstrations, even of thousands of Palestinian civilians, as long as they do not try to enter Jewish settlements.
The IDF considers any attempt to damage a checkpoint or a security fence as a violent act, and will use force and such means as teargas and rubber-tipped bullets against all such actions.
"Such an event will be violent. In this kind of situation we will behave as an army, with very strict levels of restraint, including taking significant risks, to obviate such a situation," an officer in the Judea and Samaria Division said.
Important component
In the past two years, the security coordination between the IDF and the security agencies of the Palestinian Authority have become an important component in defense strategy throughout the West Bank.
That said, the IDF recognizes that in the event of a popular uprising, it will not be able to count on the PA forces, and is searching for other channels within the local civilian leadership.
In addition to updating its plans, the Judea and Samaria Division is also making preparations to change the ways that the officers and the commanders perceive the situations around them, with the aim of enabling them to act judiciously when faced with thousands of nonviolent protesters.
To that end, brigade commanders are taking part in discussions of operational plans, while platoon and battalion commanders involved in operational missions in the West Bank are participating in workshops and briefing sessions.
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Israeli preparations to quell any Palestinian mass uprising in W. Bank
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Haaretz newspaper said that the commandership of the Israeli army prepared one year ago a comprehensive plan to combat any outbreak of widespread protests in the West Bank, but now it is embarking on making changes to it in light of the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.
The newspaper quoted senior Israeli officers who served in the West Bank as saying that they have a feeling that there is no way to deal effectively with any non-violent popular uprising by the Palestinians.
Senior officers still operating in the West Bank also opined that any possible Palestinian uprising in the West Bank would be non-violent and small, and not like what happened in Egypt.
Other officers said that the Palestinian West Bankers at the present time are still tired of the second intifada.
The newspaper also stated that among the lessons being learned now in the Israeli army is the need to make preparations based not only on regular intelligence that is gathered about the plans and the intentions of the Palestinian organizations, but also on what is taking place within the various groups making up Palestinian society, and in particular the messages being sent over the Internet, through social networking sites such as Facebook.
It added that the Israeli army, in the event of a popular uprising, will not be able to count on the Palestinian authority forces, so it is now searching for other channels within the local civilian leadership.
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IDF hopes Palestinians will be violent
Some people in Israel are still naïve enough to think that the IDFs task is to ensure the security of Israel and its residents. Here is what a senior officer serving in the West Bank told Ha`aretz (full credit for all the bizarre syntax and grammar errors in the following quotes should be given to Ha`aretz translators):
In the past year, even before the events in Egypt and Tunisia, we connected the dots and decided what was needed in the [IDF] division [in charge of the West Bank], down to the level of inventory of crowd-dispersal means and the preparation of infrastructure to prevent such events from taking place
In such events, the officer is explicitly referring to nonviolent demonstrations. These types of events are really scaring the military, or as another officer says: There is nothing for it if something like what happened in Tunisia happens here. But not to worry, as yet another officer promises that the chances for such nonviolent demonstrations in the West Bank are low:
It`s hard to believe there wouldn`t be organizations that wouldn`t hitch a ride and try to attack the IDF, thus the situation would not be similar to Egypt
So to recap: the IDF is deeply worried about the prospect of nonviolent demonstrations, and is doing all in its power to prevent them, but is reassured by the hope that if there are any demonstrations, they will be violent. The very people who are supposed to protect us from violence, are praying for it, and doing all they can to stop nonviolence.
http://972mag.com/idf-hopes-palestinians-will-be-violent/ 18 nov 2011, 23:11 , Respect -
Maria 10 mrt 2011
Arab MK Zahalka questions Aharonovich on child abuse video
NAZARETH, (PIC)-- Arab Knesset Member Jamal Zahalka has submitted an urgent interpellation against Israeli Minister of Internal Security Yitshak Aharonovich questioning him over excessive force used against an 11-year-old boy arrested in Nabi Saleh.
Aharonovich has denied fault in the way his forces handled the arrest.
Zahalka's list of questions came after a video leaked on the net revealing that Israeli police strong-armed the boy into their vehicle after he was chased down by special units who ignored pleas by the boy's mother. The boy was later taken to police headquarters for interrogation before being released.
Zahalka said that the rights of children are guaranteed in accordance with international laws and customs, especially in occupied areas, pointing out that excessive force is used by police against Palestinian children.
He further said that Israeli law prohibits the public arrest of children and requires that police allow the presence of one of the child's parents during interrogation.
Responding to the interpellation, Aharonovich denied any use of discrimination in the arrest of Palestinian children.
Commenting on questions that the child was arrested under the age of criminal responsibility, Aharonovich alleged the child had been throwing stones at a special forces unit and endangered their lives and the lives of pedestrians, and that such a crime is punishable by law.
He added that if police are unable to ascertain the age of a child, he should be arrested at the scene.
He also denied that police used excessive force, saying that force was used so that he would not evade police into the hands of locals, who had been allegedly trying to protect him.
Zahalka commented that Israeli police treat Palestinian children as a imminent security threat and as dangerous criminals, adding that it is impossible to say the force used against the child in the video was not excessive. He also refuted claims that police could not verify his age as his parents were both present.
Aharonovich had released statements n 2010 vowing to arrest more children in East Jerusalem, under the slogan no immunity for children. He admitted his forces had arrested hundreds of children over alleged stone-throwing and threatened to arrest children's parents if the stone-throwing continued.
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Maria 13 mrt 2011
Israeli troops attack Palestinian worshipers at Aqsa Mosque
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Violent clashes broke out Sunday morning at the Aqsa Mosque between Palestinian worshipers and Israeli troops who desecrated the Mosque along with Jewish settlers.
Palestinian eyewitnesses said the suspicious and blasphemous moves made by the settlers in the Mosque's courtyards prompted the Palestinian worshipers to glorify the name of God, but all of a sudden the Israeli troops attacked them violently injuring one of them and detaining three others.
They added that the Israeli occupation forces intensified their presence at the Aqsa Mosque following the clashes.
In a related context, an Israeli court banned a Palestinian young man from Umm Al-Fahm city in the 1948 occupied lands called Mohamed Jabareen from entering the Aqsa Mosque for one month on a charge of glorifying the name of God inside the Mosque.
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Maria 14 mrt 2011
Israeli forces call Awarta residents into open
NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Soldiers toured Awarta village on Monday morning, calling through loud speakers for all residents aged 15-40 to gather in the yard of the community's school.
A village council official and a local man working for the Palestinian security departments were said to have been detained overnight.
The call to appear at the school was the first time many were permitted to leave their homes in three days, and village council leader Qays Awwad said interrogations were expected.
An Israeli-imposed curfew remains in place on the village for the third day in a row, keeping Awarta residents locked indoors as a wide-scale military campaign continues. Israeli media said the military had declared the village a closed military zone.
Awwad village council Salim Qawariq had been taken from his home while Israeli forces inspected it, while informed Palestinian sources confirmed the detention of Lieutenant Iyad Muhammad Awwad, a Palestinian general intelligence officer.
Two activists with the International Solidarity Movement were able to enter Awarta before the curfew was imposed, and confirmed the continued closure of the town.
Speaking with Ma'an one Swedish national with ISM said searches conducted by Israeli forces appeared random, with home being entered more than once over the course of three days.
In one home the activist said he visited shortly after a military search, framed pictures were smashed, furniture overturned, fuse cables cut, cash and SIM phone cards confiscated, a computer thrown off its desk, and oil poured into barrels of drinking water in the kitchen.
"From where we are we have seen at least 19 people taken from homes and transported to an unknown location," he said.
Locals told the ISM activists that Israeli forces searched the town hall, taking some 1,800 shekels ($500) from a drawer, and an unknown amount from the council's safe.
Medicines and basic food stuffs in the village were said to be running short, with families forced to live off any reserves in their homes, council member Awwad said.
Israeli forces said Monday that they were searching the village for suspects in the murder of five members of a settler family from the adjacent settlement of Itamar. A mother, father and three of their children were stabbed to death on Friday night, by an unknown assailant.
Israeli officials have said that they believe a Palestinian was behind what has been described as a "terror attack."
Condemnations of the killings were issued in Ramallah, with prime minister-designate Salam Fayyad saying "An infant, two children and their parents were the victims, and as we have always rejected violence against our people, we reject it against others and we condemn it."
Home-to-home invasions were reported from Saturday afternoon when the curfew was imposed, and Awwad said residents were being terrified by the brutal search methods.
Israeli police were put on high alert and the army said troops had been ordered "to be vigilant" for any attempted revenge attacks, reports said on Sunday.
The murder of five out of eight members of the settler family sparked anger from Israel and its settler communities. A wave of attacks against Palestinian civilians has been documented across the West Bank, including the torching of an agricultural field north of Ramallah, vandalism in the southern West Bank near Hebron, and several incidents of rock and Molotov cocktail throwing on settler roads connecting West Bank population centers.
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Settlers, army boost West Bank attacks three days after Itamar killings
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Palestinians in the West Bank face more and more attacks as the third day passes since the killing of five Jews illegally settled in Itamar settlement near Nablus.
Armed Jewish settlers from Tafuh have vandalized homes in Yasouf village east of Salfit, smashing the windows of Mohammed Rizq Hussein, villagers report.
After clashes locals managed to push the assailants out of the village.
Other settlers infiltrated the village of Gensafot in Qalqalya governorate and set fire to two vehicles.
The attackers were spotted getting out of a Toyota car and setting a tractor and another vehicle ablaze before leaving the village.
Awarta village mayor Qais Awad said a curfew imposed by Israeli occupation forces three days ago after the Itamar incident has caused a shortage of food in the village, including bread and milk. He added the village has also since then run out of electric meters.
The Israeli army was deployed across the village and seized several rooftops overlooking Itamar, Awad reported. He also said that soldiers were systematically searching homes, where they kept women and children in a room and cuffed and blindfolded all males over 15 years and turned homes upside down.
The army has also mixed up papers and medicines in the village clinic and municipal building, Awad said.
He said he tried to open the clinic for them, but they threatened to open fire at him.
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Maria 16 mrt 2011
Awarta man injured after mauled by police dogs
NABLUS, (PIC)-- A Palestinian man was injured on Tuesday in the flashpoint village of Awarta near Nablus after he was mauled by a dog let loose by Israeli police, sources told the Palestinian Information Center.
An elderly man was beaten by Israeli armed forces in the same town after refusing to comply with a recently enforced curfew.
The northern West Bank town of Awarta has been under fire since the killing of a family of Jewish settlers in nearby Itamar five days ago.
Military has partially withdrawn from some neighborhoods there noon Tuesday, and has gathered at the village's main entrances and closed off roads and key junctions with sand barriers.
But it is still carrying out intense house-to-house searches with some houses having been searched three times so far.
They turned back ambulances that arrived to transport kidney patients and elderly to the hospital.
There has also been a sharp food shortage because of the curfew.
Meanwhile, Jewish settlers have been throwing stones in the village amid threats and anti-Arab slogans as police stand and watch.
Bulldozers have entered the village and tore down the walls of one home there.
Sources said that the army has begun digging up vast areas of farmland in the northeastern part of the village paving the way for two new pre-fabricated homes, which are commonly used by settlers in outposts.
The curfew has caused Awarta's schools to close stopping studies for 1,642 students taught by 102 teachers. Their access to the school has been cut off.
Other schools in Nablus province have been partially closed due to settler violence.
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Israeli forces assault elderly couple during arrest in Beit Ummar
AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli forces assaulted Wednesday morning an elderly couple during an arrest operation in Beit Ummar north of the West Bank city of Al-Khalil.
Israeli soldiers assaulted the Abu Marya family while they were working on their farm near the Karmi Tsur settlement. They arrested Waseem Abu Marya, 19, after attacking him and his father Mihna, 70, and mother Nazmiya, 65, breaking her jaw.
Israeli forces arrested two other Al-Khalil men the same morning at a checkpoint in the city. It has yet to be identified where they were taken.
A large force from the Israeli army arrested another man from the village of Dir Estya west of Salfit that morning after raiding his home.
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Maria 17 mrt 2011
IOF bar children of Daher Al-Maleh village from going to their schools
JENIN, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) forced yesterday and today Palestinian children and school students in Daher Al-Maleh village, west of Jenin city, to undergo strict search procedures before allowing them to pass through the iron gate, which is considered the only entrance to their village.
Villagers told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers at the gate asked the children to undergo an electronic check first if they wanted to cross the gate, but the children refused and the gate was closed.
They affirmed that dozens of children were prevented from going to their schools and kindergartens after the soldiers shut down the gate, adding that the families and villagers are electronically checked every time they want to cross this gate.
They also said that the village have been under tight blockade since years and encircled by the segregation wall and settlements.
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Father: Israeli authorities sentenced my teens
RAMALLAH (Ma'an) Palestinian detainees center in Ramallah reported that Ofer court sentenced Amir Al-Bastami, 14, and ordered him to pay 2,000 shekels and Mahdi Al-Bastami, 13, ordered to pay 4,000 shekels.
Their father said that his children are innocent and that it is a crime to sentence them considering their young age. The detainees center condemned the detention of Palestinian teenagers and rejects the Israeli policy.
The center reported that the number of Palestinian kids detained at Israeli prisons reached 221.
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Maria 18 mrt 2011
Six Injured, Two Arrested as Troops Attack West Bank Anti-wall Protests
Ramallah - PNN Six civilians were injured and two arrested when the Israeli army attacked the weekly anti-wall protests organized on Friday in the villages of Bil'in, Nil'in and an-Nabi Saleh, in the central West Bank, as well as al-Ma'sara in the south.
In Bil'in, five were injured by rubber-coated steel bullets fired by the Israeli army. International and Israeli supporters joined the villagers after the midday prayers and marched up to the gate of the wall separating villagers from their land. Soldiers stationed at the gate attacked people with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets. Israeli troops also sprayed protesters with chemicals, known locally as "skunk." Many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In the nearby village of Ni'lin, villagers and their supporters joined villagers and marched up to the gate of the wall separating local farmers from their land. After Israeli troops broke up the protest, a number of people were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In an-Nabi Saleh, also in the central West Bank, soldiers fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at protesters, injuring a 23-year-old local youth. Early on Friday, soldiers closed all roads leading to the village and did not allow journalists into the village.
During the protest, Israeli troops tried to stop the people from leaving the village. Troops forced people back to the village, declared an-Nabi Saleh a closed military zone and imposed a curfew. This week, the protest ended with clashes between local youth and Israeli soldiers.
Two international supporters were arrested by Israeli troops who attacked the weekly anti wall protest at the village of al-Ma'sara, in the southern West Bank. Israeli troops stopped the weekly protest from leaving the village en route to lands taken by the army to build the wall. Soldier used tear gas to force people back into the village. Many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
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Maria 19 mrt 2011
Silwan committee: Detained children gone through behavioral changes
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- According to a study by the Silwan defense committee, children from Jerusalem's Silwan district have undergone marked behavioral changes after being detained in Israeli prisons.
The restrictions placed on them could have negative long-term effects, Silwan committee member Fakhri Abu Diab said in a press statement Friday.
He said dozens of children have been dealt with harshly in Israeli prisons and during investigations.
He pointed out several cases of hysteria, mental disorders, nightmares, fear of darkness, speech impediments and aggressive chills, illnesses not present prior to their detention.
He said families and teachers have noticed major behavioral changes after they were released from Israeli prisons.
Abu Diab called on children's rights groups to act urgently to protect Jerusalem's children and help treat those affected by the Israeli policy targeting.
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Disabled Palestinian detained at Jordan border
NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities on Wednesday detained a young man who left to Jordan for treatment, at the Al-Karamah border crossing, activist Ahmad Al-Bitawi said.
Muhamad Saker, 24, from Askar refugee camp in Nablus, was detained while traveling from Jordan after two weeks of treatment as he was suffering hemiplegia.
He has been shot twice by Israeli soldiers, according to his mother. The first time was in 2003 and the second in 2006. The injuries made him hemiplegic, she said.
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Maria 21 mrt 2011
Clashes erupt in Silwan
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Fierce clashes erupted Monday night between settlers, Israeli police and Palestinian youth in Silwan in East Jerusalem.
Ma'an's correspondent said Israeli police protected settlers but opened fire on residents and their homes in the flashpoint neighborhood.
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IDF to track foreign anti-Israel groups
New section in Military Intelligence Directorate to collect data, passively probe groups from overseas, Gaza, West Bank aiming to delegitimize Israel.
Israel's Military Intelligence has launched a new section that will be responsible of tracking foreign organizations located overseas, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which aim to delegitimize the State of Israel.
The IDF was planning to form the new section, inside the Research Department, headed by an officer in the rank of a major, prior to the Gaza-bound flotilla last may, with the intention of collecting information on the Turkish group that organized the sail.
The new section will not track Israeli leftist organizations such as Breaking the Silence and Machsom Watch, which regularly criticize the IDF and government policies, and will not engage in active investigations or summon interrogees to Israel.
Instead, the division will be responsible for collecting information and continuously supervising the organizations, while conducting passive investigations.
A recent bill urging the creation of a committee to probe the funding sources of leftist organizations was rejected by the Knesset plenum after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave Likud members the freedom of vote.
The initiators of the bill claimed that certain Israeli organizations were cooperating with international coalitions aiming to undermine the legitimacy of the IDF and encourage draft-dodging while branding IDF soldiers and commanders as war criminals.
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