- 2 mei 2011
Israel extends detention of Palestinian without charge or trial
29 oct 2012, 13:36 , Respect -
Maria 3 mei 2011
Witnesses: Army raids Nabi Saleh
RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces closed the village of An-Nabi Saleh on Monday night, shutting down entrances with road blocks and restricting movement of residents, witnesses said.
Israeli troops were deployed throughout the village for unknown reasons, leading to clashes with teenagers, witnesses said, .
An Israeli military spokeswoman said there was no military activity in the area overnight.
Military jeeps remained stationed at the entrances to the village well into Tuesday morning, local residents told Ma'an, saying they feared several pending home demolition orders were about to be executed.
An-Nabi Saleh's popular resistance committee, which organizes a weekly protest against continued land confiscations from the nearby settlement of Hallamish, called the overnight raid a "collective punishment." The raids were attempts to weaken the resolve of the villagers, who continue to demand access to lands confiscated by illegal settlements, locals said
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29 oct 2012, 13:36 , Respect -
Maria 3 mei 2011
Mofaz urges Israel to boost assassinations of Hamas leaders
NAZARETH, (PIC)-- Shaul Mofaz, former minister of Israel's military, has called on Netanyahu's government to increase assassinations against the leaders of Palestinian resistance forces after the US successfully killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Ladin in Pakistan.
If terrorist attempts continue in the Gaza Strip, Hamas leaders must know that they represent a target for liquidation, Mofaz, also a member of the Israeli Knesset, threatened. This bears unquestionable legitimacy.
Separately, another Knesset member from the Kadima party has stated that the United States had adopted Israel's strategy in the bin Ladin hit, which is to target leaders of alleged terrorist organizations, a strategy proven efficient throughout the years.
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Mofaz Calls for Assassinating Palestinian Leaders
Tal Aviv PNN Chirman of the Israeli Parliamentary Committee for Forging Affairs and Security Shaul Mofaz of the right wing Kadima asked the Israeli government to assassinate Palestinian leaders like the US did with Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.
Mofaz added that the US new assassination strategy comes from Israel's policies of targeting Palestinian leaders after the attack on the Israeli Olympics team in Germany back in 1972.
During an interview with the Israeli radio on Tuesday morning Mofaz said that assassination strategy Israel did proved to be successful adding that it must be resumed targeting Hamas leaders based in Gaza if attacks comes from there.
Even though the international law prohibits the use of extra judicial assassination policies, Mofaz said that this is legitimate act.
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29 oct 2012, 13:36 , Respect -
Maria 3 mei 2011
IOF kidnap MP Romanin from his home
29 oct 2012, 13:36 , Respect -
Maria 4 mei 2011
IOF troops raid southern Gaza
KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) escorted two military bulldozers into eastern Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday morning.
The PIC reporter said that four IOF army vehicles escorted the bulldozers amidst indiscriminate shooting at Palestinian homes and property.
No casualties were reported.
IOF armored vehicles almost daily advance into eastern borders of the Strip and damage Palestinian land and disturb civilians' security.
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Will bin Laden killing pave way for similar moves by Israel?
Former top IDF intel official talks to Haaretz about a gradual change in the rules of confrontation in the framework of the global war on terror.
At the height of the second intifada, until the middle of the last decade, Israel developed and enhanced a system of assassinations of terrorists which was euphemistically referred to as "pinpointed assassinations." Maj. Gen. Aharon Ze'evi (Farkash ) headed the IDF General Staff intelligence branch at that time. While the American assault force's operation against al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was an operation on a much bigger scale than the Israeli actions and took place far from the borders of the United States, to a large extent it employed a similar format to that used previously by the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet security service.
Aharon Ze'evi (Farkash ), Will the assassination of bin Laden at the hands of the United States pave the way for similar moves by Israel in the future, against [Hezbollah leader] Hassan Nasrallah or even [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad?
We must not forget that we are not a power. Not everything that is permitted to the Americans is permitted to us as well. But nevertheless, there is a gradual change in the rules of confrontation in the framework of the war on terror. A wider maneuvering space has been opened. Nassrallah understands that too. It is no coincidence that he so seldom leaves his bunker in recent years.
Is there greater legitimacy today, for Israel also, to make moves against heads of terrorist organizations that refuse to hold any kind of negotiations?
In the past, the countries of the West were opposed to the Israeli claim that no distinction should be made between the so-called political echelon and the "military" echelon in the terrorist organizations. There is an important message in the Americans' decision to do away with bin Laden. It is not possible to distinguish between the leader and the operational echelon subordinate to him. The decision-makers have to be dealt a blow. Seven years ago, when we killed the senior Hamas officials such as Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Rantisi, our approach was not accepted by the international community.
In retrospect, did the Israeli policy of assassinations prove itself at all? Did it not merely provide encouragement for revenge attacks and the continuation of the cycle of bloodshed?
Since Israel unfortunately suffered more terrorist attacks, it became a kind of experimental laboratory for the front line in this struggle. The assassinations were an important tool. It can't be helped. These leaders don't like committing suicide. It's different than sending other people to carry out suicide missions for them. When they are being chased, they are less effective. The pinpointed assassinations are still a very important deterrent tool against senior leaders of the terrorist organizations. It is true that every terrorist leader can be replaced. Bin laden will also have a replacement. What is important is the continuum of assassinations that is directed at the heads of the organization and indicates to them that they too have something to lose.
The immediate question that a lot of Israelis asked themselves, following the reports of the American success, was: Why do we not succeed in locating Gilad Shalit who is not hidden at the other end of the world but just a few kilometers from our border?
Organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah have successfully learned our strengths and weak points. They understand what precautions must be taken in order to safeguard an asset like an abducted Israeli. I think that Israel shares the same determination to bring Gilad back home that the Americans demonstrated in striking bin Laden.
Here too we must find the right combination of circumstances - precise intelligence information, the ability to organize an operation within a few hours while the target is "hot," a reasonable ratio between the chances of success and the risk that there will be losses - we still remember the failed attempt to rescue [kidnapped soldier] Nahshon Waxman - and the possibility of avoiding excessive collateral damage. To my regret, this is a combination that occurs very rarely.
I don't agree with the claim that the Shalit affair is a resounding failure on the part of intelligence. If you had asked me about the American efforts to hit at bin Laden a month ago, what would we have said? We would certainly have described them as terrible schlemiels. I can safely say that tremendous efforts are being made and that it is possible that the right timing will enable such an operation to be carried it out in the future. Israel has excellent intelligence capability but things have to fall together. One cannot carry out a rescue operation at any price. If they had told President Obama that there was a great risk that the entire American force would be harmed, he would not have sent the troops to kill bin Laden this week.
Everyone is praising the Americans for their intelligence work in this operation. What does it actually mean?
We must give credit to the American intelligence agencies for their sustained effort. I know the significance of chasing a terrorist for years. The people who head the agencies change every few years. One needs a great deal of determination, perseverance, and a high level of organization in order to continue running an operation like this until it succeeds. In this era, there must be a combination of exact information, cooperation between the various intelligence arms and sometimes also with foreign services, and a very sharp capability on the part of the force that carries out the operation. Consider the ability shown here by the American forces: tremendous firing power, accuracy, self-confidence, the ability to hit those you have come to kill and to leave without a scratch. Zero casualties is not a result that is achieved by chance.
TV programs like "24" actually present these kinds of operations in a fairly realistic way. They are not science fiction. There is a never-ending puzzle of information that has to be collected and collated. Without a fusion of this information, the operation won't work. Even what appears to be the most minute bits of information have tremendous importance. We saw that in the media reports: The fact that the compound in which bin Laden was living did not have Internet activity increased the Americans' suspicions. Various kinds of intelligence gathering are in operation here: human intelligence, visual information gathering, and wiretapping and other signal intelligence. In the end, this combination of intelligence enables a warning to be issued to the fighter heading the force: "Don't go into the yard now, there is suspicious movement there."
By the way, I was somewhat surprised to see the presence of President Obama in the war room in real time, with the ability to watch on the screens what appeared to be the force in the field. As the head of the intelligence division, I didn't want leaders and senior officers to enter the war room of the unit that was instructing the advance guard. I also tried not to go there. The commanders don't need too many kibitzers giving them advice while the business is still going on. That could influence the effectiveness of the fighting force.
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29 oct 2012, 13:37 , Respect -
Maria 4 mei 2011
Army Kidnaps Four Palestinians, Including A Former Minister, In Hebron
Israeli court extend isolation of Saadat for 6 months
29 oct 2012, 13:37 , Respect -
Maria 5 mei 2011
IPS deprives isolated prisoner of drinking water for two days
IOF soldiers launch arrest campaign in Jenin including Jihad leader
Israeli intelligence refuses to release detained Palestinian
IOF rounds up eight including child during West Bank turbulence
29 oct 2012, 13:37 , Respect -
Maria 6 mei 2011
IOF troops arrest Hamas leader Majed Hasan
Occupation security men raid Mosque and arrest two worshipers in Jerusalem
IOF troops arrest Islamic Jihad leader Bassam al-Saadi and four others
29 oct 2012, 13:37 , Respect -
Maria 7 mei 2011
Israeli minister calls for re-occupying West Bank
NAZARETH, (PIC)-- An Israeli minister has called on his government to re-occupy the West Bank in the event the Palestinians declared their state unilaterally without coordination with Israel.
Yisrael Katz, the minister of transportation, was quoted by Haaretz on Saturday as saying that unilateral steps on the part of the Palestinian Authority ran contrary to the Olso accords, which Israel "respected".
The minister said that if the PA insisted and went ahead in such a unilateral step then Israel should re-occupy all Palestinian cities.
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29 oct 2012, 13:37 , Respect -
Maria 7 mei 2011
Soldiers arrest Hamas leader at Jenin checkpoint
29 oct 2012, 13:37 , Respect -
Maria 8 mei 2011
Israeli troops attack Palestinians in O. Jerusalem, W. Bank
WEST BANK, (PIC)-- Many Palestinian citizens sustained injuries on Saturday when they were attacked by Israeli troops in occupied Jerusalem and some West Bank villages during rallies in protest at settlement and Judaization activities.
In Jerusalem, violent clashes broke out on Saturday between Palestinian young men from Issawiya district and Israeli troops.
The troops used stun and tear gas grenades and rubber bullets in their attack on the young men who responded with stones and empty bottles.
The clashes happened in Attala area and the eastern entrance to Issawiya district where many Palestinian homes have been seized by the Israeli occupation authority.
West of Nablus city in Iraq Burin village, many suffered from tear gas suffocation during their peaceful march that is organized weekly in protest at Israel's confiscation of more lands in the village to expand its segregation wall.
North of Al-Khalil city, Israeli troops also suppressed Palestinians in Beit Ummar town which was already declared as an Israeli closed military zone.
The troops savagely attacked Beit Ummar residents as they were protesting Israel's settlement activities in their area causing a lot of injuries among them.
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29 oct 2012, 13:37 , Respect -
Maria 8 mei 2011
IOF troops turn Ramallah village into military barracks
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) clamped a curfew on the Ramallah village of Nabi Saleh on Sunday, local sources reported.
They said that a big IOF unit "savagely" stormed the village firing live ammunition and sonic bombs in the village streets.
The soldiers were deployed in all areas in the village and occupied its central local council turning it into a military post.
The Israeli radio claimed that the IOF watchtower at the entrance to the village was the target of a firebomb attack on Saturday night.
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29 oct 2012, 13:37 , Respect -
Maria 8 mei 2011
Israel closes West Bank for three days, three Pals rounded up at dawn
Two Hamas officials kidnapped in Jenin and Ramallah cities
IOA extends administrative detention of MP Ramahi
29 oct 2012, 13:40 , Respect -
Maria 9 mei 2011
Israelis Arrest Palestinians including Elderly Woman
29 oct 2012, 13:40 , Respect -
Maria 10 mei 2011
Palestinian hospitalized in Al-Khalil after IOF assault
Rights group: 1,500 detainees need medical treatment
- 1 mei 2011
Israeli soldiers injure Palestinian worker
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli soldiers on Sunday assaulted two Palestinian workers trying to enter Jerusalem near the Zayem checkpoint, at the eastern entrance to Jerusalem.
Mahmoud Abu Sarhan, 25, said he lost consciousness and fell from a cliff after an Israeli forces officer threw a rock at his head. The Bethlehem resident sustained serious head injuries in the attack, a Ma'an correspondent said.
Ali Mansour Abu Sarhan, 18, said he sustained bruises to his hand when he fell while being chased by police.
"We were a group of workers trying to overstep the separation wall not far from the Zayem checkpoint around 4:00 in the morning. As we started to climb the wall, two soldiers surprised us and so we jumped back and started to run toward the foot of the mountain where we tried to hide," said 22-year-old worker Salah Sarhan.
"After a while, the soldiers appeared from above and started to pelt us with rocks, so we had to run again," he continued.
"While we ran, a rock hurled from a close distance hit Mahmoud's head from the right side. He fell at once facing the ground and rolled for a few meters on the uneven ground. We continued to run away and decided to come back to check up on Mahmoud only after the soldiers left.
"We found him unconscious, we took him to the nearest vehicle to take him to hospital."
Mahmoud Abu Sarhan was first taken to the public hospital in Beit Jala but was transferred to the Bethlehem Arab Society Hospital where medics operated on his face, doctors told Ma'an.
An Israeli army spokesman referred requests to comment to the border police, whose spokesman referred the incident to Israel's national police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.
Rosenfeld said he was not immediately familiar with the incident, adding that unless a complaint were filed against the police at one of the District Coordination Offices, there would be no investigation.
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29 oct 2012, 13:13 , Respect -
Maria 1 mei 2011
Soldiers charged with abusing Palestinian minor
29 oct 2012, 13:13 , Respect -
Maria 2 mei 2011
Official: Israeli troops block villagers from crop.s
TUBAS (Ma'an) -- Israeli troops blocked villagers from collecting their crops in the area of Al-Malih village on Monday, a local official said.
The village council head, Aref Daraghmeh, told Ma'an that Israeli military vehicles barred villagers from accessing their land to collect their produce, and damaged a large quantity of crops in the area, which lies in the northern West Bank district of Tubas.
Daraghmeh said that crops had also been damaged by Israeli troops last year, and appealed to the Palestinian Authority to intervene and help the villagers.
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Agriculture ministry calls for protecting farmers, fishermen from Israel
GAZA, (PIC)-- The Palestinian ministry of agriculture appealed to all organizations working in the agricultural field to defend the rights of Palestinian farmers and fishermen and support their steadfastness against Israel's constant violations.
In a press release on the labor day, the ministry stated that the farmers in the West Bank suffer a lot from Israel's segregation wall, the vicious attacks on their property by Jewish settlers and the settlement expansion.
It also pointed out to the suffering of Gaza farmers and fishermen who are exposed to constant attacks and harassment by the Israeli army.
The ministry affirmed that the assistance provided for Gaza farmers and fishermen is not more than helping them to stand barely on their own feet again when their source of living sustain damages during Israeli attacks or financial losses as a result of the blockade.
In another context, specialist in prisoners' affairs Abdulnaser Farwana said that the majority of Palestinians who have experienced detention since 1967 and until today are from the working class.
Farwana added in a statement on the occasion of the labor day that more than 60 percent of the prisoners who are still in Israeli jails are labourers.
He appealed to official bodies, civil society institutions and the private sector to work hard to support workmen who are still imprisoned in Israeli jails or were released.
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