14 feb 2016
The Palestinian merchants in the Damascus Gate are now more than ever targeted by the Israeli occupation authority’s (IOA) municipality in occupied Jerusalem.
On the other hand, the same municipality, according to Hebrew sources, decided to expand the industrial zone: Atarot –Qalandia, located north of Jerusalem, to support the settlement activity and the Israeli settlers.
The weekly Hebrew newspaper Iroshalim said in its latest edition that after the death of a female Israeli soldier near the Damascus Gate, the Israeli municipal employees stormed the business district adjacent to the incident, and they imposed fines on merchants under the pretext of violation of municipal laws and regulations.
They also issued traffic tickets for cars parking illegally, as well as fines for merchants who display their goods outside their shops.
They imposed other fines for the dealers and even customers under various pretexts such as throwing cigarettes and spilling coffee on the ground. One of the members of the Committee of the Damascus Gate merchants complained last week that the municipality intentionally harasses his colleagues, he said, "the municipal observers' harassment increases especially after resistance attacks, this is one of the reasons why the Damascus Gate merchants suffer for a long period a deterioration of their income due to the lack of customers, while the fines issued by the municipal teams cost them hundreds of shekels, these fines aim to tighten the noose more and more on the Palestinian merchants".
While the Israeli occupation authority harasses the Palestinian merchants in occupied Jerusalem, it serves the Israeli industrial sector and encourages the settlers’ investment.
According to the "Iroshalim", the so-called Israeli District Committee for Planning and Building in Jerusalem approved the scheme prepared by the so-called Jerusalem Development Authority.
The scheme includes the expansion of the Atarot industrial zone. Under the proposed scheme a new industrial area dubbed the "Triangle of Atarot" will be established east of the existing industrial zone. The area on which the new industrial area will be established is located between Ramallah-Jerusalem Road from the east and the street leading to the Palestinian Qalandia airport, occupied since 1967.
On the other hand, the same municipality, according to Hebrew sources, decided to expand the industrial zone: Atarot –Qalandia, located north of Jerusalem, to support the settlement activity and the Israeli settlers.
The weekly Hebrew newspaper Iroshalim said in its latest edition that after the death of a female Israeli soldier near the Damascus Gate, the Israeli municipal employees stormed the business district adjacent to the incident, and they imposed fines on merchants under the pretext of violation of municipal laws and regulations.
They also issued traffic tickets for cars parking illegally, as well as fines for merchants who display their goods outside their shops.
They imposed other fines for the dealers and even customers under various pretexts such as throwing cigarettes and spilling coffee on the ground. One of the members of the Committee of the Damascus Gate merchants complained last week that the municipality intentionally harasses his colleagues, he said, "the municipal observers' harassment increases especially after resistance attacks, this is one of the reasons why the Damascus Gate merchants suffer for a long period a deterioration of their income due to the lack of customers, while the fines issued by the municipal teams cost them hundreds of shekels, these fines aim to tighten the noose more and more on the Palestinian merchants".
While the Israeli occupation authority harasses the Palestinian merchants in occupied Jerusalem, it serves the Israeli industrial sector and encourages the settlers’ investment.
According to the "Iroshalim", the so-called Israeli District Committee for Planning and Building in Jerusalem approved the scheme prepared by the so-called Jerusalem Development Authority.
The scheme includes the expansion of the Atarot industrial zone. Under the proposed scheme a new industrial area dubbed the "Triangle of Atarot" will be established east of the existing industrial zone. The area on which the new industrial area will be established is located between Ramallah-Jerusalem Road from the east and the street leading to the Palestinian Qalandia airport, occupied since 1967.
8 feb 2016
The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) confiscated 600 of Palestinians' work and trade permits in Qabatiya town to the south of Jenin city.
The confiscation comes within the Israeli policy of collective punishment after ending a three-day siege on the town.
The president of the town's commerce chamber Hisham Massad told the PIC reporter that the IOA officially informed the chamber on Sunday about the prohibition of Qabatiya’s inhabitants of applying for work permits to enter the 1948 Occupied Palestine.
Workers and traders told the PIC reporter that Israeli soldiers at al-Jalama military checkpoint ordered them to show their work permits as usual and when they did so, the soldiers confiscated then tore their permits.
The confiscation comes within the Israeli policy of collective punishment after ending a three-day siege on the town.
The president of the town's commerce chamber Hisham Massad told the PIC reporter that the IOA officially informed the chamber on Sunday about the prohibition of Qabatiya’s inhabitants of applying for work permits to enter the 1948 Occupied Palestine.
Workers and traders told the PIC reporter that Israeli soldiers at al-Jalama military checkpoint ordered them to show their work permits as usual and when they did so, the soldiers confiscated then tore their permits.
7 feb 2016
Israel’s energy minister Yuval Steinitz called for following the Egyptian model of flooding Gaza border in order to find out and destroy resistance tunnels.
Minister Steinitz said Saturday during an event in the southern city of Beersheba that the Egyptian military had flooded several tunnels beneath the Gaza Strip’s southern border at Israel’s request.
The energy minister said that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi had ordered the destruction of numerous tunnels built by Hamas at Israel’s request.
"Security coordination between Israel and Egypt is better than ever. The best means to end the threat of Hamas Gaza tunnels is flooding the border with water”, Steinitz said.
Minister Steinitz said Saturday during an event in the southern city of Beersheba that the Egyptian military had flooded several tunnels beneath the Gaza Strip’s southern border at Israel’s request.
The energy minister said that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi had ordered the destruction of numerous tunnels built by Hamas at Israel’s request.
"Security coordination between Israel and Egypt is better than ever. The best means to end the threat of Hamas Gaza tunnels is flooding the border with water”, Steinitz said.
6 feb 2016
The Palestinian energy authority on Friday said it had to shut down one of the generators at the power plant in the Gaza Strip.
The authority stated that it was surprised on Thursday that the petroleum authority in Ramallah sent less fuel shipments than what had been requested for the power plant, pointing out that the needed fuel had already been paid for.
The authority affirmed that this situation had happened several times before, condemning the petroleum authority's attitude as "unjustified."
The authority appealed to all concerned parties to intervene to put an end to such measures and ensure that the power plant is provided with its fuel needs.
The authority stated that it was surprised on Thursday that the petroleum authority in Ramallah sent less fuel shipments than what had been requested for the power plant, pointing out that the needed fuel had already been paid for.
The authority affirmed that this situation had happened several times before, condemning the petroleum authority's attitude as "unjustified."
The authority appealed to all concerned parties to intervene to put an end to such measures and ensure that the power plant is provided with its fuel needs.
4 feb 2016
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday and Wednesday knocked down a wedding hall and a garage for repairing cars in Occupied Jerusalem city.
The son of the hall’s owner, Ibrahim Abu Dheim, said in press statements that an Israeli army patrol and police forces rolled into al-Izriya town, in eastern Occupied Jerusalem, and knocked down their three-storey Qasr al-Moulouk wedding hall.
He added that the Israeli court in Occupied Jerusalem ruled for the demolition of the third floor, only, but the occupation bulldozers knocked down the second and third floors as well, in a barefaced contravention of the court rule. He said the occupation troops partly destroyed the first floor and wreaked havoc on the remaining parts.
Abu Dheim further stated that the demolition was carried out on account of the geographical proximity between the wedding hall and the Israeli apartheid wall. He said that his father obtained a construction license from the al-Izriya local village council.
Earlier on Wednesday, the occupation bulldozers also knocked down a garage for repairing vehicles in Jerusalem’s northeastern village of al-Issawiya under the pretext of unlicensed construction. The garage is reportedly owned by the Palestinian citizen Haythem Mustafa. Remarkable material damage was inflicted on civilian cars parked in the garage.
The son of the hall’s owner, Ibrahim Abu Dheim, said in press statements that an Israeli army patrol and police forces rolled into al-Izriya town, in eastern Occupied Jerusalem, and knocked down their three-storey Qasr al-Moulouk wedding hall.
He added that the Israeli court in Occupied Jerusalem ruled for the demolition of the third floor, only, but the occupation bulldozers knocked down the second and third floors as well, in a barefaced contravention of the court rule. He said the occupation troops partly destroyed the first floor and wreaked havoc on the remaining parts.
Abu Dheim further stated that the demolition was carried out on account of the geographical proximity between the wedding hall and the Israeli apartheid wall. He said that his father obtained a construction license from the al-Izriya local village council.
Earlier on Wednesday, the occupation bulldozers also knocked down a garage for repairing vehicles in Jerusalem’s northeastern village of al-Issawiya under the pretext of unlicensed construction. The garage is reportedly owned by the Palestinian citizen Haythem Mustafa. Remarkable material damage was inflicted on civilian cars parked in the garage.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Wednesday built a security barbed wire fence around Palestinians' agricultural lands in Yabad plain near Jenin.
Israeli occupation authorities had confiscated about 300 dunums of Palestinians’ lands in the area after declaring it a closed military zone.
Sources at Yabad’s municipality told Quds Press that the fence deprives Palestinian farmers of accessing their fields.
The municipality’s manager, Yousuf Atatrah, told Quds Press that the new Israeli orders will affect residents on the economic, commercial and agricultural levels.
Atatrah asked the international human rights and humanitarian institutions worldwide to put pressure on the Israeli authorities to halt such crimes against the Palestinians.
Israeli occupation authorities had confiscated about 300 dunums of Palestinians’ lands in the area after declaring it a closed military zone.
Sources at Yabad’s municipality told Quds Press that the fence deprives Palestinian farmers of accessing their fields.
The municipality’s manager, Yousuf Atatrah, told Quds Press that the new Israeli orders will affect residents on the economic, commercial and agricultural levels.
Atatrah asked the international human rights and humanitarian institutions worldwide to put pressure on the Israeli authorities to halt such crimes against the Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Bil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and demolished several structures.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee in Bil’in, Abdullah Abu Rahma, said several military vehicles invaded the village, after surrounding it, and fired flares and gas bombs.
He added that the soldiers demolished three agricultural structures, several wells and toilet rooms of a local children’s garden. The demolished properties belong to Othman Mansour and Ahmad Mohammad Hamad.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee in Bil’in, Abdullah Abu Rahma, said several military vehicles invaded the village, after surrounding it, and fired flares and gas bombs.
He added that the soldiers demolished three agricultural structures, several wells and toilet rooms of a local children’s garden. The demolished properties belong to Othman Mansour and Ahmad Mohammad Hamad.
3 feb 2016
Israeli bulldozers, on Wednesday morning, demolished a garage in the village of al-Issawyia, occupied East Jerusalem.
Haitham Mustafa said, accoridng to Ma'an News Agency, that Israeli forces entered the village from its eastern entrance and bulldozed a 400 square meter car-repair garage belonging to him. He said that Israeli forces told him the garage was unlicensed, adding that they had not allowed him to remove his equipment or cars under repair from the garage, before they destroyed it.
Additionally, Israeli forces had not given him any prior notice before demolishing the garage -- which he said had provided the sole income for two families.
The head of a local popular committee, Muhammad Abu al-Hummus, said that the garage was built on land that is threatened with confiscation by the Israeli authorities for an Israeli national park.
Abu al-Hummus added that Jerusalem municipality officials escorted by Israeli forces had entered the village from its main entrance, and toured its streets on Tuesday.
He said that Israeli forces also raided the village on Monday, and delivered seven demolition notices for housing structures that had been built between four and ten years, previously.
Haitham Mustafa said, accoridng to Ma'an News Agency, that Israeli forces entered the village from its eastern entrance and bulldozed a 400 square meter car-repair garage belonging to him. He said that Israeli forces told him the garage was unlicensed, adding that they had not allowed him to remove his equipment or cars under repair from the garage, before they destroyed it.
Additionally, Israeli forces had not given him any prior notice before demolishing the garage -- which he said had provided the sole income for two families.
The head of a local popular committee, Muhammad Abu al-Hummus, said that the garage was built on land that is threatened with confiscation by the Israeli authorities for an Israeli national park.
Abu al-Hummus added that Jerusalem municipality officials escorted by Israeli forces had entered the village from its main entrance, and toured its streets on Tuesday.
He said that Israeli forces also raided the village on Monday, and delivered seven demolition notices for housing structures that had been built between four and ten years, previously.
Israeli planes have reportedly sprayed chemical substances on farmlands across the besieged Gaza Strip, killing off the crops in the already impoverished Palestinian territory.
Several farmers informed that Israeli planes had sprayed their lands with pesticides, in the area between (Kissufim, and Srij) east of al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Younis, according to Al Ray correspondence.
Witnesses pointed out that the Israeli occupation aircraft were spraying pesticides inside the border fence, and were hovering on low level .
The continuing Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip is putting the lives of people at risk, taking a heavy toll on the enclave's agriculture sector.
Farmers are struggling to meet growing demands of 1.8 million Gazans who are living in the tight grip of the Israeli siege. They face many challenges due to shortages in farming equipment and more importantly, approved pesticides.
Due to the decline in production and Israel's ban on the entry of basic commodities, Gazan farmers have resorted to the use of banned chemical substances to maximize crop yield. This poses a serious health hazard to both farmers and their consumers.
Meanwhile, the United Nations has expressed concerns over the excessive use of toxic pesticides by Gaza farmers.
Many medical experts in Gaza are worried about a rise in the number of registered Gazan cancer patients, especially in the agricultural areas.
They warn that children are more susceptible to diseases, such as leukemia, than adults in such regions.
Related: Israeli Army Admits Destroying Crops in Gaza
The Gaza Strip has been under Israel’s blockade since June 2007. The crippling siege has caused a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
Israel launched its latest war on the Gaza Strip in early July of last year. Nearly 2,200 Palestinians, including 577 children, were killed in Israel’s 50-day onslaught. Over 11,100 others – including 3,374 children, 2,088 women and 410 elderly people – were also injured.
Several farmers informed that Israeli planes had sprayed their lands with pesticides, in the area between (Kissufim, and Srij) east of al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Younis, according to Al Ray correspondence.
Witnesses pointed out that the Israeli occupation aircraft were spraying pesticides inside the border fence, and were hovering on low level .
The continuing Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip is putting the lives of people at risk, taking a heavy toll on the enclave's agriculture sector.
Farmers are struggling to meet growing demands of 1.8 million Gazans who are living in the tight grip of the Israeli siege. They face many challenges due to shortages in farming equipment and more importantly, approved pesticides.
Due to the decline in production and Israel's ban on the entry of basic commodities, Gazan farmers have resorted to the use of banned chemical substances to maximize crop yield. This poses a serious health hazard to both farmers and their consumers.
Meanwhile, the United Nations has expressed concerns over the excessive use of toxic pesticides by Gaza farmers.
Many medical experts in Gaza are worried about a rise in the number of registered Gazan cancer patients, especially in the agricultural areas.
They warn that children are more susceptible to diseases, such as leukemia, than adults in such regions.
Related: Israeli Army Admits Destroying Crops in Gaza
The Gaza Strip has been under Israel’s blockade since June 2007. The crippling siege has caused a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
Israel launched its latest war on the Gaza Strip in early July of last year. Nearly 2,200 Palestinians, including 577 children, were killed in Israel’s 50-day onslaught. Over 11,100 others – including 3,374 children, 2,088 women and 410 elderly people – were also injured.
27 jan 2016
Palestinian Authority cabinet ministers announced, after their weekly meeting on Tuesday, that the government will send one million liters of fuel to the Gaza Strip, in light of the recent wave of freezing weather currently sweeping the territory.
The fuel is intended to supply the Gaza power station, which has suffered from chronic shortages due to the crippling Israeli blockade of the Palestinian enclave. The power station has not run at full capacity in years.
With the temperature in the Strip expected to be near 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit), for the next several days, Gazans will rely on space heaters for warmth, putting a strain on the enclave's electrical grid.
The Gaza Strip also suffers from shortage of gas -- used daily by Palestinians in the strip for both cooking and heating -- as the quantities allowed to be shipped in are not sufficient to resident's needs. Israel's 50-day offensive on Gaza, in 2014, has also taken its toll on the local infrastructure, as Gaza’s power plant was targeted and put out of commission.
In September, the United Nations warned that that the Gaza Strip could become uninhabitable for residents within just five years, pointing to the devastation of war and nearly a decade of Israeli blockade.
"The social, health and security-related ramifications of the high population density and overcrowding are among the factors that may render Gaza unlivable by 2020," the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) wrote, in its annual report.
The fuel is intended to supply the Gaza power station, which has suffered from chronic shortages due to the crippling Israeli blockade of the Palestinian enclave. The power station has not run at full capacity in years.
With the temperature in the Strip expected to be near 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit), for the next several days, Gazans will rely on space heaters for warmth, putting a strain on the enclave's electrical grid.
The Gaza Strip also suffers from shortage of gas -- used daily by Palestinians in the strip for both cooking and heating -- as the quantities allowed to be shipped in are not sufficient to resident's needs. Israel's 50-day offensive on Gaza, in 2014, has also taken its toll on the local infrastructure, as Gaza’s power plant was targeted and put out of commission.
In September, the United Nations warned that that the Gaza Strip could become uninhabitable for residents within just five years, pointing to the devastation of war and nearly a decade of Israeli blockade.
"The social, health and security-related ramifications of the high population density and overcrowding are among the factors that may render Gaza unlivable by 2020," the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) wrote, in its annual report.
24 jan 2016
The accelerated settlement construction and the confiscation of lands in the villages and towns of Salfit governorate located in the center of West Bank have caused shocking and scary changes in the province, negatively affecting various areas of life of the Palestinian citizens.
Palestinian statistics documented that there are 24 Israeli settlements in the Salfit governorate compared to 18 Palestinian towns and villages; these settlements extensively drain the rich natural resources and the groundwater of the province.
Researcher Khaled Ma'ali told the Palestinian Information Center that the settlement buidling, which began early in Salfit in the late seventies, has been dramatically affecting the lives of all citizens of the villages and towns of Salfit. He attributed this situation, which is contrary to international humanitarian law, to the following shocking information and changes:
1. For the first time, Salfit is the first West Bank province in which the demographic balance is broken in favor of the settlers; as more than 100 thousand settlers; including students of the Ariel University are living in the settlements in Salfit versus 90 thousand Palestinians.
2. For the first time a big University is established in a settlement inside the West Bank, which is the Ariel University; statistics in 2011 indicate that nearly 20 thousand students study at this university which was established over a Palestinian land.
3. The Israeli occupation views Salfit as a strategic area because it is located over the Western Aquifer Basin, a lake of underground water, from which the Israeli occupation steal water and re-sell it to its rightful owners at prices that reach up to tenfold of the prices offered to the settlers sometimes.
4. Salfit is the second area in Palestine targeted with settlement after occupied Jerusalem; due to the small number of Palestinian inhabitants and its large area.
5. In Salfit there are four industrial zones, which are: Ariel, Burkan, Amonial and Eli Zahav.
6. There are three nature reserves in Salfit, namely: Qana valley reserve (west of Deir Estia), Banat Barr reserve (west of Kafr Addik), and Noatef spring reserve (north of Qarawat Bani Hassan).
7. The Israeli occupation authorities deal with Salfit as an extension for Tel Aviv, that might help protect it, according to earlier remarks by the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
8. The settlement in Salfit province transformed it from a province producing large amounts of olives crops to a province harried by settlements; which resulted in the loss of an important economic resource. This affected the farmers making part of them unemployed while others turned to work in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
9. The settlement of Ariel is the second-largest settlement in the West Bank, where there are nearly 50 thousand settlers including: 25 thousand settlers in the residential and the industrial areas while nearly 25 thousand students study at Ariel University.
10. The large and contiguous Israeli settlements in Salfit will separate the northern cities of the West Bank including: Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem and Qalqilya; from the middle and south ones starting from Za'atara barrier which is located east of Salfit and south of Nablus, to Kafr Kassem in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
11. The Israeli settlers and occupation government dominated, confiscated, and notified of the confiscation of a total of 70% of the province lands in favor of settlements and the separation wall.
12. During a short period of time and due to the settlement activity in Salfit, the dream of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 occupied Palestinian territories could never be fulfilled, and the two-state solution might disappear forever.
Palestinian statistics documented that there are 24 Israeli settlements in the Salfit governorate compared to 18 Palestinian towns and villages; these settlements extensively drain the rich natural resources and the groundwater of the province.
Researcher Khaled Ma'ali told the Palestinian Information Center that the settlement buidling, which began early in Salfit in the late seventies, has been dramatically affecting the lives of all citizens of the villages and towns of Salfit. He attributed this situation, which is contrary to international humanitarian law, to the following shocking information and changes:
1. For the first time, Salfit is the first West Bank province in which the demographic balance is broken in favor of the settlers; as more than 100 thousand settlers; including students of the Ariel University are living in the settlements in Salfit versus 90 thousand Palestinians.
2. For the first time a big University is established in a settlement inside the West Bank, which is the Ariel University; statistics in 2011 indicate that nearly 20 thousand students study at this university which was established over a Palestinian land.
3. The Israeli occupation views Salfit as a strategic area because it is located over the Western Aquifer Basin, a lake of underground water, from which the Israeli occupation steal water and re-sell it to its rightful owners at prices that reach up to tenfold of the prices offered to the settlers sometimes.
4. Salfit is the second area in Palestine targeted with settlement after occupied Jerusalem; due to the small number of Palestinian inhabitants and its large area.
5. In Salfit there are four industrial zones, which are: Ariel, Burkan, Amonial and Eli Zahav.
6. There are three nature reserves in Salfit, namely: Qana valley reserve (west of Deir Estia), Banat Barr reserve (west of Kafr Addik), and Noatef spring reserve (north of Qarawat Bani Hassan).
7. The Israeli occupation authorities deal with Salfit as an extension for Tel Aviv, that might help protect it, according to earlier remarks by the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
8. The settlement in Salfit province transformed it from a province producing large amounts of olives crops to a province harried by settlements; which resulted in the loss of an important economic resource. This affected the farmers making part of them unemployed while others turned to work in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
9. The settlement of Ariel is the second-largest settlement in the West Bank, where there are nearly 50 thousand settlers including: 25 thousand settlers in the residential and the industrial areas while nearly 25 thousand students study at Ariel University.
10. The large and contiguous Israeli settlements in Salfit will separate the northern cities of the West Bank including: Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem and Qalqilya; from the middle and south ones starting from Za'atara barrier which is located east of Salfit and south of Nablus, to Kafr Kassem in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
11. The Israeli settlers and occupation government dominated, confiscated, and notified of the confiscation of a total of 70% of the province lands in favor of settlements and the separation wall.
12. During a short period of time and due to the settlement activity in Salfit, the dream of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 occupied Palestinian territories could never be fulfilled, and the two-state solution might disappear forever.
21 jan 2016
people complain about housing shortage estimated at 100,000 housing units.
The data also showed that the unemployment rate reached 43% including 63% among the youth segment. The Gaza Strip was exposed to three Israeli wars between 2008 and 2014 and received only 40% of the international community pledges for Gaza reconstruction.
The info graph also showed that electricity service is cut off for 12-16 hours daily and 40% of the residents receive running water service for only 4-8 hours each three days. The rate of polluted water reached 90-95% as well.
The video showed that hospitals in Gaza work by less than 40% of its power and that the crossing of Karm Abu Salem is the only working one out of four crossings that used to be working before the siege. In 2015, Rafah crossing was opened for 20 days only.
The data also showed that the unemployment rate reached 43% including 63% among the youth segment. The Gaza Strip was exposed to three Israeli wars between 2008 and 2014 and received only 40% of the international community pledges for Gaza reconstruction.
The info graph also showed that electricity service is cut off for 12-16 hours daily and 40% of the residents receive running water service for only 4-8 hours each three days. The rate of polluted water reached 90-95% as well.
The video showed that hospitals in Gaza work by less than 40% of its power and that the crossing of Karm Abu Salem is the only working one out of four crossings that used to be working before the siege. In 2015, Rafah crossing was opened for 20 days only.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) barred Palestinian citizens from accessing and sowing their land in Thuhur Subuh area in Kafr al-Dik village in Salfit governorate, claiming that it is a confiscated area.
Palestinian farmers of the village said that they own those lands and have official documents that prove land ownership.
Violent clashes previously took place with Israeli soldiers in that area in protest against its confiscation.
Palestinian farmers of the village said that they own those lands and have official documents that prove land ownership.
Violent clashes previously took place with Israeli soldiers in that area in protest against its confiscation.
Israeli airplanes Thursday morning destroyed Palestinians’ plantings near al-Shujaiya district in Gaza Strip after spraying it with harmful pesticides.
The Israeli planes crossed Gaza border for tens of meters and caused great damage to the crops after spraying them with crop-killing chemicals. Palestinian farmers underlined that Israeli forces deliberately practice such aggressive attacks.
Israeli forces in the morning opened their machinegun fire at Palestinian farmers in the same area in order to make them leave their lands. No casualties were reported.
The Israeli planes crossed Gaza border for tens of meters and caused great damage to the crops after spraying them with crop-killing chemicals. Palestinian farmers underlined that Israeli forces deliberately practice such aggressive attacks.
Israeli forces in the morning opened their machinegun fire at Palestinian farmers in the same area in order to make them leave their lands. No casualties were reported.