8 aug 2018
China signed an agreement with the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) to provide $2.35 million to support to the Gaza food program for 2018.
According to Chinese news outlet Xinhua, the agreement was signed by Guo Wei, the director of the Office of the People's Republic of China to the State of Palestine, and Pierre Krahenbuhl, the UNRWA commissioner general.
UNRWA called the agreement a generous support from the Chinese government amid the agency's financial crisis after the United States cut its aid funds by over a half.
Krahenbuhl said in a statement that China has given "great attention to the issue of Palestine and has always shown attention and solidarity for Palestine refugees throughout the region."
Guo restated China's steady position in supporting Palestinians through various channels, and declared that "China would like to announce a grant of 100 million yuan ($14.64 million) in helping the economy development and improving living conditions of Palestinians."
The agreement also states that China will provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Palestinians and make further contributions to the UNRWA.
China has previously urged the international community to help UNRWA during its financial crisis, in order to uphold its obligations towards millions of refugees who rely on the UNRWA services, particularly in the besieged Gaza Strip, where the humanitarian crisis deepens on the daily.
The US aid cut came after a decision made following a lengthy internal debate within the Donald Trump administration.
U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, pushed for a complete freeze of funding to UNRWA, unless the Palestinians commit to U.S.-mediated peace talks with Israel, while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other State Department officials warned that such a move would create a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Jordan and the occupied West Bank.
UNRWA recently announced that it succeeded in reducing its deficit from $446 million to $217 million, in order to maintain its work throughout 2018, but warned against cutting its services due to the drastic deficit.
UNRWA provides cash assistance to more than 400,000 Palestinian refugees in Syria -- one of the largest such programs in an active conflict setting anywhere in the world. UNRWA also provides education to over 47,000 Palestinian refugees in the war-torn country.
In Gaza, where unemployment is among the highest in the world due to a decade-long Israeli siege on the coastal enclave, almost one million Palestinian refugees are dependent on UNRWA for emergency food assistance -- ten times the amount of refugees that required such support in 2000.
Throughout the region, the agency serves about 5.3 million Palestinian refugees.
According to Chinese news outlet Xinhua, the agreement was signed by Guo Wei, the director of the Office of the People's Republic of China to the State of Palestine, and Pierre Krahenbuhl, the UNRWA commissioner general.
UNRWA called the agreement a generous support from the Chinese government amid the agency's financial crisis after the United States cut its aid funds by over a half.
Krahenbuhl said in a statement that China has given "great attention to the issue of Palestine and has always shown attention and solidarity for Palestine refugees throughout the region."
Guo restated China's steady position in supporting Palestinians through various channels, and declared that "China would like to announce a grant of 100 million yuan ($14.64 million) in helping the economy development and improving living conditions of Palestinians."
The agreement also states that China will provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Palestinians and make further contributions to the UNRWA.
China has previously urged the international community to help UNRWA during its financial crisis, in order to uphold its obligations towards millions of refugees who rely on the UNRWA services, particularly in the besieged Gaza Strip, where the humanitarian crisis deepens on the daily.
The US aid cut came after a decision made following a lengthy internal debate within the Donald Trump administration.
U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, pushed for a complete freeze of funding to UNRWA, unless the Palestinians commit to U.S.-mediated peace talks with Israel, while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other State Department officials warned that such a move would create a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Jordan and the occupied West Bank.
UNRWA recently announced that it succeeded in reducing its deficit from $446 million to $217 million, in order to maintain its work throughout 2018, but warned against cutting its services due to the drastic deficit.
UNRWA provides cash assistance to more than 400,000 Palestinian refugees in Syria -- one of the largest such programs in an active conflict setting anywhere in the world. UNRWA also provides education to over 47,000 Palestinian refugees in the war-torn country.
In Gaza, where unemployment is among the highest in the world due to a decade-long Israeli siege on the coastal enclave, almost one million Palestinian refugees are dependent on UNRWA for emergency food assistance -- ten times the amount of refugees that required such support in 2000.
Throughout the region, the agency serves about 5.3 million Palestinian refugees.
The government of Germany announced, on Wednesday, a contribution of an additional support of €8.4 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) food program in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The German representative Office in Ramallah said in a statement that the €8.4 million contribution was provided to UNRWA's food program in Gaza.
The newly added contribution increases Germany's total of funds for the food program to €16 million for 2018.
Bernd Kuebart, German Representative in Ramallah, said in a statement that "the funds will help meet the urgent humanitarian needs of Palestine Refugees in Gaza who are dependent on UNRWA's support."
The German representative Office in Ramallah said in a statement that the €8.4 million contribution was provided to UNRWA's food program in Gaza.
The newly added contribution increases Germany's total of funds for the food program to €16 million for 2018.
Bernd Kuebart, German Representative in Ramallah, said in a statement that "the funds will help meet the urgent humanitarian needs of Palestine Refugees in Gaza who are dependent on UNRWA's support."
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday afternoon stormed the Old City of al-Khalil, south of the West Bank, and raided a Palestinian shop.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF broke into a supermarket, searched it and detained the shoppers for a while.
He added that the IOF arrested the Palestinian ex-prisoner Mohammed Abu Sneineh, 32, in the place and took him, handcuffed and blindfolded, to an unknown destination.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF broke into a supermarket, searched it and detained the shoppers for a while.
He added that the IOF arrested the Palestinian ex-prisoner Mohammed Abu Sneineh, 32, in the place and took him, handcuffed and blindfolded, to an unknown destination.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the Palestinian territories Jamie McGoldrick on Wednesday called on Israel to immediately allow the entry of UN-purchased emergency fuel into the blockaded Gaza Strip.
“Restricting the entry of emergency fuel to Gaza is a dangerous practice, with grave consequences on the rights of people in Gaza,” McGoldrick said in a statement.
“The well-being of two million people, half of whom are children, is at stake,” he warned. “It is unacceptable that Palestinians in Gaza are repeatedly deprived of the most basic elements of a dignified life.”
The UN coordinator said Gaza “desperately needs long-term solutions so we can move past this cycle of repeated or worsening crises, including that Palestinian authorities prioritize provision of fuel for essential services”.
Until that happens, he said, “Israel must reverse the recent restrictions, including on the entry of emergency fuel.”
McGoldrick went on to call on donors to fund emergency fuel for Gaza “in order to avoid a disease outbreak or other major public health concern”.
According the United Nations, at least 60,000 litres of emergency fuel should be delivered immediately to some 46 critical facilities across Gaza in order to ensure the basic functioning of main hospitals and essential water and sanitation services for the coming four days.
The UN has warned that fuel stocks in Gaza are currently enough for only 1-2 days and that some 1.2 million Palestinians are at imminent risk of possible sewage overflow around the 41 main sewage pumping stations in the Palestinian territory.
The Gaza Strip, home to nearly two million Palestinians, has been reeling under a crippling Israeli blockade since 2007.
“Restricting the entry of emergency fuel to Gaza is a dangerous practice, with grave consequences on the rights of people in Gaza,” McGoldrick said in a statement.
“The well-being of two million people, half of whom are children, is at stake,” he warned. “It is unacceptable that Palestinians in Gaza are repeatedly deprived of the most basic elements of a dignified life.”
The UN coordinator said Gaza “desperately needs long-term solutions so we can move past this cycle of repeated or worsening crises, including that Palestinian authorities prioritize provision of fuel for essential services”.
Until that happens, he said, “Israel must reverse the recent restrictions, including on the entry of emergency fuel.”
McGoldrick went on to call on donors to fund emergency fuel for Gaza “in order to avoid a disease outbreak or other major public health concern”.
According the United Nations, at least 60,000 litres of emergency fuel should be delivered immediately to some 46 critical facilities across Gaza in order to ensure the basic functioning of main hospitals and essential water and sanitation services for the coming four days.
The UN has warned that fuel stocks in Gaza are currently enough for only 1-2 days and that some 1.2 million Palestinians are at imminent risk of possible sewage overflow around the 41 main sewage pumping stations in the Palestinian territory.
The Gaza Strip, home to nearly two million Palestinians, has been reeling under a crippling Israeli blockade since 2007.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, eleven Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS said the dozens of soldiers invaded the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, searched and ransacked many homes and abducted six Palestinians, identified as Yazan Na’aji, Omar Sayyad, Amir Karkash, in addition to a child, Mohammad Atiya, and two young men who remained unidentified at the time of this report.
The soldiers also invaded Baqat al-Hatab town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and abducted Aseed Barghouthi.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Wael Oweida, 24, and Ahmad Hasan Abu Bakr, 26, from Tulkarem, in northern West Bank.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Samer Silmi Rimawi and Aziz Wael Rimawi, from their homes in Beit Rima town.
In related news, Israeli navy ships fired live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats near Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The PPS said the dozens of soldiers invaded the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, searched and ransacked many homes and abducted six Palestinians, identified as Yazan Na’aji, Omar Sayyad, Amir Karkash, in addition to a child, Mohammad Atiya, and two young men who remained unidentified at the time of this report.
The soldiers also invaded Baqat al-Hatab town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and abducted Aseed Barghouthi.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Wael Oweida, 24, and Ahmad Hasan Abu Bakr, 26, from Tulkarem, in northern West Bank.
In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Samer Silmi Rimawi and Aziz Wael Rimawi, from their homes in Beit Rima town.
In related news, Israeli navy ships fired live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats near Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military on Wednesday morning opened fire at Palestinian farmers east of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Israeli army patrols stationed at the Gaza border unleashed barrages of machine gunfire toward Palestinian farmers east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood, to the east of Gaza city.
The Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas.
The practice, often carried out under the security pretext, has destroyed much of the agricultural harvest and property of the blockaded coastal enclave.
Israeli army patrols stationed at the Gaza border unleashed barrages of machine gunfire toward Palestinian farmers east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood, to the east of Gaza city.
The Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas.
The practice, often carried out under the security pretext, has destroyed much of the agricultural harvest and property of the blockaded coastal enclave.
The Israeli occupation is planning to expand the isolated settlement of Amichai to nearly three times its current size so that it will include the illegal outpost of Adei Ad, Haaretz has learned.
The immediate purpose of the expansion is to turn Adei Ad into a kind of distant neighborhood in Amichai. After the expansion, Amichai will be a large jurisdiction run by settlers in the heart of the West Bank.
The area, known as the Shiloh Valley, is located north of Ramallah and the settlement of Ofra and south of the settlement of Ariel, and is outside of and quite a distance from what is usually referred to as the settlement blocs. Construction in this area is considered an obstacle to implementing the two-state solution, Haaretz said.
According to the same source, administration by settlers will make it difficult to enforce planning laws there and will enable settlement construction in the future. Sources familiar with the details of the plan conceded that at this point the goal of increasing the jurisdiction of Amichai is to legalize Adei Ad.
Amichai was established for the settlers evacuated from the illegal settlement of Amona in the northern occupied West Bank, and is now home to some 40 Israeli settler families.
According to the plan approved at the time of Amichai’s establishment, the Israeli occupation authorities were to expand Amichai settlement by 60 more housing units at first, and by about 300 more units in the future. These units were allocated a large area near the settlement of Shiloh and a few other relatively isolated settlements and outposts.
The illegal outpost of Adei Ad, a few kilometers east of Amichai, was built on Palestinian land without legal permits. The government never evacuated it and declared on a number of occasions that it intended to legalize it.
According to the Civil Administration map, which Haaretz has obtained, the Civil Administration intends to legalize a large area around Adei Ad, including the outpost itself, to nearly double the size of Amichai and to bring Adei Ad into its jurisdiction.
The Palestinians, represented by the NGO Yesh Din, argue that expansion of Amichai will deny them access to their farmland.
Yesh Din’s attorney, Shlomi Zecharia, said, “The inhabitants of the villages near the outpost have become hostages to the policy that abundantly rewards prizes and gifts to ideological criminals. Cutting off farmlands by means of a false [expansion of] jurisdiction is extreme, disproportionate and needless, and in fact is intended to perpetuate restrictions on and infringement of Palestinian property, this time under the official auspices of the government.”
One of the immediate consequences of designating the expanded area as part of Amichai is that responsibility for enforcement of construction laws will no longer be in the hands of the Civil Administration, but rather will fall to the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. Except in the rarest cases, the council does not enforce the law against illegal construction in its jurisdiction.
As a result of the transfer of administrative powers, the settlers will be able to build new structures illegally without effective enforcement, Haaretz further warned.
The immediate purpose of the expansion is to turn Adei Ad into a kind of distant neighborhood in Amichai. After the expansion, Amichai will be a large jurisdiction run by settlers in the heart of the West Bank.
The area, known as the Shiloh Valley, is located north of Ramallah and the settlement of Ofra and south of the settlement of Ariel, and is outside of and quite a distance from what is usually referred to as the settlement blocs. Construction in this area is considered an obstacle to implementing the two-state solution, Haaretz said.
According to the same source, administration by settlers will make it difficult to enforce planning laws there and will enable settlement construction in the future. Sources familiar with the details of the plan conceded that at this point the goal of increasing the jurisdiction of Amichai is to legalize Adei Ad.
Amichai was established for the settlers evacuated from the illegal settlement of Amona in the northern occupied West Bank, and is now home to some 40 Israeli settler families.
According to the plan approved at the time of Amichai’s establishment, the Israeli occupation authorities were to expand Amichai settlement by 60 more housing units at first, and by about 300 more units in the future. These units were allocated a large area near the settlement of Shiloh and a few other relatively isolated settlements and outposts.
The illegal outpost of Adei Ad, a few kilometers east of Amichai, was built on Palestinian land without legal permits. The government never evacuated it and declared on a number of occasions that it intended to legalize it.
According to the Civil Administration map, which Haaretz has obtained, the Civil Administration intends to legalize a large area around Adei Ad, including the outpost itself, to nearly double the size of Amichai and to bring Adei Ad into its jurisdiction.
The Palestinians, represented by the NGO Yesh Din, argue that expansion of Amichai will deny them access to their farmland.
Yesh Din’s attorney, Shlomi Zecharia, said, “The inhabitants of the villages near the outpost have become hostages to the policy that abundantly rewards prizes and gifts to ideological criminals. Cutting off farmlands by means of a false [expansion of] jurisdiction is extreme, disproportionate and needless, and in fact is intended to perpetuate restrictions on and infringement of Palestinian property, this time under the official auspices of the government.”
One of the immediate consequences of designating the expanded area as part of Amichai is that responsibility for enforcement of construction laws will no longer be in the hands of the Civil Administration, but rather will fall to the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. Except in the rarest cases, the council does not enforce the law against illegal construction in its jurisdiction.
As a result of the transfer of administrative powers, the settlers will be able to build new structures illegally without effective enforcement, Haaretz further warned.
7 aug 2018
Several crew members from the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem, the Israeli Ministry of Finance and the Nature Authority along with Israeli forces stormed and razed the eastern part of the Issawiya neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
Muhammad Abu al-Hummus, member of a local follow-up committee, said that Israeli bulldozers razed and damaged roads leading to Palestinian-owned agricultural lands and to some commercial establishments, which financially support residents of Issawiya.
Abu al-Hummus pointed out that the Ministry of Finance was in charge of the raze carried out in Issawiya by Israeli bulldozers.
He added that Israeli forces along with bulldozers carried out extensive demolitions in the area periodically. He stressed that the razing and leveling of Palestinian lands aims to gain control of the area to establish an illegal Israeli settlement project under the title of "national parks."
Muhammad Abu al-Hummus, member of a local follow-up committee, said that Israeli bulldozers razed and damaged roads leading to Palestinian-owned agricultural lands and to some commercial establishments, which financially support residents of Issawiya.
Abu al-Hummus pointed out that the Ministry of Finance was in charge of the raze carried out in Issawiya by Israeli bulldozers.
He added that Israeli forces along with bulldozers carried out extensive demolitions in the area periodically. He stressed that the razing and leveling of Palestinian lands aims to gain control of the area to establish an illegal Israeli settlement project under the title of "national parks."
Indonesia and Palestine signed an agreement on Tuesday that would grant Palestinian exports of dates and olive oil “tariff-free access” to the Indonesian market.
According to Palestinian ambassador in Jakarta Zuheir Alshin, the Indonesian minister of trade has asked for more Palestinian products which the Palestinians hope to be exempted from tariffs.
Ashin said that a more inclusive agreement on the Palestinian exports to the country would be signed in the future with the Indonesian side.
In this regard, Alshin expressed his thanks to the Indonesian leadership and its government for their support for the Palestinian cause in general and the Palestinian economy in particular.
According to Palestinian ambassador in Jakarta Zuheir Alshin, the Indonesian minister of trade has asked for more Palestinian products which the Palestinians hope to be exempted from tariffs.
Ashin said that a more inclusive agreement on the Palestinian exports to the country would be signed in the future with the Indonesian side.
In this regard, Alshin expressed his thanks to the Indonesian leadership and its government for their support for the Palestinian cause in general and the Palestinian economy in particular.
Israeli bulldozers escorted by Israeli forces razed and leveled a rural road for military training on predawn Tuesday in the area of Ras al-Ahmar, in the Jordan Valley in the northern occupied West Bank.
Ahmad Ishtayeh, head of the Atuf village council, of which Ras al-Ahmar is part, said that Israeli forces razed the rural road and expanded it, to be used for military vehicles required for Israeli military training.
Ishtayeh added that the area where Israeli forces razed the land and created a military road is an agricultural land owned by local Palestinian farmers, which as a result caused them serious economic harm and disrupted the daily life of residents.
Two weeks ago, Israeli forces had destroyed a main water pipeline in the same area to create a military road.
Khirbet Ras al-Ahmar is one of approximately 180 Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank on lands designated as 'Area C' -- the area of the West bank under full Israeli security and civilian control -- according to Israeli human rights NGO B'Tselem.
The village is often raided by Israeli forces, who carry out various military operations in the area, forcing residents of the village to leave their homes for several hours or even days.
Additionally, the village is a designated Israeli military "firing zone."
Ahmad Ishtayeh, head of the Atuf village council, of which Ras al-Ahmar is part, said that Israeli forces razed the rural road and expanded it, to be used for military vehicles required for Israeli military training.
Ishtayeh added that the area where Israeli forces razed the land and created a military road is an agricultural land owned by local Palestinian farmers, which as a result caused them serious economic harm and disrupted the daily life of residents.
Two weeks ago, Israeli forces had destroyed a main water pipeline in the same area to create a military road.
Khirbet Ras al-Ahmar is one of approximately 180 Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank on lands designated as 'Area C' -- the area of the West bank under full Israeli security and civilian control -- according to Israeli human rights NGO B'Tselem.
The village is often raided by Israeli forces, who carry out various military operations in the area, forcing residents of the village to leave their homes for several hours or even days.
Additionally, the village is a designated Israeli military "firing zone."
The Palestinian ministry of health has warned that the health facilities in the besieged Gaza Strip may stop to provide services for patients soon due to the current fuel crisis.
“There are no reassurances from the competent authorities that the fuel crisis, which threatens the health facilities, will be resolved, and this means that all the health services in the Gaza Strip are at imminent risk,” spokesman for the health ministry Ashraf al-Qudra stated on Monday.
The health ministry in Gaza had warned last week that several health facilities would face closure after fuel supplies used to operate emergency generators started to run out.
The fuel crisis in Gaza has been escalating since August 1st when Israeli war minister Avigdor Lieberman ordered a halt to the entry of fuel shipments to Gaza.
In addition, the refusal of the Ramallah-based health ministry to support the health facilities in Gaza have made them unable to afford their operating expenses.
“There are no reassurances from the competent authorities that the fuel crisis, which threatens the health facilities, will be resolved, and this means that all the health services in the Gaza Strip are at imminent risk,” spokesman for the health ministry Ashraf al-Qudra stated on Monday.
The health ministry in Gaza had warned last week that several health facilities would face closure after fuel supplies used to operate emergency generators started to run out.
The fuel crisis in Gaza has been escalating since August 1st when Israeli war minister Avigdor Lieberman ordered a halt to the entry of fuel shipments to Gaza.
In addition, the refusal of the Ramallah-based health ministry to support the health facilities in Gaza have made them unable to afford their operating expenses.
Head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege on Gaza Jamal al-Khudari on Monday said that Israel still bans the entry of 100% of the raw materials needed by Gaza factories to operate.
Al-Khudari said in a press statement that the economic situation in the Gaza Strip has reached a dead end in view of the ongoing blockade and the closure of Karam Abu Salem crossing for the 27th day in a row.
He noted that thousands of trucks have been denied entry into the costal enclave, which means that the goods they are carrying are threatened with damage and loss.
He added that about 80% of Gaza factories stopped operating and that the rest might join them soon in light of the tightened Israeli sanctions.
The Palestinian official affirmed that Israel is pursuing a collective punishment policy against the Gaza Strip by banning the entry of nearly 1000 items of basic and humanitarian goods into the enclave in a blatant violation of international law and the agreements signed with the Palestinian Authority.
Al-Khudari called on the international community to pressure Israel to backtrack on its punitive measures, and stressed that the situation in Gaza requires a quick and decisive international resolution that obliges Israel to lift the blockade and open all crossings closed since 2006.
Al-Khudari said in a press statement that the economic situation in the Gaza Strip has reached a dead end in view of the ongoing blockade and the closure of Karam Abu Salem crossing for the 27th day in a row.
He noted that thousands of trucks have been denied entry into the costal enclave, which means that the goods they are carrying are threatened with damage and loss.
He added that about 80% of Gaza factories stopped operating and that the rest might join them soon in light of the tightened Israeli sanctions.
The Palestinian official affirmed that Israel is pursuing a collective punishment policy against the Gaza Strip by banning the entry of nearly 1000 items of basic and humanitarian goods into the enclave in a blatant violation of international law and the agreements signed with the Palestinian Authority.
Al-Khudari called on the international community to pressure Israel to backtrack on its punitive measures, and stressed that the situation in Gaza requires a quick and decisive international resolution that obliges Israel to lift the blockade and open all crossings closed since 2006.
6 aug 2018
The Israeli authorities forces four Palestinian families in the Khirbet Yirza area of the Jordan Valley, in the northern occupied West Bank, to evacuate their homes on Monday for alleged military training in the area.
Activist Aref Daraghmeh said that Israeli military forces were heavily deployed in Khirbet Yirza.
Israeli forces evacuated the four families of their lands and farms claiming that military training would be conducted in the area.
Daraghmeh said that Israeli forces had demolished the families' properties several days ago, including water pipelines.
The Israeli authorities had delivered evacuation notices to the families last week.
Activist Aref Daraghmeh said that Israeli military forces were heavily deployed in Khirbet Yirza.
Israeli forces evacuated the four families of their lands and farms claiming that military training would be conducted in the area.
Daraghmeh said that Israeli forces had demolished the families' properties several days ago, including water pipelines.
The Israeli authorities had delivered evacuation notices to the families last week.
A Palestinian youth was injured Monday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked a peaceful march near Bardala village in the northern Jordan Valley.
Medical sources reported that the youth was directly hit with a teargas canister by the IOF soldiers, adding that he was later transferred to a local medical center for treatment.
Organized by the National Committee Against the Wall and Settlement, the march was attended by dozens of Bardala residents who slammed Israel for destroying their water networks and stealing Palestinian water resources.
The marchers gathered on Road 90 in the Jordan Valley and raised banners condemning the Israeli violations.
Activist Mu'taz Bisharat said that Israeli settlers on a regular basis attack Bardala's farmlands and destroy the water pipes used for the crops, adversely affecting the village's agriculture. video
Medical sources reported that the youth was directly hit with a teargas canister by the IOF soldiers, adding that he was later transferred to a local medical center for treatment.
Organized by the National Committee Against the Wall and Settlement, the march was attended by dozens of Bardala residents who slammed Israel for destroying their water networks and stealing Palestinian water resources.
The marchers gathered on Road 90 in the Jordan Valley and raised banners condemning the Israeli violations.
Activist Mu'taz Bisharat said that Israeli settlers on a regular basis attack Bardala's farmlands and destroy the water pipes used for the crops, adversely affecting the village's agriculture. video
Nader Baybars
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and on Monday morning kidnapped 16 Palestinian citizens, including two journalists, in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, five citizens were taken prisoners during an IOF campaign in al-Khalil.
The detainees were identified as Abdullah al-Harroub, Firas Abu Sharkh, Hazem al-Jiyawi, Ibrahim Annajjar and Wa’el Abu Sharkh.
The IOF also kidnapped four brothers working as shepherds in al-Marj area, west of Jericho, after they defended themselves when a horde of Jewish settlers harassed and assaulted them.
Journalist Ibrahim al-Rantisi and another citizen were kidnapped from their homes in an IOF campaign in Ramallah and Bireh province.
A photojournalist called Nader Baybars was also rounded up by Israeli police forces during a raid on his house in Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in east Jerusalem.
Another four citizens were kidnapped by the IOF in Bethlehem, Tulkarem and Qalqilya.
Settlers attack Palestinian family, IOF arrests 4 brothers
A group of Israeli settlers on Monday morning attacked a Palestinian family in al-Ma'rajat Bedouin community near al-Taybeh village, northeast of Ramallah city.
Head of the Bedouin community Ali Mlihat told Quds Press that scores of Israeli settlers assaulted his sons while they were working in their farmlands early in the morning.
Mlihat said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) later arrived in the place and detained his four sons Mohammed, Khalif, Tayel and Omar after the settlers claimed that they were the ones who attacked them.
He added that his sons were transferred to an unknown destination and that he has not been allowed to see them yet.
A number of Israeli settlers about ten days ago attacked other Palestinian families in the same area. The IOF soldiers usually provide protection to the settlers in such incidents.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and on Monday morning kidnapped 16 Palestinian citizens, including two journalists, in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, five citizens were taken prisoners during an IOF campaign in al-Khalil.
The detainees were identified as Abdullah al-Harroub, Firas Abu Sharkh, Hazem al-Jiyawi, Ibrahim Annajjar and Wa’el Abu Sharkh.
The IOF also kidnapped four brothers working as shepherds in al-Marj area, west of Jericho, after they defended themselves when a horde of Jewish settlers harassed and assaulted them.
Journalist Ibrahim al-Rantisi and another citizen were kidnapped from their homes in an IOF campaign in Ramallah and Bireh province.
A photojournalist called Nader Baybars was also rounded up by Israeli police forces during a raid on his house in Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in east Jerusalem.
Another four citizens were kidnapped by the IOF in Bethlehem, Tulkarem and Qalqilya.
Settlers attack Palestinian family, IOF arrests 4 brothers
A group of Israeli settlers on Monday morning attacked a Palestinian family in al-Ma'rajat Bedouin community near al-Taybeh village, northeast of Ramallah city.
Head of the Bedouin community Ali Mlihat told Quds Press that scores of Israeli settlers assaulted his sons while they were working in their farmlands early in the morning.
Mlihat said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) later arrived in the place and detained his four sons Mohammed, Khalif, Tayel and Omar after the settlers claimed that they were the ones who attacked them.
He added that his sons were transferred to an unknown destination and that he has not been allowed to see them yet.
A number of Israeli settlers about ten days ago attacked other Palestinian families in the same area. The IOF soldiers usually provide protection to the settlers in such incidents.
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