23 dec 2018
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday morning opened fire at Palestinian farmers, fishermen and a municipal vehicle in the Gaza Strip.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers opened fire at a group of farmers working their land in al-Taka area, east of Gaza City.
The soldiers also targeted a sewage vehicle belonging to the municipality of Khuza'a town, east of Khan Younis.
Meanwhile, Israeli gunboats chased and opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fishermen and their boats off the northern coast of Gaza.
Luckily, no one was hurt during those Israeli gunfire attacks.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers opened fire at a group of farmers working their land in al-Taka area, east of Gaza City.
The soldiers also targeted a sewage vehicle belonging to the municipality of Khuza'a town, east of Khan Younis.
Meanwhile, Israeli gunboats chased and opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fishermen and their boats off the northern coast of Gaza.
Luckily, no one was hurt during those Israeli gunfire attacks.
22 dec 2018
The United Nations General Assembly adopted, by an overwhelming majority, a resolution that affirms the right of the Palestinian people to sovereignty over their natural resources.
The resolution was adopted by a recorded vote of 159 in favour to 7 against (Canada, Israel, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, United States), with 13 abstentions.
The resolution stresses permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources.
By that text, the Assembly demanded that Israel cease the exploitation, damage, cause of loss or depletion and endangerment of the natural resources in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan.
By further terms, the Assembly stressed that the wall and settlements being constructed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory are contrary to international law and are seriously depriving the Palestinian people of their natural resources.
The resolution was adopted by a recorded vote of 159 in favour to 7 against (Canada, Israel, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, United States), with 13 abstentions.
The resolution stresses permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources.
By that text, the Assembly demanded that Israel cease the exploitation, damage, cause of loss or depletion and endangerment of the natural resources in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan.
By further terms, the Assembly stressed that the wall and settlements being constructed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory are contrary to international law and are seriously depriving the Palestinian people of their natural resources.
21 dec 2018
The European Union (EU) has announced it mobilized €20 million additional financial assistance in support of the work of UNRWA, and €73.3 million to improve the living conditions for the Palestinian people in east Jerusalem and to foster economic development in the occupied Palestinian territory.
“The funding provided to UNRWA supports the Agency's efforts to ensure the provision of essential services to vulnerable Palestine refugees in the Middle East,” a press release issued on Thursday by the European Commission said.
“This will bring the EU's total contributions to UNRWA in 2018 to €153 million. Moreover, the EU made available an additional €73.3 million to support living conditions in east Jerusalem and strengthen resilience of Palestinians, as well as to promote economic development in all of the occupied Palestinian territory. This brings the EU support to Palestinians to a total of €350 million.”
Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, said: “We are confirming our strong commitment to support Palestinians. The EU additional financial support to UNRWA, which is a factor of stability in the region, will allow the agency to continue to provide essential services to vulnerable Palestine refugees.”
“In parallel, the EU is working with the agency to intensify fundamental reforms and tackle its recurrent financial deficit. In addition, we are investing in socio-economic development including by moving ahead on the critical project 'Gaza Central Desalination Plant' and improving living conditions in east Jerusalem,” Hahn added.
“The funding provided to UNRWA supports the Agency's efforts to ensure the provision of essential services to vulnerable Palestine refugees in the Middle East,” a press release issued on Thursday by the European Commission said.
“This will bring the EU's total contributions to UNRWA in 2018 to €153 million. Moreover, the EU made available an additional €73.3 million to support living conditions in east Jerusalem and strengthen resilience of Palestinians, as well as to promote economic development in all of the occupied Palestinian territory. This brings the EU support to Palestinians to a total of €350 million.”
Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, said: “We are confirming our strong commitment to support Palestinians. The EU additional financial support to UNRWA, which is a factor of stability in the region, will allow the agency to continue to provide essential services to vulnerable Palestine refugees.”
“In parallel, the EU is working with the agency to intensify fundamental reforms and tackle its recurrent financial deficit. In addition, we are investing in socio-economic development including by moving ahead on the critical project 'Gaza Central Desalination Plant' and improving living conditions in east Jerusalem,” Hahn added.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Friday arrested five Palestinians during large-scale raids into different West Bank areas.
Local sources said that the IOF arrested Husni al-Najjar and Qutaiba al-Nawaj'a after raiding their houses in al-Khalil.
The sources added that the IOF arrested Jubran Jubran and another Palestinian whose identity is still unknown during Ramallah break-ins.
They pointed out that the IOF stormed several Palestinian shops in Ramallah, destroyed their doors, and confiscated their surveillance camera recordings.
The Israeli occupation army has earlier announced Ramallah a closed military zone and installed dozens of checkpoints at the entrances to Ramallah villages and towns following an alleged shooting attack on Ofra settlement.
The IOF at daybreak stormed the nearby Kobar village and raided many Palestinian homes.
Local residents said that the IOF broke into the houses of the Palestinian martyr Saleh al-Barghouti and his brother Asem, and took their measurements in preparation for their demolition.
Saleh al-Barghouti was shot dead on 12 December by Israeli special forces in Surda village, north of Ramallah.
The Israeli forces claim that Saleh carried out a shooting attack near Ofra settlement injuring seven Israeli settlers about two weeks ago.
Al-Barghouti's brother, Asem, whose whereabouts have been unknown lately, is accused of killing two Israeli soldiers in another shooting attack near Giv'at Asaf settlement, east of Ramallah.
The IOF last week blew up the houses of the Palestinian prisoner Islam Abu Hmeid and martyr Ashraf Na'alweh over similar accusations.
Local sources said that the IOF arrested Husni al-Najjar and Qutaiba al-Nawaj'a after raiding their houses in al-Khalil.
The sources added that the IOF arrested Jubran Jubran and another Palestinian whose identity is still unknown during Ramallah break-ins.
They pointed out that the IOF stormed several Palestinian shops in Ramallah, destroyed their doors, and confiscated their surveillance camera recordings.
The Israeli occupation army has earlier announced Ramallah a closed military zone and installed dozens of checkpoints at the entrances to Ramallah villages and towns following an alleged shooting attack on Ofra settlement.
The IOF at daybreak stormed the nearby Kobar village and raided many Palestinian homes.
Local residents said that the IOF broke into the houses of the Palestinian martyr Saleh al-Barghouti and his brother Asem, and took their measurements in preparation for their demolition.
Saleh al-Barghouti was shot dead on 12 December by Israeli special forces in Surda village, north of Ramallah.
The Israeli forces claim that Saleh carried out a shooting attack near Ofra settlement injuring seven Israeli settlers about two weeks ago.
Al-Barghouti's brother, Asem, whose whereabouts have been unknown lately, is accused of killing two Israeli soldiers in another shooting attack near Giv'at Asaf settlement, east of Ramallah.
The IOF last week blew up the houses of the Palestinian prisoner Islam Abu Hmeid and martyr Ashraf Na'alweh over similar accusations.
20 dec 2018
Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, razed on Thursday a Palestinian-owned agricultural land in the village of Um Saffa, to the northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Head of Um Saffa’s village council Marwan Sabah said that Israeli settlers accompanied with bulldozers started razing a 500-dunum land in the village aiming to expand the nearby illegal Jewish settlement of Ateret.
Sabah said the village has been a frequent target of attacks by extremist Jewish settlers for years.
Head of Um Saffa’s village council Marwan Sabah said that Israeli settlers accompanied with bulldozers started razing a 500-dunum land in the village aiming to expand the nearby illegal Jewish settlement of Ateret.
Sabah said the village has been a frequent target of attacks by extremist Jewish settlers for years.
Israeli settlers assaulted Palestinian farmers, in the Masafer Yatta area of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, on Wednesday, and attempted to seize their lands.
Rateb al-Jbour, coordinator of the National and Popular Committee in southern Hebron said that Israeli settlers assaulted several Palestinian farmers in Masafer Yatta, according to Ma’an.
The farmers sustained multiple bruises across their bodies, while Israeli settlers also attempted to damage several dunams of Palestinian lands planted with winter crops.
Around 3,000 Israeli settlers live in illegal Jewish-only settlements in the Yatta region, according to the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem.
The South Hebron Hills, known locally as Masafer Yatta, lie almost entirely in Area C, the 62 percent of the West Bank under full Israeli civil and security control since the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Masafer Yatta residents were expelled at the time of the establishment of a firing zone, in the 1970s, and were eventually allowed back, following a long court battle, but are now under the constant threat of being expelled or seeing their homes demolished.
Rateb al-Jbour, coordinator of the National and Popular Committee in southern Hebron said that Israeli settlers assaulted several Palestinian farmers in Masafer Yatta, according to Ma’an.
The farmers sustained multiple bruises across their bodies, while Israeli settlers also attempted to damage several dunams of Palestinian lands planted with winter crops.
Around 3,000 Israeli settlers live in illegal Jewish-only settlements in the Yatta region, according to the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem.
The South Hebron Hills, known locally as Masafer Yatta, lie almost entirely in Area C, the 62 percent of the West Bank under full Israeli civil and security control since the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Masafer Yatta residents were expelled at the time of the establishment of a firing zone, in the 1970s, and were eventually allowed back, following a long court battle, but are now under the constant threat of being expelled or seeing their homes demolished.
19 dec 2018
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Wednesday two shepherds from Ein al-Hilweh in the northern Jordan Valley.
According to the local activist Aref Daraghmeh, Mohammed Alian Awad and Ali Muhammad Awad were detained while grazing in Ein al-Hilweh area.
In Jordan Valley, Israeli settlers and army forces have taken similar actions of violence over the years in order to drive farmers away from their lands. In this manner, Israelis were able to seize Palestinian lands.
According to the local activist Aref Daraghmeh, Mohammed Alian Awad and Ali Muhammad Awad were detained while grazing in Ein al-Hilweh area.
In Jordan Valley, Israeli settlers and army forces have taken similar actions of violence over the years in order to drive farmers away from their lands. In this manner, Israelis were able to seize Palestinian lands.
The Israeli occupation army on Wednesday morning launched a limited incursion into blockaded Gaza and opened fire at Palestinian shepherds.
Quds Press reported that four Israeli military bulldozers moved several meters into Beit Hanoun in the northern area of the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, the Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian shepherds east of Beir al-Balah city, in the middle area of the Gaza Strip, with no injuries reported.
Palestinian farmers, shepherds, bird hunters, and fishermen along border areas in the Gaza Strip are constantly targeted by the Israeli army with arrests and shootings.
Quds Press reported that four Israeli military bulldozers moved several meters into Beit Hanoun in the northern area of the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, the Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian shepherds east of Beir al-Balah city, in the middle area of the Gaza Strip, with no injuries reported.
Palestinian farmers, shepherds, bird hunters, and fishermen along border areas in the Gaza Strip are constantly targeted by the Israeli army with arrests and shootings.
Israeli settlers on Tuesday evening destroyed and uprooted dozens of Palestinian-owned trees in Tarqumiyah town, west of al-Khalil city.
Hashem al-Badarin, a Palestinian official in charge of documenting agricultural damages, said that Israelis from Adora settlement uprooted over 100 trees planted in Tarqumiyah lands.
Such attacks, which are witnessed on a regular basis in the area, are aimed at seizing more Palestinian lands in favor of settlement expansion projects.
In a related context, a group of Israeli settlers on Wednesday morning bulldozed Palestinian lands in Asira al-Qibliya village, south of Nablus.
Anti-settlement activist Ghassan Daghlas told Wafa that Israeli settlers' bulldozers leveled vast tracts of Palestinian lands in the village to pave the way for the expansion of Yitzhar settlement.
Hashem al-Badarin, a Palestinian official in charge of documenting agricultural damages, said that Israelis from Adora settlement uprooted over 100 trees planted in Tarqumiyah lands.
Such attacks, which are witnessed on a regular basis in the area, are aimed at seizing more Palestinian lands in favor of settlement expansion projects.
In a related context, a group of Israeli settlers on Wednesday morning bulldozed Palestinian lands in Asira al-Qibliya village, south of Nablus.
Anti-settlement activist Ghassan Daghlas told Wafa that Israeli settlers' bulldozers leveled vast tracts of Palestinian lands in the village to pave the way for the expansion of Yitzhar settlement.
Dozens of extremist illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, Wednesday, Palestinian farmlands in ‘Asira al-Qibliya town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and uprooted them.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists brought a bulldozer and other equipment to uproot the Palestinian lands.
He added that the invasion targeted Basin #1, also known as the al-Kharroub area of ‘Asira al-Qibliya.
The latest violation and assault is part of numerous attacks against the Palestinians and their lands in that area, especially since the settlers aim at expanding their illegal colony of Yitzhar, which was built on private Palestinian lands
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists brought a bulldozer and other equipment to uproot the Palestinian lands.
He added that the invasion targeted Basin #1, also known as the al-Kharroub area of ‘Asira al-Qibliya.
The latest violation and assault is part of numerous attacks against the Palestinians and their lands in that area, especially since the settlers aim at expanding their illegal colony of Yitzhar, which was built on private Palestinian lands
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, at dawn, dozens of Palestinian homes and buildings in the al-‘Isawiya town in occupied Jerusalem, and violently searched them, before interrogating many Palestinians, and abducted at least twenty of them, in addition to summoning two others for interrogation.
Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, said dozens of soldiers surrounded the town, and were heavily deployed in many areas, especially on its main entrance, before invading it.
He added that the soldiers installed roadblocks in the town, before conducting massive and violent searches of cars, homes, commercial buildings, and a gas station where they also confiscated a propane tank. video
Abu al-Hummus further stated that the soldiers summoned two Palestinians for interrogation, and installed a military tent at the western entrance of the town to use it as an “operation room,” after complete sealing the area.
Israeli police officers were also deployed at the entrance of the town, during early morning hours, before stopping and searching dozens of vehicles, including buses transporting children to their schools.
Fifteen of the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, said dozens of soldiers surrounded the town, and were heavily deployed in many areas, especially on its main entrance, before invading it.
He added that the soldiers installed roadblocks in the town, before conducting massive and violent searches of cars, homes, commercial buildings, and a gas station where they also confiscated a propane tank. video
Abu al-Hummus further stated that the soldiers summoned two Palestinians for interrogation, and installed a military tent at the western entrance of the town to use it as an “operation room,” after complete sealing the area.
Israeli police officers were also deployed at the entrance of the town, during early morning hours, before stopping and searching dozens of vehicles, including buses transporting children to their schools.
Fifteen of the abducted Palestinians have been identified as:
- Mohammad Aziz Obeid.
- Rami Esmat Obeid.
- Taha ‘Ayesh Obeid.
- Mohammad Sultan Obeid.
- Zaki Sultan Obeid.
- Saber Sha’ban Obeid.
- Abed Khaled Na’aji.
- Karam Mohammad Oleyyan.
- Saleh Abu ‘Assab.
- Mohammad Mer’ey Dirbas.
- Qassem Monir Dirbas.
- Mohammad Ahmad Abu Ryala.
- Ayyoub Na’im Hamdan.
- Haroun Mohammad Mheisin.
- Qussai Jamal Abu Ali.
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