28 oct 2015
Scores of Palestinian students sustained wounds on Wednesday during clashes that flared up after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the Quds University, in eastern Occupied Jerusalem.
Eye-witnesses said the IOF troops aggressively disbanded a student march that kicked off from the university in protest at Israel’s mounting terrorism.
The Israeli troops attacked the students with live rounds, rubber bullets, and tear gas canisters.
The assault culminated in abduction of ex-prisoner Walid Sharaf from the campus.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent said nine Palestinians sustained rubber bullet wounds and dozens more choked on tear gas during the violent clashes that burst out at the university.
Eye-witnesses said the IOF troops aggressively disbanded a student march that kicked off from the university in protest at Israel’s mounting terrorism.
The Israeli troops attacked the students with live rounds, rubber bullets, and tear gas canisters.
The assault culminated in abduction of ex-prisoner Walid Sharaf from the campus.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent said nine Palestinians sustained rubber bullet wounds and dozens more choked on tear gas during the violent clashes that burst out at the university.
27 oct 2015
identification, until it became clear he was attempting to read it right-to-left, as though it were Hebrew.
The internationals retreated, but then soon decided to observe from the top of a stairwell for which they were previously given permission. Illegal settler and frequent violent offender Anat Cohen came out of adjacent Beit Hadassah illegal settlement, screaming and charging at the observers, then striking one observer with a closed fist in the back of the head. Six soldiers standing five feet from her made no attempt to prevent the assault or intervene after the fact, and the observers continued up the stairs while Anat continued screaming obscenities.
Today at the Salaymeh checkpoint, through which children pass to attend three different schools, two international observers witnessed soldiers provoking the children on their way school by pretending to shoot at them. Israeli forces opened fire with rounds of tear gas at children gathered in this dense urban area, where the buildings are tall and close together, and there is nowhere to quickly escape the thick clouds of CN particles. Suddenly, two soldiers charged toward a cluster of children and fired tear-gas again, at 20 meters, dangerously close range. In total more than thirteen tear gas canisters were shot over approximately fifty children. A settler was watching the scene, visibly enjoying it and photographing the pupils and internationals.
The Al Faihaa Basic School is situated at the end of Shuhada street. This morning, two internationals who were stationed there, along with a caretaker who lives at the school stood in front of the gates, hurrying the girls into the school-grounds, watching for fast passing illegal settler vehicles, and accompanying the girls across the road. He explained that lately, teachers and school officials have been particularly worried that a student will be attacked or kidnapped on the way to school in light of recent settler violence. Tear-gas fired on children at nearby Salaymeh and Queitun checkpoints entered Faihaa school through the windows around 8am, during the morning assembly.
Teachers hurried to close the windows to protect themselves and the children against it, but one teacher called to say she would be absent from school as she had to be rushed to hospital for teargas exposure, and another who was in attendance had to be administered an oxygen mask due to excessive teargas inhalation sustained on the way to and within the school yard. The school was closed at 9.30 due to teargas, and it was later reported from teachers in the school that 3 girls had been attacked on the way to school. An illegal settler attempted to run one over, a second had stones thrown at her by settler children, and a third was grabbed by the neck by settlers and threatened before being released.
In the streets surrounding the Salymeh and Queitun checkpoints, over 30 youth, whose schools had already been closed due to excessive teargas in the area, were chanting and approaching the checkpoint. Israeli Forces shot at least 24 rounds of teargas at the youth, and clashes lasted until at least 9:15AM. An ambulance and several cars had to drive through the teargas. It was reported that approximately 50 children had already been taken to the hospital that morning due to teargas related medical issues.
The internationals retreated, but then soon decided to observe from the top of a stairwell for which they were previously given permission. Illegal settler and frequent violent offender Anat Cohen came out of adjacent Beit Hadassah illegal settlement, screaming and charging at the observers, then striking one observer with a closed fist in the back of the head. Six soldiers standing five feet from her made no attempt to prevent the assault or intervene after the fact, and the observers continued up the stairs while Anat continued screaming obscenities.
Today at the Salaymeh checkpoint, through which children pass to attend three different schools, two international observers witnessed soldiers provoking the children on their way school by pretending to shoot at them. Israeli forces opened fire with rounds of tear gas at children gathered in this dense urban area, where the buildings are tall and close together, and there is nowhere to quickly escape the thick clouds of CN particles. Suddenly, two soldiers charged toward a cluster of children and fired tear-gas again, at 20 meters, dangerously close range. In total more than thirteen tear gas canisters were shot over approximately fifty children. A settler was watching the scene, visibly enjoying it and photographing the pupils and internationals.
The Al Faihaa Basic School is situated at the end of Shuhada street. This morning, two internationals who were stationed there, along with a caretaker who lives at the school stood in front of the gates, hurrying the girls into the school-grounds, watching for fast passing illegal settler vehicles, and accompanying the girls across the road. He explained that lately, teachers and school officials have been particularly worried that a student will be attacked or kidnapped on the way to school in light of recent settler violence. Tear-gas fired on children at nearby Salaymeh and Queitun checkpoints entered Faihaa school through the windows around 8am, during the morning assembly.
Teachers hurried to close the windows to protect themselves and the children against it, but one teacher called to say she would be absent from school as she had to be rushed to hospital for teargas exposure, and another who was in attendance had to be administered an oxygen mask due to excessive teargas inhalation sustained on the way to and within the school yard. The school was closed at 9.30 due to teargas, and it was later reported from teachers in the school that 3 girls had been attacked on the way to school. An illegal settler attempted to run one over, a second had stones thrown at her by settler children, and a third was grabbed by the neck by settlers and threatened before being released.
In the streets surrounding the Salymeh and Queitun checkpoints, over 30 youth, whose schools had already been closed due to excessive teargas in the area, were chanting and approaching the checkpoint. Israeli Forces shot at least 24 rounds of teargas at the youth, and clashes lasted until at least 9:15AM. An ambulance and several cars had to drive through the teargas. It was reported that approximately 50 children had already been taken to the hospital that morning due to teargas related medical issues.
19 oct 2015
Israeli forces, on Sunday, fired tired gas canisters and stun grenades inside a boys’ secondary school in Jenin while students were still inside, as groups of settlers attempted to storm Yabod town, to the west of Jenin. Forces also raided the campus of the Palestine Technical University, near Tulkarem, while renewed Hebron clashes resulted in additional injuries.
Witnesses informed WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that Israeli soldiers stationed adjacent to the apartheid wall, built illegally on land belonging to Palestinians, fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades inside al-Tayba Secondary School to the west of Jenin.
Dozens of university students also suffocated, as Israeli forces raided the campus of Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie, to the west of Tulkarem city, while firing a hail of tear gas canisters toward students, according to the university’s public relations department.
A large military force infiltrated the university’s campus -- making it the second such attack in two weeks -- amid heavy firing of tear gas canisters toward students, causing dozens of suffocation cases among them, due to tea gas inhalation. Some of the more severe suffocation cases were transferred to hospital for medical treatment.
The department noted that tension is running high at the college due to Israeli forces’ continuous attempts to take over part of the campus’ land for the benefit of expanding a nearby Israeli military training camp.
Four Palestinians were shot and injured, Sunday, while many others, including students, suffocated during renewed clashes with Israeli army forces in the Hebron area.
Four Palestinians were shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets, and another was struck with a stun grenade shrapnel, whereas many others suffocated due to inhaling tear gas fired at them by Israeli forces during clashes that erupted at the eastern entrance of the town of Beit Kahel, to the northwest of Hebron.
Forces further blocked the eastern entrance and prevented Palestinian registered cars from crossing.
Meanwhile, dozens of Polytechnic University students -- who rallied to protest Israel’s escalated aggression against the Palestinian people and al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem -- suffocated during confrontations that broke out with Israeli army to the south of the city of Hebron.
Earlier Sunday, At least two Palestinians were shot and injured with live ammunition and rubber-coated bullets used by the Israeli army, as they stormed Hebron city in the early morning hours.
Witnesses informed WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that Israeli soldiers stationed adjacent to the apartheid wall, built illegally on land belonging to Palestinians, fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades inside al-Tayba Secondary School to the west of Jenin.
Dozens of university students also suffocated, as Israeli forces raided the campus of Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie, to the west of Tulkarem city, while firing a hail of tear gas canisters toward students, according to the university’s public relations department.
A large military force infiltrated the university’s campus -- making it the second such attack in two weeks -- amid heavy firing of tear gas canisters toward students, causing dozens of suffocation cases among them, due to tea gas inhalation. Some of the more severe suffocation cases were transferred to hospital for medical treatment.
The department noted that tension is running high at the college due to Israeli forces’ continuous attempts to take over part of the campus’ land for the benefit of expanding a nearby Israeli military training camp.
Four Palestinians were shot and injured, Sunday, while many others, including students, suffocated during renewed clashes with Israeli army forces in the Hebron area.
Four Palestinians were shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets, and another was struck with a stun grenade shrapnel, whereas many others suffocated due to inhaling tear gas fired at them by Israeli forces during clashes that erupted at the eastern entrance of the town of Beit Kahel, to the northwest of Hebron.
Forces further blocked the eastern entrance and prevented Palestinian registered cars from crossing.
Meanwhile, dozens of Polytechnic University students -- who rallied to protest Israel’s escalated aggression against the Palestinian people and al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem -- suffocated during confrontations that broke out with Israeli army to the south of the city of Hebron.
Earlier Sunday, At least two Palestinians were shot and injured with live ammunition and rubber-coated bullets used by the Israeli army, as they stormed Hebron city in the early morning hours.
17 oct 2015
Several Palestinian homes and some schools were evacuated Saturday morning after Israeli soldiers fired tear gas grenades on the outskirts of al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the Israeli occupation forces behind the border fence intensively fired tear gas at residential areas in the neighborhood, forcing many residents to evacuate their homes and schools.
A spokesman for the health ministry said that many Palestinian citizens suffered from inhaling tear gas and received medical assistance.
The tear gas attack is believed to be an Israeli attempt to force the citizens living in neighborhoods east of Gaza to leave their homes in order to prevent future clashes with young men from these areas.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the Israeli occupation forces behind the border fence intensively fired tear gas at residential areas in the neighborhood, forcing many residents to evacuate their homes and schools.
A spokesman for the health ministry said that many Palestinian citizens suffered from inhaling tear gas and received medical assistance.
The tear gas attack is believed to be an Israeli attempt to force the citizens living in neighborhoods east of Gaza to leave their homes in order to prevent future clashes with young men from these areas.
13 oct 2015
Israeli forces pummeled Palestinian children going to school near Salimeh & Queitun checkpoints in Hebron with a total of 19 rounds of tear-gas and one stun grenade fired.
The onslaught began at 7:41 am when a crowd of children could be heard playing noisily in the street near several primary schools. Suddenly their laughter turned to screams and the sound of running and gunfire as the first canisters were shot and could be seen flying over the crowd with their white streams of gas.
The children scattered, many towards an adjacent street near Queitun checkpoint, where they milled around or walked back and forth, joking with each other in between being attacked with a total of 14 more canisters on that side and 3 more on the side where the first shot was fired. Israeli forces went so far as to fire at least one shot directly into an enclosed school yard where two children, ages 11 and 14, were injured to the point of requiring treatment by ambulance.
Teachers and school administrators on the scene report that this is a near-daily occurrence, which is echoed by the number of children who exhibited the normal physical symptoms of exposure to tear-gas, but appeared undeterred from their daily business as though hardened soldiers.
Of course they are not soldiers at all, but mostly pubescent and pre-pubescent children who are being displaced from any normal sense of peace and from their natural role as students by constant threats to their lives and safety. For these Palestinian youths, childhood is another of many precious things being stolen, occupied, or destroyed by Israeli Forces and the Zionist government.
Within the last week, use of tear-gas in attacks on children on their routes to school has sharply increased in Hebron, spiking so far at a blistering 35 total canisters and/or grenades shot at children within a few hours in a tiny area heavily populated with schools. It is illegal and dangerous to shoot tear gas into an enclosed schoolyard, and this incident is just one example of a recent trend in brutality against Palestinians that includes fraudulent arrests, intense harassment, beatings, chemical weapons, murder, or all of the above, but does not include any recourse for Palestinians victimized by these forms of violence, or any consequence whatsoever for its perpetrators.
The onslaught began at 7:41 am when a crowd of children could be heard playing noisily in the street near several primary schools. Suddenly their laughter turned to screams and the sound of running and gunfire as the first canisters were shot and could be seen flying over the crowd with their white streams of gas.
The children scattered, many towards an adjacent street near Queitun checkpoint, where they milled around or walked back and forth, joking with each other in between being attacked with a total of 14 more canisters on that side and 3 more on the side where the first shot was fired. Israeli forces went so far as to fire at least one shot directly into an enclosed school yard where two children, ages 11 and 14, were injured to the point of requiring treatment by ambulance.
Teachers and school administrators on the scene report that this is a near-daily occurrence, which is echoed by the number of children who exhibited the normal physical symptoms of exposure to tear-gas, but appeared undeterred from their daily business as though hardened soldiers.
Of course they are not soldiers at all, but mostly pubescent and pre-pubescent children who are being displaced from any normal sense of peace and from their natural role as students by constant threats to their lives and safety. For these Palestinian youths, childhood is another of many precious things being stolen, occupied, or destroyed by Israeli Forces and the Zionist government.
Within the last week, use of tear-gas in attacks on children on their routes to school has sharply increased in Hebron, spiking so far at a blistering 35 total canisters and/or grenades shot at children within a few hours in a tiny area heavily populated with schools. It is illegal and dangerous to shoot tear gas into an enclosed schoolyard, and this incident is just one example of a recent trend in brutality against Palestinians that includes fraudulent arrests, intense harassment, beatings, chemical weapons, murder, or all of the above, but does not include any recourse for Palestinians victimized by these forms of violence, or any consequence whatsoever for its perpetrators.
3 oct 2015
By Hossam Shaker
Students arriving at the school gates to find them closed in accordance with instructions from the United Nations – a scenario that was very close to happening at the beginning of the current school year, remedied at the last minute by individuals within the international committees.
The background to this incident is the fact that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has been complaining that the international community does not uphold their financial obligations, resulting in a suffocating debt crisis that almost caused the closure of the network of schools managed by the agency in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan for over 60 years, as well as a number of other austerity measures. Preparations were made to postpone the school year and to keep students stuck in the alleyways of their miserable camps spread across the four countries. The parents were told at the last minute that the shocking decision had been reconsidered, but UNRWA has said they cannot guarantee another academic year for the children until further notice.
Can this be any more absurd? The scandal occurred with almost no noise or objection, even though disabling UNRWA would ignite an immediate humanitarian, social and economic crisis amongst the Palestinian refugee community, which is already at breaking point in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria.
UNRWA is one of the most important operators of the Palestinian work force and provides various vital educational, professional, health and relief services to five million refugees whose land, homes and resources were stolen from them by the Israeli occupation authorities. I must clearly state that what happened earlier this year was a heinous manipulation of an entire nation’s morale, which, in any case, threatens to blow up the entire Palestinian community from within. Let us imagine that this were to happen in beautiful Switzerland, the country of UN Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl, and that his three sons could not attend school because international powers are simply unwilling to pay for this basic right. It would be nothing short of a scandal.
However, who really believes that the international community is unable to resolve a financial crisis similar to the one suffered by one of its agencies? How could the UN and the Bretton Woods institutions push generations of Palestinians into a quagmire of programmed ignorance and rampant diseases in such a blatant manner? Don’t these risks mean that the fate of the Palestinians is to face more hopelessness and discouragement, and won’t such circumstances simply push Palestinian refugees to undertake dangerous journeys in search of the necessities of life?
Because the international community does not care about moral urges, a Palestinian documentary team produced a short film explaining the story. In the film, a student leaves his home in the refugee camp and heads to school; he finds the door closed, painted with the UN colours and a sign that says the school was closed down due to a financial deficit. The story does not end here; the student’s shock leads him to a four-wheel drive driven by masked individuals who take him on an unknown suicide mission. The film’s message is clear: the inability of the international community to commit to its obligations to UNRWA will push generations of Palestinians into the lure of armed extremism. This film is very clever because it appeals to the international community with what it understands.
The dilemma is not in the ignorance and impoverishment of generations of Palestinians, rather in terrorism and extremism and the fact that these issues are the single priority for the international agenda in this part of the world, over and above simple human rights.
The article was first published in the Middle East Monitor website.
Students arriving at the school gates to find them closed in accordance with instructions from the United Nations – a scenario that was very close to happening at the beginning of the current school year, remedied at the last minute by individuals within the international committees.
The background to this incident is the fact that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has been complaining that the international community does not uphold their financial obligations, resulting in a suffocating debt crisis that almost caused the closure of the network of schools managed by the agency in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan for over 60 years, as well as a number of other austerity measures. Preparations were made to postpone the school year and to keep students stuck in the alleyways of their miserable camps spread across the four countries. The parents were told at the last minute that the shocking decision had been reconsidered, but UNRWA has said they cannot guarantee another academic year for the children until further notice.
Can this be any more absurd? The scandal occurred with almost no noise or objection, even though disabling UNRWA would ignite an immediate humanitarian, social and economic crisis amongst the Palestinian refugee community, which is already at breaking point in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria.
UNRWA is one of the most important operators of the Palestinian work force and provides various vital educational, professional, health and relief services to five million refugees whose land, homes and resources were stolen from them by the Israeli occupation authorities. I must clearly state that what happened earlier this year was a heinous manipulation of an entire nation’s morale, which, in any case, threatens to blow up the entire Palestinian community from within. Let us imagine that this were to happen in beautiful Switzerland, the country of UN Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl, and that his three sons could not attend school because international powers are simply unwilling to pay for this basic right. It would be nothing short of a scandal.
However, who really believes that the international community is unable to resolve a financial crisis similar to the one suffered by one of its agencies? How could the UN and the Bretton Woods institutions push generations of Palestinians into a quagmire of programmed ignorance and rampant diseases in such a blatant manner? Don’t these risks mean that the fate of the Palestinians is to face more hopelessness and discouragement, and won’t such circumstances simply push Palestinian refugees to undertake dangerous journeys in search of the necessities of life?
Because the international community does not care about moral urges, a Palestinian documentary team produced a short film explaining the story. In the film, a student leaves his home in the refugee camp and heads to school; he finds the door closed, painted with the UN colours and a sign that says the school was closed down due to a financial deficit. The story does not end here; the student’s shock leads him to a four-wheel drive driven by masked individuals who take him on an unknown suicide mission. The film’s message is clear: the inability of the international community to commit to its obligations to UNRWA will push generations of Palestinians into the lure of armed extremism. This film is very clever because it appeals to the international community with what it understands.
The dilemma is not in the ignorance and impoverishment of generations of Palestinians, rather in terrorism and extremism and the fact that these issues are the single priority for the international agenda in this part of the world, over and above simple human rights.
The article was first published in the Middle East Monitor website.
30 sept 2015
Soldiers invade various communities in the West Bank
Palestinian medical sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron have reported, Wednesday, that scores of children suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes that took place near a local school, south of the city.
The sources said the soldiers, stationed near Tareq Bin Ziad School, fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades targeting children walking to a number of schools, south of the city, to force them away.
The children then hurled stones and empty bottles on the soldiers, while the army fired more gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Local medics provided the wounded Palestinians with the needed medical treatment.
In addition, soldiers invaded Surif town, northwest of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Bilal Eghneimat, 25 years of age, after storming his home and violently searching it.
Also on Wednesday at dawn, several military vehicles invaded the towns of Marka, Ya’bad and Deir Abu Da’if, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and searched a number of homes.
In addition, soldiers invaded Beit Sahour city, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and occupied an under-construction residential building in Thahret an-Nada area.
Eyewitnesses said around 10 soldiers occupied the rooftop, especially since it overlooks a nearby Israeli military camp.
Palestinian medical sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron have reported, Wednesday, that scores of children suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes that took place near a local school, south of the city.
The sources said the soldiers, stationed near Tareq Bin Ziad School, fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades targeting children walking to a number of schools, south of the city, to force them away.
The children then hurled stones and empty bottles on the soldiers, while the army fired more gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Local medics provided the wounded Palestinians with the needed medical treatment.
In addition, soldiers invaded Surif town, northwest of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Bilal Eghneimat, 25 years of age, after storming his home and violently searching it.
Also on Wednesday at dawn, several military vehicles invaded the towns of Marka, Ya’bad and Deir Abu Da’if, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and searched a number of homes.
In addition, soldiers invaded Beit Sahour city, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and occupied an under-construction residential building in Thahret an-Nada area.
Eyewitnesses said around 10 soldiers occupied the rooftop, especially since it overlooks a nearby Israeli military camp.
22 sept 2015
Clashes broke out on Tuesday between Palestinian youths and Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) for the second day in a row in Beit Ummar town in northern al-Khalil.
The spokesman of the Popular Committees against Settlement Mohammad Awad said, in a statement, a number of Palestinian youths choked on tear gas during clashes with Israeli troops at the entrance of the town. He pointed out that IOF soldiers deliberately fired tear gas canisters directly at school students.
He underlined that clashes have been ongoing for two days so far in protest against Israeli repeated incursions into the holy Aqsa Mosque.
Earlier at dawn Tuesday, the IOF soldiers stormed the town and took photos of some of its houses.
Awad told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers stormed the town and took photos for dozens of commercial shops and houses. The troops retreated later to the central market place with no arrests or summonses reported, he pointed out.
The spokesman of the Popular Committees against Settlement Mohammad Awad said, in a statement, a number of Palestinian youths choked on tear gas during clashes with Israeli troops at the entrance of the town. He pointed out that IOF soldiers deliberately fired tear gas canisters directly at school students.
He underlined that clashes have been ongoing for two days so far in protest against Israeli repeated incursions into the holy Aqsa Mosque.
Earlier at dawn Tuesday, the IOF soldiers stormed the town and took photos of some of its houses.
Awad told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers stormed the town and took photos for dozens of commercial shops and houses. The troops retreated later to the central market place with no arrests or summonses reported, he pointed out.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Tuesday rolled into the northern West Bank city of Nablus and kidnapped two Palestinian youngsters from a student hall.
Eye-witnesses said heavily-armed IOF troops stormed Nablus in several military jeeps and moved into the Juneid neighborhood, to the west of the city, before they scoured dozens of residential apartments.
The IOF detained dozens of students and seized their IDs for more than two hours.
Violent clashes burst out after the Israeli occupation soldiers targeted a group of unarmed Palestinian protesters with random spates of stun grenades and tear gas canisters.
The IOF further nabbed the young schoolteacher Malek Abdah from Nablus’ western quarter of Rafidia.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of the Palestinian young man Mufeed al-Ghazal from his own family home in the area.
Eye-witnesses said heavily-armed IOF troops stormed Nablus in several military jeeps and moved into the Juneid neighborhood, to the west of the city, before they scoured dozens of residential apartments.
The IOF detained dozens of students and seized their IDs for more than two hours.
Violent clashes burst out after the Israeli occupation soldiers targeted a group of unarmed Palestinian protesters with random spates of stun grenades and tear gas canisters.
The IOF further nabbed the young schoolteacher Malek Abdah from Nablus’ western quarter of Rafidia.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of the Palestinian young man Mufeed al-Ghazal from his own family home in the area.
18 sept 2015
Two Palestinian children were taken prisoners during clashes on Thursday between Israeli police forces and school students in Occupied Jerusalem.
Limited skirmishes took place between Israeli policemen and school children in Attour district, east of Jerusalem, according to media sources.
The sources added that the policemen fired stun grenades at the students as they were walking back to their homes and kidnapped two of them under age 10 before withdrawing from the area.
The police claimed the two children were detained after they threw stones at its forces during their presence in al-Madares street.
In a similar incident, clashes broke out between school students leaving for their homes and Israeli policemen in Shuafat refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said the policemen used tear gas against the students, who responded by throwing stones.
The Israeli police recently intensified their presence outside Palestinian schools in Jerusalem and the West Bank in an attempt to provoke clashes with them and force them to throw stones in order to justify their arrest.
Al-Tur: The occupation arrests two children after leaving school
The occupation forces arrested on Thursday two children from the village of Al-Tur east of the city of Jerusalem after they had left school and were heading home.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces arrested the 8-year old Tamer Ziad Anati and the 9-year old Zein Ayoub Khweis.
Zein’s mother explained that the forces arrested the two children while they were heading home after they left school (Al-Tur Boys School).
She added that the forces arrested them under the pretext of throwing stones and transferred them to Jabal Al-Mukabber police station “O’z” for interrogation; note that they were transferred in the police vehicle alone and none of the parents was allowed to attend the interrogation putting the children in an extreme state of fear and panic. Four hours later, they were released and the police never informed the family of the arrest and where the children were detained.
Zein’s mother said: “Zein and Samer were arrested while on their way home and were detained for nearly 4 hours in the interrogation room. Our children are supposed to go home and rest after their school day, but the occupation targets the Jerusalemite children and deprives them of security and safety.”
Limited skirmishes took place between Israeli policemen and school children in Attour district, east of Jerusalem, according to media sources.
The sources added that the policemen fired stun grenades at the students as they were walking back to their homes and kidnapped two of them under age 10 before withdrawing from the area.
The police claimed the two children were detained after they threw stones at its forces during their presence in al-Madares street.
In a similar incident, clashes broke out between school students leaving for their homes and Israeli policemen in Shuafat refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses said the policemen used tear gas against the students, who responded by throwing stones.
The Israeli police recently intensified their presence outside Palestinian schools in Jerusalem and the West Bank in an attempt to provoke clashes with them and force them to throw stones in order to justify their arrest.
Al-Tur: The occupation arrests two children after leaving school
The occupation forces arrested on Thursday two children from the village of Al-Tur east of the city of Jerusalem after they had left school and were heading home.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces arrested the 8-year old Tamer Ziad Anati and the 9-year old Zein Ayoub Khweis.
Zein’s mother explained that the forces arrested the two children while they were heading home after they left school (Al-Tur Boys School).
She added that the forces arrested them under the pretext of throwing stones and transferred them to Jabal Al-Mukabber police station “O’z” for interrogation; note that they were transferred in the police vehicle alone and none of the parents was allowed to attend the interrogation putting the children in an extreme state of fear and panic. Four hours later, they were released and the police never informed the family of the arrest and where the children were detained.
Zein’s mother said: “Zein and Samer were arrested while on their way home and were detained for nearly 4 hours in the interrogation room. Our children are supposed to go home and rest after their school day, but the occupation targets the Jerusalemite children and deprives them of security and safety.”