16 mar 2019
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has issued a decision banishing two female students from Birzeit University in Birzeit town near Ramallah for several months.
According to the Israeli decision, student Ola Totah was ordered not to enter the University’s campus for one month and student Sa’ida Za’arir for four months.
Recently, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped five Birzeit male students. All of them are members of the Islamic Bloc at the University, the student wing of Hamas.
Such Israeli measures against Birzeit students from the Islamic Bloc are seemingly aimed at disrupting the Bloc’s participation in the student union elections slated for next April.
In the context of their coordination with the IOF, the Palestinian Authority security forces also followed suit and recently arrested several students from different West Bank universities.
According to the Israeli decision, student Ola Totah was ordered not to enter the University’s campus for one month and student Sa’ida Za’arir for four months.
Recently, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped five Birzeit male students. All of them are members of the Islamic Bloc at the University, the student wing of Hamas.
Such Israeli measures against Birzeit students from the Islamic Bloc are seemingly aimed at disrupting the Bloc’s participation in the student union elections slated for next April.
In the context of their coordination with the IOF, the Palestinian Authority security forces also followed suit and recently arrested several students from different West Bank universities.
An Israeli court rejected an appeal by Israeli settlement organization "Regavim" to demolish of a Palestinian school in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, upon efforts by Palestinian activists from the Anti Wall and Settlement Committee in Bethlehem.
Head of the committee, Hasan Breijieh, said that the Israeli Supreme Court rejected the organization's appeal to demolish the Tahaddi 5 School; the organization had presented the appeal to demolish the school claiming that owners of the land, on which the school is built, do not have documents proving their ownership in order to issue a permit for the school.
The school is located in the Beit Taamar village, east of Bethlehem City.
Breijieh added the court rejected the appeal upon blueprints of the land and the school proving that all procedures are legal.
The Tahaddi 5 School, that serves 54 Palestinian students, was built and opened in 2017; the school was demolished by Israeli forces and rebuilt in a matter of days.
Israeli forces regularly confiscate and demolish Palestinian structures deemed as illegal by the Israeli government, most commonly in Area C, the area of the West Bank under full Israeli security and civilian control.
Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in Area C, forcing most Palestinians to build without permits.
All building in Area C, whether by Palestinians or Jewish settlers, comes under the jurisdiction of the Israeli Civil Administration, which has full control over all zoning and planning issues.
In practice, almost all Palestinian applications for a building permit are rejected, with the Civil Administration granting only a handful of permits.
Israeli court rejects settlers’ petition to raze Palestinian school
Israel’s higher court of justice rejected a petition filed by a Jewish settler group calling for demolishing a Palestinian school in Beit Ta’mir village, east of Bethlehem.
Local official Hasan Berejiya said that anti-settlement activists extracted a decision from the court against the petition, which called for demolishing Tahadi 5 School in the village.
Berejiya affirmed that the settler group was thinking there were no Palestinian ownership documents for the land or signatures from the owners allowing the school to be built on their land.
Tahadi 5 School was built and opened in 2017 and later was demolished by the Israeli occupation authority but rebuilt within days.
Head of the committee, Hasan Breijieh, said that the Israeli Supreme Court rejected the organization's appeal to demolish the Tahaddi 5 School; the organization had presented the appeal to demolish the school claiming that owners of the land, on which the school is built, do not have documents proving their ownership in order to issue a permit for the school.
The school is located in the Beit Taamar village, east of Bethlehem City.
Breijieh added the court rejected the appeal upon blueprints of the land and the school proving that all procedures are legal.
The Tahaddi 5 School, that serves 54 Palestinian students, was built and opened in 2017; the school was demolished by Israeli forces and rebuilt in a matter of days.
Israeli forces regularly confiscate and demolish Palestinian structures deemed as illegal by the Israeli government, most commonly in Area C, the area of the West Bank under full Israeli security and civilian control.
Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in Area C, forcing most Palestinians to build without permits.
All building in Area C, whether by Palestinians or Jewish settlers, comes under the jurisdiction of the Israeli Civil Administration, which has full control over all zoning and planning issues.
In practice, almost all Palestinian applications for a building permit are rejected, with the Civil Administration granting only a handful of permits.
Israeli court rejects settlers’ petition to raze Palestinian school
Israel’s higher court of justice rejected a petition filed by a Jewish settler group calling for demolishing a Palestinian school in Beit Ta’mir village, east of Bethlehem.
Local official Hasan Berejiya said that anti-settlement activists extracted a decision from the court against the petition, which called for demolishing Tahadi 5 School in the village.
Berejiya affirmed that the settler group was thinking there were no Palestinian ownership documents for the land or signatures from the owners allowing the school to be built on their land.
Tahadi 5 School was built and opened in 2017 and later was demolished by the Israeli occupation authority but rebuilt within days.
13 mar 2019
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the southern area of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and fired gas bombs at schoolchildren heading to their educational facility.
Media sources said the soldiers fired many gas bombs at students of Hebron Preparatory School for Boys, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, and others suffered severe anxiety attacks.
They added that the soldiers surrounded the school, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it, leading to the disruption of the school day, especially after the soldiers fired several gas bombs into the school campus.
It is worth mentioning that the army repeatedly attacks the school, which hosts 370 students, and invades it, similar to violations targeting several other schools in Hebron governorate.
Media sources said the soldiers fired many gas bombs at students of Hebron Preparatory School for Boys, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, and others suffered severe anxiety attacks.
They added that the soldiers surrounded the school, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it, leading to the disruption of the school day, especially after the soldiers fired several gas bombs into the school campus.
It is worth mentioning that the army repeatedly attacks the school, which hosts 370 students, and invades it, similar to violations targeting several other schools in Hebron governorate.
11 mar 2019
Israeli forces razed and leveled the debris of a Palestinian elementary school in the al-Simiya village in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, on Monday.
Israeli forces also took down the al-Tahaddi 13 School sign and sealed off the road leading to the school with dirt mounds.
The school, that is made up of mobile class rooms, was built by the Palestinian Ministry of Education late 2018, at a cost of €40, 000, and was scheduled to open December before being demolished by Israel.
Head of the Directorate of Education in Hebron, Khalid Abu Sharar, said that Israeli military bulldozers raided the school area and carried out the razing and leveled what is left of the school to the ground.
Abu Sharar condemned the assault against the school, pointing out that it would not stop the Ministry of Education from rebuilding the school.
The al-Tahaddi 13 School consists of seven classrooms, and serves 50 students.
Israeli forces also took down the al-Tahaddi 13 School sign and sealed off the road leading to the school with dirt mounds.
The school, that is made up of mobile class rooms, was built by the Palestinian Ministry of Education late 2018, at a cost of €40, 000, and was scheduled to open December before being demolished by Israel.
Head of the Directorate of Education in Hebron, Khalid Abu Sharar, said that Israeli military bulldozers raided the school area and carried out the razing and leveled what is left of the school to the ground.
Abu Sharar condemned the assault against the school, pointing out that it would not stop the Ministry of Education from rebuilding the school.
The al-Tahaddi 13 School consists of seven classrooms, and serves 50 students.
5 mar 2019
Israeli settlers attacked and surrounded a Palestinian high school in the Urif village, in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, injuring a student and damaging several vehicles, on Tuesday.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that 50 Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Yitzhar raided the eastern area of Urif, forcing the school to dismiss classes for the 11th time since the beginning of the school year.
Daghlas confirmed that one student was injured with rocks thrown by Israeli settlers; he was treated on the spot.
Israeli settlers attacked damaged three vehicles belonging to teachers at the school.
Locals told Ma'an that Israeli military vehicles raided the village at the same time of the attack, which caused clashes to erupt between Israeli soldiers and locals.
Israeli forces fired tear-gas bombs and stun grenades; no injuries were reported.
The Urif high school has been repeatedly attacked by Israeli settlers in the past few months.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that 50 Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Yitzhar raided the eastern area of Urif, forcing the school to dismiss classes for the 11th time since the beginning of the school year.
Daghlas confirmed that one student was injured with rocks thrown by Israeli settlers; he was treated on the spot.
Israeli settlers attacked damaged three vehicles belonging to teachers at the school.
Locals told Ma'an that Israeli military vehicles raided the village at the same time of the attack, which caused clashes to erupt between Israeli soldiers and locals.
Israeli forces fired tear-gas bombs and stun grenades; no injuries were reported.
The Urif high school has been repeatedly attacked by Israeli settlers in the past few months.
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Dozens of Palestinians from the Shufat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem, including children and school students, suffocated with tear-gas as Israeli forces raided the refugee camp and randomly fired tear-gas canisters, on Tuesday morning.
Spokesperson of the Fatah movement in Shufat refugee camp, Thaer Fasfous, that Israeli soldiers raided the refugee camp as students were heading to their schools, and employees to their workplaces. Israeli forces heavily fired tear-gas bombs causing dozens to suffer tear-gas suffocation, while several students suffered from panic attacks. Fasfous pointed out that dozens of students were not able to reach their schools. |
4 mar 2019
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday night closed the military checkpoint of Abul-Rish near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil city and barred local residents from going home.
According to eyewitnesses, the IOF closed the checkpoint, prevented Palestinian citizens from reaching their homes in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque and intensified its presence in the area.
The IOF also deployed tents on the sports fields of the Ibrahimiya School in al-Sahla area, south of the Ibrahimi Mosque.
According to eyewitnesses, the IOF closed the checkpoint, prevented Palestinian citizens from reaching their homes in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque and intensified its presence in the area.
The IOF also deployed tents on the sports fields of the Ibrahimiya School in al-Sahla area, south of the Ibrahimi Mosque.
27 feb 2019
Several children of a kindergarten in the central West Bank city of Ramallah suffered, Thursday, the severe effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded the city, and fire gas bombs.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers invaded Ramallah at-Tihta area, and stormed the homes of Zakariya Zobeidi, a member of the Revolutionary Council of Fateh Movement, and Lawyer Tareq Barghouth, who works with the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, and abducted them.
The soldiers then fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinian protesters in the area, some striking the kindergarten there, causing many children to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The PRCS added that its medics rushed to the kindergarten, and the soldiers tried to stop them, but they insisted on performing their duties and went into the place to provide the children with the needed medical attention.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers invaded Ramallah at-Tihta area, and stormed the homes of Zakariya Zobeidi, a member of the Revolutionary Council of Fateh Movement, and Lawyer Tareq Barghouth, who works with the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, and abducted them.
The soldiers then fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinian protesters in the area, some striking the kindergarten there, causing many children to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The PRCS added that its medics rushed to the kindergarten, and the soldiers tried to stop them, but they insisted on performing their duties and went into the place to provide the children with the needed medical attention.
21 feb 2019
A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, Thursday, Orif Secondary School, in Orif village, south of Nablus, in northern West Bank.
Adel al-‘Amer, the secretary of Orif Village Council, told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that the colonists attacked the school just as the students were leaving it.
He added that the attack was the second this week alone, and that Israeli soldiers started firing gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at the students, instead of removing the colonists.
Al-‘Amer stated said that the assailants also attacked Palestinian homes near the school, leading to protests.
Adel al-‘Amer, the secretary of Orif Village Council, told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that the colonists attacked the school just as the students were leaving it.
He added that the attack was the second this week alone, and that Israeli soldiers started firing gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at the students, instead of removing the colonists.
Al-‘Amer stated said that the assailants also attacked Palestinian homes near the school, leading to protests.
Israeli soldiers injured, Thursday, thirty Palestinians schoolchildren, including one who suffered a serious injury, after a group of soldiers and colonialist settlers attacked them, in Hebron, in southern West Bank.
Medical sources in Hebron said thirty children suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, including one child who suffered a serious injury, before he was rushed to Mohammad Ali Hospital in the city.
The school principal said a group of illegal colonialist settlers surrounded the school before assaulting several children and added that the soldiers then started firing gas bombs and concussion grenades at the children, instead of removing the assailing colonists.
He stated that one of the colonists who attacked the children is known as Ofar, who frequently calls for killing the Palestinians and expelling them Palestinians from Hebron, and the rest of occupied Palestine.
Medical sources in Hebron said thirty children suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, including one child who suffered a serious injury, before he was rushed to Mohammad Ali Hospital in the city.
The school principal said a group of illegal colonialist settlers surrounded the school before assaulting several children and added that the soldiers then started firing gas bombs and concussion grenades at the children, instead of removing the assailing colonists.
He stated that one of the colonists who attacked the children is known as Ofar, who frequently calls for killing the Palestinians and expelling them Palestinians from Hebron, and the rest of occupied Palestine.
17 feb 2019
The Israeli occupation forces on Sunday morning prevented activists from securing children’s access to their schools in the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil.
Anti-settlement activists said an Israeli patrol blocked their access to Palestinian schools to prevent them from monitoring daily violations by Israeli soldiers against students.
An Israeli patrol forced them out of al-Shuhadaa Street, declaring the area a closed military zone.
Sometime earlier extremist Israeli settlers stormed the headquarters of the Youth against Settlement Movement and came down heavily on its staff members.
Anat Cohen steals international observer’s notebook
Anat Cohen (ענת כהן), daughter of the convicted Israeli terrorist Moshe Zar, attacked another international who was observing schoolchildren on their commute to the Qurtuba school this morning.
The International was an elderly woman who was keeping tally in a notebook of the number of schoolchildren that passed through the checkpoint and how many were harassed by illegal settlers or the israeli occupation forces. These numbers are submitted to UNSECO and Save the Children.
Cohen suddenly appeared and, before ISM volunteers could start recording video, she punched the woman in the ribs and began scolding her. ISM caught the rest of the exchange on video, when Cohen stole the observer’s notebook:
Anti-settlement activists said an Israeli patrol blocked their access to Palestinian schools to prevent them from monitoring daily violations by Israeli soldiers against students.
An Israeli patrol forced them out of al-Shuhadaa Street, declaring the area a closed military zone.
Sometime earlier extremist Israeli settlers stormed the headquarters of the Youth against Settlement Movement and came down heavily on its staff members.
Anat Cohen steals international observer’s notebook
Anat Cohen (ענת כהן), daughter of the convicted Israeli terrorist Moshe Zar, attacked another international who was observing schoolchildren on their commute to the Qurtuba school this morning.
The International was an elderly woman who was keeping tally in a notebook of the number of schoolchildren that passed through the checkpoint and how many were harassed by illegal settlers or the israeli occupation forces. These numbers are submitted to UNSECO and Save the Children.
Cohen suddenly appeared and, before ISM volunteers could start recording video, she punched the woman in the ribs and began scolding her. ISM caught the rest of the exchange on video, when Cohen stole the observer’s notebook:
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The observer complained to the police–who retrieved the notebook from Cohen–and then the police proceeded to evict the observers (including ISM volunteers) out of H2, claiming that the school and its surroundings were a “Closed Military Zone.”
The above document presented by the israeli occupation forces to the international observers shows that the order was created just 30 minutes before they were told to leave. Creating closed military zones is a common tactic used by Israel to thwart international observers from being able to monitor for the illegal settler’s and soldier’s crimes against the Palestine people. In this case, Palestinian children. |
14 feb 2019
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, the southern area of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and fired gas bombs near a local school, causing dozens of schoolchildren to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also invaded homes in the city, and in Yatta town, and confiscated two cars.
Media sources in Hebron that the soldiers invaded the area surrounding the local Tareq Bin Ziad School and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at students, protesting the invasion.
They added that several schoolchildren suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment by the local medics, who rushed to the school.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in southern Hebron and searched the homes of Ahmad al-Qawasmi and Anas al-Hashlamoun, before confiscating al-Hashlamoun’s car.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, and searched the home of Samir Bheiss, before confiscating his car.
The soldiers also invaded homes in the city, and in Yatta town, and confiscated two cars.
Media sources in Hebron that the soldiers invaded the area surrounding the local Tareq Bin Ziad School and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at students, protesting the invasion.
They added that several schoolchildren suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment by the local medics, who rushed to the school.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in southern Hebron and searched the homes of Ahmad al-Qawasmi and Anas al-Hashlamoun, before confiscating al-Hashlamoun’s car.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, and searched the home of Samir Bheiss, before confiscating his car.
