11 nov 2019
Violent confrontations broke out on Monday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked Palestinian schools in Tuqu' town east of Bethlehem.
Local sources said that the IOF stormed the town and fired rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas bombs and stun grenades at Palestinian schools.
No injuries were reported, they added.
Local sources said that the IOF stormed the town and fired rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas bombs and stun grenades at Palestinian schools.
No injuries were reported, they added.
5 nov 2019
Israeli troops invaded al-Issawiya, in the eastern part of Jerusalem, on Monday evening and attacked schoolchildren, abducting three boys.
According to local sources, on Monday evening, the Israeli forces stormed the village, deployed troops throughout the streets and began firing tear gas into the streets and residences.
The also grabbed 3 boys from Mheisen neighborhood in al-Issawiya town and put them into their armored military vehicles to take to an interrogation center.
Mohammed Abu al-Hummos, a member of the local organizing committee in al-Issawiya, told the Silwan Information Center that the Israeli forces took three boys: Omar Mahmoud, Ismail Mheisen, and Wasim Dari from the village, during the storming and deployment in the streets.
The Popular Committee of al-Issawiya called for a protest tomorrow against the campaign of abuse and attacks on the people of the village.
The abductions on Monday follow a series of assaults and abductions in recent days which culminated in a school strike being declared in the village on Saturday.
The Parents’ Committee of al-Issawiya confirmed that the school strike, which began on Saturday, will continue until a safe environment for the students and young children of al-Issawiya can be ensured.
The school strike began after the Israeli police invaded a school in al-Issawiya Saturday, assaulted the principal, and abducted schoolboy Saleh al-Tawil from inside his school.
The Israeli invasions of al-Issawiya have come to be an almost-daily occurrence, which almost always occur at the time when students are returning from school. This ends up with confrontations between stone-throwing teens and invading soldiers, because of the provocative measures taken by the Israeli military.
A video leaked in October showed Israeli police in al-Issawiya discussing how their daily invasions were a provocation to the residents.
According to the Middle East Monitor, in the video, Israeli officers are heard discussing the purpose of the operations in al-Issawiya, with one remarking: “This is really provoking them for nothing.” A second officer agrees. The first officer subsequently asks: “Why do this on purpose?” The second one replies: “Our policy is screwed up from the outset.”
The first officer then comments: “Let them live. You’re provoking them here for nothing.”
A few minutes later, the first officer addresses a third officer. “I have a question for you. Isn’t what we’re doing here causing more problems?” The third officer replies: “That’s the goal,” to which the first asked: “Causing more problems?” The second officer replies in the affirmative.
The video was shown during a hearing at Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, where Issawiya resident Abdallah Mustafa was charged with throwing three stones at police on the day the video was filmed.
The prosecutor claimed that the police officers had “a slip of the tongue”, and the judge sentenced Mustafa to seven and a half months in prison.
According to local sources, on Monday evening, the Israeli forces stormed the village, deployed troops throughout the streets and began firing tear gas into the streets and residences.
The also grabbed 3 boys from Mheisen neighborhood in al-Issawiya town and put them into their armored military vehicles to take to an interrogation center.
Mohammed Abu al-Hummos, a member of the local organizing committee in al-Issawiya, told the Silwan Information Center that the Israeli forces took three boys: Omar Mahmoud, Ismail Mheisen, and Wasim Dari from the village, during the storming and deployment in the streets.
The Popular Committee of al-Issawiya called for a protest tomorrow against the campaign of abuse and attacks on the people of the village.
The abductions on Monday follow a series of assaults and abductions in recent days which culminated in a school strike being declared in the village on Saturday.
The Parents’ Committee of al-Issawiya confirmed that the school strike, which began on Saturday, will continue until a safe environment for the students and young children of al-Issawiya can be ensured.
The school strike began after the Israeli police invaded a school in al-Issawiya Saturday, assaulted the principal, and abducted schoolboy Saleh al-Tawil from inside his school.
The Israeli invasions of al-Issawiya have come to be an almost-daily occurrence, which almost always occur at the time when students are returning from school. This ends up with confrontations between stone-throwing teens and invading soldiers, because of the provocative measures taken by the Israeli military.
A video leaked in October showed Israeli police in al-Issawiya discussing how their daily invasions were a provocation to the residents.
According to the Middle East Monitor, in the video, Israeli officers are heard discussing the purpose of the operations in al-Issawiya, with one remarking: “This is really provoking them for nothing.” A second officer agrees. The first officer subsequently asks: “Why do this on purpose?” The second one replies: “Our policy is screwed up from the outset.”
The first officer then comments: “Let them live. You’re provoking them here for nothing.”
A few minutes later, the first officer addresses a third officer. “I have a question for you. Isn’t what we’re doing here causing more problems?” The third officer replies: “That’s the goal,” to which the first asked: “Causing more problems?” The second officer replies in the affirmative.
The video was shown during a hearing at Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, where Issawiya resident Abdallah Mustafa was charged with throwing three stones at police on the day the video was filmed.
The prosecutor claimed that the police officers had “a slip of the tongue”, and the judge sentenced Mustafa to seven and a half months in prison.
3 nov 2019
Israeli soldiers injured, Sunday, several schoolchildren in the schools’ area, south of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources in Hebron said several army jeeps invaded the Schools’ Area and fired gas bombs at the students who were walking to their educational facilities.
The sources added that many students suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treated by medics.
The soldiers repeatedly invade the Schools’ area in southern Hebron, and frequently surround the schools or attack the students, which in some cases leads in protests and throwing stones at the army jeeps.
The students in that area are also frequently attacked and harassed by the illegal colonialist settlers.
Media sources in Hebron said several army jeeps invaded the Schools’ Area and fired gas bombs at the students who were walking to their educational facilities.
The sources added that many students suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treated by medics.
The soldiers repeatedly invade the Schools’ area in southern Hebron, and frequently surround the schools or attack the students, which in some cases leads in protests and throwing stones at the army jeeps.
The students in that area are also frequently attacked and harassed by the illegal colonialist settlers.
2 nov 2019
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday morning, a Palestinian school in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted one child, in addition to causing many others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation after throwing gas bombs into their school. video
Media sources said the soldiers abducted Saleh Tawil, in the al-‘Isawiya Secondary School for Boys, and took him to an unknown destination.
They added that the soldiers fired gas bombs, in addition to hurling gas grenades into the campus, causing many children to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported.
On Friday evening, the soldiers detained a Palestinian groom and his bride, after stopping their car at the Container military roadblock, north of Bethlehem.
The groom and his bride were detained at the roadblock for more than an hour, before the soldiers allowed them to leave. The army did not provide any reason for its soldiers’ actions.
Media sources said the soldiers abducted Saleh Tawil, in the al-‘Isawiya Secondary School for Boys, and took him to an unknown destination.
They added that the soldiers fired gas bombs, in addition to hurling gas grenades into the campus, causing many children to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported.
On Friday evening, the soldiers detained a Palestinian groom and his bride, after stopping their car at the Container military roadblock, north of Bethlehem.
The groom and his bride were detained at the roadblock for more than an hour, before the soldiers allowed them to leave. The army did not provide any reason for its soldiers’ actions.
28 oct 2019
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Thaher al-Maleh village, isolated behind the illegal Annexation Wall, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and demolished a wall of a local school.
Omar al-Khatib, the mayor of Thaher al-Maleh, told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA), that a large military force, accompanied by armored bulldozers, invaded the area surrounding the Tahadi 17 School, and declared it a closed zone.
He added that the soldiers forcibly removed the Palestinians from the area and demolished a section of one of its external walls.
It is worth mentioning that the school is subject to frequently military invasions, in addition to various violations against the children, staff, and families.
Salam Taher, the principal of the school, denounced the Israeli violations and Israel’s constant breaching of various international and human rights treaties.
She added that the ongoing Israeli invasions and violation against many schools in the area, and across the West Bank, are clearly aimed at obstructing the educational process, and are made against facilities that are supposed to provide not only education but also a safe environment for them.
Omar al-Khatib, the mayor of Thaher al-Maleh, told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA), that a large military force, accompanied by armored bulldozers, invaded the area surrounding the Tahadi 17 School, and declared it a closed zone.
He added that the soldiers forcibly removed the Palestinians from the area and demolished a section of one of its external walls.
It is worth mentioning that the school is subject to frequently military invasions, in addition to various violations against the children, staff, and families.
Salam Taher, the principal of the school, denounced the Israeli violations and Israel’s constant breaching of various international and human rights treaties.
She added that the ongoing Israeli invasions and violation against many schools in the area, and across the West Bank, are clearly aimed at obstructing the educational process, and are made against facilities that are supposed to provide not only education but also a safe environment for them.
24 oct 2019
Up to 100,000 Palestinian students are facing the threat of using distorted schoolbooks in occupied Jerusalem, Deputy Palestinian Education Minister Basri Saleh said on Sunday.
During a meeting held in Cairo, Basri said that the Israeli occupation has been working hard to impose the distorted Israeli narratives related to the history of Palestine and the conflict in the schoolbooks.
He also said that the Israeli occupation has been exerting efforts to impose the Israeli curriculum on Palestinian schools in occupied Jerusalem.
“Jerusalem is waiting intensified efforts from us,” he told the meeting, calling on the Arab League to address the urgent educational needs of Palestinians in Jerusalem.
Palestine Post 24 further reports that Basri also stressed on the importance of facing the “continuous Israeli aggression” on Jerusalem, mainly the aggression on the Palestinian syllabus.
“The Israeli occupation is still targeting Palestinian schools, teachers and students,” he said, noting that many of the Palestinian teachers and students had been detained and killed.
He also called for the importance of helping to maintain the UNRWA because it reflects the sustainability of the refugee issue.
In October last year, Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, announced that he plans to remove the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees from occupied East Jerusalem, accusing it of “operating illegally and promoting incitement against Israel”.
The Jerusalem Municipality also said UN schools, which serve about 1,800 students, would be closed. The municipality did not provide a specific time schedule for the closures.
During a meeting held in Cairo, Basri said that the Israeli occupation has been working hard to impose the distorted Israeli narratives related to the history of Palestine and the conflict in the schoolbooks.
He also said that the Israeli occupation has been exerting efforts to impose the Israeli curriculum on Palestinian schools in occupied Jerusalem.
“Jerusalem is waiting intensified efforts from us,” he told the meeting, calling on the Arab League to address the urgent educational needs of Palestinians in Jerusalem.
Palestine Post 24 further reports that Basri also stressed on the importance of facing the “continuous Israeli aggression” on Jerusalem, mainly the aggression on the Palestinian syllabus.
“The Israeli occupation is still targeting Palestinian schools, teachers and students,” he said, noting that many of the Palestinian teachers and students had been detained and killed.
He also called for the importance of helping to maintain the UNRWA because it reflects the sustainability of the refugee issue.
In October last year, Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, announced that he plans to remove the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees from occupied East Jerusalem, accusing it of “operating illegally and promoting incitement against Israel”.
The Jerusalem Municipality also said UN schools, which serve about 1,800 students, would be closed. The municipality did not provide a specific time schedule for the closures.
19 sept 2019
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday evening, the Ramadin area, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and delivered orders halting the construction of the al-Badia Basic School.
Khaled Abu Sharar, the head of the Hebron office of the Education Ministry in southern Hebron, said the soldiers ordered halting the construction of the school, located in the western part of the town.
Abu Sharar added that the school is close to the illegal Annexation Wall, which was built on Palestinian lands in the area.
There are thirty students in this school, and construction was underway to expand it to be able to provide the needed education to more children.
It is one of many Somoud and Tahadi Schools which were recently built by the Palestinian Education Ministry, and a few them have been demolished.
Khaled Abu Sharar, the head of the Hebron office of the Education Ministry in southern Hebron, said the soldiers ordered halting the construction of the school, located in the western part of the town.
Abu Sharar added that the school is close to the illegal Annexation Wall, which was built on Palestinian lands in the area.
There are thirty students in this school, and construction was underway to expand it to be able to provide the needed education to more children.
It is one of many Somoud and Tahadi Schools which were recently built by the Palestinian Education Ministry, and a few them have been demolished.
9 sept 2019
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers shot a child, and abducted thirteen Palestinians, after the army invaded many communities, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, on Monday at dawn and during morning hours.
Media sources in Ramallah, in central West Bank, said several army jeeps invaded Beit Rima town, northwest of the city, and shot a Palestinian child with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his neck, after the army attacked local youngsters, protesting the morning invasion into their town.
They added that the soldiers also invaded and ransacked several homes in the town and occupied rooftops.
The soldiers also abducted three children, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, while they were walking to their schools.
In Silwad town, northeast of Ramallah, the soldiers invaded and searched many homes, and abducted Khalil Hasan Hamed, Mousa Yasser Najjar, No’man Saleh Hamed, Mohammad Lutfi Hamed and Mohammad Yasser Hamed.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mahmoud Mohammad Shorti, from his home in the al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya village, northeast of Ramallah, after invading his home and searching it.
In Jenin in norther northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Amin Zakarna and Ahmad Yousef Kamil, from their homes in Qabatia town, south of Jenin.
The soldiers also abducted one Palestinian, identified as Malek Eshteyya, from his home in Tal village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
In Hebron city, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Emad Nairoukh, in addition to Laith Yousef Asafra and Mohammad Jihad Asafra, from their homes in Beit Kahil town, west of the city.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and searched homes, in addition to installing roadblocks in Jouret Bahlas area, in its northern part, in addition to the entrances of Halhoul and Sa’ir towns, north and northeast of the city, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Media sources in Ramallah, in central West Bank, said several army jeeps invaded Beit Rima town, northwest of the city, and shot a Palestinian child with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his neck, after the army attacked local youngsters, protesting the morning invasion into their town.
They added that the soldiers also invaded and ransacked several homes in the town and occupied rooftops.
The soldiers also abducted three children, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, while they were walking to their schools.
In Silwad town, northeast of Ramallah, the soldiers invaded and searched many homes, and abducted Khalil Hasan Hamed, Mousa Yasser Najjar, No’man Saleh Hamed, Mohammad Lutfi Hamed and Mohammad Yasser Hamed.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Mahmoud Mohammad Shorti, from his home in the al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya village, northeast of Ramallah, after invading his home and searching it.
In Jenin in norther northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Amin Zakarna and Ahmad Yousef Kamil, from their homes in Qabatia town, south of Jenin.
The soldiers also abducted one Palestinian, identified as Malek Eshteyya, from his home in Tal village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
In Hebron city, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Emad Nairoukh, in addition to Laith Yousef Asafra and Mohammad Jihad Asafra, from their homes in Beit Kahil town, west of the city.
The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and searched homes, in addition to installing roadblocks in Jouret Bahlas area, in its northern part, in addition to the entrances of Halhoul and Sa’ir towns, north and northeast of the city, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
5 sept 2019
video Hebron school