19 sept 2018
Israeli soldiers caused, on Wednesday morning, scores of schoolchildren to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, after the army surrounded schools in southern Hebron, and attacked students protesting the invasion.
Media sources said the soldiers surrounded an-Nahda School for Boys, and Tareq Bin Ziad Secondary School, in the southern part of Hebron city.
Rawhi Zaro, the head of the an-Nahda School, said the soldiers stopped and provoked many students while trying to enter their school, leading to protests, before the army fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades.
He added that dozens of students, and residents in the area, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
There are eleven schools in the southern area of Hebron city, and are subject to frequent Israeli military violations, including repeated invasions, while the students are constantly stropped, harassed and searched by the soldiers, and some of them are also taken prisoner.
Media sources said the soldiers surrounded an-Nahda School for Boys, and Tareq Bin Ziad Secondary School, in the southern part of Hebron city.
Rawhi Zaro, the head of the an-Nahda School, said the soldiers stopped and provoked many students while trying to enter their school, leading to protests, before the army fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades.
He added that dozens of students, and residents in the area, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
There are eleven schools in the southern area of Hebron city, and are subject to frequent Israeli military violations, including repeated invasions, while the students are constantly stropped, harassed and searched by the soldiers, and some of them are also taken prisoner.
17 sept 2018
Palestinian medical sources have reported that one teacher and several students suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, Monday, after Israeli soldiers fired many gas bombs in and around their school.
The sources said the teacher Amjad Tanneena, and scores of schoolchildren, suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and were rushed to several hospitals in the city.
The attack took place after dozens of soldiers surrounded the elementary school, and the areas around it, and started stopping and searching dozens of residents, including schoolchildren.
Many Palestinians protested the violation, before the soldiers started firing gas bombs and concussion grenades at them.
A week ago, the soldiers attacked the same school, wounding one teacher, and causing scores of students to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The sources said the teacher Amjad Tanneena, and scores of schoolchildren, suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and were rushed to several hospitals in the city.
The attack took place after dozens of soldiers surrounded the elementary school, and the areas around it, and started stopping and searching dozens of residents, including schoolchildren.
Many Palestinians protested the violation, before the soldiers started firing gas bombs and concussion grenades at them.
A week ago, the soldiers attacked the same school, wounding one teacher, and causing scores of students to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
15 sept 2018
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Israeli tanks on Friday evening fired artillery shells at an UNRWA school east of Abasan town in the southern Gaza Strip.
Local sources said that school was cancelled for Saturday after Israeli tanks attacked Abu Tuaima school causing partial damages in some rooms. Israeli occupation army announced that two Hamas posts were bombed on Friday after grenades were thrown at its forces near the border fence. The army claimed that an Israeli officer was slightly wounded by shrapnel from an explosive device thrown by Palestinians. |
Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire during the Great March of Return protests on Friday, according to Gaza Ministry of Health.
The martyrs were identified as Mohammed Shaqoura, 21, Shadi Abdulal, 12, and Hani Afana, 21.
The Ministry said that 80 Palestinians were injured by live ammunition, including 18 children.
The martyrs were identified as Mohammed Shaqoura, 21, Shadi Abdulal, 12, and Hani Afana, 21.
The Ministry said that 80 Palestinians were injured by live ammunition, including 18 children.
14 sept 2018
On Thursday evening, the Israeli military court in Salem army base, in northern West Bank, sentenced a Palestinian teenage boy, who suffers from a rare childhood condition, to two years in prison.
The teen, Anas Hamarsha, 17, was abducted from his home in Ya’bad town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, after dozens of soldiers stormed the property and ransacked it on October 7th, 2017.
The Israeli army claimed he hurled a pipe bomb at a car of a colonialist settler.
His trial was delayed ten times before he was finally sentenced, especially since his case was labeled as a “secret file,” an issue that imposed restrictions on the alleged information, and indictment, against him.
Hamarsha suffers from a rare childhood condition, known as Perthes disease, which occurs when blood supply to the rounded head of the femur (thighbone) is temporarily disrupted.
Immediately after abducting him, the soldiers took him to the al-Jalama interrogation facility, where he was denied medical treatment, including when he was transferred to the children’s branch of Majeddo prison.
The family stated that the Israeli Prison Authority is also denying Anas the right to receive the needed medical treatment.
It is worth mentioning that Anas’s father and brother are both imprisoned by Israel, and his mother was previously detained for several months.
He was a high-school student when he was taken prisoner, and has been denied the right to continue his education.
The teen, Anas Hamarsha, 17, was abducted from his home in Ya’bad town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, after dozens of soldiers stormed the property and ransacked it on October 7th, 2017.
The Israeli army claimed he hurled a pipe bomb at a car of a colonialist settler.
His trial was delayed ten times before he was finally sentenced, especially since his case was labeled as a “secret file,” an issue that imposed restrictions on the alleged information, and indictment, against him.
Hamarsha suffers from a rare childhood condition, known as Perthes disease, which occurs when blood supply to the rounded head of the femur (thighbone) is temporarily disrupted.
Immediately after abducting him, the soldiers took him to the al-Jalama interrogation facility, where he was denied medical treatment, including when he was transferred to the children’s branch of Majeddo prison.
The family stated that the Israeli Prison Authority is also denying Anas the right to receive the needed medical treatment.
It is worth mentioning that Anas’s father and brother are both imprisoned by Israel, and his mother was previously detained for several months.
He was a high-school student when he was taken prisoner, and has been denied the right to continue his education.
13 sept 2018
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Thursday, five Palestinians from their homes, in addition to two children at a military roadblock, in several parts of Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded many homes in Beit Ummar town, north of the city, and abducted Ahmad Khader Abu Hashem, 52, and Mousa Hasan Za’aqeeq, 25.
It added that the soldiers also invaded and searched homes in Yatta, Ethna, ath-Thaheriyya and Halhoul towns, and installed roadblocks at the entrance of the Sammoa’ town, the al-Fawwar refugee camp junction, and Abu Sneina neighborhood in Hebron city.
The soldiers then abducted Abdul-Hamid al-Battat, Wisam Gheith and Hazem Ahmad Zama’ra, before moving them to Etzion military base and security center, north of Hebron.
In related news, the soldiers stationed at a military roadblock in the Old City of Hebron, abducted two children, identified as Qussai Shehada Gheith, 12, and Odai Abu Hitta, 9, while they were heading to their UNRWA-run school. video
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded many homes in Beit Ummar town, north of the city, and abducted Ahmad Khader Abu Hashem, 52, and Mousa Hasan Za’aqeeq, 25.
It added that the soldiers also invaded and searched homes in Yatta, Ethna, ath-Thaheriyya and Halhoul towns, and installed roadblocks at the entrance of the Sammoa’ town, the al-Fawwar refugee camp junction, and Abu Sneina neighborhood in Hebron city.
The soldiers then abducted Abdul-Hamid al-Battat, Wisam Gheith and Hazem Ahmad Zama’ra, before moving them to Etzion military base and security center, north of Hebron.
In related news, the soldiers stationed at a military roadblock in the Old City of Hebron, abducted two children, identified as Qussai Shehada Gheith, 12, and Odai Abu Hitta, 9, while they were heading to their UNRWA-run school. video
10 sept 2018
On the occasion of the International Literacy Day, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) published a report last week on the illiteracy rate in Palestine and confirmed that it is one of the lowest in the world.
The report said that the illiteracy rate in 2017 was 3.3% (7,898 illiterate) in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip refugee camps run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which currently faces a financial crisis following the United States’ decision, which may affect its educational programs, compared to 3.1% (67,324 illiterate) in urban areas, and 4.8% (20,228 illiterate) in rural localities.
According to the definition by the United Nations for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), an illiterate person identifies as the one who is unable to read and write with understanding a simple statement related to one's daily life.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics reported that the illiteracy rate among individuals of 15 years and above in Arab countries was 24.8% (about 64.6 million illiterate) in 2016. For males, 17.4% (23.7 million illiterate) compared to 32.8% for females (40.9 million illiterate).
For the same year, the rate was 13.8% (about 750.1 million illiterate) in the world among the same age group: for males, 10.2% (277.2 million illiterate) compared to 17.3% for females (472.9 million illiterate).
PCBS’s report said that the illiteracy rates among the Palestinian population aged 15 years old and above, fell in the period between 1997 and 2017 from 13.9% to 3.3%. For males, the rate fell from 7.8% in 1997 to 1.7% in 2017, while for females it fell from 20.3% to 5.0% over the same period.
The report also said that 95,450 were illiterate in 2017 (1.7% for males, or 24,590 illiterate, compared to 5.0% for females, or 70,860 illiterate), and divided into 3.6% in the West Bank (62,736 illiterate) and 3.0% in Gaza Strip (32,714 illiterate).
The illiteracy rate among older persons aged 65 years and above was 34.6% (52,165 illiterate) in 2017. The rate was 4.5% in the 45-64 year age group (24,656 illiterate), 1.3% in the 30-44 year age group (10,068 illiterate) and 0.6% among young people aged between 15-29 years (8,561 illiterate) in the same year.
The illiteracy rate among rural localities in 2017 reached 4.8% (20,228 illiterate), while scored 3.3% in the refugee camps (7,898 illiterate) and 3.1% (67,324 illiterate) in urban areas. In 2017, the male illiteracy rate was highest in rural localities, followed by urban areas and refugee camps respectively. Female illiteracy rate was highest in rural localities, followed by refugee camps and urban areas respectively.
In 2017, the highest illiteracy rate among the Palestinian population aged 15 years and above was in Jericho and the Jordan Valley district, scoring 5.5% (1,623 illiterate), followed by Tubas and the Northern Valley district, scoring 4.7% (1,808 illiterate).
Additionally, the lowest rate was in the Jerusalem and Gaza districts with only 2.3% (5,752 illiterate in Jerusalem and 8,778 illiterate in Gaza).
The Palestinian Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah, in response to the report by PCBS, urged support for UNRWA to help it continue with its educational programs for tens of thousands of Palestinian students.
Hamdallah said "We are proud that the illiteracy rate in Palestine in 2017 is among the lowest in the world."
He pointed out that the Palestinian government implemented many education programs for adults and opened classrooms to combat illiteracy among the adult Palestinian population.
Hamdallah wrote a Facebook post regarding the program "We have launched the National Strategy for Adult Education, which is considered the first of its kind in the Arab world, in order to lower illiteracy and achieve the two goals of education for all and education for life."
The report said that the illiteracy rate in 2017 was 3.3% (7,898 illiterate) in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip refugee camps run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which currently faces a financial crisis following the United States’ decision, which may affect its educational programs, compared to 3.1% (67,324 illiterate) in urban areas, and 4.8% (20,228 illiterate) in rural localities.
According to the definition by the United Nations for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), an illiterate person identifies as the one who is unable to read and write with understanding a simple statement related to one's daily life.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics reported that the illiteracy rate among individuals of 15 years and above in Arab countries was 24.8% (about 64.6 million illiterate) in 2016. For males, 17.4% (23.7 million illiterate) compared to 32.8% for females (40.9 million illiterate).
For the same year, the rate was 13.8% (about 750.1 million illiterate) in the world among the same age group: for males, 10.2% (277.2 million illiterate) compared to 17.3% for females (472.9 million illiterate).
PCBS’s report said that the illiteracy rates among the Palestinian population aged 15 years old and above, fell in the period between 1997 and 2017 from 13.9% to 3.3%. For males, the rate fell from 7.8% in 1997 to 1.7% in 2017, while for females it fell from 20.3% to 5.0% over the same period.
The report also said that 95,450 were illiterate in 2017 (1.7% for males, or 24,590 illiterate, compared to 5.0% for females, or 70,860 illiterate), and divided into 3.6% in the West Bank (62,736 illiterate) and 3.0% in Gaza Strip (32,714 illiterate).
The illiteracy rate among older persons aged 65 years and above was 34.6% (52,165 illiterate) in 2017. The rate was 4.5% in the 45-64 year age group (24,656 illiterate), 1.3% in the 30-44 year age group (10,068 illiterate) and 0.6% among young people aged between 15-29 years (8,561 illiterate) in the same year.
The illiteracy rate among rural localities in 2017 reached 4.8% (20,228 illiterate), while scored 3.3% in the refugee camps (7,898 illiterate) and 3.1% (67,324 illiterate) in urban areas. In 2017, the male illiteracy rate was highest in rural localities, followed by urban areas and refugee camps respectively. Female illiteracy rate was highest in rural localities, followed by refugee camps and urban areas respectively.
In 2017, the highest illiteracy rate among the Palestinian population aged 15 years and above was in Jericho and the Jordan Valley district, scoring 5.5% (1,623 illiterate), followed by Tubas and the Northern Valley district, scoring 4.7% (1,808 illiterate).
Additionally, the lowest rate was in the Jerusalem and Gaza districts with only 2.3% (5,752 illiterate in Jerusalem and 8,778 illiterate in Gaza).
The Palestinian Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah, in response to the report by PCBS, urged support for UNRWA to help it continue with its educational programs for tens of thousands of Palestinian students.
Hamdallah said "We are proud that the illiteracy rate in Palestine in 2017 is among the lowest in the world."
He pointed out that the Palestinian government implemented many education programs for adults and opened classrooms to combat illiteracy among the adult Palestinian population.
Hamdallah wrote a Facebook post regarding the program "We have launched the National Strategy for Adult Education, which is considered the first of its kind in the Arab world, in order to lower illiteracy and achieve the two goals of education for all and education for life."
Hebron’s city center is home to some 800 notoriously aggressive Israeli settlers, who live under the protection of thousands of Israeli forces, surrounded by more than 30,000 Palestinians.
The video shows the Israeli settler blocking the road and shouting at the students:
The video shows the Israeli settler blocking the road and shouting at the students:
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, a young Palestinian man in the al-‘Isawiya town, in the center of occupied Jerusalem, and injured many students near Al-Quds University, in Abu Dis town, southeast of the city.
Several army jeeps invaded al-‘Isawiya, before searching a number of homes, and abducted Taj Maher Mheisin, before moving him to an interrogation facility in the city.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the area surrounding the al-Quds University in Abu Dis, and fired live rounds, in addition to gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinian youngsters, protesting the invasion.
Medical sources said many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
In addition, the soldiers invaded a shop in Deir Sharaf village west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and confiscated surveillance equipment.
The soldiers also invaded Asira ash-Shamaliya town, north of Nablus, and Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, while dozens of soldiers were deployed near Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank.
Several army jeeps invaded al-‘Isawiya, before searching a number of homes, and abducted Taj Maher Mheisin, before moving him to an interrogation facility in the city.
In related news, the soldiers invaded the area surrounding the al-Quds University in Abu Dis, and fired live rounds, in addition to gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinian youngsters, protesting the invasion.
Medical sources said many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
In addition, the soldiers invaded a shop in Deir Sharaf village west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and confiscated surveillance equipment.
The soldiers also invaded Asira ash-Shamaliya town, north of Nablus, and Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, while dozens of soldiers were deployed near Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and attempted to invade a school, before assaulting and wounding a teacher, and caused many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to abducting the school principal.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers attacked teachers trying to get the students into the campus of a local elementary school, wounding one teacher, identified as Shokri Zaro.
They added that the soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades directly into the school, and the surrounding areas.
Many schoolchildren suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and several others suffered anxiety attacks.
In addition, the soldiers abducted the school principal, identified as Adnan Da’na.
The school provides education to approximately 370 children, and is subject to repeated Israeli military violations.
The Israeli army is constantly deployed near and around many schools, in Hebron as well as several parts of the occupied West Bank, an issue that causes ongoing tensions, scores of injuries and abductions.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers attacked teachers trying to get the students into the campus of a local elementary school, wounding one teacher, identified as Shokri Zaro.
They added that the soldiers also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades directly into the school, and the surrounding areas.
Many schoolchildren suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and several others suffered anxiety attacks.
In addition, the soldiers abducted the school principal, identified as Adnan Da’na.
The school provides education to approximately 370 children, and is subject to repeated Israeli military violations.
The Israeli army is constantly deployed near and around many schools, in Hebron as well as several parts of the occupied West Bank, an issue that causes ongoing tensions, scores of injuries and abductions.
5 sept 2018
Many Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Wednesday morning, many areas surrounding Al-Quds University in Abu Dis town, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, and caused several Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers surrounded and isolated Al-Quds University, and the nearby Schools Street, before preventing dozens of students from reaching their education facilities.
Many Palestinians protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the army jeeps, while the soldiers fired concussion grenades, gas bombs and several rounds of live ammunition.
Medical sources said many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment by local medics.
The soldiers surrounded and isolated Al-Quds University, and the nearby Schools Street, before preventing dozens of students from reaching their education facilities.
Many Palestinians protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the army jeeps, while the soldiers fired concussion grenades, gas bombs and several rounds of live ammunition.
Medical sources said many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment by local medics.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, Furush Beit Dajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and shut down water pipelines providing the community, and its local school, with the needed water.
Tawfiq Hajj Mohammad, the head of Furush Beit Dajan Local Council, said the pipelines are vital for the village, inhabited by around 12000 Palestinians, and for their agricultural lands, especially since most of the villagers depend in agriculture, and livestock, as the only sources in livelihood.
Dozens of locals, including schoolchildren, nonviolently marched while chanting against the escalating Israeli violations, and demanding their basic right to have running water in their community.
Several months ago, the soldiers closed water pipelines leading to the village, and alleged that the water supplies were not approved and licensed by Mekorot Israeli water company.
It is worth mentioning that Israel has been denying the Palestinians in the village from their right to build homes and structures on their lands.
Israel controls all natural resources in the occupied West Bank, including water springs and reservoirs, and provides its illegal colonies with uninterrupted water flow, while the Palestinians face frequent cut to their water service, and a lack of water resources due to Israel’s military occupation.
In related news, the soldiers confiscated, Tuesday, a mobile home owned by Ahmad Bisharat, on his land.
Tawfiq Hajj Mohammad, the head of Furush Beit Dajan Local Council, said the pipelines are vital for the village, inhabited by around 12000 Palestinians, and for their agricultural lands, especially since most of the villagers depend in agriculture, and livestock, as the only sources in livelihood.
Dozens of locals, including schoolchildren, nonviolently marched while chanting against the escalating Israeli violations, and demanding their basic right to have running water in their community.
Several months ago, the soldiers closed water pipelines leading to the village, and alleged that the water supplies were not approved and licensed by Mekorot Israeli water company.
It is worth mentioning that Israel has been denying the Palestinians in the village from their right to build homes and structures on their lands.
Israel controls all natural resources in the occupied West Bank, including water springs and reservoirs, and provides its illegal colonies with uninterrupted water flow, while the Palestinians face frequent cut to their water service, and a lack of water resources due to Israel’s military occupation.
In related news, the soldiers confiscated, Tuesday, a mobile home owned by Ahmad Bisharat, on his land.