Thursday, May 24, 2007
IOF Arrests Minister of Education, Mayors and Lawmakers
THE WEST BANK, May 24, 2007, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Thursday morning Minister of Educations, Nassir Eldine al-Shaer, and scores of lawmakers, mayors and citizens in the West Bank, local sources and witnesses said.In the city of Nablus, IOF arrested Minister al-Shaer, mayor of Nablus, Adli Yaish, Mayor of Bieta, Arab al-Shorafa, Mayor of Tell Village, Omar Ishtayyeh, and the head of Syndicate of Scholars in Palestine, Sheikh Hamed al-Bitawi, security sources said.Witnesses in Nablus said that tens of Israeli vehicles stormed the city, and the nearby villages. They added that Israeli soldiers searched tens of houses and arrested several people including mayors and lawmakers.The sources added that the total of the arrested in Nablus reached thirteen citizens.In the meantime, IOF arrested mayors of Sammoa', Jamal Abu al-Jadayel, of Taffouh, Khled al-Tarda and of Beit Kahel, Ahmed Asafrah, all from the Governorate of Hebron.Earlier, on Thursday morning, IOF arrested Mayor of Qalqiliya, Wajieh Qawwas and led him to undisclosed place, security sources said.One more PLC member, Abdulrahman Zaidan, was also arrested in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, WAFA reporter said.In the city of Bethlehem, IOF arrested three citizens and searched scores of houses, witnesses and security sources said.Several other citizens were arrested in various villages in the West Bank, security sources reported.S.A.S. (11:20 P) (08:20 GMT)
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Israeli Occupation Authorities Hand over Demolishing Orders to Palestinians in Jerusalem
JERUSALAM, May 22, 2007, (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation authorities handed over on Tuesday morning notifications of demolishing to dozens of citizens in different neighborhoods in Jerusalem, under pretext of having no building license.Eyewitnesses told WAFA that the crews of the so-called Control buildings in Jerusalem municipality is now storming several neighborhoods of Jerusalem, particularly in the north-eastern region of Beit Hanina and Shuafat and the south-eastern region of Sur Bahir, Umm Tuba and Jabel Mukaber.According to the text of the notifications, witnesses said that the demolitions will be due to the construction of houses without a license, a signatory is on behalf of the extremist rightist mayor.A number of houses' owners told WAFA that they are continuing to pay the value of huge financial irregularities that the occupation municipality had imposed on them because of having no license. " We swarm towards obtaining the required licenses, but the municipal departments try to impede us for many reasons, simply as an attempt to prevent Palestinian construction in the city and its neighbourhoods," the owners said.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Army kidnaps a Palestinian journalist from Jerusalem
Saturday May 12, 2007 23:45 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org
The Israeli forces kidnapped a Palestinian Journalist from the city of Jerusalem on Saturday evening.Mohamed Al Sayed, the Palestinian National TV reporter in Jerusalem was kidnapped at a military checkpoint entering the city of Jerusalem, Palestinian sources reported.
The Israeli forces kidnapped a Palestinian Journalist from the city of Jerusalem on Saturday evening.Mohamed Al Sayed, the Palestinian National TV reporter in Jerusalem was kidnapped at a military checkpoint entering the city of Jerusalem, Palestinian sources reported.
Jewish Man from Tel Aviv confesses to slaughtering an Arab taxi driver
Israeli media sources reported on Monday at night that a Jewish immigrant from France, living in Tel Aviv, confessed to the Israeli police that he murdered a 35-year old Arab Taxi driver by slitting his throat in an apartment in Tel Aviv.
Policemen examing the car of the slain drvier - Haaretz photo
The body of the Palestinian taxi driver also bore signs of sever attack and torture. It was found in an apartment of Yona Hanavi Street in Tel Aviv, Israeli online daily Haaretz reported.
Haaretz added that initial police investigation revealed that the driver was invited to the apartment of the 25-year old Israeli who also carries French citizenship.
Haaretz also stated that the police were first alerted to the incident when traffic officers noticed two Israelis loitering in the center of Allenby Street on Monday approximately at 16:00.
The two , the suspect and his brother, were detained by the police for routine questioning, but then, the 25-year old man told the police that he killed an Arab taxi driver in his apartment, and led the police to the crime scene, Haaretz reported.
The killer stated that he killed the Arab man over his Arab nationality.
Also, Haaretz reported that neighbors said that the suspect had recently became religious and started to attend a local synagogue”.
He led the police to the apartment, and the police found the body of the Arab man. The police estimate that the murder took place several hours before the body was found.
According to Haaretz, the brother of the suspect apparently arrived to the apartment shortly after the murder took place, and that he “was not directly involved”.
Police Brig. Gen. Hagai Dotan, head of the investigation unit at the Yarkon District Police, said that it is clear that the victim, a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, did not know the suspect, and that he believes that the murder carried national motives.
The police also said that after the suspect and his brother were taken for questioning, it became clear that the murder was intentional and planned in advanced, especially after the murderer told the police the he “decided to kill an Arab”.
Wad El Joz Municipality Court announces compensation for those affected by heavy rainfall
Mo'ath Za'tari, Head of Wad El Joz Society, has stated that the organization’s lawyer has been able acquire the approval of the Municipality Court to compensate families from the Wad El Joz neighborhood to the sum of NIS 1500 for each case.
Wad El Joz residents suffered from unseasonable heavy rain on Wednesday, causing floods which damaged many homes, displaced many residents and destroyed various crops. The damage was exacerbated by the fact that the municipality has failed to extend water drainage and sewage lines in the area. While a project to extend these lines was undertaken three years ago, the final phase remains unfinished. Al Za'tari stated that he considered the payment as simple and paltry in relation to the damage caused, arguing that the municipality should accept a greater degree of liability for any losses since their failure to extend the necessary lines was largely to blame.Al Za'tari ensured that the society would measure the amount of damage caused by the rainfall and present their related demands for further compensation to the municipality in the coming weeks.The society secured places for 11 particularly distressed families in the Olive Mount Hotel in Jerusalem City until Sunday. The society members also helped the clean-up operation by removing dust and water from homes and streets in the area.“Nadera Abu Khader [a local resident] suffered a miscarriage on Thursday after jumping from her window in an attempt to escape from her home,” Al Za'tari said.Al Za'tari gave his thanks and gratitude to those who helped the residents of the area during and after the catastrophe.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Palestinians Commemorate 59th Anniversary of Al Nakba
Like each year since 1948, on May 15, Palestinians everywhere commemo-rate the Catastrophe, or Al Nakba, which marked the expulsion and dispossession of over 800,000 Palestinians from their homes and thus created the largest and most longstanding refugee problem in modern history.
Today, an estimated 7-8 million Palestinians are either refugees or their descendents, living in scattered locations throughout the world, primarily in sprawling refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
During the exodus of 1948, refugees were forced out or fled their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs, their children at their sides and a few personal belongings flung across their shoulders. Following Zionist perpetrated massacres in Palestinian villages and towns and fierce fighting throughout Palestine, it has been documented that 85 percent of the Palestinian population in the area that is now Israel became refugees (Badil). They believed they would be able to return to their homes in a matter of days – weeks at most, something which obviously never happened. Today, many of the first-generation refugees who remain still hold fast to the keys to their homes as a symbol of their determination to return.
The Palestinian refugee right of return is a right enshrined in international law, which has yet to be implemented, unlike other resolutions on refugees in other parts of the world. UN Resolution 194 issued in December, 1948 stipulates, “…that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible.”
Following the 1967 War, another 400,000 Palestinians were displaced, approximately half for the second time. Security Council Resolution 237 issued on June 4 of that year called on the government of Israel “to facilitate the return of those inhabitants [of the areas where military operations have taken place] who have fled the areas since the outbreak of hostilities.”
In addition, approximately 30,000-40,000 Palestinians were internally displaced inside Israel during the 1948 War and were not allowed to return to their original homes or villages, many of which were destroyed and replaced with new Jewish immigrants.
Today, the Palestinian refugee issue remains one of the thorniest points of contention between the Palestinian leadership and Israel. While the Palestinians maintain that the refugee right of return is an inalienable right that cannot be canceled no matter how many years transpire, Israel rejects the principle of return given its demographic ramifications on the Jewish state.
While the Palestinian leadership continues to insist that the refugees have the right to return to their homes and receive compensation for the losses they incurred during their expulsion, Israel is not only refusing this claim but is creating new facts on the ground that will guarantee that no large number of refugees will ever return. This includes its ever-expanding settlement policy, the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank and its refusal to reach any final settlement on the creation of a Palestinian state.
Today, an estimated 7-8 million Palestinians are either refugees or their descendents, living in scattered locations throughout the world, primarily in sprawling refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
During the exodus of 1948, refugees were forced out or fled their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs, their children at their sides and a few personal belongings flung across their shoulders. Following Zionist perpetrated massacres in Palestinian villages and towns and fierce fighting throughout Palestine, it has been documented that 85 percent of the Palestinian population in the area that is now Israel became refugees (Badil). They believed they would be able to return to their homes in a matter of days – weeks at most, something which obviously never happened. Today, many of the first-generation refugees who remain still hold fast to the keys to their homes as a symbol of their determination to return.
The Palestinian refugee right of return is a right enshrined in international law, which has yet to be implemented, unlike other resolutions on refugees in other parts of the world. UN Resolution 194 issued in December, 1948 stipulates, “…that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible.”
Following the 1967 War, another 400,000 Palestinians were displaced, approximately half for the second time. Security Council Resolution 237 issued on June 4 of that year called on the government of Israel “to facilitate the return of those inhabitants [of the areas where military operations have taken place] who have fled the areas since the outbreak of hostilities.”
In addition, approximately 30,000-40,000 Palestinians were internally displaced inside Israel during the 1948 War and were not allowed to return to their original homes or villages, many of which were destroyed and replaced with new Jewish immigrants.
Today, the Palestinian refugee issue remains one of the thorniest points of contention between the Palestinian leadership and Israel. While the Palestinians maintain that the refugee right of return is an inalienable right that cannot be canceled no matter how many years transpire, Israel rejects the principle of return given its demographic ramifications on the Jewish state.
While the Palestinian leadership continues to insist that the refugees have the right to return to their homes and receive compensation for the losses they incurred during their expulsion, Israel is not only refusing this claim but is creating new facts on the ground that will guarantee that no large number of refugees will ever return. This includes its ever-expanding settlement policy, the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank and its refusal to reach any final settlement on the creation of a Palestinian state.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Facts, Figuers, and Maps on the Wall
Stop the Wall Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
The Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD)Maps, articles, and facts sheets
On Israel's Apartheid WallThe Palestinian Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PENGON)
The Segregation Wall- New map provided for the wall by the IOFMonitoring Israeli Colonizing activities in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza
Behind The Barrier: Human Rights Violations As a Result of Israel's Separation Barrier - SummaryB'TSELEM - The Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
The Impact of Israel’s Separation Barrier on Affected West Bank Communities (Pdf File)Report of the Missiossion to the Humanitarian and Emergency Policy Group (HEPG) of the Local Aid Corrdination Committee (LACC)
The Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD)Maps, articles, and facts sheets
On Israel's Apartheid WallThe Palestinian Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PENGON)
The Segregation Wall- New map provided for the wall by the IOFMonitoring Israeli Colonizing activities in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza
Behind The Barrier: Human Rights Violations As a Result of Israel's Separation Barrier - SummaryB'TSELEM - The Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
The Impact of Israel’s Separation Barrier on Affected West Bank Communities (Pdf File)Report of the Missiossion to the Humanitarian and Emergency Policy Group (HEPG) of the Local Aid Corrdination Committee (LACC)
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Racist Separation Wall in al-Quds University...
Press Release
September 29, 2003
September 29, 2003
Following a meeting with Al-Quds University officials, the Israeli military establishment decided, in principle, to alter its plans for the construction of the Apartheid Wall through AQU’s main campus in Abu Dis by moving the Wall westward to the peripheral of University property, so as to minimize the damage caused by the Wall to the University. This decision came as a result of Al-Quds University’s month of continuous peaceful protests conducted on University land endangered of being expropriated by the Israeli government for use in the construction of the Wall. Furthermore, internal and external, official and unofficial pressures were applied to the Israeli government to minimize the damage caused by the Wall’s construction on University property. The official level was spearheaded by United States Government officials, Dr. Condoleezza Rice and Ambassador John Wolf. Unofficially, Israeli and international academic and cultural leaders contributed to the Israeli military’s decision.
While University officials were pleased with the results of the meeting, we continue to assert that the University is principally in favor of building bridges of understanding and not walls. The University believes that the Apartheid Wall constitutes inhumane treatment of people under occupation and will cause great damage to Palestinian individuals and institutions, and will further deepen the conflict. The University also believes that if there is a need for such a Wall, it should be built in agreement with the Palestinians and along the 1967 border.
For Pictures and other information please visit University website:
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Raed was detained by Israeli soldiers at the Hawara checkpoint
Mother of the Boy fighting with Israeli Soldires in order to release her son.
Thursday, 03 May 2007Palestinian Najat al-Nadi (L) touches the face of her son Raed after he was detained by Israeli soldiers at the Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus May 2, 2007 Blindfolded Palestinian Raed al-Nadi, 17, sits on the ground after he was detained at the Hawara checkpoint outside the West Bank town of Nablu
Palestinian Najat al-Nadi (L) scuffles with an Israeli soldier after her son was detained by soldiers
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