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Israeli Occupation Soldiers Fire at Palestinians in Various Cities, Illegal Israeli Settlement Activities Continue

April 2, 2017 

Editor's Note:

The following news stories are just examples of the Israeli occupation government violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis. This cannot continue without the full financial and media support from Zionists as well as financial and military support from the US-EU governments, which have been active participant in the persecution and subjugation of the Palestinian people.

The Israeli occupation government has received more than $3.8 billion annually from the US successive administrations, Democrat and Republican alike, to enable it to continue the subjugation and persecution of the Palestinian people. The Obama administration made sure that the US support for the Israeli occupation government will continue by obligating its successors to give the racist, apartheid, Zionist state $38 billion in the next ten years.

 

Palestinians at Kafr Qaddoum protesting against the Israeli occupation of their land, March 31, 2017

 

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians In Jenin

April 1, 2017 8:54 AM IMEMC News

Dozens of Israeli occupation soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and Jenin refugee camp, and clashed with many local youngsters, causing several Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.

Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers invaded the city, and the refugee camp, from several directions, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades, during clashes that took place with local youngsters, who hurled stones at the advancing military jeeps.

They added that many Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment by local medics.

The soldiers also invaded the home of a political prisoner, identified as Mahmoud Saleh Shreim, in Jenin refugee camp, and violently searched it, causing excessive damage.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure A Child In Ni’lin

April 1, 2017 8:44 AM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers shot and wounded, on Friday at night, a Palestinian child in Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and closed the village’s main road.

Locals in Ni’lin said the child, identified as Jouda Canaan Amira, 14, was shot with live rounds in his legs, and that the soldiers prevented Palestinian medics from approaching him.

An Israeli ambulance later arrived at the scene, and moved the wounded child to an Israeli hospital.

In addition, the soldiers closed the main road leading to Ni’lin, and refused to allow the Palestinians to enter or leave the village.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure Four Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum

April 1, 2017 6:38 AM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and wounded four, in addition to causing damage a main water pipeline.

Morad Eshteiwy, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said this week’s protest also marks March 30th, the Palestinian Land Day, in addition to its weekly message against the closure of the town’s main road, for the fourteenth consecutive year, Israel’s ongoing illegal construction and expansion of its colonies, and constant violations.

Eshteiwy added that the soldiers shot, and mildly wounded, four Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, while several others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.

The soldiers also damaged a main water pipeline, providing the village and its lands with the needed water supply, and added that Local Council workers managed to fix it four hours later.

The protest marks the 44th anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day, and was attended by dozens of local, Israeli and international peace activists, in addition to representatives of the Workers Union Coalition in Palestine, and the World Federation of Trade Unions.

Combatants for Peace Organize Freedom March commemorating Land Day

Clashes Erupt in West Bank during Land Day Demonstration (VIDEO)

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure And Abduct, A Child Near Ramallah

April 1, 2017 4:47 AM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers shot and injured, on Friday evening, a Palestinian child, near Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and abducted him without allowing any Palestinian, including medics, to reach him.

The Israeli army claimed the soldiers fired live rounds at several Palestinians, who reportedly hurled Molotov cocktails at army vehicles and colonialist settlers’ cars.

The soldiers closed the entire area for all Palestinian traffic, and prevented Palestinian ambulances and medics from approaching the wounded child, and later took him to an unknown destination. The extent of his injury remains unknown.

Furthermore, the army installed a military roadblock at the main entrance of Ni’lin village, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct A Young Man In Hebron

April 1, 2017 4:40 AM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Friday evening, a young Palestinian man, after stopping him at one of the military roadblocks, surrounding the Ibrahimi Mosque, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said the soldiers stopped the young man, from Yatta town near Hebron, after he panicked when they shouted at him to stop while he was casually walking near them.

The soldiers then searched the young man and abducted him, after alleging that he carried “a small plastic blade,” in one of his pockets.

The soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the young man, whose name remained unknown, and took him to a police station near the mosque, for interrogation.

Israel Releases Two Gaza Fishermen After Holding Them For Three Years

March 31, 2017 12:43 PM IMEMC

The Israeli occupation government released, Friday, two Palestinian fishermen, from the besieged Gaza Strip, after holding them captive for three years, and confiscating their boats.

Zakariyya Abu Bakr, the secretary of the fishermen’s committee at the Palestinian Agricultural Relief said the released fishermen have been identified as Emadeddin Mansour and Ramez Jom’a, and that they were transferred to Erez terminal, before being freed.

Abu Bakr added that the two were abducted from their boats after the Israeli navy attacked them, and many other fishermen, in Palestinian territorial waters, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Thousands of Palestinian families in Gaza depend on fishing as their only source of livelihood, but the fishers, and their boats, are constantly attacked by the navy, an issue that led to dozens of casualties, including many fatalities, in addition scores of arrests, the damage inflicting on their boats and their illegal confiscation.

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PCHR Weekly Report: Child, woman killed; 9 civilians wounded by Israeli forces this week

March 31, 2017 12:35 PM PCHR Gaza

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 23 – 29 March 2017, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that Israeli forces continued systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child in al-Jalazone refugee camp and a woman in occupied Jerusalem. 9 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were wounded.

Israeli attacks in the West Bank:

During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child and woman. Meanwhile, they wounded 9 other civilians, including 2 children, in the West Bank. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued to chase Palestinian fishermen in the sea and open fire at the farmers in the border areas.

In the West Bank, in a new crime of using excessive force, on 23 March 2017, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 4 others, including 2 children. All of them were from al-Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah. Israeli forces claimed that Palestinians in a car traveling near Beit Eil Settlement threw Molotov Cocktails at the settlement fence. The Israeli soldiers fortified in a watchtower opened fire at a car. As a result, a child was killed and 4 other civilians were wounded. According to information available at PCHR, if the Israeli forces’ claims were true, they could have used less lethal forces against the abovementioned civilians and abducted them.

In a new crime of wilful killings, on 29 March 2017, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian identified as Siham Rateb Nemer (49) after opening fire at her when she was entering the Damascus Gate (Bab al-‘Amoud) in occupied Jerusalem. Israeli forces claimed as usual that the abovementioned woman attempted to stab an Israeli soldier. However, PCHR’s investigations refuted those claims. It should be mentioned that Siham is the mother of Mustafa Nemer, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on 05 September 2016 when he was driving a car along with his relative on ‘Anata Street in Sho’afat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem. As a result, he was killed and his relative was wounded.

On 24 March 2017, 5 Palestinian civilians were wounded while participating in a demonstration in al-Qaboun area near al-Mugheir village, northeast of Ramallah. This demonstration was in protest against the establishment of a sheep barn by a settler in an attempt to establish a settlement outpost on the Palestinian lands.

Among those abducted were 10 of al-Aqsa guards. Israeli forces continued their efforts to create Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli forces forced a civilian to self-demolish his house roof in Beit Hanina, north of the city. Two under-construction houses in al-Issawiyah were demolished in addition to two inhabited ones in al-Mukaber Mount, rendering 14 persons homeless, including 10 children.

In the context of house demolitions, on 25 March 2017, Yousif Bakhtan self-demolished a house roof in al-Ashqariyah neighborhood in Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of occupied Jerusalem, to avoid the Israeli Municipality’s high demolition costs .

On 28 March 2017, Israeli forces demolished an under-construction house belonging to Ahmed Abu al-Homos and an under-construction building belonging to Mheisen family in al-Issawiyah village, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.

On 29 March 2017, Israeli forces demolished two houses belonging to Islam and Imam Mousa al-‘Abasi in al-Mukaber Mount villagem, southeast of occupied Jerusalem. The two houses were built in 2014 on an area of 160 square meters. the first house sheltered Islam al-‘Abasi and his 8-member family, including 6 children, while the second houses sheltered his brother Imam and his family comprised of 6 members, including 4 children.

Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip:

In the Gaza Strip, as part of targeting the border areas, on 25 March 2017, Israeli forces stationed along the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip opened fire at the agricultural lands, east of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported.

On 28 March 2017, Israeli forces stationed inside watchtowers along the eastern borders of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at the border area opposite to al-Ahmar area. No casualties were reported.

In the context of targeting Palestinian fishermen, on 25 March 2017, Israeli gunboats stationed northwest of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at the Palestinian fishing boat sailing there. However, no casualties were reported. The shooting recurred in the same area on 29 March 2017.

Israeli forces continuously tighten the closure of the Gaza Strip and close all commercial crossings, making the Karm Abu Salem crossing the sole commercial crossing of the Gaza Strip, although it is not suitable for commercial purposes in terms of its operational capacity and distance from markets.

Israeli settlement activities:

Israeli forces continued their settlement activities in the West Bank.

A mobile house (caravan) was confiscated from the Northern Jordan Valley, and a metal workshop was demolished in al-Jaftalak village, north of Jericho.

On 27 March 2017, Israeli forces demolished a barrack used as a metal workshop in al-Jaftalak village, north of Jericho. The 144-square-meter barrack roofed and built of tin plates belongs to Anwar Abu Joudah, whose family is comprised of 10 members, including 8 children, and he is the sole breadwinner of his family.

On 28 March 2017, Israeli forces confiscated a mobile house (caravan) in al-Hammah area in the Northern Jordan Valley, east of tubas. The caravan belongs to Mahmoud ‘Awwad Ayoub and donated from ACTED Foundation.

In the same context, on 27 March 2017, a group of settlers from Gel’ad settlement established on the Palestinian lands of Jeet village, northeast of Qalqilya, attacked farmers from the abovementioned village while ploughing their land there.

Israeli attacks on non-violent demonstrations:

Israeli troops engaged this week in a disproportionate use of force against Palestinian civilians and their supporters involved in non-violent protests.

At approximately 10:00, on Friday, 24 March 2017, dozens of Palestinian civilians organized a demonstration in al-Qabboun area near al-Moghir village, northeast of Ramallah, in protest against a sheep barn built by a settler in an attempt to establish a settlement outpost on the Palestinian lands. The Israeli forces immediately fired live bullets, rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas canisters and sound bombs at the protestors. As a result, 5 civilians sustained wounds. The first civilian (29) sustained a live bullet wound to the lower limbs, the second (23) was hit with a live bullet to the lower limbs, the third (19) was hit with a tear gas canister to the head, the fourth one (19) was hit with a bullet to the thigh and the fifth (31) was hit with a tear gas canister to the head.

(PCHR keeps the names of the wounded civilians).

Following the Friday prayer on March 24th, dozens of Palestinian civilians and Israeli and international human rights defenders organized demonstrations in Bil’in and Nil’in villages, west of Ramallah and in Kafer Qadoum village, northeast of Qalqiliyah, protesting against the annexation wall and settlement activities. Israeli forces forcibly dispersed the protests, firing live and metal bullets, tear gas canisters and sound bombs. They also chased the protesters into olive fields and between houses. As a result, many of the protesters suffered tear gas inhalation while others sustained bruises due to being beaten up by the Israeli soldiers.

Recommendations to the international community:

Due to the number and severity of Israeli attacks this week, the PCHR made several recommendations to the international community. Among these were a recommendation that States apply the principle of universal jurisdiction, and not to surrender to Israeli pressure to limit universal jurisdiction to perpetuate the impunity enjoyed by suspected Israeli war criminals;

In addition, the PCHR calls upon the international community to act in order to stop all Israeli settlement expansion activities in the oPt through imposing sanctions on Israeli settlements and criminalizing trading with them.

For the full text of the report, click here.

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