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Scores of Palestinians Injured and Abducted by Invading Israeli Occupation Forces in Various West Bank Cities

December 19, 2018 

Editor's Note:

While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of David, Solomon, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

The following news stories are just examples of the Israeli occupation government violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources: https://english.palinfo.com/, http://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/

 

Invading Israeli occupation soldiers attack Palestinian protesters in Al-Khalil with tear gas bombs, December 19, 2018	Invading Israeli occupation soldiers attack Palestinian protesters in Tulkarm with tear gas bombs, December 19, 2018

 

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure Two Palestinians, One Seriously, Abduct Two, In Deheishe Refugee Camp

December 19, 2018 10:27 AM IMEMC News

Dozens of Israeli occupation soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Deheishe refugee camp, south of  Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and conducted very violent searches of homes, before abducting two Palestinians, and wounding two others, including one who suffered serious injuries, during ensuing protests.

Media sources said the soldiers surrounded the home of No’man Abu ‘Ashour, and used loudspeakers ordering his son, Issa, to turn himself in to the army, but he apparently was not there.

They added that dozens of youngsters protested the invasion and hurled stones and Molotov cocktails at the armored military vehicles, while the army fire live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.

During the invasion and ensuing protests, the soldiers moderately injured Mohammad Ra’ed Shamrookh, 19, after shooting him with a live round in the chest.

Another Palestinian was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his leg, and several others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.

The soldiers also invaded and searched homes, before abducting Hamza Khalil al-Ja’fari, 21, and Monir Khaled al-Ja’fari, 21.

In its worth mentioning that a Palestinian car, owned by Ma’moun Naji, was burnt after the soldiers fired a gas bomb at it.

Invading Israeli occupation soldiers attack Palestinian protesters in Al-Aroub, Al-Khalil (Hebron)

December 18, 2018, AL-KHALIL, (PIC) + -

Violent clashes broke up on Tuesday afternoon between Palestinian youths and the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in al-Arroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil (Hebron).

The PIC reporter said that the IOF heavily fired teargas bombs and stun grenades at the Palestinian citizens' houses, while the youths responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.

Local residents said that the IOF stormed the camp in search for stone throwers, assaulted shop owners, and sprayed sewage on Palestinian houses.

Tension has prevailed in al-Arroub over the past three days as the IOF soldiers have repeatedly launched raid and arrest campaigns into the camp.

Invading Israeli occupation soldiers fire at Palestinian protesters in Shweika town, in Tulkarem

December 18, 2018, TULKAREM, (PIC) + -

Violent clashes erupted on Tuesday after the Israeli occupation forces stormed Shweika town in Tulkarem, north of the West Bank.

Local sources told the PIC reporter that dozens of Palestinian youths took to the streets to confront the Israeli raid.

The sources said that the Israeli occupation forces heavily fired rubber-coated metal bullets and stun grenades at the youths who responded by throwing stones.

Palestinians in Tamoun clash with the invading Israeli occupation patrols

December 18, 2018, JENIN, (PIC) + -

Clashes broke out at nightfall Tuesday in Tamoun town, east of Tubas, after Israeli military occupation patrols rolled into the area and came down heavily on Palestinian locals.

Special Israeli troops disguised in civilian dress stormed the home of the Samara family allegedly to chase down a wanted Palestinian.

Dozens of military vehicles and full-armed soldiers showed up in the area shortly afterwards and wreaked havoc on civilian homes, before they attacked the residents.

Scores of Palestinians choked on teargas in the violent clashes.

Overnight, two Palestinian young men were kidnapped by the occupation forces at a military checkpoint set up east of Jenin province.

Palestinian youth was injured by live fire on Sunday during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in Qalqilya

December 16, 2018, QALQIYA, (PIC) + -

A Palestinian youth was injured by live fire on Sunday during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in Qalqilya city, in the northern West Bank.

Medical sources described the injured Palestinian's health condition as "unstable" and said that he was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Local sources told the PIC reporter that violent confrontations broke out in Qalqilya where the Israeli forces heavily fired live ammunition, teargas canisters, and stun grenades at the Palestinians.

Palestinians suffered injuries during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in al-Irsal street in Ramallah

December 18, 2018, RAMALLAH, (PIC) + -

At least 20 Palestinian citizens on Tuesday evening suffered injuries during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in al-Irsal street in Ramallah city.

The Red Crescent said that its ambulance crews provided medical help for six citizens who had rubber bullet injuries and 12 others who suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes.

The events started after a large number of Israeli troops aboard military vehicles stormed the neighborhood of al-Masayef and al-Irsal street in northern Ramallah, where the headquarters of the Palestinian ministry of finance and WAFA news agency are located.

Eyewitnesses reported that the IOF stormed businesses near the ministry of finance and confiscated security camera recordings before rounding up four Palestinian citizens in the area.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians in Tubas, Jenin, And Hebron

December 19, 2018 11:52 AM IMEMC News

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, two Palestinians in Tubas governorate, in northeastern West Bank, two in Jenin, in northern West Bank, and one in Hebron, in the southern part.

The Jenin office of the PPS said the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes in Jenin refugee camp, and abducted two young men, identified as Razeen Bilal ad-Damj and Mohammad Khalil ‘Ersan.

It added that many Palestinians protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the soldiers who fired flares, gas bombs and concussion grenades.

Furthermore, the soldiers searched a few homes, and abducted Rashid Ziad Daraghma, from Tubas city, in northeastern West Bank, and Maisara Thiab Bisharat, from Tammoun town, south of Tubas.

It is worth mentioning that, on Tuesday at night, several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and a few others suffered fractures, cuts and bruises, during protests that took place after the soldiers invaded Tammoun.

In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers also searched homes in the city, in addition to Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and Beit Awwa town, west of the city.

During the home invasions, the soldiers abducted Tareq Sayyed Ahmad, from al-Hawouz area in Hebron, and searched the home of Bilal Salim Salhab.

In Bethlehem, dozens of soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the city, and conducted very violent searches of homes, before abducting two Palestinians and wounding two others, including one who suffered a serious wounds.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers abducted at least twenty Palestinians, in addition to summoning two others for interrogation, after invading and ransacking their homes and several buildings in the al-‘Isawiya town in occupied Jerusalem, and summoned two others for interrogation.

In related news, Israeli colonialist settlers invaded Palestinian farmlands in ‘Asira al-Qibliya town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and uprooted them, while the soldiers cut 200 cactus seedlings in the Jordan Valley.

Israel Occupation Abduct Twenty Palestinians In Jerusalem’s al-’Isawiya

December 19, 2018 8:56 AM IMEMC News

Dozens of Israeli occupation soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, dozens of Palestinian homes  and buildings in the al-‘Isawiya town in occupied Jerusalem, and violently searched them, before interrogating many Palestinians, and abducted at least twenty of them, in addition to summoning two others for interrogation.

Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, said dozens of soldiers surrounded the town, and were heavily deployed in many areas, especially on its main entrance, before invading it.

He added that the soldiers installed roadblocks in the town, before conducting massive and violent searches of cars, homes, commercial buildings, and a gas station where they also confiscated a propane tank.

Abu al-Hummus further stated that the soldiers summoned two Palestinians for interrogation, and installed a military tent at the western entrance of the town to use it as an “operation room,” after complete sealing the area.

Israeli police officers were also deployed at the entrance of the town, during early morning hours, before stopping and searching dozens of vehicles, including buses transporting children to their schools.

Israeli Soldiers Abduct 24 Palestinians In The West Bank

December 18, 2018 2:29 PM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, 24 Palestinians, among them the wife of a political prisoner, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported.

The soldiers conducted extensive and violent searches of dozens of homes across the West Bank, and interrogated many Palestinians, before abducting 24 of them, in addition to installing roadblocks before stopping and searching cars.

The PPS office in Jenin, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Nidal al-‘Amer, the son of Ziad al-‘Amer, who was killed by the army sixteen years ago, in addition to Mojahed Abu Khalifa, Nizar Abu al-Haija and Mohammad Sa’adi, from Jenin refugee camp.

The soldiers also abducted Mustafa Ezzeddin Zeid, and Ali Abdul-Rahman Ba’jawi, from Ya’bad town, in addition to Nasr Abdul-Karim Alawna, from Jaba’ town, Hammam Ziad Gharbiyya, from Sanour, and Mahmoud Mousa from Mirka.

In Ramallah and al-Biereh Governorate, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ayat Sa’id Dahadha, the sister-in-law of Saleh Barghouthi, who was assassinated by undercover Israeli soldiers on October 12th, 2018, in addition to Yasser Hazem ‘Aqel, Ahmad Sami Hammad, 40, Adham Ibrahim Ayesh, 21, and Eyad Dar ‘Aassi.

In Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Nassim Sabah and Hadi Athab Salah.

The soldiers also abducted Mo’taz Abu Sil, 19, from the al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.

In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Abdul-Elah from Kufur Qaddoum, east the city.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers abducted four Palestinians, including three children, who remained identified at the time of this report, in addition to Ahmad Sadeq Khatib and Salah Shalabi Askar, from Hizma town, east of Jerusalem.

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TIPH Report Reveals 20-year Crisis in Hebron

December 18, 2018 5:41 AM IMEMC News & Agencies

The international observational organization, Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), has compiled the situation of Hebron city, over the last 20 years, into a single, significant and damning report.

According to an anonymous source who has read the report, speaking to Haaretz newspaper, the report revealed that Israel has been in severe and regular breach of a number of international and internal laws that they once vowed to uphold.

For a long time, Hebron has been a contentious place, having being divided in two under the 1997 Hebron Protocol. The Palestinian Authority controls 80% of Hebron city, with its 175,000 Palestinian inhabitants, known as H1. Israeli Forces control H2, which some 40,000 Palestinians live along with up to 800 Israeli settlers.

TIPH has been observing and monitoring the daily situation in Hebron with a goal of assisting and reporting on the maintenance of ‘normal life’. However, looking back on the last few years, the 100 page document shows that life in Hebron is anything but normal.

As an occupying nation, Israel is obligated by international rule to protect civilians that are being occupied, with a particular requirement of upholding the right to non-discrimination.

According to the PNN, explicit counts of favoritism to Israeli settlers and the oppression of Palestinians observed by TIPH’s 64 international mission members disprove any illusion of two peoples living side by side in equality.

Religious Inequality

Religion is a good example to illuminate the stark contrast between the treatment of the inhabitants of Hebron.

Jewish worshipers have had roads built for their convenience that cuts through Palestinian farmlands, with old Ottoman houses demolished to widen the road for their commute to pray.

For Muslims, on the other hand, their journey to the holy Ibrahimi Mosque is literally obstructed by Israeli security checkpoints at the only two access points to reach the mosque, where they get searched and sometimes even strip searched.

Ibrahimi Mosque

In addition to this, the Israeli military restricted the Muezzin from announcing the call to prayer, especially on Friday nights and Saturdays due to Jewish Shabbat. In fact, last month alone, Israeli forces silenced the Ibrahimi athan 47 times as to not annoy the Israeli settlers who also attend another section of the holy site.

Discrimination via freedom of movement

This continual prioritization of settlers and the suppression of Palestinians in H2 by Israel is also evident in people’s freedom of movement, the report states.

A notorious example that illustrates this is Shuhada Street. It used to be a bustling Palestinian market place, a commercial hub for merchants and a popular thoroughfare. Since Israeli forces  prohibited Palestinians to drive on this road and restricted access to pedestrians, the once thriving shopping center now resembles an ghost-like town, deserted and empty, with all its buildings shuttered.

Shuhada Street

Israeli citizens, however, can enjoy exclusive freedom of movement with full access to all roads. This also extends to movement between suburbs and townships, where many Palestinians struggle through unpleasant checkpoints manned by Israeli forces.

Next steps The confidential report, exclusive to only the internal members of Israel, Palestinian authority and TIHP’s member countries (Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey) has overseen 40,000 incident reports against Israel’s actions in Hebron over the last 20 years. Haaretz said the report concluded with stating that the situation in Hebron is going in the opposite direction to what the Hebron Protocol was aiming to achieve.

TIPH’s detailed report does not provide any recommendations for action to be taken by any government – neither internal nor external. It is merely a reflection on the dire situation in the torn city of Hebron, over the last two decades.

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