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The US Vito Encourages Israelis to Continue Killing, Injuring, Abducting Palestinians Everyday to Maintain the Brutal Occupation

June 3, 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/

 

Rami Wahid Hassan Sabarna, 36, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers while working in Hebron, June 1, 2018	Razan Al-Najjar, a Palestinian medic, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers inside Gaza territory, for saving demonstrators, June 1, 2018

Israeli Occupation Army Fires Missiles Targeting Fifteen Sites In Gaza, June 2, 2018	Razan Al-Najjar saving injured Palestinian demonstrators, May 2018

 

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Worker In Hebron

June 2, 2018 12:25 PM IMEMC News Hebron,

Israeli occupation soldiers killed, Saturday, a Palestinian worker in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, while he and other workers were conducting work for the Hebron City Council to rehabilitate and expand a road near the Ibrahimi Mosque.

The Health Ministry in Hebron said the soldiers fatally shot Rami Wahid Hasan Sabarna, 36, in Jaber neighborhood in the Old City, near the military roadblock leading to the Ibrahimi Mosque.

It added that the soldiers also stopped a Palestinian ambulance at the scene, and prevented the medics from approaching the Palestinian, before he bled to death.

An Israeli ambulance later arrived, before its medics placed Rami’s body in a black bag and took it away.

The army claimed that the Palestinian worker “attempted to ram the soldiers with his vehicle, before they shot him,” an allegation which was denied by eyewitnesses, who said the young man was just working, and did not attempt to attack the soldiers, or harm them in any way.

Aref Jaber, a local nonviolent activist against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, who lives near the area where the army killed the worker, said Sabarna was driving a small and loud bulldozer, and added that the worker passed by some soldiers who then started shouting at him an ordering him to stop.

“He did not pose any threat to them, he passed by them and could not hear their shouts and orders,” Aref said, “Then, they just opened fire at him and his bulldozer, seriously wounded him, before removing him from his vehicle and left him to bleed on the ground. When Red Crescent medics arrived, the soldiers prevented them from providing Sabarna with the urgently needed treatment, and he bled to death, before the soldiers placed his corpse in a black plastic bag and took him away.”

The soldiers also removed media outlets from the area, and prevented the journalist from performing their duties.

Israeli soldiers killed, on Friday, a young Palestinian woman, a volunteer medic identified as Razan Ashraf Najjar, 22, and injured 100 Palestinians, including 40 with live fire, in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kill a Medic, Injure 100 Palestinians, Including 40 With Live Fire, In Gaza

June 2, 2018 4:20 AM IMEMC News

The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that Israeli occupation soldiers killed, Friday, a young Palestinian woman, a volunteer medic identified as Razan Ashraf Najjar, 22, and injured 100 Palestinians, including 40 with live fire.

The Health Ministry said the Israeli occupation soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against Palestinian protesters, participating in the Great Return March, and marching for breaking the ongoing deadly Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip.

Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, stated that the Razan was killed by live Israeli army fire after the soldiers targeted five medics providing treatment to wounded Palestinians in the “Return Camp,” east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

He added that the soldiers also injured more than 100 Palestinians, including 40 with live fire, while the rest suffered various cuts and bruises, in addition to the effects of teargas inhalation.

Razan, who was wearing a clearly-marked medic vest, was at least 100 meters away from the eastern border fence when she was shot while providing aid to wounded Palestinians and attempting to evacuate them to the field clinic.

Prior to her injury, Razan, managed to render aid to many wounded Palestinians, including an elderly man who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.

Razan was killed when an Israeli sniper shot her in the back, and the bullet went through her heart.

Dr. Rasha Abdul-Rahman Qdeih said she was with Razan when they were trying to help wounded Palestinians, but five army jeeps came close to the fence, before two soldiers left one of the vehicles and pointed their sniper scopes at them.

“I shouted at my colleagues to take cover and remain alert,” she said, “The soldiers fired several rounds, and some minutes later, we managed to evacuate the wounded, before the soldiers started firing gas bombs.”

“But then, the soldiers fired several exploding rounds at us; one of them struck Razan and killed her, and another bullet struck a medic, identified as Rami Abu Jazar, in his thigh, in addition to shrapnel in his left thigh, arm and leg, while another medic, Mahmoud Abdul-‘Aati, was injured by shrapnel,” Dr. Rasha added.

It is worth mentioning that Razan is the second medic to be killed by Israeli army fire since March 30th, after the soldiers killed Mousa Jaber Abu Hassanein, 36, who was shot on May 14th, while wearing a clearly marked medic vest.

The soldiers also injured 223 medics, including 29 who were shot with live fire or after being directly targeted with high-velocity gas bombs.

Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, the head of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), said Razan was a volunteer with the PMRS, and was killed after the soldiers fired live rounds at a filed clinic, hundreds of meters away from the border fence.

Dr. Barghouthi said the killing of the volunteer medic is another crime committed by Israel against innocent civilians, including medics and journalists, and added that the medical teams will continue their humanitarian duties despite the Israeli violations, and constant escalation.

Razan’s death brings the number of Palestinians, killed by Israeli army fire since the beginning of the “Great Return Match, on March 30th, to 119, while more than 13400 have been injured, including 330 who suffered life-threatening wounds.

— This Video about Razan was published two months ago by Pal+ English on their Facebook Page

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian In Southern Gaza

June 2, 2018 9:34 AM IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers shot, on Saturday morning, a young man on Palestinian lands near the border fence, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Health Ministry in Gaza said the soldiers, stationed behind sand hills, opened fire at the Palestinian, and shot him with a live round in his abdomen.

It added that the young man was rushed to a Palestinian hospital and is currently in a moderate-but-stable condition.

On Friday, the soldiers killed a Palestinian medic, identified as Razan Ashraf Najjar, 21, and injured at least 100 others, including 40 who were shot with live and exploding rounds.

Razan, who was wearing a clearly-marked medic vest, was killed when an Israeli sniper shot her in the back, and the bullet went through her heart.

She was at least 100 meters away from the eastern border fence when she was shot while providing aid to wounded Palestinians and attempting to evacuate them to the field clinic.

Prior to her injury, Razan managed to render aid to many wounded Palestinians, including an elderly man who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure A Palestinian In Kufur Qaddoum

June 2, 2018 4:33 AM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers shot, Friday, a young Palestinian man, in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.

Medical sources said the soldiers shot the young man, 25 years of age, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the abdomen.

They added that the young man received the needed treatment by local medics, without the need to transfer him to a hospital.

Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the protesters, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at them.

The Palestinians, accompanied by international peace activists, have been holding weekly processions against the illegal Israeli colonies and the Annexation Wall, and demanding the army to reopen the town’s main road, which was blockaded fifteen years ago, to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from Kedumim illegal colony, which was built on private Palestinian lands.

On Friday evening, the soldiers shot a young man with a live round in the leg, after the army invaded Abu Dis town, east of occupied East Jerusalem.

The Israeli Occupation Government Starts Expanding An Illegal Settlement Over Palestinian Lands, Near Hebron

June 3, 2018 11:59 AM IMEMC News Hebron

Israeli occupation soldiers, and personnel of the “Civil Administration Office,” run by the military in the occupied West Bank, started the construction work to expand an illegal colony, which was built on Palestinian lands, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron.

Ahmad Salhoob, the Mayor of Doura city, southwest of Hebron, said the army started bulldozing and preparing work for expanding Negohot illegal colony, on lands owned by villagers of Fqeiqis village, west of Doura city, southwest of Hebron.

He added that, three months ago, Israel decided to expand the colony, and issued orders for the illegal annexation of 210 Dunams of Palestinian lands.

Salhoob said the soldiers placed two mobile homes on the lands, before started preparation work for expanding the illegal settlement.

Palestinian Man Succumbs To Serious Wounds by Israeli Occupation Soldiers

June 3, 2018 11:38 AM IMEMC News

The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that a young Palestinian man, who was shot and seriously injured by Israel occupation soldiers' fire, last month, has succumbed to his wounds, Sunday.

The Ministry said the Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Na’im Hamada, 30, was shot by Israeli soldiers during the Great Return March, on May 14.

Hamamda, from Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza, was shot east of Gaza city, and was rushed to a Palestinian hospital, suffering very serious wounds.

Hamamda’s condition apparently witnessed a brief partial recovery, a few days ago, and he celebrated his daughter’s sixth birthday from his hospital bed, but later suffered another serious deterioration, and died from his wounds.

On Friday, the soldiers killed a volunteer medic, identified as Razan Ashraf Najjar, and injured 100 others, including 40 with live fire.

On Wednesday, a young man, identified as Naji Maisara Abdullah Ghneim, 23, succumbed to serious wounds he suffered when was shot by an Israeli soldier stationed across the border fence, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, a few days earlier.

The young man was moved to a hospital in Gaza, and then to another hospital in Jerusalem, due to the seriousness of his condition, but succumbed to his wounds.

The Health Ministry said the soldiers have killed 120 Palestinians, and injured more than 14000, including 330 who suffered life-threatening wounds.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Ten Palestinians In The West Bank

June 3, 2018 11:18 AM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, Sunday, at least ten Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank.

The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said many army jeeps invaded at dawn, ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the city, and abducted Mos’ab Adam al-Baraq’a, 16.

It added that the soldiers also invaded homes in Husan town, west of Bethlehem, and abducted Rami Mohammad Hamamra, 22.

Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Ziad Ahmad Jibril, 40, and Mojahed Kamel Jibril, 29, from their homes in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem.

The soldiers also invaded and ransacked many homes in Hebron city, illegally confiscated thousands of shekels.

In addition, the soldiers invaded and searched homes in Ethna town, west of Hebron, and abducted Marwan Hdeib.

The army searched many homes in the governorate, especially in Kharas town, northwest of Hebron, Bani Neim,  east of Hebron, and Beit Ola, northwest of Hebron, in addition to Hebron city.

Owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as Samir Halahla, Mahmoud Dweik, Nour Ashour, Ali Qawasmi and Jamal al-‘Adam.

In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Motayyam Awad Rimawi, from his home.

Furthermore,  the soldiers abducted Anas Abu Bakr, from Ya’bad town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

The soldiers also abducted Yazan Nazzal, from Jenin, after stopping him at a military roadblock, near Bethlehem, while he was heading back home.

In related news, the army said its soldiers detained two young men near Mitzpe Yishai illegal colony, near Qalqilia, in northern West Bank.

The army claimed that two young men hid weapons near the colony, and the soldiers located the weapons, and took the two to an interrogation facility.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers and Illegal Settlers, Injure Six Palestinians, Including An Elderly Man, Near Nablus

June 3, 2018 10:18 AM IMEMC News

Illegal Israeli settlers invaded, on Saturday evening, ‘Orif Palestinian village, south of the northern West bank city of Nablus, attacked and injured an elderly Palestinian man, and two young men, before the soldiers invaded the village and injured three others.

Media sources in Nablus said the colonialist settlers invaded the village, and attacked Salim Shehada, in his seventies, causing various cuts and bruises, before he was rushed to Rafidia Hospital.

They added that the colonialist settlers also attacked a young man, identified as Bahjat Safadi, and injured him in the pelvis, in addition to striking another Palestinian with an iron bar on his head.

Furthermore, the soldiers attacked many Palestinians, who protested the invasion and assaults, before shooting one of them with a live round in his pelvis, and two others with rubber-coated steel bullets.

Israeli Occupation Army Fires Missiles Targeting Fifteen Sites In Gaza

June 3, 2018 9:58 AM IMEMC News

The Israeli occupation government air force fired, overnight, many missiles targeting fifteen sites in the Gaza Strip, reportedly after several homemade shells were fired from Gaza into nearby Israeli areas.

Media sources in Gaza said that army fired missiles into a site, run by an armed resistance group, believed to be al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.

The sources said Israeli F16 fighter jets, and armed drones, fired three missiles into the al-Hashashin area, west of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

The army also fired three missiles into al-Yarmouk and Ein Jalut sites, in southern Gaza, in addition to firing missiles at other targets, including an observation post, east of Gaza city, and two targets in central and northern Gaza.

Furthermore, the soldiers fired two artillery shells into a site near Malka Junction, southeast of Gaza city.

There have been reports of property damage in the targeted areas, but no casualties.

The Israeli army said it attacked Gaza four shells were reportedly fired from Gaza and struck areas in Sderot, Lakish, Hof Ashkelon, Sha’ar HaNegev, Sdot Negev, and the Eshkol regional council of settlements, on Saturday at night.

The army also claimed some Palestinians attempted to breach the border fence, and hurled grenades at military infrastructures, in addition to launching burning kites setting several fields with fire.

The army also said that one if its targets was what it called Hamas naval post, in northern Gaza, and held the movement responsible for the escalation.

On Saturday, the soldiers killed a Palestinian worker, Rami Wahid Hasan Sabarna, 36, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, while he and other workers were conducting work for the Hebron City Council to rehabilitate and expand a road near the Ibrahimi Mosque.

On Friday, the soldiers a young Palestinian woman, a volunteer medic identified as Razan Ashraf Najjar, 22, and injured 100 Palestinians, including 40 with live fire, in the Gaza Strip.

Activist Who Filmed Fatal Shooting of Hebron Man Detained by Israeli Occupation Forces

June 2, 2018 7:36 PM IMEMC News & Agencies

Israeli occupation soldiers, on Saturday, briefly detained a local activist who filmed the fatal shooting of a Palestinian worker earlier in the morning in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

Locals told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli forces detained Aaref Jaber, who filmed the moment when Israeli forces shot and killed Rami Sabarneh, 36, was detained by Israeli forces and taken into the Kiryat Arba settlement in Hebron.

Official Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned WAFA news agency reported that Israeli forces confiscated Jaber’s phone.

The Israeli army alleged that Sabarneh, who worked in construction in the area, attempted to run soldiers over with a bulldozer. However, no injuries were reported among the soldiers.

Jaber denied the Israeli army’s account, saying that “Sabarneh was driving a Bobcat excavator while another worker walked next to him, Israeli soldiers asked them to stop when he was at least 10 meters away from them, the walking worker stopped, but Sabarneh apparently did not hear the soldiers and continued his way so they opened fire at him until he was killed.”

Last week, Israeli lawmakers proposed a new bill in the Israeli Knesset that would criminalize the photographing or recording of Israeli soldiers while on duty.

The bill was proposed with the support of right-wing Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, and if passed, those found in violation of the law could face a prison sentence of up to five years.

US Vetoes Resolution Calling for Providing Protection to the Palestinian People

June 2, 2018 2:56 AM IMEMC News

The United States has used its veto power, Friday, against a draft resolution at the United Nations, calling for providing protection to the Palestinian People, living under illegal Israeli occupation. The Veto came after the resolution was backed by 10 counties at the UN Security Council.

The resolution was sponsored by Kuwait; it requires nine votes to be adopted by the 15-member council, and was voted for by ten countries, including Russia, China and France.

Four counties, including Britain, abstained while the United States, the only country that opposed it, used its Veto power to topple the resolution.

The draft resolution denounced the Israeli military escalation against the Palestinian people, and the use of “excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate force” by the army, and also criticized the “firing of shells from Gaza into civilian areas in Israel.”

Nikki Haley, the United States Envoy to the United Nations, said Washington rejects the resolution because it represents “support of Hamas,” while the Kuwaiti Envoy Mansour al-Qtaibi, said rejecting the resolution reveals that Israel is a state that considers itself above International Law, with direct U.S. support.

It is worth mentioning that the UN Security Council also rejected a draft resolution presented by the United States “condemning Hamas,” and holding its responsible for the escalation in Gaza; the United states was the only country that voted for its own draft.

The Permanent Palestinian Representative at the United Nations, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, said the Palestinians reject the US amendment to the Kuwaiti draft, because was hostile to the Palestinian people, and only aims at protecting Israel.

Meanwhile in Gaza, Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, a young Palestinian woman, identified as Razan Ashraf Najjar, 22, who worked as a volunteer medic with the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, and injured 100 Palestinians, including 40 with live fire.

Her death brings the number of Palestinians, killed by Israeli army fire in the Gaza Strip since March 30th, to 119, including 13 children, while more than 13400 have been injured, including 330 who suffered life-threatening wounds. 

Dr. Ashrawi: “U.S. Veto Absolute Proof Of Moral Corruption”

June 2, 2018 11:46 AM IMEMC News International,

On Saturday, June 2, 2018, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, stated that the U.S. Veto against a resolution demanding international protection to the Palestinian people, is an absolute proof of moral corruption of the U.S. administration, providing impunity to the ongoing Israeli crimes against the unarmed Palestinian population.

“The United States, represented by the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, have proven their corrupt and blindfolded support to Israel, so that they can ensure Israel’s crimes and violations against an unarmed civilian population remain unpunished, and continue with impunity.

Ashrawi said the U.S. Veto comes against international legitimacy and proves that Israel continues to be a state that continues to challenge and violate International Law, International Humanitarian Law, every law and principle of Legitimacy and basic Human Rights.

It added that this Veto was a clear American message to Israel to continue its crimes, encouraging it to continue the destruction of Palestinian lives and lands.

“This type of reckless behavior reflects the morally corrupt American policies and manifests the arrogance of power used by the United States against international principles,” she said, “This Veto is another sharp blow by the United States targeting justice, and the credibility of the International Community, represented by the United Nations.”

She also slammed the positions of Britain, Poland, Holland and Ethiopia, for surrendering to American pressure by abstaining from the vote.

“The international community needs to act immediately and urgently to curb the occupying power (Israel) and prevent it from committing further crimes against the unarmed Palestinian people. It must end the occupation that deliberately targets the defenseless citizens,” Dr. Ashrawi added, “It is the world’s responsibility to provide the urgently-needed protection to the Palestinians, instead of coming up with justifications for this ongoing occupation and aggression. The real test the international community faces is its credibility, and ability to fulfill its obligations and implement International Law.”

Dr. Ashrawi thanked all Security Council member countries that respected their legal and moral obligations, and voted for the resolution, therefor, stood for justice by supporting this resolution that called for international protection for the Palestinian people, and for holding Israel accountable for its crimes and violations.

She also denounced Britain, Poland, Holland and Ethiopia for bowing to American pressure, and abstaining from the vote.

It is worth mentioning that the resolution, sponsored by Kuwait, was voted for by ten countries, including Russia, China and France, while the United States stood alone in opposing it, and toppled it by using its Veto power.

On Friday, Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, a young Palestinian woman, a volunteer medic identified as Razan Ashraf Najjar, 22, and injured 100 Palestinians, including 40 with live fire, in the Gaza Strip. 

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