4 Palestinians Injured, 9 Kidnapped, 4 Charities Stormed During Invasions of Several West Bank Cities by Israeli Occupation Forces

Israeli occupation army attack Azon village near Qalqilia, injuring two civilians 

Wednesday September 05, 2007 11:45 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org

A number of Israeli occupation armored vehicles stormed the village of Azon, east of Qalqilia city in the northern part of the West Bank, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, injuring two civilians.

Troops closed all entrances to the village, stormed the area and opened fire on civilians, injuring two.

Medical sources identified the injured as Qussay Abu Shohab, and Abed Al Ziz Shaer. Both sustained light wounds and were treated at a local clinic.

Israeli occupation troops also invaded the nearby city of Jenin in the early hours of Wednesday morning, ransacking homes before leaving the town. No kidnappings were reported.

On Wednesday morning, the Israeli army also installed a further five flying checkpoints on the main roads leading in and out of the Jenin area, Palestinian sources reported.

Two Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli army near Hebron 

Wednesday September 05, 2007 11:59 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org

Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinian civilians were in clashes that broke out when the Israeli army invaded the village of Sa'er, north east of Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank, on Tuesday night.

The clashes started when Israeli soldiers fired sound bombs at residents of the village. Local youth responded by throwing stones.

Medical sources reported that Mohamed Al-Terawi, 65, and Khaled Al Shaladah, 37, sustained moderate wounds after being hit by rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli troops.

While soldiers chased the youths all over the village, no kidnappings were reported.

Israeli occupation army carries out operation in Hebron, kidnapping one Palestinian 

Wednesday September 05, 2007 12:49 by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News nisreen at imemc dot org

Israeli occupation military forces kidnapped one Palestinians after invading the southern West Bank city of Hebron and the nearby village of Athana on Wednesday afternoon.

Security sources reported that a large Israeli force invaded the area, ransacking homes and searching for so-called “wanted Palestinians”. In the area of the invasion, severe restrictions on movement were also imposed, with vehicles being widely stopped and searched.

The same sources reported that the army kidnapped one man from the Palestinian Police force. The man was later identified as Lu'ay Tmezy.

Huge Israeli force raids Palestinian village of Qabatiya 

Date: 05 / 09 / 2007 Time: 10:14

Jenin – Ma'an – 

Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday morning invaded the northern West Bank village of Qabatiya, near Jenin, from all directions.

Soldiers stormed several homes, but no citizens were abducted.

Local sources stated that more than forty Israeli military vehicles and a bulldozer invaded the village, closed entrances to the area and erected road blocks.

Several homes were raided by the Israeli troops and the soldiers interrogated local residents about the whereabouts of 'wanted Palestinians'.

Spokesperson of the military wing of Islamic Jihad, the Al-Quds Brigades, said that a group of fighters clashed with the invading Israeli forces.

Israeli occupation forces abduct eight Palestinians from the West Bank 

Date: 05 / 09 / 2007 Time: 11:32

Bethlehem – Ma'an – 

Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday morning abducted eight Palestinian citizens from different areas of the West Bank.

Israeli sources reported that two of the seized Palestinians were from Balata refugee camp, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

Another of the abductees was named as 16-year-old U'day Bado from Tulkarem refugee camp, also in the northern West Bank.

Israeli occupation forces storm four Hamas charities in Nablus 

Date: 05 / 09 / 2007 Time: 11:25

Nablus – Ma'an – 

The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday raided four Hamas-affiliated charities in the northern West Bank city of Nablus and confiscated their contents.

Two of the charities were closed on orders from Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.

The two charities are the Nafha association for defending prisoners' and human rights and the Al-Husna society.

The other two charities raided by the Israeli forces were the Al-Tadamun clinic in Rafidia, western Nablus, and Yazoor charity in Balata refugee camp.

The information department of the Nafha association said that the Israeli soldiers completely demolished the property of the organisation and confiscated much of the contents of the building.

The association condemned the Israeli assault and appealed to humanitarian organisations to intervene.

 

 

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Note to Readers:

The Israeli settlements as well as the Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall in the Palestinian occupied territories have been built illegally on confiscated Palestinian lands. These represent a major violation of international law, Geneva Conventions, and they obstruct reaching a peaceful resolution for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The Israeli occupation forces abduct and kidnap Palestinians from their homes and at checkpoints, on daily basis. Most media refer to these abductions and kidnappings as arrests, which is inaccurate and not true as the Israeli occupation government has no jurisdiction over Palestinian citizens inside their own territories.

Further, when Israeli occupation forces kill Palestinian civilians, particularly when the victims are women and children, this should be referred to as an act of terrorism, and perpetrators should be described as terrorists.

Since the end of the second intifadha in 2005, not a single Israeli civilian was killed by Palestinian resistance organizations. However, Palestinian civilians have been killed by Israeli occupation forces, almost on daily basis.

Note to Journalists:

Any journalist who does not describe this as terrorism is biased, unfair, not objective, and a participant in terrorizing the Palestinian people, so the Israeli occupation of Palestine can continue endlessly.

Note to Translators:

The Arabic definite article, Al (or its variant, El) should be written with a hyphen separating it from the noun it is associated with, for example Al-Aqsa. If a hyphen is not used, as in Al Aqsa, it confuses non-Arabic readers. They may think that it is an abbreviation of the name Albert, as many Americans do.

The Arabic definite article Al (or El) should be written as such, whether it is Shamsiyah or Qamariyah in pronunciation, simply because we are dealing with the written form of the language, not the spoken one. Using the Shamsiyah so many forms in writing is inaccurate and confusing to non-Arabic readers, to say the least.

Only standard (fasih) pronunciation of Arabic names should be used. Non-standard ('ammi)  should be avoided avoided. Example: Names like Abu Sunainah, Abu Rudainah, and Abu Shebak are written by some translators in the non-standard forms of Abu Snainah, Abu Rdainah, and Abu Shbak.

The standard pronunciation of the vowel at the end of names is (a), not (e), particularly if it is followed by (h), like in the cases of Haniyah and Rudainah, not Haniyeh and Rudaineh.

The standard pronunciation of vowels in the following names is (ai), not (ei) as written by  some translators: Hussain, not Hussein and Hassanain, not Hassanein. This is the same long vowel pronounced in the English words "rain" and "brain."

 

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