Sinai Shepherd Killed, Taxi Driver Shot at Head, 4 Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces

Israeli occupation forces kidnap four Palestinians in Ramallah and Hebron

Date: 23 / 05 / 2008 Time: 09:31
Bethlehem - Ma'an -

Israeli occupation forces detained four Palestinian citizens across the West Bank, claimed they are "wanted".

Israeli sources confirmed that the Israeli occupation army kidnapped four of the so-called "wanted" in Ramallah and Hebron early on Friday morning, adding that the arrestees were transferred to interrogation centers.

Israeli occupation soldiers harass volunteers on site claimed by illegal settlers

Date: 23 / 05 / 2008 Time: 14:59
Bethlehem – Ma’an -

A group of Palestinian and international volunteers playing outdoor games at an abandoned Israeli military base were confronted by four illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem, on Friday morning. Witnesses said one of the settlers was armed.

The settlers left area, but were quickly replaced by 17 Israeli occupation soldiers and border police in full combat gear, who arrived in six jeeps and a humvee. The Israeli occupation troops briefly detained one Palestinian man, 33-year-old Auni Joubran, from Bethlehem.

The soldiers forced the volunteers to leave the area.

The volunteers are part of a group that organizes activities for youth groups to build communication and leadership skills. A park complete with a playground and climbing was recently built next to the abandoned military base.

Last Thursday 50 Israeli settlers converged on the base, announcing their intention to establish a new illegal settlement outpost on the land. The outpost has not yet been built, but settler movement websites indicated that the settlers would return.

The military base was abandoned by the Israeli occupation army in 2006.

Israeli security guard in illegal West Bank settlement shoots Palestinian taxi driver in head

Friday May 23, 2008 09:28 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News

On Thursday night about 10 pm, a Palestinian taxi driver was shot in the head and critically wounded by an Israeli security guard who said that the driver refused to stop on command.

The taxi driver, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was driving an Israeli occupation soldier and a teenage Israeli girl to a Jewish girl's school inside the illegal Israeli settlement of Dolev when the security guard of the school stepped in front of the car and demanded that he stop. When the driver didn't immediately stop, the security guard shot him in the head.

The driver was later transported by helicopter to an Israeli hospital. He is now being detained by Israeli police for questioning, despite having been shot in the head earlier in the evening. The two passengers, the Israeli soldier and the Israeli teenage girl, have also been detained for questioning. A third passenger in the car, apparently a friend of the driver, fled from the scene after the driver was shot.

According to Israeli media, police are conducting an ongoing investigation of the incident.

Egyptian man killed by Israeli occupation forces on Israel-Egypt border

Friday May 23, 2008 09:47 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News

On Thursday, Israeli occupation forces turned over to Egyptian officers the body of a man they claimed was shot while attempting to cross the Egypt-Israel border illegally. The man was a Bedouin, a group known for being nomadic shepherds that are indigenous to the area.

The man was identified as Ayesh Sulaiman Moussa, 32. His body was turned over to Egyptian authorities at the Awja crossing in the central part of the Sinai peninsula.

Israeli occupation forces who shot the man claimed only that he was attempting to cross illegally, but would not give more information about the attack. They did not say they will conduct any kind of investigation of the incident.

Egyptian Bedouins, and those living inside the borders of Israel, often find themselves targeted by Israeli occupation forces, because the Israeli occupation government continues to refuse to acknowledge their right to a citizenship of any kind. Their plight is distinct, but similar, to that of the indigenous Palestinian people.

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