IOF troops abduct 15 Palestinians Thursday and Friday

[ 14/08/2009 - 10:29 AM ]

RAMALLAH, BETHLEHEM, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) abducted a total of 15 Palestinians, including a woman, since Thursday morning from various parts of the West Bank, according to local sources and Israeli radio.

Local sources said that IOF troops on Friday morning raided localities in the areas of Nablus, Ramallah and Qaqilya and abducted seven Palestinian residents, three of them from the village of Madama to the south of Nablus.

Meanwhile, Israeli radio reported that 7 "wanted" Palestinians were arrested on Thursday morning by IOF troops from the districts of Ramallah, al-Khalil and Bethlehem, and that those arrested were taken to interrogation centres, claiming that weapons and ammunition were found in one of the houses.

Furthermore, local sources said that IOF troops manning the Contir roadblock abducted a Palestinian woman on Thursday. No reasons were given by the IOF for the abduction of 24-year-old Ayeshah Abeyyat from Bethlehem, who is believed to have been taken to an interrogation centre.

Arrests of Palestinians suspected of opposing the occupation are usually carried out in coordination with Abbas's militia who are playing a role complementary to that of the occupation troops.

The Israeli occupation soldiers attack the weekly nonviolent protest in Bil'in village

Friday August 14, 2009 15:54 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

Hundreds of international and Israeli peace activists participated on Friday in Bil’in village weekly demonstration central West Bank.

As is the case each week the people left the village after the midday prayers and headed towards the gate of the  illegal Israeli Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall, separating Bil'in from its lands.

The Israeli military attacked the protesters with tear gas, sound bombs and rubber coated steal bullets. Scores suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Among those who took part of the weekly protest in Friday were dove Hannen, and Israeli MP from the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality.

Israeli occupation army shoots, gasses MK at anti-wall rally in Bil'in

Published today August 14, 2009, 16:32

Bethlehem - Ma’an -

Israeli Knesset Member from the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, Dove Hannen, was one of hundreds of international and Israeli peace activists who participated in the weekly anti-wall protest in the village of Bil'in on Friday.

Hannen was tear gassed, shot at with rubber-coated metal bullets and subjected to sound bombs by soldiers from his country’s military as he marched with Palestinian villagers and internationals toward the illegal Israeli Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall being built on the village lands.

Illegal Israeli settlers erect new outpost as soldiers stand by

Published today (updated) 14/08/2009 15:27

 Nablus – Ma’an –

Dozens of illegal Israeli settlers erected a new outpost near the village of Yanun, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, local observer Ghassan Daghlas said on Thursday.

Setters from the nearby parent settlement of Itimar arrived on the hilltop in SUVs and trucks, and erected at least six tents on Palestinian land, he said. They arrived at noon Thursday, and have been camping out on the area since.

Daghlas described the act as arbitrary and provocative, and warned of its consequences.

Last Friday at least 30 settlers set up a new outpost they called “Mitzpe Ami” near the West Bank settlement of Qedumin, southwest of Tulkarem, shortly before sundown Friday evening. Soldiers were sent to demolish the outpost but were recalled and told to wait until the end of the Jewish Sabbath.

Locals fear that if Israeli forces do not act soon, a similar hold on the evacuation of the aggressive right-wing settlers would be put in place, and that they would have time to bring more settlers and entrench themselves on the stolen land.

Head of the Yanun village council Rashed Murar said over the phone that there were several clusters of tents erected by settlers all over the western-area of the village, and that soldiers patrolling the area did not act to stop them.

Israeli occupation troops attack Nil'in weekly protest, scores suffered tear gas inhalation

Friday August 14, 2009 15:53 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers attacked on Friday Palestinian villagers along with their international and Israeli peace supporters during the weekly non-violent protest against the wall in Ni'lin village near the central West Bank.

Villagers marched toward the location of the Israeli Wall, then held the Friday prayers there.

Israeli occupation soldiers attacked the residents and international supporters by firing tear gas at them as they peacefully marched towards the Wall.

Some protesters were suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the army, and received the needed medical treatment.