Israeli terrorist soldiers kidnap 4 Palestinians near Ramallah, Jerusalemites rally outside two Shaikh Jarrah homes slated for evacuation

Four Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli terrorist soldiers near Ramallah Saturday night

Date: 15 / 03 / 2009  Time:  09:48
Bethlehem - Ma’an -

Israeli occupation terrorist forces kidnapped four Palestinians as they passed a military checkpoint north of Ramallah Saturday night, sources said. The men were alleged to have weapons in their possession.

East of Qalqiliya, Israeli terrorist soldiers claimed two Palestinians threw a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli military vehicle. The two men were also taken into custody and removed to an unknown location.

Israeli terrorist soldiers kidnap 4 Palestinians near Ramallah

Sunday March 15, 2009 10:45 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC&Agencies

Israeli terrorist soldiers kidnapped on Sunday four Palestinian residents from the Jallazoun refugee camp to the north of Ramallah city in the West Bank.

Israeli sources said that the Israeli troops held the four Palestinians are a military checkpoint near the Jallazoun refugee camp and that they found a knife and a gun with them.

The sources added that the abductees were transferred to nearby interrogation centers. Israeli detention campaigns throughout the occupied West Bank are non-stopping, with Israel now holding more than 11,500 prisoners inside its jails.

Jerusalemites rally outside two Shaikh Jarrah homes slated for evacuation

Date: 15 / 03 / 2009  Time:  11:47
Bethlehem - Ma’an -

 Al-Hanoun and Al-Ghawi families have been stationed in front of their Shaikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, homes since early on 14 March in an effort to prevent their forced evacuation.

The two families, comprising a total of 52 members, received evacuation orders effective 15 March, after which point Israeli authorities said they intend to demolish the homes.

The Coalition for Jerusalem has organized mass rallies outside the homes of the two families in order to bring attention to what they call “Israel’s ethnic cleansing policy” and try to prevent the destruction of the buildings.

According to the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement (ISM), both the Al-Ghawi and Al-Hanoun families were evicted from their homes by Israeli police in 2002, after Israeli settlers used falsified documents to claim ownership of these houses.

Family members lived in tents for four months before returning to their homes. The families were able to present their documents proving their legal ownership before the courts on the 19th of February, but the eviction orders still remain in effect.

ISM activists will remain with the families in an effort to prevent Israeli police from evicting them, they said.

On Friday, Israeli police shot another ISM activist in the head with a tear-gas canister at high velocity, the American activist was taken to hospital where several surgeries were performed to repair his skull. There is no word yet on whether the young man will recover.


***Updated 12:29 Bethlehem time