Israeli Occupation Soldiers & Illegal Settlers Terrorize Palestinian Families, Kidnap Children, Destroy Olive Trees, Write Hostile Graffiti, and Seize Land

IOF summons child, assaults farmers

[ 08/02/2012 - 09:03 PM ]
RAMALLAH, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation government intelligence officers summoned a 13-year-old Palestinian child from Ramallah on Wednesday for interrogation, local sources said.

Bashir Al-Tamimi, the head of the Beit Saleh village’s municipal council, told Quds Press that the child Basel Abdullah Al-Tamimi, 13, was summoned for questioning on his participation in the village’s weekly anti-wall march.

He said that the same child was arrested a few months ago and was beaten on his arrest.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers attacked tens of Palestinian farmers in Janiya village to the west of Ramallah while trying to reach their cultivated land lots, firing teargas bombs on them and beating them.

Local sources said that the soldiers were trying to block farmers from reaching their land due to its proximity to Talmund settlement, which was built on village land.
Jewish settlers a few days ago attacked that same village and wrote racist slogans on walls of its buildings, threatening to kill its inhabitants.

Israeli occupation forces assault family, kidnap their 13-year-old child

[ 08/02/2012 - 08:58 PM ]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)--

A large number of Israeli special occupation forces broke into the home of a Palestinian family in Aisawiye village in occupied Jerusalem and kidnapped a 13-year-old minor.

Local sources said that the family members were surprised with the big number who came to arrest a child and that the father tried to prevent them and told them he would bring his child to the police station but they refused.

They said that the forces brutally pushed the father who fell on his two-year-old child then took him outside the house at gunpoint and beat him up.

The sources said that the forces even beat the wife and her daughter Rula, 15, her son Qusay, 11, before taking away her other son Uday, 13.

Hundreds of illegal Israeli Jewish settlers storm Nablus village

[ 08/02/2012 - 08:59 PM ]
NABLUS, (PIC)--

Hundreds of illegal Israeli Jewish settlers stormed Sabastiya village to the north west of Nablus at noon Wednesday to visit a number of historical sites.

Mohammed Azem, the village’s municipality council head, told Quds Press that around 300 settlers stormed the village under heavy Israeli military protection.

He said that the Israeli occupation forces kept the Palestinian citizens away from those sites.
The settlers have recently escalated their storming of Sabastiya especially during Jewish feasts to perform religious rituals after claiming that the area was the northern capital of the ancient Jewish state hundreds of years ago.

Illegal Israeli Jewish settlers seize land, army threatens demolition of homes

[ 08/02/2012 - 08:53 PM ]
AL-KHALIL, (PIC)--

Illegal Israeli Jewish settlers confiscated three dunums of Palestinian land to the east of Yatta town, south of Al-Khalil, on Wednesday, local sources said.

Coordinator of the popular anti wall and anti settlement committees in Yatta Ratib Al-Jabour said that the settlers surrounded the targeted area with barbed wire in preparation for confiscating it.

Jabour earlier said that the Israeli occupation forces seized a Palestinian home in Karmil village to the east of Yatta on Tuesday, detaining all family members in one room and occupied its rooftop.
For its part, the civil administration served military notices stipulating the demolition of five homes made up of tents and tin to the east of Yatta.

“Death To Christians” Graffiti Found on Jerusalem Monastery

Wednesday February 08, 2012 04:08 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli Police spokesperson, Micky Rosenfeld, stated Tuesday that the illegal extremist Israeli settlers carried out another “price tag” attack, this time targeting a Christian Monastery in Jerusalem’s Valley of the Cross Monastery.

The attack took place despite the fact that the location is close to the Israeli Parliament in the city.

Also, “Death to Arabs” graffiti was sprayed on a wall of a school in another part of Jerusalem; the wall is outside a bilingual school known as “Hand in Hand”, the Newser reported.

The Newser added that other graffiti, including “Mohammad is a pig” and other racist slogans were sprayed near a gas station in an Arab town in the West Bank.

The Associated press reported that the “Maccabees of Migron” graffiti was also painted on the Monastery. This Jewish 'Maccabees' term refers to “ancient Jewish heroes".

Migron, in modern terms, refers to an illegal settlement outpost that Israel decided to evacuate, and a court order was issued in this regard.

Extremist Israeli settlers use the “Price Tag” slogan to refer to “retaliatory” attacks that they usually carry out against the Palestinians whenever Israel removes an illegal settlement outpost in the occupied territories.

“Price Tag” attacks were also carried out against Israeli peace activists, including members and property of Peace Now group.

Most of the Price Tag attacks carried out by the settlers targeted mosques, including burning mosques down, but also developed to include attacks against Israeli military bases and Christian sites.

Extremist Israel settlers, mainly youth groups, are believed to be involved in numerous Price Tag attacks that have escalated in the last two years.

These attacks also include uprooting, cutting and burning Palestinian orchards, and burning several mosques and a few churches.

Settlers Attack a Gas Station in Jenin

Wednesday February 08, 2012 05:05 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

A number of armed Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday a Palestinian gas station in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, and forced the owners and the residents out.

The attacked gas station, Jar Station, is located on the Jenin-Nablus road; no injuries were reported.

Also, the settlers attacked a nearby former settlement outpost that was evacuated by the army.

Soldiers were present during the two attacks and did not attempt to stop them, located sources reported.

In related news, soldiers invaded Jalboun village near Jenin on Tuesday evening, and installed a roadblock south of the city.

On Tuesday at dawn, soldiers kidnapped fifteen Palestinians, mainly from the northern West Bank city of Nablus and its nearby villages and towns, and took them to an unknown location.

Soldiers also installed several roadblocks near Jenin and Nablus, and searched hundreds of vehicles while interrogating dozens of residents.

Illegal Israeli Settlers Uproot Olive Trees in Hebron

Wednesday February 08, 2012 09:57 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Local sources reported Tuesday that a number of illegal Israeli settlers uprooted nearly 25 newly-planted olive trees that belong to residents of Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West bank city of Hebron.

The lands are subject to frequent attacks by the settlers who aim at taking over the Palestinian lands in the area in order to expand their outposts.

Yousef Abu Maria, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, told the Quds Press news agency that dozens of settlers attacked the area and uprooted the trees while Israeli soldiers, present in the area, did not attempt to stop them.

The land is located in near the illegal settlement of Karmie Tzur, north of Beit Ummar.

Abu Maria added that the settlers have also installed a number of mobile homes in the settlement.

Also on Tuesday, settlers broke into a Christian cemetery in Jerusalem and defaced several graves using spray paint to right racist graffiti, including “Death to Christians”.

“Death to Arabs” and “Mohammad is a pig” graffiti was also found on the wall of a bilingual school in the city.

Settlers also attacked a gas station in Jenin, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, forcing the residents out.

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