[Peace-discuss] News from Occupied Palestine

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Settlers fell 7-year-old Palestinian with stones as she walks home from school

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Settlers attack 7-year-old girl in south Hebron hills
BETHLEHEM (Ma‘an) 25 Apr — Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family in the south Hebron hills on Thursday, injuring a seven-year-old girl, a peace group said. At midday on Thursday, two settlers riding a quad bike attacked four children and their mother with stones as they were returning from school to the villages of Tuba and Maghayir al-Abeed, Operation Dove said. A seven-year-old was hit by a stone and fell while attempting to escape, injuring her head. She required five stitches for her wound. The family was attacked while using the only available path without requiring a military escort, which usually accompanies children from Tuba and Maghayir al-Abeed to their school due to the threat of settler violence. The settlers were reportedly from the illegal outpost of Havat Maon, one of the most radical settlements in the occupied West Bank.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=692696
Video: Israel border police detain 6-year-old child in Hebron
HEBRON, Occupied Palestine (ISM, Khalil Team) 23 Apr — At approximately 7 am this morning, Rami Rajabi, a six-year-old child, was 20 meters away from checkpoint 29 when he threw several pebbles in al-Khalil (Hebron). As Rami walked away towards his school, three Israeli soldiers burst out of an alleyway, grabbed his arm, and detained him in the street. Rami then burst into tears and was clearly terrified, the Israeli soldier tightly gripped his arm and began to pull him back towards checkpoint 29. ISM activists tried to intervene, trying to convince the soldiers to release the child. The soldiers dragged him back to the checkpoint where local Palestinians implored the soldiers to release the boy. While ISMers were filming the incident, Israeli Border Patrol watched on as a settler from a nearby illegal settlement to aggressively confront the ISMers, calling one activist a “killer” and tried to grab the camera.
http://palsolidarity.org/2014/04/video-israel-border-police-detain-6-year-old-child-in-hebron/
Photographer injured in Nabi Saleh protest
RAMALLAH (Ma‘an) 25 Apr — A Palestinian photographer was injured and dozens of others suffered excessive tear-gas inhalation in clashes in Nabi Saleh village near Ramallah on Friday. Witnesses said that Anadhol news agency photographer Muath Meshaal was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the foot from close range, and was taken to Palestine medical complex for treatment. Israeli forces had dispersed a weekly protest in the village as it neared the entrance.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=692883
Army invades Al-Ma‘sara near Bethlehem
IMEMC Friday at dawn 25 Apr by Saed Bannoura –  Several Israeli military jeeps invaded the al-Ma‘sara village, near Bethlehem, broke into and searched the home of Hasan Breijiyya, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements. The Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported that the soldiers threatened more escalation and violence against the village and its people unless they stop their popular, nonviolent, resistance activities against the illegitimate Apartheid Wall and settlements.
http://www.imemc.org/article/67636
Video: Border Police forces beat Palestinians in Hebron
Ynet 23 Apr — A video posted by Palestinians on social networks shows Border Police forces accosting two Palestinians on the streets of Hebron. The incident occurred a day after the shooting attack near Hebron on Passover eve, in which Chief Superintendent Baruch Mizrahi was murdered. The video shows the officers, who were patrolling the city at the time, attacking what appear to be a father and son, and throwing stun grenades at them. The border policemen were also filmed kicking the Palestinian, with one officer beating him with his gun barrel. The same officer was then removed from the scene by one of his friends.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4512197,00.html
Israeli forces raid Kfil Haris overnight for religious visit
SALFIT (Ma‘an) 25 Apr — Israeli forces stormed the village ofKifl Haris on Friday in order to escort a large group of Jewish Israelis to the village as they visited three religious sites in the northern West Bank village. Israeli forces erected checkpoints throughout the village and blocked major intersections throughout the raid, which began around midnight and lasted until sunrise. During this time, locals were prevented from moving freely through the streets, and they said that the members of the visiting Jewish group “provoked” locals who did venture out. The soldiers escorted hundreds of religious Jews, who locals said yelled in the streets of the village and chanted anti-Arab slogans during their visit. An Israeli army spokesman confirmed the visit, saying that the military has “coordinated the entrance of several hundred Israeli civilians” to Joshua’s tomb. A number of tombs exist in Kifl Haris that are believed to be the graves of
 local holy people but which some Jews believe to be the tombs of biblical figures Joshua, Caleb, and Nun. Palestinians who live in the area, however, consider these shrines to be the graves of the prophet Dhul-Kifl, the Sufi saint Dhul-Nun, and another shrine built by Saladin. Visits by Israeli Jews to sites in areas under Palestinian control across the West Bank often cause tensions with locals, as these visits are accompanied by large armed escorts. Palestinians are restricted from visiting holy sites in Israel, meanwhile, without hard-to-obtain permits from government authorities.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=692814
Price tag assault cemetery in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (WAFA) 23 Apr – Female Jewish settlers of the so called “Price Tag” group on Wednesday assaulted a cemetery in Jerusalem and sprayed racial graffiti on a grave. The cemetery of al-Yussufiya, which was assaulted, is adjacent to eastern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=24979
Jenin refugee camp hit by wave of Israeli raids and killings
Mondoweiss 24 Apr by Alex Kane — …Majd Lahlouh was the first man from the camp to die while peace talks between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel began in July 2013. But he would not be the last man from the Jenin refugee camp to perish.  Since July 2013, when PA and Israeli negotiating teams began to meet, 7 Palestinians from Jenin’s camp have been killed by soldiers–about 12 percent of the total of Palestinians shot dead since the talks began. The Jenin refugee camp expects more deaths to come.  Alongside the hundreds of people already buried, workers at the cemetery have dug graves with no bodies in them yet. “Every night they violate the respect of the camp,” said Jamil Sbaih, a Palestinian student and one of my guides throughout the camp who lives in a nearby village. The 16,000-strong camp has long been hit by Israeli raids seeking to break the back of a camp that puts up fierce, often armed, resistance to the soldiers who
 routinely come to arrest or kill.  It was the site of the most famous battle of the Second Intifada, when the Israeli military killed some 52 people (22 of them civilians) and demolished large parts of the camp, which severely damaged hundreds of homes and made 4,000 people homeless, according to a Human Rights Watch investigation.
http://mondoweiss.net/2014/04/refugee-israeli-killings.html
Israeli forces arrest 14 in West Bank, including ex-detainee
HEBRON (WAFA) 23 Apr – Israeli forces on Wednesday arrested 14 people, including an ex-detainee, from the West Bank districts of Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem and Jenin, according to local and security sources. In Hebron, the Prisoner Club told WAFA the Israeli forces raided Fawwar refugee camp and arrested 30-year-old Mohammad al-Najjar – an ex-detainee who launched a hunger strike over his administrative detention last year – after brutally storming his home, breaking down the doors and forcing the family to stay in one room while searching the house. Army forces also set a checkpoint at a main road leading to the refugee camp and arrested a 40-year-old from the nearby town of Yatta. In a separate incident, army forces raided the village of Deir Samit and arrested a 29-year-old after storming his home and sabotaging its contents. Forces also raided the nearby towns of Dora and Tabaqa and arrested a youth, 35, after breaking through his home and
 sabotaging the contents. Israeli army also raided the nearby village of Beit Ummar and arrested a 36-year-old after raiding and searching his home. He was led to Etzion military compound located to the north of Hebron. Army also raided several villages in Hebron district and set military checkpoints at roads leading to them, checking the identity cards of passengers and drivers which caused a traffic jam, yet no arrests were reported. Meanwhile in Nablus, security sources said Israeli army raided the village of Burqa, to the south of Nablus, and arrested six local residents after storming and searching their homes. In Bethlehem, forces raided the village of Abidiyya and arrested a youngster,  23 years of age, after storming his home.  Meanwhile in Jenin, forces arrested two youngsters, 22 and 23, after storming and searching their homes in the nearby village of Burqin.
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=24978
Israeli forces hit West Bank, 4 detained
HEBRON (Ma‘an) 24 Apr 13:15 — Israeli forces raided the West Bank overnight Wednesday and ransacked several homes before detaining four people, locals said. Witnesses told Ma‘an that 30 Israeli military vehicles raided the village of Deir Samit south of Hebron at 3 a.m. and broke into several homes. The operation continued until daybreak, with several people detained.
In Nablus, Israeli soldiers detained Jihad Idreis Hassan, 23. Israeli soldiers fired gunshots and rubber-coated steel bullets during the arrest, injuring Hassan. He was evacuated to hospital for treatment. Yousif Jabir Abu Siyam, 23, was also detained.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said one person was detained in Nablus, one in Ramallah, and two in al-Jalazun refugee camp for “involvement in illegal activity.” Israeli military forces routinely raid the occupied West Bank and detain Palestinians, usually on the pretext of security questioning.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=692494
Israel forces detain teenager at Allenby Bridge crossing
NABLUS (Ma‘an) 24 Apr 14:00 — Israeli forces detained a Palestinian teenager at the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian security officials said. Salam Salah Muflih, 18, was detained by Israeli forces while traveling to Jordan. It is unclear why the teenager from Nablus was detained. The Allenby Bridge is the principal land connection between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the outside world.
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