West Bank

Israeli authorities are systematically dismissing probes into police officers who 'shoot to kill' Palestinian assailants as a first resort, says rights group. ByOren Ziv Palestinians clash with Israeli police during a protest at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem Old City, June 17, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90) Less than a week after Israeli Border Police shot dead a Palestinian who had stabbed an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, the State Attorney’s Office decided last Thursday to close an internal investigation into the conduct of the officers. Footage of the incident showed Muhammad Salima, 25, carrying out the stabbing attack before being shot once by the nearby police officers. While Salima lay on the ground wounded and incapacitated, an ...

Israel set to expel Sheikh Jarrah family in the new year The Salems could be thrown out of their home to make way for settlers, after Jerusalem municipality officials hand an eviction order with no legal recourse. By Yuval Abraham and Oren Ziv  Fatma Salem argues with a Jewish settler setting up a metal fence outside her home in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, Dec. 16, 2021. (Rachel Shor) This article has been updated to reflect the fact that the eviction order handed to the Salem family, which was originally set to be implemented on Dec. 29, has been delayed and will likely be reissued in January. Israel is preparing to forcibly expel a Palestinian family from their home in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in the coming weeks. According to an eviction or...

Teacher Eid Sobeih sustained bruises after being assaulted by the Nazi occupation forces Photo: WAFA Nazi soldiers assaulted, on Wednesday, teachers at the Teqoua’ Secondary Boys School in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem in the southern Nazi occupied West Bank, according to local sources. The Ministry of Education told the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) that several Nazi troops stormed the school campus and were confronted by some teachers, whom the Nazi soldiers then struck with the butts of their rifles. The school principle, Majed Al-Shaer, and and teacher Eid Sobeih were assaulted and received minor bruises and lacerations, from the attacking Nazi soldiers. At the same time, the Nazi army fired tear gas canisters and concussion grenades into the school c...

Nazi soldiers abducted, Wednesday, two Palestinians, including one with special needs, in Hebron, in the southern part of the Nazi occupied West Bank. Local sources said several army jeeps invaded Kharas town, northwest of Hebron, searched homes, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Younis al-Hroub. They added that the Nazi soldiers also invaded the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Rami Zeidan, and searched the property before summoning him for interrogation at the Etzion military base and security center, north of Hebron. In addition, the Nazi soldiers invaded the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, and abducted a young man with special needs, identified as Maher Issa Awad, 27. It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded Silwan t...

Nazi soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a Palestinian-owned home in Jabal al-Mokabber town, south of Nazi occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and injured many Palestinians during protests that took place after the home was destroyed. Local sources said dozens of Nazi soldiers surrounded and isolated the town before invading it and headed towards the al-Bashir neighbourhood. They added that the Nazi soldiers prevented the Palestinians from entering the area, and demolished a home, owned by Hussein Bashir, under the pretext of being built without a permit. Many Palestinians protested the invasion and demolition, before the Nazi soldiers fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs, causing many injuries. In Silwan town, the soldiers invaded Be...

Dozens of Nazi soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem in the Nazi occupied West Bank, and Husan village, west of the city, abducted one Palestinian and inspected surveillance recordings. The soldiers also abducted a young man in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank. Media sources in Bethlehem said several army jeeps invaded the Deheishe refugee camp before the Nazi soldiers invaded and searched homes. They added that the Nazi soldiers abducted Odai Mohsin Abu Yabes, 20, from his home and took him to Etzion detention center and interrogation facility, south of Bethlehem. The Nazi soldiers also invaded Husan village, before storming and ransacking the homes of Jamal Hamamra and his brother Ali. During the invasion into Husan, the Naz...

Nazi soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Silwan town and Shu’fat refugee camp, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the Nazi occupied West Bank, before abducting one Palestinian, and invaded homes and stores while military helicopters hovered overhead. Media sources said dozens of Nazi soldiers invaded and searched many homes in the Shu’fat refugee camp, causing damage. They added that the Nazi soldiers, accompanied by Gestapo tax officers, also ticketed several merchants, and imposed fines on them. During the invasion, the Nazi soldiers closed many allies and isolated the refugee camp, preventing the Palestinians from entering or leaving it. In related news, the Nazi soldiers invaded Ein al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem...

Nazi soldiers shot, Tuesday, a Palestinian teenage boy, and abducted two young men including a former political prisoner, in the al-Am’ari refugee camp, in Ramallah in the central West Bank. Media sources said several Nazi army vehicles invaded the refugee camp, leading to protests before the Nazi soldiers fired live rounds, including expanding bullets, and tear gas bombs. They added that the Nazi soldiers shot a boy, 17 years of age, with an expanding bullet in the leg, before he was rushed to a hospital in Ramallah. Many Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation. In addition, the Nazi soldiers invaded and searched homes in the refugee camp before abducting Ahmad at-Toukhi and a former political prisoner, identified as Mahmoud ad-Dasht, 21.

Nazi soldiers uprooted, Tuesday, at least 250 olive trees on Palestinian lands in Husan and Wadi Fukin villages, west of Bethlehem, south of Nazi occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Bethlehem office of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, said the Nazi soldiers bulldozed 3 Dunams of land near the main road leading to Wadi Fukin village and uprooted 50 olive trees, owned by Halima Abdul-Fattah ad-Dibis. In Husan village, the Nazi soldiers uprooted at least 200 olive trees on lands in the al-Kanisa area, west of the city. He added that the orchard is owned by Haidar and his brother Hamed Abdul-Aziz Hamamra, and is surrounded by the illegal Beitar Illit colony which was installed on stolen Palestinian lands. The area is subject ...