West Bank

byKaleem Hawa THE GANGS of Israeli teenagers grip their oversized machine guns as they patrol the Damascus Gate, tossing their stun grenades and hearing the stones roar back in the original Arabic: “Jerusalem for the Palestinians.” What scenes those steps have borne witness to—a Nakba, a catastrophe. A shattering of history, a rending of Palestinian masses, now reunited and marching steadfastly along Route 1 toward Al-Aqsa Mosque on one of the last evenings of Ramadan to protect their city, to defend it from Israeli attempts to cleanse it of Palestinian life. In Jerusalem, a boy throws his shoe at a soldier, hitting him squarely in the face. In the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, the breakers of the fast are pelted by settler stones, summarily returned—and then some. The aparth...

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that fifteen detainees in Nazi Camps and detention camps are ongoing with the hunger strike, protesting their continued arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges or trial. The PPS stated that the detainees are demanding to be released, as they are not facing any charges and are held under the Administrative Detention orders, especially since these orders are and can be renewed at any time without trial. The PPS added that the hunger-striking detainees are imprisoned in the Negev Nazi Detention Camp, in addition to Ramon and Majeddo Nazi Camps, and that most of them have spent years behind bars during their repeated abductions and imprisonment. The detainees are: Salem Zeidat from Bani Neim – Hebron; started th...

Nazi soldiers injured, on Tuesday at dawn, five Palestinians, including a journalist, in Nablus city, in northern West Bank, after the army accompanied dozens of Nazi JEWISH colonialist settlers into Joseph’s Tomb, east of the city. Media sources said several army jeeps accompanied a few buses loaded with Nazi colonizers into the area, leading to protests. They added that the Nazi soldiers fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs at the protesters. Medical sources said the Nazi soldiers shot five young men, including a journalist identified as Abdullah Bahsh, with rubber-coated steel bullets. Medics provided the wounded Palestinians with the needed treatment and moved the journalist to a local hospital after suffering moderate injuries. The ...

Several Nazi army jeeps invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Jenin city in the northern part of the Nazi occupied West Bank, shot a young Palestinian man and abducted two. Media sources said the Nazi soldiers invaded Jenin city from several directions and opened fire at Palestinians who protested the invasion and hurled stones at the armored military jeeps. They added that the Nazi soldiers fired several live rounds, wounding a young man in the leg, in addition to firing gas bombs and concussion grenades. The Nazi soldiers also invaded and violently searched the homes of Emad Ahmad al-Kado and Abed Jamal Abu Na’sa, causing property damage, before abducting them. In related news, the soldiers abducted a young man from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, south of Nazi ...

Nazi soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, a young man from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, south of Nazi occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Local sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, before storming and searching homes. They added that the Nazi soldiers then abducted Ahmad Salah Thawabta, from his home and moved him to Etzion Nazi military base and security center, south of Bethlehem. The Nazi soldiers also invaded and searched the home of Mohammad Ahmad Sheikh, in Marah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, and searched it. Mohammad is the father of Mahmoud, a political prisoner held by the Nazi Gestapo. On Monday evening, the Nazi soldiers stopped and interrogated two young Palestinian men in Bab al-‘Amoud area in Nazi occupied Jerusalem, ...

A group of Nazi JEWISH colonizers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, started the construction work of a new outpost around a water spring they fenced last Sunday. Mo’taz Bisharat, a Palestinian official in charge of the Northern Plains file at Tubas governorate, said the Nazi JEWISH colonists brought construction supplies and started the work to install their new outpost on the stolen Palestinian lands. The construction of the new outpost came only one day after the colonizers installed a fence around the water spring and prevented the Palestinian shepherds from reaching it. A month ago, the colonists occupied the Palestinian water spring, and built a small park for themselves, and even planted some trees around it.

Nazi soldiers invaded, Monday, several Palestinian homes, and installed roadblocks, in Hebron, in the southern part of the Nazi occupied West Bank. Media sources said the Nazi soldiers stormed and ransacked several homes in Hebron city and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. They added that the Nazi soldiers also installed roadblocks in the northern area of Hebron city, in addition to the main roads leading to Sa’ir, Yatta, and Halhoul towns, before stopping and searching dozens of cars.

Israeli Prison Service accused of beating Palestinian who died in detention IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG  Before his death in an Israeli prison, Abdo Yousef al-Khatib, 43, was a resident of Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem and a father of four. After his arrest by Israeli forces on Sunday for a traffic violation, Abdo Yousef al-Khatib was heard screaming in his prison cell. The Israel Prison Service claims he died of a heart attack. by Middle East Eye staff, reposted from MEE, July 22, 2021 The family of a Palestinian who died on Wednesday evening in an Israeli detention centre has accused authorities of electrocuting and beating him while in prison. Abdo Yousef al-Khatib, 43, a resident of the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem, was arrested on Sunday for a tr...

IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG The United Church of Christ (UCC) conference has voted overwhelmingly to stand with the people of Palestine, against their oppression by Israel. While the words “apartheid” and “sin” caused fear and trembling among some delegates, and were ultimately stricken, the UCC statement in support of justice for Palestinians was met with 83% approval (14% opposed, 3% abstained). by Tiffany Vail, reposted from the United Church of Christ website, July 19, 2021 The United Church of Christ “Special Edition” General Synod on Sunday evening approved a resolution decrying oppression of Palestinian people as a matter of faith, but not before a debate over whether calling that oppression “apartheid” and naming it a “sin” was too inflammatory. ...