Palestinian Killed, Several Injured, Abducted by Israeli Soldiers and Settlers, UN Proposal for Protection of Palestinians, August 21, 2018

Palestinian Killed, Several Injured, Abducted by Israeli Soldiers and Settlers, UN Proposal for Protection of Palestinians

August 21, 2018

Editor's Note:

While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of David, Solomon, and Solomon's son).

After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

The following news stories are just examples of the Israeli occupation government violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources: https://english.palinfo.com/, http://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/

	United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres
A Palestinian man from Nablus injured in an assault by illegal Israeli settlers, August 19, 2018

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kill A Palestinian In Northern Gaza

August 21, 2018 2:23 AM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers killed, on Monday morning, a young Palestinian man near the parameter fence, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation army alleged that its soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian, who allegededly opened fired at the soldiers in northern Gaza, and killed him. The army said no soldiers were injured.

The occupation army published a picture of the slain Palestinian after he was shot, and his family was able to recognize him from the photo.

He has been identified as Hani Mohammad Odah al-Majdalawi, 24, from Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza; his corpse is in the hands of the Israeli army.

“Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct 14 Palestinians In The West Bank”

August 20, 2018 2:40 PM IMEMC News

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, fourteen Palestinians, including a former political prisoner who was imprisoned for 15 years, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.

The PPS office in Nablus, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded the al-Ein neighborhood and Younis Street, on the western entrances of the city, searched homes and abducted Wafa Damouni, a former political prisoner, who was detained for 15 years.

It is worth mentioning that Wafa is the nephew of Jamail Salim Damouni, who was assassinated by Israeli soldiers in 2001.

In related news, the Israeli occupation soldiers invaded the home of Osama Herzallah, in Nablus, and injured two young men with rubber-coated bullets during protests against the invasion.

Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Zakariya al-Bakri and Abdullah Najeeb, from their homes in the Old City of Nablus.

In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Sielet ath-Thaher town, south of the city, searched homes and abducted Ahmad Hasan Hantouli and Nidal Mohammad Hantouli.

In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Hasan Oleyyan, from his home in the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, after invading it along with many other homes owned by members of Oleyyan, Makhlouf and Awwad families.

The Israeli occupation soldiers fired several rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters during the invasion.

They also searched homes in the al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah, causing property damage.

In addition, the soldiers invaded the home of Aahed Alqam in Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted his sons Othman and Mahmoud, in addition to Yazan Arar, who was also taken prisoner from his home.

In Bethlehem, the Israeli occupation soldiers abducted Ibrahim Hasan Salah, 22, from his home in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, in addition to Mahmoud Salem Atallah, from Harmala village, east of the city.

Gutteres Suggests Armed UN Presence to Insure Palestinian Protection, After 171 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces

August 18, 2018 8:07 PM IMEMC News & Agencies

The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, presented four proposals, this Friday (August 17, 2018), aimed at protecting Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and in the besieged Gaza Strip, including the deployment of observers and increased humanitarian and development assistance.

Guterres presented his proposals in a 14-page report prepared at the request of the United Nations General Assembly, after 171 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip by Israeli occupation forces since March 30th, known as the start of “The Great March of Return.”

The UN General Assembly had requested the report, in a resolution adopted in June with 120 votes in favor, eight against and 45 abstentions, which condemned Israel for excessive force against Palestinians and also denounced the firing of rockets from Gaza into Israel.

According to Ma’an News Agency, the UN had requested proposals to ensure “the safety, protection, and well-being of the Palestinian civilian population under Israeli occupation, including recommendations regarding an international protection mechanism.”

Guterres wrote, in his report “the combination of prolonged military occupation, constant security threats, weak political institutions, and a deadlocked peace process provides for a protection challenge that is highly complex politically, legally and practically.”

Guterres started with the first proposal regarding strengthening the UN field presence and providing it with human rights monitors to assess the situation, in the occupied territories, with “armed UN peacekeepers or armed forces from a group of like-minded states operating under a UN mandate could be deployed to offer physical protection. This option, however, would need a Security Council mandate and the United States, a close ally of Israel, would likely wield its veto.”

Guterres continued to the second proposal about increasing humanitarian and development assistance; he wrote “a UN or non-UN civilian observer mission could be deployed into the occupied territories with a specific mandate to report on protection and well-being issues and provide local mediation. This would also need a UN mandate.”

The third proposal suggested was to form a civilian monitoring mission deployed in sensitive areas such as checkpoints, crossings, and near illegal Israeli settlements, whose task would be to report on protection issues.

Guterres wrote, “could be expanding current UN programs and development and humanitarian aid to address the needs of Palestinian civilians more effectively and strengthen Palestinian institutions.”

The fourth and final proposal was concerning the deployment of a police or military force authorized by the UN, whose mission would be to provide physical protection to Palestinian civilians.

“Could be to send additional UN human rights, coordination and political officers to boost monitoring and reporting on the situation and increase the UN’s visibility,” Guterres wrote.

Guterres concluded “the best way to ensure the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilian population is still the negotiation of a comprehensive, just, and final settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict.”

Additionally, throughout the report, Guterres stressed that for each of the proposals, cooperation by both Israel and Palestine would be necessary. However, it is unlikely that Israel would agree to any of these proposals.

Illegal Israeli Settlers Puncture Tires, Write Racist Graffiti, In Jerusalem

August 19, 2018 12:40 PM IMEMC News

Illegal Israeli Settlers infiltrated, on Sunday at dawn, Habayel al-Arab neighborhood of the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, wrote racist graffiti and punctured the tires of more than 15 Palestinian cars, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported.

Mohammad Abu al-Hummus, a member of the Follow-Up Committee in al-‘Isawiya, said the Israeli assailants infiltrated into the town from the northeastern part of the town, and headed to Habayel al-Arab neighborhood.

He added that the assailants punctured the tires of more than 15 cars, and wrote racist graffiti, before fleeing the area.

The locals contacted the Israeli police, but instead of investigating the attacks, the officers wiped the graffiti out.

The locals demanded the police to examine the surveillance recordings, especially since all entrances of the town, and the nearby French Hill colony, have dozens of surveillance cameras, which were repeatedly used to identify and abduct Palestinian youngsters, who hurl stones at the police or army in the area during protests.

A video published by Silwanic shows three illegal Israeli Settlers leaving the town after carrying the attack out.

In related news, a number of colonizers from Yitzhar colony, illegally built on Palestinian lands south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, hurled stones at several cars, wounding four Palestinians, and caused damage to many cars.

Illegal Israeli Settlers Injure Four Palestinians Near Nablus

August 19, 2018 11:43 AM IMEMC News

A number of Illegal Israeli Settlers from Yitzhar colony, illegally built on Palestinian lands south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, hurled stones at several Palestinian cars, wounding four residents, and caused damage to many cars.

Media sources in Nablus said the attacks took place on the main road between the city and Qalqilia.

They added that the wounded Palestinians have been identified as Abdul-Hafith Mousa, and his sons Mohammad and Tareq, in addition to Mohammad Saleh Awad, from Tulkarem. They were rushed for treatment in Rafidia hospital, in Nablus.

Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said such assaults have witnessed a very serious escalation after a settler woman was killed in a traffic accident, last Thursday.

He added that Yitzhar colonists have carried out numerous assaults against the Palestinians, and closed the Nablus-Qalqilia road, in addition to causing damage to many cars and wounding many residents, including several children.

Daghlas stated that, in 48 hours, the Israeli assailants burnt a bulldozer, attacked many homes in ‘Aseera ash-Shamaliya town and Jaloud village, south of Nablus, in addition to cutting 900 trees in the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, also south of Nablus, Arraba town, south of Jenin, and Ras Karkar village, northwest of Ramallah in central West Bank, and demolished a well.

He added that the colonists also wrote racist graffiti in al-‘Isawiya and Shu’fat, in occupied Jerusalem, and punctured tires of more than 15 Palestinian cars.

Illegal Israeli Settlers Uproot 70 Olive Saplings Near Ramallah

August 19, 2018 3:01 AM IMEMC News

Illegal Israeli paramilitary settlers uprooted, Saturday, dozens of Palestinian olive saplings, and cut trees, in Ras Karkar village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.

The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the Israeli assailants invaded lands, owned by Khaled Samhan, in the northern part of the village, and uprooted 70 olive saplings. Many of the saplings had been planted in barrels, which were overturned by the paramilitary colonizers.

WAFA added that the attackers also cut many trees on his lands, and wrote racist graffiti on the large cement cover of an underground water reservoir.

On Saturday at dawn, another group of illegal colonizers cut dozens of Palestinian olive trees, owned by a local resident identified as Nathmi Dheidi, in ‘Arraba town, south of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

50 Illegal Israeli settlers defile al-Aqsa Mosque Short url Related

August 19, 2018, OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) + -

New groups of illegal Israeli settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque on Monday morning via al-Maghareba Gate. Local sources reported that 50 illegal Israeli settlers forced their way into the Mosque amid heavy police presence. They said that other groups of settlers are expected to visit the site later in the day. Israeli settlers carry out almost daily break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque under the police protection especially in the early morning hours taking advantage of the small number of Palestinian worshipers in the Mosque during this period.

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