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Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem, Cabinet Member Among Abductees, 200 Children Detained in Israeli Occupation Prisons

April 6, 2020 

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:

http://english.wafa.ps/, https://english.palinfo.com/, https://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/

 

Israeli occupation soldiers abducting a Palestinian child, file, April 6, 2020	Palestinian Governor of occupied East Jerusalem, Adnan Ghaith

 

There are 200 Palestinian Children Detained in Israeli Occupation Prisons

imemc, April 6, 2020 5:56 AM Ali Salam

Head of the Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Commission, Qadri Abu Bakr, on Sunday, said that the Israeli occupation regime has 200 Palestinian children in detention, commemorating ‘Palestinian Child Day’ on April 5th, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported.

In a statement, Abu Bakr said that since the year 2000, the Israeli occupation regime has arrested no less than 1700 Palestinian minors between 12 and 18 years, in addition to the detention of children younger than 10 years.

Abu Bakr asserted that these children are subjected to very harsh interrogation and even torture during their detention, in clear violation of international human rights standards. He called on the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, the Human Rights Council, UNICEF and Amnesty International to pressure Israel to release the minors.

~ WAFA Image: International Solidarity Movement

Israeli occupation Army Causes Dozens Of Palestinians To Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Kufur Qaddoum

April 5, 2020 9:06 AM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers invaded, late on Saturday evening, the town of Kufur Qaddoum, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and caused dozens of Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation during ensuing protests.

The Coordinator of the Popular Committee in Kufur Qaddoum, Morad Eshteiwi, stated that several army jeeps invaded the town, leading to protests.

He added that the soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs, in addition to concussion grenades, live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets at the protesters, and surrounding homes.

Eshteiwi stated that dozens of residents, including many in their own homes, suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, before receiving the needed treatment by the local medics.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers smashed the doors of many homes before breaking into them, and conducted violent searches of the properties while inspecting the ID cards of the Palestinians and interrogating many of them.

Eshteiwi denounced the Israeli military escalation against the unarmed Palestinian population in several parts of the occupied territory and said that Israel is taking advantage of the fact that the entire world is busy in dealing with the spreading Coronavirus, by escalating its invasions and serious violations.On Friday, the soldiers injured one Palestinian youth with fragments of a concussion grenade, and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation in Kufur Qaddoum.

Israeli Occupation Forces Injure Dozens of Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum

April 4, 2020 7:56 AM Ali Salam

A Palestinian youth was injured when Israeli occupation forces opened fire at Palestinian citizens, while dozens of Palestinians choked on tear gas in Kufur Qaddoum village, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia on Friday, the Palestinian Information Center reported.

Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies said that a Palestinian young man was wounded in the arm when Israeli forces fired at Palestinians taking part in Kufur Qaddoum’s weekly non-violent march against settlements. The wounded young man, who was reportedly hit by fragments of a concussion grenade in his arm, was transferred to hospital for treatment, while those suffering from inhalation injuries from tear-gas fired by soldiers, were treated at the scene.

The Palestinians living in the Kufur Qaddoum village and surrounding areas have staged protests against Israeli settlement expansion, as well as the closing of the main road which links the village to the closest major city in the northern West Bank, Nablus city. Israel closed the road to Palestinians in 2002, to benefit the illegal Israeli settlers, causing difficulties for local Palestinians.

Israeli occupation regime Police Abduct Two Palestinian Youths in East Jerusalem

April 5, 2020 7:30 PM Rami Almeghari

The  Israeli occupation regime police forces on Sunday, invaded one of the neighborhoods in the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted two Palestinian youths, local sources reported.

Sources and witnesses said that Israeli occupation police in the old city of East Jerusalem, broke into the homes of Ahmad Salayma and Mohammad Swaity and abducted the two youths.

The abduction came hours after Israeli police broke into the home of Fatah party’s representative in East Jerusalem, Shadi Matour, as well as the arrest and subsequent release of Palestinian Authority’s governor for Jerusalem, Adnan Gheith.

In a statement, released on Sunday, Palestinian National and Islamic factions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, decried Israeli authorities’ arrest campaigns, which also included the Palestinian Authority’s minister for Jerusalem affairs, Fadi Aldahmi.

The factions demanded Israeli occupation authorities desist in their recent efforts to target Palestinian dignitaries in occupied East Jerusalem.

Their statement asserted the Palestinian factions’ determination to protect the Palestinian population in East Jerusalem, with Coronavirus having plagued Palestinian territories and Israel, alike.

The factions hold Israel responsible for the health and welfare of Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, claiming that Israel is neglecting the health care of those residents.

They also noted that Palestinian officials and residents’ attempts to take necessary precaution measures, across East Jerusalem, are important, while Israel ‘is not doing enough’ to maintain Palestinian public health.

Jerusalem Minister: “I Was Forced To Wear A Dirty Mask, With Signs Of Dried Blood On It”

April 4, 2020 2:50 AM IMEMC News

Shortly after his release from the al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility in occupied Jerusalem, the Palestinian Government Minister of Jerusalem, Fadi al-Hadmi, said that the soldiers violently searched his home, and used dogs to inflict maximum damage, in addition to forcing him to wear a dirty mask that had signs of dried blood on it.

The Minister said that Israeli occupation soldiers, police officers and internal security officers, stormed his home at dawn, after detonating the main doors, and rampaged through every room of the property, causing excessive damage, in addition to causing anxiety attacks among his children.

“I was taken to the al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility where many soldiers repeatedly beat me up,” he added, “I was then forced to wear a mask that seems to have been used and had signs of dried blood on it.”

“No matter what they do, we will continue to serve and support our people in occupied Jerusalem, especially amidst the grave dangers we are facing due to the serious violations of this illegal Israeli occupation,” he added, “However, we will continue to help and support our people, particularly in these trying times – we will do whatever we want to protect the Palestinians from this occupation and the deadly coronavirus.”

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Jerusalem Governor

April 5, 2020 12:09 PM IMEMC News

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, Sunday, the Palestinian Governor of occupied East Jerusalem, Adnan Gheith, after storming and ransacking his home in Silwan town, south of Jerusalem.

Media sources said the soldiers violently searched the property after breaking into it, causing damage, and abducted the governor.

It is worth mentioning that this is the seventeenth time the soldiers abduct and detain Gheith since he became the governor of occupied Jerusalem in August 2018.

Gheith is also banned from entering the rest of the West Bank, in addition to not being allowed to have any contact with the Palestinian Authority, or with any of the Palestinian political leaders, including President Mahmoud Abbas.

On Friday, the soldiers abducted the Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Fadi al-Hadmi, from his home in the Suwwana neighborhood in Jerusalem, for the fourth time in less than one year, and released him after an extended interrogation.

Shortly after his release from the al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility in Jerusalem, al-Hadmi said that the soldiers violently searched his home, and used dogs to inflict maximum damage, in addition to forcing him to wear a dirty mask that had signs of dried blood on it.

Illegal Israeli Settlers Flood Palestinian Farm Lands near Hebron

April 6, 2020 12:35 AM Ali Salam

Illegal Israeli settlers on Sunday, flooded Palestinian-owned farms planted with grapes, near the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, a local source reported.

Local activist, Mohammad Awad, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that extremist colonial settlers from Gush Etzion settlement bloc, built on Palestinian lands near Beit Ummar town, flooded sewage onto the grape orchards, with the aim of damaging crops.

Awad said that today’s flooding of Palestinian farm land with sewage is only one episode in a series of assaults by illegal colonial settlers.

It is worth mentioning that Israeli settlers, along with Israeli occupatin forces on Sunday, blocked Palestinian farmers from having access to their land.

Israeli Occupation Forces and Illegal Settlers Deny Palestinian Farmers Access to their Land near Bethlehem

April 6, 2020 12:32 AM Ali Salam

Israeli occupation forces and illegal extremist Israeli settlers on Sunday prevented Palestinian farmers from accessing their lands in the village of Tuqu’, southeast of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to sources.

Tayseer Abu Mfarreh, mayor of the village, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that a large unit of Israeli military forces as well as a group of illegal colonial settlers, intercepted the farmers and banned their entrance onto their agricultural lands.

Also of note is that on Saturday, armed illegal Israeli settlers, stormed the Palestinian neighborhood of Wadi Alrababa in East Jerusalem, southern occupied West Bank.

Armed Illegal Israeli Settlers Storm Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem

April 4, 2020 10:35 PM Rami Almeghari

Armed illegal Israeli settlers, on Saturday, stormed the Palestinian neighborhood of Wadi Alrababa in Silwan village in the internationally-recognized occupied city of East Jerusalem, southern West Bank.

Local media outlets and witnesses said that about 25 illegal armed Israeli settlers stormed the neighborhood and embarked on provocative actions towards local unarmed Palestinian civilians.

It is worth mentioning, the that residents of Silwan’s Wadi Alrababa neighborhood have recently been able to extract an Israeli court verdict that their neighborhood is not part of Israeli authorities’ areas of operation, mainly those of the Israeli environmental authority.

Colonial Israeli settlers’ attacks on the occupied east Jerusalem’s neighborhoods have been frequently reported over the past few years, with the Israeli government having approved a series of colonial settlement plans in the internationally-recognized Arab-Palestinian part of East Jerusalem.

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