By: Madeeha Araj,
“Pay the Price Jewish Organizations” keep attacking Palestinian citizens at their homes in the Doma village, south of Nablus, which is still suffering the crime of burning a whole family, as the Israeli Army Minister , Moshe Ya’lon has admitted that the perpetrators are to him, named as Ameir Bin Oleeil, and another minor(17 years, adding some security restrictions have prevented their arrest, which gives clear and explicit recognition of responsibility for this terrible terrorist act. The Israeli judiciary and its various courts are tools used in the service of security and the occupying state in all attacks against the Palestinian citizens. They justify the crimes of the occupation and enact laws that contradict with the International Law and Human Rights. Another crime is added under the seen and hearing of the world in the Duma village, as the extremist settlers attacked a house and threw Molotov cocktails at the house belonging to Yasir Ahmad ‘Abd al-Fattah Dawabsha after they broke the external protection of a window.
The National Bureau held the Israeli PM Netanyahu full responsibility for this crime and considered failure of the International Community to carry out its legal and moral responsibilities towards our people and dealing with the occupation government as a state above the law, encourages Jewish terrorist organizations to commit more crimes against our people.
While focusing on the practices of the extremist settlers, a report issued by the UN during April which reviewed a number of violations targeting Palestinians and their property. The report pointed to the intensification of measures and violations committed by the Israeli army against many Palestinian communities in Area C, The EU’s representative has condemned the Israeli authorities’ demolition of the Union Mall main office in the Mafasir Yatta area south of Hebron and called for the return of the electricity and water equipment confiscated by the Israeli occupation army to the Palestinian communities. The diplomats stressed the EU’s position that opposes the Israel’s settlement policy, which threatens the principle of a two-state solution and called on the Israeli authorities to stop the demolition and confiscation of Palestinian homes and property under its obligations as an occupying power under International Humanitarian Law.
On the other hand, the Israeli government has approved the start of a project which includes the construction of 300 housing units in Beit El. A tender for that was published recently, and contractors toured the area joined by Beny Dreyfus, Deputy Director General of Marketing at the Israeli Ministry of Housing. In addition, the Israeli government will approve the allocation of NIS 200,000,000 for the implementation of the airlift project over the Old City of Jerusalem. The Minister of Tourism, Yariv Levin, will present before the Israeli government a proposal to increase support for tourism based on the increasing number of tourists last year. The airlift will enhance the tourism infrastructure, according to their claim as it passed over the old town and gives tourists a unique sight. The length of the airlift extended from the Mount of Olives to the Western Wall of Al-Aqsa i.e. 1400 meters. At the same time, the Israeli government is financing archaeological excavations near the so-called “City of David” in Jerusalem at a cost of NIS 60,000,000.
At the political level, officials at the Bibi government are waging a loyalty and defending settlement activities, demanding that the recommendations of the special committee appointed by the Israeli government be adopted to legislate some 7,000 buildings in some outposts and to new settlements. Evacuating the settlements in the West Bank has ended, Justice Minister, Eilat Shkid wrote on her Twitter account, adding that under the leadership of the Jewish House, a team was formed to find the legal means to legislate the settlements, and that the shame of evacuation settlement has been stopped. Moreover, Judge, Edmond Levy’s report on settlement legislation and settlement outposts in the West Bank, must be adopted.
In a hectic American attempt to eliminate the chances of establishing an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital, preparations continue for the inauguration of the American Embassy in Jerusalem. Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barkat has decided to thank president, Donald Trump and to name the large square adjacent to the embassy building after his name. He personally hanged a banner directing to the building of the US Embassy and the occupation authorities have also put signs on the roads leading to the embassy. “I am proud to have hung the banners,” Barakat said. “This is a historic event and we thank Trump for that. Dozens of events will be held on this day in Jerusalem, a march of more than 20,000 settlers flags will take place.
A list of Israeli Occupation and Settlers’ Assaults over The Last Week, Documented by the National Bureau:
Jerusalem:
- Evacuation order of a house belonging to Jawad Abu Sneineh in the down town of Silwan neighborhood, besides paying NIS 19,000 for 3 years of hiring the house.
- Demolition order of 3 houses in the Qalandia village, north of Jerusalem, under the pretext of building without a permit. In addition to the demolishing 12 houses in the same area and the same argument two years ago,
- Invading Al-Issawiya town, northeast of Jerusalem, and demolished a petrol station under the pretext of not having a permit.
- Confiscating a land belonging to a resident of the town of Issawiya in the occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of “public benefit”. Moreover, excavations continued below the Wadi Hilweh area in Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, causing cracks and landslides in the area to open tunnels towards the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Western Wall..
Hebron:
- Pouring waste-water in the northern West Bank town of Beit Umar, grapes fields belonging to Sabarneh family to expel him from the land. Furthermore, running over 23 year-old, Hani Fayez al-Adarba, from Beit Ula village southwest of Hebron, he was admitted to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem in bad conditions. He died 2 days later.
- Attacking shops at the Gold Market in the city that is closed by a military decision and damaded its contents, and preventing a medical staff affiliated to the Health Work Committees Foundation from entering the area to carry out a health activity in cooperation with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society
Bethlehem:
- Setting up caravans in the Khalat al-Fahm area in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, to establish settlement outpost, and bulldoze 22 dunums. Moreover, seizing a bulldozer and cement-mixer in the town that in al-Balu area under the pretext of pretext of having no permit.
- Preventing Mah’d Abd al-Jalil Shakarneh, from the village of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem, from building a wall around his land.
Nablus:
- Demolishing a number of agricultural houses and barns in the Duma village, south of Nablus, at the Abu Saif area, east of the village.
- Breaking into the Sabastiya area, north of Nablus, and preventing the residents from entering the area.
- Injuring 7 young men during confrontations that broke out after thousands of settlers and Israeli soldiers broke into the Yusuf tomb, east of Nablus, to perform their Talmudic rituals.
- Order to confiscate one and a half dunums near the Hawara village, south of Nablus, to the favor of the Yitzhar settlement.
- Bulldozing areas of land of the Burin village, south of Nablus near the Burin Secondary School. They erected fence in the areas to besiege the school.
Jordan Valley:
- Erecting caravans at the Farsi area, in the northern valleys in the pastoral lands between the settlements of Rotem and Ishdimot.
- Seizing a borehole in the northern Jordan Valley, photographing residential areas at the Ras al-Ahmar area, southeast of Tubas.
- Displacing 5 Palestinian families from Khirbet Hamsa al-Fawqa in the northern Jordan Valley, under the pretext of carrying out military exercises. The Israeli occupation authorities claimed that they wanted to prepare the atmosphere for the purpose of conducting military exercises for the Israeli army in the area..