Medics: 2 women injured after hit-and-run involving settler car

NABLUS (Ma’an) — Two women from the northern West Bank were injured on Tuesday morning in a hit-and-run incident involving an Israeli settler car, medics said. The women were hit as they crossed the main road of Huwwara village, south Nablus. Ahlam Bilal Hamad, 19, and her sister Saja, 18, suffered mild injuries in the incident. A settler driving a Subaru pickup truck fled the scene, Palestinian medical sources said. The Nablus area has witnessed a surge in settler attacks over the last month, including village raids, attacks on property and the vandalism of two mosques. On Sept. 5, settlers torched a mosque and spray-painted anti-Arab slogans and the Star of David in the village of Qusra, south of Huwwara.



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Land, property theft & destruction / Apartheid / Restriction of movement

New statistics from the United Nations demonstrate that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is becoming more aggressive and dangerous for Palestinian civilians. A report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied territories (UNOCHA) has revealed an increase in Israel’s demolitions of Palestinian houses and other buildings in 2011. The number of Palestinians injured by Israeli forces this year has more than doubled compared with last year. The UNOCHA report said that the Israeli Occupation Authorities demolished 409 Palestinian structures in 2011 compared with 290 over the same period in 2010. Just over 800 Palestinians have been injured to-date in 2011; the figure for January to September 2010 was 374.

Jailed Legislator Rejects Deportation Plea Bargain

Detained legislator Ahmad Attoun, of Jerusalem, rejected an Israeli Court offer of expulsion from Jerusalem in exchange for his release. He also refused to sign a document stating that he will not return to the city.

Closing The Ibrahim Mosque for Muslims and Opening it to Israeli Settlers

Israeli Military forces closed the Ibrahim Mosque in Hebron in the West Bank today, October 4th, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

Army Demolishes a House and Cowshed, Bulldozes Olive Orchard in Hebron

The Israeli army demolished a house and cowshed, bulldozed an olive orchard, and confiscated two caravans in the village of Beit Ola, northwest of the West Bank city of Hebron, Palestine News & Info Agency (WAFA) reported on Tuesday.

Confrontations spark in many neighbor hoods of Silwan

Confrontations sparked in many neighborhoods of Silwan in the middle strict security measures taken by Israeli police in the occasion of Hebrew new year . The Israeli Forces closed streets to secure thousands of Jews march in Silwan. Confrontations sparked in many neighborhoods of Silwan in the middle strict security measures taken by Israeli police in the occasion of Hebrew new year . The Israeli Forces closed streets to secure thousands of Jews march in Silwan. http://silwanic.net/?p=20783

On the occasion the Hebrew new year the neighborhood of Wadi Hilweh in Silwan was totally closed , An ttempt of assaulting a child

The Israeli forces imposed a complete closure over the entrances of Wadi hilweh after midday noon time . The Participating settlers’ herds in the annual march and the settlement’s blocks were guarded heavily by the Israeli forces until the last moment of the sunset when the Last Israeli soldier withdrew from the Neighborhood. This annual march takes place in Wadi hilewh in the occasion of The Hebrew New Year. The march participants used dirty language cursed the Palestinians and called for expelling Palestinians from there. homeland. Many children randomly went out of their houses with flags logoed by ” I love you Silwan” and the Palestinian Flags , then the settlers tried to assault them under justifying this by they are having a Jewish Feast and those naughty children have no right to be there “ according to one of the Jew Extremist.” You are the master of the international terrorism, How Much do you pay them to practice terrorism “ one of the settler shouted. The Israeli police tried to stop the music coming out from Wadi Hilweh Information center in Silwan justifying this by bothering the march participants . One of the participating settler said “You are bothering our ears so go to hell”

http://silwanic.net/?p=20780 Architects of Jerusalem’s Museum of Tolerance quit as construction slated to begin Municipal official cites differences of opinion with project’s sponsors and financers, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, as cause for resignation. The Israeli forces imposed a complete closure over the entrances of Wadi hilweh after midday noon time . The Participating settlers’ herds in the annual march and the settlement’s blocks were guarded heavily by the Israeli forces until the last moment of the sunset when the Last Israeli soldier withdrew from the Neighborhood. This annual march takes place in Wadi hilewh in the occasion of The Hebrew New Year. The march participants used dirty language cursed the Palestinians and called for expelling Palestinians from there. homeland. Many children randomly went out of their houses with flags logoed by ” I love you Silwan” and the Palestinian Flags , then the settlers tried to assault them under justifying this by they are having a Jewish Feast and those naughty children have no right to be there “ according to one of the Jew Extremist.” You are the master of the international terrorism, How Much do you pay them to practice terrorism “ one of the settler shouted. The Israeli police tried to stop the music coming out from Wadi Hilweh Information center in Silwan justifying this by bothering the march participants . One of the participating settler said “You are bothering our ears so go to hell” http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/architects-of-jerusalem-s-museum-of-tolerance-quit-asconstruction-slated-to-begin-1.387968?localLinksEnabled=false Israeli Regime Violence, Past and Present Witnesses: Israeli helicopters fire on southern Gaza GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli helicopters fired at homes in southern Gaza on Tuesday morning as bulldozers crossed the border and started digging up land, witnesses told Ma’an. Residents of Khan Younis said several military jeeps and bulldozers entered al-Qarara north of Khan Younis and started leveling agricultural land as the helicopters hovered overhead firing randomly at homes. An army spokeswoman said there had been military activity in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday but could not provide further details. http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=426015 Senior Israeli Police Officer Brutally Assaulted Activists in Anatot Pogrom

In Hebrew, it’s called a “lynch.” No, not necessarily stringing a rope over a tree and hanging you. Closer perhaps in meaning to “pogrom.” But “lynch” gives you an idea of what it was like for those brave Israeli peace activists who tried to help a poor Palestinian farmer from having his land stolen from him by yet another Israeli settlement. And that’s what any reasonable Israeli who cares about the mass hooliganism that occurred in the settlement of Anatot is calling it (in Hebrew), a “lynch.”

Loud explosion and tense Israeli troops spread in Silwan

Through a telephone call with Silwanic site , eye witnesses declared that they heard the sound of strong explosion in the middle of Silwan time and there are tense Israeli troops spreading in many neighborhoods in Silwan and there , the situation is charged with tension. Through a telephone call with Silwanic site , eye witnesses declared that they heard the sound of strong explosion in the middle of Silwan time and there are tense Israeli troops spreading in many neighborhoods in Silwan and there , the situation is charged with tension.

Israeli Settler Terrorism Jewish terrorists strike again, this time in the Galilee, Lizzy Ratner

Another day, another act of extreme “price tag” violence. It’s all getting to be terrifyingly, horrifyingly routine. Early this morning, suspected Jewish extremists — or heck, let’s just call them what they are, suspected Jewish terrorists – Another day, another act of extreme “price tag” violence. It’s all getting to be terrifyingly, horrifyingly routine. Early this morning, suspected Jewish extremists — or heck, let’s just call them what they are, suspected Jewish terrorists – set a mosque on fire on fire in Tuba Zangaria, a Bedouin village in the northern Galilee. The blaze caused “serious damage” to the mosque, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told The New York Times, and destroyed copies of the Koran as well as walls and rugs. The arsonists also took the time to spray-paint a message in Hebrew on the outside walls of the mosque: the words “Price Tag,” “Revenge” and “Palmer.” “Palmer,” it is believed, is a reference to Asher Palmer, a settler from Hebron who was killed last week in a car crash that Israeli police have labeled a terrorist attack — though what the people of a small Bedouin village in northern Israeli have to do with the death of an Israeli settler near Kiryat Arba remains utterly perplexing. http://mondoweiss.net/2011/10/jewish-terrorists-strike-again-this-time-in-the-galilee.html Tuba Zangaria residents tense after mosque arson

Bedouin town whose mosque fell prey to ‘price tag’ arson sees clashes between residents, police; protesters stone security forces, block town’s entrance.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4130766,00.html Bedouin town whose mosque fell prey to ‘price tag’ arson sees clashes between residents, police; protesters stone security forces, block town’s entrance. Janet Venn-Brown was Palestinian spokesperson Wael Zuaiter’s partner for eight years and one of the last people to see him before his assassination. Sarah Irving interviews for The Electronic Intifada. http://electronicintifada.net/content/murdered-being-palestinian-wael-zuaiter-remembered-40-years/10418?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifadaPalestine+%28Electronic+Intifada+%3A+Palestine+News%29 The death throes of Greater Israel

Above is more video from the settler attack on Israeli leftists from over the weekend. Notice the acquiescence (and participation?) of the police. Watching this I can only believe that the pure fury the settlers display towards the activists is a sign that they know their world is crumbling around them. The activists represent a reality the settlers know to be true – the era of Israeli impunity is coming to an end and their days are numbered. Their illegal and immoral crusade to colonize all of historic Palestine is increasingly being exposed and rejected. The world is watching and has deemed their presence, and worldview, illegitimate. I suspect we’ll see many more videos like this, with increasing violence. Those who believe in Greater Israel will fight until the end. The death throes of an idea can be a very dangerous time.

The new ‘internalized conflict’: Israeli settlers targeting Israeli activists w/ impunity

Earlier today Adam posted the stark video from the settler attacks last Friday on demonstrators protesting theft of Palestinian lands at the Anatot settlement in occupied Palestine (a version with English subtitles is above). Over the weekend I spoke with one of the Israel activists who was targeted in the attacks. The activist declined to be identified and provided this insight. http://mondoweiss.net/2011/10/the-new-internalized-conflict-israeli-settlers-targeting-israeli-activists-w-impunity.html Child Detentions / Political Arrests Kidnapping a passing by youth by a Military Jeep

The Israeli troops kidnapped a youth from al Harah al Wasta in Silwan while passing by an Israeli military Jeep and the identity of the youth is still unknown. This is in a continuous policy of arresting people even if they don’t participate in the clashes in Silwan Town according to a resident in Al Hara Al Wasta. The Israeli troops kidnapped a youth from al Harah al Wasta in Silwan while passing by an Israeli military Jeep and the identity of the youth is still unknown. This is in a continuous policy of arresting people even if they don’t participate in the clashes in Silwan Town according to a resident in Al Hara Al Wasta. http://silwanic.net/?p=20788 Four children are summoned for investigation Wednesday

Four Children from the neighborhood of Wadi Hilweh and Wadi Al Rababeh were summoned by the Israeli authorities The kids ages are between 8-11 yrs . The Israeli Intelligence doesn’t slacken to arrest children and minors and interrogating them in arbitrary ways . This is according to testimonies taken by kids who were interrogated by the Israeli Authorities. Four Children from the neighborhood of Wadi Hilweh and Wadi Al Rababeh were summoned by the Israeli authorities The kids ages are between 8-11 yrs . The Israeli Intelligence doesn’t slacken to arrest children and minors and interrogating them in arbitrary ways . This is according to testimonies taken by kids who were interrogated by the Israeli Authorities. http://silwanic.net/?p=20795 Israeli Occupation forces Detain 8 Citizens In the West Bank Gaza,(Alresalah.ps)– Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) detained eight Palestinian citizens, Tuesday dawn, in the occupied West Bank. The Jewish newspaper(Ynet) reported that three Palestinian citizens were detains by Israeli soldiers in Qalandia Refugees Camp southern Ramallah, while five others were detained in Halhol town north Hebron Province. IOF set up a military checkpoint at Jabloon Village entrance eastern of Jenin City and started inspecting the citizens’ automobiles and checking their IDs. Israeli occupation forces interrogate the citizens of the aforementioned village. Israeli soldiers confiscated a number of citizens said. http://english.alresalah.ps/?action=showdetail&seid=796 Prison Hunger Strikes Earlier today Adam posted the stark video from the settler attacks last Friday on demonstrators protesting theft of Palestinian lands at the Anatot settlement in occupied Palestine (a version with English subtitles is above). Over the weekend I spoke with one of the Israel activists who was targeted in the attacks. The activist declined to be identified and provided this insight. Raids in Ashkelon, Nafha prisons as thousands join hunger strike

Special units raided cells in the Israeli Ashkelon and Nafha prisons as thousands of Palestinian prisoners have joined a seven day hunger strike.

link to Palestine Information Center

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=426026 Palestinian children hold candles during a protest calling for the release of, Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in Gaza City on April 26, 2010., (MaanImages/Wissam Nassar), RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israel’s prison administration has refused Palestinian detainees’ demands as prisoners enter their eighth day on hunger strike, the minister of detainees’ affairs in Ramallah said Tuesday., Issa Qaraqe said a meeting between prisoner representatives, the assistant general director of prisons and Israeli intelligence officers in Ramon prison failed to yield any results. Israel escalates violations against Palestinian prisoners in its jails

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons have embarked on a hunger strike in protest over poor conditions of detention and ill-treatment. Yesterday, Israeli prison authorities took action against a number of the hunger strikers placing them in solitary confinement. There currently over 6,000 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails.

http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/2894-israel-escalates-violations-against-palestinian-prisoners-in-its-jails Activities Launched To Support The Striking Detainees

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention facilities started an open-ended hunger strike a week ago, after a Prison Service crack-down to punish the detainees while at the same time starting a campaign aimed at influencing world public opinion regarding prison conditions.

Security forces have clashed in Saudi Arabia with pro-reform protesters in the Qatif Governorate in the Eastern Province of the country, Press TV reports.

Hussein Agha and Robert Malley, “The Arab Counterrevolution”

The young street demonstrators challenge the status quo, ignite a revolutionary spirit, and point the way for a redistribution of power. But what they possess in enthusiasm they lack in organization and political experience. What gives them strength during the uprising — their amorphous character and impulsiveness — leads to their subsequent undoing. Their domain is the more visible and publicized. The real action, much to their chagrin, takes place elsewhere. The outcome of the Arab awakening will not be determined by those who launched it. The popular uprisings were broadly welcomed, but they do not neatly fit the social and political makeup of traditional communities often organized along tribal and kinship ties, where religion has a central part and foreign meddling is the norm. The result will be decided by other, more calculating and hard-nosed forces. . . . From all corners of the Arab world, Islamists of various tendencies are coming in from the cold. Virtually everywhere they are the largest single group as well as the best organized. In Egypt and Tunisia, where they had been alternatively — and sometimes concurrently — tolerated and repressed, they are full-fledged political actors. In Libya, where they had been suppressed, they joined and played a major part in the rebellion. In Syria, where they had been massacred, they are a principal component of the protest movement. . . . The Arab world’s immediate future will very likely unfold in a complex tussle between the army, remnants of old regimes, and the Islamists, all of them with roots, resources, as well as the ability and willpower to shape events. Regional parties will have influence and international powers will not refrain from involvement. There are many possible outcomes — from restoration of the old order to military takeover, from unruly fragmentation and civil war to creeping Islamization. But the result that many outsiders had hoped for — a victory by the original protesters — is almost certainly foreclosed.