30 oct 2015
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at night, the ‘Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and clashed with local youths, before one of the soldiers used the loud speakers of his vehicle to threaten the residents in Arabic, telling them "we will gas you all, until you die".
"Residents of al-Azza, we are the occupation army…
If you throw stones on us, we will gas you until you die, the children, the adults, the elders, everything, we will kill everybody...
We will kill you all, if you continue to throw stones on us, and refuse to go home, we will fire gas until you die…
Will fire gas on your parents, sisters and brothers, everybody…
Listen to me… am telling you, go home… go home or else…"
Then the voice of a Palestinian could be heard shouting at the soldier, telling him to shut up, before some youths hurled stones on the army vehicle and as it was backing away, a voice could be heard again challenging the army vehicles to "come back"
A Palestinian, apparently behind the camera or next to it, could be heard saying "his dialect sounds like a Druze soldier with the Israeli army."
Many Palestinian activists on Facebook and Twitter, said it is interesting that the soldier started his threats with a clear statement "We are the occupation army," acknowledging he and his army are invaders and illegal occupiers of Palestine, and threatening to kill the children and the elders.
On Thursday evening, soldiers invaded Husan town, west of Bethlehem, and clashed with dozens of local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles on them, causing many residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The clashes took place in the al-Mateena area, overlooking the main road, before extending to the center of the town. Video
"Residents of al-Azza, we are the occupation army…
If you throw stones on us, we will gas you until you die, the children, the adults, the elders, everything, we will kill everybody...
We will kill you all, if you continue to throw stones on us, and refuse to go home, we will fire gas until you die…
Will fire gas on your parents, sisters and brothers, everybody…
Listen to me… am telling you, go home… go home or else…"
Then the voice of a Palestinian could be heard shouting at the soldier, telling him to shut up, before some youths hurled stones on the army vehicle and as it was backing away, a voice could be heard again challenging the army vehicles to "come back"
A Palestinian, apparently behind the camera or next to it, could be heard saying "his dialect sounds like a Druze soldier with the Israeli army."
Many Palestinian activists on Facebook and Twitter, said it is interesting that the soldier started his threats with a clear statement "We are the occupation army," acknowledging he and his army are invaders and illegal occupiers of Palestine, and threatening to kill the children and the elders.
On Thursday evening, soldiers invaded Husan town, west of Bethlehem, and clashed with dozens of local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles on them, causing many residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The clashes took place in the al-Mateena area, overlooking the main road, before extending to the center of the town. Video
23 oct 2015
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On the 6.16, while Ansar 'Aasi, 25, was at work at a cleaning products company in al-Bireh, clashes between soldiers and Palestinian youth took place in the area. At a certain point, as 'Aasi was standing at the entrance to the storage room, soldiers spotted him and began to violently arrest him, kicking and assaulting him with their rifles.
The incident was captured on the company's security cameras. 'Aasi required medical treatment and was taken to Hadassah Ein Karem hospital on 7.10.2015. 'Aasi was held in detention for two days before even being taken for interrogation at the Binyamin police station. Police interrogators there told him that three soldiers identified him as a stone thrower. In spite of his denials, the police did not bother to check his alibi claim, in |
spite of the existence of footage. Only following an arrest extension hearing at the Ofer military court, was the police willing to view the footage, which was brought to them on Friday, 9.10.2015. 'Aasi was released unconditionally on Sunday, 11.10, after five days in wrongful detention.
B'Tselem does not know whether the soldiers who arrested 'Aasi were held accountable for assaulting him and making up false charges.
B'Tselem does not know whether the soldiers who arrested 'Aasi were held accountable for assaulting him and making up false charges.
3 sept 2015
Israeli Minister of Culture, Miri Regev, has said that the army should have shot the Palestinian women who saved Mohammad al-Tamimi from abuse by an Israeli soldier.
Israeli Minister of Culture, Miri Regev, has said that the Israeli army should have shot the Palestinian women who saved Mohammad al-Tamimi from abuse by an Israeli soldier. The incident took place during the Nabi Saleh village’s weekly demonstration against the illegal confiscation of their land, according to a report in Midde East Monitor.
In a Facebook statement, she said that the unarmed protesters should have been shot. Regev called on Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to change the army’s policy on the use of live-fire because of the “humiliation” the soldier endured.
“We need to decide immediately that a soldier that is attacked is permitted to return fire. Period. I call on the minister of security to put an end to the humiliation and change the open fire regulations immediately!”
“Anyone who tries to harm Israeli civilians and soldiers needs to know his blood is in his head,” Regev continued, using a Hebrew expression to convey that the Palestinians who assaulted the soldier are fair game for shooting.
Israeli forces took the parents of the boy into custody on Tuesday.
Israeli Minister of Culture, Miri Regev, has said that the Israeli army should have shot the Palestinian women who saved Mohammad al-Tamimi from abuse by an Israeli soldier. The incident took place during the Nabi Saleh village’s weekly demonstration against the illegal confiscation of their land, according to a report in Midde East Monitor.
In a Facebook statement, she said that the unarmed protesters should have been shot. Regev called on Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to change the army’s policy on the use of live-fire because of the “humiliation” the soldier endured.
“We need to decide immediately that a soldier that is attacked is permitted to return fire. Period. I call on the minister of security to put an end to the humiliation and change the open fire regulations immediately!”
“Anyone who tries to harm Israeli civilians and soldiers needs to know his blood is in his head,” Regev continued, using a Hebrew expression to convey that the Palestinians who assaulted the soldier are fair game for shooting.
Israeli forces took the parents of the boy into custody on Tuesday.
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All members of Al-Tamimi family, including parents, daughter and two sons. The two sons are in cast, one of them because of an assault by an Israeli settler.
Israeli forces took into custody, on Tuesday, the parents of Mohammad al-Tamimi, the Palestinian boy who was beaten by a masked Israeli soldier in Al-Nabi Saleh Village on Friday. The pictures of the boy went viral on internet. “The Israeli army arrested Basil and his wife, Nariman, as they tried to cross an Israel military checkpoint at the entrance of Al-Nabi Saleh Village north of Ramallah,” Bassam al-Tamimi, a relative, said. |
He further stated, according to Days of Palestine: “The Israeli soldiers arrested Basel and his wife and prevented all of the family members from communicating with them.”
Palestinian sources confirmed the arrest, noting that the parents were taken by the Israeli soldiers to an unknown place.
Regarding Mohammad, the Israeli soldier beat him savagely, claiming he had threw stones at him. However, this remains questionable, as the boy’s hand was broken and clearly in a cast.
Female family members pulled at the boy, as he refused to be led by the Israeli soldiers, who then released him.
After the incident, a request was reportedly submitted to the Israeli police for the arrest of the Al-Tamimi family, who were accused of “assaulting” the soldier.
Palestinian sources confirmed the arrest, noting that the parents were taken by the Israeli soldiers to an unknown place.
Regarding Mohammad, the Israeli soldier beat him savagely, claiming he had threw stones at him. However, this remains questionable, as the boy’s hand was broken and clearly in a cast.
Female family members pulled at the boy, as he refused to be led by the Israeli soldiers, who then released him.
After the incident, a request was reportedly submitted to the Israeli police for the arrest of the Al-Tamimi family, who were accused of “assaulting” the soldier.
28 aug 2015
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Palestinian activists on social media networks shared Friday photos showing a Palestinian family while quarreling with an Israeli soldier who tried to arrest their child during Nabi Salah village weekly march.
Nariman Tamimi, one of the family members, told Palestine 48 website that Israeli soldiers were hidden behind trees and suddenly appeared and attacked the peaceful march that is weekly organized in the village against settlement construction. The soldiers brutally attacked the participants amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs and rubber bullets, injuring some of them, she added. Few moments later, she continued, one of the Israeli soldiers swooped down on "my little boy Mohamed" in an attempt to arrest him. |
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"We immediately intervened to liberate him especially that he broke his hand after being hit with a rubber bullet during last week march", the mother added.
“During the clashes, the soldier hit my daughter Ahed with his rifle butt on her head. However, we managed to liberate Mohamed after a long confrontation,” she elaborated. Nabi Salah weekly march marked ongoing efforts by local residents to protest the Israeli occupation’s daily violations, including land disputes, the separation wall, freedom of movement, and water claims. Israeli version |
Video: Women of Nabi Saleh unmask, remove Israeli soldier as he attacks an injured child
A radical scene unfolded Friday after Israeli forces intercepted the weekly protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, Palestine against the illegal confiscation of their land and spring. The courageous actions of the Tamimi women of Nabi Saleh rescuing their captured child spread immediately on social media after the UK’s Daily Mail published a series of breathtaking photographs taken at the scene. The event was captured on video by Bilal Tamimi and Royal News TV.
As a masked and armed Israeli soldier chases down a hillside you can hear voices yelling, then the unmistakable sound of a screaming child. The boy appears in view as he turns to face the soldier. Screaming, the boy pivots then rushes past the soldier and up the hill through a mass of boulders as the soldier finally catches up with the boy and captures him. Placing the boy in a chokehold the soldier forces the struggling child over a bolder as cameras close in on the scene and record what’s happening. What follows, captured on video and camera, is a sight to behold.
The boy has a cast on his left arm. The soldier briefly loosens his chokehold before tightening his grip again.
The struggling continues over the wild screams of the boy. The soldier, ironically gasping for breath, yells out at the top of his lungs – calling for assistance from his comrade forces – unable to pull off this arrest of the boy on his own. He adjusts his rifle, pulls back the boy’s good arm and shoves the boy’s face towards the boulder, then stands and tries lifting the boy up from under the child’s armpits as the boy’s arms and cast fly into the air he lets out a painful scream. The soldier struggles to contain the squirming writhing boy who’s wildly kicking his legs into the air.
And then the Tamimi women of Nabi Saleh descend on the soldier.
They plunge down on the soldier, pulling him off the child (2: 05). He thrusts them off and struggle ensues, he tackles the boy again as women and girls proceed yanking his limbs, beating his head, biting him, slapping him (while the soldier is yelling for backup), mounting his back, putting a chokehold on his neck, ripping his mask and finally tearing it off his face, unmasking him completely (2:52). Other soldiers enter into the scene and rescue him from the Tamimi women of Nabi Saleh. The boy is fighting him off the whole time.
Note the last scene of the video. The humiliated, defeated soldier draws a teargas canister, arms it, and throws it to the ground.
A radical scene unfolded Friday after Israeli forces intercepted the weekly protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, Palestine against the illegal confiscation of their land and spring. The courageous actions of the Tamimi women of Nabi Saleh rescuing their captured child spread immediately on social media after the UK’s Daily Mail published a series of breathtaking photographs taken at the scene. The event was captured on video by Bilal Tamimi and Royal News TV.
As a masked and armed Israeli soldier chases down a hillside you can hear voices yelling, then the unmistakable sound of a screaming child. The boy appears in view as he turns to face the soldier. Screaming, the boy pivots then rushes past the soldier and up the hill through a mass of boulders as the soldier finally catches up with the boy and captures him. Placing the boy in a chokehold the soldier forces the struggling child over a bolder as cameras close in on the scene and record what’s happening. What follows, captured on video and camera, is a sight to behold.
The boy has a cast on his left arm. The soldier briefly loosens his chokehold before tightening his grip again.
The struggling continues over the wild screams of the boy. The soldier, ironically gasping for breath, yells out at the top of his lungs – calling for assistance from his comrade forces – unable to pull off this arrest of the boy on his own. He adjusts his rifle, pulls back the boy’s good arm and shoves the boy’s face towards the boulder, then stands and tries lifting the boy up from under the child’s armpits as the boy’s arms and cast fly into the air he lets out a painful scream. The soldier struggles to contain the squirming writhing boy who’s wildly kicking his legs into the air.
And then the Tamimi women of Nabi Saleh descend on the soldier.
They plunge down on the soldier, pulling him off the child (2: 05). He thrusts them off and struggle ensues, he tackles the boy again as women and girls proceed yanking his limbs, beating his head, biting him, slapping him (while the soldier is yelling for backup), mounting his back, putting a chokehold on his neck, ripping his mask and finally tearing it off his face, unmasking him completely (2:52). Other soldiers enter into the scene and rescue him from the Tamimi women of Nabi Saleh. The boy is fighting him off the whole time.
Note the last scene of the video. The humiliated, defeated soldier draws a teargas canister, arms it, and throws it to the ground.
27 aug 2015
A Palestinian family whose home was raided in a pre-dawn attack on Wednesday said that Israeli troops ransacked the home, destroying furniture and stealing thousands of dollars worth of cash and valuables.
The Israeli military told reporters with the Ma'an News Agency that they had "investigated the claim" and "found no conclusive evidence" that the theft occurred.
But the Karaki family, whose home was invaded by dozens of soldiers while the family was asleep in bed, claims otherwise. For four hours, between 1 and 5 am on Wednesday, the troops attacked the home - first blowing up the door, then going from room to room tossing belongings around and using police dogs to tear the home apart.
The soldiers then abducted 18-year old Hilmi Karaki, and took him to an unknown destination.
In addition, the family claims that the soldiers who attacked the parents' bedroom stole over $5,000 in cash, and jewelry worth more than $2,000.
Israeli soldiers have been accused on hundreds of occasions of pocketing Palestinians' cash and valuables during the illegal home raids that take place nightly throughout the West Bank.
But no soldiers have ever been charged with these thefts - usually it is the word of an Israeli soldier against that of a Palestinian civilian, and Israeli courts are required to give more weight to testimony by soldiers.
Hilmi Karaki was just one of 31 Palestinians abducted from his home during the night raids all over the West Bank on Wednesday morning.
The Israeli military told reporters with the Ma'an News Agency that they had "investigated the claim" and "found no conclusive evidence" that the theft occurred.
But the Karaki family, whose home was invaded by dozens of soldiers while the family was asleep in bed, claims otherwise. For four hours, between 1 and 5 am on Wednesday, the troops attacked the home - first blowing up the door, then going from room to room tossing belongings around and using police dogs to tear the home apart.
The soldiers then abducted 18-year old Hilmi Karaki, and took him to an unknown destination.
In addition, the family claims that the soldiers who attacked the parents' bedroom stole over $5,000 in cash, and jewelry worth more than $2,000.
Israeli soldiers have been accused on hundreds of occasions of pocketing Palestinians' cash and valuables during the illegal home raids that take place nightly throughout the West Bank.
But no soldiers have ever been charged with these thefts - usually it is the word of an Israeli soldier against that of a Palestinian civilian, and Israeli courts are required to give more weight to testimony by soldiers.
Hilmi Karaki was just one of 31 Palestinians abducted from his home during the night raids all over the West Bank on Wednesday morning.
3 aug 2015
Palestinian security sources from Hebron's Old City, today, said that Israeli soldiers have brutally attacked a Palestinian youth and, then, forced him to drink gasoline.
Sources said, according to the PNN, that soldiers handcuffed Majdi Al-Muhtaseb (21), kidnapped and dragged him to Al-Turba neighborhood, in Tel Rumeida, threw him to the ground and started beating and kicking him for no reason whatsoever.
According to Majdi’s family, the soldiers asked him if he wanted water, and, when he said yes, one of them pretended to be helping him to drink water. When he realized that it was gasoline and not water, the soldier forced him to drink out of it.
Issam Al-Muhtaseb, father of the youth, said that Israeli forces have detained his son and destroyed his own ID card. Then, they beat him on his back and stomach.
After the soldiers let him go, the youth’s father took him to ‘Aalia hospital, in Hebron, where he suffered from severe pains and underwent medical tests.
Majdi was moved back to his house, but reportedly still suffers from back-pain.
Sources said, according to the PNN, that soldiers handcuffed Majdi Al-Muhtaseb (21), kidnapped and dragged him to Al-Turba neighborhood, in Tel Rumeida, threw him to the ground and started beating and kicking him for no reason whatsoever.
According to Majdi’s family, the soldiers asked him if he wanted water, and, when he said yes, one of them pretended to be helping him to drink water. When he realized that it was gasoline and not water, the soldier forced him to drink out of it.
Issam Al-Muhtaseb, father of the youth, said that Israeli forces have detained his son and destroyed his own ID card. Then, they beat him on his back and stomach.
After the soldiers let him go, the youth’s father took him to ‘Aalia hospital, in Hebron, where he suffered from severe pains and underwent medical tests.
Majdi was moved back to his house, but reportedly still suffers from back-pain.
30 july 2015
A Palestinian youth was assaulted by an Israeli soldier as he was crossing Jabara police station to cross into Hebron, for simply wishing the soldier a ‘good day’, the Palestinian detainees and ex-detainees affairs committee reported Wednesday.
The committee said, according to WAFA, that after Naser Jaber, aged 22, got his identity card checked by an Israeli soldier at the police station in order to allow him to cross into Hebron, Jaber wished the soldier a ‘good day’, when the soldier stopped him immediately, asking him, ‘Am I your friend to wish me a good day?’ The soldier then smacked Jaber on his chin and on the back of his head with his riffle, causing him serious cuts and fractures in his chin and jaw, as well as an intensive internal bleeding in his head.
Jaber was then detained and left to bleed for two hours before transferring him to hospital for treatment. He was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem, where he received medical care. Jaber was then transferred to Etzion Israeli jail in Hebron, however, the prison administration refused to take him due to the severity of his health condition. He was taken back to Jabara police station and back to Etzion jail shortly after.
Jaber told the committee that he has not been provided with any additional treatment despite of his bad condition following the assault; he said that he suffers from severe pain in his head, a high fever, and walking problems.
Incidents of violence by Israeli forces and settlers against Palestinians, including children and women, have regularly been reported, either during Israeli arrest operations, home searches and raids, violent suppression of peaceful demonstrations, or while serving jail sentences in Israeli jails.
Many Palestinians have been injured or shot dead on sight for allegedly committing assaults against Israelis despite the fact that they posed no threat to the lives of soldiers.
In December 2014, a Palestinian woman in her early twenties was shot and seriously injured by the Israeli soldiers who opened fire on her for allegedly stabbing an Israeli settler near Bethlehem.
In April 2015, a youth from the village of al-‘Arqa to the west of Jenin died of critical injuries he sustained after being shot by Israeli forces while he was tending his land near the separation wall. He was identified as Mohammad Morad Yahya, 21.
The committee said, according to WAFA, that after Naser Jaber, aged 22, got his identity card checked by an Israeli soldier at the police station in order to allow him to cross into Hebron, Jaber wished the soldier a ‘good day’, when the soldier stopped him immediately, asking him, ‘Am I your friend to wish me a good day?’ The soldier then smacked Jaber on his chin and on the back of his head with his riffle, causing him serious cuts and fractures in his chin and jaw, as well as an intensive internal bleeding in his head.
Jaber was then detained and left to bleed for two hours before transferring him to hospital for treatment. He was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem, where he received medical care. Jaber was then transferred to Etzion Israeli jail in Hebron, however, the prison administration refused to take him due to the severity of his health condition. He was taken back to Jabara police station and back to Etzion jail shortly after.
Jaber told the committee that he has not been provided with any additional treatment despite of his bad condition following the assault; he said that he suffers from severe pain in his head, a high fever, and walking problems.
Incidents of violence by Israeli forces and settlers against Palestinians, including children and women, have regularly been reported, either during Israeli arrest operations, home searches and raids, violent suppression of peaceful demonstrations, or while serving jail sentences in Israeli jails.
Many Palestinians have been injured or shot dead on sight for allegedly committing assaults against Israelis despite the fact that they posed no threat to the lives of soldiers.
In December 2014, a Palestinian woman in her early twenties was shot and seriously injured by the Israeli soldiers who opened fire on her for allegedly stabbing an Israeli settler near Bethlehem.
In April 2015, a youth from the village of al-‘Arqa to the west of Jenin died of critical injuries he sustained after being shot by Israeli forces while he was tending his land near the separation wall. He was identified as Mohammad Morad Yahya, 21.