Aug 8, 2020Aug 8, 2020A 23-year-old Palestinian woman died after being shot early Friday by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement. The woman, Dalia Samudi, was hit with live bullets that penetrated her chest, the ministry said, and was rushed to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. Samudi was shot while attempting to close the window in order to prevent tear gas from entering her home, according to her friend. Samudi is a mother and her youngest child is newborn. According to reports in media, the woman was shot...…Aug 8, 2020Aug 8, 2020A 23-year-old Palestinian woman died after being shot early Friday by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement. The woman, Dalia Samudi, was hit with live bullets that penetrated her chest, the ministry said, and was rushed to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. Samudi was shot while attempting to close the window in order to prevent tear gas from entering her home, according to her friend. Samudi is a mother and her youngest child is newborn. According to reports in media, the woman was shot...WW…

Apr 7, 2021 Apr 7, 2021Of the 187 orders to remove new structures issued by Israel in the West Bank in the past two years, 159 were issued to Palestinians and only 28 to settlers.This emerged from Civil Administration data released in response to a freedom of information request submitted by Qamar Mashriqi-Assad of Haqel: In Defense of Human Rights, and Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights.This is a new type of order that went into effect in 2019 and is considered especially draconian because it cannot be appealed.This new order requires residents to show a building permit within 96 hours,...…Apr 7, 2021 Apr 7, 2021Of the 187 orders to remove new structures issued by Israel in the West Bank in the past two years, 159 were issued to Palestinians and only 28 to settlers.This emerged from Civil Administration data released in response to a freedom of information request submitted by Qamar Mashriqi-Assad of Haqel: In Defense of Human Rights, and Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights.This is a new type of order that went into effect in 2019 and is considered especially draconian because it cannot be appealed.This new order requires residents to show a building permit within 96 hours,...WW…

Jan 25, 2021 Jan 25, 2021The Israeli Civil Administration in the West Bank uprooted some 3,000 olive trees near the Palestinian village of Dir Balut in the northern West Bank this month, although the Palestinian residents had filed an appeal of the order evicting them from the land. The eviction was ordered in August based on the government’s stance that the trees were planted on state-owned land.A private lawyer representing the government on the appeal filed a response in the case six days after the trees were uprooted, but a source at the Civil Administration told Haaretz that Civil...…Jan 25, 2021 Jan 25, 2021The Israeli Civil Administration in the West Bank uprooted some 3,000 olive trees near the Palestinian village of Dir Balut in the northern West Bank this month, although the Palestinian residents had filed an appeal of the order evicting them from the land. The eviction was ordered in August based on the government’s stance that the trees were planted on state-owned land.A private lawyer representing the government on the appeal filed a response in the case six days after the trees were uprooted, but a source at the Civil Administration told Haaretz that Civil...WW…

Oct 13, 2020 Oct 13, 2020From 2016 through 2019, 4,284 Palestinians requested Israeli residency permits when their lives were threatened for allegedly collaborating with Israel – and only 11 such requests were granted, or 0.2 percent..The data were received in response to a Freedom of Information Law request submitted by Physicians for Human Rights.Palestinians who receive a residency permit are not entitled to national health insurance, work permits or other social benefits.Palestinians who have been accused of collaborating with Israel – but not including those who are entitled to...…Oct 13, 2020 Oct 13, 2020From 2016 through 2019, 4,284 Palestinians requested Israeli residency permits when their lives were threatened for allegedly collaborating with Israel – and only 11 such requests were granted, or 0.2 percent..The data were received in response to a Freedom of Information Law request submitted by Physicians for Human Rights.Palestinians who receive a residency permit are not entitled to national health insurance, work permits or other social benefits.Palestinians who have been accused of collaborating with Israel – but not including those who are entitled to...WW…

Sep 18, 2020 Sep 18, 2020Fifty olive trees were uprooted and additional 20 vandalized Friday in a suspected hate crime in the West Bank Palestinian village of As-Sawiya, near the settlement of Ariel.Ahmed Nasa'a, a Jaffa resident whose family is from As-Sawiya, told Haaretz that 30 trees had been uprooted from the plot his family owns. "I myself fenced the plot. When the police arrived I told them to take fingerprints from the fence, which was also vandalized, but they didn't."Nasa'a estimated the damage in some 60,000 shekels. The police are yet to respond to a Haaretz query on whether an...…Sep 18, 2020 Sep 18, 2020Fifty olive trees were uprooted and additional 20 vandalized Friday in a suspected hate crime in the West Bank Palestinian village of As-Sawiya, near the settlement of Ariel.Ahmed Nasa'a, a Jaffa resident whose family is from As-Sawiya, told Haaretz that 30 trees had been uprooted from the plot his family owns. "I myself fenced the plot. When the police arrived I told them to take fingerprints from the fence, which was also vandalized, but they didn't."Nasa'a estimated the damage in some 60,000 shekels. The police are yet to respond to a Haaretz query on whether an...WW…

Jun 24, 2020 Jun 24, 2020Israel Police released Wednesday security camera footage from what they suspect was a car-ramming attack in East Jerusalem a day earlier, after which officers shot the driver dead, but the man's family denies the official Israeli account of the incident.The footage shows veering off the street in Abu Dis towards the checkpoint's booth and into the officers. After that, Erekat exits the car. The Border Police officers fire at him, wounding him.The police said that officers fired several shots at Erekat, and that he died shortly afterwards. One Border Police officer...…Jun 24, 2020 Jun 24, 2020Israel Police released Wednesday security camera footage from what they suspect was a car-ramming attack in East Jerusalem a day earlier, after which officers shot the driver dead, but the man's family denies the official Israeli account of the incident.The footage shows veering off the street in Abu Dis towards the checkpoint's booth and into the officers. After that, Erekat exits the car. The Border Police officers fire at him, wounding him.The police said that officers fired several shots at Erekat, and that he died shortly afterwards. One Border Police officer...WW…

Jun 23, 2020Jun 23, 2020The Israel Police said a Palestinian man was shot dead by Border Police officers Tuesday in East Jerusalem after a suspected car-ramming attack.According to the police statement, the man accelerated his car and tried running over a female officer, who was injured lightly and evacuated to a Jerusalem hospital.The man, identified as Ahmed Mustafa Erekat, 27, from Abu Dis, was shot several times and pronounced dead. The incident took place at the in Abu Dis, north of Bethlehem.Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Erekat "got out of the car and approached...…Jun 23, 2020Jun 23, 2020The Israel Police said a Palestinian man was shot dead by Border Police officers Tuesday in East Jerusalem after a suspected car-ramming attack.According to the police statement, the man accelerated his car and tried running over a female officer, who was injured lightly and evacuated to a Jerusalem hospital.The man, identified as Ahmed Mustafa Erekat, 27, from Abu Dis, was shot several times and pronounced dead. The incident took place at the in Abu Dis, north of Bethlehem.Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Erekat "got out of the car and approached...WW…

Jun 4, 2020 Jun 4, 2020The Israeli military on Wednesday tore down the homes of 65 Palestinians in the West Bank, marking the largest number of housing demolitions in one day since the coronavirus crisis began.Israel's Civil Aministration, the branch of the military with authority over civilian matters in the West Bank, said in early April it would deemed illegal until the end of the crisis.Abu Dahuk said he and his young children were asleep when the army and the Civil Administration . "Imagine what it's like when a little boy is asleep and the army suddenly barges in. My little boy...…Jun 4, 2020 Jun 4, 2020The Israeli military on Wednesday tore down the homes of 65 Palestinians in the West Bank, marking the largest number of housing demolitions in one day since the coronavirus crisis began.Israel's Civil Aministration, the branch of the military with authority over civilian matters in the West Bank, said in early April it would deemed illegal until the end of the crisis.Abu Dahuk said he and his young children were asleep when the army and the Civil Administration . "Imagine what it's like when a little boy is asleep and the army suddenly barges in. My little boy...WW…