NOVANEWS
Posted By: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr
Arresting 480 citizens and demolishing six establishments
“The Jews are called human beings, but the non-Jews are not humans. They are beasts.”
– Talmud: Baba mezia, 114b
JerusalemThe Nazi occupation authorities continues their series of assaults against the city of Jerusalem (people and sanctities) in the month of October which was described as the most violent in years and witnessed the launch of the so-called “popular rise of Jerusalem Intifada”.Wadi Hilweh Information Center monitored the Nazi regime violations in the city of Jerusalem in terms of killings with cold blood on mere suspicion, punishing and demolishing Martyrs’ houses, dozens of arrest and closing and raiding Al-Aqsa Mosque.The center added that events took place rapidly in October resulting in 20 Palestinian Martyrs in city of Jerusalem and more than 480 arrests. Al-Aqsa Mosque was also closed for Muslim worshippers and was raided by hundreds of Nazi forces and extremist Nazi Jewish settlers in addition to preventing prayers at specific times during the Jewish holidays including Fridays.Martyrs…
During the month of October, 20 Palestinians passed away mostly by the occupation forces’ bullets; one was killed by the light rail’s guards and two passed away due to checkpoints and cement blocks that isolated the Jerusalemite neighborhoods from one another. It is noteworthy that among the Martyrs were four children and one woman.
The center explained in its report that the Nazi argument for shooting young men and children was always ready by claiming that he/she attempted to stab a settler or one of the Nazi forces. In most cases, the evidence to confirm the occupation’s claims were not revealed despite the fact that most areas where incidents occurred have surveillance cameras in the streets but the Nazi authorities insisted on hiding the truth which confirms that was happened in Jerusalem was “cold-blooded murders”.
The center added that five Palestinian Martyrs from the West Bank passed away in Jerusalem. They are: Mohannad Halabi (passed away after carrying out a stabbing and shooting attack in the Old City of Jerusalem), Basel Bassam Sider, Mohammad Nathmi Shamasneh, Mahmoud Khaled Ghneimat and Mu’taz Qasem (all accused of attempting to carry out stabbing attacks in the area of Damascus Gate, West Jerusalem and north of Jerusalem).
The rest of the Martyrs are Fadi Alloun, Thaer Abu Ghazaleh, Wisam Faraj, Ahmad Salah, Minor Ishaq Badran, Mohammad Saeed Mohammad Ali, Mustafa Khatib, minor Hasan Manasra, Ala’ Abu Jamal, Baha’ Mohammad Alayan, Ahmad Fathi Abu Sha’ban, minor Mu’taz Aweisat, Huda Darwish, Nadim Shkeirat and Ahmad Qneibi; they passed away under various circumstances.
Martyr Alloun was shot in the area of Al-Musrara. Recordings showed that he was trying to run away from several Nazi Jewish settlers who wanted to assault him. Within minutes, the Nazi police arrived and shot him from close distance with even attempting to arrest him; he was then kicked by the settlers and police and was also verbally insulted.
Martyrs Faraj and Salah passed away during violent clashes in Shu’fat refugee camp.
Martyr Darwish from the village of Esawyeh and Martyr Shkeirat from the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber were victims of the collective punishment policy and cement blocks. They passed away after obstructing their arrival to the hospital due to checkpoints established on the entrances of Jerusalemite neighborhoods.
Martyrs Baha’ Alayan and Ala’ Abu Jamal passed away after carrying out a sun-over, stabbing and shooting attack. Alayan carried out a dual attack in an Zionist bus in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber while Abu Jamal carried out a run-over and stabbing attack in West Jerusalem.
In all cases that led to the Martyrdom of young men, eyewitnesses confirmed that the occupation forces murdered them without any attempt to arrest them or injure them with a non-fatal injury.
Detaining bodies and punishing their families…
The occupation authorities are still detaining 11 Martyrs’ bodies who passed away in Jerusalem including the bodies of minors based up a suggestion made by the Internal Security Minister, Gilad Ardan, not to release the bodies of Palestinian Martyrs who passed away while carrying or attempting to carry out attacks in order to “limit attacks against Zionist in the city of Jerusalem in particular as well as other areas” as he says. He also said that detaining the bodies will deteriorate others from carrying out similar attacks especially that releasing the bodies and carrying out special funerals and burying them in well-known cemeteries that will become a “shrine” afterwards only promotes the “attacking” ideas for other- according the occupation authorities’ claims.
Punishing the Martyrs’ families…
Killing young men and children with cold blood wasn’t enough for the occupation authorities. After revealing the identity of a Martyr, the armed occupation forces raid the Martyrs house and assault and terrify the residents as well as the neighbors. They carry out a searching operation and usually damage the furniture and contents of the house. Afterwards, they arrest the Martyrs’ parents, brothers and sisters despite the tough psychological situation they are already in after finding out that their son has been murdered. They are exposed to harsh interrogation in an attempt to get them to confess that they knew about their son’s intent to carry out an attack; they are also threatened and verbally abused and terrifies through several methods.
The occupation authorities also raided the houses of all Jerusalemite Martyrs (accused of carrying out attacks) and took pictures and measurements and threatened to demolish them and displace the residents. They handed the family of Martyr Ala’ Abu Jamal an order to demolish and seize their house in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber in addition to handing his brother an administrative demolition order and threatening his sister to demolish her house under the pretext of being owned by the Martyr.
Despite the fact the families of Martyr Mustafa Khatib from the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber and Martyr Fadi Alloun from the village of Esawyeh don’t own the apartments where they live in, the occupation authorities still raided them and took pictures and measurements.
Demolishing, closing and the use of explosives
The occupation Nazi authorities carried out a series of demolitions, closures and used explosives to demolish houses in Jerusalem.
Explosives were used to demolish the houses of Ghassan Abu Jamal and his brother Mouawya which also caused damages to the neighboring residential apartments and displaced 8 individuals from both houses.
Also, explosives were used to demolish the house of Martyr Mohammad Ja’abees and caused damages to the house of his brother Shaker underneath Mohammad’s house. The municipality ordered to close the house and prevent the owners from using it resulting in the displacement of 15 individuals from both houses; Shaker lived in the house with his wife and four children.
A living room in the house of Martyr Mutaz Hijazi was also closed with concrete in the neighborhood of Al-Thori in Silwan.
The occupation authorities demolished a farm in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber and confiscated the livestock under the pretext of building without a permit.
Al-Rajabi family self-demolished their house in the neighborhood of Beit Hanina where 8 individuals reside; it has been established for 15 years.
Arrest
The month of October witnessed the highest number of arrests in years as the number of arrests reached 480 Palestinians including 150 minors (6 girls, 12 under the age of 12 “age of responsibility” and 28 women).
The arrests occurred in most Jerusalemite neighborhoods and villages and were as follows: Silwan (105), Esawyeh (76), Old City of Jerusalem (62), Jabal Al-Mukabber (45), Al-Tur (39), Shu’fat refugee camp (24), Wadi Al-Joz (22), Beit Hanina (20), Al-Sowaneh (18), Shu’fat (16), Sur Baher (12), Kufor Aqab (10), Sheikh Jarrah (3), Al-Aqsa courtyards and gates (10) in addition to 5 students while they were heading to school or after leaving school.
The Nazi occupation transferred 24 Jerusalemites to administrative arrest including three children. The center added that the Jerusalemite young men who were transferred to administrative arrest were from the villages of Esawyeh, Sur Baher, Jabal Al-Mukabber as well as Silwan and the Old City of Jerusalem; note that freed prisoners were among them.
The center pointed out that the “administrative arrest” law was implemented during the British Mandate in the Palestinian lands and the occupation authorities are currently implementing this law against Palestinians following the orders of the Minister of Occupation Army when a Palestinian is arrested and the evidence against him aren’t enough to submit an indictment against him.
Among the arrests were people who were critically injured and were transferred to the hospital while handcuffed and under arrest; most of them were exposed to harsh interrogation while receiving treatment such as the child Ahmad Manasra who was run-over and assaulted under the pretext of carrying out a dual stabbing attack with his cousin in the settlement of Pisgat Zi’ev north of Jerusalem; note that his cousin passed away while he was critically injured and was verbally abused while bleeding and did not receive treatment from the medical staff who were present in the area.
The 16-year old Marah Bakir was shot in her hand while wearing her school uniform. She was heading home after leaving school and got shot meters away from the school; she underwent several surgeries.
The occupation police claimed that Isra’ Ja’abees set off an explosive device in her car meters away from Al-Z’ayem checkpoint but one witnesses said that she was driving her car and an electric fault occurred in the vehicle before reaching Al-Z’ayem checkpoint which led to the injury of the woman with a high state of fear and the air bag inside the steering wheel exploded and white spray came out.
Bilal Abu Ghanem was shot but the occupation forces after carrying out a dual attack in an Nazi bus in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber along with Martyr Baha’ Alayan.
The 18-year old Shurouq Dwayyat was shot by a settler in the Old City of Jerusalem under the pretext of attempting to stab a Nazi Jewish settler.
Tarek Dweik was assaulted by settlers in his work place in “Ra’nana” north of Tel Aviv. He was hit with iron bars on his head and face and when the police arrived, they also assaulted him with the butts of their guns injuring him with brain hemorrhage and fractures in the facial bones (jaw and cavity of the eye).
Khaled Al-Basti was also assaulted by Nazi Jewish settlers and occupation forces in an attempt to murder him under the pretext of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack; he lost consciousness.
A young man was also shot at Al-Z’ayem checkpoint under the pretext of attempting to run-over soldiers but the occupation retracted his story the next day.
Al-Aqsa Mosque
The occupation authorities and Nazi Jewish settlers continued their assaults on Al-Aqsa Mosque and 1164 extremists broke into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of October. Al-Aqsa Mosque was under siege between 27/9/2015 and 6/10/2015 and thousands of Muslims were prevented from entering and praying inside Al-Aqsa and all five prayers were held at Al-Aqsa gates. The gates of the Old City of Jerusalem witnessed a state of tension and anger because of preventing young men from entering the mosque.
In a dangerous escalation and for the first time, the occupation forces raided Al-Qibali Mosque after the Night Prayer on 3/10/2015 and evacuated all worshippers and Marabouts.
The Friday Noon Prayer was prevented three consecutive times in October (2nd, 9thand 16th).
The occupation forces isolated last month 9 citizens from Al-Aqsa Mosque and some were banned from entering the Old City of Jerusalem including 4 women.
Police assaults and collective punishment
Within the police of collective punishment against Jerusalemites, the occupation authorities surrounded the Jerusalemites neighborhoods and villages in the wake of accusing Jerusalemites of supporting attacks. They closed the entrances with cement blocks and established checkpoints in addition to placing iron barriers in the streets and roads of the city as well as the Old City resulting in the isolation of the neighborhoods from one another; a decision made by Nazi regime Cabinet to closure the Arabian neighborhoods in response to the “attacks” in the city.
The neighborhoods and villages in Jerusalem especially in Esawyeh, Al-Tur, Al-Sowaneh, Sur Baher, Jabal Al-Mukabber and Silwan suffered from those closures and forced the residents to look for alternative roads to avoid traffic jams and endangering themselves due to the Nazi regime deployment in the streets of Jerusalem. The checkpoints and cement blocks was also a factor in delaying the civil defense, fire trucks and medical staff from reaching emergency cases in an appropriate time.
Locals also complained about being subject to provocative search operations after being stopped at checkpoints without excluding women and children. Young men are forced to lift their clothes and take their shoes off at times while women’s purses were precisely searched.
Within the collective punishment police against Jerusalem, neighborhoods and villages witnessed recurring raids and residents were directly targeted with live bullets and many were injured.
Perhaps the village of Esawyeh was the most vulnerable to these incursions and provocations. The 37-year old Louai Obeid lost his eye when he was targeted by the Nazi occupation forces while standing on his balcony on the third floor. The 8-year old Rani Tamimi was also targeted with a sound grenade at the entrance of the village and suffered burns in his face and shoulder. Also, the child Abed Abu Rayyaleh was targeted with a rubber bullet while standing outside his house.
In the neighborhood of Al-Thori, Mohammad Burqan lost his eye during clashes in the area and despite his critical injury, providing his with first aid and transferring him to the hospital were delayed; he was treated afterwards while under arrest and was then transferred to interrogation.
Settlers’ assaults
Settlers continued their assaults against Jerusalemites and their property during the month of October. They organized marched and racist sit-ins in the streets of West Jerusalem and near East Jerusalem as well as the entrances of some Jerusalemite neighborhoods especially Silwan, Sur Baher and Jabal Al-Mukabber; they chanted racist slogans against Arabs and raised Nazi flags.
Nazi Jewish Settlers also assaulted Tayseer Abu Rammouz and attempted to stab him with a knife while working in Jerusalem, and also attempted to stab Mohammad Hussein Jawabra near his house in the village of Beit Safafa and another young man in West Jerusalem.
Nazi Jewish Settlers also tried to carry out several attacks in the village of Beit Safafa last month and pushed one student off his bike while he was heading to school. Also, settlers threatened and verbally abused an employee of the medical center “Clalit” while walking near “Giv’at Hamatos” illegal Nazi Jewish settlement. One settler was hid in between the rocks across from Beit Safafa Elementary school and was revealed by surveillance cameras; settlers also attacked locals’ vehicles with stones.
Nazi Jewish Settlers also attempted to assault Subhi Sha’er- Palestinian bus driver- while working in West Jerusalem, and three female Nazi Jewish settlers assaulted a Jerusalemite young men in West Jerusalem with pepper gas. They also assaulted a taxi driver in West Jerusalem and another young Jerusalemite man from the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan on his back and hand; they also assaulted an elderly Jerusalemite man in the area of Damascus Gate.
Nazi Jewish Settlers also attempted to shoot a woman while passing near the illegal Nazi Jewish settlement in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber while heading home; she managed to flee the area.
In another type of assault, settlers set the vehicle of Nayef Abu Ter in the village of Um Tuba on fire and wrote racist slogans near his house.
Nazi Jewish settlement organization, Ateerat Cohanim, seized last month two residential apartments in the neighborhood of Batn Al-Hawa in Silwan under heavy protect from the Nazi occupation police who evacuated the residents by force; 9 individuals were displaced.
Inside “Hosh” Abu Nab, only the house of Jawad Abu Nab was kept and the residents are suffering from Nazi Jewish settlers’ harassment when entering and leaving their house; they are also sometimes prevented from entering their house and recently received a notice to seize his house.
Medical institutions
In a violation to the rights of patients and doctors, the occupation authorities targeted medical crews and institutions. In a dangerous escalation, the forces stormed into Al-Maqased hospital on two consecutive days in October looking for the file of one minor patient who was injured during clashes and received treatment at Al-Maqased hospital according to the occupation’s claims. Following an order from the occupation’s court, hospital’s files were searched and two doctors were interrogated. On the third day, the forces raided the courtyard of the hospital and heavily fired tear-gas canisters, sound grenades and rubber bullets and injured several patients and employees.
The forces also raided Al-Maqased and Augusta Victoria hospitals in the village of Al-Tur at the beginning of last month and searched some departments.
Medical crews were also assaulted and the forces obstructed their work while providing treatment to the injured. A Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance was detained and guns were pointed at the staff and the forces seized the ambulance’s keys in the neighborhood of Shu’fat north of Jerusalem. In another incident, medical crews were assaulted and beat whole providing treatment to an injured person in the area of Damascus Gate and arrested the injured person.
Educational institutions
The Nazi occupation authorities also continued violating the rights to education by obstructing education in Al-Aqsa School at the beginning of October (during the Jewish holidays). They also raided Ibn Rushd School in Al-Tur and arrested one student from inside and targeted the village’s houses with wastewater. They also targeted the students in the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud and were stationed in the Schools’ Street which often led to the breakout of clashes in the area.
All Jerusalemite students were affected by the newly established checkpoints and cement blocks placed in the streets of the city which obstruct their movement and delayed them from reaching their schools.
Press Crews
Nazi occupation forces also targeted press crews while monitoring the events in the city of Jerusalem and injured many of them with bruises and wounds. The most prominent injured journalists were Hana’ Mahameed who was injured with a sound grenades her face, Mona Qawasmi who was injured with a live bullet in her hand, Ali Dowani who was injured with a rubber bullet in the chest and Firas Jo’beh who was injured in his jaw.
During the month of October, 20 Palestinians passed away mostly by the occupation forces’ bullets; one was killed by the light rail’s guards and two passed away due to checkpoints and cement blocks that isolated the Jerusalemite neighborhoods from one another. It is noteworthy that among the Martyrs were four children and one woman.
The center explained in its report that the Nazi argument for shooting young men and children was always ready by claiming that he/she attempted to stab a settler or one of the Nazi forces. In most cases, the evidence to confirm the occupation’s claims were not revealed despite the fact that most areas where incidents occurred have surveillance cameras in the streets but the Nazi authorities insisted on hiding the truth which confirms that was happened in Jerusalem was “cold-blooded murders”.
The center added that five Palestinian Martyrs from the West Bank passed away in Jerusalem. They are: Mohannad Halabi (passed away after carrying out a stabbing and shooting attack in the Old City of Jerusalem), Basel Bassam Sider, Mohammad Nathmi Shamasneh, Mahmoud Khaled Ghneimat and Mu’taz Qasem (all accused of attempting to carry out stabbing attacks in the area of Damascus Gate, West Jerusalem and north of Jerusalem).
The rest of the Martyrs are Fadi Alloun, Thaer Abu Ghazaleh, Wisam Faraj, Ahmad Salah, Minor Ishaq Badran, Mohammad Saeed Mohammad Ali, Mustafa Khatib, minor Hasan Manasra, Ala’ Abu Jamal, Baha’ Mohammad Alayan, Ahmad Fathi Abu Sha’ban, minor Mu’taz Aweisat, Huda Darwish, Nadim Shkeirat and Ahmad Qneibi; they passed away under various circumstances.
Martyr Alloun was shot in the area of Al-Musrara. Recordings showed that he was trying to run away from several Nazi Jewish settlers who wanted to assault him. Within minutes, the Nazi police arrived and shot him from close distance with even attempting to arrest him; he was then kicked by the settlers and police and was also verbally insulted.
Martyrs Faraj and Salah passed away during violent clashes in Shu’fat refugee camp.
Martyr Darwish from the village of Esawyeh and Martyr Shkeirat from the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber were victims of the collective punishment policy and cement blocks. They passed away after obstructing their arrival to the hospital due to checkpoints established on the entrances of Jerusalemite neighborhoods.
Martyrs Baha’ Alayan and Ala’ Abu Jamal passed away after carrying out a sun-over, stabbing and shooting attack. Alayan carried out a dual attack in an Zionist bus in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber while Abu Jamal carried out a run-over and stabbing attack in West Jerusalem.
In all cases that led to the Martyrdom of young men, eyewitnesses confirmed that the occupation forces murdered them without any attempt to arrest them or injure them with a non-fatal injury.
Detaining bodies and punishing their families…
The occupation authorities are still detaining 11 Martyrs’ bodies who passed away in Jerusalem including the bodies of minors based up a suggestion made by the Internal Security Minister, Gilad Ardan, not to release the bodies of Palestinian Martyrs who passed away while carrying or attempting to carry out attacks in order to “limit attacks against Zionist in the city of Jerusalem in particular as well as other areas” as he says. He also said that detaining the bodies will deteriorate others from carrying out similar attacks especially that releasing the bodies and carrying out special funerals and burying them in well-known cemeteries that will become a “shrine” afterwards only promotes the “attacking” ideas for other- according the occupation authorities’ claims.
Punishing the Martyrs’ families…
Killing young men and children with cold blood wasn’t enough for the occupation authorities. After revealing the identity of a Martyr, the armed occupation forces raid the Martyrs house and assault and terrify the residents as well as the neighbors. They carry out a searching operation and usually damage the furniture and contents of the house. Afterwards, they arrest the Martyrs’ parents, brothers and sisters despite the tough psychological situation they are already in after finding out that their son has been murdered. They are exposed to harsh interrogation in an attempt to get them to confess that they knew about their son’s intent to carry out an attack; they are also threatened and verbally abused and terrifies through several methods.
The occupation authorities also raided the houses of all Jerusalemite Martyrs (accused of carrying out attacks) and took pictures and measurements and threatened to demolish them and displace the residents. They handed the family of Martyr Ala’ Abu Jamal an order to demolish and seize their house in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber in addition to handing his brother an administrative demolition order and threatening his sister to demolish her house under the pretext of being owned by the Martyr.
Despite the fact the families of Martyr Mustafa Khatib from the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber and Martyr Fadi Alloun from the village of Esawyeh don’t own the apartments where they live in, the occupation authorities still raided them and took pictures and measurements.
Demolishing, closing and the use of explosives
The occupation Nazi authorities carried out a series of demolitions, closures and used explosives to demolish houses in Jerusalem.
Explosives were used to demolish the houses of Ghassan Abu Jamal and his brother Mouawya which also caused damages to the neighboring residential apartments and displaced 8 individuals from both houses.
Also, explosives were used to demolish the house of Martyr Mohammad Ja’abees and caused damages to the house of his brother Shaker underneath Mohammad’s house. The municipality ordered to close the house and prevent the owners from using it resulting in the displacement of 15 individuals from both houses; Shaker lived in the house with his wife and four children.
A living room in the house of Martyr Mutaz Hijazi was also closed with concrete in the neighborhood of Al-Thori in Silwan.
The occupation authorities demolished a farm in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber and confiscated the livestock under the pretext of building without a permit.
Al-Rajabi family self-demolished their house in the neighborhood of Beit Hanina where 8 individuals reside; it has been established for 15 years.
Arrest
The month of October witnessed the highest number of arrests in years as the number of arrests reached 480 Palestinians including 150 minors (6 girls, 12 under the age of 12 “age of responsibility” and 28 women).
The arrests occurred in most Jerusalemite neighborhoods and villages and were as follows: Silwan (105), Esawyeh (76), Old City of Jerusalem (62), Jabal Al-Mukabber (45), Al-Tur (39), Shu’fat refugee camp (24), Wadi Al-Joz (22), Beit Hanina (20), Al-Sowaneh (18), Shu’fat (16), Sur Baher (12), Kufor Aqab (10), Sheikh Jarrah (3), Al-Aqsa courtyards and gates (10) in addition to 5 students while they were heading to school or after leaving school.
The Nazi occupation transferred 24 Jerusalemites to administrative arrest including three children. The center added that the Jerusalemite young men who were transferred to administrative arrest were from the villages of Esawyeh, Sur Baher, Jabal Al-Mukabber as well as Silwan and the Old City of Jerusalem; note that freed prisoners were among them.
The center pointed out that the “administrative arrest” law was implemented during the British Mandate in the Palestinian lands and the occupation authorities are currently implementing this law against Palestinians following the orders of the Minister of Occupation Army when a Palestinian is arrested and the evidence against him aren’t enough to submit an indictment against him.
Among the arrests were people who were critically injured and were transferred to the hospital while handcuffed and under arrest; most of them were exposed to harsh interrogation while receiving treatment such as the child Ahmad Manasra who was run-over and assaulted under the pretext of carrying out a dual stabbing attack with his cousin in the settlement of Pisgat Zi’ev north of Jerusalem; note that his cousin passed away while he was critically injured and was verbally abused while bleeding and did not receive treatment from the medical staff who were present in the area.
The 16-year old Marah Bakir was shot in her hand while wearing her school uniform. She was heading home after leaving school and got shot meters away from the school; she underwent several surgeries.
The occupation police claimed that Isra’ Ja’abees set off an explosive device in her car meters away from Al-Z’ayem checkpoint but one witnesses said that she was driving her car and an electric fault occurred in the vehicle before reaching Al-Z’ayem checkpoint which led to the injury of the woman with a high state of fear and the air bag inside the steering wheel exploded and white spray came out.
Bilal Abu Ghanem was shot but the occupation forces after carrying out a dual attack in an Nazi bus in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber along with Martyr Baha’ Alayan.
The 18-year old Shurouq Dwayyat was shot by a settler in the Old City of Jerusalem under the pretext of attempting to stab a Nazi Jewish settler.
Tarek Dweik was assaulted by settlers in his work place in “Ra’nana” north of Tel Aviv. He was hit with iron bars on his head and face and when the police arrived, they also assaulted him with the butts of their guns injuring him with brain hemorrhage and fractures in the facial bones (jaw and cavity of the eye).
Khaled Al-Basti was also assaulted by Nazi Jewish settlers and occupation forces in an attempt to murder him under the pretext of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack; he lost consciousness.
A young man was also shot at Al-Z’ayem checkpoint under the pretext of attempting to run-over soldiers but the occupation retracted his story the next day.
Al-Aqsa Mosque
The occupation authorities and Nazi Jewish settlers continued their assaults on Al-Aqsa Mosque and 1164 extremists broke into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of October. Al-Aqsa Mosque was under siege between 27/9/2015 and 6/10/2015 and thousands of Muslims were prevented from entering and praying inside Al-Aqsa and all five prayers were held at Al-Aqsa gates. The gates of the Old City of Jerusalem witnessed a state of tension and anger because of preventing young men from entering the mosque.
In a dangerous escalation and for the first time, the occupation forces raided Al-Qibali Mosque after the Night Prayer on 3/10/2015 and evacuated all worshippers and Marabouts.
The Friday Noon Prayer was prevented three consecutive times in October (2nd, 9thand 16th).
The occupation forces isolated last month 9 citizens from Al-Aqsa Mosque and some were banned from entering the Old City of Jerusalem including 4 women.
Police assaults and collective punishment
Within the police of collective punishment against Jerusalemites, the occupation authorities surrounded the Jerusalemites neighborhoods and villages in the wake of accusing Jerusalemites of supporting attacks. They closed the entrances with cement blocks and established checkpoints in addition to placing iron barriers in the streets and roads of the city as well as the Old City resulting in the isolation of the neighborhoods from one another; a decision made by Nazi regime Cabinet to closure the Arabian neighborhoods in response to the “attacks” in the city.
The neighborhoods and villages in Jerusalem especially in Esawyeh, Al-Tur, Al-Sowaneh, Sur Baher, Jabal Al-Mukabber and Silwan suffered from those closures and forced the residents to look for alternative roads to avoid traffic jams and endangering themselves due to the Nazi regime deployment in the streets of Jerusalem. The checkpoints and cement blocks was also a factor in delaying the civil defense, fire trucks and medical staff from reaching emergency cases in an appropriate time.
Locals also complained about being subject to provocative search operations after being stopped at checkpoints without excluding women and children. Young men are forced to lift their clothes and take their shoes off at times while women’s purses were precisely searched.
Within the collective punishment police against Jerusalem, neighborhoods and villages witnessed recurring raids and residents were directly targeted with live bullets and many were injured.
Perhaps the village of Esawyeh was the most vulnerable to these incursions and provocations. The 37-year old Louai Obeid lost his eye when he was targeted by the Nazi occupation forces while standing on his balcony on the third floor. The 8-year old Rani Tamimi was also targeted with a sound grenade at the entrance of the village and suffered burns in his face and shoulder. Also, the child Abed Abu Rayyaleh was targeted with a rubber bullet while standing outside his house.
In the neighborhood of Al-Thori, Mohammad Burqan lost his eye during clashes in the area and despite his critical injury, providing his with first aid and transferring him to the hospital were delayed; he was treated afterwards while under arrest and was then transferred to interrogation.
Settlers’ assaults
Settlers continued their assaults against Jerusalemites and their property during the month of October. They organized marched and racist sit-ins in the streets of West Jerusalem and near East Jerusalem as well as the entrances of some Jerusalemite neighborhoods especially Silwan, Sur Baher and Jabal Al-Mukabber; they chanted racist slogans against Arabs and raised Nazi flags.
Nazi Jewish Settlers also assaulted Tayseer Abu Rammouz and attempted to stab him with a knife while working in Jerusalem, and also attempted to stab Mohammad Hussein Jawabra near his house in the village of Beit Safafa and another young man in West Jerusalem.
Nazi Jewish Settlers also tried to carry out several attacks in the village of Beit Safafa last month and pushed one student off his bike while he was heading to school. Also, settlers threatened and verbally abused an employee of the medical center “Clalit” while walking near “Giv’at Hamatos” illegal Nazi Jewish settlement. One settler was hid in between the rocks across from Beit Safafa Elementary school and was revealed by surveillance cameras; settlers also attacked locals’ vehicles with stones.
Nazi Jewish Settlers also attempted to assault Subhi Sha’er- Palestinian bus driver- while working in West Jerusalem, and three female Nazi Jewish settlers assaulted a Jerusalemite young men in West Jerusalem with pepper gas. They also assaulted a taxi driver in West Jerusalem and another young Jerusalemite man from the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan on his back and hand; they also assaulted an elderly Jerusalemite man in the area of Damascus Gate.
Nazi Jewish Settlers also attempted to shoot a woman while passing near the illegal Nazi Jewish settlement in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber while heading home; she managed to flee the area.
In another type of assault, settlers set the vehicle of Nayef Abu Ter in the village of Um Tuba on fire and wrote racist slogans near his house.
Nazi Jewish settlement organization, Ateerat Cohanim, seized last month two residential apartments in the neighborhood of Batn Al-Hawa in Silwan under heavy protect from the Nazi occupation police who evacuated the residents by force; 9 individuals were displaced.
Inside “Hosh” Abu Nab, only the house of Jawad Abu Nab was kept and the residents are suffering from Nazi Jewish settlers’ harassment when entering and leaving their house; they are also sometimes prevented from entering their house and recently received a notice to seize his house.
Medical institutions
In a violation to the rights of patients and doctors, the occupation authorities targeted medical crews and institutions. In a dangerous escalation, the forces stormed into Al-Maqased hospital on two consecutive days in October looking for the file of one minor patient who was injured during clashes and received treatment at Al-Maqased hospital according to the occupation’s claims. Following an order from the occupation’s court, hospital’s files were searched and two doctors were interrogated. On the third day, the forces raided the courtyard of the hospital and heavily fired tear-gas canisters, sound grenades and rubber bullets and injured several patients and employees.
The forces also raided Al-Maqased and Augusta Victoria hospitals in the village of Al-Tur at the beginning of last month and searched some departments.
Medical crews were also assaulted and the forces obstructed their work while providing treatment to the injured. A Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance was detained and guns were pointed at the staff and the forces seized the ambulance’s keys in the neighborhood of Shu’fat north of Jerusalem. In another incident, medical crews were assaulted and beat whole providing treatment to an injured person in the area of Damascus Gate and arrested the injured person.
Educational institutions
The Nazi occupation authorities also continued violating the rights to education by obstructing education in Al-Aqsa School at the beginning of October (during the Jewish holidays). They also raided Ibn Rushd School in Al-Tur and arrested one student from inside and targeted the village’s houses with wastewater. They also targeted the students in the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud and were stationed in the Schools’ Street which often led to the breakout of clashes in the area.
All Jerusalemite students were affected by the newly established checkpoints and cement blocks placed in the streets of the city which obstruct their movement and delayed them from reaching their schools.
Press Crews
Nazi occupation forces also targeted press crews while monitoring the events in the city of Jerusalem and injured many of them with bruises and wounds. The most prominent injured journalists were Hana’ Mahameed who was injured with a sound grenades her face, Mona Qawasmi who was injured with a live bullet in her hand, Ali Dowani who was injured with a rubber bullet in the chest and Firas Jo’beh who was injured in his jaw.
