The Jerusalem Center for Social & Economic Rights (JCSER) has revealed that demolition orders have been issued against eighteen Palestinian houses in Al-Ashqariyeh in Beit Hanina, north of Occupied Jerusalem, and delivered to the home-owners. High fines have been imposed on the owners, with the Israeli authorities citing ‘illegal’ construction. Read more about Israel issues demolition orders for the destruction of 18 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem
Early Monday morning, the Jerusalem Municipality, operating under the protection of large units of Israeli police and border guards, demolished three Palestinian homes. The homes were located in Al-Ashqariyeh in Beit Hanina, a second house near the Nusseibeh neighborhood, north of Occupied Jerusalem and a house in Al-Issawiyya neighborhood. Read more about Three Palestinian homes demolished in occupied Jerusalem
This week, Israeli forces assassinated a Palestinian activist in Hebron and in an apparent wilful killing Israeli forces killed a child in Tulkarem. Israeli forces continued to indiscriminately shell Palestinian residential areas and invaded a number Palestinian areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli forces demolished a home in Rafah and raided a number of homes in the West Bank. Three homes were demolished as Israel continued its reprisals against families of wanted Palestinians. Israeli forces established three new observation towers in Khan Yunis and instated a total siege on the occupied Palestinian territories. Read more about Weekly report on human rights violations
At 3.30 am on Thursday the 21st of August, the Israeli occupying forces once again invaded the Palestine Medical Relief Emergency Clinic, in the old city in Nablus. Upon entering the clinic, the soldiers ordered all the staff to leave. Read more about Israeli forces invade medical aid office in Nablus
In an unprecedented ruling since the beginning of the current Intifada, the compensation department of the Israeli Ministry of Defense ruled to award two Palestinians from Deir al-Balah - represented by PCHR – NIS 245,000 (approximately US$10,200) in compensation for the loss of their boat that was destroyed by Israeli occupying forces on 18 January 2002. Read more about Israel rules to compensate Palestinian fishermen for destruction of boat
B’Tselem’s new report, released today, shows that since the outbreak of the intifada, many Palestinians have left their homes in Area H-2 in Hebron (the area in which the settlers also reside). B’Tselem’s research indicates that since September 2000, some 43% of the residents of the three main streets in the Casbah have left their homes, at least 2,000 businesses have closed, and three schools in which 1,835 pupils studied were taken over by the IDF and closed. Read more about Palestinian residents of old city Hebron leave their homes
Israeli bulldozers, accompanied with three military jeeps along with armed guards of the Israeli construction companies, began bulldozing 50 dunums of lands along the eastern side of the Qalqiliya Wall for its so-called “buffer zone”. Among the destruction were vegetables crops and water pipes. The buffer zone of this portion of the Wall will be 50 meters wide and run the length of 2 kilometers. The decision to restart the work in the area was sudden and with no notification as very few people among the landowners were present upon the arrival of the bulldozers. Read more about Destruction for the Wall
Issam Nashashibi
In this commentary for EI, Issam Nashashibi argues that the recent poll purporting to show that few Palestinian refugees want to exercise their right of return is only the latest of many efforts to manage Palestinians’ expectations and convince them to accept less than their fundamental rights. This effort, like others before it, will not succeed. Read more about Efforts to negate right of return have long, ignoble history
