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Volume 7, July 2020 Issue ASSESSING THE IMPEDIMENTS BEFORE THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION “Israeli settlement Activities in the occupied State of Palestine during the Month of July 2020” Volume 7, July 2020 Issue http://www.arij.org This REPORT is prepared as part of the project entitled ASSESSING THE IMPEDIMENTS BEFORE THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION which is financially supported by the EU. However, the content of this paper is the sole responsibility of ARIJ & LRC and does not necessarily reflect those of the donors. Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org Brutality of the Israeli Occupation Army The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained ten Palestinians from different neighborhoods in the occupied East Jerusalem, identified as Ahmad Abu Al-Rab, Akram Salaymeh, Muhammad Amira, Jawad Judeh, Ahmad Mahayana, Alaa Abu Al-Hawa, Walid Al-Sayyad, Ihab Abu Sbeitan, Raed Al-Ashhab and Muhammad Obaid. Muhammad Khwais was also abducted from Jerusalem. Israeli army detained a boy named Islam Zaytoun, from Jerusalem, as well as former prisoner and lawyer, Salah Al-Hamouri. (IMEMC 1 July 2020) In the northern West Bank city of Nablus, The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained four Palestinians, identified as Harbi Dawood from the Alma’moun neighborhood, Bashar Mansour, of the Askar refugee camp, east of the Nablus city, as well as Sael Tahseen Al-Saifi and Ayoub Asida, after having broken into their homes in the Tal village, west of Nablus. (IMEMC 1 July 2020) PPS documented tha The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained detained Annan Al-Qassal and his brother Amr Al-Qassal, from Salfit. (IMEMC 1 July 2020) In the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained former-prisoner, Suleiman Salim, 37, of the Dannaba neighborhood, east of Tulkarem, and Abd Al-Karim Al- Hamshari, 31, of the Ezbet Aljarad neighborhood, east of the city, after having broken into and vandalized their homes. (IMEMC 1 July 2020) The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Ramallah and detained Mrs Haneen Nassar, wife of currently-imprisoned Palestinian prisoner, Rami Fadayel, as well as a female Beir Zeit University student, Elia Abu Hijleh, after having broken into the two womens’ homes in the Alteera neighborhood, west of Ramallah city. (IMEMC 1 July 2020) The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained detained, youth Mahdi Nasser Samada, 19, of the Jalazoun refugee camp and Amjad Samhan, a former prisoner of the Beir Zeit town, in the Governorsate of Ramallah. (IMEMC 1 July 2020) Israeli troops in the city of Hebron, south of the West Bank, cracked down, on a peaceful Palestinian protest, by firing dozens of tear-gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets. Dozens of peaceful 1 Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org demonstrators, including youths, took to the streets of the Alzawya neighborhood, central Hebron, to express their rejection of the planned Israeli annexation of 30 percent of the West Bank, as well as increased Israeli colonist settlers’ attacks on Palestinians living in Hebron. Israeli troops, positioned in the neighborhood and other parts of Hebron city, responded to the local protest by firing dozens of tear-gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets, causing many protesters to suffocate. No other injuries by rubber-coated steel bullets were reported. (IMEMC 2 July 2020) In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stormed and ransacked homes in the al-Marah neighborhood, and detained a young man, identified as Mohammad Omar al-Jamal, in addition to assaulting his brother. The IOA also invaded and violently searched many homes in the neighborhood, and interrogated many Palestinians. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a former political prisoner, Nasser Zeidan al-Jada’, from his home in Kharrouba neighborhood in Jenin city. The Palestinian is originally from nearby Burqin town. In Taybeh village, northwest of Jenin, the soldiers abducted Aws Ibrahim Jabarin, after storming his home and ransacking it. In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mahmoud Abdul-Rahman Khalaf, 26, from the southern Neighborhood, and Khaled Adnan Salman, 24, from Ramin town, east of Tulkarem city. The soldiers also invaded homes in Hebron city, before abducting Mohannad Hussein Natsha, 18, and Ala’ Mohammad at-Teety, 17, from his home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, southwest of Hebron. In Bethlehem, south of the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded the Saff Street, in the center of the city, and summoned a young man, identified as Ramadan Janazra, for interrogation in Gush Etzion military base and security center. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian lawyer with French citizenship, from occupied Jerusalem, a former political prisoner who was previously imprisoned for more than nine years, and moved him to the al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility. The IOA detained Salah Hammouri while receiving treatment at a medical center in occupied Jerusalem, and was ordered under interrogation for one week. Salah was frequently detained by the army, was subject to various forms of torture, and spent more than nine years in Israeli prisons, detention, and interrogation centers. (IMEMC 2 July 2020) 2 Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org Undercover Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian man after sneaking into Dehesheh refugee camp, near Bethlehem city in the occupied West Bank. The undercover forces sneaked into the camp in the afternoon hours before abducting Nidal Naeem Abu Akr, 52 years old. The man was taken to an unknown destination. (WAFA 2 July 2020) The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) rounded up three Palestinians from the northern West Bank of Jenin. One of the three detainees was identified as a resident of the Jenin city neighborhood of Marah, another as a resident of Burqin town and the third as a former prisoner who went on a hunger strike for 43 days against his administrative detention. During the raid into Marah neighborhood, the IOA severely assaulted a young man, ransacked several houses and interrogated their occupants. (WAFA 2 July 2020) In Tulkarem Governorate, Israeli military vehicles stormed Tulkarem city, where the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) rounded up a Palestinian. The IOA conducted a similar raid in Ramin village, east of Tulkarem, resulting in the detention of another. Two Palestinian teens were rounded up from the southern West Bank Governorate of Tulkarem. One of the two detainees was identified as a resident of al-Fawwar refugee camp and another of Hebron city. (WAFA 2 July 2020) The Israeli naval forces detained four Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Rafah city, in the southern besieged Gaza Strip. A number of Israeli naval vessels attacked a Palestinian fishing boat, off the coast of Rafah city, before the naval forces detained four of the fishermen on board. The four were identified as Emad Albardaweel, Mohammad Siyam, Wadee’ Albardaweel and Khaled Albardaweel. The abduction occurred within the fishing zone, determined earlier by the Israeli naval authorities and that the fishermen were attempting to earn a living under harsh economic conditions, across the Israel-besieged Gaza Strip, the sources noted. They added that the naval forces also seized the fishermens’ fishing boat. (IMEMC 3 July 2020) Israeli troops forcibly dispersed dozens of Palestinian Muslim worshipers, while performing the Friday sermon on Palestinian-owned land in the Aseera Al-Shamaliya village, north of Nablus city, in northern West Bank. The piece of land, on which dozens of locals wanted to perform the Friday prayer and sermon, has recently been threatened by Israeli settlers. Last week, several armed settlers, placed 3 Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org two mobile caravans on the hilltop of Ebal mountain in the area number 37 of Aseera Al-Sahamaliya village, known as the Khalat Aldaliya neighborhood. Israeli troops opened fire with rubber-coated steel rounds and tear-gas canisters, towards the crowd, causing many of them to suffocate and disrupting the prayer. (IMEMC 3 July 2020) The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) injured 23 Palestinians during a crackdown on the town of Abu Dis, east of occupied Jerusalem. The IOA broke into the town provoking clashes with local Palestinian civilians, during which the former used gunfire, rubber-coated rounds and teargas to disperse them. At least one of the wounded sustained a gunfire injury in the trunk, while six others sustained injuries from rubber-coated rounds, three sustained burns, and 13 sustained suffocation from teargas inhalation. (WAFA 3 July 2020) At least six Palestinians were injured when Israeli occupation Army (IOA0) attacked them while protesting in the village of Asira ash- Shamaliya, north of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, against Israeli plans to confiscate large tracts of Palestinian-owned land in the area, medical sources said. Dozens of protesters performed the weekly Friday prayer at a land near the village which the Israeli occupation authorities have been threatening to confiscate. Shortly following the prayer, the occupation forces attacked the non-violent protesters by rubber-coated rounds and teargas, injuring at least six. (WAFA 3 July 2020) The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stormed Qaffin village IN Tulkarem Governorate, and fired dozens of tear-gas canisters towards local villagers resisting the military invasion, causing many of them to suffocate or faint. During the invasion, the IOA broke into many Palestinian homes in the village and seized surveillance cameras fixed onto the homes.
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