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Volume 6, June 2020 Issue ASSESSING THE IMPEDIMENTS BEFORE THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION “Israeli settlement Activities in the occupied State of Palestine during the Month of June 2020” Volume 6, June 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 many Palestinian citizens, including children and ex-detainees, during campaigns in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The IOA stormed the house of Iyad Naser, an ex- detainee, in Shuweika suburb in Tulkarem and handed his family a notice ordering him to turn himself in. Naser was released a few weeks ago from a Palestinian Authority (PA) jail in the West Bank. (PALINFO 1 June 2020) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained three citizens in the towns of Anabta and Qaffin in Tulkarem.(PALINFO 1 June 2020) • In Hebron in the southern West Bank, the IOA stormed Beit Ummar town and detained a high school student called Ameen al-Saleebi and a child called Khalil Za’aqiq. .(PALINFO 1 June 2020) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stormed Dura town in Hebron in the southern West Bank and detained two citizens identified as Fakir Abu Ras and Ahmed Abu Ras (ex-detaine.. (PALINFO 1 June 2020) • In Ramallah, the Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained four children near al-Jalazon refugee camp and another kid from the village of Kafr Malik.(PALINFO 1 June 2020) • A young man identified as Amr Abu Qara was taken prisoner during an Israeli occupation Army (IOA) campaign in al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya village .(PALINFO 1 June 2020) • in Qalandiya refugee camp, The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) kidnaped an ex-detainee called Yunis Mazhar.(PALINFO 1 June 2020) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained three Palestinian young men in Nablus after they were found in possession of fire bombs. (PALINFO 1 June 2020) • In Jerusalem, the Israeli Occupation Police detained a young man identified as Ihab Najeeb during his presence in the Bab al-Asbat area in the Old City.(PALINFO 1 June 2020) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) seized bulldozers, a water tank and a water irrigation system in al-Jiftlik village in the occupied Jordan Valley and declared the area a closed military zone. The IOA set up a checkpoint in al-Jiftlik and prevented people from accessing the nearby city of Jericho, while telling people that al-Jiftlik is a closed military zone until 6:00 P.M. The IOA broke into and ransacked several homes in the village and detailed five people, including a man and his two sons. Meanwhile, soldiers dismantled and seized an irrigation system that was providing water to over 40 dunums of land planted with 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 grape vines and palm trees, two bulldozers, a tractor and a water tank belonging to Palestinian citizens and families, according to Aref Daraghmeh, a local activist. (WAFA 1 JUNE 2020) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) launched a limited incursion into Gaza and attacked Palestinian farmers and fishermen with no reported casualties. Six Israeli military bulldozers moved a few hundred meters into al-Zaitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, and razed privately-owned farmlands. The incursion was accompanied by heavy firing of live ammunition towards Palestinian farmers, but there were no injuries. (PALINFO 2 JUNE 2020) • Israeli gunboats chased and opened machinegun fire at fishermen sailing off the northern shore of Gaza. No casualties were reported. (PALINFO 2 JUNE 2020) • A Palestinian citizen who was shot by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) during the Great March of Return protests in Gaza in August 2018 succumbed to his wounds. Rami al-Ghalban, 43, died from wounds his sustained while taking part in the Great March of Return on 3 August 2018. (PALINFO 2 JUNE 2020) • The Israeli occupation police detained an Islamic Awqaf official called Husam Sidr during his presence in the Aqsa Mosque and hauled him to a detention center in the Old City of Jerusalem. During the last two days, dozens of settlers escorted by police army resumed their tours at the Aqsa Mosque after the Islamic Awqaf reopened it for Muslim prayers for the first time since its closure in mid-March as a measure to contain the spread of coronavirus. (PALINFO 2 JUNE 2020) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) raided and wreaked havoc in a Palestinian home in al-Hadidiyeh area in the northern Jordan Valley owned by local resident Lutfi Bani Odeh, searching and wreaking havoc into the house. The IOA photographed Bani odeh’s ID and questioned him about the source of his solar cells, which was granted to him by the Palestinian Red Crescent. (WAFA 2 JUNE 2020) • Israeli naval forces harassed flooding with water, the boats of Palestinian fishermen, off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip. Israeli naval vessels intercepted some fishing boats, in the northwestern area of Sudaniya, forcing them all to leave, with no casualties reported. (IMEMC 2 June 2020) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) burned vast tracts of agricultural and pastoral land during live fire exercises in the Jordan Valley, north of the West Bank. About 180 dunums of land planted with wheat, barley and other crops and about 8200 dunums of pastures in and 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 around the hamlets of Hamsa al-Baqi’ah and Hamsa al-Farsha were set alight during Israeli army training in the area. The IOA used live ammunition during the drills with no regard for the safety of the local residents and their property in the area.(PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained three Palestinian citizens from their homes in Tubas province. ( PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • In Nablus, I Israeli occupation Army (IOA) at the Za’atara crossing detained a young man called Hisham Bashkar, a resident of Askar refugee camp, as he was on his way to hand out invitations to his wedding, which was to be held in three days. (PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained two Palestinians during IOA campaigns in Qatanna village, northwest of Jerusalem, and Ramallah city. (PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stormed Shu’afat refugee camp in east Jerusalem and carried out widespread raids on homes and property. (PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • In Hebron in the southern West Bank, violent clashes broke out overnight between Israeli occupation Army (IOA) and local youths near the military watchtower at the main entrance to al-Arroub refugee camp. Many Palestinian citizens and young protesters suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes during the events. ( PALINFO 3 JUNE 2020) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained 20 Palestinian citizens from the West Bank, including a child. Five citizens were detained from several towns in the city of Nablus; Ahmed Youssef Awad, Dawood Khaled Saleh, Ayoub Asida from Tal, Karam Issa Dawood from Beita and Luay Tayseer Dwaikat from Beita. From Jenin, the IOA detained five citizens; Muhammad Azmi Al-Nasharti from Jenin camp, Imad Jamal Abu Al-Haija from Jenin camp, Fathi Muhammad Al- Atoum from Jenin camp, Muhammad Al-Nabhan from Jenin camp, and Sheikh Khaled Suleiman. Meanwhile, three citizens from several towns in the Ramallah district of Al-Bireh were detained; they were identified as Ahed Hazim Al-Rimawi, from the town of Beit Rima, Khaldoun Al-Barghouthi from the town of Koper, and Qusai Omar Kharaz, from Silwad. From Jerusalem, the following were detained: Mohammed Badr from the town of Abu Dis, Rouhi Al-Jabbar, from al-‘Isawiya, Dhiaa Ayman Obaid from al- ‘Isawiya and Hussam Sidr, arrested from the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Added to the detainees are citizens; Khalil Fouad Yaqoub, from the town of Kafel Haris in Salfit governorate, Ali Mahmoud Al-Qaq, from the town of Kafel Haris and Fathi Ahmed Harsha, from the town of Qaffin in Tulkarem. (IMEMC 3 June 2020) 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 • The Israeli Occupation army (IOA) secured a site known as Joseph’s Tomb, inside the Palestinian-controlled northern West Bank city of Nablus, to allow dozens of settlers easy and secure access to the site, said Palestinian security sources. The IOA fired tear gas at the Palestinians causing several suffocation cases.( WAFA 4 JUNE 2020) • Israeli police handed the head of the Higher Islamic Council and former Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, an order banning him from entering the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for four months. The police came to his house in East Jerusalem and handed him the order. (WAFA 4 June 2020) • A Palestinian young man was hit with a rubber-coated bullet in the head while participating in a protest in Tubas. The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) fired rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas canisters at the protesters in Atuf valley to the south east of Tubas in the Jordan Valley.
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