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Israel demolishes sole elementary school in Jerusalem Bedouin community
JERUSALEM (WAFA) 21 Feb – Israeli bulldozers predawn Sunday demolished an elementary school and seized all its contents in Abu al-Nawwar Bedouin community, east of Jerusalem, according to one of the Bedouin locals. Local Abu ‘Imad al-Jahalin told WAFA that around 30 Israeli military vehicles, accompanied by over 130 soldiers, stormed the Bedouin community during the predawn hours, and proceeded to demolish Abu al-Nawwar elementary school, comprising six classrooms for first and second graders, and seized all of its contents, including students’ desks and chairs. He noted that the school, which was built through European funding, is the sole elementary school in the community. He added that Israeli occupation aims to empty the community of its indigenous Palestinian population for the benefit of settlement expansion, including its ‘E1’ settlement plan.
http://english.wafa.ps/page.aspx?id=FbnmgTa30224820021aFbnmgT

Palestinian villagers tilled their land so well, Israel is now confiscating it from them
[with map] Haaretz 19 Feb by Nir Hasson — The separation barrier will cut residents of Al-Walaja from their lands by the end of the year; the beauty of the terraces they cultivated for decades was used as one of the main reasons for announcing the area a national park —  Two weeks ago, soldiers hung posters in the village of Al-Walaja, south of Jerusalem: “Notice of intent to acquire rights to the land and purchase ownership of the land required for public purposes.” In translation to non-legalese, these are orders to confiscate Palestinian land for the purpose of continuing building the West Bank separation barrier near the village. According to the work plans, the construction of the barrier is scheduled to be concluded by the end of this year. The notice does not explain where exactly the additional land will be confiscated from. A resident who wishes to find out has to go to the Israel Land Authority offices in Jerusalem. The problem is that the vast majority of the residents of Al-Walaja are unable to enter Jerusalem, because they are residents of the territories without Israeli work permits. That’s but one example of the Kafkaesque story that has made up the lives of the village’s residents in recent years. As part of the absurdity, Al-Wajala’s terraces were cultivated for many years by the local Palestinian farmers. Now they’re one of the reasons for declaring the area around the village a national park – which, along with the separation barrier, threatens to keep the farmers away from the very terraces they nurtured . . . A few weeks before the notices were posted in the village, the Antiquities Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Jerusalem Development Authority published a tender for “preservation and development work” in Ein Haniya, north of the village. Ostensibly there is no connection between the notice about the barrier and the tender. In the eyes of the residents of the small farming village, though, there’s a very clear connection: They see the barrier, a national park and appropriation of the Ein Haniya spring as a tourist attraction for Israelis as part of a larger plan to expel them from the area. (Continued)
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.704255

Israel dramatically ramping up demolitions of Palestinian homes in West Bank
Haaretz 21 Feb by Amira Hass — Israel has razed over 200 EU-funded buildings in the West Bank in the past two years. This year alone around 480 people, including 220 children, have been left homeless — Since the beginning of this year, especially in early February, Israel’s Civil Administration has significantly increased the pace of Palestinian home demolitions in the West Bank’s Area C under full Israeli control (about 60 percent of the West Bank). It has demolished 293 homes in just six weeks, compared with 447 for all of 2015. The average has surged to 49 from nine per week. The demolitions have left more than 480 Palestinians, including 220 children, homeless. At the settlement subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, headed by Moti Yogev (Habayit Hayehudi), MKs have openly pressured Civil Administration officials to step up the demolitions and evict Palestinian communities from Area C. Over the years, they have accused the administration of being powerless or deliberate foot dragging. They have especially complained about European aid to Palestinian construction in these areas, and demanded that the authorities destroy buildings that international organizations, particularly European ones, have donated . . .According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Israel has destroyed almost as many European-funded structures in 2016 (104) as it did in all of 2015 (108). The buildings are mostly for hygiene, agriculture, solar panels and prefab living quarters. One European organization calculated that the demolition rate had increased 230 percent over last year, and 689 percent for European-funded buildings. [Long article detailing the treatment of Khirbet Tana, eight more Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley, and Zawahreh]
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.704391

IOF razes ‘Araqib village for the 94th time
BEERSHEBA (PIC) 19 Feb — Israeli bulldozers demolished Thursday afternoon the ‘Araqib village in the Negev to the south of 1948 occupied Palestine for the 94th time since 2010. The activist Salim al-‘Araqib revealed that “Israeli military bulldozers escorted by police forces demolished the village again and left us homeless”. The demolition of ‘Araqib village along with many other areas in the Negev is part of the Israeli plan to expel more than 120 thousand Palestinians from their homes to establish new Jewish settlements on the ruins of the so-called unrecognized 51 Palestinian villages.
http://english.palinfo.com/site/pages/details.aspx?itemid=76900

Settlers uproot saplings in Sarra village in Nablus
NABLUS (PIC) 19 Feb — Israeli settlers Thursday afternoon uprooted and stole dozens of seedlings in Sarra village to the south of Nablus city in the northern West Bank. The activist Bashar al-Qaryouti told the PIC reporter that settlers of Shilo settlement uprooted almost 30 almond seedlings in a land property, in Ras Emwais area, which belong to Mohammad Mousa. Qaryouti said that settlers Wednesday evening put sand berms and greenhouses along the southern street of the village and prevented Palestinian farmers from accessing their lands. The settlers previously took over the land from which they stole the saplings. Palestinian owners of the confiscated lands filed complaints with the Israeli Supreme Court and appealed to international institutions before they managed to retrieve their lots two weeks ago.
http://english.palinfo.com/site/pages/details.aspx?itemid=76902

Violence / Detentions / Incursions — West Bank / Jerusalem

List of 181 Palestinians and 21 Israelis killed since October 1st
IMEMC 22 Feb by Celine Hagbard — The following is a list of names of all Palestinians shot and killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, including one in the Negev, in the period between October 1st, 2015 and February 21st, 2016, as confirmed by the Palestinian Health Ministry. [Note that this list does not include those killed in tunnel collapses, or those who died because of the lack of safe heating or electricity, or one man killed by Egypt – all in Gaza]
http://www.imemc.org/article/75027

Israeli soldiers kill 15-year-old Palestinian near Beita checkpoint
BETHLEHEM (Ma‘an) 21 Feb — Israeli forces on Sunday killed a 15-year-old Palestinian after he allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli soldier near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma‘an that a Palestinian attempted to stab a soldier near the Beita checkpoint in the northern West Bank, and that Israeli forces then fired at the man. The Palestinian was declared dead on the scene, she added, saying that no Israelis were wounded. An eyewitness told Ma‘an that Israeli soldiers stationed at the Beita checkpoint fired more than 10 rounds at a young Palestinian who was carrying a knife and walking towards them. The teenager was identified to Ma‘an as Qusay Diab Abu al-Rub, 15, from the village of Qabatiya near Jenin. A photo reportedly taken at the scene and shared on social media by the Gaza-based Shehab News Agency showed a youth lying on the ground with what looked like a bullet wound to the face. Palestinian Red Crescent spokeswoman Errab Foqoha said a Red Crescent ambulance happened to be nearby at the time of the shooting, but was prevented from accessing the scene. [IMEMC: He was a cousin of Ahmad Awad Abu ar-Rob, 16, who was killed in November.]
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=770383

Funeral held for Palestinian shot after attempted car attack
RAMALLAH (Ma‘an) 20 Feb — Mourners marched on Saturday in the funeral of a 20-year-old Palestinian shot dead the day before after attempting to ram his car into Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank village of Silwad. Locals told Ma‘an that Silwad residents were joined by Palestinians from neighboring villages for the burial of Abed Raed Abdullah Hamad. The funeral procession began from Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah. Hamad’s body was taken via ambulance to his family home in Silwad northeast of the city, where relatives bade him a final goodbye. Hamad was then laid to rest in the village cemetery following funeral prayers. Hamad’s mother told reporters during the funeral that he had driven her to a relative’s home before he carried out the attack. “Before he left he kissed my hand and asked me to pray for him,” the mother said. “Minutes after he left, I heard gunshots and I could feel that something wrong happened to Abed,” she added. Another of the mother’s sons is currently serving a 17-year sentence in Israeli prison, locals said. Hamad was one of three Palestinians to be killed by Israeli forces on Friday. Another was shot after stabbing two Israeli officers occupied East Jerusalem while the third Palestinian was shot dead during clashes.An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma‘an that Hamad had “attempted to ram his vehicle into soldiers” stationed in the area “during violent riots.” The military forces responded with live fire, killing him on site, the spokesperson said. No Israelis were injured in the incident.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=770373

Including a child, four Palestinians injured in Silwad
IMEMC/Agencies 21 Feb — Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Saturday evening, that one child was hit with a gas bomb in his face, and three Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets and many suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded Silwad town, east of Ramallah. Clashes took place in the town, especially following the funeral ceremony of ‘Aabed Hamed, 20, who was killed by Israeli army fire, on Friday. The soldiers fired many gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets and live rounds during clashes with local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on them, after the army invaded their town. Medical sources said a child was injured after a soldier hurled a gas grenade at him, directly hitting him in the face, wounding him, and causing him to suffer severe effects of tear gas inhalation.  The sources added that three Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, and many others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
http://www.imemc.org/article/75021

Israel forces detain Palestinian in Hebron, assault father
HEBRON (Ma‘an) 20 Feb — Israeli forces assaulted a Palestinian man in his fifties after detaining his son in the Old City of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, locals said. Locals told Ma‘an that 20-year-old Izzat Ishaq Jabir was walking through the Jabir area of the Old City before Israeli soldiers stopped him and took him into custody. Jabir’s father, Ishaq, was notified of the detention and assaulted by soldiers who forced him to leave the area when he approached them to inquire about his son, locals said.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=770371

Israeli police detain youth accused of attempted stabbing in Jerusalem
BETHLEHEM (Ma‘an) 20 Feb  — Israeli forces detained a Palestinian youth on Saturday evening in occupied East Jerusalem after he allegedly tried to stab Israeli police officers who were searching him. Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri told Ma‘an that Israeli border police approached a young man who was “moving suspiciously” near Damascus Gate in the Old City. According to Al-Samri, the youth, identified as an 18-year-old Palestinian from the village of Qatanna, attempted to take out a knife and stab the officers as they searched him. The Israeli officers subdued the young man and then detained him. The spokeswoman said no injuries were reported in the incident.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=770377

Israeli forces detain Palestinian girl allegedly planning stab attack
BETHLEHEM (Ma‘an) 21 Feb — Israeli forces detained a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank on Sunday morning after she allegedly planned to carry out a stabbing attack. Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri told Ma‘an that a 17-year-old girl was detained at the Zaatara checkpoint in the district of Nablus after Israeli troops saw her holding a knife. The girl then admitted that she had planned to try to stab an Israeli soldier, al-Samri added. Palestinian security sources identified the girl to Ma‘an as Sajeda Nizam Mahmoud from the village of Qusra south of Nablus.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=770381

Young Palestinian teen detained near Hebron after alleged attempted attack
BETHLEHEM (Ma‘an) 21  Feb — Israeli forces detained on Sunday a young Palestinian teenager near Hebron in the occupied West Bank after he allegedly tried to carry out a stabbing attack, the Israeli army said. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma‘an that Israeli forces “thwarted a stabbing attack” east of Hebron near the village of Bani Naim. Israeli media reported that the Palestinian boy was 14 years old. The spokesperson said she could not confirm the information. However, the spokesperson said there were no injuries in the incident. This marked the second detention of a Palestinian minor for an alleged stabbing attempt on Sunday morning.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=770382

Jerusalem: Arrests … preventing a cultural event … removing Islamic banners and Palestinian flags
SILWAN, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) 22 Feb — . .. Silwan: The occupation forces raided Hosh Abu Tayeh in Ein Al-Lozeh in Silwan since the early morning hours and removed Islamic banners and Palestinian flags. During the raid, the forces randomly fired sound grenades and tear-gas canisters. In the afternoon hours, the forces raided the neighborhood again and removed the rest of the banners and flags and also searched vehicles. Occupation forces also raided the neighborhood of Bi’er Ayoub and randomly fired rubber bullets, tear-gas canisters and sound grenades. Municipality crews also raided the neighborhoods of Silwan and carried out a tour. Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces raided the neighborhood of Al-Thori in Silwan and randomly fired sound grenades; they arrested 15-year old Raed Abdel Razzak Siam.
Esawyeh: Occupation forces raided on Saturday afternoon the village of Esawyeh in a provocative way and randomly fired tear-gas canisters. The raid lasted for two hours in which they were deployed in streets of the village and obstructed the movement of locals.
Preventing a cultural event Occupation forces raided on Saturday the headquarters of Burj Al-Laqlaq in the neighborhood of Bab Hutta in the Old City of Jerusalem and prevented a cultural event celebrating a book by Dr. Msallam Mahameed from being held. The forces handed the director of the club, Muntaser Dkeidek, an order signed by the Minister of Internal Security, Gil’ad Ardan, to prevent holding the event under the pretext of being sponsored by the Palestinian Authority; they also handed him a call for interrogations.
http://silwanic.net/?p=67342

Israeli soldiers expel Beit Ummar family from their field at gunpoint
HEBRON (Ma‘an) 20 Feb — Israeli soldiers on Saturday expelled Palestinian farmers at gunpoint from their private agricultural land in the outskirts of the town of Beit Ummar in the southern occupied West Bank, locals said. Muhammad Abd al-Hamid Sleibi and his family were pruning trees in their field in Wadi Abu al-Reish area when Israeli soldiers approached them, local activist and committee spokesman Muhammad Ayyad Awad told Ma‘an. The soldiers pointed their guns at Sleibi and his family members, forcing them to take their things and leave their land. Sleibi told Awad he had previously obtained an order from Israel’s High Court allowing him full access to his land, but Israeli Civil Administration officers who arrived with the armed soldiers told Sleibi that only one person could stay on the land at a time. Sleibi then left alongside his family members, who he said fled the area “fearing for their lives.” . . . Over 4,000 dunams (988 acres) of private Palestinian land in Beit Ummar has been reappropriated for the construction of illegal Israeli settlements and bypass roads. Such confiscation has taken a heavy toll on the community, 60 percent of which make their livelihood working in agriculture.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=770372

Army kidnaps 17 Palestinians in the West Bank
IMEMC 21 Feb — The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Sunday, that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight and on Sunday, at least 17 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and that among that kidnapped are two teenage girls. The PPS said that the soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank, after invading their homes, and violently searching them. They have been identified as Mohammad Tareq Tamimi, 29, Osama Abu al-Jadayel, 65, Sharif Zoheir al-Ja’ba, 26, Hamza Jihad Ghatasha, 22, and Khaldoun Noureddin al-Mahareeq, 27. The army also invaded Husan and Beit Fajjar towns, south of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped Ehab Ziad Abu Yabes, 16, Mohammad Ibrahim Thawabta, 20, and his brother Nour, 17. In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers kidnapped a former political prisoner, identified as Mohammad al-Ja‘ba, 26, in addition to a teenage girl identified as Abeer al-Masri, in Bab al-‘Amoud area. On Sunday before noon, the soldiers invaded ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, searched many homes, and kidnapped three Palestinians identified as Ahmad Ghorab, Tha’er Salhab and Mahmoud Salhab. In Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped Nasser Sa‘adi, 18, while Ahmad Hamed Jom’a, 32, was kidnapped in Tulkarem, and Dia’ Yasser ash-Shanti, 19, was kidnapped from the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah. The PPS also said that the soldiers also kidnapped Sajida Nitham Hasan, 17, from Qusra village, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, after stopping her on the Za‘tara military roadblock, south of the city.
http://www.imemc.org/article/75026

Army kidnaps three Palestinians in Hebron
IMEMC/Agencies 21 Feb — Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, while a third Palestinian was kidnapped on the Container roadblock, south of Jerusalem. Several Israeli military vehicles invaded Hebron city, searched a few homes, and kidnapped a veterinarian, identified as Mohammad Tareq Tamimi, 29, before taking him to an unknown destination. The soldiers also invaded the Sammoa‘ town, south of Hebron, violently searched homes and kidnapped Osama Abu al-Jadayel, 26.  In addition, soldiers stationed on the Container roadblock have kidnapped a young man, identified as Sharif Zoheir al-Ja‘ba, 26, from Hebron, while heading to the al-Karama Border Terminal, on his way to Jordan. The soldiers also summoned Majed al-Haymouni for interrogation in the Gosh Etzion military and security base, north of Jerusalem. In related news, the soldiers invaded the towns of ath-Thaheriyya, Sammoa‘ and Ethna, in the Hebron district, and installed a roadblock on the main entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards of many Palestinians.
http://www.imemc.org/article/75022

Soldiers kidnap two Palestinians in Bethlehem and Jenin
IMEMC/Agencies 22 Feb — Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the West Bank districts of Bethlehem and Jenin, searched many homes and kidnapped two Palestinians. Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, searched a few homes, and kidnapped Mohammad Samir Deeriyya, 19, and took him to the Etzion military base. In Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers invaded Jaba‘ town, south of the city, searched and ransacked at least two homes, and interrogated the families. The soldiers also kidnapped Saber Jarboa‘, from Jenin city, while crossing the Za’tara military roadblock. In addition, the soldiers invaded the home of Ammar Hammouri, who was kidnapped by the army several days ago, in addition to the home of a young man identified as Nimir Alawna, but he was not at home during the invasion.
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