Israeli Occupation Forces Invade Beit Sahour Azzoun, Tulkarem, Nablus, Close Za'atara Road, Kidnap 3 Palestinians, Threaten a Journalist, Settlers Attack a Bethlehem Farmer

Israeli bus turns over near Nablus; Israeli forces kidnap a Palestinian and close checkpoint

Date: 04 / 05 / 2008 Time: 10:04
Nablus – Ma'an –

An Israeli bus turned over on Sunday morning near the old city of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

Palestinian security sources said the Israeli occupation forces evacuated the passengers of the bus, and that no injuries have been reported. They added that Palestinian police towed the bus away.

In a different regard, Israeli occupation forces invaded Nablus overnight and kidnapped one Palestinian.

Separately, witnesses told Ma'an that Israeli forces completely closed Za'atara checkpoint south of Nablus on Sunday morning, stopping all Palestinian movement in both directions.

Israeli sources said that the checkpoint was shut down because an Israeli occupation forces patrol was pelted with stones and Molotov cocktails south of Nablus. No casualties were been reported.

Israeli occupation forces kidnap two Palestinians in Tulkarem

Date: 04 / 05 / 2008 Time: 10:10
Tulkarem – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped two Palestinians on Sunday morning from the city of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank.

Israeli occupation forces raided the western neighborhood of the city and kidnapped two Palestinians, taking them to unknown destination.

Witnesses said the Israeli occupation soldiers destroyed the interior of the house of one of the abductees.

Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmer near Bethlehem

Date: 04 / 05 / 2008 Time: 13:23
Bethlehem – Ma'an –

Illegal Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian farmer tending his fields in the West Bank village of Husan, near Bethlehem, on Sunday, a witness said.

Ghazi Shawasha told Ma'an that Israelis from the illegal Israeli settlement of Betar Illit crowded around him and began throwing rocks in his direction. He said he fled as quickly as possible, but was unable to save his car, which was damaged by the stones.

The Israeli occupation army besieges a high school in Azzoun of the West Bank

Sunday May 04, 2008 11:52 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

An Israeli occupation army contingent cordoned off early on Sunday morning a high school in the West Bank town of Azzoun, 10 kilometers to the east of Qalqilia city.

Witnesses said that the army force was deployed in the scene after an Israeli settler's car was attacked by stones near the school, causing the injury of a woman and a child.

Ayman Majd, headmaster of the school, told media outlets that the Israeli occupation forces have besieged the 490-student school and that the officer in charge of the contingent wanted to detain some students, claiming they have hurled a settler car with stones.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces imposed a curfew on the Azzoun town yesterday night until it was lifted by Sunday morning. The army swept into the 1,0000-inhabitant-populated town and closed all its entrances.

Over the past several months, the Azzoun town has been suffering from a crippling Israeli siege, while pass-by roads have been erected by the Israeli army for the exclusive use of Israeli settlers.

The Israeli occupation army chief, in command, was reportedly declared he would shoot to death those children, suspected of throwing stones on the settlers cars, PNN reported.

The Israeli occupation army invades Beit Sahour, searches cars, threatens to abduct Palestinian journalist Ghassan Bannoura

Saturday May 03, 2008 18:31 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

Around eight Israeli occupation soldiers barged into the town of Beit Sahour, located near Bethlehem, in the southern part of the West Bank on Saturday afternoon.

The occupation soldiers marched into the town and positioned themselves near the Greek Orthodox Church of Shepherd's Field in the northern side of town. Troops stopped and searched a number of local Palestinian cars and pedestrians.

As soon as IMEMC Ghassan Bannoura arrived at the scene soldiers ordered him to stop taking photos, when he did not comply with the Israeli army, soldiers detained Bannoura for 15 minutes, they ordered Bannoura to leave the area, or face abduction.

The town of Beit Sahour is under jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority, according to the 1995 Oslo Peace Accords between the Palestinians and Israelis.

Beit Sahour is also famous for being the place of the Shepherd's Field, where the holy host announced the birth of Christ.

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