Israeli Occupation Terrorist Forces Fire at, Beat Protesters in Ni'lin & Ma'asara, Kidnap Palestinians in Ramallah & Jerusalem

Umsalamounah demonstration results in hospital casualty

Friday March 13, 2009 16:33 by Mary Arthur - IMEMC News

An elderly man collapsed and was rushed to hospital after being beaten to the ground by Israeli soldiers at the demonstration near Bethlehem following Friday prayers today, 13 March.

Medics transporting Azmi Shyukhi to hospital for treatment, after he was beaten by Israeli troops in Ma

Local Palestinians from the village of Umsalamounah, south of Bethlehem, protesting against the Annexation Wall, were joined by international and Israeli supporters as they marched towards the point where the wall is proposed to cross Route 60, barring them from access to any of their lands.

The Israeli military prevented the protestors from reaching their destination by throwing razor wire across the road. As one elderly villager tried to present his case to the soldiers, a scuffle broke out and he was knocked to the ground.
Visibly shaken, he was helped up by other demonstrators but then quickly collapsed from chest pains. After some time, an ambulance arrived and he was stretched across the razor wire as the stand-off continued.

After treatment on the spot by Red Crescent paramedics, he was driven to the hospital.

Meanwhile, the demonstrators, including supportive Israelis and a number of internationals, as well as local children waving flags, continued to chant slogans and argue their case against the military.

Jerusalemites hold Friday prayers in protest camp under occupying reinforcements

Friday March 13, 2009 16:04 by Maram Isid - IMEMC & Agencies

Palestinians in the neighborhood of East Jerusalem, whose houses are being threatened with demolition, held Friday prayers today as an expression of solidarity with citizens and residents, and an absolute rejection of the policies and schemes of the Israeli occupation in the city.

The organizers of the protest and solidarity event said that there was a massive deployment of border guards and police throughout the vicinity of the threatened neighborhoods, but this did not affect the flow of people from various areas to the protest camp.

The organizers emphasized that they will continue these protest events by all available means, and are determined to defend their lands and homes, whatever sacrifices this entails.

Israeli occupation authorities brought military and police reinforcements into Jerusalem and dispatched a large number of police, soldiers and special units in the streets of surrounding areas and neighborhoods, including the Old City of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, and also set up mobile roadblocks to check the identification of local residents.

Four beaten with rifle butts as Israeli soldiers attack Al-Ma’sara protesters

Date: 13 / 03 / 2009 Time: 16:52
Bethlehem – Ma’an –

Four Palestinians were beaten by Israeli occupation terrorist soldiers during an anti-wall rally in Al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem on Friday.

The beatings came during what is now a weekly protest in the village, condemning the building of the separation wall on village land. Hundreds participated in the rally, which ended in clashes. Several were beaten with rifle butts and four were taken to hospital

Those injured were identified as:
A’zmi Ash-Shuyoukhi, 50, who sustained a head injury,
Zeid Zawahrah, 12, who sustained a neck injury,
Ya’qub Zawahra, 17, who sustained moderate bruising, and
Mahmoud Taqatqa,21, who also sustained bruises.

All were taken to the Beit Jala hospital for treatment.

The protesters carried banners condemning the building of the separation wall and Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.

This week’s rally fell on the anniversary of the assassination of four of Palestinian resistance fighters; Mohammad Shehada, Issa Zawahra, Imad Al-Kamel and Ahmad Al-Balbul, who were killed by an undercover Israeli army unit in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

Four demonstrators shot by Israeli occupation terrorist forces in Ni’lin

Date: 13 / 03 / 2009 Time: 16:05
Ramallah – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation terrorist soldiers shot four Palestinians with rubber-coated metal bullets and used teargas against dozens of others at an otherwise peaceful demonstration against the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, on Friday.

International peace activists joined the weekly demonstration, which took place after the Friday Muslim prayer. Demonstrators marched through the streets towards the Israeli barrier chanting slogans calling for Palestinian national unity and for resistance to the occupation.

The coordinator of the anti-wall Popular Committee in the village, A’hed Al- Khawaja told Ma’an, “the Israeli soldiers attacked the peaceful demonstration using rubber-coated bullets gas and stun grenades. Four were injured others chocked after inhaling gas.”

Bethlehem man denied life saving treatment in Israeli prison

Date: 13 / 03 / 2009 Time: 15:16
Bethlehem – Ma’an –

Israeli prison officials have refused to release a Bethlehem man suffering from kidney failure and severe kidney stones for treatment, the Palestinian Detainees Society said Friday.

According to the society and the Red Crescent, Issam Al-Sha’er has been denied permission for proper treatment and has been forced to take only basic medications to delay the inevitable surgery on the kidney. The pills, they added, are now beginning to cause permanent damage to the man’s stomach.

The Red Crescent and the Detainees Society both urge for the man’s immediate release.

Israeli occupation terrorist forces kidnap two Palestinians overnight

Date: 13 / 03 / 2009 Time: 10:17
Bethlehem – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation terrorist soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians from their homes during raids in the West Bank early on Friday.

The Israeli military said one person was arrested in Bethlehem and another in Jenin. Both were taken to detention centers.

Israeli occupation terrorist forces have kidnapped dozens of Palestinians during raids across the West Bank this week.

Israeli occupation terrorist army kidnaps family members of Jerusalem attacker

Date: 12 / 03 / 2009 Time: 21:17
Bethlehem – Ma’an –

The Israeli occupation terrorist army kidnapped a number of Palestinians related to Mar’I Radayda, the man accused of last week's tractor attack on police in Jerusalem.

Israel's military detained the man's two brothers and uncle, according to other family members.

Radayda, of Beit Hanina, was shot dead after rampaging through Jerusalem on a tractor. Two Israeli police officers were lightly injured in the apparently intentional attack.

Israeli occupation terrorist soldiers arrested brothers Younes Ahmad, 23, and Yousuf Ahmed Radayda, 25, as well as his uncle, Younus Mahmoud Radayda, 25, all from Beit Hanina.

Clashes erupt as Israeli occupation terrorist army surrounds home near Ramallah

Date: 12 / 03 / 2009 Time: 18:59
Bethlehem – Ma’an –

Dozens of Israeli occupation terrorist soldiers invaded the West Bank town of Silwad, near Ramallah, late Thursday evening.

Sodliers arrested Rushdi Mohamad Rushdi Hammad after surrounding his home.

Palestinian security sources said the “Israeli army and undercover units have arrested Hammad and withdrawn from the town after surrounding the home for several hours."

The soldiers had surrounded the home in the area, under the pretext that the Palestinian affiliated with the Fatah-affiliated Al-Aqsa Brigades was hiding inside.

Eyewitnesses told Ma’an that "more than 15 armored vehicles backed by a bulldozer surrounded Rushdi Hamad’s home, claiming that he is 'wanted.'"

Others added that the soldiers have begun to demolish a wall surrounding the house with a bulldozer, threatening to demolish the house itself in the event that the wanted man does not give himself up.

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