Israeli Human Rights Violations in Occupied Palestinian

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (30 Oct.- 05 Nov. 2014)

Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)

•Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian civilians in occupied East Jerusalem.

•Israeli forces continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.

- 2 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded during al-Nabi Saleh protest, northwest of Ramallah.

- 11 civilians, including 3 children, were wounded during other protests.

- 3 civilians, including headmistress of al-Mukabber Secondary School and a student, were wounded in occupied East Jerusalem.

•Israeli forces conducted 45 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

- 50 Palestinian civilians, including 10 children and 2 women, were arrested

- 35 of those civilians, including 8 children and a woman, were arrested in occupied Jerusalem.

- 3 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were arrested by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip while sneaking into Israel via the border fence.

•Israel continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.

- Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.

- At Palestinian civilian was arrested at a military checkpoint in the West Bank.

•Efforts to create Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem.

- Al-Aqsa mosque was completely closed for the first time since the city was occupied, but it was partially opened later.

- 3 houses were demolished in Selwan village and al-Tour neighbourhood.

- Israeli government decided to impose a 20-year-imprisonment against Jerusalemite children throwing stones at Israeli soldiers.

•Israeli forces continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.

- A bulldozer and digger were confiscated under the pretext they worked in area (C).

- 3 sheds, 2 tents and 5 dunums planted with almonds and olive trees were demolished.

Summary

Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (30 October – 05 November 2014).

In a serious development, during the reporting period, Israeli forces closed the gates of al-Aqsa Mosque and allowed dozens of thousands of settlers and extremist settler groups led by Israeli ministers and members of the Knesset into the mosque's yards to perform Talmudic prayers. The Israeli government also threatens to divide the mosque like the division of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron since Baruch Goldstein committed a massacre on 25 February 1994, when 29 Palestinian worshipers were killed. PCHR confirms the legal status of East Jerusalem as an occupied city and stresses that such decisions and measures are part of the Israeli government's schemes to fully creating a Jewish demographic majority in the city.

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During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian civilians in occupied East Jerusalem and wounded 16 civilians, including 5 children and 2 women; 3 of whom were wounded in occupied East Jerusalem, including a child and a woman.

In the West Bank, in excessive use of force, on 30 October 2014, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian in al-Thawri neighbourhood in East Jerusalem. They claimed that he attempted to assassinate Rabbi Yehuda Glick on the previous night.

On 05 November 2014, in excessive use of force as well, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian, who drove his van into a group of persons waiting at a light rail in al-Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, north of the Old City of East Jerusalem. As a result, an Israeli officer was killed and 13 others sustained various wounds. It should be noted that Israeli forces could wound the attacker and arrest him, especially as he was not armed.

Israeli forces used excessive force against peaceful protests organised by Palestinian civilians, international and Israeli human rights defenders in protest at the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank. As a result, a 12-year-old male sustained a bullet wound to the right leg and a 27-year-old male sustained a (toto) bullet wound to the right leg also during al-Nabi Saleh weekly protest, northwest of Ramallah.

In the same context, 11 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children and an elderly woman, were wounded during other protests against attacks by the Israeli forces and settlers in al-Aqsa Mosque. On 30 October 2014, a 17-year-old male was hit by a gas canister to the head during a protest organized by dozens of school students near Attara checkpoint, north of Bir Zeit village, north of Ramallah. Moreover, on the same day, a 19-year-old male sustained a bullet wound to the left leg during a protest, east of Abween village, northwest of the city. On 31 October 2014, 6 civilians, including 3 children and an elderly woman were wounded during a protest around Qalandya checkpoint, north of occupied Jerusalem. On 02 November 2014, 3 civilians were wounded during a protest organized around Qalandya checkpoint too.

In East Jerusalem, on 31 October 2014, a 43-year-old male sustained shrapnel wound to the head when Israeli forces raided the condolences tent of Mo'taz Hejazi in al-Thawri neighbourhood, east of East Jerusalem, and fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters at mourners in the tent.

On 03 October 2014, Israeli special forces wounded headmistress of al-Mukabber Secondary School and a student when Israeli forces raided the school under the pretext of looking for "young men who threw stones at them and fled".

The full report is available online at:

http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10709:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-30-oct-05-nov-2014-&catid=84:weekly-2009&Itemid=183

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