January, 2017

• 4 January

  Law Enforcement on IDF soldiers suspected of harming Palestinians – Summary of 2015 data

  

  In 2015, the MPCID opened 186 criminal investigations into alleged offenses committed by Israeli soldiers against Palestinians. Of these, 120 investigation files have been closed and 7 resulted in disciplinary measures. Over the course of the year, 15 indictments were …

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• 3 January

  7-year-old caught in soldier stakeout at Kafr Qadum protest

  

  Last Friday, 23 December 2016, the residents of Kafr Qadum held their weekly protest – held regularly since July 2011 – demanding that the road from their village to the city of Nablus be reopened. Since the military blocked the …

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• 2 January

  Arrests 2-1-2017

  

  Jerusalem: IOF arrested Ameer Darwwesh, Adam Mustafa, Hussam Olayan, Saleh Abu Asab, Naser Ibrahim, Mohammed Abu Farha and Momen Husheem. They are all between 15 and 17 years. Hebron: IOF arrested Naser Rabai Abu Sneeneh. Hebron: Israeli forces arrested Yousef …

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• 1 January

  Arrests 01-01-2017

  

  BethlehemL IOF arrested Hesham Fawaz Salah 23-year-old from the town of Khader. Hebron: Israei forces arrested Rani Al-Rahman 15-year-old and Bajes Sweeti and Zaid Rajabi.

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December, 2016

• 29 December

  Returners To Temple Mount Group Activists Ask Israeli Government to Remove All Muslims

  

  Dozens of activists from the movement of Returners To Temple Mount protested near al-Aqsa mosque demanding that Israeli sovereignty be applied upon the whole holy site. Israeli police tried to evacuate them but the changed their path into the Western …

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• 29 December

  he Israeli Jailer Whose Orders Killed 21 Palestinian Civilians

  

  Amira Hass-Haaretz Brig. Gen. (res.) Ilan Malka was recently appointed deputy chief commissioner of the Israel Prison Service and then promoted to commissioner (a rank parallel to major general in the Israel Defense Forces). As someone who has been exonerated …

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• 28 December

  Arrests 28-12-2016

  

  Ramallah: Israeli forces arrested Mosaan Barghouthi from the town of Kober. Jenin: IOF arrested Morad Waleed Malaushe 26-year-old, Amarah Awni Fashafshe 25-year-old, Aysar Mohammed Amer 18-year-old and Montaser Fadi Saadi 20-year-old.

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• 27 December

  Israel Wrecks 18 Palestinian Structures for Every One It Licenses in West Bank’s Area C

  

  Since 2014, Israel has demolished 18 times as many structures as it permitted the Palestinians to build in Area C of the West Bank, where Israel has both civilian and military control, Civil Administration data show. The data also show …

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• 27 December

  Arrests 27-12-2016

  

  Ramallah: Israeli forces arrested Tharaa Hamad Barghouthi 17-year-old from the town of Beet Reema. Hebron: IOF arrested Yousef Alami 20-year-old. Jenin: Israeli troops raided the town of Qabatia and arrested Ahmad Najeg Kmail, Khaled Waleed Sehw, Anas Mosa Kmail and …

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• 26 December

  Thousands of homes to be built in Jerusalem despite UN vote

  

  The Jerusalem District Zoning Committee is scheduled to approve the construction of 5,600 housing units in Gilo, Ramat Shlomo, and Givat Hamatos neighborhoods beyond the Green Line • “We remain unfazed by the U.N. vote,” city official says. The Jerusalem …

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