Israeli army distributes new demolition orders in Silwan

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) served new demolition notices to families in Silwan town, east of occupied Al-Quds, on Sunday, locals reported.

The IOF-controlled municipality of Al-Quds said that the procedure was made under police escort.

The municipality razes Palestinian homes, expel their owners, issue eviction orders, or force the landlords to destroy their own homes under the threat of facing huge fines and even imprisonment if they do not comply.

Settlers Attack Dozens of Protestors, Spray Them With Wastewater

A group of fundamentalist Jewish settlers attacked on Saturday a group of nonviolent protestors who urged Zionist regime to reopen the Al Shuhada Street, in the southern West Bank city of Al-Khalil.

The settlers hurled stones at the protestors and sprayed them with waste-water.

The Youth Coalition Against settlements organizes weekly protests against the occupation and settlements while dozens of Israeli and international peace activists also participate in these protests.

On Saturday, the protestors, accompanied by delegates of a French solidarity group that includes mayors and officials, held their nonviolent protest and carried signs in English, French, Arabic and Hebrew, calling on Israel to open the Al Shuhada street and to remove the settlers.

They also demanded freedom of movement to all resident especially since Israel designates certain areas in Al-Khalil as “Jewish only”.

As the protestors marched in the Old City of Al-Khalil, settlers of the Avraham Avino illegal colony attacked the protestors by hurling stones at them and by spraying them with waste-water.

The settlement is located in the Vegetables Market that was taken over by the settlers and the army since 1994 and became a “no entry” zone to the Palestinians.

The protestors also marched towards a gate installed by the army to seal one of the roads that lead to Al Shuhada street, near Khan Shahin area, and demanded Israel to open all closed roads and to lift the illegal restrictions on the freedom of movement of the local Palestinians.

The head of the French organization stated that by touring in Hebron, he and his comrades, managed to observe the high price the Palestinians are paying due to the existence of settlements and the occupation.

Extremists Settlers Assualt Arab Students In Safad

On Friday midnight, a group of extremist settlers hurled stones at students dorms, at the Academics College of Safad, in the Galilee.

The Arab students resisted the extremists until the arrival of the Israeli Police to the scene. The police made no arrests and no injuries were reported.

This is the tenth reported attack carried out by fundamentalist Jews who are trying to force the Arab student out of area.

Recently, Chief Rabbi of Safad asked Jews not to rent or sell apartments to Arabs.

Jewish clerics also held an emergency conference to discuss plans that reduce the "risk" of Arabs presence in the Galilee; the conference was proceeded by several meetings on the same topic.

During the conference which was held under the banner ''Quiet war: Combating Assimilation in the Holy City of Safad", Safad chief Rabbi, Shmuel Elyahu asked Jews not to rent apartments to Arab students "in order to 'keep Safad clean".

Elyahu added that Jews who sell or rent to an Arab, must distance themselves from other Jews, and that the Jewish community should refrain from doing business with them,deny him the right to read from the Torah and ostracize them until "they retract their harmful deed", according to Elyahu.

The rabbi attacked the Israeli government for its plan to build a "Nursing School'' in Safad, as he believes that the vast majority would be Arab students.

Arab member of Knesset, Dr. Ahmad Tibi, asked the legal adviser of the Israeli government to question Elyahu and prosecute him.

15 Injured; Homes Burned by Israeli troops in attack on Nabi Saleh Protest

On Friday, at least 15 Palestinian civilians were injured and three homes were burned by the Israeli military during the weekly anti wall protest in the village of Nabi Saleh in West Bank, according to reporters on the scene with PNN (Palestinian News Agency).

Dozens of local residents, along with Israeli and international supporters held a march on village land that was confiscated by the Israeli military to construct the Annexation Wall.

As soon as they reached the area of construction, soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas at them. The people were unable to escape the barrage of gas and rubber-coated steel bullets, and 15 were injured. One of the civilians injured is in critical condition, according to the PNN reporter on the scene.

The tear gas also reached residents' homes, burning three of them. In addition, soldiers invaded the village and took control of a Palestinian home. They told the owner of the home that they plan to use it as a military post for the next 45 days.