Zionist invasions, attacks and other crimes in occupied Palestine

Israeli attack: Jerusalem – 14:20, the Israeli Army fired tear gas and stun grenades at residents in Silwan.

Israeli attack – homes under Israeli fire: Tubas – Israeli troops opened fire on homes near Al Farisiya village.

Israeli attack: Salfit – 19:45-22:40, the Israeli Army, firing stun grenades, raided Deir Istiya for almost three hours.

Home invasions – assaults – injuries – hospitalisations: Jerusalem – evening, Israeli troops raided Al Issawiya village and stormed into several homes, assaulting and injuring four people, Rami Obied, Lailay Al Esawi, Sahdi Al esawi and Shireen Al Esawi, who were later admitted to hospital.

Home invasions – ten-hour ordeal: Ramallah – 17:20-03:20, the Israeli Army raided Al Mughir village for ten hours, invaded several homes and took five prisoners.

Home invasions and vandalism: Hebron – 11:20, the Israeli Army raided the Al Munthar area in Yatta, invaded a home, vandalised the contents and took one prisoner.

Raid: Ramallah – 15:15, the Israeli Army raided El Bireh city and invaded a shop.

Raid: Tulkarem – 14:15, the Israeli Army raided the city and interrogated several residents.

Raid: Qalqilya – 14:55, the Israeli Army raided Izbat Al Tabib village, stormed a woodwork shop and interrogated several workers.

Raid – terror: Nablus – 05:05, Israeli soldiers raided the Askar refugee camp and threatened to shoot several security officers.

Raid – injury: Hebron – 11:30, Israeli forces raided Al Tabaqa village, injuring a villager, Mahmoud Matar, and taking prisoner three people.

Raid – abductions: Hebron – 16:35, Occupation forces raided the Al Fawwar refugee camp and abducted two youngsters: Mahmoud Al Teti (15) and Mohammad Al Aza (16).

Prisoners taken – economic sabotage: Northern Gaza – 07:10, the Israeli Navy seized a fishing boat off Beit Lahiya and took prisoner the two-man crew, Jamal Sultan and Fadil Sultan.

Prisoners taken – economic sabotage: Northern Gaza – 17:40, the Israeli Navy detained two young fishermen off Beit Lahiya, Mahmoud Abu Rayala (14) and Adham Abu Rayala, and held them for almost eight hours.

Home invasions – theft and damage: Qalqilya – 05:45, February 12, additional to an earlier report, Israeli soldiers raided Jayus, invaded homes and stole a computer, the property of local resident, Omar Mahmoud Also stolen were a cellular telephone belonging to another villager, Nader Khriesha, and three cellular phones from the home of Mohammad Jabers, after breaking down the door and forcing an entry.

Occupation settler violence: Nablus – 17:45, a gang of Israeli militants raided an area near the home of a Palestinian family.

Occupation settler violence and abuse: Nablus – 21:15, Zionist fanatics raided the area near the Huwara checkpoint, taunting and insulting local residents.

Occupation settler land theft: Hebron – 12:25, 'settler' militants raided the area between Hebron and Bani Na’im, seized Palestinian-owned land and planted trees on it.

Occupation settler vandalism: Hebron – evening, a vehicle suffered damage by a gang of stone-throwing Israeli settlers in the Old City.

Recent news updates:

Israeli demolition displaces 120 Hebron villagers. 20 Israeli military vehicles accompanied bulldozers to raze 16 tent dwellings, six animal shelters and a well (the village's only water source) in Khirbet al-Rahwad. http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=460129

88 Palestinian houses to be demolished to make way for Israeli park. The city municipality, whose unilaterally drawn borders were established by Israel in 1967 when East Jerusalem was illegally annexed, plans to demolish 88 Palestinian homes in the al-Bustan area in the centre of Silwan to make way for the development of a so-called archaeological park, known as King David’s Garden. More than 1500 Palestinians will be made homeless and forcibly transferred. http://palsolidarity.org/2012/02/88-palestinian-houses-to-be-demolished-for-israeli-park/

Israel to fence off main road to Hebron. Ahmad Abu Hashem, secretary of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar says the Israeli military had recently completed building a new Jewish-only segregated road on Palestinian-owned land in Beit Ummar and Halhul. http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=18976

Israeli court forbids Nablus mosque from using loudspeakers. The Israeli Supreme Court issued a preliminary ruling, forbidding Burin village mosque from using loudspeakers, and even from using lights on the mosque’s minaret. http://www.imemc.org/article/62991

Boy injured as soldiers raid Hebron village. A boy was injured by Israeli forces in Hebron on Sunday when Israeli forces raided several homes in the village of al-Tabaqa, south-west Hebron. Muhammad Mahmoud Imtayer, 16, sustained head injuries and was admitted to Hebron Hospital. http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=459858

Israeli Occupation troops raid village, abduct two children. Heavily armed Israeli Occupation forces stormed a number of houses in the village of Housan, to the west of Bethlehem, at dawn on Sunday, deliberately humiliating inhabitants and searching their homes. Two 16-year-old boys were abducted and taken to the Ofer prison near Ramallah.

Women visitors to prison demand end to strip-searching. A demonstration was held on Sunday, February 12, at the Meitar checkpoint north of Beer Sheba, in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in the Naqab (Negev) region as well as their family members who must pass through this checkpoint to visit them. The demonstration was organised by the Al-Khalil (Hebron) chapter of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society and was attended by affected families, along with Palestinian and international supporters. A young Palestinian woman named Fadwa told ISM that to visit her brother Jihad, who has been held prisoner for a decade, she must make a 12-hour journey involving strip-searches and extensive interrogation at Meitar, only to have the process repeated at the prison. She recalls that several times she has been forced to leave her shoes and jacket in the interrogation room and pass through the checkpoint barefoot, even in cold weather.

Main source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group (PMG) http://www.nad-plo.org/dailyreports.php

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BBC Trust airbrushes out Palestine

BBC Trust rules in favour of censoring 'Palestine'

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The BBC has denied it was wrong to edit the word 'Palestine' from an artist's performance on Radio 1Xtra, but has said its producers may have been 'overcautious'. This final ruling issued at the end of January, marks the end of an eight month campaign by PSC to hold the BBC to account for its bias in censoring the lyrics 'I can scream Free Palestine for my pride/still pray for peace' from a rap performed by the artist, Mic Righteous, on 1Xtra. In an extraordinary exchange of correspondence, during which the BBC's excuses for cutting out 'Palestine' grew ever more bizarre, one producer wrote: 'Referencing Palestine is fine, but implying that it is not free is the contentious issue'. This was originally published by PSC, who would like to thank all  members who wrote to the BBC on this issue, and especially those who carried on the campaign for eight months. Photo: BB Bristol after the appeal for aid for victims of 'Cast Lead' was not broadcast