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Israeli forces on Tuesday detained an 8-year-old Palestinian in occupied East Jerusalem, witnesses told Ma'an.

Witnesses said Israeli forces detained the child, who was about to enter a market near the Flowers Gate of the Old City, and took him to a nearby Israeli police station.

An Israeli police spokesperson could not be contacted, and the reason for the detention is unknown.

Since the start of October, Israeli forces have detained at least 2,044 Palestinians, 345 of which have been children, according to documentation by human rights group Addameer.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769353

Israeli forces shoot to kill, deny first aid

The rights group B’Tselem decried Israel’s “excessive and unwarranted use of lethal gunfire” as its forces killed seven more Palestinians in the last week, and a woman died of her injuries after being shot at a checkpoint in November.

Abdallah Nasasra, 15, was killed near the Huwwara military checkpoint outside the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, 17 December.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/israeli-forces-shoot-kill-deny-first-aid

14 Palestinians shot, 18 detained in overnight raids

Israeli forces early Wednesday shot and injured 14 Palestinians and detained 18 others in overnight search and arrest raids, locals and Israel’s army said.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769356

Israeli forces shoot, injure 15 students at Tulkarem university

Israeli forces on Wednesday shot and injured 15 students with rubber-coated steel bullets and live fire during protests at Palestine Technical University in the northern occupied West Bank district of Tulkarem, medical sources at the Red Crescent told Ma'an.

Sources said five youths were shot and injured with live fire, while 10 more were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets and at least four suffered from severe tear gas inhalation.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769368

Yesterday, Israeli forces shot Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets and live fire during a protest against the occupation at Palestine Technical University -- Kadoorie (PTU) in the West Bank district of Tulkarem.

Five people were shot and injured by live fire, 10 by rubber-coated steel bullets, and four suffered from severe tear gas inhalation.

Twenty-five others suffered from moderate tear gas inhalation and were treated at the scene.

Such violence has unfortunately become commonplace at PTU.

Since October, students have been organizing protests against the Israeli occupation at the university.

The fact that Israeli forces maintain a military training ground in close proximity to the university – indeed, on confiscated university land – has meant that these protests have far-reaching affects on students’ daily life at PTU.
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/news/1195-tulkarem-s-university-under-attack

Israeli forces shoot, injure 4 with live fire during clashes

Israeli forces on Thursday shot and injured four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip during clashes, locals said.

In the al-Breij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, witnesses told Ma'an that Israeli forces deployed along the eastern border of the area before opening fire at a group of Palestinians, injuring one.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769387

Israeli forces shoot, detain Bethlehem teen, block medics

Israeli forces shot and detained a 19-year-old Palestinian overnight on Wednesday during clashes in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem's al-Obayat village, a spokesperson for the Red Crescent told Ma'an.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769373

Israeli forces detain 3 in Hebron's Beit Ummar
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769374

Israeli forces raid Ramallah-area villages, refugee camps, detain 5
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769375

Israeli forces detain 23 Palestinians across West Bank, East Jerusalem
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769380

Israeli forces detain 8 in West Bank

Israeli military forces on Friday detained eight Palestinians across the occupied West Bank in predawn detention raids, security sources and Israel's army said.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769397

18-year-old dies weeks after being hit by Israeli crossfire in Nablus

A 18-year-old Palestinian died on Wednesday after succumbing to wounds sustained from Israeli forces at a military checkpoint in Nablus in October, her family told Ma’an.

Samah Abd al-Mumen was shot at the Huwwara checkpoint on Oct. 23 when Israeli forces opened fire on and killed Alaa Khalil Sabah Hashah, 16, after he attempted to stab a soldier.

Her father told Ma’an that she died in Benlson Medical Center in Israel after being transferred from Rafidiya hospital in Nablus due to her critical injuries.

Palestinian security sources told Ma’an at the time of her injury that Samah was shot in the head while sitting inside her car near where the incident occurred at Huwwara.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769365

Israeli forces level Palestinian land near Gaza border, injure 3

Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians after entering a border area in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday in order to level Palestinian land, local residents said.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769378

Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian farmer south east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Health said.

The 20-year-old farmer sustained moderate injuries in the leg and the hand after being shot near the Sofa crossing, located between the al-Fakhari and Rafah areas, the spokesperson for Gaza’s Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qirda, told Ma’an.

An Israeli army spokesperson had no immediate information on the incident.

Palestinian fishermen and farmers whose work brings them near the border areas of the besieged coastal enclave frequently come under fire from Israeli forces.

Israeli soldiers on Dec. 13 shot and injured a Palestinian farmer east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769363

Israeli bulldozers enter southern Gaza
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769393

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in Qalandiya refugee camp

Israeli forces on Wednesday shot dead two Palestinians during a predawn military raid in the Qalandia refugee camp near Ramallah, locals and medics said.

Locals in the occupied West Bank refugee camp told Ma’an that hundreds of Israeli soldiers and dozens of military vehicles stormed the area around 1 a.m., entering the the densely-populated camp from all sides before ransacking homes and shops.

During the raid, Israeli forces opened fire on 20-year-old Ahmad Jahajha from close range after he rammed his vehicle into a group of Israeli soldiers, witnesses told Ma’an.

Israeli forces reportedly left Jahajha to “bleed to death” before taking his body and detaining another resident who had been shot and injured, witnesses said.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769358

Hundreds lay slain Nablus teen to rest
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769383

Israeli forces detain radio journalist in Bethlehem

Israeli forces on Wednesday detained a Palestinian radio journalist in the southern occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, the journalist told Ma'an after being released.

Bara Abdullah Hamdan,19, said Israeli forces handcuffed him and took him to a nearby Israeli military base, adding that they seized his mobile phone and deleted all photos on the device before releasing him four hours later.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769366

Palestinian woman barred from areas of Jerusalem

Israeli authorities on Thursday barred a Palestinian woman from entering the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem as well as from West Jerusalem.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769392

Israel to confiscate 25 acres of Bethlehem land

Israeli forces plan to go ahead with the confiscation of 102 dunams (25 acres) of land in the Bethlehem district, the Mayor of Bethlehem told Ma'an.

Vera Baboun said Israeli forces plan to confiscate lands in Bethlehem city as well as neighoring Beit Sahour and Beit Jala, with the intention of using the land for nearby illegal Israeli settlements.

Baboun said the three major Bethlehem district cities for more than 10 years have been receiving letters from Israeli authorities ordering the confiscation of the land for the construction of the separation wall. The district has fought the orders in the past, however now the orders cite security threats as the reason for confiscation.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769372

Israeli forces issue 3 stop-work orders in Ramallah-area village

Israeli forces on Wednesday issued three stop-work orders for two homes and a steel structure used as sheep barn in the occupied West Bank village of Idhna, the mayor of the village told Ma'an.

Abdul-Fattah Islimiya said Israeli forces issued the orders under the charges that the structures were being built without Israeli authority construction permits on Area C land, which falls under full Israeli control.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769377

Israeli authorities displace 6 Palestinians in Jerusalem demolition

Israeli authorities on Wednesday demolished a house in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, displacing six Palestinians, locals said.

Local sources told Ma’an that the residence belonged to Palestinian Ibrahim Diab and his daughter Dina.

The home was 85 square meters and home to six family members, Dina told Ma’an. She said that Israeli forces demolished the home on the grounds that it was constructed without permission from the municipality.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769361

Hundreds in Hebron demand return of 21 bodies held by Israel

Hundreds of Palestinians from the Hebron district on Thursday marched in demand that the Israeli government immediately return the bodies of 21 Palestinians who were recently killed by Israeli forces.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769388

Why won’t Israel return the body of a 14-year-old girl?

It is hard to believe that Hadil Awwad’s room has been abandoned for more than two weeks. It is clean, tidy and smells beautiful.

Teddy bears of many colors are scattered on the two sides of her bed. Hadil received them as a gift from one of her brothers when he returned from China. Even as she turned 14 she continued to keep those teddy bears in her room.

Her new jacket that she had bought recently and only wore once is hanging in the wardrobe.

She will never have a chance to wear it again.

Hadil Awwad was shot dead by Israeli forces on 23 November. She was executed after allegedly trying to stab an Israeli man with scissors on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem.

Her 16-year-old cousin Nurhan was also injured and has subsequently been charged with attempted murder.

Hadil’s mother, Maliha, does not accept Israel’s version of events. Maliha said that the scissors found on her daughter were the ones Hadeel had used in art class.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/why-wont-israel-return-body-14-year-old-girl/15068

Israel’s decades-long policy of holding Palestinian bodies

Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian dead, and its impact on the living, is being questioned once again as the government continues to withhold the bodies of 22 Palestinians killed following attacks on Israelis during the month of October.

The refusal to turn over the dead to their families -- a policy that Israeli authorities supposedly halted near the end of the Second Intifada -- has provoked controversy among Israeli officials and led tomass protests in the occupied West Bank.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=768641

Majority of Palestinians support knife attacks

The majority of Palestinians support the recent string stabbing attacks against Israelis, a poll released Monday found.

The poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Research (PCPR), found that 67 percent of Palestinians support the use of knife attacks in the current confrontations with Israel, while 31 percent oppose the use of knife attacks.

During the past two-and-a-half months, 119 Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli military and civilians, many of which were killed after alleged, attempted or actual attacks against Israelis, and 19 Israelis have been killed by Palestinian attackers.

According to PCPR's poll, 37 percent of Palestinians believe that the current upheaval will turn into a full-on armed Initifada, with only 10 percent believing that the confrontations will gradually dissipated.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769346

Israel and Turkey reach preliminary deal to restore ties - Israeli official

Israel and Turkey have reached a preliminary agreement to normalise relations, including the return of ambassadors to both countries, an Israeli official said on Thursday.

The deal was reached during a recent meeting in Switzerland between the incoming head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, Yossi Cohen, Israeli envoy Joseph Ciechanover and Turkish foreign ministry under-secretary Feridun Sinirlioglu, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-turkey-idUKKBN0U02N120151217

2010 flotilla organisers slam 'unacceptable' Israel-Turkey detente

The IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, the charity responsible for the ill-fated 2010 flotilla to Gaza, has slammed the announcement of negotiations for renewed diplomatic ties between Israel and Turkey.

Speaking to Middle East Eye, the Islamic charity protested against the agreement, saying it would not be changing its own position on Israel and the deaths of Turkish activists following the Israeli army raid on the Mavi Marmara in 2010.

"The agreement with Israel is not acceptable," said IHH executive board member Huseyin Oruc. "They have killed 10 humanitarian people on the high seas and they didn’t do anything up to now."
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/organisers-2010-mavi-marmara-flotilla-hit-out-israel-turkey-detente-1580193287

European tourists staying away from Israel in droves

Israel’s tourism industry went into free fall as a result of its summer 2014 assault on Gaza, during which its army killed 2,200 Palestinians, including 551 children, and left much of the territory devastated.

The number of tourists was lower compared to the prior year’s figure in every month from July 2014. That was until July this year when the number of visitors finally clawed its way back almost to 2013 levels.

But the escalating violence in October and November, originally provoked by Israel’s unchecked assaults and incursions in occupied Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound, has set Israel back again.

Statistics released by the tourism ministry this month show that the number of visitors to Israel in November was down 5 percent compared with same month last year, and was 18 percent lower than in November 2013.

But the drop was much sharper in tourism from Europe: overall there were 10 percent fewer visitors from Europe in November than in the same month last year, and 30 percent fewer than in November 2013.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/european-tourists-staying-away-israel-droves

Hungry Warrior: The Untold Story of Hana Shalabi

Throughout her hunger strike, that of exactly 47 days, Hana Shalabi never slept consistently for a number of hours. In the first few days of her strike, she would doze off only to wake up with the sudden fear that someone was trying to hurt her.

But after the first week of the hunger strike, having nothing but a few sips of water a day, her body simply ceased to function in any normal way. So, instead of sleeping, she would fall into a state of delirium, overtaken by frenzied hallucination where memories and persisting future fears coalesced into a sonata of night terror.

I interviewed Hana recently, through a series of discussions that extended for hours, trying to understand what compelled her to risk her life to obtain conditional freedom in Gaza, and to present her story as a showcase for the phenomena of hunger strikes as a form of political struggle inside Israeli prisons. Currently over 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are held in Israeli prisons, over 500 of them without trial.
http://www.ramzybaroud.net/hungry-warrior-the-untold-story-of-hana-shalabi/

Shabak Torture Interrogations Fail to Yield Murder Confessions

NOTE: Last week, I published a new piece http://www.mintpressnews.com/211874-2/211874/ for Mint Press News, which critiqued Israeli and western opinion polls which profess to find major support within the Muslim community for ISIS and other Islamist groups. I hope you’ll read and promote it on social media.

The Dawabsheh arson murders and the investigation in their aftermath offer a lesson in the abject failure of the Israeli security system in dealing with Jewish terror. It is a system built, not on the normal standards of policing in the western world in which evidence is gathered, witnesses interviewed, scenes reconstructed; rather, the emphasis is on extracting confessions, often by brute force. In the case of Palestinians this will often work because the system is entirely stacked against them. Even if they refuse to confess to a crime for which they aren’t guilty, they know they will go before a judge who will never reject the “evidence” offered by the Shabak and prosecution. So essentially, they have a choice: either they confess and accept a “deal” (on the State’s terms); or they maintain silence and are convicted on much heavier terms.
But it’s different with Jewish suspects. Ironically, Justice is supposed to be blind. But in Israel it is judges who turn a blind eye to the ravages inflicted on Palestinian prisoners. But when it comes to Jews, they can see 20-20. They might disregard claims of torture by the defense if there is a confession. But without one, they will likely refuse to accept the trumped-up dossiers normally offered in the cases of Palestinian suspects and routinely accepted by judges as confirming guilt.
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2015/12/18/shabak-torture-interrogations-fail-to-yield-murder-confessions/

Israel plunders Palestine’s gas and oil

The Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem (OPT), is rich in oil, gas a shale oil resources, al-Haq claims in its 2015 report, Annexing Energy.

If these resources were to be developed, Palestine would be economically self-sufficient and relieved from dependence on international aid.

However, as expected, Israel has a history of systematically preventing Palestine’s development of oil and gas in the OPT.

Since 1967, the OPT’s natural resources have been governed by Israel’s government, allowing Israel to manage its natural resources to the benefit of Israeli citizens and corporations – not the local population.

Al-Haq explains that Israel prevents Palestine’s development of oil and gas in the OPT by “curtailing Palestinian freedom of movement, appropriating Palestinian resource rich land and sea resources, forcibly stagnating the Palestinian economy and manipulating Palestinian energy dependence for private commercial profit.”

This system goes against international law, which dictates that military commanders have only limited authority regarding natural resources in the OPT. This limited authority is subject to military necessity and the humanitarian concerns of the occupied population.

Al-Haq argues that Israel’s appropriation, exploitation and prevention of development of oil and gas resources “constitute plunder and further breach Palestine’s right to self-determination.”

Moreover, the current system continues to promote the seizure of Palestine’s maritime space and prevent Palestine’s rightful ability to develop its gas distribution network.
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/news/1192-israel-plunders-palestine-s-gas-and-oil

Read al-Haq's full report : http://www.alhaq.org/publications/publications-index/item/annexing-energy