Israeli settlers --- intensify raids in
West Bank amid regime’s support
September 29th, 3:31pm
(PressTV)
Israeli settlers have intensified devastating raids on Palestinians
and their properties in the occupied West Bank amid growing
support from the regime.
Reports on Tuesday said settlers had rampaged through several
villages across the occupied Palestinian territory overnight in
clear attempts to force more Palestinians out of their homes.
Hundreds of settlers attacked Palestinians in Jalud and Qaryut,
south of Nablus; al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah; and Ras
Karkar & Deir Abu Mash’al, west and northwest of Ramallah.
In Jalud, two homes were set ablaze, leaving them heavily
damaged, causing widespread panic among the villagers.
Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian homes, during an attack
on Jalud village, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
One of the homes belonged to a family ---- who had just returned
from over 2 months of displacement because of settler attacks.
The family had returned home based on an order from an
Israeli court, but settlers evicted them hours after their
return while Israeli forces were protecting the settlers.
Settlers beat Palestinians, including the elderly, and set
fire to cars, tractors, and other belongings, reports said.
The attacks come amid rising support from elements within
the Israeli regime who have sought to annex more lands in
the West Bank since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on
Gaza in October 2023.
Israeli Finance Minister and settler leader, Bezalel Smotrich, has
openly called for a repetition in the West Bank of the genocide
Israel has carried out in the Gaza Strip, where it has killed
more than 75,000 people, destroyed --- almost all of the
territory’s civilian infrastructure, and displaced over
two million people..... since October 7, 2023.
The international community has almost unanimously condemned
the rise in settler violence in the West Bank, where more than
1,200 Palestinians have been killed by settlers over the
past three years.
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Hamas calls for Muslim mobilization
after Israeli incursion into
Ibrahimi Mosque
September 29th, 3pm
(PressTV)
The Hamas resistance movement has called on Arab and Muslim
nations to mobilize in defense of Islamic holy sites, after Israeli
minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and hundreds of Israeli settlers
entered the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil, calling the
move a fresh escalation .....and an attempt to
Judaize the site.
Abdel Rahman Shadid, a Hamas leader, said that Ben-Gvir’s entry,
accompanied by settlers and a number of rabbis, constituted
an “overt violation” of the sanctity of the mosque and the
sentiments of millions of Muslims.
Shadid called on Palestinians across the West Bank, particularly
residents of al-Khalil Governorate, to mobilize in support of the
mosque and maintain a presence there. He also urged Arab
and Muslim countries and peoples, to mobilize in defense
of Islamic holy sites.
“The Ibrahimi Mosque will continue to preserve its authentic identity
and its deeply rooted Islamic and historical status,” Shadid said,
stressing that attempts to desecrate or Judaize the mosque
would not alter its status.
He said Israel’s measures in al-Khalil, including turning parts of the
city into a military zone and imposing restrictions on its residents,
form part of broader efforts to intensify pressure on Palestinians
across the occupied West Bank.
Shadid warned that continued Israeli incursions and violations
would further fuel popular anger and strengthen Palestinians’
determination to defend their rights and holy sites.
Ben-Gvir --- stormed the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil on
Tuesday, accompanied by hundreds of Israeli settlers.
It came a day after he stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque
compound in occupied East al-Quds, during the
Jewish Sukkot holiday.
Israeli Channel 14 broadcast footage of Ben-Gvir inside the
Ibrahimi Mosque. During the visit, he said arriving at the
site gave him a sense of "energy and joy."
Israeli authorities had announced a day earlier that the Ibrahimi
Mosque would be closed to Muslim worshippers during Sukkot.
The Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs condemned
the closure, saying it barred Muslim worshippers from praying and
performing religious rituals at the mosque and prevented the call
to prayer.
The ministry described the mosque --- as an exclusively Islamic
endowment and warned against continued measures aimed at
imposing temporal and spatial divisions at the site.
Israel steps up Al-Khalil mosque
restrictions, settler expansion
The Israeli regime imposes new measures in al-Khalil,
raising concerns over the Ibrahimi Mosque and
tighter restrictions in the Old City.
The Ibrahimi Mosque is located in the Old City of al-Khalil,
where the Israeli authorities maintain military control.
In 1994, following the massacre carried out by an Israeli settler
that killed 29 Palestinian worshippers, Israel divided the
mosque, allocating 63% of the site to Jewish
worshippers and 37% to Muslims.
Until recently, the al-Khalil municipality, the Palestinian Ministry
of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, and the al-Khalil Rehabilitation
Committee managed the technical and service aspects of
the mosque, under a 1997 agreement.
In January, Israel transferred construction licensing powers in
al-Khalil --- from the Palestinian municipality to the so-called
Israeli Civil Administration, a step in the Zionist regime’s
ongoing campaign to Judaize the city.
Palestinian officials have repeatedly condemned the decision in
recent months to strip the al-Khalil municipality of its planning
and construction authority over the Ibrahimi Mosque.
They warn that the move represents a serious escalation that
threatens the legal, historical and religious status of one of
Palestine’s holiest sites.
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Lebanon reserves 'sovereign right' to
prosecute Israel for its crimes:
Parliament speaker
September 29th, 2:54pm
(PressTV)
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri says Lebanon reserves
its sovereign right to take legal action against Israel ---- over its
relentless attacks on residential areas in southern Lebanon,
urging continued international pressure ---- to halt the
military onslaught.
“Lebanon’s right to prosecute Israel for its crimes is a sovereign
right that cannot be relinquished in any way,” Berri stated in
Beirut on Tuesday as he received US Congressmen Darin
LaHood and Josh Gottheimer, accompanied by US
Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Keith Hanigan.
The top Lebanese legislator said the United States and President
Donald Trump are the only parties capable of exerting sufficient
pressure on Israel to compel the occupying regime to halt its
attacks on Lebanon.
Berri identified the Israeli failure to honour the terms
of previous accords, as the main obstacle to
implementing a ceasefire agreement
in Lebanon.
Israel continues to bomb southern
Lebanon - despite framework deal
Israeli airstrikes continue to hit southern Lebanon despite
a Washington-brokered framework deal between Tel Aviv
and Beirut.
The Lebanese parliament speaker also said there was still
time to avoid “the mistake” of failing to renew the
mandate of the United Nations Interim Force
in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
The Security Council extended the UNIFIL’s mandate for
a final time until December 31, 2026, after which the
peacekeeping force is scheduled to draw down
and withdraw.
Despite the ratification of a US-facilitated framework
agreement between the two sides on June 26,
Israeli military strikes against Lebanon
have continued unabated.
The agreement sets out a phased process for the withdrawal
of Israeli forces from Lebanese territory, alongside the
deployment of Lebanese armed forces in areas
vacated by the Israeli military.
Yet Israel has continued its military aggression
against Lebanon despite the agreement,
carrying out attacks in violation of
''the deal.''
The Lebanese authorities say these Israeli attacks have
killed at least 4,386 people, injured 12,407 others, and
displaced over one million people...... since March 2.