Palestinian Woman Dies After Tear Gas Inhalation as Settlers Seize Homes

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Palestinian woman dies after tear gas inhalation

as settlers seize homes

Palestinian students walk between cement blocks at a newly erected Israeli

checkpoint in Jerusalems Jabal al-Mukabir neighborhood on 19 October.

Mahou! "bu #urk"P" images

$harlotte %il&er-'( October '(1)

Israeli settlers assisted by occupation forces evicted Palestinians from two homes in

the Baten al-Hawaarea ofSilwanin East Jerusalem on Monday.

Separately an elderly Palestinian woman died the same day after sufferin! from the

effects of Israeli tear !as her family said.

"hey came at # a.m. one hundred soldiers$ %a&ai 'bu (ab one of the residents

e)pelled by the settlers in Silwan told 'laraby "*.
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"hey bro+e down the doors and forced us out. "hey smashed our furniture and threw

it outside$ he added.

Some two do,ens members of the 'bu (ab family are now homeless.

'teret ohanim a far ri!ht or!ani,ation that helps settle Jews in East Jerusalem with

the !oal of creatin! a Jewish ma&ority there claims the homes have belon!ed to the

or!ani,ation since before #/0.

Palestinians e)pelled from their property in Jerusalem and the rest of the country in

#/0 and after are denied the ri!ht to recover it by Israel.

Uri Blau@uri_blau2 Palestinian houses evicted today in#Silwan& handed to settlers. That'll surly calm things.

Photos from last week

5:27 AM - 19 Oct 2015

'ccordin! to settlement watchdo! Peace (ow the settler population in Baten al-Hawa

has doubled in the last year.
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My mom is dying*

1n Monday hundreds of Palestinians attended the funeralof 23-year-old Huda

Muhammad 4arwish who died after she was delayed on her way to a hospital due to

Israeli movement restrictions in East Jerusalem.

4arwish fled her home early Monday mornin! after it was filled with tear !as fired by

Israeli forces in the villa!e of Issawiyeh family members said. %elatives tried to ta+e

4arwish to a hospital but their car was held up by Israeli forces.

't around 5 a.m. my mother started feelin! ill because of the tear !as fired in the

villa!e$ one of 4arwish6s sons told the 7adi Hilweh Information enter a local news

a!ency.

He said they headed toward the villa!e6s eastern entrance the only way in or out since

Israel sealed the main entrance to Issawiyeh as part of its crac+down on Palestinians in

Jerusalem.

"here were a lot of people at the chec+point so we tried to pass the other cars but a

soldier opened fire towards our vehicle$ the son e)plained.

7e were held up the soldier swore at us and searched us. I told him my mom is

dyin!. 'fter half an hour another soldier told him to chec+ on the health condition of

my mother who showed clear si!ns of severe illness. 'fter that they let us pass$ he

added.

7hen we reached the hospital she was admitted to intensive care and &ust 8 minutes

later we were told she had died.$

1ne of 4arwish6s sons e)plained what happened in this video9

+arbed wire

"he death of Huda 4arwish is a direct conse:uence of the measures ordered by Prime

Minister Ben&amin (etanyahu to close off Palestinian nei!hborhoods in East

Jerusalem to appease public outcry over a series of attac+s that have +illed ei!ht

Israelis since the start of 1ctober.
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Israeli Border Police stop Palestinians leavin! the East Jerusalem nei!hborhood of

Issawiya on 3 1ctober.1ren ;iv'ctiveStills

Meanwhile at least /5 Palestinians and one Eritrean refu!ee have also been

+illed.'ccordin!to the Palestinian 'uthority health ministry of the slain

Palestinians were 2 years old or youn!er.

"he ministry reportsthat more than 088 Palestinians have been in&ured by live fire

or rubber-coated steel bullets as protests continuethrou!hout the 7est Ban+ and in

the


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"he mother of Ehab Hanani # mourns durin! her son6s funeral in the villa!e of Beit

=uri+ near the 7est Ban+ city of (ablus on > 1ctober. "he teen was shot dead by

Israeli forces durin! a protest near (ablus the previous day.

(edal Eshtayah'P' ima!es

Israel reportedly plansto completely seal off Issawiyeh with cement bloc+s and barbed

wire.

It has almost completely sealed off East Jerusalem6s Jabal al-Mu+abirnei!hborhood

from the rest of the city with a prefabricated wall that also separates Palestinian homes

from each other.
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' Palestinian man wal+s past a newly erected temporary wall installed by Israel in the

East Jerusalem nei!hborhood of Jabel al-Mu+abir # 1ctober.

1ren ;iv'ctiveStills

(etanyahu has reportedlyhalted construction of the wall but Israel continues to place

chec+points and roadbloc+sthrou!hout East Jerusalem.

,ynching

Israeli police say they are investi!atin!the lynchin! of a seriously in&ured Eritrean

refu!ee followin! the fatalshootin!of an Israeli soldier at a bus station in Bir al-

Saba?Beer Sheva@ on Sunday.

Israeli authorities named the assailantas A-year-old Muhannad al-':abi aPalestinian Bedouin citi,en of the state who lives in the (a:ab ?(e!ev@town ofHura.

4urin! the incident a security !uard shot A#-year-old Haftom ;arhum an asylum

see+er from Eritrea apparently mista+in! him for a !unman.

'fter he was shot a crowd of people +ic+ed the bleedin! ;arhum and shouted

obscenities at him. He died from his wounds a few hours later in hospital.
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"he attac+ was captured on video.

Punishments or non-Jews only

Israeli culture ministerMiri %e!evcalled on the !overnment to revo+e the

citi,enshipof al-':abi6s mother who was born in as if they are forei!ners whose residency it can arbitrarily

revo+e.

%ettler attacks

Elsewhere in the occupied 7est Ban+ some A88 Israeli settlers attac+ed Palestinianvilla!es near Hebron on Sunday ni!htMa6an (ews '!ency reported.

"hey threw firebombs at Palestinian homes settin! some on fire local residents and

medics said. Meanwhile Israeli soldiers assisted the settlers by firin! tear !as and live

ammunition at Palestinians tryin! to aid families under attac+.
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1ne Palestinian was in&ured with live ammunition durin! the settler rampa!e.

Israel continued its campai!n of raids and arrests in the 7est Ban+ detainin! more

than 58Palestinians over the wee+end.

1n Saturday Israeli forces shot dead five Palestiniansin the 7est Ban+ includin! East

Jerusalem alle!in! they had tried to stab members of its forces.

acist atmosphere

"hrou!hout present-day Israel Palestinian citi,ensand others are at !rave ris+ of

racist attac+s and outri!ht discrimination as the lynchin! of Haftom ;arhum

demonstrated.

Palestinians have been sub&ected to what human ri!hts !roups have condemnedase)tra&udicial e)ecutions in the streets.

'n increasin! number of municipalities are bannin! Palestinians from wor+in! in

schools and some cities are movin! to ban Palestinian employees

alto!ether Haaret, reported.

7hile some cities are presentin! their new security$ measures as race-neutral others

are e)plicitly bannin! minorities.$

'uthorities in Hod Hasharon for instance informed residents that school &anitors will

be accompanied by security !uards throu!hout their wor+ on campuses.

Si++uy an or!ani,ation that promotes the e:ual treatment of Palestinian wor+ers in

present-day Israel denounced the deterioratin! conditions for Palestinian wor+ers

amid the escalatin! violence.

4ov Dhenin a lawma+er belon!in! to the Joint 'rab ist said these sorts of

restrictions were ille!al.

Meanwhile in another si!n of its !rowin! sensitivity to mountin! international

criticism the Israeli !overnment is movin! forward with a billto bar the entry to the

country of any non-citi,en who has called for a boycott of Israel includin! of !oods

produced in 7est Ban+ settlements.
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