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Five Jerusalemites detained in Silwan confrontations

[ PIC 03/02/2013 – 01:28 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested five Jerusalemites at dawn Sunday in Silwan town after violent confrontations with inhabitants. Suleiman Al-Abbasi, a member of the committee for the defense of Silwan land, said that IOF soldiers stormed the town and served dozens of demolition notifications. He […]

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Israel arrests 11 citizens in Silwan including children

[ PIC 31/01/2013 – 11:05 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities rounded up 11 Jerusalemites in Silwan suburb on Wednesday including a number of children. A spokesperson for the Israeli police said that policemen and border guards arrested 11 citizens including 4 minors. She said that the citizens were charged with throwing […]

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Israeli occupation extends the detention of a child in Silwan

[ PIC 30/01/2013 – 07:37 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli Magistrate’s Court extended on Tuesday the detention of Mohammed Abbasi, 15 from Silwan, until next Friday pending investigation. The Information Center in Wadi Hilweh stated that the Israeli General Prosecution demanded the extension of the boy’s detention for seven days to interrogate him […]

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Islamic Christian commission slams Israel’s destruction policy in Silwan

[ PIC 29/01/2013 – 10:30 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Islamic Christian commission for patronizing Jerusalem and holy sites said that Israel’s demolition of homes and property in Silwan district is detrimental to any direct or indirect peace talks and an obstacle to the establishment of the Palestinian state. In a press release, secretary-general […]

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Israeli forces kidnap two Jerusalemite boys in Ras Al-Amoud clashes

[ PIC 20/01/2013 – 11:36 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped on Saturday two Jerusalemite boys during clashes in Ras Al-Amoud neighborhood. Eyewitnesses said the two boys were detained after a group of young men threw stones at an Israeli police car during the clashes that broke out in the […]

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Israeli court extends remand of seven Jerusalemites

[ PIC 15/01/2013 – 10:47 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli Magistrate court in occupied Jerusalem on Monday extended the detention of seven Jerusalemites from Silwan, including four minors, for further interrogation. Mohammed Ramzi, a lawyer with Dameer foundation for human rights, said in a press release on Tuesday that the court extended the […]

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Ethnic Cleansing: Israel demolishes home in Silwan despite stormy weather

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article [ PIC 08/01/2013 – 03:12 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) razed a Palestinian home in Suweih suburb in Silwan town to the south of the Aqsa mosque in occupied […]

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Israeli minister on provocative tour in Silwan (Occupied Jerusalem)

[ PIC 25/12/2012 – 12:05 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli minister of energy and water Uzi Landau provocatively toured Wadi Hilwe suburb in Silwan in occupied Jerusalem on Monday evening amidst tight security measures. Eyewitnesses said that Landau, a member of the extremist Yisrael Beiteinu party, started his tour at a settlement outpost to […]

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Israeli occupation raids the Bustan neighborhood in Silwan (Jerusalem)

[ PIC 10/12/2012 – 06:12 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation municipality officials broke into the Bustan neighborhood in Silwan town in Jerusalem on Monday morning and handed a number of residents demolition orders. Fakhri Abu Diab, a member of the Committee for the Defense of the Bustan neighborhood, said in a press statement […]

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Occupation begins digging tunnel at the entrance of Silwan southern al-Aqsa

[ PIC 03/12/2012 – 06:15 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Information Center of Wadi Hilweh revealed that the occupation authorities have begun digging a tunnel connecting the Israeli outpost of “Ir David” and the Square of Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, at the entrance to the town of Silwan, south of Al Aqsa Mosque. According to […]

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#WestBankUnderAttack | Clashes Reported In Silwan, 2 Residents Kidnapped, Several Injured

 Thursday November 08, 2012 04:31 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Local sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported, on Wednesday evening, that the army invaded Silwan town and clashed with local youths, who hurled stones at them, and fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets leading to several injuries; the army also kidnapped two […]

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IOF arrests 7 citizens and breaks into house of human rights’ activist Jawad Siyam of @silwanic

[ PIC 04/11/2012 – 07:54 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested at dawn today, seven Palestinians in different areas of the West Bank, summoned another and set up flying checkpoints on several roads and intersections in the West Bank. The Hebrew radio said that the Israeli army forces, which are […]

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#WestBankUnderAttack | Ethnic Cleansing | IOA serves 10 demolition notices in Silwan

[ PIC 31/10/2012 – 01:18 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) served ten demolition notices on Wednesday to Palestinian families in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that Israeli occupation forces escorted municipality staffers who distributed the notices in Bustan suburb and in a number of other […]

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Israeli occupation forces arrests 10 youths and children in Jerusalem

[ PIC 13/10/2012 – 08:40 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Local sources in occupied Jerusalem reported that the Israeli occupation forces arrested ten youths from different districts in the holy city. The sources said that the Israeli troops raided Shuafat refugee camp, the neighborhoods of Ras Khamis, Ras Shihadeh and Sawwanah, the town of Silwan […]

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Israel’s “most moral” army assaults school students aged 7 up to 15 years in Silwan

[ PIC 12/10/2012 – 11:28 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– In new racist attack, undercover units backed up by the occupation forces attacked on Thursday morning a number of students of Silwan school, sparking fear and panic among the students. Issam Abbasi, the secretary general of Silwan’s central parent committee- Ras al-Amud, said in a […]

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