❶ New clashes as Israeli forces raid Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
❷ Historical Analysis: No Morality in Zionism – On the ‘Independence’ of Settler Minorities
❸ Arresting four children from the village of Al-Tur
❹ Many Injured By Israeli Army Fire in Bethlehem, Teen Kidnapped In Jerusalem
❺ Opinion/Analysis: The IDF must come clean about the Hebron shooting
❻ Poetry by Tawfiq Zayyad

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❶ MA’AN NEWS AGENCY
NEW  CLASHES  AS  ISRAELI  FORCES  RAID  AL-AQSA  MOSQUE  COMPOUND
Sept. 28, 2015
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday and deployed heavily in the courtyard, leading to clashes with Palestinian worshipers ahead of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
____Officials from the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Endowment told Ma’an that dozens of Israeli forces raided the holy site and fired stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets “haphazardly” in the area.
____Sources with the Jordanian-run organisation that administers the site, the Waqf, told AFP that police stun grenades provoked four fires inside the building that were brought under control.
____Around 15 snipers deployed on the roof of the southern mosque, while Israeli forces in riot gear were stationed in the main courtyards.
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❷ Historical Analysis
PALESTINE CHRONICLE
NO  MORALITY  IN  ZIONISM  –  ON  THE  ‘INDEPENDENCE’  OF SETTLER  MINORITIES
Jeremy Salt
– Jeremy Salt is an associate professor of Middle Eastern history and politics at Bilkent University in Ankara.
In the Middle East and Africa there are two striking parallels to the Palestinian experience. The first is Algeria, where invasion and occupation began in 1830 and did not end until 1962. Until the implantation of the Zionist state in Palestine, Algeria was the worst example of colonialism in the late imperial world [. . . . .]
____ The second relevant case study is Rhodesia. Protectorates and chartered companies were integral to imperial best practice up to the 19th century and beyond. [. . . . .]
____From the very beginning of the Zionist venture up to the present day Israel has been faithful to its own ‘principles’. In no way do they confirm to the principles of international law and indeed, Israel can only remain what it is by living permanently in breach of international law.
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❸ WADI HILWEH INFORMATION CENTER – SILWAN
ARRESTING  FOUR  CHILDREN  FROM  THE  VILLAGE  OF  AL-TUR
Sept. 28, 2015
The occupation forces arrested four children from the village of Al-Tur east of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem on Monday early morning.
____Sources from the village explained to Wadi Hilweh Information Center that the occupation forces raided several houses and arrested four children aged between 11-13 years.
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❹ IMEMC-INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST MEDIA CENTER
MANY  INJURED  BY  ISRAELI  ARMY  FIRE  IN  BETHLEHEM,  TEEN  KIDNAPPED  IN  JERUSALEM
Sept. 28, 2015
Many Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, on Sunday evening, after several Israeli military vehicles invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem. Soldiers also kidnapped a teen in Jerusalem.
____ The Israeli invasion into Teqoua’ town led to clashes between the soldiers, and dozens of local youths; the army fired gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets causing many residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
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❺ Opinion/Analysis
+972 BLOG
THE  IDF  MUST  COME  CLEAN  ABOUT  THE  HEBRON  SHOOTING
Why is the Israeli army refusing to release its footage from the shooting of 18-year-old Hadeel al-Hashlamon?
Noam Rotem
Sept. 27, 2015
Israeli soldiers shot to death Hadeel al-Hashlamon, 18, in Hebron last week while she was apparently on her way to school. Found inside the black bag she was carrying were notebooks, a blue Pilot pen, a brown pencil case, a cellular phone, and other things girls of her age take to school.
____The IDF Spokesperson says that the metal detector at the urban checkpoint beeped when she passed through it, and that she ignored orders to stop from the soldiers, who the shot her. It was then discovered that she had a knife, and when she still didn’t stop they shot her some more.
____Witnesses told various reporters that Hashlamon simply didn’t understand the orders being shouted at her — she didn’t speak Hebrew
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“AFTER  THE  JUNE  AGGRESSION,”  BY  TAWFIQ  ZAYYAD
What did you hide
for to-morrow
You shed my blood
and dimmed the light
of my eyes
You silenced my pen
and usurped the right
of peaceful men
who did not sin

What did you hide
for to-morrow
you rent my flag
and opened wounds
in my skin
You stabbed my dreams
What did you hide?

We’re deeper than the sea
and taller than the stars
Our breath is long
longer than space

Which mother, I wonder
inherited you half the Canal
Which mother inherited you the Jordan Bank
the sand, petroleum, and the Heights
He who forcibly takes a right
must guard his own
When the balance shifts

(Note: the “aggression” is the Six-Day War if 1967 in which Israel conquered The West Bank to the Jordan River, the Golan Heights in Syria, and the Sinai Peninsula to the Suez Canal in Egypt.)

From: Aruri, Naseer and Edmund Ghareeb, eds. ENEMY  OF  THE  SUN:  POETRY  OF  THE  PALESTINIAN  RESISTANCE. Washington, DC: Drum and Spear Press, 1970.
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