In the West Bank, IDF troops patrol in a village nr. Tulkarm, sparking clashes with residents; several Palestinians suffer from tear gas inhalation. They also clash with stone-throwing Palestinian youth in a village nr. Ramallah, arresting 2 Palestinians. Israeli forces deliver stop-work orders for a water tank and 2 homes under construction in a village nr. Hebron. The IDF conducts house searches and raids in al-Bireh, 2 villages nr. Ramallah, and 1 village nr. Tulkarm, arresting 5 Palestinians; patrols in Tulkarm and 2 villages nr. Hebron. The PASF confiscates 4 truckloads of chicken smuggled into Hebron from nearby Israeli settlements in contravention of the PA’s boycott of settlement goods, which started in 4/2010; they arrest several individuals allegedly responsible. In East Jerusalem, right-wing Israeli activists tour Haram al-Sharif, sparking verbal clashes with Palestinian worshippers. Israeli forces pepper spray a Palestinian in Wadi al-Juz and issue 2 Palestinians arrest summons in raids in al-Tur. (MNA, WAFA 3/24; MNA 3/25; PCHR 3/26)
Tuesday, March 24, 2015