By Umamah Bakharia

Settler ramming incidents against Palestinians on the rise 

Car ramming incidents in Palestine has killed many.

There has been 3 incidents that has occurred in less than 2 weeks.

The lastest has been an insident of a 75 yearl old Palestinian activist who was hit by a vehicle by Israeli police service in the West Bank.

“It takes us back to what the UN Human Right experts said towards the end of 2021, that 2021 saw the highest levels of settler violence in recent years, emphasizing also the fact that settler violence in the Israeli context [that] Israel being a settler state with deep state support to the illegal settlement empire which fuels the environment and encourages this type of violence,” says Hafiz Ebrahim.

Israel authorizes ‘shoot-to-kill’ policy against Palestinians throwing stones

Palestinian demonstrators hurls stones at Israeli forces amid tear gas during clashes, in the Jordan Valley of the West Bank.

The Israeli military has revised its open-fire policies for the West Bank, officially allowing troops to shoot at Palestinians who had thrown rocks or firebombs at cars, even if the assailants no longer present an immediate threat.

Israeli military spokesperson described the change as a corrective to a situation that allowed suspects to evade justice, experts raised questions over the legality of using lethal force against a person who no longer poses a threat.

“Why has this been [put] into policy? One reason would be that the Israeli army are anticipating a surge in popular violence against the Israeli occupation and that the Israeli courts do no want to deal with such cases and the ongoing investigation by the Israeli criminal court regarding war-crimes and Israel will argue before the international criminal court,” says Hafiz Ebrahim.

Sheikh Raid Salah’s vision for the future of Masjid al Aqsa

Sheikh Raid Salah was released in December 2021, after spending 17 months in solidarity confinement for opposing Israeli settlement.

In his address, Sheikh Salah emphasized: The importance of telling the story of Masjid al-Aqsa beginning with it being the second Masjid on earth established at the time of Sayyiduna Adam (alayhis salaam) and The inclusive vision of Islam: How Islam honours the memory of previous Prophets of Allah, and how these Prophets in turn recognized the leadership of Sayyiduna Muhammad (SAW) as also manifested on the occasion of Isra and Miraj at Masjid al-Aqsa.

He adds: happiness at the major growth of Al-Aqsa awareness, education and advocacy work globally.