Jewish settlers start building new settlement outpost north of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Jewish settlers started building a new settlement outpost in Yanbu area near Nabi Saleh village to the north of Ramallah, Hebrew press reported on Monday.

Ha’aretz newspaper recalled that the civil administration had declared as a historic spot an area of 15 dunums in Yanbu in February 2010, despite being owned by Palestinians.

Villages to the north and west of Ramallah are the target of a rabid settlement campaign that races against time to expand existing settlements or build new outposts.

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Settlers Attack Palestinian Village Near Ramallah

by Saed Bannoura

A group of armed Israeli settlers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Qarawat Bani Zeid village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and attacked several residents causing one injury.

Local sources reported that the armed settlers were aiming at occupying a spring in the village, and that, after arriving at the scene, the settlers attacked several youths who were sitting near the spring.

Resident Amir Jom’a was mildly wounded in the attack, and received treatment by local medics.

The settlers also fired rounds of live ammunition into the air while withdrawing from the village; no injuries were reported. 

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A FRESH BLANKET OF SNOW IN PALESTINE

Palestine has been covered in a fresh blanket of snow this morning following fierce rain and hail storms throughout the night. People in the cities of Ramallah and Bethelehem awoke to find the snow had settled and there is complete whiteout.

There has been unusually cold weather throughout the gulf region, with Jordan completely covered in snow. The Weather service warned that it will continue to be stormy with icy conditions and frost, in elevated regions above 900 metres, until Monday