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Weekly Summary of israeli War Crimes
This is a weekly summary of israeli war crimes committed in Palestine for the week ending 8 Feb 2006, 2mins, english
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PCHR
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
http://www.pchrgaza.org
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
No. 05/2006
02-08 Feb. 2006
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Escalate Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
· 11 Palestinians were extra-judicially killed by IOF.
· 27 Palestinian civilians, including 17 children, were wounded by IOF.
· IOF conducted 40 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
· Houses were raided and 78 Palestinian civilians, including 12 children, were arrested by IOF.
· A house was transformed by IOF into a military site.
· IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT, especially in the West Bank; IOF arrested 9 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, at checkpoints in the West Bank.
· IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall in the West Bank; IOF razed areas of Palestinian land near "Ariel" settlement; IOF seized 280 dunums[1] of agricultural land in the northern West Bank and 129 dunums in Beit Hanina village near Jerusalem; IOF uprooted 120 olives trees in Hebron; 6 demonstrators were injured by IOF in Bal'ein village near Ramallah; and IOF arrested 3 Palestinian children near the Wall.
· Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property in the OPT; 8 Palestinian civilians were injured in 3 attacks by Israeli settlers in Hebron; and 5 under-construction houses were demolished by IOF.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law continued in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) during the reporting period (2 – 8 February 2006):
Killing: During the reported period, IOF escalated extra-judicial executions against members of Palestinian factions. An IOF spokesman stated that IOF would continue to pursue "launchers of locally made rockets at Israel”. During the reported period, IOF committed 5 extra-judicial executions, including 4 in the Gaza Strip. Eleven Palestinians, including a civilian bystander, were killed, and 5 others, including 3 children, were injured. These executions were committed between 5-7 February 2006. During the reported period, IOF shelled Palestinian communities in the Gaza Strip. They also fired at Palestinian civilians during incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. As a result, 27 civilians were wounded, including 5 who were wounded during extra-judicial executions.
Incursions: IOF conducted 40 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During these incursions, IOF raided houses and arrested 78 Palestinian civilians, including 12 children. IOF also transformed a house into a military site. IOF used undercover units and trained dogs during these incursions.
Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a comprehensive siege on the OPT, in violation of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of Palestinian civilians.
IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the Gaza Strip, transforming it into a big jail. Rafah International Crossing Point on the Egyptian border, the sole outlet for the Gaza Strip to the outside world, has been partially reopened. The crossing point is operated for 8 hours a day only. During the reported period, IOF partially reopened al-Mentar (Karni) commercial crossing after it had been closed for more than 3 weeks. IOF allowed 4,000 Palestinian workers to travel to their work places inside Israel through Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing. Palestinian workers are also checked in a special room that is equipped with an as yet unidentified type of x-ray machine. There are concerns that these rays could be similar to those that were used at Rafah International Crossing Point, when it was under IOF's direct control.
IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on Palestinian communities in the West Bank. They have imposed additional restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank. These measures have violated Palestinian civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. During the reported period, IOF positioned at various checkpoints arrested 9 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children.
Annexation Wall: IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall inside the West Bank. During the reported period, IOF continued to raze areas of land in Marda village, southwest of Nablus. They uprooted 120 olive trees in Jamroura area, west of Hebron, and confiscated 280 dunums of agricultural land in the villages of Hijja, Kufor Laqef, Kufor Thuluth and 'Azzoun near Qalqilya and Deir Estia near Nablus. IOF also issued a military order confiscating 129 dunums of agricultural land in Beit Hanina village, north of Jerusalem. The leader of the Israeli Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, called for moving the route of the Wall several kilometers deeper into West Bank territory. IOF also used force against Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli solidarity activists who demonstrated in protest to the construction of the Wall in Bal'ein village, west of Ramalah. Two demonstrators were injured and IOF arrested an Israeli solidarity activist. In addition, IOF have imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians on both sides of the Wall.
Illegal Settler Activities: Israeli settlers in breach of international humanitarian law continue to reside in the OPT and have launched a series of attacks against Palestinian civilians and property. During the reported period, Israeli settlers attacked at least 40 Palestinian school children, who were traveling in a bus near al-'Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron. They also attacked a Palestinian civilian in Yatta village, south of Hebron. In addition, IOF demolished 5 under-construction houses in Shaqba village, northwest of Ramallah, for the purpose of settlement expansion.
The full report is available online at:
html format:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2006/09-02-2006.htm
pdf format:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2006/pdf/weekly%20report%2005.pdf
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
http://www.pchrgaza.org
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
No. 05/2006
02-08 Feb. 2006
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Escalate Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
· 11 Palestinians were extra-judicially killed by IOF.
· 27 Palestinian civilians, including 17 children, were wounded by IOF.
· IOF conducted 40 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
· Houses were raided and 78 Palestinian civilians, including 12 children, were arrested by IOF.
· A house was transformed by IOF into a military site.
· IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT, especially in the West Bank; IOF arrested 9 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, at checkpoints in the West Bank.
· IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall in the West Bank; IOF razed areas of Palestinian land near "Ariel" settlement; IOF seized 280 dunums[1] of agricultural land in the northern West Bank and 129 dunums in Beit Hanina village near Jerusalem; IOF uprooted 120 olives trees in Hebron; 6 demonstrators were injured by IOF in Bal'ein village near Ramallah; and IOF arrested 3 Palestinian children near the Wall.
· Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property in the OPT; 8 Palestinian civilians were injured in 3 attacks by Israeli settlers in Hebron; and 5 under-construction houses were demolished by IOF.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law continued in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) during the reporting period (2 – 8 February 2006):
Killing: During the reported period, IOF escalated extra-judicial executions against members of Palestinian factions. An IOF spokesman stated that IOF would continue to pursue "launchers of locally made rockets at Israel”. During the reported period, IOF committed 5 extra-judicial executions, including 4 in the Gaza Strip. Eleven Palestinians, including a civilian bystander, were killed, and 5 others, including 3 children, were injured. These executions were committed between 5-7 February 2006. During the reported period, IOF shelled Palestinian communities in the Gaza Strip. They also fired at Palestinian civilians during incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. As a result, 27 civilians were wounded, including 5 who were wounded during extra-judicial executions.
Incursions: IOF conducted 40 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During these incursions, IOF raided houses and arrested 78 Palestinian civilians, including 12 children. IOF also transformed a house into a military site. IOF used undercover units and trained dogs during these incursions.
Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a comprehensive siege on the OPT, in violation of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of Palestinian civilians.
IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the Gaza Strip, transforming it into a big jail. Rafah International Crossing Point on the Egyptian border, the sole outlet for the Gaza Strip to the outside world, has been partially reopened. The crossing point is operated for 8 hours a day only. During the reported period, IOF partially reopened al-Mentar (Karni) commercial crossing after it had been closed for more than 3 weeks. IOF allowed 4,000 Palestinian workers to travel to their work places inside Israel through Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing. Palestinian workers are also checked in a special room that is equipped with an as yet unidentified type of x-ray machine. There are concerns that these rays could be similar to those that were used at Rafah International Crossing Point, when it was under IOF's direct control.
IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on Palestinian communities in the West Bank. They have imposed additional restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank. These measures have violated Palestinian civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. During the reported period, IOF positioned at various checkpoints arrested 9 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children.
Annexation Wall: IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall inside the West Bank. During the reported period, IOF continued to raze areas of land in Marda village, southwest of Nablus. They uprooted 120 olive trees in Jamroura area, west of Hebron, and confiscated 280 dunums of agricultural land in the villages of Hijja, Kufor Laqef, Kufor Thuluth and 'Azzoun near Qalqilya and Deir Estia near Nablus. IOF also issued a military order confiscating 129 dunums of agricultural land in Beit Hanina village, north of Jerusalem. The leader of the Israeli Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, called for moving the route of the Wall several kilometers deeper into West Bank territory. IOF also used force against Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli solidarity activists who demonstrated in protest to the construction of the Wall in Bal'ein village, west of Ramalah. Two demonstrators were injured and IOF arrested an Israeli solidarity activist. In addition, IOF have imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians on both sides of the Wall.
Illegal Settler Activities: Israeli settlers in breach of international humanitarian law continue to reside in the OPT and have launched a series of attacks against Palestinian civilians and property. During the reported period, Israeli settlers attacked at least 40 Palestinian school children, who were traveling in a bus near al-'Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron. They also attacked a Palestinian civilian in Yatta village, south of Hebron. In addition, IOF demolished 5 under-construction houses in Shaqba village, northwest of Ramallah, for the purpose of settlement expansion.
The full report is available online at:
html format:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2006/09-02-2006.htm
pdf format:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2006/pdf/weekly%20report%2005.pdf
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Open a Dictionary and lok up "war crime" before you loosely use words that you really don't understand. Then figure out if anything above is really a "war cime" or if thats really overblown hyperbole. Then figure out if directing terror attacks against Israeli civilians is a war crime or not. I'll be waiting for an inteligent answer.
The only thing the Arabs in Judea and Samaria need to understand is "transfer". It's coming.
Your challenge is way over his head. He's probably a paid, Big Oil financed propagandist.
A Palestinian Family Survives a Stray Rocket Launched by Palestinian Gunmen against Israeli Targets
PCHR
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
PRESS RELEASE
Ref: 20/2006
Date: 09 February 2006
Time: 11:30 GMT
A Palestinian Family Survives a Stray Rocket Launched by Palestinian Gunmen
against Israeli Targets
At approximately 18:30 on Wednesday, 8 February 2006, an armed Palestinian
group launched a locally made rocket from Beit Lahia town in the northern
Gaza Strip at an Israeli target. The rocket went astray and hit a house
belonging to Saber Mohammed 'Abdul Dayem, nearly 300 meters from the
launching site. Fire broke out in the house and members of the family were
terrified. The rocket hit the southern part of the 3-storey house, where 10
people live. The rocket exploded inside the living room and burnt the
furniture. Members of the family survived, as none were in the room at the
time.
This incident is not the first of its kind. On 2 August 2005, Palestinian
armed groups launched 3 locally made rockets at Israeli targets. One of
these rockets went astray and hit a house belonging to the family of
al-Ashqar in the east of Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip.
'Adnan Mustafa al-Ashqar, 50, and his son Yasser, 6, were killed and 9 other
civilians, including 5 children, were injured.
PCHR has repeatedly warned of launching locally made rockets at Israeli
targets from inside populated areas. Such attacks have endangered the lives
of both Palestinian and Israeli civilians.
PCHR strongly condemns such acts, which endanger civilian lives. PCHR also
reminds the Palestinian resistance groups of their responsibilities with
regard to protection of civilians in keeping with international law. PCHR
calls on them to abstain from launching any military activities from inside
or near civilian areas or which target civilians or civilian areas. Attacks
against civilians are in clear violation of international humanitarian law.
PCHR
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
PRESS RELEASE
Ref: 20/2006
Date: 09 February 2006
Time: 11:30 GMT
A Palestinian Family Survives a Stray Rocket Launched by Palestinian Gunmen
against Israeli Targets
At approximately 18:30 on Wednesday, 8 February 2006, an armed Palestinian
group launched a locally made rocket from Beit Lahia town in the northern
Gaza Strip at an Israeli target. The rocket went astray and hit a house
belonging to Saber Mohammed 'Abdul Dayem, nearly 300 meters from the
launching site. Fire broke out in the house and members of the family were
terrified. The rocket hit the southern part of the 3-storey house, where 10
people live. The rocket exploded inside the living room and burnt the
furniture. Members of the family survived, as none were in the room at the
time.
This incident is not the first of its kind. On 2 August 2005, Palestinian
armed groups launched 3 locally made rockets at Israeli targets. One of
these rockets went astray and hit a house belonging to the family of
al-Ashqar in the east of Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip.
'Adnan Mustafa al-Ashqar, 50, and his son Yasser, 6, were killed and 9 other
civilians, including 5 children, were injured.
PCHR has repeatedly warned of launching locally made rockets at Israeli
targets from inside populated areas. Such attacks have endangered the lives
of both Palestinian and Israeli civilians.
PCHR strongly condemns such acts, which endanger civilian lives. PCHR also
reminds the Palestinian resistance groups of their responsibilities with
regard to protection of civilians in keeping with international law. PCHR
calls on them to abstain from launching any military activities from inside
or near civilian areas or which target civilians or civilian areas. Attacks
against civilians are in clear violation of international humanitarian law.
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/01/1796066_comment.php#1796088
At 3:00 in the morning to Friday, ISM-activist Andrew Macdonald was forcefully deported from Israel, 7 weeks after being abducted from Palestine by the Israeli Border Police.
Andrew has been imprisoned for 7 weeks, one week of which in isolation, after refusing initial deportation. He has been held in the detention centres of Ramla and Tzohar. Throughout his imprisonment he has received various threats from his prison commander. Threats have varied
from transferring him to a mental institution, drugging him, and to "play games with him". He has also been subject to light torture; whilst in isolation he was deprived of his sleep when guards refused to turn off the lights at night. Furthermore, prison guards have repeatedly interfered with his visiting hours, sometimes cutting them short ahead of time, sometimes themselves sitting and wanting to take
part in the conversations between Andrew and his visitors.
Poor Andrew.
"whilst in isolation he was deprived of his sleep when guards refused to turn off the lights at night."
And his blanket was scratchy!
" Furthermore, prison guards have repeatedly interfered with his visiting hours, sometimes cutting them short ahead of time, sometimes themselves sitting and wanting to take
part in the conversations between Andrew and his visitors. "
Bored prison guards with poor interpersonal skills! Thats gotta violate the Geneva convention. Its gotta....right?
Torture, Israeli style. There you have it folks, Direct from the mouths of the ISM.
At 3:00 in the morning to Friday, ISM-activist Andrew Macdonald was forcefully deported from Israel, 7 weeks after being abducted from Palestine by the Israeli Border Police.
Andrew has been imprisoned for 7 weeks, one week of which in isolation, after refusing initial deportation. He has been held in the detention centres of Ramla and Tzohar. Throughout his imprisonment he has received various threats from his prison commander. Threats have varied
from transferring him to a mental institution, drugging him, and to "play games with him". He has also been subject to light torture; whilst in isolation he was deprived of his sleep when guards refused to turn off the lights at night. Furthermore, prison guards have repeatedly interfered with his visiting hours, sometimes cutting them short ahead of time, sometimes themselves sitting and wanting to take
part in the conversations between Andrew and his visitors.
Poor Andrew.
"whilst in isolation he was deprived of his sleep when guards refused to turn off the lights at night."
And his blanket was scratchy!
" Furthermore, prison guards have repeatedly interfered with his visiting hours, sometimes cutting them short ahead of time, sometimes themselves sitting and wanting to take
part in the conversations between Andrew and his visitors. "
Bored prison guards with poor interpersonal skills! Thats gotta violate the Geneva convention. Its gotta....right?
Torture, Israeli style. There you have it folks, Direct from the mouths of the ISM.
Maybe not, but a lot of these are
http://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/testimony_en.asp
Have fun playing your little cherry-picking game
http://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/testimony_en.asp
Have fun playing your little cherry-picking game
Have fun playing your little cherry-picking game
Generally, don't people start off with their strongest arguments? ISM claimed this was torture! So have we determined that ISM exaggerates? And if they use hyperbole in this instance, can we ever trust them to tell the truth?
Generally, don't people start off with their strongest arguments? ISM claimed this was torture! So have we determined that ISM exaggerates? And if they use hyperbole in this instance, can we ever trust them to tell the truth?
http://www.seconddraft.org/movies.php
I particuarly like the footage of the man falling out of the stretcher, then crawling back in. Its a miracle!
I particuarly like the footage of the man falling out of the stretcher, then crawling back in. Its a miracle!
Third of British Muslims View UK Jews as "Legitimate Target" -
According to a new poll of British Muslims, 37% of the 500 adults surveyed viewed Anglo-Jewry as "a legitimate target as part of the struggle for justice in the Middle East."
More than half believed British Jews exerted too much influence over foreign policy.
46% believe "the Jewish community in Britain is in league with the Freemasons to control the media and politics," a conspiracy theory Board of Deputies director-general Jon Benjamin found "completely bizarre."
According to a new poll of British Muslims, 37% of the 500 adults surveyed viewed Anglo-Jewry as "a legitimate target as part of the struggle for justice in the Middle East."
More than half believed British Jews exerted too much influence over foreign policy.
46% believe "the Jewish community in Britain is in league with the Freemasons to control the media and politics," a conspiracy theory Board of Deputies director-general Jon Benjamin found "completely bizarre."
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