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This is a weekly summary of israeli war crimes committed in Palestine for the week ending 17 May 2006, 2mins, english
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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
http://www.pchrgaza.org
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
No. 19/2006
11- 17 May 2006
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Escalate Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
· 9 Palestinians killed by IOF in the West Bank.
· 41 Palestinian civilians, including 13 children, were wounded by IOF gunfire.
· IOF continued to shell Palestinian areas in the Gaza Strip, especially the northern area.
· IOF conducted 43 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 2 into the Gaza Strip.
· For the first time since their redeployment from the Gaza Strip, IOF razed 20 dunums[1] of agricultural land in al-Qarara village near Khan Yunis.
· 77 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children and a woman, were arrested by IOF.
· IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT; IOF have continued to close border crossings of the Gaza Strip; the north of the West Bank has been separated from the south; and IOF arrested two Palestinian civilians at checkpoints in the West Bank.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law continued in the OPT during the reported period (11-17 May 2006):
Killing: During the reported period, IOF killed 9 Palestinians in the West Bank. On Sunday, 14 May 2006, IOF killed 5 Palestinians, including 2 brothers in Qabatya village, southeast of Jenin. One of these Palestinians was killed when he exchanged gunfire with IOF; his brother was killed when he attempted to evacuate him; a third Palestinian was killed when IOF fired shots at stone throwers; and the remaining two Palestinians, who were the target of this attack, were killed when IOF shelled the house where they were hiding in and partially demolished it over them. On the same day, IOF killed a member of the Palestinian General Intelligence Services, while he was guarding the headquarters in Jenin. In Nablus, IOF killed 3 Palestinian militants in two separate incidents. One of these militants was killed by IOF in the old town of Nablus on 12 May 2006, and the other two militants were killed when IOF surrounded a house where they were hiding and opened fire at them. An old Palestinian man also died from a heart attack during the last IOF operation in Nablus.
It is worth noting that IOF have killed 110 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 17 children, since the beginning of this year, in comparison to 84 Palestinian during the same period in 2005. At least 49 of these Palestinians were extra-judicially executed by IOF. This is an indicator of the escalation in Israeli operations in the OPT, despite redeployment of IOF troops from inside the Gaza Strip.
During the reported period, 41 Palestinians, including 13 children, were wounded by IOF gunfire. In the West Bank, 25 Palestinians were wounded by IOF during incursions into Palestinian communities, and 10 others were wounded when IOF used force to disperse peaceful demonstration organized in protest to the construction of the Annexation Wall. In the Gaza Strip, 4 members of the Palestinian resistance were wounded, when an IOF drone shelled their car. A passing girl was also wounded in the attack. In addition, a farmer was wounded when IOF shelled the northern Gaza Strip.
Incursions: During the reported period, IOF repeatedly moved into Nablus. IOF also conducted 43 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During these incursions, IOF raided houses and arrested 77 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children and a woman. In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted two incursions into the south and north of the Gaza Strip, during which they razed 20 dunums of agricultural land in al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis. These incursions have been the first since the IOF's redeployment from inside the Gaza Strip to the borders, which further proves PCHR's position that the Israeli occupation is still effective in the Gaza Strip.
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 large prison. IOF have continued to monitor the movement of Palestinian civilians through Rafah International Crossing Point on the Egyptian border. Although IOF have allowed the transportation of food aid from Egypt into the Gaza Strip through Kerem Shalom commercial crossing, southeast of Rafah, the crossing has not yet been officially opened. IOF have also continued to prevent Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip from reaching their work places in Israel through Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing. They have continued to prevent hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip from traveling to the West Bank. IOF have partially operated al-Mentar (Karni) commercial crossing, east of Gaza City. Since the beginning of this year, IOF have closed the crossing for 62 separate days completely and 70 days partially. As a result of the repeated closures of the crossing, the economic conditions in the Gaza Strip have deteriorated. During the reported period, IOF arrested two Palestinian fishermen while they were fishing near Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on Palestinian communities in the West Bank. IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. IOF have continued to separate the north and south of the West Bank. For this purpose, they have closed Za'tara checkpoint, south of Nablus, and re-established their presence at 'Attara checkpoint, north of Ramallah. They have also erected two new checkpoints near Ramallah. During the reported period, IOF positioned at various checkpoints around Nablus imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank abused a number of Palestinian civilians. During the reported period, IOF positioned at checkpoints in the West Bank arrested two Palestinian civilians.
The full report is available online at:
html format:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2006/18-05-2006.htm
pdf format:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2006/pdf/weekly%20report%2019.pdf
Public Document
For further information please visit our website (http://www.pchrgaza.org) or contact PCHR's office in Gaza City, Gaza Strip by email (pchr [at] pchrgaza.org) or telephone (+972 (0)8 2824776 - 2825893).
*Office Hours are between 08:00 - 16:00 hours (05:00 GMT - 13:00 GMT) Sun - Thurs.
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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
http://www.pchrgaza.org
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
No. 19/2006
11- 17 May 2006
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Escalate Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
· 9 Palestinians killed by IOF in the West Bank.
· 41 Palestinian civilians, including 13 children, were wounded by IOF gunfire.
· IOF continued to shell Palestinian areas in the Gaza Strip, especially the northern area.
· IOF conducted 43 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 2 into the Gaza Strip.
· For the first time since their redeployment from the Gaza Strip, IOF razed 20 dunums[1] of agricultural land in al-Qarara village near Khan Yunis.
· 77 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children and a woman, were arrested by IOF.
· IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT; IOF have continued to close border crossings of the Gaza Strip; the north of the West Bank has been separated from the south; and IOF arrested two Palestinian civilians at checkpoints in the West Bank.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law continued in the OPT during the reported period (11-17 May 2006):
Killing: During the reported period, IOF killed 9 Palestinians in the West Bank. On Sunday, 14 May 2006, IOF killed 5 Palestinians, including 2 brothers in Qabatya village, southeast of Jenin. One of these Palestinians was killed when he exchanged gunfire with IOF; his brother was killed when he attempted to evacuate him; a third Palestinian was killed when IOF fired shots at stone throwers; and the remaining two Palestinians, who were the target of this attack, were killed when IOF shelled the house where they were hiding in and partially demolished it over them. On the same day, IOF killed a member of the Palestinian General Intelligence Services, while he was guarding the headquarters in Jenin. In Nablus, IOF killed 3 Palestinian militants in two separate incidents. One of these militants was killed by IOF in the old town of Nablus on 12 May 2006, and the other two militants were killed when IOF surrounded a house where they were hiding and opened fire at them. An old Palestinian man also died from a heart attack during the last IOF operation in Nablus.
It is worth noting that IOF have killed 110 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 17 children, since the beginning of this year, in comparison to 84 Palestinian during the same period in 2005. At least 49 of these Palestinians were extra-judicially executed by IOF. This is an indicator of the escalation in Israeli operations in the OPT, despite redeployment of IOF troops from inside the Gaza Strip.
During the reported period, 41 Palestinians, including 13 children, were wounded by IOF gunfire. In the West Bank, 25 Palestinians were wounded by IOF during incursions into Palestinian communities, and 10 others were wounded when IOF used force to disperse peaceful demonstration organized in protest to the construction of the Annexation Wall. In the Gaza Strip, 4 members of the Palestinian resistance were wounded, when an IOF drone shelled their car. A passing girl was also wounded in the attack. In addition, a farmer was wounded when IOF shelled the northern Gaza Strip.
Incursions: During the reported period, IOF repeatedly moved into Nablus. IOF also conducted 43 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During these incursions, IOF raided houses and arrested 77 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children and a woman. In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted two incursions into the south and north of the Gaza Strip, during which they razed 20 dunums of agricultural land in al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis. These incursions have been the first since the IOF's redeployment from inside the Gaza Strip to the borders, which further proves PCHR's position that the Israeli occupation is still effective in the Gaza Strip.
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 large prison. IOF have continued to monitor the movement of Palestinian civilians through Rafah International Crossing Point on the Egyptian border. Although IOF have allowed the transportation of food aid from Egypt into the Gaza Strip through Kerem Shalom commercial crossing, southeast of Rafah, the crossing has not yet been officially opened. IOF have also continued to prevent Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip from reaching their work places in Israel through Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing. They have continued to prevent hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip from traveling to the West Bank. IOF have partially operated al-Mentar (Karni) commercial crossing, east of Gaza City. Since the beginning of this year, IOF have closed the crossing for 62 separate days completely and 70 days partially. As a result of the repeated closures of the crossing, the economic conditions in the Gaza Strip have deteriorated. During the reported period, IOF arrested two Palestinian fishermen while they were fishing near Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on Palestinian communities in the West Bank. IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. IOF have continued to separate the north and south of the West Bank. For this purpose, they have closed Za'tara checkpoint, south of Nablus, and re-established their presence at 'Attara checkpoint, north of Ramallah. They have also erected two new checkpoints near Ramallah. During the reported period, IOF positioned at various checkpoints around Nablus imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank abused a number of Palestinian civilians. During the reported period, IOF positioned at checkpoints in the West Bank arrested two Palestinian civilians.
The full report is available online at:
html format:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2006/18-05-2006.htm
pdf format:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2006/pdf/weekly%20report%2019.pdf
Public Document
For further information please visit our website (http://www.pchrgaza.org) or contact PCHR's office in Gaza City, Gaza Strip by email (pchr [at] pchrgaza.org) or telephone (+972 (0)8 2824776 - 2825893).
*Office Hours are between 08:00 - 16:00 hours (05:00 GMT - 13:00 GMT) Sun - Thurs.
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They keep of the provocation, the killing and the torture,a nd then they wonder why when a Palestinian is willing to resist/fight back w/ all that he/she has.?????
CAIRO, May19 , 2006 (IslamOnline.net) – It is Israel that should be facing United Nations sanctions for stifling a viable Palestinian state through its illegal West Bank separation wall and denying the Palestinians much-needed customs duties worth $ 50million a month as part of "collective punishment" of the new Palestinian government, South Africa's Minister of Intelligence Ronnie Kasrils wrote in a Guardian piece Friday, May19 .
"The Palestinians are having sanctions imposed on them for their political choice. But it is Israel, creating new facts on the ground to prevent the emergence of a viable Palestinian state, that should be facing UN sanctions," he wrote in a personal capacity.
"The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, should use his last months in office to call for sanctions to bring about the implementation of the ICJ (International Court of Justice) ruling on the Israeli wall, the closure of West Bank settlements and the release of Palestinian political prisoners," he noted.
Kasrils said the root problem is the "intensifying" Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.
"Despite the international court of justice ruling it illegal, Israel's 390 -mile wall snakes on through the West Bank, taking another10 % of the land and providing for the expansion of illegal Jewish settlements," he added.
The wall has resulted in the confiscation of11 , 4000dunums (2, 850acres - 1 , 140hectares) of privately-owned Palestinian land and in the destruction of102 , 320trees, according to a UN report.
It estimated that with the competition of the wall, 30 percent of the West Bank population, or some680 , 000people, will be "directly harmed".
After the ICJ issued a landmark ruling branding the wall as illegal, the UN General Assembly asked Israel to tear it down and compensate the Palestinians affected.
Frustrating Democracy
Kasrils said western leaders are frustrating democratic elections in Palestine by withholding aid, and using collective punishment, an economic siege and starvation as political weapons in their efforts to get the Hamas government to accept their terms of business with Israel.
"Palestinian civil servants, teachers, doctors and security forces have not been paid for over two months," he said.
"The potential for civil war between factions of armed, increasingly desperate men is so obvious that Palestinians are not alone in thinking that the US actually wants such self-destruction."
Hamas swept the Palestinian legislative elections in January, winning a surprising 74 of the132 -seat legislature, against 45 for the ruling Fatah party of President Mahmoud Abbas.
The United States and the European Union have said they would not end their boycott to the Hamas-led government unless the resistance movement "recognizes Israel, renounces violence and commits itself to past agreements with Israel."
Both have already suspended their aid to the Palestinian Authority since March when Hamas officially assumed office.
"There is no excuse for not knowing the truth about what is now happening to the Palestinians," wrote Kasrils.
"And the most recent diplomatic moves by the Quartet - the US, the EU, the UN and Russia - to alleviate suffering, while keeping up the ban on dealing with the Palestinians' elected leaders, are totally inadequate."
http://islamonline.net/English/News/2006-05/19/article03.shtml
"The Palestinians are having sanctions imposed on them for their political choice. But it is Israel, creating new facts on the ground to prevent the emergence of a viable Palestinian state, that should be facing UN sanctions," he wrote in a personal capacity.
"The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, should use his last months in office to call for sanctions to bring about the implementation of the ICJ (International Court of Justice) ruling on the Israeli wall, the closure of West Bank settlements and the release of Palestinian political prisoners," he noted.
Kasrils said the root problem is the "intensifying" Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.
"Despite the international court of justice ruling it illegal, Israel's 390 -mile wall snakes on through the West Bank, taking another10 % of the land and providing for the expansion of illegal Jewish settlements," he added.
The wall has resulted in the confiscation of11 , 4000dunums (2, 850acres - 1 , 140hectares) of privately-owned Palestinian land and in the destruction of102 , 320trees, according to a UN report.
It estimated that with the competition of the wall, 30 percent of the West Bank population, or some680 , 000people, will be "directly harmed".
After the ICJ issued a landmark ruling branding the wall as illegal, the UN General Assembly asked Israel to tear it down and compensate the Palestinians affected.
Frustrating Democracy
Kasrils said western leaders are frustrating democratic elections in Palestine by withholding aid, and using collective punishment, an economic siege and starvation as political weapons in their efforts to get the Hamas government to accept their terms of business with Israel.
"Palestinian civil servants, teachers, doctors and security forces have not been paid for over two months," he said.
"The potential for civil war between factions of armed, increasingly desperate men is so obvious that Palestinians are not alone in thinking that the US actually wants such self-destruction."
Hamas swept the Palestinian legislative elections in January, winning a surprising 74 of the132 -seat legislature, against 45 for the ruling Fatah party of President Mahmoud Abbas.
The United States and the European Union have said they would not end their boycott to the Hamas-led government unless the resistance movement "recognizes Israel, renounces violence and commits itself to past agreements with Israel."
Both have already suspended their aid to the Palestinian Authority since March when Hamas officially assumed office.
"There is no excuse for not knowing the truth about what is now happening to the Palestinians," wrote Kasrils.
"And the most recent diplomatic moves by the Quartet - the US, the EU, the UN and Russia - to alleviate suffering, while keeping up the ban on dealing with the Palestinians' elected leaders, are totally inadequate."
http://islamonline.net/English/News/2006-05/19/article03.shtml
Solid...real solid
The genius who created this couldn't even get the spelling correct for the city of Basel and spelling it
Basil was about as close to the truth as he got in the whole thing.
Basil was about as close to the truth as he got in the whole thing.
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