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Weekly Summary of israeli War Crimes

by Tierra Insurgente / Intifada Al Ard (intifadaalard [at] yahoo.com)
This is a weekly summary of israeli war crimes committed in Palestine for the week ending 26 April 2006, 2mins, english
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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

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Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory



No. 16/2006

20- 26 Apr. 2006



Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Escalate Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)





· 3 Palestinians killed by IOF.



· Two Palestinians were extra-judicially executed by IOF in Bethlehem.



· 20 Palestinian civilians, including 10 children, were wounded by the IOF gunfire.



· IOF continued to shell Palestinian areas in the Gaza Strip, especially the northern area, wounding 3 Palestinian civilians and damaging a number of houses and civilian facilities.



· IOF conducted 38 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, especially Nablus.



· 72 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children and 4 women, were arrested by IOF.



· One house was transformed by IOF into a military site.



· IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT; a Palestinian civilian drowned in rain floods when he attempted to bypass a checkpoint near Nablus; IOF have closed border crossings of the Gaza Strip; the north of the West Bank has been separated from its south; and IOF arrested 5 Palestinian civilians, including a girl, at checkpoints in the West Bank.



· IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall in the West Bank; IOF razed areas of land in Yatta village, south of Hebron, and IOF used force against peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to the construction of the Wall.



Summary



Israeli violations of international law continued in the OPT during the reported period (20 – 26 April 2006):



Killing: On Sunday evening, 23 April 2006, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) extra-judicially executed two members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fatah, in Bethlehem. IOF also wounded and arrested a third member. IOF later claimed that one of the victims had died from his wounds following his evacuation to Hadasa Hospital in Jerusalem, but investigations conducted by PCHR refute this claim and indicated that IOF might have executed the victim after his arrest. On Wednesday evening, 26 April 2006, IOF shot dead a Palestinian in al-Yamoun village, west of Jenin, as he raided a pistol when IOF were surrounding a house in the village.



During the reported period, 17 Palestinian civilians, including 13 ones in Nablus, were wounded by the IOF gunfire in the West Bank.



During the reported period, IOF continued to shell Palestinian areas in the Gaza Strip. A number of houses and civilian facilities were damaged and 3 civilians, including two children, were wounded.



Incursions: During the reported period, IOF repeatedly moved into Nablus. IOF also conducted 41 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During these incursions, IOF raided houses and arrested 72 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children and 4 women. In addition, IOF transformed a house into a military site. IOF used undercover units and trained dogs during these incursions. In an attempt to exert pressure on allegedly wanted Palestinian to surrender, IOF arrested 4 of their wives and mothers.



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. Even though IOF allowed the transportation of food aids from Egypt into the Gaza Strip through Kerem Shalom commercial crossing, southeast of Rafah, the crossing have not 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 closed al-Mentar (Karni) commercial crossing, east of Gaza City, on 26 April 2006, after it had been opened for a few days. As a result of the repeated closure of the crossing, the economic conditions in the Gaza Strip have deteriorated.



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 as they imposed a total siege on the OPT. 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 between the north and south of the West Bank. IOF claimed that this measure is temporary and was taken following the bombing in Tel Aviv on 17 April 2006. However, Palestinians wishing to travel from the north to the south of the West bank are required by IOF to obtain permits from the IOF civil administration. A Palestinian civilian died as rain floods pushed him when he attempted to bypass a checkpoint near Nablus, which was closed by IOF. During the reported period, IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank arrested 5 Palestinian civilians, including a girl.



Annexation Wall: IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall inside the West Bank. During the reported period, IOF razed areas of Palestinian land to the east of Yatta village, south of Hebron, to construct a new section of the Wall. IOF also used force against peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to the construction of the Wall. One demonstrator was wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet, and 11 others sustained bruises as they were beaten by IOF. In addition, IOF arrested 11 demonstrators, including a number of international and Israeli solidarity activists.







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by Check out
zionists.jpgbh2gfz.jpg
Don't take my word for it--do a google search on project for the new american century and you can see these lizards at work.
by Right wing filth
You can't defend the indefensible. These are the archtiects of the failures in Iraq and Afghanistan.
and Iran if they have their way, then Syria--and they are chickenhawks.
by and slimeball
Richard Perle spoke to the AIPAC conference and proclaimed, to loud hosannas, that the United States must start dropping bombs on Iran to stop its dangerous nuclear program. From Dana Milbank's brave article:

... at a luncheon 'debate' in between, Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) and informal administration foreign policy adviser Richard N. Perle tried to one-up each other in pro-Israel views.

and:

Perle provoked cheers from the crowd when he favored a military raid on Iran, saying that 'if Iran is on the verge of a nuclear weapon, I think we will have no choice but to take decisive action.' When Harman said the 'best short-term option' is the U.N. Security Council, the crowd reacted with boos.

The underlying assumption is that it is a fact that Iran is on the verge of producing a nuclear bomb, and the main educational thrust of the AIPAC conference was to prove that point to American politicians. Therefore, it is clear that Perle and AIPAC are demanding an American military attack on Iran. This would be bad enough, but is made much worse by the following seven facts:

1. Perle is an integral part of the neocon crowd that actively lied to the American people about Saddam's supposed weapons of mass destruction, and thus has zero credibility.
2. Even if Iran had bombs, which it doesn't, they could only be used for defensive purposes, as nuclear retaliation would be fatal to the country.
3. The only nuclear power in the Middle East with dangerous bombs is none other than Israel, the country that Perle and AIPAC work for.
4. The reason we know about Iran's nuclear program is that Iran has allowed UN inspectors to inspect, something that Israel won't allow.
5. Any bombs Iran might ever have in the distant future could never pose any threat to the United States as Iran has no means to deliver them.
6. Since the Iranian nuclear program is spread out and hidden in anticipation of just the attack Perle is calling for, bombs wouldn't stop it.
7. Bombing will kill a lot of civilians, but will have no effect on dislodging the Iranian government, and will indeed strengthen the position of the hardliners in Iran.

If we therefore sieve out the bullshit from Perle's remarks — a process which usually leaves nothing left — what he is advocating is for the United States to drop bombs on innocent civilians of a sovereign country that poses absolutely no threat to the United States. Here we have a prominent Jewish intellectual talking to a group of Jewish lobbyists for Israeli interests, advocating what amounts to a slaughter of Muslim civilians — a Jewish pogrom against Muslims, if you will — all to the cheers and applause of his audience. I know we're not supposed to make the Hitler comparison, but this is getting awfully close (Hitler had his bogus and lying reasons for the Holocaust too). Given what we now know about the lies about Iraq, the fact that Perle has the audacity to stand up and start lying for war again is amazing.

Whatever else Perle may be, he is not stupid, so why is he advocating a course for the United States that will lead to the consolidation of the strength of the hardliners in Iran? Surely that can't be in the interests of Israel? The plan is to so enrage the Iranians with the bombing attacks — to put a bee in their turbans — that the next step of the long-term Zionist plan for the Middle East can be put in place (other parts of the plan include instigating wars so that land can be taken, illegally occupying that land, oppressing the inhabitants and calling their reaction 'terrorism', pushing for the attack in Iraq, and taking steps to ensure that Iraq is broken into small countries). The Iranian leaders might decide to retaliate against the United States bombing by sponsoring some act of terrorism. In what is the more likely scenario, however, their justified anger would put them in a position to be portrayed by the disgusting American media as so angry that an American or Israeli terrorist attack faked to look like it was sponsored by Iran would serve as the reason for American military retaliation. This would involve actually fighting a war on the ground to remove the current Iranian leadership. In other words, the point of the bombing advocated by Perle and AIPAC is to lead to a real war in Iran with hundreds of thousands of American soldiers on the battlefield. Since more bombs won't teach the mullahs a lesson, American troops would have to fight and die in Iran.

The United States can barely fight the war it has going now, and the Pentagon likes to keep a few troops around in case of a war of necessity (as opposed to the hobby wars which the neocons like so much), so a draft will be necessary. This would please the neocons as an end in itself, as they like the fascist values that the total miltarization of society brings, and they particularly want the United States to be like Israel. Needless to say, neither the neocons nor their children will participate in this draft, but will bravely serve in the First Jewish Typing Corps, cheering on the battle against all those evil Muslims. The poor in America can serve as the fodder units to die in the Middle East.

Iran has two or three times the population of Iraq, hasn't been weakened by a sanctions regime, has piles of money to spend on arms, and has the example of Iraq to allow it to prepare for the American attack. Since the Americans obviously can't handle Iraq, just wait for Iran. Why would Perle want the United States to fall into this disaster of a war? There are three reasons:

1. Neocons consider themselves to be change agents, and like to do things which have a big effect on people's lives, and are particularly fond of war as an end in itself. They consider it ennobling.
2. The chief neocon goal is to start a general crusade of the Christians against the Muslims, for no other reason than that they really, really hate Muslims (the attack on Iraq is clearly a crusade, and is understood to be such by the Pentagon).
3. The only way Greater Israel — the ultimate goal — is going to happen is in the general confusion of a conflagration in the Middle East.

The attack on Iran and the planned consequences of that attack would be the biggest mistake in American history. It would lead inevitably to a general crusade of Americans against Muslims all over the world. It may not happen (Syria appears to be the most likely first target, and there are those in the American government who would love to get their hands on the Saudi oil fields). However, if it does happen, when the shit hits the fan — and it will — Americans will be looking for someone to blame. American Jews just barely avoided being blamed for the Iraq debacle. The American anti-war movement, such as it is, won't be able to stop this war, particularly if it is arranged to fight it within the context of the war on terror (and even huge anti-war rallies are ignored by the arms-manufacturer-owned disgusting American media, and thus have no political effect). Important leaders are going to have to take a stand. Unless some prominent American Jewish leaders start to speak up decisively against this new war, the American Jewish community is going to deeply regret the consequences of the latest proposed Jewish pogrom against Muslims (and moderate American Christian leaders also have to start to counter the plans of the Christian Zionists). The relentless AIPAC push towards disaster means it is no longer possible to safely play the bad faith game of pretending to hold liberal principles while secretly cheering on the most vile plans of the Zionists.
by would throw a monkey wrench
would throw a monkey wrench in your lies.
Hmm, let's see

(from the 'Project Participants' page of 'Rebuilding America's Defenses,' PNAC's infamous, widely acknowledged 'blueprint' for the present administration's global posture)

Roger Barnett
U.S. Naval War College

Alvin Bernstein
National Defense University

Stephen Cambone
National Defense University

Eliot Cohen
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Devon Gaffney Cross
Donors' Forum for International Affairs

Thomas Donnelly
Project for the New American Century

David Epstein
Office of Secretary of Defense, Net Assessment

David Fautua
Lt. Col., U.S. Army

Dan Goure
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Donald Kagan
Yale University

Fred Kagan
U. S. Military Academy at West Point

Robert Kagan
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Robert Killebrew
Col., USA (Ret.)

William Kristol
The Weekly Standard

Mark Lagon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee

James Lasswell
GAMA Corporation

I. Lewis Libby
Dechert Price & Rhoads

Robert Martinage
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment

Phil Meilinger
U.S. Naval War College

Mackubin Owens
U.S. Naval War College

Steve Rosen
Harvard University

Gary Schmitt
Project for the New American Century

Abram Shulsky
The RAND Corporation

Michael Vickers
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment

Barry Watts
Northrop Grumman Corporation

Paul Wolfowitz
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Dov Zakheim
System Planning Corporation

Certain names just kinda LEAP OFF THE PAGE, knowuddamean?
At that time he was a corporate officer for Systems Planning, a weapons contractor that makes a REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AIR-EE-O-PLANES

This is totally blood-curdling:
http://www.sysplan.com/Radar/Downloads/FTS.pdf

from Rebuilding America's Defenses, p. 51:
"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor."
by many support the right wing zionist agenda
many support the right wing zionist agenda, whether Jewish or not---what you don't seem to be able to connect the dots about, is that by being a fervent 'supporter'/defender of israel, you are supporting this agenda.
by right here in the US
Don't take my word for it, check out there own wack-job power hungry website:
http://www.newamericancentury.org/
by don't see that one often
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