(Image by Abu Mahjoob)
While brothers were killing each other, and President Abbas is packing his bags to go for a tan at Sharm El Sheikh resort along with his new old "buddy" Olmert, the Israeli occupation continued it's terrorist crimes against Palestinian lives and land.
Here is a summery of last week report of Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) by Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR):
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
- 14 Palestinians, including 5 children, were killed by IOF in the OPT.
- One of the victims was extra-judicially executed by IOF in Tulkarm.
- 5 children were killed in al-Shouka village in the southern Gaza Strip when they played with an object left by IOF.
- 31 civilians, including 11 children, 2 women and an American journalist, were wounded by IOF gunfire in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
- IOF conducted 32 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and 2 incursions into the Gaza Strip.
- IOF arrested 50 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and 2 others in the Gaza Strip.
- IOF transformed 2 houses into military sites in 'Azzoun village, east of Qalqilya.
- IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT.
- IOF have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world and a humanitarian crisis is likely to emerge.
- IOF positioned at various checkpoints and border crossings in the West Bank arrested 3 Palestinian civilians.
- IOF have continued settlement activities and Israeli settlers have continued to attacks Palestinian civilians and property in the West Bank.
- IOF demolished a house in Jerusalem.
- Israeli settlers burnt dozens of olive trees in the south of Tulkarm.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law continued in the OPT during the reporting period (14 - 20 June 2007):
Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF killed 14 Palestinians, including 5 children, and wounded 31 civilians, including 11 children and an American journalist, in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
In the Gaza Strip, 10 Palestinians, including 5 children, were killed. On 14 June 2007, 5 children were killed and 3 others were seriously wounded when they played with an object left by IOF in al-Shouka village to the east of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. On 18 June 2007, IOF killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 3 others at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip. On 20 June 2007, IOF killed 4 members of the Palestinian resistance and wounded 5 others during an incursion into al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis. During the same incursion, a child was also wounded by shrapnel. On 19 June 2007, 2 Palestinian civilians were wounded by the IOF gunfire at Erez crossing.
In the West Bank, IOF killed 4 Palestinians in 3 separate attacks. On 14 June 2007, IOF killed a member of the Palestinian resistance and wounded 13 civilians, including 5 children and a woman, in Qalqilya. On the same day, IOF extra-judicially executed a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (an armed wing of Fatah movement) and wounded 2 civilian bystanders, including a child, in Saida village, north of Tulkarm. On 20 June 20 June 2007, IOF killed 2 members of the Palestinian resistance in Kufor Dan village, west of Jenin, in an exchange of fire. Additionally, on 15 June 2007, a Palestinian child was wounded during an IOF incursion into Kufor Dan village, west of Jenin. On the same day, a Palestinian civilian and an American journalist were wounded when IOF used force against a peaceful demonstration organized by Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights defenders against the construction of the Annexation Wall in Bal'ein village, west of Ramallah.
Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 32 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During those incursions, IOF arrested 50 Palestinian civilians. Thus, the number of Palestinians arrested by IOF in the West Bank since the beginning of this year has mounted to 1,408. IOF also transformed 2 houses in 'Azzoun village, east of Qalqilya, into military sites.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted 2 incursions into Palestinian communities. On 16 June 2007, IOF moved nearly 1,000 meters into Wadi al-Salqa village, east of Deir al-Balah town in the central Gaza Strip. On 20 June 2007, IOF moved into al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis. They killed 4 members of the Palestinian resistance and wounded 5 others.
Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
Gaza Strip
IOF have imposed a strict siege on the Gaza Strip. They have imposed severe restrictions at its border crossings as a form of collective punishment against Palestinian civilians.
IOF have closed Rafah International Crossing Point since 25 June 2006, even though they do not directly control it. During the reporting period, the crossing point was completely closed after Hamas' takeover in the Gaza Strip and the withdrawal of Palestinian security forces from the crossing point. On 18 June 2007, the Egyptian side allowed approximately 160 persons, who do not have visas to stay in Egypt, to travel back to the Gaza Strip.
AdsIOF have also closed commercial crossings, especially al-Mentar (Karni) crossing. If this closure continues, a humanitarian crisis is likely to emerge in the Gaza Strip. IOF have also continued to close Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have been prevented from traveling through this crossing. During the reporting period, IOF completely closed the crossing. They prevented traders and patients from passing through. They only allowed dozens of members of Palestinian security services and their families to travel the West Bank. On 19 June 2007, IOF allowed 9 patients only to travel to Israel to receive medical treatment.
West Bank
IOF have tightened the siege imposed on Palestinian communities in the West Bank. They have isolated Jerusalem from the rest of 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 also erected more checkpoints on the main roads and intersections in the West Bank. During the reporting period, IOF soldiers positioned at various checkpoints and border crossings in the West Bank arrested at least 3 Palestinian civilians.
Settlement Activities: IOF have continued settlement activities and Israeli settlers living in the OPT in violation of international humanitarian law have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property. On 19 June 2007, IOF demolished a under-construction house in the Olive Mountain neighborhood in the east of Jerusalem, claiming that it was being built without a license. On 14 June 2006, a number of Israeli settlers burnt dozens of olive trees in Far'oun village, south of Tulkarm.
On 8 June 2007, Israeli settlers moved into Kufor Hares village, north of Salfit. They destroyed headstones of a number of graves and sanctuaries and threw stones at houses. On 9 June 2007, a number of Israeli settlers living in settlement outposts in the center and south of Hebron attacked 16-year-old Sa'id Nafez al-Atrash when was passing near the Ibrahimi Mosque. He was injured in the face. The settlers and the Israeli police prevented a Palestinian ambulance from evacuating the child to the hospital. They even threw stones at the ambulance damaging it. Later, the Israeli police took al-Atrash to an unknown destination. On the same day, a number of Israeli settlers violently beat 9-year-old Shareef Tayseer Abu 'Eisha in Hebron. On 10 June 2007, a number of Israeli settlers from "Harish" and "Maysar" settlements near Tulkarm burnt at least 200 donums of agricultural land in 'Akaba village, north of the town. The affected areas of land are sealed off by the Annexation Wall. On 12 June 2007, a number of Israeli settlers, escorted by IOF, moved into the evacuated "Homesh" settlement near Nablus - Jenin road.
Israeli Violations Documented during the Reporting Period (14 - 20 June 2007)
The full report is available online at:
html format:
http://www.pchrgaza.ps/files/W_report/English/2007/21-06-2007.htm
pdf format:
http://www.pchrgaza.ps/files/W_report/English/2007/pdf/Weekly%20Report%2024.pdf
Sharm meeting will be hosted by Mubarak and excluded elected government (Hamas) from the meeting, and is designed to show Arab and Israeli support for Abbas.
Lets see a week after this meeting what Olmert will present to Abbas, how many Palestinian will be less/more killed, how many illegal posts and roadblocks will be installed/removed, how many new settlers will be transferred in/out to/off Palestinian stolen land, and how many attacks they the conduct on Palestinian civilians, etc.
Lets see what the US/EU/Israel/Arab supported Palestinian government will make to ease life and occupation on Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza.
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This is all about the theme of divide and conqcour. (Probably a bad spelling of conqcour.) Sorry Haitham, I am getting old. And as you said, “your bad spelling is associating with old people.” LOL.
The Palestinians need someone to help them to remove the occupiers.
All I can do is spread the word, but few people in my area support the Palestinians. Most in my area support the Christian Right.
I have converted a few, but not enough.
I am trying.
And I will keep trying.
That’s all I can do.
I will pull my pants up (but not too much, because it will hurt), and keep trying. It is still worth the effort.
I use humour for stress relief.
Your posts hurt too much.
Thank you for your posts.