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Life under occupation

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Mandela succeeded where Palestinians failedDaoud Kuttab - Al-Monitor - The story of Mandela is not only a story of national liberation, but also a personal one that many in the world revere. Palestinians unhappy with their current leaders are looking for their own Mandela. Many are seeing in imprisoned Marwan Barghouti, whose political and resistance history is not too dissimilar from the African leader, a possible Palestinian Mandela.-rh 12/12/2013
State of Emergency in GazaMohammed Omer - Washington Report on Middle East Affairs - Because the Gaza municipality can’t afford to purchase expensive Israeli oil, it pays 450 people, who work with 250 donkeys, to clear away massive piles of garbage before health risks worsen among the 1.8 million Gazan civilians under siege by Israel.-rh 12/12/2013
For First Time Since 1948, Christmas Tree Lit In Displaced VillageSaed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies - Four months ago, a group of young Palestinians started sleeping in the village, as part of an extended campaign to affirm their right in their own lands, and recently installed a Christmas tree in the yard of a local church, affirming their Right of Return following 65 years of displacement-rh12/12/2013
How The West Lost Respect For International LawRobert Fisk - Information Clearing House - Karsten has put together a book of immense research which will remain the volume on Israel’s shame in Lebanon and its historical defeat. That’s the title of the English edition – Goodbye Lebanon: Israel’s First Defeat. His detailed questioning of torture victims – hanged by their arms, electrocuted, in one case apparently raped and in another mistreated in an Israeli hospital – have an unstoppable power to convince. Not only did he cover the events on the ground in southern Lebanon, he interviewed Israeli veterans in Israel itself.-rh11/12/2013
A letter from al-Walaja: Wars, walls and now roadsAnne Paq and Hisham Abu Ali - +972 - A new Israeli-planned road, ostensibly meant to give the Cremisan Monastery access to Israel and Jerusalem, will cut off the Bethlehem-area village of al-Walaja from its lands. Its lands were taken and villagers displaced in first in 1948; in recent years Israel began completely surrounding it with the separation wall, taking even more land. Village resident Hisham Abu Ali is done being silent.-rh11/12/2013
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International Human Rights Day | Remember Palestinian Political Prisoners and Detainees in Israeli jailsUFree Network - Since the occupation of Palestine in 1948, more than 800,000 Palestinians have been imprisoned. Different groups of the Palestinian society are exposed to Israeli arrest campaigns, including children, women and the elderly. For decades, Palestinian female prisoners and detainees have been jailed by Israel and exposed to physical and psychological torture, in violation of humanitarian law. Mothers are disconnected from their families and young female prisoners grow up within jails. The result: a humanitarian crisis storming in a large number of Palestinian families.-rh11/12/2013
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‘All the Way to Holland’: The Routine at Qalandiya CheckpointTamar Fleishman - The Palestine Chronicle - But to those who had the misfortune of getting picked, and were forced to leave their vehicle, stand aside and watch a dog being led to their car, how it sniffs the tires, circles the exterior, jumps on the car, enters the trunk and the inside of the car, gets the seats dirty with his feet, crawls under the seats, drools everywhere and not stopping until it finds the scented ball that the trainer left for it, for these people this isn’t routine. For them this is a humiliation, an invasion to their personal space and an act of desecration according to their religion. Because according to Islam the dog is impure.-rh 11/12/2013
Human Rights Organizations Call for Israeli AccountabilityPNN - Palestine News Network - "This came as a joint statement released on Monday by the council, which consists of 12 Palestinian human rights organizations, on the occasion of the international human rights day, December 10, 2013." - id 11/12/2013
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Photos: A visit to the Gaza fish auctionCharlie Andreasson - International Solidarity Movement - "In 2009, the total catch was 1,526 tons, down 42% since 2000. And as the shallow waters are increasingly overfished, the catch will continue its steep decline. The fish are in deeper water, still in Palestinian waters, but where the fishermen are not allowed. Where they are attacked, have their gear destroyed and boats seized by the Israeli military." - id 11/12/2013
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Palestinians alarmed by Kerry `security proposals`AFP/Ma`an - Palestinians strongly criticise proposals by US Secretary of State Kerry which would reportedly allow Israel to maintain a military presence in the Jordan Valley, which would make a mockery of their sovereignty and merely perpetuate the occupation. PLO official Yasser Abed Rabbo asserted that "These ideas will drive Kerry`s efforts to an impasse and to total failure. "(Kerry) only wants to win over the Israelis and (allow) settlement expansion at our expense". ak10/12/2013
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Increasing number of Palestinians hit by military and settler carsIMEMC - Within twenty four hours, there were two cases of Palestinians being hit and injured by Israeli cars. A young Palestinian man was injured after being rammed by an Israeli military jeep in Nahhalin village. In the Al-Walaja road, west of Beit Jala, two 17-year old twin girls were hit and wounded by a settler car. There were many earlier such cases in recent months, ending in the injury (in some cases, death) of Palestinian pedestrians being hit by military or settler cars. No objective inquiry is likely to ever take place into whether these were accidents or deliberate acts. ak 10/12/2013
PHOTOS: Bethlehem youth shot with live ammoAIC - "Two Palestinians were shot Friday with live ammunition fired from a silenced .22 caliber rifle by Israeli snipers atop the separation wall in Bethlehem. Clashes have taken place almost every day in Bethlehem’s Aida Refugee Camp since three Palestinian militants were killed by Israeli soldiers last week in Yatta"9/12/2013
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Palestinians say teen killed by Israeli army in West BankJack Khoury and Gili Cohen--A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers on Saturday, Palestinian sources said. dn8/12/2013
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WATCH: IDF officer fires tear gas directly at photographer Noam Sheizaf - +972 "A video shot in the West Bank town of Beit Ummar last Wednesday shows an IDF officer shooting a tear gas canister directly at a volunteer videographer from human rights organization B’Tselem." ca6/12/2013
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EU Grants PA €11 Million For Pensions And SalariesIMEMC & Agencies Report post - "EU representative John Gatt-Rutter stated that the EU has been the biggest donor, and most reliable partner with the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank. He added that this contribution and support is part of the EU’s persistent support of the Palestinian people, and that this support would continue in 2014." ca 6/12/2013
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Ex-Shin Bet head: Lack of peace bigger threat than IranItay Blumenthal - Ynet - According to the former Shin Bet chief, the lack of a permanent peace agreement with the Palestinians poses a greater threat to Israel than Iran`s nuclear program. In a conference held in Tel Aviv Museum marking ten years to the Geneva Initiative, Diskin called for the formation of a new government coalition formed of pro-peace parties.-rh 5/12/2013
The Plot Thickens: Gaza is Flooded with Sewage and ConspiraciesRamzy Baroud - The Palestinian Chronicle - Even before the latest crisis resulting from a severe shortage of electricity and diesel fuel that is usually smuggled through Egypt, Gaza was rendered gradually uninhabitable. A comprehensive UN report last year said that if no urgent action were taken, Gaza would be ‘unlivable’ by 2020. Since the report was issued in August 2012, the situation has grown much worse.-rh 5/12/2013
Newsletter - November 2013Military Court Watch - In October 2013, Military Order 1726 came into effect reducing the time period in which a child can be held on remand before being charged from 150 days to 130 days. The new time limit is still more than twice as long as the time period applied to Israeli children living in the West Bank. The order is currently only available in Hebrew.-rh5/12/2013
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Gaza Need Not Be a SewerALON TAL and YOUSEF ABU MAYLA - NYT - "The price of inaction, protracted conflict and unsustainable policies is being paid today by the 1.7 million residents of Gaza, who face catastrophic conditions thanks to the collapse of Gaza’s sewage system." - id 4/12/2013
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Palestinian teachers strike over pay disputeDaoud Kuttab - Al-Monitor - Strikes are not new in Palestine. The dire economic situation coupled with delays in receiving committed grants has forced the Palestinian government to curtail many of its expenditures. Bessaiso said that the Palestinian government has suffered a 56% in drop in its income in the past year due to three reasons: non-fulfillment in committed donor funding, Israeli deductions for hospital fees and electricity bills from tax and customs revenues earmarked for the Palestinians and tax evasion by Palestinians.-rh 4/12/2013
Armed Salafist movement emerges in West BankShlomi Eldar - Al-Monitor - We learned last week that Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas have at least one thing in common. They are all concerned about the changes underway in the West Bank Salafist movement, which is transforming itself from a welfare movement into an armed terrorist organization that is actively planning attacks.-rh4/12/2013
An unending settler pogromMichael Sfard - Haaretz - The military authorities have also failed to protect Palestinians from violent settler elements. According to human rights group Yesh Din, 90% of complaints against settlers in 2005-2013 were closed with no charges filed. In 97.4% of 200 cases of assaults on orchards, mainly olive groves, the police did not charge those responsible.-rh 4/12/2013
Daily brutality towards Palestinians in occupied Al-KhalilKhalil Team - International Solidarity Movement - "The regularity of this unjust behaviour towards Palestinians by Israeli forces serves to intensify the daily impact of the Occupation." - id 4/12/2013
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Jordan Valley: Homes and water wells demolished, 50 left homeless and waterlessMa`an - Monday and Tuesday saw an ongoing campaign of demolitions in the Jordan Valley. Yesterday Israeli foreces destroyed four houses and eight agricultural structures in the southern Jordan Valley. This was followed today by destruction further north. Aref Daraghmeh, Mayor of al-Malih, told that two Israeli bulldozers destroyed dwellings and then filled up two water wells. Altogether, the last two days` Israeli acts left at least fifty Palestinians homeless as well as deprived of water for themselves and their herds. Israeli relentless harassment of Palestinians in the Jiordan Valley is tied with the firm demand of the Netanyhau Government to keep permanent Israeli control of this area, amounting to about a third of the West Bank. ak 3/12/2013
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Life in Gaza: ‘We wake up to terrifying sonic booms and try to sleep while Israelis are shelling’ Sally Idwedar - The Independent - Last week, the United Nations warned that a blockade on the Gaza Strip imposed by Israel and Egypt was making Gaza ‘uninhabitable’. The following is a personal account of what life is like for one resident, Sally Idwedar, in Gaza City2/12/2013
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Jazz concert offers respite for besieged GazansAbeer Ayyoub - Al Monitor " In a very irregular night in the conservative enclave, hundreds of people of both genders gathered at the fancy Al-Mathaf hotel’s main hall, overlooking the beach, to attend a jazz concert performed by local and Swedish artists." ca 29/11/2013
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PNGO and Human Rights Organizations Call for Immediate End to Civilian Suffering Due to ElectricityPress Release - "Network (PNGO) and human rights organizations in the Gaza Strip express their deep concern for the deteriorating humanitarian conditions of the population of the Gaza Strip due to the continued tightened closure imposed by Israel on 1.8 million people and its impact on all aspects of their lives, while the international community remains silent towards human rights violations perpetrated by Israeli occupation forces." ca 29/11/2013
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Several Palestinians Injured In BethlehemIMEMC - "Local sources have reported that violent clashes took place at the entrance of the camp, and that the army used a new silenced weapon that fires rounds that cause serious burns and injuries to the flesh. The sources added that scores of residents have been shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, while many have been treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation." ca29/11/2013
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Israeli Settlers Destroy Palestinian Olive Grove Near SalfitSaed Bannoura - IMEMC - "A group of Israeli settlers invaded the village of Bruqin, near Salfit in the northern West Bank, early Monday morning, and uprooted a grove of 15 olive trees. This follows a similar uprooting of over 100 trees, the week before, in Yatta village." - id 27/11/2013
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West Bank: Israeli Forces Kill 3 Suspected MilitantsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS - NYT - "The military said the militants were linked to a violent Islamist movement known as the Salafi Jihadis, which draws inspiration from Al Qaeda." - id 27/11/2013
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Palestinian village facing demolition awaits its fateJohn Davison - Yahoo News - "Faris Samamri and his family of 20 scrape a living grazing sheep from a tin hut on a West Bank hillside but at a hearing that opens Wednesday the Israeli Supreme Court may order it destroyed." - id 27/11/2013
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Reviving the Palestine pound to strengthen Palestinian independenceAlex Shams - Ma`an News Agency "The Palestine pound is an inconvenient reminder for many Israelis that a cosmopolitan and tolerant society thrived in Palestine before its dismemberment and exile by the emerging Israeli state." ca26/11/2013
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Real estate, racism, and righteousness — a grim visit to IsraelPhilip Weiss - Mondoweiss "Every time I go to Israel I like to report on my response to the conflict, and after visiting in September my feelings are bleaker than they’ve ever been. That’s been the trend, the last couple of visits; but this one was particularly bad. The degree of oppression and persecution, of the indifference to it inside Israel, indeed the self-righteousness, the belief that this can all just be managed, and of the hatred it is breeding inside Palestine—all these attitudes just get more pronounced." ca26/11/2013
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33 Palestinians Killed Due To Israeli Violations This YearIMEMC News - "Medical and legal sources in the West Bank and Gaza report that Israeli soldiers have killed 33 Palestinians since the beginning of this year; 23, including four detainees, have been killed in the West Bank and 10 in the Gaza Strip." ca26/11/2013
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One Year Following the Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Justice for Palestinian Victims Still DeniedPalestinian Center for Human Rights - PCHR Report post - "One year following “Operation Pillar of Defense,” Palestinian civilian victims are still denied justice and remedy. Israeli authorities have imposed legal, physical and monetary barriers in the face of Palestinian victims to prevent the prosecution of suspected Israeli war criminals and compensation of victims." ca 26/11/2013
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Sewage floods neighbourhoods in GazaAl Jazeera - VIDEO - "Up to 20,000 people face a new humanitarian crisis after power crisis prompts sewerage pipes to flood streets of Gaza." ca 26/11/2013
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Twins born in Bethlehem from smuggled sperm of prisonerMa`an News Agency - " For the first time in Bethlehem, the wife of a Palestinian prisoner delivered two healthy twins after successful fertilization using sperm smuggled from her jailed husband." ca 26/11/2013
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At Least 12 Palestinians Kidnapped In West BankIMEMC & Agencies - "Israeli soldiers invaded dozens of communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and violently searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped at least 12 Palestinians"25/11/2013
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As Kerry talks peace, Israeli settlers dispossess PalestiniansNancy Murray - AlJazeera - The US must intercede on new settlement building in West Bank 25/11/2013
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A Bedouin community`s last-ditch effort to remain on its landGideon Levy--Residents of Umm al-Hiran are staging a legal battle to remain in their Negev village, where they were moved by the state in the 1950s. dn24/11/2013
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed, or the Colonizer?!Nadia Harhash--I usually take the Israeli harassment with a sense of humor. After all, they are occupation. They will not be normal if they treat us well. And somehow treating us well is not something I like to happen, because it makes me subconsciously normalize with their existence. dn23/11/2013
“Miles Of Smiles” Aid Convoys Arrives In GazaSaed Bannoura - IMEMC "Partners for Peace & Development for Palestinians (PPDP) issued a press release stating that the convoy is part of a chain of the “Miles of Smiles” convoys which made it into Gaza, and continue to make trips to the coastal region in support of the Palestinian people and breaking the illegitimate Israeli siege." ca 22/11/2013
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USAID halts key project in GazaAsmaa al-Ghoul - Al-Monitor "The last time these families received aid was in August. Family members refuse to believe that the project has finished. They think that we are lying and that we do not want to help them,” said Fayez Ziyara, a member of the association’s board of directors, in an interview with Al-Monitor." ca 22/11/2013
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Israeli forces raid Abu Dis and attack al-Quds University, injuring 40Ma`an News Agency - "Clashes erupted between Palestinian students and Israeli forces at al-Quds University Street, Habiya said. Israeli forces fired tear gas grenades and sound bombs while Palestinians threw stones and burned tires.40 Palestinians, including students from al-Quds University, were hit with rubber-coated steel bullets, while dozens of others suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation." ca 22/11/2013
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Palestinian Lands Uprooted Near Al-KhaderIMEMC & Agencies - "[Thursday November 21, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Baten Al-Ma’sy Mountain area, in the Al-Khader town south of Bethlehem, and bulldozed Palestinians lands, uprooting them in preparation for use in the construction of new settlement units.Israeli soldiers are holding a number of journalists who are trying to report the violation. The army has also detained international peace activists and tried to force them out of the area. ca22/11/2013
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Palestinian Detainees In Asqalan Conduct Hunger StrikeSaed Bannoura - IMEMC - "The thirteen detainees held in room 13 were moved out of their room after being strip-searched and cuffed." - id 20/11/2013
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“Gaza Book”: Exhibition of photos by Gaza childrenMaria del Mar Fernandez - International Solidarity Movement - "Initiatives like this encourage children to overcome the great difficulties they face in their daily lives under occupation and siege, and under the permanent fear that Israel may launch another military offensive against them." - id 20/11/2013
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Data shows worsening situation for children in Israeli military detentionGerard Horton - +972 - "Without exception, every boy reported being subjected to physical violence, including beatings to the head and face or being hit with metal objects." - id 20/11/2013
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The Israeli agency that oppresses Palestinians `for their own good`Amira Hass - Haaretz - The Civil Administration’s planning council takes the cake when it comes to doublespeak19/11/2013
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White Man`s Burden - the Occupation`s Civil Administration VersionDavid Shulman--By a miracle of sorts, we had a mostly peaceful day in South Hebron today; such an event is so rare that I thought it might be worth mentioning to you. In lieu of a more substantial report, let me just say that Abu Sharif and Fadil plowed three fields, with an iron plow and a donkey, on one end of the wadi at Umm al-`Amad, just under the settlement of Otniel-- lands they were denied access to for some 15 years-- and there was a slightly higher-tech plowing, with an old tractor, at the other end of the wadi as well. The settlers and the soldiers kept their distance. The goats grazed freely. The sun was sweet. If the rains come, there will be crops of barley in these newly regained fields. dn 17/11/2013
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Israeli land claims: Archaeology and ideology Samuel Nelson Gilbert--Critics say Holy Basin archaeology is being exploited to advance Israeli claims to its `eternal city`.dn17/11/2013
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Archeological site casualty of Israeli-Palestinian conflictDanny Rubinstein - AlMonitor "A national park that could easily match up to Caesarea or to Masada, and that does not fall short of either of the two in terms of its historical importance or its beauty.” That’s how the Samaria National Park (Sebastia) and archaeological site, located northwest of Nablus, were described in an article published last week on the Israeli news site Ynet. However, unlike Masada [National Park, in southern Israel] and Caesarea [National Park, on the Israeli coast], the Samaria National Park stands neglected, in ruins." ca 15/11/2013
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Palestinian Negotiators ResignIMEMC&Agencies "Talking to an Egyptian TV station, Abbas hinted that the resignations “would not cause a halt to direct talks with Tel Aviv”, adding that the Palestinian Authority “would either convince the negotiators to resume their duties or form a new negotiations team.” ca15/11/2013
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Settlers torch Palestinian home in revenge attackMa`an News Agency - "The attackers torched the front of the Dar Khalil home in Sinjil and spray-painted the words "Regards from Eden, Revenge!" in Hebrew in blue on a wall outside the house."I woke up at 2 a.m., and four or five people came out of a white car and started breaking windows, then poured gasoline, then threw fire into the house," mother-of-five Ruweida Dar Khalil told AFP." ca 15/11/2013
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From revenge attacks to demolition threats: A week in photos - November 7-13ActiveStills - +972 "Khaled Abed a-Rahman Dar Khalil inspects the damage inside his house which was set on fire overnight by suspected Jewish extremists in an apparent revenge attack on November 14, 2013 in Sinjil, a village in the West Bank, northeast of Ramallah. Five Palestinian children suffered from smoke inhalation after the attackers torched the family house and spray-painted the words, ‘Regards from Eden, Revenge!’ in Hebrew on a wall outside the house, referring the the Israeli solider that wall killed the day before by a Palestinian youth. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)" ca15/11/2013
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Violent Hebron outpost expands at `phenomenal` rateCharlie Hoyle - Ma`an News Agency - An illegal Israeli outpost in the south Hebron hills, notorious for incidents of violence against Palestinians, has grown at a "phenomenal rate" since the beginning of October, according to a peace group working in the area. Operation Dove on Monday said that activists from the grassroots Taayush movement entered an area near the Havot Maon outpost this week to document illegal expansion and demand that Israeli authorities intervene.-rh 14/11/2013
Palestinians want to know who killed ArafatDaoud Kuttab - Al-Monitor - What Palestinians and the world want to know is not whether Arafat was killed, but who caused his sudden and mysterious death and how. Experts in the Swiss lab, whose detailed 108-page report was outlined on Al Jazeera, state that death by polonium requires the killer element be taken into the body. In other words, someone had to have placed it in Arafat’s food or injected it into his body. This means that the circle of individuals who are potential targets of any investigation can only be those officials who were with or met with Arafat in his last days in Ramallah.-rh 14/11/2013
Iran Deal Would Greatly Reduce Israel’s Military Option, Ex-advisers SayMitch Ginsburg - Information Clearing House - “Practically speaking, [a deal] shuts the [Israeli military] option down,” said Maj. Gen. (res) Giora Eiland, who served as head of the National Security Council under prime minister Ariel Sharon. He added, “It doesn’t matter what we think about the deal. Israel won’t be able to do a thing.”-rh 14/11/2013
What Comes Next: A one-state reality and a two-state discourseNoam Sheizaf - Mondoweiss - The two-state solution won’t be dead as long as both societies are on the ground. The Palestinians and the Israelis are dominated by the political forces supporting them, even if the support is done more and more for rhetorical reasons, and not as part of a real political agenda. Given the option between one state and two states, most Israelis will take the latter; all major Palestinian political parties are yet to give up the desire for their own nation-state.-rh14/11/2013
The absence of military escort endangers Palestinian children of Tuba and Maghayir Al- AbeedOperation Dove - On Monday, November 11 and Tuesday, November 12, the Israeli army escort, that usually accompanies Palestinian children from the villages of Tuba and Maghayir Al- Abeed to the school of At- Tuwani, didn`t come. So, the children had to walk alone on a longer way, accompanied by two international volunteers, risking to be attacked by settlers from the illegal outpost of Havat Ma`on and the settlement of Ma`on.-rh 14/11/2013
Israeli forces detain 10 in West Bank arrest raids - among them minorsMa`an - Overnight Monday, Israeli forces carried out multiple raids across the West Bank, detaining 10 Palestinian young men and teenagers in a series of sweeps and attacks on villages across the Palestinian territory. All the detentions were for "suspicion of involvement in illegal activity." bz12/11/2013
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B`Tselem Investigation finds illegal use of force by Israeli troops in killing of young manIMEMC - A 20-year old Palestinian, Ahmad Tazaz`ah, was killed by Israeli troops on October 31st in Qabatiya, south of Jenin. While the Israeli military has claimed that Tazaz`ah was not killed by Israeli forces, but had been previously killed in internal clashes between Palestinian factions, the extensive investigation by B`Tselem including both physical evidence and exhaustive eyewitness accounts directly contradicts that claim, and has led the army to agree to carry out its own `limited` investigation. bz12/11/2013
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Welcome to Bethlehem, Secretary KerryVera Baboun, Mayor of Bethlehem - Ma`an News Agency - "Dear Secretary Kerry, you are most welcome in Bethlehem, a city surrounded by 27 ever-expanding Israeli settlements, sealed off by an annexation wall built deep inside our district’s land. Even under these circumstances, we are working hard to look after our city"11/11/2013
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Thousands face uncertainty over Jerusalem demolition threatCharlie Hoyle - Ma`an News Agency "Jamil Sanduqa, who chairs a local committee to develop the Ras Khamis neighborhood, said that over 15,000 Palestinians live in the buildings slated for demolition.Ronit Sela, East Jerusalem project director from the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, told Ma`an Wednesday that representatives from Jerusalem`s municipality had toured Ras Khamis in July and noted the coordinates for properties they claimed were built without permits.The officials could not determine who lived in the properties and approached a local court to ask for permission to demolish the homes." ca 8/11/2013
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PCHR Calls for Investigation into Death Palestinian Prisoner in Israeli HospitalPalestinian Center for Human Rights - IMEMC "PCHR is deeply concerned that the Israeli authorities may have delayed offering Abu Hamdiya timely and adequate medical treatment for his condition.Furthermore, PCHR further condemns Israel’s ignorance of repeated calls to release al-Turabi who was suffering from leukaemia. Hassan ‘Abdul Halim ‘Abdul Qader al-Turabi, 23, from Surra village near Nablus, died on Tuesday morning, 05 November 2013, in Affoula Hospital inside Israel where he was receiving medical treatment for leukaemia." ca8/11/2013
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Kerry’s Path Steepens in Israeli-Palestinian TalksMARK LANDLER and JODI RUDOREN - International New York Times - Secretary of State John Kerry’s uphill path to a peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians seemed ever steeper on Wednesday, as the two sides clashed bitterly over Jewish settlements in the West Bank, while the exoneration of a right-wing Israeli politician threatened to inject a volatile element into the talks.-rh 7/11/2013
ShameEldad Kisch - When the ambulance finally arrived at the meeting point, it was clear to all that this was a very sick person. With a lot of tugging and pulling the patient with all his tubes and apparatus was transferred to the Israeli ambulance, and he could continue his journey. All this under close supervision of two soldiers with their weapons at the ready, who shouted at us not to photograph.-rh 6/11/2013
The silent axe: Driving Palestinian olive farmers off their landYossi Gurvitz - Yesh Din - "Amer has almost given up. He is unwilling to waste the time needed to file a complaint with the police. After all, its failure rate in investigating damage to crops is more than 97 percent. This isn’t a coincidence; this is the commander’s spirit we’re seeing." - id 6/11/2013
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48 human beings were massacred - and we have forgotten themShirley Racah and Abed Kannaneh - +972 - 48 human beings were massacred - and we have forgotten them When a country accepts responsibility for such a significant event in its past, one might expect it to erect a monument to the victims, to sponsor the annual memorial ceremony and to honor the memory of those murdered rather than leave the matter to the families left behind, as if it were their problem alone-rh 6/11/2013
Israeli military rules that mock attacks in Palestinian villages are acceptableCeline Hagbard - IMEMC News - All of the villages where these trainings take place have experienced actual Israeli military invasions on a regular basis, and since the military makes no attempt to differentiate or announce that any particular invasion is a `training exercise`, the villagers are just as terrorized as they are during actual raids.-rh6/11/2013
Israel mooted West Bank barrier `as Palestinian border`AFP - Google - Israel began work on its sprawling "security fence" in 2002 at the height of the second intifada, and has defended its construction as a crucial protective measure, pointing to a drop in attacks inside Israel as proof of its success. But the Palestinians, who refer to its as the "apartheid wall," say the barrier is a land grab, pointing out that when complete, 85 percent of it will have been built inside the West Bank.-rh 6/11/2013
Detention Bulletin September 2013Defence for Children International - On September 30, a total of 179 Palestinian children were imprisoned and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system, the same as the previous month. The monthly average for 2013 is 216 Palestinian children in Israeli military detention.-rh6/11/2013
Israeli Army Avoids Confronting Settler ViolenceShlomi Eldar - Al-Monitor - The destruction of olive trees and attacks against Palestinian property in the territories have become an almost daily occurrence. In most cases, the attack ends with a complaint to the police, submitted by Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations, and nothing is done about it. The case is closed due to a lack of evidence or a scarcity of public interest.-rh 6/11/2013
Rare appeal granted in policy of education for Palestinian prisonersYonah Jeremy Bob - Jerusalem Post - Netanyahu’s logic was that security prisoners should not have [the] privilege [of learning] while Schalit was being so mistreated by his Hamas captors. Even after Schalit was released, the ban on college studies continued. According to Adalah – the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, who jointly represents the petitioners along with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel – in 2010, there were 270 prisoners taking correspondence courses at the Open University, of whom only 60 were criminal-classified (as opposed to security) prisoners. Criminal prisoners are still allowed to take such courses. bz5/11/2013
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20 injured as Palestinian prisoners protest death of inmateMa`an - Inmate Hassan Turabi suffered from leukemia, but Israeli medics at Megiddo prison gave him hardly any treatment Even after he started to vomit blood, it still took ten days before he was transfered to the Afula Medical Center, where he died yesterday. Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails declared a day of mourning. In Megiddo, guards attacked protesting detainees, injuring at least twenty of them. PA minister of prisoners` affairs Issa Qaraqe blamed Turabi`s death on "negligence by Israel`s Prison Service". 5/11/2013
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Israel`s military advocate: IDF training inside Palestinian villages is legalGili Cohen - Haaretz - After NGO files complaint against Israeli military training inside West Bank villages, IDF`s Military Advocate General says legality of training is anchored in principles of `belligerent occupation`4/11/2013
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Jordan Valley fence would finalize the West Bank`s complete enclosureHaggai Matar - +972 - In what might be a shot to the heart of current peace negotiations, Netanyahu is reviving plans to build a ‘security fence’ in the Jordan Valley. If the fence follows the original route it will enclose any future Palestinian state, cement impossible Bantustan borders and give birth to a new map of Israel’s borders4/11/2013
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Israel to drill for oil in the West Bank Jonathan Cook - AlJazeera - A large reserve may lie under Israel and the occupied territories, but Palestinians are unlikely to reap the benefits4/11/2013
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The Bir Nabala / Tel al ‘Adassa Case Study | September 2013 OCHA--The Bir Nabala / Tel al ‘Adassa Bedouin community consists of nine families who have lived in the area between Ramallah and Jerusalem since the late 1950s. It is one of at least 16 Palestinian communities located on the “Jerusalem side” of the Barrier, although the majority of their residents hold West Bank ID cards. In August 2013, Israeli forces demolished all the structures in the community, and, a few days later, the remaining families left to the “West Bank” side of the Barrier, after being instructed to do so by the Israeli authorities. This once intact community of nine families is now dispersed into three separate locations on the “West Bank” side of the Barrier. dn3/11/2013
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Official: Israel to demolish homes of over 15,000 East JerusalemitesMa`an News Agency - "Municipality officers escorted by Israeli soldiers issued demolition warrants for thousands of Palestinian homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Ras Khamis and Ras Shahada on Friday, a local Palestinian official said.Jamil Sanduqa, who chairs a local committee to develop the Ras Khamis neighborhood, said that over 15,000 Palestinians live in the buildings slated for demolition.The warrants were posted on 200 residential blocks each consisting of 40-70 apartments and the owners were given 30 days to submit objections to the demolition orders, Sanduqa said." ca1/11/2013
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Resource: No enforcement of labor law in the West BankWorker`s Hotline - +972 "A small group of Palestinian workers this summer received confirmation from the Jerusalem Regional Court that their rights are protected under Israeli labor law. Meanwhile, Israel’s Ministry of Economy is failing to proactively prevent such abuses. Kav LaOved has published a new report describing this situation, including a selective list of Israeli companies in the Occupied Territories which have been sued by their Palestinian employees in recent years." ca1/11/2013
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Israel agrees to mediation in firing zone, the South Hebron HillsB`Tselem - "Israel plans to expel 1,000 residents of the South Hebron Hills, arguing they are living in a military training firing zone. International law prohibits use of occupied lands for routine military training, and obviously prohibits expulsion of residents to that end. Last month, further to High Court petitions by the villagers, filed by ACRI and Att. Shlomo Lecker, the justices proposed a meditation process to achieve a joint compromise. The villagers’ agreed to the proposed mediation immediately. The State announced its agreement today." ca1/11/2013
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Masked settlers assault and injure B`Tselem camera volunteer harvesting olivesB`Tselem - "On 26 October 2013, the Na’asan family of the village of al-Mughayir, Ramallah District, went to harvest their olives. Several masked settlers arrived at the grove and began attacking the family with stones. The family responded by throwing stones back. The settlers then assaulted 75-year-old Ghatib Na’asan and his nephew, Yasser Na’asan, who tried to protect him. The latter, a volunteer in B`Tselem`s camera distribution project, was hit with an iron bar and broken glass. Other family members called for the Israeli security forces, who arrived while the settlers were retreating but made no attempt to apprehend or detain them until police arrived." ca1/11/2013
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