Life under occupation
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Title | | Description | Date |
Reduced to a number – robbing Palestinians of their humanity | | al-Khalil team -
International Solidarity Movement -
"Imagine ‘loosing’ your identity to a foreign occupying army not only
taking your land, but attempting to take your personality, your
identity, your whole existence; reducing you to a simple number on a
piece of paper, stripping you of your humanity." - id | 28/9/2016 |
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13-year-old Palestinian shot in Duheisha last month detained, medically neglected | | Ma`an - Ramzi Abu Ajamiyeh was detained from his home two days ago, during massive military raids across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem when 40 other Palestinians were detained, including six other minors. He is still recovering from being shot in both of his legs during a detention raid in the camp in the beginning of August. Since then, he has had to undergo six surgeries due to his injuries. Throughout his detention over the past two days, Israeli forces have reportedly prevented Ramzi from taking his medication. [bz] | 25/9/2016 |
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15 Families to be Homeless in Lieu of Israeli Military Drill | | IMEMC News & Agencies -
"Local anti-settlement activist Motaz Bisharat told the Palestine
News Net Work (PNN) that the Israeli Civil Administration served
evacuation notifications to 15 Palestinian families, in preparation
for army drills." ca | 23/9/2016 |
... |
Mahmoud Abbas: Out to Push Palestinian Cause Back to Top of Agenda | | Peter Baker -
NYT
"Mr. Abbas hopes to put Mr. Netanyahu on the spot in the most
prominent venue available to a not-quite head of state." ca | 23/9/2016 |
... |
Owners of war-destroyed homes in Gaza to receive Kuwaiti aid money | | WAFA -
"Israel’s war in the summer of 2014, the third in six years, left more
than 2200 Palestinians dead, most of them civilians with over 500
children, and thousands of homes either totally or partially
destroyed." - id
| 21/9/2016 |
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Two Palestinian killed in Hebron and one wounded in Jerusalem in less than 12 hours | | al-Khalil team |-
International Solidarity Movement -
"where Palestinians are still allowed to walk (but not drive).
Israeli forces later fired stun grenades and tear gas at Palestinians
demonstrating the shooting of the two Palestinians in the Bab al-
Zawwiya area near Shuhada checkpoint." - id | 21/9/2016 |
... |
Israel places 36 Palestinians in administrative detention | | WAFA - 19 orders were issued against detainees who have spent months and years in detention without charge or trial, whereas the remainder received new administrative orders. [bz] | 20/9/2016 |
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Israeli settlers escorted by MKs reportedly assault Palestinians in Susiya | | Ma`an - Susiya local council head Jihad al-Nawajaa told Ma’an that the group of settlers “physically and verbally assaulted Palestinians in the village as other Palestinian locals confronted the group and forced them to leave the area.” Al-Nawajaa said it was the first time Knesset members set foot in Susiya, and he considered the development to be “bad omen.” [bz] | 20/9/2016 |
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen near Bani Naim after alleged attempted attack | | Ma`an - An eyewitness told Ma`an that a bus traveling from Bani Naim to Hebron stopped at the Wadi al-Joz junction, at which point a youth stepped out of the bus, "then Israeli troops fired at him." He is the seventh Palestinian in the Hebron district, as well as the second resident of Bani Naim, to be killed by Israeli forces since Thursday, amid an uptick in violence after a period of relative calm.
[bz]
| 20/9/2016 |
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Palestinians with Disabilities are Not Immune from Israeli Violence | | Richard Hardigan - CounterPunch - "Because people with disabilities are
less able to take care of themselves, it is incumbent upon Israel to
provide them with an extra measure of protection, something it has shown
time after time it is unwilling to do. Killings such as these are
particularly egregious, and the international community has the
obligation to no longer remain silent about them" [ry] | 19/9/2016 |
... |
Prisoners begin mass hunger strike to support jailed student “fighting death” | | Charlotte Silver--Approximately 100 Palestinian prisoners have started to refuse food in support of 25-year-old Malik al-Qadi, who fell into a coma on 10 September after eight weeks on hunger strike.dn | 18/9/2016 |
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UN welcome agreement reached by Israeli and PA to resolve the issue of the outstanding electricity debts | | PNN/Bethlehem -
"Mr. Nickolay Mladenov said in the statement that Palestine News Net
Work received:“I welcome the agreement reached by Israeli and
Palestinian authorities to resolve the issue of the outstanding
electricity debts and to create a new energy market. The agreement
includes the transfer of authority to the Palestinian government for
collecting payments for electricity distributed to Palestinian
territory and will provide an important increase to the Palestinian
revenue base.Such a significant step is in line with the Quartet’s
recommendations calling on both sides to take steps to strengthen
Palestinian institutions and develop a sustainable economy,
consistent with the transition to greater Palestinian civil
authority as contemplated by prior agreements." ca
| 16/9/2016 |
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Army Kidnaps A Palestinian Near Bethlehem | | IMEMC -|
"The soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many
Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, and kidnapped the
Palestinian." id
| 14/9/2016 |
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UN Report Confirms Staggering Cost of Occupation to Palestinian Economy | | Richard Silverstein -
Tikun Olam -
"Factors involved in styming Palestinian development are:
…The confiscation of Palestinian land, water and other natural
resources; loss of policy space; restrictions on the movement of
people and goods; destruction of assets and the productive base;
expansion of Israeli settlements; fragmentation of domestic markets;
separation from international markets and forced dependence on the
Israeli economy." - id | 14/9/2016 |
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In the West Bank, even calling the fire dept. has an ethnic dimension | | Yossi Gurvitz, for Yesh Din - How does the IDF deal with brush fire?
Depends whether it threatens Jewish or Palestinian property [ry]
| 12/9/2016 |
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The politics of an accident in the Occupied Palestinian Territories | | Imran Khan - AlJazeera - Tragic death of a six-year-old girl a reminder
for some of the tension and double standards that persist in these hills.
[ry] | 12/9/2016 |
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Malik al-Qadi’s Lapses into a Coma After 56 Days of Hunger Strike | | Palestine Chronicle--Al-Qadi has been on hunger strike for 56 days, beginning on July 16 in protest of being placed under administrative detention, without charge or trial, and based on undisclosed evidence. dn | 11/9/2016 |
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After Hunger Strikes, Israel Punishes Imprisoned Palestinians | | Budour Hassan--On Sept. 8, the International Committee for the Red Cross informed Thameena Husary that she was not allowed to visit her imprisoned husband, Hasan Karajah. Husary had been hoping to see him for the first time in two months, but Israel is still denying her this most basic right.
Karajah, 31, is one of dozens of prisoners in Ofer military prison who are banned from receiving family visits. Israel’s ban came as a punishment for the hunger strike held by those prisoners in solidarity with their comrade Bilal Kayed. The ban is especially heart-wrenching as the families desperately wanted to see their loved ones during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. dn
| 11/9/2016 |
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PHRI Concerned by Recent Court and Hospital Decisions | | IMEMC -
"In this cycle the detainee – once he reaches a critical condition – is urged to break the hunger strike, a non-violent strategy which requires massive psychological stamina, while the very problem about which the detainee launched his hunger strike is left unresolved." - id
| 9/9/2016 |
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Israeli Navy Releases Six Fishers Abducted Thursday | | IMEMC -
"Although the navy released the six kidnapped fishers, it refused to return their fishing boat." - id
| 9/9/2016 |
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Israel indicts “Palestinian Gandhi” | | Charlotte Silver -
Electronic Intifada
"Amro’s lawyer, Gaby Laski, told the Tel Aviv newspaper Haaretz that
the sudden resuscitation of past events for which Amro was arrested
and released at the time, “absolutely seems to be a matter of
political persecution.” ca | 7/9/2016 |
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IDF shuts down Palestinian radio station — but won`t explain why | | Haggai Matar -
+972
"The Israeli army shuts down the West Bank-based ‘A-Sanabel,’
claiming it incites against Israelis without so much as providing
any evidence. Such is life under a military regime. " ca | 7/9/2016 |
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Palestinian man who filmed IDF soldier shooting attacker dead `threatened with arrest while reporting death threats` | | Lizzie Dearden - The Independent - Imad Abushamsiya’s footage sparked
international condemnation and is evidence in ongoing trial [ry] | 5/9/2016 |
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Army Kills One Palestinian, Injures Another, In Shu’fat Refugee Camp | | IMEMC News - "Medical sources later identified the slain young
Palestinian man as Mustafa Nimir, 24, from the Salaam area in Anata town,
northeast of occupied Jerusalem. [...] The wounded Palestinian has been
identified as Ali Nimir, 28; he was shot with a live round in his thigh"
[ry] | 5/9/2016 |
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Israel clears soldiers involved in checkpoint killing of U.S. teen | | Nahal Toosi - Politico - "Israeli authorities have told U.S. officials
that they found no criminal wrongdoing by soldiers involved in the
February killing of an American teenager whom the troops allege tried to
stab them, and that Israel will not further pursue the case" [ry] | 5/9/2016 |
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West Bank villagers suffer from sewer politics | | Clare Maxwell--Approximately half of Israel’s environmental regulations do not apply in the occupied territory. With such lax legislation, companies producing metals, chemicals and plastics flock to settlement industrial zones, such as West Ariel and Barkan. Both Israeli and international companies are drawn to areas where they can pollute more freely, often at the expense of surrounding Palestinian communities. dn | 4/9/2016 |
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City Hall gets ever more creative in ignoring E. Jerusalem school shortage | | Aviv Tatarsky--As the Jerusalem municipality is gradually forced to acknowledge a catastrophic shortage of classrooms in the city’s Palestinian districts, it also finds brave new ways to avoid tackling it. dn | 4/9/2016 |
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Back home in Gaza, Sanaa el-Hafi recounts her ‘terrifying’ ordeal in Israeli prisons | | Isra Saleh El-Namy--Palestinian women hold portrait of jailed compatriot Hana Shalabi, a female Palestinian prisoner jailed in Israel, outside the Red Cross building in Gaza City on March 26, 2012. (Photo: Mohammed Asad/APA Images) Palestinian women hold portrait of jailed compatriot Hana Shalabi, a female Palestinian prisoner jailed in Israel, outside the Red Cross building in Gaza City on March 26, 2012. (Photo: Mohammed Asad/APA Images) dn | 4/9/2016 |
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Israeli soldier injured in overnight clashes near Joseph`s Tomb | | Ma`an News Agency -
"Joseph`s Tomb -- revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians and
Samaritans -- is the site of regular visits by Israelis, who are
escorted by Israeli military forces to the area, often leading to
clashes with local Palestinians.Under the 1993 Oslo Accords,
Joseph`s Tomb was to remain under Israeli control, but the
Palestinian Authority (PA) took over the site after the Israeli army
withdrew during the Second Intifada." ca | 2/9/2016 |
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Report: 750 Palestinians Held Without Charge or Trial in Israeli Prisons | | IMEMC News & Agencies -
"The commission said, in a press statement, that the Israeli
government continues to violate the Fourth Geneva Conventions
related to administrative detention, an archaic Israeli policy,
dating back to the time of British Mandate, in which detainees are
held, for renewable periods of up to 6 months, without charge or
trial." ca | 2/9/2016 |
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Two Palestinian Children Tell Stories of Abuse in Israeli Jails | | IMEMC News & Agencies -
"Prime Minister for the Palestinian Authority, Rami Hamdallah, in
response, condemned the ongoing abuse of Palestinian minors held in
Israeli jails and their ill-treatment in interrogation rooms." ca | 2/9/2016 |
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We, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, have been suffering from a slow death sentence for a long time Israel/Palestine | | Tamam Abusalama -
Mondoweiss
"We, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, have been suffering from a
slow-death sentence for a long time. We are being punished
collectively for no reason, without any crime. The Egyptian and
Jordanian authorities in cooperation with the Israeli colonial
regime have been successful at turning the life of Gazans into hell.
This injustice has to come to an end. A resolution for this siege
has to come. People have to wake up and make some actions.( Tamam
Abusalama is a 19- year old Palestinian blogger and journalism
student at Ankara university in Turkey. She’s originally from Beit
Jirja-Palestine.)" ca | 2/9/2016 |
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Israeli Commander Violently Threatens Palestinian Youth | | Telesur TV -
"An Israeli army commander has made shocking threats to Palestinian
youth held in the Al-Duheisha, saying he will “make all the youth of
the camp disabled,” according to a Palestinian rights group, the
Middle East Monitor reported on Friday." ca | 2/9/2016 |
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`Not Done With Life Yet` | | Alice S. Yousef - Review of Wafa Darwish`s autobiography, "Not Done
With Life Yet", for "This Week in Palestine - Wafa Darwish had to
contend not only with the general situation of growing up under
Israeli occupation, but also with the personal tragedy of gradually
losing her eyesight.(...) Far from the classic romanticization
frequently associated with writings about Palestine, and far from
political diction and jargon, the book is written in a simple
manner, narrated as if spoken, and packed with action and movement.
There’s a whiff of every place: the jasmine of summer and taste the
mujadara made for friends in Lebanon. Despite extensive losses,
bitterness rarely exists, and the tone of the writing tends to be
lighthearted, at times even funny.[ak]
| 27/9/2016 |
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East Jerusalem Palestinian released after serving 18 years in Israeli custody | | Ma`an - Ibrahim al-Abbasi, a 55-year-old father of four, was greeted by hundreds upon his arrival in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.
However, Israeli forces then raided the area where the reception was held. [bz] | 27/9/2016 |
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