Siege, Wall, Checkpoints
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| Title | | Description | Date |
| Bernie Sanders: Ending Israel`s Occupation of Palestine Is in American`s Interests | | Amir Tibon - readersupportednews - "The presence of Hamas members
among a crowd of tens of thousands does not justify the level of
violence we saw, and frankly it’s amazing to me that anyone would find
that point controversial," Sanders said. "I have condemned Hamas’ use
of terrorist violence and will continue to do so. But that violence
cannot excuse shooting at unarmed protesters, and it cannot excuse
trapping almost 2 million people inside Gaza.".-rh | 18/4/2018 |
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| PHRI Emergency Delegation to the Gaza Strip | | REPORT from Physicians for Human Rights - ReliefWeb - Physicians for Human Rights Israel’s delegation returned from the Gaza Strip after providing medical treatment to 380 patients and operating on 15 of them: “In the most advanced hospital in Gaza it felt like the 1970s. If things remain this way, most gunshot casualties will have to undergo amputation. (...) We’re talking about the lack in the most basic instruments. (...) We’re talking about the lack in the most basic instruments.” [bz] | 17/4/2018 |
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| IDF to shutter West Bank, Gaza Strip crossing points ahead of Independence Day | | Stuart Winer - The Times of Israel - From midnight Monday, movement by
Palestinians from Palestinian Territories into Israel to only be permitted for
`humanitarian` reasons [ry] | 16/4/2018 |
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| Demonstrate near Gaza border: "Stop the escalation - rebuild Gaza!" | | | 13/4/2018 |
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| On the Jimmy Dore Show: a sharp, sarcastic analysis of news about the Gaza border confrontations | | Jimmy Dore - The Jimmy Dore Show - Jimmy Dore is an American stand-
up comedian and political commentator, with clear and outspoken
views. In the 2016 Presidential elections he was a staunch supporter
of the Left wing candidate Bernie Sanders. In this week`s edition of
The Jimmy Dore Show he presents mainstream news reports and footage
from the Gaza Strip border, punctuated by his incisive and sarcastic
commentary. [ak] | 10/4/2018 |
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| Video: Palestinians explain why they are risking their lives by joining Gaza protests | | Mondoweiss - Since the mass Gaza border protest started on March 30,
at least at least 29 Palestinian protesters have been killed,
including a journalist shot down while on his job and at least two
minors. Despite widespread outcry and international calls for
investigations into the killings, the Israeli army has maintained
its open fire policy, and has commended its soldiers for their
actions on the border.In this video, Palestinians who are putting
their lives on the line to join the protests in Gaza explain why
they are taking such a risk.[ak] | 10/4/2018 |
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| IDF denies deliberately targeting journalist killed in Gaza protest | | Times Of Israel - Murtaja was over 100 meters from the border, wearing a flak jacket marked “press” when he was shot, news agency reports said. "The IDF does not deliberately target journalists. The circumstances in which the journalist was supposedly hit by IDF fire are not known and they are being investigated,” the army reacted. Haniyeh, the head of Hamas, attended the funeral. He said journalists were attacked by Israel while trying to show a “true picture of a blockaded, downtrodden people.” [bz] | 7/4/2018 |
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| B`Tselem urges soldiers to refuse to shoot protestors in Gaza | | Amit Gilutz - B`Tselem - Tomorrow (Thursday) B`Tselem will launch a
campaign entitled “Sorry, Sir, I can`t shoot”. The campaign will
include newspaper advertisements clarifying to soldiers that they
must refuse to open fire on unarmed demonstrators. The organization
is taking this unusual step following last Friday’s events, when
soldiers used live fire against unarmed demonstrators. Of at least
17 Palestinians killed that day, 12 were killed at the protests.
Hundreds more were injured by live gunfire. Ahead of the expected
renewed demonstrations this Friday, B`Tselem is again clarifying
that shooting unarmed demonstrators is illegal and that orders to
shoot in this manner are manifestly illegal.[ak] | 4/4/2018 |
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| A week of unbearable heartbreak in Israel-Palestine | | +972 Magazine - This past week has been one of the more
heartbreaking recent periods in Israel-Palestine. First, and this
seems surreal to write for the umpteenth time, the Israeli army
dispatched 100 snipers to open fire into a crowd of unarmed
protesters last weekend, shooting over 700 people, killing at least
16. Some were shot in the back while running away. Then there is the
way that Benjamin Netanyahu toyed with and ultimately broke the
hearts of tens of thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers
— people who fled horrors most of us should be relieved we cannot
imagine, and many of whom endured torture and other unimaginable
horrors just to reach Israel. To find relative safety and security.
Monday night Netanyahu announced a deal that would have found a
decent and dignified resolution for almost all of the tens of
thousands of African asylum seekers in Israel. The mass, forcible
deportation of refugees to Rwanda is off the table. And then, just
as quickly, just as much out of thin air as the solution had
appeared, it was yanked away. Almost like a sick joke. While the
world is facing its biggest migration and refugee crisis since the
Second World War, Israel, a country of 8 million people, a country
comprised almost entirely of refugees of some form or another,
declared it is unwilling — not unable, but unwilling — to give
refuge to a meager 16,000 people.[ak] | 3/4/2018 |
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| How can we be joyous on Seder night while Palestinians are killed in Gaza? | | Jewish Voice for Labour (UK) - We stand for justice for all. Many
Jews across the world have felt unable to fully share in the usually
joyous nature of our Seder nights while on the same night 16
Palestinians were killed and the over fourteen hundred reported
wounded by the Israeli Army. Each year we are asked to recite the
words of the Haggadah as though we ourselves were slaves in Egypt.
Many families link those words to recent and current struggles – the
anti-apartheid struggles, those for civil rights in the US, and,
increasingly, the plight of the Palestinian people living under
Occupation. We hope that other Jewish organisations mindful of our
historic suffering will join with us in condemnation of the Israeli
actions.[ak] | 3/4/2018 |
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| Israel Courts Catastrophe in Gaza Protests | | The Editorial Board - New York Times - Palestinians in Gaza are
among the world’s most desperate people, blockaded for more than a
decade by Israel and Egypt, sharply restricting the flow of goods
and people, with unemployment reaching more than 40% for the general
population and nearly 60% among youths. Under such conditions it is
no wonder that pent-up frustrations would erupt in protests, as they
did last Friday. Responding to the demonstrations, Israeli forces
killed 17 Palestinians at the border fence that separates Israel
from Gaza and injured more than a thousand. (...) On May
14 and 15, Israel will celebrate the 70th anniversary of its
independence, the US will formally open its Embassy in Jerusalem
while Palestinians in Gaza will observe the 70th anniversary of what
they call the “nakba,” or “catastrophe,” when 750,000 Palestinians
fled or were driven from their homes in what is now Israel by trying
to break through the border fence and march toward their former
villages. Unless someone steps up to end Gaza’s humanitarian
disaster, ensure Israel and the Palestinians act with restraint
during the protests and set a credible peace process in motion, both
sides could face a new catastrophe. [ak]
| 3/4/2018 |
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| After Gaza border bloodshed - protest at Likud Party HQ, Tel Aviv | | | 1/4/2018 |
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| UN leader calls for investigation into Gaza border clashes | | Associated Press -
"The council failed to agree on any action or joint message after an
emergency meeting Friday evening. Kuwait convened it hours after the
bloodiest day in Gaza since the 2014 cross-border war between Israel
and Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules the coastal strip.
The council had been due to meet behind closed doors. But after it
became clear the 15-member body would be unable to agree on a
statement on the situation, diplomats said Kuwait requested the
meeting be held publicly." ca
| 31/3/2018 |
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| Israeli Military Kills 15 Palestinians in Confrontations on Gaza Border | | ISABEL KERSHNER and IYAD ABUHEWEILA -
NYT
"As many as 30,000 arrived early in the day at tent encampments on
Gaza’s side of the fence to stage what was billed as the start of a
peaceful, six-week sit-in. They were protesting against Israel’s
longstanding blockade of the territory and in support of their
claims to return to homes in what is now Israel." ca | 31/3/2018 |
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| In Photos: Thousands in Gaza take to border for `The Great March of Return` | | Ma`an News -
"Thousands of Palestinians from across the besieged Gaza Strip took
to the border with Israel on Friday for the first day of protests in
the weeks-long protest being called by Palestinians as “The Great
March of Return.”...The Great March of Return will continue for six
weeks until May 15, which marks the 70th anniversary of the Nakba,
or catastrophe, when more than 700,000 Palestinians were expelled
from their lands to make way for the creation of the state of
Israel." ca | 31/3/2018 |
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| Israeli army kills 17 Palestinians in Gaza protests | | Al Jazeera News -
"Some 70 percent of Gaza`s two million population are descendants of
Palestinians who were driven from their homes in the territories
taken over by Israel during the 1948 war, known to Arabs as the
Nakba. Protesters in Gaza gathered in five different spots along the
border, originally positioned about 700 metres away from the fence."
ca
| 31/3/2018 |
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| Gaza Mass Protests Force Israeli Military to Maneuver Between Two Contradictory Goals | | Amos Harel -
Haaretz
"Some 15,000 Palestinians expected to march on border ■ Commanders
will need to stop Palestinians from crossing border while making
sure not to fan the flames." ca | 30/3/2018 |
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| Palestine Marathon puts spotlight on right of movement | | Anne Paq -
Al-Jazeera
"Bethlehem, Palestine - Thousands of people have taken part in the
Palestine Marathon, an annual event in the Bethlehem area of West
Bank.
Like in previous years, the marathon on Friday - the event`s sixth
edition - attracted people from all over the West Bank and
Jerusalem, as well as abroad.
For many foreigners, the event represents an opportunity to visit
Palestine for the first time and witness the conditions Palestinians
are living in. "This is fantastic feeling today; to be here and to
stand with Palestinians," said Deena, a 29-year-old from England."
ca
| 24/3/2018 |
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| IDF demands `excessive` transparency from rights groups | | Shlomi Eldar -
Al-Monitor
"Recently, the Civil Administration in the West Bank sent a warning
to human rights groups in Israel, demanding that they follow its
latest instructions to the letter when requesting exit permits for
Palestinians from the occupied territories to participate in joint
activities involving Palestinians and Israelis. The groups have been
ordered to provide detailed information about the Palestinians for
whom they request permits to enter Israel, as well as information on
the sources of the groups’ funding, the training of their activists
and the selection criteria for the positions they fill in the
territories. They are also expected to provide details about their
organizations, including the phone numbers of their
members...Elhanan places the blame on Defense Minister Avigdor
Liberman. He said that his group’s activities to promote peace
challenge Liberman’s message to the public that there is no partner
for peace," ca
| 24/3/2018 |
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| Preparations for the Nakba March: Hamas’s Cognitive Campaign | | Kobi Michael, Gabi Siboni - INSS - The Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip is heavily engaged in preparations for the “Great March of Return,” scheduled for May 14, 2018, when thousands of Gaza’s Palestinians will march toward the security fence and position themselves in tent cities along the Israeli border. Although the move aims for cognitive achievements in Palestinian and international consciousness, it confronts Israel with a challenge that involves a security-physical threat in the form of an attempt to cross the Israeli border. Israeli retaliation would cast Israel in a bad light vis-à-vis the various target audiences. Therefore, Israel must foil this Palestinian effort to organize another form of campaign against it [N.B. the `learned` writers are apparently afraid of Hamas turning to non-violence-bz]. | 20/3/2018 |
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| Second Arrest in 3 Days, PCHR Denounces Arrest of Patient’s Companion by the Israeli Forces at Beit Hanoun Crossing | | PCHR press release - Eyad ‘Omer Ibrahim Ba’loushah (42) was arrested after being summoned for a security interview upon his application for a permit to accompany his father, a cancer patient referred for treatment in Hadasa ‘Ein Karem Hospital in Israel.
Previously, Na’im Mohammed Hussein Kotkot (44) was arrested after applying for a permit to accompany his son, who suffers from blood disorders and was referred for treatment in Augusta Victoria Hospital “al-Motale’a” in occupied Jerusalem. [bz] | 20/3/2018 |
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| Israel`s military checkpoints: `We live a life of injustice` A photo essay by Activestills | | Activestills - Al Jazeera - Every morning, before dawn, tens of
thousands of Palestinian workers cross Israeli military checkpoints on
their way to their workplaces, in Israeli and Palestinian cities
beyond the Green Line.Hailing from across the occupied West Bank,
labourers queue before the checkpoints open, in order to reach their
workplaces on time. For many, this means getting up and leaving home
at the dead of night. About 70,000 Palestinians with Israeli work
permits make this daily commute. They work beyond the Green Line due
to the high unemployment rate in the Palestinian territories – a
byproduct of the 50-year Israeli occupation.-rh | 14/3/2018 |
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| In first, army uses drones to drop tear gas on Gaza protesters | | Judah Ari Gross - Times of Israel - Al-Mayadeen, a Lebanese TV
station considered to be sympathetic to Hezbollah, screened footage
from the Gaza Strip border showing an Israeli UAV (drone) apparently
dropping canisters of tear gas on Palestinian protesters, who could
then be seen running from the scene. This is the first known such
use of a drone, though drones were previously used to monitor
Palestinian demonstrators. A spokesperson for the IDForces said the
UAV was not operated by the army but by the Border Police. For its part, the Border Police
declined to comment on the report. Gazans have been staging weekly
demonstrations at the border fence ever since US President Trump
announced his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel`s capital. Maj.
Gen. Yoav Mordechai, who has the official title of "Israel’s
military liaison to the Palestinians", recently released an Arabic-
language video stating that “We know that the violent clashes on the
border are used as cover for terrorist activity" and warned that
Israel "will not let that happen". [ak]
| 13/3/2018 |
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| No way out: Women trapped in Gaza away from their homes and partners | | B’Tselem - Imagine paying a visit to relatives in another country and getting
stuck there, away from your partner or children, for months and even years.
Far from your home and life, without knowing how long it will be until you can
go back. That is the daily reality of hundreds of women who are trapped in
the Gaza Strip. Their lives are on hold and they have no idea when, if at all,
they can be reunited with their loved ones [ry] | 12/3/2018 |
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| CHECKPOINTS | | Activestills - Al Jazeera - Israel`s military checkpoints: `We live a life of injustice`
[ry] | 5/3/2018 |
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