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PCHR Weekly Report: 8 Palestinians killed,
13 wounded by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s
Weekly Report, during the week of 14 - 20 February 2008, 6
Palestinians were killed, 2 died from earlier injuries, and 13 were
injured by the Israeli military. One of those killed this week was an
11-year old child. Of the injured, one is a woman, and one is a journalist.
Two fighters killed, one injured,
in the central Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources reported on Friday
at dawn that two Palestinian
fighters, members of the Al Quds Brigades the armed wing of the
Islamic Jihad, were assassinated and one was injured in an Israeli
military shelling to Al Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.
Limited incursion in Rafah; Israeli forces open fire on school
Several Israeli military vehicles conducted a limited incursion in the
Ash-Shuka area in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip amidst heavy
gunfire and artillery shelling on Thursday. No casualties have been
reported. Eyewitnesses told Ma'an that Palestinian resistance
groups confronted the invading forces, firing several mortar shells.
Israeli forces seize 23 Palestinians; clashes near Nablus
Israeli forces on Thursday morning apprehended 23 Palestinians
from different West Bank districts, claiming they were 'wanted
activists.' Ma'an's correspondent in Nablus said that Israeli forces
raided the northern West bank town of Beita south of Nablus,
imposing a curfew and ransacking several homes before arresting
18 Palestinians.
Pro-Abbas forces arrest six Hamas
members in West Bank
Palestinian security forces detained six members of Islamic Hamas
movement in West Bank on Wednesday night, the Islamic
movement said on Thursday. In Salfeet town, the security forces
loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah movement arrested two
members of a municipal council and a third Hamas local leader,
Hamas said in a statement faxed to the press.
Israeli attacks costs translator an eye
Bilin, West Bank - A Japanese translator who was
shot in the eye last month during a demonstration
against Israel's construction of a West Bank
separation barrier said on Friday he may
permanently lose his sight.
The Israeli army attacks Beita village near
Nablus and kidnaps 18 civilians
On Thursday, Palestinian sources reported that the
Israeli army attacked and searched homes in the
village of Beita located near the northern West Bank
city of Nablus and kidnapped 18 civilians there.
The Israeli army attacks several villages
near Hebron and kidnaps two civilians
Two Palestinian civilians were kidnapped when
Israeli troops attacked several villages located near
the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday.
The army attacks peaceful protest west
of Bethlehem and hurts 70 civilians
On Friday, the Israeli army attacked a nonviolent
protest organized by the villagers of Al Khader
near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.
At least 70 civilians were hurt in the attack.
Fifteen injured at the
weekly protest of Bil'in
The villagers of Bil'in, located near the central
West Bank city of Ramallah, along with international
and Israeli supporters, conducted their weekly protest
against the illegal Israeli wall being built on village land.
Israeli troops attacked the protesters.
Demonstration in Azzoun against the
planned destruction of a children's park
At 10am, February 21st, a demonstration took place
at the children's park of Azzoun. Approximately 50
children came together with their teachers, other
Palestinians, internationals and Israelis to play and
have fun together in what is now left of the park.
About three weeks from now, on March 15th, the
park is due to be demolished.
22 Feb. 2008: Israel isolates Nu'man village
from both Jerusalem and the West Bank
The village of Nu'man lies at the southeast edge of
the Jerusalem Municipality, a few hundred meters
north of Beit Sahur, a Palestinian town near Bethlehem.
Northwest of Nu'man, in East Jerusalem, lie the villages
of Umm Tuba and Sur Baher and the Har Homa settlement.
Nu'man's 170 residents live in almost total isolation from
Jerusalem and the West Bank.
West Bank farms fall
to Israeli bulldozers
THE farmers of Beit Ula spent two years preparing
their new groves of fruit, nut and olive trees, clearing rocks,
building stone terraces and digging deep cisterns to catch
the scarce rain. The Israeli army destroyed it all in less
than a day. "We heard they were here at 6.30 in the
morning, when it was still dark," said Sami al-Adam,
one of eight farmers whose terraces were
bulldozed on January 15.
Israel considers a U.S-like
invasion of Gaza
The Israeli government has been reportedly
approved a military plan, similar to the U.S invasion of
Iraq in 2003, within underway preparations to
massively attack Gaza.
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: Level Beit Hanoun
Safed's rabbi believes Qassam fire will not stop because
of 'a few children hurt here and there in a targeted killing,'
calls on IDF to erase Palestinian town. 'Instead of acting
like Jews we act according to Christian morals,' he tells Ynet.
Ex-Mossad Chief: Kill
Terror-Supporting Heads of State
Shabtai Shavit, a former Director General of Mossad
Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations and
currently the Chairman of the Institute for Counter-
Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center, told the
Jerusalem Conference Tuesday that heads of state
who support terrorism are legitimate assassination
targets and called for Western countries to unite to
create a common definition of terrorism in order to
fight radical Islam.
Brussels: New court to try
Israel for war crimes
Civil court established by human rights organizations to
begin operations in Belgium Friday. First issue on the
agenda: Israel's alleged war crimes in Lebanon, Gaza.
Italian FM says Mughniyah killing in
Damascus was act of 'terror'
Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema termed
the assassination of Imad Mughniyah "terror"
in an interview to be published Friday in the popular
Italian weekly L'espresso. He also said that Israeli
assassinations of Hamas officials "serve as an alibi
for terror."
Hamas: We won't rule out
any bid for cease-fire
A Hamas spokesman praised on Friday a decision by
European Union lawmakers in Strasbourg, France on
Thursday calling on Israel to end the blockade and
open Gaza's border crossings.
Hamas welcomes EU Parliament
call to end Gaza blockade
GAZA CITY (AFP) ― Hamas on Friday welcomed
a European Parliament resolution calling for an end
to Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, which is
controlled by the Palestinian Islamist group. However,
spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri was more circumspect with
regard to the resolution's call for an end to rocket fire
on Israel by Palestinian militants in Gaza.
a Palestinian detainee
The Palestinian Popular Committees issued a press
release appealing Human Rights Groups and the
International Red Cross to intervene and save the
life of detainee Bassam Hafith, 38, who is facing a
continuously deteriorating health conditions.
Rights group: Prisons Authority ignores
medical needs of inmates
A rights group says they have received over 350
complaints in the last year dealing with the treatment
of prisoners seeking medical treatment while
incarcerated. Doctors for Human Rights blamed
Prisons Service doctors as practicing dual loyalty
-often putting the concerns of their employer above
those of the patients they are responsible for treating.
Israeli Authorities demolish several
Arab constructions in the Negev
The Israeli Authorities in the Negev area demolished
on Thursday morning four houses, one shop and a
public facility in al Far'a, Wadi Al Ni'am and Um
Amatan unrecognized Arab villages in the Negev.
IOA destroys historic Islamic
building in O. Jerusalem
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has demolished
the historic building of the Supreme Islamic Council
in the occupied city of Jerusalem with the aim to
build hotels owned by rich Jewish businessmen
on it ruins, sources in the Aqsa foundation asserted.
Israeli Court frees 8 Jewish youth who plan
to attack Arabs and burn their homes in Tel Aviv
An Israeli Court in Tel Aviv released on Wednesday
eight Jewish youth who planned to attack Arab
residents in Tel Aviv area, and burn their homes.
The release was unconditional and only stated
that they vow to obey orders to interrogate
them is requested.
Cluster Bomb Victims: Real-life stories
A Teach-In on the Humanitarian
Crisis on the Gaza Strip
94% of applications for construction
permits are rejected by Israel
The Israeli Peace Now Movement released data
on the Israeli policies regarding denying
construction permits for Palestinians living in area C,
which is under full Israeli Control, and revealed that
94% of construction permit applications filed by the
Palestinians are rejected by the so-called Civil
Administration Office, which is under the control
of the Israeli Army.
EU advisers to PA police seek $221
million for training, prisons
European Union advisers to Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas' police force are seeking a $221
million infusion of funds to step up training and
expand prisons as part of a Western-backed
security crackdown.
Worried Rice to discuss
Gaza with Olmert in Japan
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet with
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice while
both are in Japan next week. The meeting was
requested by Rice. It is particularly surprising
because Rice is due to come to Jerusalem for
a working visit the following week.
Iron Dome system found to be
helpless against Qassams
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was surprised to
learn last Sunday that the Iron Dome defense system,
which was approved last year and was supposed to
protect Israel's citizens against Qassam rockets, is
not capable of alleviating the distress of Sderot
inhabitants. "Recent tests found the system to be
effective against rockets fired from more than four
kilometers away, but not against those fired from
closer range," Haaretz noted that same day in its
lead story. Because Sderot is less than two kilometers
from Beit Hanun, from which the rockets are being
fired, Iron Dome will be helpless against them.
Palestinian photojournalist wins
international awards
Agence France Presse photojournalist Mahmoud
Al-Hams has won two prizes for his war
photography in international competitions in the US
and Japan.
Twilight Zone / Hitting them
in the pocket, By Gideon Levy
Abdeen is not alone. Last week, on the night
between February 11 and 12, the forces raided
most of the cities of the West Bank, shoving their
hands into the bulging pockets of the money
changers and taking whatever they found.
They took even the small change in their wives'
purses. In Hebron alone they raided six agencies.
The chair of the city's bureau of commerce, Hashem
Natsheh, says that this is a serious blow to the
economy of his city. "The damage will harm
both nations," he says, measuring his words.
Israel's unjust justice system
Israel claims ad nauseam that it is a democratic
state where the rule of law is supreme. However,
upon a closer scrutiny, it is abundantly clear that
Israel is a state where the law is utilized, often
scandalously, to serve Jewish fascism, which what
Israel is all about. Abraham Burg, the former Speaker
of the Israeli Knesset noted that "today's Israel rests
on foundations of oppression and injustice."
Arab Leaders Say the
Two-State Proposal Is in Peril
Arab leaders will threaten to rescind their offer
of full relations with Israel in exchange for a
complete Israeli withdrawal from occupied lands
unless Israel gives a positive response to their initiative,
indicating the Arab states' growing disillusionment with
the prospects of a two-state solution for the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Introducing Birthright Palestine
A project of the Palestine Center for National Strategic
Studies, Birthright Palestine "is meant to gather first
generation, western‐born Palestinians (over the age of
18‐years old) in their ancestral homeland, so that they
can reunite and witness firsthand how their brethren
are living under illegal Israeli military occupation.
Study: Digital gap
widens between Jews, Arabs
Internet use among Israeli Arabs much lower than
Israeli Jews, two new research works reveal.
Monopoly games after Jerusalem row
Monopoly, the iconic game of capitalism, has been
drawn into the dispute over Jerusalem. Monopoly
manufacturer Hasbro Inc. issued an apology
Thursday after an employee, responding to
complaints from pro-Palestinian groups,
eliminated the word Israel after the city in an
online contest to select names for a new
Monopoly board game: Monopoly Here and
Now: The World Edition.
Presidential Primaries 2008 /
McCain's unconditional support
for Israel likely to draw Jewish voters
WASHINGTON - A little while after the outbreak of
the Second Lebanon War, a group of Israelis visited
Senator John McCain in his office, armed with maps.
Among them was the IDF military attache, Major
General Dan Harel, and ambassador Danny Ayalon.
The maps were laid out, a briefing was made, and
McCain did not hesitate much at the end to declare
the just cause behind the Israeli offensive.
British troops executed 20 captives
in southern Iraq, say lawyers
This article was first published on guardian.co.uk
on Friday February 22 2008. It was last updated at
12:15 on February 22 2008. British troops may have
executed up to 20 captives in southern Iraq in 2004,
human rights lawyers claimed today. A dossier of
evidence from men taken captive after a gun battle
near the Iraqi town of Majat-al-Kabir in May 2004
also suggested soldiers tortured and mutilated captives.
The Water Cure, Debating torture and
counterinsurgency―a century ago
Many Americans were puzzled by the news, in 1902, that
United States soldiers were torturing Filipinos with water.
The United States, throughout its emergence as a world
power, had spoken the language of liberation, rescue, and
freedom. This was the language that, when coupled with
expanding military and commercial ambitions, had
helped launch two very different wars. The first had
been in 1898, against Spain, whose remaining empire
was crumbling in the face of popular revolts in two of its
colonies, Cuba and the Philippines. The brief campaign
was pitched to the American public in terms of freedom
and national honor (the U.S.S. Maine had blown up
mysteriously in Havana Harbor), rather than of sugar
and naval bases, and resulted in a formally independent
Cuba.
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