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Scritto da Jeremiah Haber
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Venerdì 27 Agosto 2010 20:12 |
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The Magnes Zionist, August 24, 1010
So what were the charges against Abdallah Abu Rahmah, the internationally-known organizer of the Bil'in protest, that stuck? Exonerated of stone-throwing and weapons possession (a charge that even John Stewart in his wildest satire could not have concocted), he was convicted for "incitement" and "organizing illegal demonstrations."
As the statement below reports, incitement is defined, under Israel military law, as "the attempt, verbally or otherwise, to influence public opinion in the Area in a way that may disturb the public peace or public order." Forget for a moment that the evidence was gathered from minors arrested in the middle of the night. Since any protest against the expropriation of land in the Occupied Territories (by Arabs; Jewish settlers, under the system of Hafradah, are not tried in military courts) can be interpreted as IPSO FACTO disturbing the public peace or public order (what public peace or public order? These protests are in Palestinian villages), the law, in effect, bans all Palestinian protest. And if you organize a non-violent protest, you can sit in jail for up to ten years.
What is an illegal protest under Israeli military law? A gathering of 11 people without a permit from the military commander. Note that Abu Rahmah was not charged or convicted with organizing a violent protest, or a protest in which stones are thrown. Just a protest.
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Scritto da Haidar Eid
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Martedì 24 Agosto 2010 08:11 |
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The Electronic Intifada, 9 August 2010
  Words without Borders initiative does not explicitly oppose the many borders that exist for Palestinians under occupation. (Khaleel Reash/MaanImages)
Because I am a Palestinian, I do not have the option of "crossing borders" like Van der Vliet Oloomi and Morgenstern. Along with the other 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza, my horizons are confined to this narrow strip of land. If we in Gaza were Jews, then under Israel's racist system, we would not only be invited back to our homes throughout historic Palestine, but provided all sorts of subsidies, housing and support. This mass imprisonment of 1.5 million human beings, most of us refugees, just because we are the "wrong" religion, finds precedents only in the darkest chapters of human history.
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Scritto da Michele Giorgio - JENIN
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Domenica 22 Agosto 2010 02:22 |
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il Manifesto, 21 agosto 2010 (in ultima)
Lo schermo si è illuminato dopo 23 anni nella città palestinese dove avvenne il massacro del 2002. Una rassegna di tre giorni dedicata al conflitto ha inaugurato la nuova sala, «ma io al cinema cerco lo svago» dice Fayez Natour, cinefilo della prima ora. Un invito a proiettare «buoni film» che facciano sognare
 PARTICOLARE DELLA LOCANDINA
A Fayez Natour è sempre piaciuto il cinema. Lo frequentava tanto da ragazzo, quasi sempre per ammirare il coraggio di «Tarazan» (Tarzan) e ascoltare il suo celebre urlo. «Da adulto guardavo i film di Asmahan (un'attrice siriana drusa morta a 26 anni in circostanza misteriose, forse perché implicata in operazioni di spionaggio, ndr). Erano pellicole vecchie, degli anni '40, ma le trovano appassionanti», aggiunge Natour, 69 anni, che durante la sua vita non ha conosciuto molto oltre la sua città, Jenin, e i villaggi vicini. «Come i miei concittadini sono passato di occupazione in occupazione, dagli inglesi agli israeliani. In passato andare in gita a Gerusalemme era un privilegio, oggi è diventato impossibile», aggiunge l'anziano palestinese.
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Scritto da PCHR
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Venerdì 20 Agosto 2010 05:02 |
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Annual Report 2009, 3 June 2010
Efforts to Create a Jewish Demographic Majority in Jerusalem
The Israeli government and its occupation forces have continued settlement activities in East Jerusalem and its sub- urbs in an effort to create a Jewish majority in the city. They have cut off the city from its Palestinian hinterland in the West Bank, constructed new sections of the Annexation Wall and continued activities of settlement expansion inside and around the city. The Israeli Municipality of Jerusalem has continued to demolish Palestinian houses under the pretext of unlicensed construction.
In addition to such illegal practices, the Israeli Ministry of Interior continued to cancel the permanent residence of Palestinians in the city. The Israeli daily newspaper Ha’aretz reported on 2 December 2009, that in 2008, Israel cancelled the permanent residency status of 4,577 Palestinians, and in 2009, this policy was practiced at a similar pace.
In 2009, IOF, through the Municipality of Jerusalem, continued to demolish Palestinian houses throughout the city and its suburbs, claiming unlicensed construction as the reason. The municipality continued to impose prolonged and complicated procedures on Palestinian civilians who attempt to obtain construction licenses. Many Palestinians are under pressure to build new houses or expand existing homes due to natural growth, and thus do so without obtaining licenses. IOF, through the Municipality of Jerusalem, the Ministry of Housing, the Ministry of Interior and settlement associations, approved the construction of thousands of housing units for Israeli settlers inside and around the city. PCHR stresses that Israeli practices in Jerusalem are illegal and that the Municipality of Jerusalem discriminates in its approach to issuing building licenses to the Palestinian population. According to a report prepared by the EU Consuls General in East Jerusalem, Silwan village, for example, has obtained only 20 building licenses since 1967, and Palestinians living in Jerusalem obtain only 200 building licenses annually, while their actual need requires more than 1,500 permits.
Additionally, IOF have continued to impose severe restrictions on activities of Palestinian NGOs in Jerusalem, claiming that they are linked with Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and/or the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), even though the identity and activities of those NGOs are clear. Measures by IOF included raiding the offices of NGOs and prohibiting or closing down official and public meetings even if they were of a social nature, claiming that such activities are linked with the PLO or the PNA.
IOF have further continued to violate Palestinian religious rights by denying access to religious sites in the city, and continued excavations in the vicinity of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Palestinian women wait to pass through a checkpoint near Bethlehem in order to travel to Jerusalem to pray at al-Aqsa Mosque.
(...) Torture and Ill-Treatment
In the majority of cases of detention in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip against members of the Hamas and
Fatah movements, respectively, detainees were subjected to several methods of torture and ill-treatment. Such methods included: insults; beating using batons, sharp tools, feet and hands; tying the feet and hands to a chair and beating with batons or wires; and other methods. PCHR received many complaints from Palestinians who had been detained by the two governments in Gaza and Ramallah, stating that they were subjected to various methods of torture and ill-treatment. In many cases, detainees were taken to hospitals as they had been subjected to extreme torture in detention centers.
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