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02:02 AM Jun 22 2009 | Responder |
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This post, to shire the information and what is going on in the occupied land Palestine.
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07:12 PM Jul 03 2009 | Responder |
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Indonesia |
u know….your voice is so worth here…..
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01:06 AM Jul 04 2009 | Responder |
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01:07 AM Jul 04 2009 | Responder |
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Israel 'wantonly destroyed Gaza'
Israel inflicted "wanton destruction" in the Gaza Strip during its 22-day war on the coastal enclave in December and January, Amnesty International, the London-based human rights group has said. In a 117-page report released on Thursday, Amnesty cited evidence that Israeli troops put children and other civilians in harm's way "by forcing them to remain in or near houses which they took over and used as military positions". Accusing Israel of "breaching laws of war", Amnesty said: "Much of the destruction was wanton and deliberate, and was carried out in a manner and circumstances which indicated that it could not be justified on grounds of military necessity." The organisation also criticised Hamas, the movement in control of the territory, for rocket attacks on Israel, which it called "war crimes".
'Missing the point' Mark Regev, an Israeli government spokesman, told Al Jazeera: "Amnesty's report is problematic, it's based on very faulty methodology, it rehashes a lot of old stuff that was not confirmed and it misses the main point. In depth "This was that Israel, in responding to Hamas violence, tried to act as surgically as was humanly possible in a very difficult urban combat operation, while Hamas did exactly the opposite". The Israeli military said the report had "succumbed to the manipulations of the Hamas terror organisation". "Operation Cast Lead was a result of nine years of Hamas' unrelenting Qassam, Grad and mortar shell fire on more than a quarter of a million of Israel's citizens," a military statement said. Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesperson, also rejected Amnesty's accusations on Thursday, saying the report was "neither fair nor balanced". Barhoum said Hamas officials were not consulted before the publication of the report, which was "misleading" and ignored the size of destruction Israel caused. "This report equates the aggressor with the victim and ignores international laws that guarantee resistance against occupation," he said.
Laws 'violated' Widney Brown, the senior director for international law and policy at Amnesty International, told Al Jazeera on Wednesday: "What we have is, in both cases, both sides violating the laws of war. "These laws of war are intended to protect civilians and in this case neither side showed respect for the importance of protecting those civilians." Amnesty accused Hamas and other armed groups of endangering the lives of civilians in the Gaza Strip by operating near their homes. Although rockets fired by Palestinian fighters from Gaza rarely caused casualties, they often sowed fear and panic amongst Israeli citizens and their use was "indiscriminate and hence unlawful under international law," the report said. Amnesty said it found no evidence to support Israeli claims that Hamas fighters deliberately used civilians as "human shields" during the conflict. About 1,400 Palestinians were killed in Israel's Operation Cast Lead, including 300 children and hundreds of innocent civilians, according to the report. The figure is broadly in line with those from the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza and the independent Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.
Co-operation refused The Israeli military put the Palestinian death toll at 1,166 of whom 295 were civilians. Thirteen Israelis were killed, including three civilians, during the offensive Israel launched with the declared aim of curtailing cross-border rocket attacks. Israel and Hamas have both rejected accusations of war crimes. An inquiry conducted by the Israeli military found no evidence of crimes. Israel has refused to co-operate with a United Nations inquiry currently gathering evidence into the war. Israeli government officials said investigators were prejudiced against Israel from the outset. Geoffrey Robertson, a human rights barrister in London, told Al Jazeera: "In order to break this vicious cycle, it's necessary for both Hamas and Israel, instead of condemning Amnesty … to co-operate and learn from authoritative criticisms." |
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05:48 AM Jul 04 2009 | Responder |
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Indonesia |
PEOPLE CHANGE…. WORLD CHANGE….. IT'S TIME TO SPEAK UP…..!!!!! our voice is so worth….... |
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08:29 AM Jul 04 2009 | Responder |
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05:00 AM Jul 06 2009 | Responder |
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Gaza activists still in Israel jail
A number of foreign activists are still in detention in a Tel Aviv jail four days after the Israeli navy stopped their boat as they attempted to reach the Gaza Strip. Mairead Maguire, a Nobel peace prize winner, told Al Jazeera on Saturday that the activists had agreed to remain in detention until Israel agreed to free all of the activists. "We said that we were abducted as a group … and that we would not leave until everyone left and we were happy that all our equipment had been returned," she said. Israeli sailors boarded the Spirit of Humanity, a Greek-registered vessel, on Tuesday off the coast of Gaza and seized those on board. "They forcibly boarded the ship, detained all our passengers and illegally took them to Israel against their will. This is a kidnapping. This is the act of piracy at sea," Ramzi Kyzia, an activist from the Free Gaza Movement, told a news conference in Cyprus. In video Gaza activist talks to Al Jazeera from Israeli jail "The Israeli navy made the choice to come out and intercept us and forcibly board us and kidnap 21 international human rights workers and journalists." The activists, who were carrying humanitarian supplies, had set off from Cyprus in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, which prevents many basic supplies reaching the 1.5 million Palestinians in the territory. Among those detained with Maguire were Cynthia McKinney, a US congresswoman, and two Al Jazeera journalists. Yigal Palmor, the Israeli foreign minister, had said that those who signed an undertaking to return home voluntarily could be released immediately and repatriated on the first available flight. Deportation orders But Maguire told Al Jazeera that some of the activists were considering applying to extend their detention in order to mount a legal challenge against the actions of the Israeli authorities. "We have been issued with deportation orders which have expired today," she said. "We refuse to be criminalised because we wanted to go to the aid of the people of Gaza." Israel imposed the crippling blockade of the Gaza Strip in 2007 after the Hamas movement seized full control of the territory after pushing out Fatah security forces loyal to Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president. International calls for the siege to be eased have mounted since Israel fought a 22-day offensive in the territory in December and January, increasing the hardships faced by the Gazans. Israel said that the war was aimed at ending rocket attacks by Palestinian fighters.
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05:01 AM Jul 06 2009 | Responder |
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12:41 AM Jul 11 2009 | Responder |
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Israelis abduct 2 wall protesters
Israeli forces have abducted two Palestinian civilians during raids on non-violent protests in the Occupied West Bank villages of Bil'in and Ni'lin. Last Friday, Israeli soldiers attacked the Palestinian villagers, along with the international and Israeli peace advocates, who had joined them during their weekly protest against the Apartheid Wall. The attacks took place in the village of Bil'in near the central West Bank city of Ramallah and Ni'lin, which lies west of Ramallah. The protesters marched towards the construction site and were welcomed by rubber-coated bullets and tear gas fired by Israeli troops. Scores were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation. During the attack, the troops captured two civilians. The protesters demanded a halt to the building of illegal Israeli settlements, as well as the construction of the wall. On Thursday, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, Richard Falk, called on the Israeli prime minister to stop construction of the now seven-year old Apartheid Wall in the West Bank. "Tear down that wall, Mr. Netanyahu", said Falk. He made the comments at a conference in The Hague on the fifth anniversary of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) issuance of the Advisory Opinion, which denounced Tel Aviv's erection of the 723-kilometer (449-mile) barrier as illegal. "There will be no peace between these two peoples until Israel shows respect for Palestinian rights under international law," said Falk, who added that a good place to start would be with the wall. MSH/TGN/DT Israeli forces have kidnapped two Palestinian civilians during their raids on the weekly non-violent protests in the West Bank villages of Bil'in and Ni'lin. Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian villagers along with their international and Israeli peace supporters during the weekly protest against the Apartheid Wall in the villages of Bil'in near the central West Bank city of Ramallah and in Ni'lin ,west of Ramallah on Friday. The protesters marched towards the construction site and were welcomed by rubber-coated bullets and tear gas fired by Israeli troops. The protesters demanded the halt of Israeli illegal settlement activities and construction of the wall. On Thursday, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, called on the Israeli prime minister to cease the construction of the now 7-year old wall in the West Bank. "Tear down that wall, Mr. Netanyahu", said Falk. He made the comments in The Hague at a conference on the fifth anniversary of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) issuance of the Advisory Opinion which denounced Tel Aviv's erection of the 723-kilometer (449-mile) barrier as illegal. "There will be no peace between these two peoples until Israel shows respect for Palestinian rights under international law," said Falk. "And a good place to start would be with the wall," he added. |
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12:42 AM Jul 11 2009 | Responder |
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Algeria |
Gaza-bound aid expires while awaiting entry permit
Egypt says it will destroy a large amount of humanitarian aid which contains tainted and expired supplies meant for the besieged people of Gaza. Egyptian officials announced on Friday that the aid consignments included food items, pesticide and medicine which were expired while the shipment awaited Israel's permission t al-Quja border crossing, Ma'an news agency reported. The authorities also said they discovered four tunnels between Egypt and Gaza in the Salah Al-Deeb. Officials also confiscated goods stored in a warehouse in al-Arish claiming that they were set to be smuggled into the Gaza Strip. The seized goods included clothes, blankets and a number of large vessels filled with food. A man was also arrested in connection with the case. Israel toughened its blockade on the populated strip since Hamas took the control of the coastal sliver. Aid agencies have warned that the area, home to almost two million people, is facing a humanitarian crisis. |
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12:43 AM Jul 11 2009 | Responder |
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UN to Israel: Tear down that wall
UN human rights investigator, Richard Falk A United Nations human rights investigator calls on the Israeli leadership to cease the construction of the now 7-year old Apartheid Wall in the West Bank. "Tear down that wall, Mr. Netanyahu," said the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, Richard Falk on Thursday addressing the Israeli prime minister, UN News Center reported. He made the comments in The Hague at a conference on the fifth anniversary of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) issuance of the Advisory Opinion which denounced Tel Aviv's erection of the 723-kilometer (449-mile) barrier as illegal. "There will be no peace between these two peoples until Israel shows respect for Palestinian rights under international law," said Falk. "And a good place to start would be with the wall," he added. In 2002, the Zionist regime started building the barrier in the West Bank village of Ni'lin, arrogating vast expanses of Palestinian land under the pretext of "protecting" Israeli settlers from "terrorist attacks" by the Palestinian resistance movements. In comparison, the Berlin wall was only 155 kilometers in length. In response to Falk, the Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a statement claiming that the ICJ's "attack" was a result of "a politically-motivated maneuver." "Israel cannot accept this politicization of the Court… If there were no terrorism, there would be no fence," said the statement. "Israel calls on the international community not to lend its hand to the ongoing Palestinian attempts to use international forums to avoid fulfilling their own commitment to fight terrorism." |
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