"The fence does not solve the basic underlying causes of the conflict. That's why I am unhappy with it," Williams said.
It was not just the present route of the barrier that he opposed. Rather, barriers between populations were inherently problematic, he said.
This is not the first time that Williams, the spiritual head of the 77-million member Anglican Communion, has voiced criticism of the security barrier or of Israeli policy regarding Palestinians.
Potremmo raccontarvi ancora di incontri fatti e testimonianze raccolte oltre all'ultimo report da Nablus, dai coraggiosi Rabbini per i Diritti Umani agli israeliani dell'ICHAD che ricostruiscono le case dei palestinesi illegalmente demolite dal governo israeliano.
Potremmo farvi partecipi dello sgomento nostro, del dolore di Andrea, delle ore tragiche e difficili che abbiamo condiviso insieme. Perché quello che è accaduto è inaudito, ti lascia attonito. Ti fa paura, ti fa sentire impotente e così fragile.
Ma quello che è accaduto ad Andrea succede ogni giorno in terra di Palestina. Senza motivo, senza logica. Migliaia e migliaia di feriti in questi anni hanno gridato come noi, come Andrea: "perché?". A loro, raramente è giunta solidarietà dal mondo di fuori.
E allora, anche oggi, preferiamo ancora una volta usare la nostra voce per 'scucire la bocca' al popolo palestinese, oppresso e umiliato dall'occupazione militare. Vogliamo liberare il grido disperato degli abitanti del piccolo villaggio di QUSSA, a sud-est di Hebron, lungo il muro in costruzione. L'OCHA, Ufficio delle Nazioni Unite per il coordinamento degli affari umanitari, ci chiede di far conoscere l'ennesimo sopruso attuato in questi ultimi giorni dall'esercito: le ruspe hanno raggiunto il villaggio e hanno raso al suolo le poverissime abitazioni delle sue 25 famiglie. I funzionari delle Nazioni Unite hanno assistito impotenti a quest'ultima aggressione tesa a spostare definitivamente il villaggio. L'IDF è arrivato con alcune guardie private e i mezzi militari "sono penetrati nella foresta vicina per cercare le pecore degli abitanti. Essendo il periodo delle nascite degli agnelli, e' stato scioccante -riporta Cristina Graziani che ha tradotto e diffuso l'appello- vedere come le jeep inseguivano gli animali, sapendo che ciò causerà aborti e, da ultimo, un disastro finanziario". Rappresentanti dell'ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) e dell'OCHA non sono riusciti nemmeno a convincere l'autorità israeliana a concedere agli abitanti un po' di tempo per prendere le loro cose (il mangime per gli animali, le cisterne dell'acqua, i rimorchi, ecc).
È per questo che, mentre lasciamo la Palestina, chiediamo anche a voi, che ci avete espresso tanta solidarietà tra gli ulivi insanguinati di Bil'in, di non lasciare soli questi nostri fratelli e sorelle che, a Qussa come in tutti i Territori Occupati, continuano ad essere derubati delle loro terra e del loro futuro. Che non solo sono lasciati soli a curarsi le ferite inflitte dall'occupante, ma che incessantemente vengono costretti dallo stesso a lasciare le loro case, i loro campi, il loro lavoro, i loro affetti.
The match was scheduled for Singapore on Sunday, but the Palestinian team failed to show, provoking Singapore coach Raddy Avramovic into slamming his opponents as unprofessional and for FIFA to award the match to Singapore. “We are asking FIFA to re-timetable the match and help us get Israeli permits,” said Jamal Zaqut, an official from the Palestinian federation. The Palestinian team, he said, were due to arrive in Singapore on Oct 23 but were not given the necessary Israeli permits to leave the Gaza Strip.
1. PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their legal and moral obligations under Article 1 of the Convention to ensure Israel's respect for the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. PCHR believes that the conspiracy of silence practiced by the international community has encouraged Israel to act as if it is above the law and encourages Israel continue to violate international human rights and humanitarian law.
2. PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to convene a conference to take effective steps to ensure Israel's respect of the Convention in the OPT and to provide immediate protection for Palestinian civilians.
3. PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to comply with its legal obligations detailed in Article 146 of the Convention to search for and prosecute those responsible for grave breaches, namely war crimes.
4. PCHR calls for the immediately implementation of the Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice, which considers the construction of the Annexation Wall inside the West Bank illegal.
5. PCHR recommends international civil society organizations, including human rights organizations, bar associations and NGOs to participate in the process of exposing those accused of grave breaches of international law and to urge their governments to bring these people to justice.
6. PCHR calls upon the European Union to activate Article 2 of the Euro-Israel Association Agreement, which provides that Israel must respect human rights as a precondition for economic cooperation between the EU states and Israel. PCHR further calls upon the EU states to prohibit import of goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the OPT.
7. PCHR calls on the international community to recognize the Gaza disengagement plan, which was implemented last year, for what it is - not an end to occupation but a compounding of the occupation and the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
8. In recognition of ICRC as the guardian of the Fourth Geneva Convention, PCHR calls upon the ICRC to increase its staff and activities in the OPT, including the facilitation of family visitations to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
9. PCHR appreciates the efforts of international civil society, including human rights organizations, bar associations, unions and NGOs, and urges them to continue their role in pressuring their governments to secure Israel's respect for human rights in the OPT and to end its attacks on Palestinian civilians.
10. PCHR calls upon the international community to pressure Israel to lift the severe restrictions imposed by the Israeli government and its occupation forces on access for international organizations to the OPT.
11. PCHR reiterates that any political settlement not based on international human rights law and humanitarian law cannot lead to a peaceful and just solution of the Palestinian question. Rather, such an arrangement can only lead to further suffering and instability in the region. Any peace agreement or process must be based on respect for international law, including international human rights and humanitarian law.
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· 15 Palestinians were killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip.
· The victims include a disabled civilian and 4 policemen.
· A Palestinian from Nablus died from a previous wound.
· 29 Palestinians, including 9 children, 2 women, an old man, a journalist and human rights defender, were wounded by IOF.
· IOF conducted 37 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 12 ones into the Gaza Strip.
· IOF arrested 78 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children and 2 women, in the West Bank and one in the Gaza Strip.
· IOF razed at least 32 donums[1] of agricultural land in the Gaza Strip.
· IOF destroyed a complete community near Hebron and forced Palestinian civilians to move to the east of the Wall.
· IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT.
· IOF have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world and a humanitarian crisis has emerged.
· IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall inside the West Bank.
· IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attacks Palestinian civilians and property.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law continued in the OPT during the reporting period (25 – 31 October 2007):
Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF killed 15 Palestinians, including a disabled civilian, in the Gaza Strip, and a 16th Palestinian from Nablus died from a previous wound. IOF also wounded 29 others, including 9 children, 2 woman, an old man, a journalists and human rights defender, in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF killed 15 Palestinians, including a disabled civilian and 4 policemen, and wounded 29 others, including 5 children and 2 women and an old man. In the West Bank a Palestinian died on 30 October 2007 from a previous wound he had sustained on 16 October 2007. Six civilians, including 4 children, were also wounded by IOF. Three of these civilians (a Palestinian child, an Italian journalist and an Italian human rights activist) were wounded when IOF used force to disperse a peaceful demonstration organized by Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights defenders in protest to the construction of the Wall in Bal’ein village, west of Ramallah.
Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 37 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During those incursions, IOF arrested 78 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children and 2 women. Thus, the number of Palestinians arrested by IOF in the West Bank since the beginning of this year has mounted to 2,261.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted 12 incursions into Palestinian communities. During those incursions, IOF troops killed a number of Palestinians, transformed a number of houses into military sites, arrested one Palestinian civilian and razed 32 donums of agricultural land.
Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
Gaza Strip
IOF have continued to close all border crossings of the Gaza Strip for nearly 16 months. The total siege imposed by IOF on the Gaza Strip has left disastrous impacts on the humanitarian situation and has violated the economic and social rights of the Palestinian civilian population, particularly the rights to appropriate living conditions, health and education. It has also paralyzed most economic sectors. Furthermore, severe restrictions have been imposed on the movement of the Palestinian civilian population. Moreover, the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip has severely impacted the flow of food, medical supplies and other necessities such as fuel, construction materials and raw materials for various economic sectors. IOF have further tightened the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip since Hamas’ takeover of the Gaza Strip, and the living and economic conditions of Palestinian civilians have further deteriorated. During the reporting period, the Israeli government declared the Gaza Strip as “an enemy entity,” which implies imposing more restrictions and measures of collective punishment against the Palestinian civilian population. On 19 September 2007, the Israeli government declared the Gaza Strip as “an enemy entity” and accordingly measures of collective punishment against Gaza escalated. Since that time, IOF have limited the goods exported to the Gaza Strip to only 9 basic materials. As a consequence, local markets ran out of many goods, which caused a sharp increase in prices, which mounted to 500% for some goods. Israeli occupation forces have banned the flow of some medicines, furniture, electrical appliances, cows and cigarettes into the Gaza Strip, and have decreased the amounts of some goods allowed into the Gaza Strip, such as fruits, milk and some dairy products. IOF have also continued to impose severe restrictions on fishing in the Gaza Strip.
West Bank
IOF have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians to and from Jerusalem. Thousands of Palestinian civilians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have been denied access to the city. IOF have established many checkpoints around and inside the city. Restrictions of the movement of Palestinian civilians often escalate on Fridays to prevent them from praying at the al-Aqsa Mosque. IOF often violently beat Palestinian civilians who attempt to bypass checkpoints and enter the city. IOF have also tightened the siege imposed on Palestinian communities in the West Bank. They have isolated Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank. IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. IOF also erected more checkpoints on the main roads and intersections in the West Bank.
Annexation Wall: IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall inside the West Bank. on Tuesday, 30 October 2007, IOF, accompanied by bulldozers, moved into Kherbet Qussa area, northwest of Hebron, which is isolated behind the Wall. They opened fire into the air. They then demolished 15 houses, 12 caves and 27 barnyards. At least 250 Palestinian civilians have become homeless, and IOF forced them to leave the area.
Settlement Activities: Israeli settlers living in the OPT in violation of international humanitarian law have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property. On Friday, 26 October 2007, IOF informed 7 Palestinian civilians in Hares village, west of Salfit, that their houses, in which at least 30 individuals live, would be demolished, claming that they were built without licenses. On the same day, 5 Israeli settlers from “Ramat Yishai” settlement in Tal Rumaida neighborhood in the center of Hebron attacked a nearby house belonging to Mohammed Hamed Abu ‘Eisha with stones and empty bottles.
[1] 1 donum is equal to 1000 square meters.Israeli Violations Documented during the Reporting Period (25 – 31 October 2007)
La Società ha accusato l'esercito israeliano di eseguire "pratiche illegali contro il popolo palestinese e i minori" e ha aggiunto che i bambini palestinesi costituiscono un bersaglio continuo delle violenze israeliane.
Dal settembre 2000, l'esercito israeliano ha sequestrato oltre 7000 cittadini, tra cui bambini che ancora si trovano in prigione, in condizioni disumane, aggrediti, assaltati ripetutamente.
Ai minori sono impedite le visite dei legali, non viene fornito loro cibo sufficiente e decente, e sono imprigionati in celle con adulti israeliani detenuti per crimini. I ragazzini sono vittime di violenze di ogni genere, anche sessuali.
La Società ha lanciato un appello alle organizzazioni umanitarie e per i diritti umani affinché intervengano per porre fine alle pratiche illegali, disumane e contrarie al diritto internazionale attuate contro i prigionieri palestinesi, in particolare, i bambini.
(Info: www.dci-pal.org/english/camp/freedom/display.cfm?docid=243&categoryid=14)
(Traduction de l'hébreu : Michel Ghys)
Source traduction : Palestine Solidarité
http://www.palestin
The Center’s preliminary investigation indicates that at approximately 21:40 on 30 October 2007, Israeli war planes fired 2 rockets at a police station in the town of
- Maher Shehda Abu Teir (25).
- Bilal Ibrahim Awwad (22).
- Ismail Suliman Qudeih (23).
- Mahmoud Jamal Radwan (21).
PCHR expresses great concern over the continued escalation of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF), and:
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Questi stessi giovani, che per arrivare qui ogni mattina sono costretti ad affrontare le umiliazioni delle lunghe attese e delle modalita’ di controllo del tutto arbitrarie ai check point , gestiscono e animano i centri giovanili all’interno dei campi profughi e si impegnano nelle varie associazioni di volontariato che troviamo in tante citta e villaggi.
Davvero forte e’ l’impegno per l’educazione alla pace nella societa’ palestinese. Nassar, che incontriamo al centro di Ta’awon a Ramallah, ci illustra programmi e progetti volti a diffondere la cultura della nonviolenza. Anche noi, come tanti altri, palestinesi, israeliani e internazionali, sentiamo profondamente nostra la scelta nonviolenta; ecco perche’ eravamo tutti a Bil’in.
Siamo convinti che nonostante tutto, questa sia l’unica strada percorribile contro una logica di arroganza e violenza che quel venerdi 26 ottobre ci ha colpiti direttamente nella sua forma piu brutale.
Il piccolo Ramzi, che tirava pietre contro i carri armati durante la prima Intifada, lo incontriamo oggi al centro Al Kamandjati di Ramallah, scuola di musica che ha fondato per i bambini e i giovani dei campi profughi.
La resistenza di un popolo oppresso può esprimersi anche attraverso la musica, che diventa anch’essa una scelta di nonviolenza.
Ma questa resistenza nonviolenta e’ vissuta soprattutto nella vita quotidiana di tutti...
Ad Hebron, dove vivono 200.000 palestinesi, oppressi da 400 coloni che hanno occupato le loro case proprio nel cuore della citta’ con circa 2.000 soldati a loro protezione, anche solo tenere aperta la saracinesca di un bar e’ una forma di resistenza e di lotta nonviolenta.
E noi che qui abbiamo avuto l’opportunita’ di vederla vi invitiamo a condividere con noi questa riflessione:
- cosa faremmo noi se ogni mattina per poter raggiungere il posto di lavoro o accompagnare i nostri figli a scuola fossimo costretti a rimanere per lungo tempo in fila senza sapere quando potremo passare?
- come ci sentiremmo se avendo un appuntamento importante, il soldato che ci ha chiesto i documenti li trattenesse arbitrariamente mentre con tutta tranquillita’ parla al telefono o beve il caffe’ o fa qualunque altra cosa, facendoci sentire che cio’ che per noi e’ importante non conta piu nulla?
- cosa faremmo se ad un check point vedessimo un anziano costretto a rimanere in piedi per ore sotto il sole senza che nessuno si preoccupi di lui; o un’ambulanza che trasporta feriti o malati bloccata e sottoposta ai controlli che prevedono anche che gli stessi siano fatti uscire dal mezzo, facendo perdere tempo prezioso e mettendo a rischio la loro vita?
- cosa faremmo se il check point fosse solo uno dei tanti soprusi che siamo costretti a subire quotidianamente, rendendo la nostra vita impossibile?...
Gerusalemme, 30 ottobre 2007
Jerusalem Post. 29.10.07. Menahem Mazuz, procureur général de l'Etat, a décidé que le plan actuel quiconsiste à couper l'approvisionnement en eau et en autres services vitaux à la bande de Gaza ne devait pas être appliqué tant qu'un mécanisme qui empêche une « punition collective » des Palestiniens ne serait pas trouvé. La bande de Gaza dépend d'Israël pour la totalité de son fioul et pour la moitié de son électricité [About 120 megawatts out of the 200 megawatts of electricity used annually in Gaza are bought from and supplied by Israel directly. A further 17 megawatts are supplied by Egypt, while 65 megawatts is produced by a power station in Gaza.BBC].
Cette décision a été prise ce lundi lors d'une réunion avec des représentants du ministère de la défense.
Cette réunion a eu lieu en réaction à une action en justice auprès de la Haute cour de justice, à l'initiative de plusieurs organisations pour les droits de l¹homme. Cette action a été rejetée, mais la Cour a donné 5 jours à l'Etat pour réagir (Ha'aretz, même date).
D'après une information diffusée par la chaîne de télévision 10, Mazuz a insisté pour que l'armée conçoive d'abord un système qui garantisse qu'aucune crise humanitaire ne se produise. L'une des suggestions envisagées consisterait à avertir les hôpitaux de Gaza d'une action à venir, afin de leur donner le temps de mettre en marche leurs générateurs.
Dimanche, Israël avait commencé à baisser ses livraisons de fioul à la bande de Gaza, dans le cadre des sanctions approuvées la semaine dernière par le ministre de la défense Ehoud Barak, suite à l'escalade récente de tirs de roquettes.
Traduction: Gérard pour La Paix Maintenant
(http://www.lapaixmaintenant.org/communique1702)
At approximately 8.45am the IOF opened machinegun FIRE at a nearby residential area injuring 44-year-old Adnan Mahmoud Yousif, who was near his house in An-Nada neighborhood, northwest Beit Hanoun. At approximately 9.20am an Israeli helicopter gunship fired a missile that landed in the western entrance of
In the same context, at approximately 1.30am on 29 October 2007, eight Israeli armored vehicles entered as deep as 1.5 kilometers into the Karem Abu Mu'aammar area east of the southern
According to Al Mezan's fieldworker, at approximately 1am on Sunday 28 October 2007, ten Israeli armored vehicles entered 500 meters deep west the borderline in Wadi As-Salqa village in the east of middle-Gaza town of Deir Al Balah. IOF broke into a three-story house owned by 53-year-old Hussein Ibrahim Abu Mghissib and used it as a military post. At approximately 8.30am the IOF opened fire injuring 22-year-old Ahmad Awad Al Amour with shrapnel to his chest, and 45-year-old Thurayya Muhammad Abu Mghissib with live bullets to her leg and her left arm. IOF withdrew from this area at approximately 5pm on the same day.
- 258,000 liters of fuel used for the operation of the power plant;
- 213,000 liters of diesel;
- 90,000 liters of benzene (for two days);
- 240,000 tons of cooking gas.
