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<<Israel will become a 'pariah'
over Gaza 'genocide', UN rights experts say
United Nations rights rapporteurs also slammed the
'double standards' of countries that support Israel's
devastating war on Gaza.
and
Food for thought:
If you, dear reader, expect more reports about the
genocidal killings of
innocent children do not read further because you know
the media is
full of it. Still, knowing is not enough, civil action
to stop it is needed!
Speak out and scream no to the genocide.
Gino d'Artali
and still yes do find more killing reports and other
actual news below
or find your answers below in the actual news
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September 14 - 12, 2024
Food for thought:
If one wonders or asks if I'm an anti-zionist
then my answer is that I'm a humanist first
and the genocidal war by the israelis
against the Palestines indeed makes me an anti-zionist
with my hand on my heart.
Gino d'Artali
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September
and earler, 2024 |
Additional
stories of utmost interest:
August 28, 2024:
<<Creating hope for Gaza's student
doctors amid Israeli bombardment...
August 20, 2024:
<<Palestinians are being
dehumanised to justify occupation and genocide...
and
August 18, 2024
<<Solidarity with Palestine must
be about decolonisation, not just ceasefire...
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When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da
qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so
called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.
41,252 Palestinians killed
Jinha - Womens News Agency - Sept 17 , 2024
<<41,252 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
At least 41,252 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on the
Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Gaza's health ministry said in a
statement on Tuesday.
News Center- Death toll in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since
October 7,2023 has kept rising.
At least 41,252 Palestinians have been killed and 95,497 others injured
in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Gaza's
health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
At least 26 Palestinians were killed and 84 others injured in Israeli
attacks in the last 24 hours, the ministry added, stressing that there
are many bodies under rubble and on the roadsides and the civil defense
crews cannot reach them due to ongoing Israeli attacks.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/41-252-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-35682?page=1
Al Jazeera - Sept 17, 2024
<<Video: This baby with cancer can't get treatment in Gaza or travel
abroad
Six-month-old Atef Tayeh from Gaza was diagnosed with cancer just a few
months into his life but he can’t get treatment there or travel abroad
due to Israel's war and its closure of the border.>>
View the video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/9/17/video-this-baby-with-cancer-cant-get-treatment-in-gaza-or-travel-abroad
710 infants killed
Jinha - Womens News Agency - Sept 17 , 2024 - by FADIA JUMAA
<<710 infants killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza identified
Gaza's health ministry has released the names of 34,344 Palestinians
killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip from October 7, 2023 to
August 31, 2024. 710 infants are among them.
News Center- The Gaza's health ministry has released a 649-page document
that lists the names, ages, gender and ID numbers of 34,344 Palestinians
killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip from October 7, 2023 to
August 31, 2024. The document lists 11,355 children, including 710
infants under the age of one year old, who have been killed in Israeli
attacks. At least 6,297 Palestinian women are among the killed,
according to the ministry. The list reveals that 60% of the victims were
women, children, and the elderly. The list also includes the names of
2,734 Palestinians over the age of 60. The ministry can only identify
the dead bodies transferred to hospitals while there are many bodies
under rubble and the civil defense crews cannot reach them due to
ongoing Israeli attacks.
At least 41,226 Palestinians, including 6,795 children and 11,378 women,
have been killed and 95,413 others injured in Israeli attacks on the
Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the ministry said in a statement on
Monday.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/710-infants-killed-in-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-identified-35680?page=1
Amal Khalil
Jinha - Womens News Agency - Sept 17 , 2024 - by FADIA JUMAA
<<Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil: I am not afraid of Israeli threats
"I am not afraid of Israel's threats," said Lebanese journalist Amal
Khalili, stressing that she would continue to report the war crimes
committed by Israel despite receiving Israeli death threats
Lebanon- Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon
continue. Israel often targets journalists to prevent them from
reporting the truth.
Journalist received a death threat
Amal Khalil, a Lebanese journalist Al Akhbara, daily Arabic language
newspaper based in Beirut, has been covering the war in southern
Lebanon. She received a death threat message sent from an Israeli
number. In a statement, Joseph Al-Qassifi, the head of the Lebanese
Press Editors' Syndicate, condemned the Israeli threat against Lebanese
journalist Amal Khalil, stressing that the death threat is a violation
of international conventions protecting journalists. "On behalf of the
Syndicate Council and myself, we are bringing this matter to the General
Union of Arab Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists
and relevant international bodies, so they are aware of what the
Zionists are planning against every journalist performing their
professional duty, shedding light on the deliberate crimes of the
Israeli war machine against civilians in Gaza, the West Bank, and
southern Lebanon. This issue will be monitored closely."
'Israel has killed many journalists'
"On August 25, about three weeks ago, I received a message sent from an
Israeli number saying, 'We know where you are, where you and your family
live. If you want your head to remain attached to your body, you must
leave Lebanon.' Israel has targeted and killed many journalists in
southern Lebanon, including Issam Abdallah, since Israel started a war
on the Gaza Strip on October 7," said Amal Khalil in an interview with
NuJINHA. "Two Israeli shells targeted a gathering of reporters in the
town of Yaroun on the Lebanese border in November 2023. I was one of the
reporters attending that gathering. I documented the attack. Two weeks
later, an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed two journalists
reporting for the Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV."
Israel has targeted journalists and threatened them to leave the south
since the beginning of the war, Amal Khalil said. "Despite all the
threats, we journalists never leave southern Lebanon. We keep doing
journalism along with many of our colleagues, who are determined to stay
in southern Lebanon."
'I will keep doing journalism'
Drones often fly over our heads, Amal Khalil noted while talking about
their working conditions. "Despite Israeli bombardments, air strikes and
dangerous conditions, we do our best to report what has been going on in
southern Lebanon. We know that the enemy will not hesitate to target us.
I know I may be targeted, but they will not stop me from doing my
profession. The threat messages of the enemy will never intimidate my
colleagues and me. I am not afraid of Israeli threats." >>
Source incl. video here:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil-i-am-not-afraid-of-israeli-threats-35677
Al Jazeera - Sept 17, 2024 - By Federica Marsi and Usaid Siddiqui
<<Israel war on Gaza live – Over 11,000 students killed in Gaza, WB:
Ministry
Four people killed and many feared trapped after Israeli forces bombed
the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, rescuers say. The Palestinian
Education Ministry says more than 11,000 students killed in Gaza and
West Bank since October 7. Israeli PM Netanyahu has announced expanded
war goals to include the return of residents to the Lebanese border.>>
Read more and view video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/9/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-38-killed-as-israel-risks-becoming-pariah
France 24 - Sept 16, 2024 - By: Anaelle JONAH
<<Israeli military recruits African asylum-seekers for war in Gaza
The Israeli military has reportedly been recruiting African
asylum-seekers to support its war efforts in Gaza, offering promises of
permanent residency in return. But refugee advocacy groups say they have
reason to doubt that asylum seekers are receiving what was promised.
Israeli media reported on Sunday that the government has been recruiting
African asylum-seekers for the war in Gaza in return for being given
permanent residency in Israel. Military sources, speaking to Israel's <Haaretz>
news outlet, confirmed that the recruitment was being organised <with
legal guidance from defense establishment advisers> but the manner in
which the recruits will be used has not been made public. Approximately
30,000 asylum-seekers, most from Sudan and Eritrea, resided in Israel as
of 2020 but fewer than 1% of asylum claims are approved, according to
Shira Abbo, director of public policy at Hotline for Refugees and
Migrants, Israel's leading refugee advocacy organisation. The UN's 1951
Refugee Convention states that a refugee is someone who a host state or
international body recognises as not being able to return to a home
country due to a "well-founded fear of being persecuted". In contrast,
an asylum seeker is someone still awaiting that recognition. "For many,
their requests are not denied but pending for five, 10 years or more,
leaving them in legal limbo," Abbo said. The war that erupted between
Israel and Hamas after the attacks of October 7, in which three asylum
seekers were among more than 1,100 killed, set off a wave of
volunteerism among those living and working in Israel. Many asylum
seekers, desperate to solidify their legal status, offered to enlist in
civilian command centres and agricultural work. It was then, according
to Haaretz, that military officials saw an opportunity to leverage this
desire.
'A life-or-death war for Israel'
One asylum seeker, identified only as "A" by Haaretz, shared his
experience. Having arrived in Israel at the age of 16, he sought to
integrate into society by joining the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). At
the start of the war, someone claiming to be a police officer instructed
him over the phone to report immediately to a security facility. "They
told me they were looking for special people to join the army. They told
me this was a life-or-death war for Israel," he told Haaretz. After
several meetings with officials, A was informed that, if he enlisted, he
would undergo two weeks of training alongside other asylum seekers and
receive documents from the state of Israel. However, he ultimately
decided that military life was not for him and withdrew from the
programme before training commenced.
Unfulfilled promises?
The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants has expressed concern over the
lack of transparency, stating that while rumours of the benefits of
military service have been circulating, the organisation has not been
able to confirm any cases in which what has been promised has been
delivered. The recruitment practice has also been met with criticism for
creating a quid pro quo when asylum should be decided on the basis of
merit. "Asylum status is granted due to persecution, not as part of a
deal," said Julia Grignon, professor of international humanitarian law
and research director at the Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM).
"Enlisting in the military should never be a condition for obtaining
refugee status." Some have argued that Israel is exploiting vulnerable
people who fled their homelands in search of safety. "The little
information we have is alarming," Abbo said. "Rights should come before
obligations. It's dangerous to recruit individuals without rights and
expect them to risk their lives based on vague promises." The Israeli
defense establishment maintains that its actions comply with the law.
The reports come amid a shortage of Israeli soldiers as the country's
war against Hamas nears the one-year mark. Israel's Supreme Court ruled
in June that ultra-Orthodox Jews, historically exempt from conscription,
would now be required to serve. As the conflict continues, questions
remain about whether these individuals will ever see the promises made
to them fulfilled and what recourse, if any, they might have if the
promises are not. Grignon admitted their options are likely limited. "A
UN body may call out Israel's violation of international law, but that’s
about it," she said.>>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240916-israel-military-recruits-african-asylum-seekers-for-gaza-strip-war-hamas-sudan-eritrea
Al Jazeera - Sept 16, 2024 - By Federica Marsi and Usaid Siddiqui
<<Israeli settlers attack primary school in occupied West Bank
Video captured the moment Israeli settlers attacked students and
teachers at the Arab al-Kaabneh Primary School in the occupied West
Bank.>>
View video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/9/16/israeli-settlers-attack-primary-school-in-occupied-west-bank
France 24 - Sept 16, 2024 - By: NEWS WIRES
<<Hamas leader says group ready for 'long battle of attrition' against
Israel
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar said on Monday that the Palestinian militant
group was ready for "a long battle of attrition" against Israel, adding
that the group had abundant resources to sustain its fight. Hamas chief
Yahya Sinwar said Monday the Palestinian group had ample resources to
sustain its fight against Israel, with support from Iran-backed regional
allies, nearly a year into the Gaza war. Sinwar, who last month replaced
slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, said in a letter to the group's
Yemeni allies that "we have prepared ourselves to fight a long battle of
attrition". Deadly fighting meanwhile raged on in the Gaza Strip, where
medics and rescuers said Israeli strikes on Monday -- which the military
has not commented on -- killed at least two dozen people. The latest
strikes came as Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant warned that
prospects for a halt in fighting with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon
were dimming, yet again raising fears of a wider regional conflagration.
Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan told AFP at the weekend the group
"has a high ability to continue" fighting despite losses, noting "the
recruitment of new generations" to replace killed militants. Gallant
last week said Hamas, whose October 7 attack triggered the war, <no
longer exists> as a military formation in Gaza. Sinwar, in his letter to
Yemen's Huthis, threatened that Iran-aligned groups in Gaza but also
elsewhere in the region including Lebanon and Iraq would <break the will
of Israel> after more than 11 months of war. Independent UN rights
experts warned that Israel risked becoming an international "pariah"
over its actions in Gaza and called on Western countries to ensure
accountability.
The October 7 attack on southern Israel that sparked the war resulted in
the deaths of 1,205 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally
based on official Israeli figures. Militants also seized 251 hostages,
97 of whom are still held in Gaza, including 33 the Israeli military
says are dead. Israel's retaliatory military offensive has killed at
least 41,226 people in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run territory's
health ministry, which does not provide a breakdown of civilian and
militant deaths.
Israel-Hezbollah tensions surge
Tensions have surged along Israel's northern border with Lebanon, amid
fears the violence could explode into an all-out war. <The possibility
for an agreement is running out as Hezbollah continues to tie itself to
Hamas and refuses to end the conflict,> Gallant told visiting US envoy
Amos Hochstein, a defence ministry statement said. Israeli media outlets
said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was considering firing Gallant,
but the premier's office denied the reports. Gallant, who had already
survived an attempt by Netanyahu to dismiss him in March 2023, is among
several Israeli officials who have been at odds with the Israeli leader
on war policy. Netanyahu told Hochstein later Monday he seeks a
<fundamental change> in the security situation on Israel's northern
border. Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group has traded near-daily
cross-border fire with Israeli forces since October 7 in stated support
of ally Hamas. Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem said Saturday his
group has "no intention of going to war", but if Israel does "unleash"
one "there will be large losses on both sides".
The cross-border violence since early October has killed 624 people in
Lebanon, mostly fighters but also including at least 141 civilians,
according to an AFP tally. On the Israeli side, including in the annexed
Golan Heights, authorities have announced the deaths of at least 24
soldiers and 26 civilians.
Deadly strikes
In central Gaza, survivors scoured debris Monday after a strike on the
Nuseirat refugee camp. Ten people were killed and 15 others were wounded
when an air strike hit the Al-Qassas family home in Nuseirat in the
morning, said a medic at Al-Awda Hospital, where the bodies were taken.
"My house was hit while we were sleeping without any prior warning,"
said survivor Rashed al-Qassas. Gaza's civil defence said six
Palestinians were killed in a similar strike at night on a house
belonging to the Bassal family in Gaza City's Zeitun neighbourhood.
Emergency services later reported six more deaths, with Al-Awda Hospital
saying it received the bodies of three people killed in Israeli strikes
on Nuseirat. The Gaza war has drawn in Iran-backed Hamas allies across
the Middle East, including Hezbollah in Lebanon and Yemen's Huthis, who
on Sunday claimed a rare missile attack on central Israel which caused
no casualties. Netanyahu in response said: <They should have known by
now that we charge a heavy price for any attempt to harm us.> In July, a
Huthi drone strike killed a civilian in Tel Aviv, at least 1,800
kilometres from Yemen, prompting retaliatory strikes that caused
significant damage and deaths at Yemen's rebel-controlled Hodeida port.
Since November the Huthis have targeted Israel and its perceived
interests in stated solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, launching
strikes that have disrupted global shipping through vital waterways off
Yemen. In a televised speech, the Huthis' leader said the rebels and
their regional allies were <preparing to do even more>. <Our operations
will continue as long as the aggression and siege on Gaza continue,>
Abdul Malik al-Huthi said.
(AFP)>>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240916-hamas-chief-says-ready-for-long-war-in-gaza
Al Jazeera - Sept 16, 2024 - By Mohammed Haddad and Marium Ali
<<Israel will become a 'pariah' over Gaza 'genocide', UN rights experts
say
United Nations rights rapporteurs also slammed the 'double standards' of
countries that support Israel's devastating war on Gaza.
UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory Francesca
Albanese addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, 14
November 2023. United Nations human rights experts have warned that
Israel risks becoming an international "pariah" over its "genocide" in
Gaza, suggesting that the country's UN membership could be called into
question. On Monday, several independent UN experts decried what they
said was Israel's escalating violence and rights violations in Gaza and
the occupied West Bank, its disregard for international court rulings
and its verbal attacks on the UN itself. The rapporteurs, who are
appointed by the UN Human Rights Council but who do not speak on behalf
of the UN, also slammed Western countries' "double standards" in the
devastating war and said Israel needed to face consequences for its
actions. "I think it is unavoidable for Israel to become a pariah in the
face of its continuous, relentless, vilifying assault of the United
Nations, on top of millions of Palestinians," said Francesca Albanese,
the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories,
citing verbal and military attacks on UN facilities in Gaza. "Should
there be a consideration of its membership as part of this organisation,
which Israel seems to have zero respect for?".
The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza after more than 11 months of
conflict has also prompted questions about Western states' longstanding
political and military support for Israel, including from the United
States and the United Kingdom, which both provide arms. "Shockingly, in
the face of the abyss reached in [occupied Palestinian territory] ...
most member states remained inactive at best, or actively aiding and
assisting Israel's criminal conduct," Albanese told a news conference in
Geneva on Monday, repeating allegations of genocide. Albanese, an
Italian lawyer, said she was referring to Western states as well as some
Gulf nations and others. Israel denies allegations of genocide and says
that it takes steps to reduce the risk of harm to civilians and that at
least a third of the 41,118 Palestinians killed in Gaza were fighters.
Israel's permanent mission to the UN in Geneva criticised Albanese after
her comments. "She is not fit to hold any position at the United
Nations, and this has been made clear by many," it said. Albanese was
joined by three other UN independent experts who accused Western
countries of hypocrisy and double standards, for example by being more
vocal about human rights violations by Russia since its invasion of
Ukraine than about Israel's actions in Gaza. George Katrougalos, the UN
special rapporteur on the promotion of democratic and equitable
international order, also called for Israel to be held to the same
standards as all countries. He condemned its repeated attacks on
critical UN officials or agencies. "We cannot anymore stand this kind of
double standards and hypocrisy," Katrougalos told reporters. "I hope
that it is not going to continue ... I trust that the progressive and
democratic citizens of Israel would not let their country become a
pariah like South Africa had become during the times of apartheid."
The experts are among dozens of independent human rights specialists
mandated by the UN to report and advise on specific themes and crises.
Their views do not reflect those of the global body as a whole.
SOURCE: NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/16/israel-will-become-a-pariah-over-gaza-genocide-un-rights-experts-say
BBC - Sept 16, 2024 - By Robert Greenall
<<UN Gaza aid chief: World is failing innocent civilians
United Nations Sigrid Kaag with a group of people in GazaUnited Nations
Sigrid Kaag visited Gaza this month after being tasked with improving
the delivery of urgently needed aid
The UN's most senior official overseeing aid and reconstruction in Gaza
has told the BBC that the international community is collectively
failing innocent civilians in the territory. Sigrid Kaag, who was
appointed nine months ago to improve the delivery of urgently needed
aid, said a report she is due to make to the UN Security Council today
would be "very sombre and perhaps dark". She described the situation in
the territory as a "significant catastrophe". "We're not meeting the
needs, let alone creating prospects and hope for the civilians in Gaza."
In a rare interview, the senior UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Action
and Reconstruction in Gaza said the systems to deliver assistance -
including through multiple land and sea routes into Gaza - were now in
place. And "the UN is working around the clock and people are risking
their lives day in, day out". But she called Gaza "the most unsafe place
in the world to work". She said she regretted that "not much else can be
improved" until there was a ceasefire and the release of Israeli
hostages still being held there. Ms Kaag said that what is known as "deconfliction"
- to ensure aid missions can proceed safely - was failing: "It's not
working, or working insufficiently, to render the operations feasible."
Last week the UN said another of its aid convoys heading into northern
Gaza was blocked by Israeli forces, and Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Defence
agency said a UN school operating as a shelter was targeted by an
Israeli air strike, killing 18 people. The UN said six of its staff
died. Israel accused Hamas of using the facility as <a command and
control centre> and said Hamas fighters were among the dead. Israeli
strike in Gaza humanitarian zone kills 19, Hamas-run health ministry
says
ICC chief prosecutor defends Netanyahu arrest warrant in BBC interview
The UN says nearly 300 aid workers, more than two-thirds of them UN
staff, have been killed so far in the grievous Gaza war, which is now
approaching the one-year mark. Ms Kaag, one of the few UN officials to
meet senior Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu, described her discussions as "constructive". "We put asks on
the table. Some are met. We also obtain commitments." But she pointed
out that "between the commitment and the time that it takes to see
visible and tangible implementation, too much time passes. There is not
a day, not a second to lose," she told the BBC in an interview from New
York.
Israeli officials have repeatedly insisted enough aid is reaching Gaza,
and deny reports of widespread and severe hunger.
Ms Kaag said that "we do know from our surveys and studies that the
majority of the population is food insecure" and the UN's health centres
know "how many malnourished or acutely malnourished children or babies
come in". Asked about Israeli accusations that the main problem with
food delivery was Hamas's diversion of aid, Ms Kaag replied: "We hear
that a lot. I find that very difficult to confirm." She said that in a
war zone "I can't say everything goes right all the time," but
emphasised: "I can vouch for the integrity of the operations of our
colleagues."
Sigrid Kaag has described the situation in Gaza as a "significant
catastrophe". She described Unrwa - the UN's largest aid agency working
in Gaza - as "the backbone of the totality of UN delivery."
Netanyahu has accused the agency of being <totally infiltrated> by Hamas
and has called for it to be “terminated”.
Ms Kaag said investigations have taken place into Israeli allegations
that Unrwa staff were involved in Hamas's unprecedented attacks of 7
October across southern Israel, and that whenever evidence was provided
investigations would continue. Last month the agency fired nine UNRWA
workers - it had previously sacked 12 employees, and put seven others on
administrative leave, out of its Gaza workforce of 13,000. Ms Kaag, a
former Dutch deputy prime minister who first worked on
Israeli-Palestinian issues 30 years ago, says she is often asked by
Gazans during her visits there: "When will our suffering end?" She spoke
of the deep trauma of this conflict, including for Israeli hostages, and
expressed hope that all those working to resolve this crisis would be
forgiven. "If we're too slow, too little, too late, and if they feel
that we failed them, the only thing we can do is work even harder." But
she underlined "there is no compensation for lives lost and trauma
incurred; nothing will make that right".>>
Source:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0gg9k76w9o
Le Monde - Sept 16, 2024 - COLUMN by Jean-Pierre Filiu Historian and
professor at Sciences Po Paris
<<The bloody repression of pacifist opposition to colonization in the
West Bank
In the West Bank, Palestinian militias benefit from Israel's brutal
repression of non-violent opposition to settlement.Published yesterday
at 12:39 am Outside the Rafidia hospital morgue in Nablus (West Bank) on
September 8, 2024, Palestinians and international activists hold up
portraits of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, killed two days earlier by an Israeli
soldier. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was 26 years old when she was shot in the
head by the Israeli army on September 6 during a weekly demonstration in
Beita, which lies to the north of the occupied West Bank, to protest
against the extension of settlements. The American-Turkish citizen was
involved in the International Solidarity Movement, a peace movement
supporting the Palestinian population (as was Rachel Corrie, a
23-year-old American activist, crushed in 2003 by an Israeli army
bulldozer in Rafah, Gaza Strip as she stood in front of the machine to
prevent the demolition of a Palestinian house). US President Joe Biden
dared to describe the violent death of his compatriot as an <accident>
while his administration exerted no more pressure on Israel than it did
after the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May 2022 in the West
Bank, or humanitarian Jacob Flickinger, last April in Gaza, both
Americans.
Palestinian pacifists in the firing line
Eygi was killed at a time when Israeli colonization of East Jerusalem
and the West Bank continues unabated, against a backdrop of violence
unprecedented since the second Intifada of 2000-2005. That Intifada left
around 1,000 Israelis dead and three times as many Palestinians, before
ending in an Israeli victory, crowned by the withdrawal from the Gaza
Strip.
Supremacist ministers now call for treating the Palestinian challenge in
the West Bank with the same brutality as in Gaza, and indeed, since
October 7, 2023, nearly 700 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli
soldiers and settlers in this occupied territory (where 24 Israelis have
died). Such escalation is compounded by Israeli operations against armed
groups, often based in Palestinian refugee camps. But it is part of a
long history of repression of any form of opposition, however
non-violent, to Israeli colonization. The symbol of this pacifist
protest in the West Bank has long been the village of Bil'in, west of
Ramallah, where demonstrations have been held on a weekly basis since
2005 to protest against the expropriation of 60% of the land as a result
of the construction of the separation wall with Israel. This type of
non-violent protest succeeded in wresting a limited readjustment of the
wall's route, which nevertheless continues through occupied territory.
But this small victory was only achieved at the cost of two deaths,
numerous injuries, around 100 arrests and a prolonged blockade of the
village.
5 Broken Cameras, nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary in 2013,
follows the saga of Bil'in's collective resistance. For their part, the
few hundred residents of Nabi Saleh have been demonstrating since 2009
to protest against encroachments by the neighboring settlement of
Halamish. In December 2017, a village teenager, Mohammed Tamimi, was
disfigured by an Israeli shot to the head shortly before his cousin,
Ahed Tamimi
16-year-old Ahed Tamimi, was jailed for eight months for daring to slap
an Israeli soldier who had barged into her home. Nabi Saleh, regularly
sealed off by the occupying army, is still mourning the deaths of a
19-year-old resident in October 2022 and a two-year-old child, in June
2023.>>
Read more here:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/09/16/the-bloody-repression-of-pacifist-opposition-to-colonization-in-the-west-bank_6726161_4.html
Al Jazeera - Sept 16, 2024 - By Mohammed Haddad and Marium Ali
<<Ten maps to understand the occupied West Bank
Since 1967, Israel has occupied the West Bank. Here are 10 maps showing
how military control affects Palestinian lives.
As Israel's war on Gaza, which has killed more than 41,000 people, nears
one year, assaults in the occupied West Bank continue, with at least 703
people killed by Israeli forces since October 7. Despite Gaza and the
West Bank being just 33km (21 miles) apart at their closest points,
Israeli restrictions have long prevented travel and interaction between
the two Palestinian territories, even before the recent conflict. To
better understand the effect of these restrictions and the situation on
the ground, here is a visual overview of the geography, history and
living conditions of the millions of Palestinians in the West Bank.>>
View maps and read more here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/16/ten-maps-to-understand-the-occupied-west-bank
Al Jazeera - Sept 15, 2024 - By
<<Why does the Israeli army get away with killing foreign activists?
Investigations into Israeli soldiers’ attacks on civilians rarely lead
to prosecutions.>>
Read more and view video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/9/15/why-does-the-israeli-army-get-away-with-killing-foreign-activists
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