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Palestine Information Centre (Tanzania)
Kituo cha Habari cha Palestina (Tanzania)
Newsletter
29 July 2013
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Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations
(18 – 24 July 2013)
Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)
A Palestinian boy was wounded in al-Bireh in the West Bank during an Israeli incursion.
Israeli forces have continued to use excessive force against peaceful protesters in the West Bank.
Sarit Michaeli, B’Tselem spokesperson, was wounded during al-Nabi Saleh protest, northwest of Ramallah.
Dozens suffered tear gas inhalation and sustained bruises due to Israeli soldiers’ attack.
Israeli forces conducted 50 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one in the Gaza Strip.
At least 25 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children, were arrested.
Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.
10 Palestinian civilians were arrested by Israeli forces at checkpoints in the West Bank.
A Palestinian civilian was arrested at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing.
Israeli forces have continued efforts to create a Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem.
An Israeli court gave Siyam family an extension until 01 August 2013 to evacuate their house in al-Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in the occupied city.
Licenses were issued to build 165 new settlement units in “Nabi Ya’qoub” settlement.
Israeli forces have continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
More demolition notices were issued.
The settlers set fire to 400 fruitful olive trees, south of Bethlehem.
The settlers continued their attacks on the Palestinian farmers and shepherds, south of Hebron.
4 settlers tortured a Palestinian woman, northwest of Ramallah, and put her life at risk.
EU Concerned by Israeli Restriction on its Activities in West Bank
BRUSSELS (WAFA) – The European Union Friday expressed concern by reports that Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon has ordered restriction on its activities in the West Bank and is going to prevent its members from entering Gaza through Israel.
Maja Kocijancic, spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, said from Brussels that EU delegations in the area were seeking clarifications regarding these reports from the Israeli government.
Yaalon, whose ministry runs the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, apparently decided to restrict EU humanitarian activities and work in the occupied territories in retaliation for EU embargo on products made in the illegal West Bank and East Jerusalem Israeli settlements as well as individuals working with the settlements.
“The EU is concerned by reports in the Israeli media that the Israeli Minister of Defence has announced a number of restrictions affecting EU activities supporting the Palestinian people,” said Kocijancic.
“We have not received any official communication from the Israeli authorities. Our delegations on the spot are seeking urgent clarifications,” she added.
Military Orders Demolition of Homes, Water Well
HEBRON (WAFA) – The Israeli military government Saturday informed residents of a small village south of Hebron of its intention to demolish their homes and a water well, according to Rateb Jbour, from the popular committee against settlements in the south Hebron area.
He told WAFA that soldiers raided Mafqara village, east of Yatta, and handed residents orders to demolish their shack homes and tents as well as water well.
Israeli forces detain former Fatah fighter in Jenin camp
JENIN (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Friday detained a former Fatah fighter after raiding his home in the Jenin refugee camp, Palestinian Authority security sources said.
Israeli military vehicles raided the camp and detained 35-year-old Daoud Zubeidi, PA security officials told Ma’an.
An Israeli military statement said that soldiers and border police arrested “a Palestinian terrorist operative,” without giving his name or detailing the allegations against him.
Zubeidi’s brother Zakaria Zubeidi, the former head of Al-Aqsa in Jenin, is currently facing charges in a Palestinian court of taking part in a May 2012 shooting attack on the residence of Jenin governor Qaddura Musa.
Musa died after suffering a heart attack during the incident, and Palestinian security forces arrested dozens of people, including Zakaria Zubeidi, shortly afterwards.
Zakaria, a founder of Jenin’s Freedom Theatre, was released on bail in October.
Israelis injure Palestinian farmer in Gaza, report says
Israeli soldiers have injured a Palestinian farmer at the borders between eastern Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestine.
Residents living in al-Bureij refugee camp in the besieged enclave told Xinhua on Saturday that they heard gunfire near the borders, adding that Israeli troops opened fire at a farmer who was approaching the border.
Earlier in the day, the Israeli forces removed tents belonging to Palestinian activists on a property that is supposed to be part of an Israeli settlement near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The presence and continued expansion of Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine has created a major obstacle for the efforts to establish peace in the Middle East.
More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in 1967.
The UN and most countries regard the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbids construction on occupied lands.
Israeli forces arrest citizens in Ramallah including a journalist
RAMALLAH — Israeli military forces at dawn Sunday stormed the town of Arura, north of Ramallah, and raided citizens’ houses under the pretext of “searching for wanted people.”
Local sources in Arura reported that the soldiers stormed and searched the houses of citizens Samir Aruri and Abdel-Rahman Khasib, and checked the identities of the inhabitants.
They said that the occupation detained journalist and activist Ahmed Aruri and Hamza Khasib, and transferred them to an unknown destination.
According to statistics, the occupation arrested during the last week more than 40 people from several cities in the West Bank.
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