Friday, December 28, 2018
As the year draws to a close, we’d like to share with you 89 seconds
that convey several images, several moments, of the reality of Israel’s
“democratic” control over Palestinian subjects, whose lives - and homes -
are entirely exposed to Israel’s power. The occupation will sadly still
be here in 2019. And so will we. Until the occupation ends
The employment rate of Bedouin women is increasing, and there is a
five-year government plan on the subject. However, testimonies at a
recent conference which took place in Rahat indicate that the Israeli
labor market is not adapted to the needs of the Bedouin women and their
culture, nor to the lack of infrastructure in the unrecognized villages.
Friday, December 21, 2018
On 14 July 2018, the Israeli military carried out an airstrike on a
building in Gaza which it claimed the Hamas used for training purposes. A
joint investigation by B’Tselem and Forensic Architecture found that
the strike began with the launching of four missiles the military termed
“warning missiles.” The first killed two 14-year-olds who were sitting
on the rooftop at the time. The investigation also found that the video
clip the military released of the attack omits footage of the strike in
which the two boys were killed while the impact of the third missile is
shown twice. The firing of lethal missiles as a means of warning is
unlawful and, for all intents and purposes, constitutes an attack. As
such, the action must abide by the applicable rules set out in
international law, including adhering to the principle of
proportionality and the duty to provide effective warning. None of this
was done in the case at hand
On the morning of Thursday, 13 December 2018, at around 11 A.M., Civil
Administration personnel came with a military jeep escort to the
Palestinian community of Khirbet Ibziq in the northern Jordan Valley.
They served temporary displacement orders to 13 families – a total of 70
people, including 38 children – citing military training in the area as
the pretext. The orders require the families to vacate their homes from
12:00 noon until 6:00
the next morning on 16 December, 23 December, 26 December, and 31
December 2018. In other words, the families must spend the night away
from home.
Two of the 13 families were served additional orders, requiring them to
vacate their homes also on 17 December 2018 from 12 noon until 4:00
P.M., and on 18 December 2018 from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Twelve of
the 13 families had already been temporarily displaced from their homes
in March 2018.
On Sunday, 16 December 2018, at around 12:00
noon, military jeeps and tanks arrived in the area, as did Civil
Administration personnel who instructed the families to vacate their
homes. The families complied. Taking along a portion of their flocks but
leaving behind young lambs and kids, the families walked a distance of
over 5 kilometers. Some were able to stay with relatives, while others
remained outside, exposed to the elements
This is the story of ‘Alaa a-Dali. He was injured on 30 March 2018, at
the first of the Return Protests east of the city of Rafah. He lost a
leg.
Since the protests near the Gaza perimeter fence began, over 180
protesters – including at least 31 minors – have been killed by Israeli
gunfire, and over 5,800 wounded.
Most were unarmed and were shot despite posing no mortal danger to
anyone
Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman called Israel's "Nation State"
law "racist".
Israel passed "Nation State" law in July 2018 giving Jews supremacy over
all non-Jewish Israeli citizens, which critics and members of the
state's Palestinian minority called racist, likening the legislation to
apartheid.
15-year-old ‘Abd a-Rahman Abu Daoud was arrested, then sentenced by the
military justice system – which does not provide safeguards to minors –
to three months in prison.
6-year-old Zeid Taha is under the age of criminal responsibility. He was
taken unlawfully to the checkpoint and kept there for about an hour
without his parents being informed. This conduct demonstrates the moral
blindness afflicting the powers of the occupation
An 18-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces during protests
in Ramallah after Israel intensified its military presence in the West
Bank. Israeli forces sealed off Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian
Authority, from its surroundings. At least 57 were injured throughout
the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Israeli forces also injured 75 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including
two photojournalists, during the 38th week of protests against the
Israeli blockade.
In total more than 100 Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces
in raids of West Bank cities since Thursday.
Together we resist home demolitions! we say no the settlements in East Jerusalem!
We shall stand in silence protest in solidarity with the 700 residents
of Baten el-Hawa, Silwan, and the 40 members of the Sabag family from
Sheikh Jarrah.
We shall meet on December 9th at 19:00 next to Teva Castel, in the First Station, West Jerusalem.
Friday, December 14, 2018
A Canadian Court ruled that Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions activists
were denied free speech and campaigning rights when the city of Montreal
tore down their posters highlighting an Israeli atrocity during an
election campaign in Canada. We discuss the case with Bruce Katz, one of
the main plaintiffs in the case
Ramzi Ajamiah, 17, and Issa al-Muti, 16, have been best friends since
the first grade.
The pair can often be found with their arms wrapped around one another,
wandering through the narrow, graffiti-filled alleyways between their
homes in the Dheisheh refugee camp near the occupied West Bank city of
Bethlehem.
The teenagers’ friendship grew deeper after Israeli occupation forces
shot both of them in the legs, causing each severe injuries.
“Our relationship is tied with a solidarity of pain. He is injured and I
am injured. We have the same suffering,” Ramzi told The Electronic
Intifada.
“[Our friendship is] like a stone. We have unity in pain.”
Friday, December 7, 2018
What has been done so far in the context of the Hot Meal law, in the 15
years since its enactment? Should it be differential or universal? And
how many children and local authorities can it reach? On the
achievements and ongoing work, as well as the challenges, barriers and
possible solutions. The conference was initiated by the following
organizations: Yedid, Leket Israel, Mazon - Jewish Response to Hunger
and was held in Tel Aviv on 28/10/2018.
November 30th marked the eight-month anniversary of the Great March of
Return. Every Friday since March 30th, thousands of Palestinians in Gaza
have taken to the borders with Israel to demand the right of return of
refugees to their ancestral homelands in present-day Israel, and an end
to the siege on Gaza. Israel has imposed an 11-year land, air, and sea
blockade on Gaza, crippling the coastal enclave's economy. Gazans suffer
from lack of access to clean water, high unemployment rates, and
electricity for only a few hours a day -- contributing to growing
frustrations in the coastal enclave. Despite reported efforts from
political officials to bring the Great March of Return to a close,
protesters maintain that they will continue demonstrating until the
siege is lifted once and for all.
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