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While the Occupation is business as usual for Israel, there should be no business with Israel In Occupied Palestine Zionism in practice Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property (Compiled by Leslie Bravery, Palestine Human Rights Campaign POB 56150, Dominion Rd, Auckland, New Zealand www.palestine.org.nz) 01 January and 02 January 2013 [Main source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group (PMG).] Israeli Army military exercises: 400 residents, women, children and the elderly, forced from their homes 3-year-old boy among the wounded in Israeli Army assault on family home Israeli Navy opens fire on Palestinian fishing boats in four Gaza districts Home invasion: house demolition – extensive agricultural sabotage 2 armed settler terrorist attacks: 3-year-old boy with head wound among the casualties 17-year-old villager injured in Israeli Army raid Arson: Settler militants set fire to farm building Israeli Army invades 3 West Bank villages to conduct military exercises Night peace disruption and/or home invasions in refugee camp and 16 towns and villages 6 attacks – 49 raids including home invasions – 21 injured 11 acts of agricultural/economic sabotage 29 taken prisoner – 16 detained – 120 restrictions of movement January 01 & 02 Home invasions & occupations: 06:00, al-Issawiya - evening, al-Issawiya - 04:00-08:00, Sinjil - 01:15, Qalqilya - 16:20, Marj Al-Naj’a - 01:30, Taqou’ - dawn, Beit Ummar. Evening, al-Issawiya - 01:30, Beitunya - 01:50-03:40, Qalqilya - 01:10-04:35, Qabalan - 01:10-04:35, Orif - 11:15, Bani Na’im Peace disruption raids: 11:30, al-Eizariya - 10:10, Jalqamus - 10:10, Um Al-Tout - 22:30, al-Arqa - 22:45, Jaba’ - 23:25, Yamun - 10:00, Atil - 18:00, Tulkarem - 00:40, Beit Lid - 00:40, Ramin - 16:20, Orif - 10:30, Qasra - 19:15-03:00, Beit Furiq - 19:15-03:00, Beit Dajan - 19:15-03:00, Awarta - 18:15, Jinata - 02:00, Beit Sahur - 12:55, Halhul - 20:20, the al-Urub refugee camp. Evening, Samir Amis - 15:40, Biddu - 10:40, Bir Al-Basha - 13:40, Deir Abu Da’if - 13:40, Jalqamus - 06:00, Ein Al-Bayda’ - 17:25, Tamun - 08:50, Tulkarem - 08:50, Bal’a - 08:50, Attil - 08:50, Deir al-Ghusoun - 10:10, Anabta - 14:50, Kifl Hares - 12:25, Husan - 13:35, Hebron - 02:00, Beit Ummar - 02:00, the al-Urub refugee camp. January 01 Palestinian attacks: none Israeli attack – wounding (including child) – other injuries – home invasion: Tubas – 10:20, Occupation troops raided Tamun, shot their way into, and searched, a home, wounding with live ammunition 11 family members (including a child). Another three people (one of them aged 15) were injured by rubber-coated bullets. Several others were overcome by Israeli tear gas and Israeli troops took prisoner five residents. Israeli attack – economic sabotage: Khan Yunis – morning, the Israeli Navy opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats off Khan Yunis. Israeli attack – economic sabotage: Rafah – morning, the Israeli Navy opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats off Rafah. Home invasion – house demolition – extensive agricultural sabotage: Jerusalem – 06:00, the Israeli Army raided al-Issawiya village, destroyed a house, a farm livestock building, plundered farm equipment from a supplier's premises, searched a home, bulldozed crops and uprooted 50 fruit trees. Home invasion – handicapped person taken prisoner: Jerusalem –04:00-08:00, the Israeli Army raided Sinjil, invaded several homes and took two people, one of them handicapped, prisoner. Israeli Army tear gas assault: Jerusalem – 16:45, Israeli troops manning the Qalandya checkpoint fired tear gas grenades at pedestrians. Israeli Army tear gas assault: Ramallah – 15:25, Israeli forces positioned at the entrance to the Ofer Prison fired tear gas grenades at nearby children. Occupation settler vandalism – injury: Ramallah – 22:00, Israeli settlers stoning passing vehicles at the al-Jalazun refugee camp, damaged a vehicle carrying the Palestinian Authority's Minister of Agriculture, Walid Assaf, and injured his son. Occupation settler violence and pastoral sabotage – Israeli Army complicity: Nablus – 10:15, Israeli settler militants invaded the area between the villages of Qusra and Jaloud, molested shepherds, preventing them from herding their sheep, and then withdrew with the Israeli Army. Armed Occupation settler terrorism: Nablus – 15:00, an armed Israeli settler terrorist opened fire from his vehicle on residents at the entrance to the village of Burqa. Occupation settler violence – injury - hospitalisation: Nablus – 15:20, a Zionist mob stormed Qusra village and assaulted and hospitalised a resident, and damaged his vehicle. Raid – injury – tear gas casualty: Nablus – 10:30, Israeli troops, firing tear gas grenades, raided Qasra village, injuring a 17-year-old youth, Raed Abu Diya, and two other residents. Another person was overcome by Israeli tear gas. Raid – injury – military exercises: Nablus – 19:15-03:00, the Israeli Army raided Beit Furiq, Beit Dajan and Awarta and conducted military exercises. Economic sabotage: Gaza – the Israeli Navy continues to enforce its unilaterally-imposed three-nautical-mile fishing zone in violation of the slightly less extreme six-nautical-mile fishing zone that fishermen were led to expect following the latest ceasefire agreement. January 02 Palestinian attacks: none Israeli attack – economic sabotage: Northern Gaza – morning, the Israeli Navy opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats off Beit Lahiya. Israeli attack – agricultural sabotage: Gaza – morning, the Israeli Army shot its way onto farmland in al-Jahir and bulldozed crops. Israeli attack – economic sabotage: Gaza – morning, Israeli gunboats opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza. Agricultural sabotage: Bethlehem – 11:40, the Israeli Army destroyed a farm building in Al-Khadr. Raid – agricultural sabotage: Tubas – 06:00, the Israeli Army raided Ein Al-Bayda’ village and spent the day invading local farms. Raid – home invasions and gross inhumanity: Tubas – 17:25, Israeli Occupation troops raided Tamun and forced 400 residents, including women, children and the elderly, out of their homes for the purpose of conducting military exercises. Raid – home invasions and gross inhumanity: Tulkarem – 08:50, the Israeli Army raided the al-Shuweikh neighbourhood, Bal’a, Attil and Deir al-Ghusoun, and invaded local shops. Raid – abduction: Tulkarem – 02:00, Israeli troops raided Beit Ummar and the al-Urub refugee camp and abducted a 15-year-old boy, Ra’fat Odeh. Home invasions and occupation: Ramallah – 01:30, Israeli troops raided Beitunya, invaded a home and interrogated a woman. Home invasions and occupation: Nablus – 01:10-04:35, Occupation troops raided Qabalan and Orif villages and invaded four homes. Israeli Army tear gas assault: Jerusalem – 12:00, Israeli troops positioned at the al-Ram road junction fired tear gas grenades at pedestrians. Israeli Army tear gas assault: Ramallah – 10:30, Israeli soldiers in Beitunya fired tear gas grenades at children in the street. Israeli Army tear gas and stun grenades assault: Qalqilya – 11:50, Israeli forces near Jayus fired tear gas and stun grenades at nearby children. Occupation settler terrorist armed violence – wounding: Ramallah – 15:30, armed Israeli settler terrorists stormed al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiya, shooting and wounding a resident, Yasser Sharif. Occupation settler violence – attempted land theft: Qalqilya – 14:00, settler militants invaded Jinsafut village and ploughed a plot of land in an attempt to annex it for Israel. Occupation settler violence – child and other injuries – Israeli Army complicity: Nablus – 20:35, a Zionist mob stormed Jalud village, stoning homes and injuring three people, Farah Abdu (three years old – head injuries), Nassim Abuda and Na’im Abuda. Israeli troops escorted the settlers away after their rampage. Occupation settler and Israeli Army violence and vandalism: Salfit – 15:00, Israeli settler militants stoned passing vehicles on the main road leading to Yasuf village while the Israeli Army fired tear gas grenades at local people. Occupation settler arson attack – agricultural sabotage: Bethlehem – Zionist militants invaded al-Khadr farmland and set fire to a farm building. Abduction: Jenin – Israeli soldiers in Ya’bad abducted a 17-year-old youth: Mohamed Abu Salah. Violation of mosque: Bethlehem – 14:25, Israeli settlers invaded the Al-Ahmadiya Mosque in al-Khadr. Economic sabotage: Gaza – the Israeli Navy continues to enforce its unilaterally-imposed three-nautical-mile fishing zone in violation of the slightly less extreme six-nautical-mile fishing zone that fishermen were led to expect following the latest ceasefire agreement. Recent news updates: Noam Chomsky: Reflections on a Lifetime of Engagement with Zionism, the Palestine Question and the American Empire http://www.palestine-studies.org/journals.aspx?href=fulltext&id=11394&jid=1 Journal of Palestine Studies. Settlers raid village, burn Hebron car. http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=552692 Arsonists set fire to Jenin municipality building. http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=552390 Settlements constitute a war crime, according to International Law and ICC statute. Settlers burn cars and tractors, uproot olive trees, scrawl racist graffiti. In two simultaneous raids, Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian villages of Qusra and Beit Ummar. Altogether, some 190 olive trees were uprooted, a car and a tractor burned, and graffiti sprayed reading: "A good Arab is a dead Arab". At Qusra, Palestinian security guards chased the settlers, detaining four of them – but Israeli forces soon arrived and set them free. http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=552692 Tamun residents resist army raid, three hurt. Wafa - Israeli forces arrived at the village of Tamun to arrest a local resident named Muhannad Bani Odeh. Villagers resisted the soldiers, leading to fierce confrontations and causing the Army to bring reinforcements to the village. Three people were hurt, one of them seriously. http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=21435 Israel to displace 1000 Palestinians next Wednesday. http://www.imemc.org/article/64804 Israeli forces demolish house of brother of hunger striker, Samer Issawi. Palestine News Network ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Mazin Qumsiyeh: A blog about 2012, looking forward to 2013 and links to actions YOU can To read full post and take actions go to: http://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2013/01/2013.html HumanRights newsletter http://lists.qumsiyeh.org/mailman/listinfo/humanrights ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Further news sources Ali Kazak's newsletter Today in Palestine contains many news summaries that include both armed and non-violent methods of resistance to the Occupation. The newsletter also contains much other useful reporting. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it For more news see: Today in Palestine! groups.yahoo.com/group/f_shadi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Behind the Wall Rich Wiles is a photographic artist who has been living and working in Palestine for some years. His photographic work has been shown around Europe, the US, Australia and in Palestine itself. Since 2006 he has been writing from Occupied Palestine under the title Behind the Wall. Much of this work is based in and around the refugee camps in Palestine, highlighting daily life and memories of refugees who still live in forced exile for over 60 years since Al Nakba (The Catastrophe). www.richwiles.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit http://www.sapienspromise.org/ for further news. See this In Occupied Palestine newsletter at: the PHRC website: www.palestine.org.nz - and you can check out previous editions by clicking on In Occupied Palestine listed under Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stop the Violence Coalition Stop the Violence is a coalition aimed at fighting against Israeli violence and crimes all over the world. The purpose of the coalition is to co-ordinate the efforts of groups and individuals working to protest against the historic and continuing oppression of Palestinian people by the Israeli regime. Our coalition is an independent and non-profit organisation, based in Europe, which was formed as part of a global movement against Israeli apartheid. We can also provide the latest news, articles, photos, events and petitions. Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you have friends who would also like to receive these newsletters, please ask them to contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Palestine Human Rights Campaign Aotearoa/New Zealand (PHRC) Declaration We believe that a just peace in Palestine/Israel depends upon the return of Palestinian refugees to their homeland and the dismantling of the Zionist structure of the state of Israel, recognising that the further partitioning of Palestine in order to create the so-called two-state solution would lead only to further injustice and suffering. We advocate the primacy of international law, the acceptance of which by the Israeli regime must be the basis for the ending of Israeli military occupation and all forms of ethnic discrimination. We work to raise awareness of the international community's responsibility for upholding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the urgent need for the state of Israel to be called to account for its gross abuses of Palestinian human rights. We call for the establishment of a unitary, secular and democratic state in Palestine/Israel, with full and equal citizenship rights for Palestinians, Israeli Jews and all other ethnic communities. The Palestine Human Rights Campaign Aotearoa/New Zealand (PHRC) works to raise public awareness of the Palestinian people's struggle to resist Israeli military occupation and Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. PHRC seeks to bring pressure on the New Zealand Government to join the majority of the international community in requiring Israel to:
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