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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) 15 January 2013 [Main source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group (PMG).] Israeli Army shoots dead 16-year-old West Bank villager Israeli Army storms Beit Lahiya farmland and bulldozes crops Israeli Army raids Khan Yunis farmland and bulldozes crops Israeli Navy opens fire on fishing boats off Beit Lahiya Israeli Army destroys 2 West Bank homes 14-year-old boy hospitalised after vicious settler assault Israeli Army raid injures 11-year-old boy Israeli Army raid: vandalism – 3 youngsters (aged 14 to 17) abducted Joint Israeli Army and settler raid on Palestinian farmland Night peace disruption and/or home invasions in 3 refugee camps and 9 towns and villages 3 attacks – 28 raids including home invasions 1 beaten – 1 dead – 1 injured 4 acts of agricultural/economic sabotage 20 taken prisoner – 8 detained – 103 restrictions of movement Home invasions & occupations: 00:45, al-Bireh - dawn, Nahalin - dawn, Bettar - 01:00, Rumana - 02:55, Jenin - 01:45-04:00, Tulkarem - 01:45-04:00, the Nur al-Shams refugee camp - 23:15, Awarta - 00:55, the Aqbat al-Jabir refugee camp - dawn, Halhul. Peace disruption raids: 23:50, al-Issawiya - dawn, al-Issawiya - 15:00, Bab Al-Shams - 10:50, Abud - 16:00, Deir Nathim - 17:40, Baqa Al-Sharqiya - 11:20, Beita - 13:00, Jurish - 13:00, Orif - 20:35, Salem - dawn, Burqa - 10:20-04:05, Beit Jalla - 10:20-04:05, Al-Doha - 10:20-04:05, the al-Duheisha refugee camp - 11:30, Hebron - 01:25, Hebron - 11:40, Bani Na’im - 00:30, Bani Na’im. Palestinian attacks: none Israeli attack – death – tear gas casualties: Ramallah – 10:40, Israeli troops near Budrus village opened fire with live ammunition and tear gas grenades, killing a 16-year-old boy, Samir Awad. Several villagers were overcome by Israeli tear gas. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/did-israeli-troops-deliberately-provoke-boy-only-to-shoot-him-in-the-back-8454650.html Israeli attack – agricultural sabotage: Northern Gaza – morning, the Israeli Army stormed Burat Abu Samara farmland, north of Beit Lahiya, opening fire and bulldozing crops. Israeli attack – economic sabotage: 06:20, the Israeli Navy opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats off Beit Lahiya. Agricultural sabotage: Khan Yunis – evening, the Israeli Army raided Khaza'a farmland and bulldozed crops. House demolition: Jerusalem – 07:30, the Israeli Army demolished a home in Beit Hanina. House demolition: Jerusalem – 10:00, Israeli troops demolished a home in Sur Bahar village. Home invasions and property violation: Ramallah – 00:45, Israeli soldiers raided al-Bireh, invaded the home of the former mayor, Jamal Al-Tawil, also taking him prisoner and making off with his computer. Home invasions and property violation: Tulkarem – 01:45-04:00, the Israeli Army raided the city and the Nur al-Shams refugee camp, invaded three homes, took three people prisoner and stole a computer. Israeli Army tear gas and stun grenade assault: Bethlehem – 14:50, Israeli soldiers fired stun and tear gas grenades at children near the entrance to the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque. Israeli Army tear gas assault: Hebron – 20:20, Israeli troops fired tear gas grenades at pedestrians near the entrance to the al-Urub refugee camp. Occupation settler violence: Jerusalem – 14-year-old, Yazan Theab was admitted to hospital with injuries and breathing difficulties after being assaulted and pepper-sprayed in the face by an invading settler mob in Silwan. Occupation settler agricultural sabotage – land theft: Bethlehem – 11:35, Israeli settler militants invaded Taqou’, assaulting local farmers and setting up caravans on Palestinian farmland. The Zionist fanatics were supported by the Israeli Army, which fired stun and tear gas grenades at anyone who tried to defend their farmland. Several people were overcome by tear gas. Raid – vandalism – abductions: Jerusalem – dawn, Israeli troops raided al-Issawiya village, destroyed a protest tent and abducted three youngsters: Omar Abu Turk (14), Basil Abu Sneineh (14) and Abu Snieneh (17). Raid – interrogations: Jerusalem – 15:00, the Israeli Army invaded Bab Al-Shams village and took prisoner 22 residents at the Ofer Prison, where they were subjected to interrogation. Raid – child injury: Ramallah – 16:00, the Israeli Army raided Deir Nathim, injuring an 11-year-old boy, Yazan Al-Khatib. Raid – stun grenade attack: Nablus – 11:20, the Israeli Army raided Beita, firing stun grenades at residents. Occupation settlement development: Bethlehem – the Israeli Ministry of Public Works and Housing invited tenders for the construction of 114 residential units in the Ifrat settlement on 1967-Occupied, Al-Khadr land. Occupation settlement development: Hebron – the Israeli Ministry of Public Works and Housing invited tenders for the construction of 84 residential units near the Kiryat Arba settlement on land occupied in 1967. Violation: Jerusalem – the Israeli Army ordered the evacuation of the Raghdan Hotel in the al-Masara neighbourhood. Recent news updates: Urgent appeal: End the Occupation and Jewish Voice for Peace are teaming up to publish a full-page advertisement – see: http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=3434 Sponsored by: Jewish Voice for Peace, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), and the Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace, the advertisement is Endorsed by: Alliance for Global Justice, American Friends Service Committee, American University Students for Justice in Palestine, BDS LA for Justice in Palestine (Los Angeles, CA), Brooklyn For Peace, Carlisle Peace College, Chicago Divests, Chicago Faith Coalition on Middle East Policy, Coalition to Stop $30 Billion to Israel, CodePink, CodePink Arizona, Committee for Open Discussion of Zionism, Committee for Palestinian Rights (Howard County, MD), Cornell University Students for Justice in Palestine, the Council for the National Interest, DC Statehood Green Party, Dorchester People for Peace (Boston), Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network, 14 Friends of Palestine, Friends of Palestine Wisconsin, Hilton Head for Peace, If Americans Knew, Interdenominational Advocates for Peace of Ann Arbor, MI, Interfaith Peace-Builders, Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church USA, Jews for Justice for Palestinians (London, UK), Jewish Voice for Peace - American University, Jewish Voice for Peace Bay Area Chapter, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston, Jewish Voice for Peace – DC Metro, Jewish Voice for Peace – Los Angeles, Jews Say No! (New York City), Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (Madison, WI), Middle East Committee of Women Against Military Madness, Middle East Children's Alliance, Middle East Peace Now, Minnesota Break the Bonds, Palestine Israel Action Group of Ann Arbor Friends Meeting, Palestine Media Project, Pax Christi Hilton Head, Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore, Peace Action, Peace Action Montgomery (Montgomery County, MD), Sabeel DC Metro, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Boulder, CO Branch), Unitarian Universalist Church Of Kenya, Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, United Methodists' Holy Land Task Force, University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, US Palestinian Community Network, US Palestinian Community Network- DC Chapter, Veterans for Peace - Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter (Baltimore MD), Washington DC International Socialist Organization, Wisconsin Middle East Lobby Group, Women in Black Union Square and Peace Action Montgomery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gaza in Crisis By Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe. http://www.gazaincrisis.org/ "This sober and unflinching analysis should be read and reckoned with by anyone concerned with practicable change in the long-suffering region." — Publishers Weekly Israel's Operation Cast Lead was described by a UN fact-finding mission (the Goldstone report) as “a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorise a civilian population.” The winter 2008–09 assault claimed the lives of 1400 Palestinians and thrust the crisis in Gaza into the centre of the debate about the Israel/Palestine conflict. The crippling siege continues to block access to construction materials desperately needed to rebuild in the wake of the Israeli attack and prevents people from leaving the Strip, even for life threatening illnesses. With the constant humiliation of living a life punctuated by regular military incursions and ubiquitous checkpoints, Gaza has come to be known as the world’s largest open-air prison. Following Israel’s naval attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla—a humanitarian aid mission aimed at breaking the unbearable siege—international observers are increasingly questioning the logic of Israeli military aggression, and worldwide public support for Palestine is growing. In Gaza in Crisis, Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé, two of the conflict’s most insightful critical commentators, survey the fallout from Israel’s conduct in Gaza and place it into the context of Israel’s long standing occupation of Palestine. 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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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