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While Occupation and blockade are 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 24 hours to 8am 21 July 2010 Main source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group (PMG). Khan Yunis: homes and farms under fire, crops bulldozed Settlers and Israeli Army bar access to Al Aqsa Mosque Occupation settlers beat up and hospitalise 3 Palestinians Night peace disruption and/or home invasions in refugee camp and 10 towns and villages 1 attack – 22 raids including home invasions – 3 beaten – 3 injured 7 taken prisoner – 12 detained – 80 restrictions of movement Home invasions & occupations: 01:15, Jericho - 02:40, the village of Al Auja - 19:45, the village of Baqa Al Hatab - 19:45, the village of Kafr Abbus - 07:00, the town of Adh Dhahiriya. Peace disruption raids: 09:50, the town of Baqa Ash Sharqiya - 09:50, the town of Zeita - 00:45, the town of Anabta - 00:45, the town of Bal’a - 02:15, Tulkarem - 02:15, the Tulkarem refugee camp - 15:20, the town of Jayus - 01:00, Qalqilya - 20:15, the village of Azmut - 01:10, Nablus - 05:30, the village of Khirbet Qeis - dawn, the village of Deir Samit - 10:00, the village of Khurisa - 10:00, the village of Abu Al Asja - 10:00, the village of Kharsa - 16:30, Hebron - 00:30, the town of Tarqumiya. Palestinian attacks: noneIsraeli attack – agricultural sabotage: Khan Yunis – evening, Israeli tanks, infantry and bulldozers, covered by reconnaissance aircraft, attacked farms near the village of Abasan As-Saghira, opening intense fire on houses and agricultural areas and bulldozing crops. Occupation settler violence – mosque violation: Jerusalem – 20:00, three groups of Zionist militants escorted by the Israeli Army invaded the grounds of the Al Aqsa Mosque in the Israeli Occupied Old City, closed the gates and prevented people from entering the mosque. Occupation settler violence – beatings – injuries – hospitalisation: Jerusalem – 17:00, three people from Bethlehem were admitted to hospital with severe injuries following beatings by a gang of settlers. Occupation settler violence: Nablus – militants from the settlement of Elon Moreh installed five caravans in the area of Ras Hazem which belongs to the village of Deir Al Hatab. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 Palestinian Resistance Ali Kazak's newsletter Occupied Palestine: News and Articles This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit http://www.sapienspromise.org/ for further news. See this In Occupied Palestine newsletter at: the PHRC website: www.palestine.org.nz the Scottish PSC's website: www.scottishpsc.org.uk
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Simpol: Restoring Democracy – Enabling Justice Simultaneous Policy (SP) www.simpol.org Global justice movement Since the atrocities of September 11, 2001, the tolerance of state authorities to street protest or to other forms of protest has become extremely low. Since SP would operate through existing political systems it does not depend on any form of protest but only on the continued upholding of citizens' right to vote. Unlike most other NGOs Simpol could not therefore be accused of being undemocratic, in any way disruptive or of refusing to engage in established political processes. However, this is not to suggest that non-violent protest represents an inappropriate form of action. Indeed, protest is surely vital if world problems are to be brought to wider public attention. But the key point is that, since SP does not depend on protest nor on conventional lobbying, it offers the global justice movement an entirely complementary and potentially highly effective means of pursuing its political objectives. www.simpol.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 Leslie Bravery Palestine Human Rights Campaign www.palestine.org.nz PO Box 56150 Dominion Rd Auckland PHRC Declaration We, the Palestine Human Rights Campaign Aotearoa/New Zealand 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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