[News] Palestine - report on human rights violations this week
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PCHR report on human rights violations this week
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1478
(Gaza City) PCHR
Thursday, 18 January 2007
PCHR issued its report of Israeli human rights
violations against Palestinians in the West Bank,
including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip for
the week of 11 through 17 January. This week
Israeli forces arrested 54 Palestinians,
including five children, a woman and her daugher.
The photo ran with the caption, "Jamal Hasan
al-Sarahin, 37, a Palestinian prisoner who has
died in an Israeli jail due to medical
negligence." The full text of Palestinian Centre
for Human Rights report follows:
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue
Systematic Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and
Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
Two members of the Palestinian resistance were
killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian detainee died in an Israeli prison.
IOF conducted 30 incursions into Palestinian
communities in the West Bank and two into the Gaza Strip.
IOF arrested 54 Palestinian civilians, including
5 children and a woman and her daughter.
IOF transformed two houses into military sites.
IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the
OPT; IOF have isolated the Gaza Strip from the
outside world and IOF positioned at various
checkpoints in the West Bank arrested 3
Palestinian civilians, including a girl.
IOF have continued to construct the Annexation
Wall inside the West Bank; IOF razed areas of
land in Um Salamouna village southwest of
Bethlehem to construct a section of the Wall and
15 demonstrators were injured when IOF used force
against peaceful demonstration organized in
protest to the construction of the Wall.
IOF have continued settlement activities in the
West Bank; Israeli settlers razed areas of land
in Yatta village, south of Hebron, to establish a
settler road, and an invitation for bids to
construct 44 new housing unit in “Ma’ale Adomim”
settlement near Jerusalem was published in Israeli newspapers.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and
humanitarian law continued in the OPT during the
reporting period (11 – 17 January 2007):
Killing: On 14 January 2007, IOF killed two
members of the Palestinian resistance in the
northern Gaza Strip. IOF fired at them when they
were 20 meters away from the border between the
Gaza Strip and Israel. In the West Bank, on 16
January 2007, a Palestinian detainee died in the
Negev Prison inside Israel due to medical negligence.
Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF
conducted at least 30 military incursions into
Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During
these incursions, IOF raided houses and arrested
54 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children
and a woman and her daughter. IOF also
transformed two houses into military sites. In
the Gaza Strip, on 14 January 2007, IOF moved
nearly 200 meters into ‘Abasan village, east of
Khan Yunis, and leveled areas of land. On 15
January 2007, IOF moved nearly 300 meters into
al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis, and leveled areas of land.
Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to
impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed
severe restrictions on the movement of
Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the
West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
Gaza Strip
IOF have imposed a strict siege on the Gaza
Strip. They have closed its border crossings as a
form of collective punishment against Palestinian civilians.
IOF have closed Rafah International Crossing
Point since 25 June 2006, even though they do not
directly control it. The crossing point was not
opened. IOF have partially reopened commercial
crossings, especially al-Mentar (Karni) crossing,
but many goods and medical supplies have been
lacked in markets in the Gaza Strip. IOF have
also continued to close Erez crossing in the
northern Gaza Strip. Hundreds of thousands of
Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have been
prevented from traveling through this crossing.
IOF have allowed international workers to pass
through the crossing. With this closure, only
few Palestinian patients have been able to travel
to hospitals in Israel and the West Bank. In
addition, IOF have continued to prevent
Palestinian fishermen from fishing for nearly 7 months.
West Bank
IOF have tightened the siege imposed on
Palestinian communities in the West Bank. They
have isolated Jerusalem from the rest of the West
Bank. IOF positioned at various checkpoints in
the West Bank have continued to impose severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian
civilians. Contrary to Israeli claims, IOF have
continued to impose severe restrictions on the
movement of Palestinian civilians. During the
reporting period, IOF soldiers positioned at
various checkpoints in the West Bank arrested 3
Palestinian civilians, including a girl.
Annexation Wall: IOF have continued to construct
the Annexation Wall inside the West Bank. On
Monday morning, 15 January 2007, IOF razed large
areas of land in Um Salamouna village, southwest
of Bethlehem, to construct a section of the Wall.
IOF also used force to disperse peaceful
demonstration organized by Palestinian civilians
and international and Israeli solidarity
activists in protest to the construction of the
Wall in Bal’ein village, west of Ramallah, and Um
Salamouna village, southwest of Bethlehem. As a
result, 14 demonstrators and a journalist were injured.
Settlement Activities: On Thursday morning, 11
January 2007, Israeli settlers escorted by IOF
started to raze large areas of agricultural land
in Yatta village, south of Hebron, to establish a
settler road near “Sousi” settlement. On 15
January 2007, the Israeli Ministry of Housing
published an invitation for bids to construct 44
new housing units in “Ma’ale Adomim” settlement,
east of occupied Jerusalem. This bid aims at
expanding the settlements around Jerusalem and
accelerate the Judaization of the city.
The outcome of crimes committed by IOF since 25 June 2006:
o 491 Palestinians, 312 of whom are
civilians, including 92 children and 30 women,
have been killed by IOF. In the Gaza Strip alone,
408 Palestinians, 244 of whom are civilians,
including 84 children, 28 women and 4 paramedics, have been killed by IOF.
o At least 1663 Palestinians, mostly
civilians, including 351 children, 110 women. In
the Gaza Strip alone, 1285 Palestinians, mostly
civilians, including 349 children, 104 women, 4
paramedics and 7 journalist, have been wounded by the IOF gunfire.
o At least 328 air-to-surface missiles and
hundreds of artillery shells have been fired at
Palestinian civilian and military targets in the Gaza Strip.
o Buildings of the Palestinian Ministry of
Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the
Ministry of National economy, the office of the
Palestinian Prime Minister and a number of
educational institutions have been destroyed.
o The electricity generation plant, providing
45% of the electricity of the Gaza Strip, was
destroyed, and electricity networks and
transmitters have been repeatedly attacked.
o 6 bridges linking Gaza City with the
central Gaza Strip and a number of roads have been destroyed.
o Hundreds of donums of agricultural land and
dozens of houses have been destroyed.
o Hundreds of Palestinian civilians,
including 10 ministers and 31 members of the
Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), including
the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Secretary, have
been arrested. Minster of Prisoners’ Affairs,
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Labor and
Second Deputy Speaker of the PLC were released.
o The Palestinian governmental compound in Nablus has been destroyed.
o Many families in Rafah, Beit Hanoun and
Beit Lahia have been forced to leave their houses.
o IOF intelligence has warned some
Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip by phone
to evacuate their houses, which would be attacked.
o 73 houses belonging to activists of
Palestinian factions have been destroyed by IOF warplanes.
o IOF have imposed a strict siege on the OPT,
and have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
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