[News] 2 Palestinians Killed; 6 Wounded By Israeli Forces This Week
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PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinians Killed; 6 Wounded By Israeli
Forces This Week
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In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 16-22 September 2010,
the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that Israeli forces
killed two Palestinians and wounded six civilians this week.
According to the Center's findings, Israeli forces extra-judicially
executed a Palestinian in Nour Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem. In
addition, private Israeli security forces guarding Israeli
settlements killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded two others in
Silwan village in Jerusalem.
Israeli forces continued to use force against peaceful protests in
the West Bank. Two Palestinian children and two human rights
defenders were wounded. Israeli forces arrested two Palestinian
civilians and two human rights defenders.
Israeli forces launched a number of air strikes against civilian
targets in the Gaza Strip, destroying a store and a country house.
Israeli attacks in the West Bank:
Israeli forces conducted 37 incursions into Palestinian communities
in the West Bank, during which they abducted 38 Palestinian
civilians, including 7 children.
During the reporting period, Israeli forces extra-judicially executed
a Palestinian in Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm. They also
wounded two Palestinian children and two human rights defenders.
Additionally, a guard of Israeli settlements killed a Palestinian
civilian and wounded two others in Silwan village in East Jerusalem.
On 17 September 2010, Israeli forces committed a new extrajudicial
execution crime in Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm. This
crime claimed the life of Eyad Asa'ad Ahmed Abu Shilabaya, 38, an
activist of Hamas movement. The Israeli military spokesman claimed
that soldiers opened fire at Abu Shilabaya as they believed that he
"was posing a threat to their lives." He stated that Abu Shilabaya
who is "wanted", continued to walk towards the soldiers while putting
his hands behind his back although the soldiers asked him to stop.
According to the military spokesman's claims, the soldiers were
afraid and opened fire accordingly. After checking the body of Abu
Shilabaya, it was found out that he did not have any weapons.
Investigations conducted by PCHR revealed that the crime was
committed in a bedroom with a single door. Blood was just in front of
the bed, approximately one meter far from the door. These findings
refute the Israeli military spokesman's claims.
Also this week, Israeli forces broke into a school in Hebron and
arrested two school children.
Israel has continued to take measures aimed at creating a Jewish
demographic majority in Jerusalem. Israeli forces started to
construct a new section of the annexation wall in Shu'fat refugee camp.
Israeli troops stationed at military checkpoints and border crossings
in the West Bank abducted at least 7 Palestinian civilians.
On 18 September 2010, Israeli forces started to built concrete blocks
at the entrances of Ras Khamis neighborhood and Shu'fat refugee camp,
northeast of Jerusalem, as part of the process of the construction of
a section of the annexation wall in the area, to completely separate
it from Jerusalem and establish a new military post. A PCHR field
worker reported that the concrete blocks are 12 meters high and
extend over a 600-meter-long distance. The construction of this
section of the wall will separate Shu'fat refugee camp, 'Anata
village and Ras Khamis, Rash Shihada and al-Salam from the center of
Jerusalem. As a result, at least 55,000 Palestinians will be
separated from Jerusalem.
Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip:
On Monday, September 20th, at approximately 06:30, Israeli gunboats
stationed opposite to Beit Lahia beach in the northern Gaza Strip
opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats. They also fired flash bombs
over the area. No casualties were reported.
Israel has continuously closed all border crossings to the Gaza Strip
for over three years. The illegal Israeli-imposed closure of the Gaza
Strip, which has steadily tightened since June 2007, has had a
disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the
Gaza Strip.
The illegal closure has caused not only a humanitarian crisis but a
crisis of human rights and human dignity for the population of the
Gaza Strip. Measures declared recently to ease the blockade are
vague, purely cosmetic and fail to deal with the root causes of the
crisis, which can only be addressed by an immediate and complete
lifting of the closure, including lifting the travel ban into and out
of the Gaza Strip and the ban on exports. PCHR is concerned that the
new Israeli policy is simply shifting Gaza to another form of illegal
blockade, one that may become internationally accepted and
institutionalized. Palestinians in Gaza may no longer suffer from the
same shortage of goods, but they will remain economically dependent
and unable to care for themselves, and socially, culturally and
academically isolated from the rest of the world.
Israeli settlement activities:
On 22 September 2010, a guard of Israeli settlements in Silwan
village to the south of the old town of East Jerusalem shot dead
Samer Mahmoud Sarhan, 32. The guard fired a number of bullet from his
pistol at a number of Palestinians, killing Sarhan and wounding
another two civilians. The Israeli police claimed that the guard
collided with a burning garbage container that was placed in the
streets by Palestinians. They further claimed that those people had
thrown stones at the guard, so he fired from his pistol through his
car's window. However, eyewitnesses refuted the claims, and
emphasized that the guard got down out of the car and chased these
people. He fired at them from 3 different places, even after those
people had already left the street.
On 19 September 2010, Israeli forces delivered 8 notices to
Palestinian civilians ordering stopping the construction of a
facility and a number of houses in Deir Ballout village, southwest of
Slafit, claiming that they area being built without licenses.
Also on 19 September 2010, a number of Israeli settlers from
"Kharsina" settlement, east of Hebron, uprooted 70 grape trees
belonging to 'Abdul Rahman Shareef Sultan in al-Bwaira area.
On 20 September 2010, a number of Israeli settlers from "Ramat Gilad"
settlement attacked Palestinian agricultural areas in Jainsafout
village, east of Qalqilya. According to sources of the Municipality
of Jainsafout village, Israeli settlers attacked a tract of
agricultural land belonging to 'Abdul Hafiz Kamel 'Obaid, and started
to cultivate olives. A number of Palestinian civilians protested, but
the Israeli settlers claimed that they had purchased the land. When
the owner learned about the attack, he arrived at his land, and the
settlers then left it.
On 22 September 2010, at least 60 armed Israeli settlers from "Jabal
Aldayr" and 'Ein Harsha" settlements stormed a housing project in
Western al-Mazara'a village, northwest of Ramallah, and station atop
of a number of houses. They photographed the area.
Israeli Annexation Wall:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces used force against
peaceful demonstrations organized by Palestinian civilians and
international and Israeli human rights defenders in protest to the
construction of the Wall and settlement activities. As a result, two
Palestinian children and two human rights defenders were wounded.
Dozens of civilians and human rights defenders also suffered from
tear gas inhalation and others sustained bruises.
Following the Friday Prayer on 17 September 2010, dozens of
Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights
defenders organized a peaceful demonstration in protest to the
construction of the Annexation Wall in Bil'ein village, west of
Ramallah. They moved towards the annexation wall. Israeli troops
stationed in the area fired rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs
and tear gas canisters at the demonstrators. As a result, two
Palestinian children and an Israeli human rights defender were
wounded. A number of demonstrators also suffered from tear gas
inhalation and others sustained bruises as they were beaten by Israeli troops.
Also following the Friday Prayer on 17 September 2010, dozens of
Palestinian civilians and international and human rights defenders
organized a peaceful demonstration in Ne'lin village, west of
Ramallah, in protest against the construction of the Annexation Wall.
They clashed with Israeli troops positioned near the Wall. Israeli
troops fired rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas
canisters at demonstrators. As a result, several demonstrators
suffered from tear gas inhalation, and others sustained bruises.
Also following the Friday Prayer on 17 September 2010, dozens of
Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights
defenders organized a peaceful demonstration in Nabi Saleh village,
northwest of Ramallah, in protest against land confiscations in the
Wad al-Raya area between the villages of Nabi Saleh and Deir Nizam.
When the demonstrators attempted to reach areas of land seized by
Israeli settlers near "Halmish" settlement, Israeli troops fired
rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters at
them. As a result, 'Omar Saleh al-Tamimi, 22, sustained bruises. A
number of demonstrators also suffered from tear gas inhalation.
At approximately 11:30 on Saturday, 18 September 2010, dozens of
Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders
organized a peaceful demonstration in Beit Ummar village, north of
Hebron. They moved towards areas of Palestinian land, which are
threatened of confiscation by Israeli forces, near "Karmi Tsur"
settlement, south of the village. Israeli forces attacked and fired
at the demonstrators. As a result, Anna, 32, a Swedish journalist,
was injured by shrapnel from a sound bomb. Additionally, Mohammed
'Ayad 'Awadh, 48, a member of the Palestinian Solidarity Project,
sustained bruises to the back and the left hand, and Shungua, 21, a
Japanese human rights defender, sustained bruises to the back.
Israeli forces also arrested Younis Mousa 'Arar, 24; Mousa Hussein
Abu Hashem, 45; and two international human rights defenders: Ran,
24, a British citizen; and Maria Luis, 21, an American citizen.
Recommendations to the international community:
Due to the number and severity of Israeli human rights violations
this week, the PCHR made a number of recommendations to the
international community. Among these recommendations was the call for
the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to
comply with their legal obligations detailed in Article 146 of the
Convention to search for and prosecute those responsible for grave
breaches, namely war crimes.
Also, the PCHR calls for the immediate implementation of the Advisory
Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice, which considers
the construction of the Annexation Wall inside the West Bank illegal.
For the full text of the report, click on the link below.
Related Link(s):
<http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6995:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-16-22-september-2010&catid=84:weekly-2009&Itemid=183>http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_...d=183
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