[News] Human Rights Organizations Condemn Israeli Aggressions
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Human Rights Organizations Condemn Israeli Aggressions
author Wednesday July 02, 2014 10:05author by Chris Carlso
*http://www.imemc.org/article/68300*
Settler attacks escalate following discovery of teens' bodies
Human rights groups have condemned the recent Israeli aggressions
against Palestinians, which include, in addition to increased
settler violence, the killing of a Jenin youth, the demolition of
homes in Hebron and the extensive bombing campaign in the Gaza
Strip. The Euro-Mid Observer, furthermore, has released to the
public its recent findings on Israeli abuses against Palestinian
children.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), in a recent statement
<http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10438:israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-civilian-in-jenin-destroy-2-houses-in-hebron-and-launch-airstrikes-on-targets-in-the-gaza-strip&catid=145:in-focus>,
called upon the international community "to take immediate and effective
actions to put an end to such crimes", and reiterated its call for the
High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 to
"fulfill their obligations under Article 1; i.e., to respect and to
ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances, and their
obligation under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit
grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention."
"These grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the
same Convention and Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions,"
said the statement.
WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency reports that members of an Israeli
undercover unit opened fire on Yousef Abu Zagha, 20, while he was on his
way back home from buying food for the pre-fast meal in observance of
Ramadan. Yousef was killed instantly with three bullets to the heart,
the left shoulder and forearm.
According to eyewitnesses, the area went completely quiet after the unit
fired at him.
Concerning the demolitions of the homes of alleged Hamas suspects
<http://imemc.org/article/68290>, in Hebron, PCHR noted that "the
destruction of the two houses is part of the collective punishment
policy and reprisals against Palestinian civilians in violation of
Article 33 of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention Relative to Protection
of Civilians in Times of War which provides: "No protected person may be
punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed.
Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of
terrorism are prohibited."
Furthermore, in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli air force launched 11
strikes, in which 44 missiles were fired on paramilitary training sites
and agricultural stores.
The Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights, noted in a recent statement
<http://euromid.org/en/article/528>, as well, that Israel commits
numerous human rights violations against illegally arrested Palestinian
children, to include torture and coerced confessions during their
detention, in violation of international laws.
"As Israel conducts a wave of mass home break-ins and arrests across the
West Bank in retaliation for the alleged kidnapping of three youth from
one of its illegal settlements, a new report documents that Palestinian
children are at much greater, ongoing risk from Israeli forces," the
statement begins.
According to the organization, between 2,000 and 3,000 Palestinian
children and youth are arrested annually by Israeli authorities, with an
average of 400 a year. Child detainees are as young as 12 and 15 years old.
By Euro-Mid's account, WAFA further reports that Israeli authorities
have raided more than 1,500 Palestinian homes and businesses and
arrested more than 550 Palestinians, "in a search for the kidnappers and
an attempt to wipe out the Hamas political party, which it has labeled
as responsible without citing evidence."
Israeli settlers have also intensified their attacks against
Palestinians, according to WAFA, after the bodies of three settlers,
allegedly abducted by Hamas members, were uncovered in the town of
Halhoul <http://imemc.org/article/68279>, near Hebron, in a field not
far from where they reportedly went missing.
According to witnesses, a Palestinian child escaped a kidnapping attempt
by a settler in Jerusalem.
Apparently, the settler attempted to force the child into his car in
Sha'fat, outside of Jerusalem, where residents managed to pry him out of
the setter's hands.
The child was transferred to hospital for treatment.
Just previously, on the preceeding night, a number of settlers assaulted
a Palestinian taxi driver in the city of Jerusalem, spraying pepper gas
into his face. He was also taken to a hospital, following the incident.
West of Jerusalem, settlers attacked and severely beat another
Palestinian youth.
Additionally, 'price tag' vandals
<http://imemc.org/newswire?search_text=price+tag&button=Search+%3E%3E>
painted racist graffiti on the walls near the illegal settlement of Beit
Shemesh <http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ih/9786136940113>, also in
Jerusalem.
"Six Palestinians have died as a result (of the intesified raids) --
including a 14-year-old boy who was shot in the chest at point-blank
range and a 78-year-old woman who suffered a heart attack during a house
raid," Euro-Mid Observer went on to say, adding that their findings echo
previous conclusions made by other international groups:
In a report filed in February of 2013, UNICEF
<http://imemc.org/newswire?search_text=unicef&button=Search+%3E%3E>
found that the abuse of children who come into contact with the Israeli
military detention system "appears to be widespread, systematic and
institutionalized throughout the process."
Ihsan Adel, a legal officer at the Euro-Mid, notes: "The Israeli police
or military typically break into homes in the middle of the night or
take youth right off the streets without telling them what they are
charged with or informing their parents, as required by the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights."
"How is that different from the reported kidnapping of the Israeli
students?" Adel asks. "And yet it is occurring every day, every year.
Where is the international outrage?"
See recent related IMEMC articles:/Awne Shamsiyeh: "The camera is like a
weapon, so I can resist non-violently." <http://imemc.org/article/68273>
DCI Report: Growing Up Between Israeli Settlements and Soldiers
<http://imemc.org/article/68234>
/250 Children Currently Imprisoned by Israel/
<http://imemc.org/article/68232> /
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