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<h1 class="article-title">Human Rights Organizations Condemn
Israeli Aggressions</h1>
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<span class="article-detail"><img class="icon"
src="cid:part1.07040303.02050303@freedomarchives.org"
alt="author"> Wednesday July 02, 2014 10:05</span><span
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src="cid:part2.00070201.09030901@freedomarchives.org"
alt="author"> by Chris Carlso<br>
<b><small><small><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.imemc.org/article/68300">http://www.imemc.org/article/68300</a></small></small></b><br>
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<p class="article-subtitle">Settler attacks escalate following
discovery of teens' bodies</p>
<blockquote class="article-intro">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.</blockquote>
<p class="article">The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR),
<a sl-processed="1"
href="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"
target="_blank">in a recent statement</a>, 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.”<br>
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“These grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of
the same Convention and Protocol I Additional to the Geneva
Conventions,” said the statement.<br>
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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. <br>
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According to eyewitnesses, the area went completely quiet after
the unit fired at him.<br>
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Concerning the <a sl-processed="1"
href="http://imemc.org/article/68290" target="_blank">demolitions
of the homes of alleged Hamas suspects</a>, 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.”<br>
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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.<br>
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The Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights, <a sl-processed="1"
href="http://euromid.org/en/article/528" target="_blank">noted
in a recent statement</a>, 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.<br>
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“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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.”<br>
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Israeli settlers have also intensified their attacks against
Palestinians, according to WAFA, after the bodies of three
settlers, allegedly abducted by Hamas members, <a
sl-processed="1" href="http://imemc.org/article/68279"
target="_blank">were uncovered in the town of Halhoul</a>,
near Hebron, in a field not far from where they reportedly went
missing.<br>
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According to witnesses, a Palestinian child escaped a kidnapping
attempt by a settler in Jerusalem.<br>
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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. <br>
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The child was transferred to hospital for treatment.<br>
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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.<br>
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West of Jerusalem, settlers attacked and severely beat another
Palestinian youth. <br>
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Additionally, <a sl-processed="1"
href="http://imemc.org/newswire?search_text=price+tag&button=Search+%3E%3E"
target="_blank">'price tag' vandals</a> painted racist
graffiti on the walls near the illegal settlement of <a
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occurrence="1" data-skim-node-id="100:paintedracistgraffit_1">Beit
Shemesh</a><span style="position: absolute;"></span><span
style="position: absolute;"></span>, also in Jerusalem.<br>
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“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: <br>
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In a report filed in February of 2013, <a sl-processed="1"
href="http://imemc.org/newswire?search_text=unicef&button=Search+%3E%3E"
target="_blank">UNICEF</a> 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.” <br>
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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.”<br>
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“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?”<br>
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See recent related IMEMC articles:<i> <a sl-processed="1"
href="http://imemc.org/article/68273" target="_blank">Awne
Shamsiyeh: “The camera is like a weapon, so I can resist
non-violently.”</a><br>
<br>
<a sl-processed="1" href="http://imemc.org/article/68234"
target="_blank">DCI Report: Growing Up Between Israeli
Settlements and Soldiers</a><br>
<br>
<a sl-processed="1" href="http://imemc.org/article/68232"
target="_blank"><i>250 Children Currently Imprisoned by
Israel</i></a> </i></p>
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