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<h1 class="article-title">PCHR Report On Israeli Human Rights
Violations in the oPt for October 23 - 29, 2014</h1>
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<span class="article-detail"><img class="icon"
src="cid:part1.04080603.07010906@freedomarchives.org"
alt="author"> Tuesday November 04, 2014 05:47</span><span
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src="cid:part2.00090201.01070302@freedomarchives.org"
alt="author"> by PCHR-Gaza</span></span> <br>
<b><small><small><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.imemc.org/article/69599">http://www.imemc.org/article/69599</a></small></small></b><br>
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<blockquote class="article-intro">Israeli violations of
international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt
continued during the reporting period (23 – 29 October 2014).</blockquote>
<p class="article"><b>Israeli attacks in the West Bank & Gaza:</b><br>
<br>
<b><u>Shootings</u></b><br>
<br>
During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian
child in Selwad village, northeast of Ramallah, in the central
West Bank. Moreover, they wounded 18 civilians, including an
American human rights activist, 5 children and a cameraman of
Palestine TV in occupied East Jerusalem. In the Gaza Strip,
Israeli forces severely wounded a bird hunter in the north of
the Gaza Strip, while Israeli navy forces continued to open fire
and chase Palestinian fishermen in the sea. <br>
<br>
In the West Bank, on 24 October 2014, in excessive use of force,
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child holding an American
passport by a bullet to the neck, and wounded another one during
a protest at the entrance of Selwad village, northeast of
Ramallah, in protest at the Israeli attacks in al-Aqsa mosque.<br>
<br>
On the same day, during similar protests, Israeli forces wounded
6 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children; 3 of whom,
including a child, were wounded in a protest around Ofer
detention facility, southwest of Ramallah, while the other 3
ones, including 2 children, were wounded during a protest in the
vicinity of "Beit Eil" settlement, north of the city.<br>
<br>
On 25 October 2014, a 17-year-old male from al-Jalazoun refugee
camp, was wounded in a protest organized in the vicinity of
"Beit Eil" settlement, north of the city, while a 20-year-old
male was wounded in a similar protest organized at the western
entrance of Selwad village, northeast of the city.<br>
<br>
In occupied East Jerusalem, on 23 October 2014, Palestine TV
cameraman sustained bullet wound to the right hand while filming
a protest organized by Palestinian youngsters in al-Sawana and
Wadi al-Jouz neighbourhoods, east of the Old City. Moreover,
another civilian sustained a bullet wound to the thigh during a
protest in Shu'fat neighbourhood, north of the city.<br>
<br>
Israeli forces used excessive force against peaceful protests
organised by Palestinian civilians, international and Israeli
human rights defenders in protest at the construction of the
annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank. As a
result, an American human rights activist sustained burns as she
was hit by a gas canister in Bil'in weekly protest, west of
Ramallah on 24 October 2014. In addition, 2 Palestinian
protestors were wounded in Kofur Qaddoum village, northeast of
Qalqilya, on 26 October 2014. <br>
<br>
On 28 October 2014, 4 civilians, including a child, were
wounded; wounds of one of whom were serious, when Israeli forces
moved into Ya'bad village, south of Jenin.<br>
<br>
In the Gaza Strip Israeli forces continued to fire at
Palestinian civilians in the border area. On 29 October 2014, a
bird hunter was severely wounded when Israeli forces stationed
along the border fence, northwest of Beit Lahia, in the northern
Gaza Strip, opened fire at a group of bird hunters who were
present near the said fence.<br>
<br>
On 23 October 2014, Israeli gunboats opened fire at a fishing
boat sailing about 1.5 nautical miles off the fishing harbor in
Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. As a result, the boat belonging
to fishermen from Baker family in Gaza City caught fire. No
casualties were reported.<br>
<br>
On 25 October 2014, Israeli gunboats stationed off al-Waha
resort, northwest of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, opened
fire at and chased fishing boats sailing from 1 to 6 nautical
miles in the sea over 15 times, but neither casualties nor
material damage were reported.<br>
<br>
<b><u>Incursions</u></b><br>
<br>
During the reporting period, Israeli forces conducted at least
62 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West
Bank. During these incursions, Israeli forces arrested at least
72 Palestinians, including 5 children and a woman. 27 of those
civilians, including 4 children and a woman, were arrested in
Jerusalem.<br>
<br>
In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces arrested 3 Palestinian
civilians, including a child, while attempting to sneak into
Israel in search for work via the border fence, east of Jabalia,
in the northern Gaza Strip, on 25 October 2014. <br>
<br>
<b><u>Restrictions on movement</u></b><br>
<br>
Israel continued to impose a tight closure of the oPt, imposing
severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in
the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East
Jerusalem.<br>
<br>
The illegal closure of the Gaza Strip, which has been steadily
tightened since June 2007 has had a disastrous impact on the
humanitarian and economic situation in the Gaza Strip. The
Israeli authorities impose measures to undermine the freedom of
trade, including the basic needs for the Gaza Strip population
and the agricultural and industrial products to be exported. For
7 consecutive years, Israel has tightened the land and naval
closure to isolate the Gaza Strip from the West Bank, including
occupied Jerusalem, and other countries around the world. This
resulted in grave violations of the economic, social and
cultural rights and a deterioration of living conditions for 1.8
million people. The Israeli authorities have established Karm
Abu Salem (Kerem Shaloum) as the sole crossing for imports and
exports in order to exercise its control over the Gaza Strip’s
economy. They also aim at imposing a complete ban on the Gaza
Strip’s exports. During the reporting period, Israeli forces
arrested a Palestinian patient who obtained a permit to travel
to the West Bank for medical treatment, while another civilian
accompanying his father was arrested while the father was denied
travel for medical treatment. <br>
<br>
Israeli forces have continued to impose severe restrictions on
the movement of Palestinian civilians throughout the West Bank,
including occupied East Jerusalem. Thousands of Palestinian
civilians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip continue to be
denied access to Jerusalem.<br>
<br>
<u><b>Efforts to create a Jewish majority</b></u><br>
<br>
On 28 October 2014, Israeli forces demolished a house belonging
to Nader Hussam Sharif in Salah al-Dein Street in the Old City
in Jerusalem.<br>
<br>
On 29 October 2014, bulldozers of Israeli municipality of
Jerusalem destroyed a residential room, storage houses, and
barracks belonging to Khaled al-Zir in al-‘Abbasya neighborhood
in Silwan village, south of the Old City in Jerusalem.<br>
<br>
On 23 October 2014, Israeli forces moved into Silwan village,
south of the Old City in Jerusalem after announcing the death of
Abdel Rahaman al-Shaloudi, who was shot by a guard in the light
train station after his car went off track and hit a number of
people on 22 October 2014 in al-sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
Palestinian youths threw stones at Israeli soldiers who fired
tear gas canisters heavily in response and beat up a number of
them.<br>
<br>
On 24 October 2014, Israeli forces moved into al-‘Isawia
village, northeast of Jerusalem. Youths gathered and set fire to
tires wheels and threw stones at Israeli soldiers who responded
by firing rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters to
disperse them.<br>
<br>
Furthermore, Israeli forces moved into al-Swana neighborhood and
Wadi al-Jouz. As a result, a cameraman for Palestine TV,
sustained a bullet wound to his right hand. Israeli forces
raided many houses and attacked women and children. As a result,
‘Awni Eseida (12) sustained wounds to his abdomen Naser Iseida
(47) sustained a fractured hand. They also attacked Adnan
Iseida, an elderly who suffers a bad heart condition. Before
their withdrawal, Israeli forces arrested 5 civilians and took
them to an unknown destination.<br>
<br>
In addition, Israeli forces moved into Shufat neighborhood after
Palestinian youths threw stones at an Israeli police car which
was parked in al-Sahel Street. They opened fire at the youth and
wounded a civilian.<br>
<br>
On the same day, Israeli forces moved into al-Wad neighborhood
in the Old City in Jerusalem. They raided a number of houses and
arrested 5 civilians.<br>
<br>
On 25 October 2014, Israeli forces moved into Beit Hanina
neighborhood, north of Jerusalem. Israelis responded by firing
rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters. Furthermore,
they arrested 3 civilians, including a child, and took them to
an unknown destination.<br>
<br>
On 26 October 2014, Israeli forces moved into Silwan village,
south of the Old City in Jerusalem. Israeli fired rubber-coated
metal bullets and tear gas canisters. They also arrested Maher
Samer Sarhan (13) and took him to an unknown destination.
Moreover, Israeli forces moved into al-Thari neighborhood, east
of the Old City in Jerusalem and raided a number of houses. They
arrested 4 civilians, including a child, and took them to an
unknown destination.<br>
<br>
On 27 October 2014, Israeli forces arrested 3 civilians from the
guards of al-Aqsa mosque and took them to al-Qishla
investigation center: Ashraf Abu Irmeila and ‘Arafat Najeeb.<br>
<br>
On 28 October 2014, Israeli forces arrested Mahmoud Muhammed
al-Zaghel (17) near his school in Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood,
east of the Old City. When his aunt Hanan Abu Asab came to check
on the child in the investigation center, Israeli forces
arrested her as well. They also raided a house belonging to Amin
Siam in Wadi Hilwa neighborhood and arrested him and his brother
Wisam and Muein Hidda.<br>
<br>
<u><b>Israeli Settlement activities</b></u><br>
<br>
Israel has continued its settlement activities in the oPt, in a
direct violation of international humanitarian law, and Israeli
settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and
property.<br>
<br>
On 26 October 2014, Israeli forces moved into al-Markaz area,
backed by bulldozers of the Israeli Civil Administration. They
handed Mahmoud Ali al-Najjar a notice to stop construction in a
tin Barracks in the pretext of illegal construction in area C.<br>
<br>
On 27 October 014, Israeli forces moved into Kherbat Um Ulkheir,
south of Hebron. They deployed in the agricultural lands near
the area. They forces residents to leave their homes in the
pretext of not having a construction permit. The demolishing
operation included 6 houses. Forty people have become homeless.<br>
<br>
On 29 October 2014, Israeli forces moved into Khashem al-Darraj,
north of Yatta. They bulldozed a house, a bathroom, a cave for
housing animals, and fence of an animal barn.<br>
<br>
<b>Use of excessive force against peaceful demonstrations
protesting settlement activities and the construction of the
annexation wall</b><br>
<br>
During the reporting period, Israeli soldiers used excessive
force against peaceful demonstrations organized by Palestinian
civilians, international and Israeli human rights defenders in
protest at the construction of the annexation wall and
settlement activities in the West Bank. As a result, 22-year-old
Camay, an American human rights activist, sustained burns to the
belly as she was hit by a gas canister during Bil'in weekly
protest, west of Ramallah on 24 October 2014. Furthermore, 2
Palestinian protestors were wounded in Kofur Qaddoum protest,
northeast of Qalqilya, on 26 October 2014.<br>
<br>
In the same context, a Palestinian child holding an American
passport was killed in a protest at the entrance of Selwad
village, northeast of Ramallah. <br>
<br>
<b>(PCHR keeps the names of the wounded in fear of being
arrested by the Israeli forces within its policy to oppress
the peaceful protests and prevent Palestinian civilians from
participating).</b><br>
<br>
<u><b>Demonstrations against the construction of the annexation
wall and settlement activity</b></u><br>
<br>
· Following the Friday Prayer on 24 October 2014, dozens of
Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights
defenders organized a peaceful demonstration in Bil’in, west of
Ramallah, in protest at the construction of the annexation wall
and settlement activities. The demonstrators took the streets
raising the Palestinian flags and headed to the liberated
territories near the annexation wall. Early in the morning,
Israeli forces closed all entrances to the city to prevent
Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights
defenders from participating in the protests. The protestors
marched by the annexation wall and tried to cross the fence.
Israeli soldiers stationed behind the wall, in the western area,
and a large number of soldiers deployed along it, fired live
bullets, tear gas canisters, rubber-coated steel bullets, sound
bombs and waste water at them and chased them into the olive
fields. As a result, 22-year-old Camay, an American human rights
activist, sustained burns to the belly as she was hit by a gas
canister. In addition, dozens of civilians suffered tear gas
inhalation.<br>
<br>
· On the same day, dozens of Palestinian civilians organised a
peaceful demonstration in the centre of Ni’lin village, west of
Ramallah, in protest at the construction of the annexation wall
and settlement activities. The demonstrators took the streets
and headed to the annexation wall. Israeli forces closed the
gates of the wall with barbwires and prevented the demonstrators
from crossing to the land behind it before they responded by
throwing stones. Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition,
rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters
at the civilians, and chased them into the village. As a result,
many civilians suffered tear gas inhalation and bruises as they
were beaten up by Israeli soldiers.<br>
<br>
· Around the same time, dozens of Palestinian civilians and
Israeli and international human rights defenders organised a
peaceful demonstration in Nabi Saleh village, southwest of
Ramallah, in protest at the construction of the annexation wall
and settlement activities. The demonstrators made their way in
the streets raising the Palestinian flags and chanting slogans
against the occupation and in support of the Palestinian unity
resistance, and then they headed to the lands that the settlers
are trying to rob by force near “Halmish” settlement. Israeli
forces had closed all the entrances of the village since the
morning to prevent Palestinian and international activists and
journalists from participating in the demonstration. When they
arrived at the aforementioned land, the demonstrators were met
by live bullets, tear gas canisters, rubber-coated steel
bullets, sound bombs and skunk water and were chased into the
village. As a result, many civilians suffered tear gas
inhalation and others sustained bruises due to being beaten up
by Israeli soldiers.<br>
<br>
· Also at approximately 13:20, Palestinian civilians and
international solidarity activists organized a protest in the
center of Kufor Qaddoum village, northeast of Qalqilya, heading
to the eastern entrance of the village in protest against
closing that entrance since the beginning of al-Aqsa Intifada
with an iron gate. The demonstrators threw stones at Israeli
soldiers, who fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters in
response. As a result, several protestors suffered tear gas
inhalation. Moreover, Israeli forces sprayed skunk water at
civilians and houses around and used bulldozers to gather stones
in front of houses in the main road, but no further incidents
were reported.<br>
<br>
· At approximately 12:00 on Sunday, 26 October 2014, Palestinian
civilians and a number of participants in the popular resistance
conference made their way in Kofur Qaddoum village, northeast of
Qalqilya towards the eastern entrance of the village, which was
closed. Israeli forces immediately fired sound bombs, tear gas
canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets. As a result, 2
civilians sustained wounds. The first 45-year-old male sustained
a bullet wound to the back and the second 19-year-old male
sustained a bullet wound to the right leg.<br>
<br>
<b><u>Other Demonstrations</u></b><br>
<br>
· On Friday afternoon, 24 October 2014, in excessive use of
force, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child holding an
American passport and wounded another civilian during a protest
at the entrance of Selwad village, northeast of Ramallah, in
protest at the Israeli attacks at al-Aqsa mosque.<br>
<br>
According to investigations conducted by PCHR and statements of
eyewitnesses, on the abovementioned day, dozens of youngsters
gathered at the western entrance of Selwad village, northeast of
Ramallah near road (60) in protest at the Israeli policies. They
set fire to tires and threw stones and empty bottles at Israeli
soldiers who fired live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets,
tear gas canisters and sound bombs in response. As a result,
15-year-old Orwa Abdul Wahab Abdul Ghani Khaleq (Hammad)
sustained a bullet wound to the left side of his neck. The
bullet exited from the back of the neck. The abovementioned boy
was taken by ambulance to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah.
Doctors tried to revive him in the intensive care unit, but
failed. Medical sources pronounced him dead in the evening. It
should be noted the victim holds an American passport. Moreover,
an 18-year-old male sustained a bullet wound to the right knee
and a number of civilians suffered tear gas inhalation. <br>
<br>
· On Friday afternoon, dozens of Palestinians youngsters
gathered from different areas in Ramallah in the vicinity of
Ofer detention facility, southwest of Ramallah, to protest at
the Israeli practices in al-Aqsa mosque. They headed to the
facility's gate that was closed by Israeli soldiers. Israeli
soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear
gas canisters in response. As a result, 3 civilians, including a
child, were wounded and dozens of others suffered tear gas
inhalation. A 16-year-old male and an 18-year-old male both
sustained bullet wounds to the left thighs and a 20-year-old
male sustained a bullet wound to the right elbow. <br>
<br>
· On Friday afternoon, dozens of Palestinians gathered at the
southern entrance of al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of
Ramallah, about 300 meters away from "Beit Eil" settlement, in
protest at the Israeli practices in al-Aqsa mosque. The
protestors threw stones at the fence of the settlement, due to
which, Israeli soldiers stationed in the area fired
rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters
in response. As a result, 3 civilians, including 2 children,
were wounded and others suffered tear gas inhalation. The first
16-year-old male sustained a bullet wound to the left leg, a
16-year-old male sustained a bullet wound to the right leg and a
24-year-old male sustained a bullet wound to the right thigh.<br>
<br>
· On Saturday, 25 October 2014, dozens of Palestinian civilians
gathered at the southern entrance of al-Jalazoun refugee camp,
north of Ramallah, about 300 meters away from "Beit Eil"
settlement, in protest at the Israeli practices in al-Aqsa
mosque. The protestors threw stones at the fence of the
settlement, due to which, Israeli soldiers stationed in the area
fired rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas
canisters in response. As a result, a 17-year-old male sustained
a bullet wound to the left leg and others suffered tear gas
inhalation.<br>
<br>
· On Saturday afternoon, dozens of Palestinian young men
gathered at the western entrance of Selwad village, northeast of
Ramallah, on the road between Selwad village and Yabrod village
near Street (60) to throw stones at the aforementioned street.
Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition, rubber-coated metal
bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters at the civilians,
and chased them into the village. As a result, a 20-year-old
male sustained a bullet wound to the left knee and dozens of
civilians suffered tear gas inhalation.<br>
<br>
· On Sunday, 26 October 2014, following the funeral of
16-year-old Orwa Hammad from Selwad village, northeast of
Ramallah, who was killed on Friday, 24 October 2014, dozens of
Palestinian civilians gathered at the western entrance of Selwad
village, northeast of Ramallah, on the road between Selwad
village and Yabrod village near Street (60) to throw stones at
the aforementioned street. Israeli soldiers fired live
ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear
gas canisters at the civilians, and chased them into the
village. As a result, a number of civilians suffered tear gas
inhalation.<br>
<br>
· On Sunday afternoon, dozens of Palestinian youngsters gathered
near Attarah checkpoint, north of Birzait village, north of
Ramallah. They set fire to tires and threw stones and empty
bottles at the Israeli soldiers, who fired rubber-coated metal
bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters in response. As a
result, a number of civilians suffered tear gas canisters. <br>
<br>
<b><u>Continued closure of the oPt</u></b><br>
<br>
Israel continued to impose a tight closure on the oPt, imposing
severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in
the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East
Jerusalem.<br>
<br>
<i>Gaza Strip</i><br>
<br>
Israeli forces continuously tighten the closure of the Gaza
Strip and close all commercial crossings, making the Karm Abu
Salem crossing the sole commercial crossing of the Gaza Strip,
although it is not suitable for commercial purposes in terms of
its operational capacity and distance from markets.<br>
<br>
Israeli forces have continued to apply the policy, which is
aimed to tighten the closure on all commercial crossings, by
imposing total control over the flow of imports and exports.<br>
<br>
The total closure of al-Mentar ("Karni") crossing since 02 March
2011 has seriously affected the economy of the Gaza Strip.
Following this closure, all economic and commercial
establishments in the Gaza Commercial Zone were shut off. It
should be noted that al-Mentar crossing is the biggest crossing
in the Gaza Strip, in terms of its capacity to absorb the flow
of imports and exports. The decision to close al-Mentar crossing
was the culmination of a series of decisions resulting in the
complete closure of the Sofa crossing, east of the Gaza Strip in
the beginning of 2009, and the Nahal Oz crossing, east of Gaza
City, which were dedicated for the delivery of fuel and cooking
gas to the Gaza Strip, in the beginning of 2010.<br>
<br>
Israeli forces have continued to impose a total ban on the
delivery of raw materials to the Gaza Strip, except for very
limited items and quantities. The limited quantities of raw
materials allowed into Gaza do not meet the minimal needs of the
civilian population of the Gaza Strip.<br>
<br>
The cooking gas crisis has fluctuated for 9 months due to the
closure of Karm Abu Salem for security claims. According to
PCHR’s follow-up, Israeli authorities only allow an average of
98 tons of cooking gas into Gaza per day. This limited quantity
is less than half of the daily needs, which is 200 tons per day
of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip during winter. The
crisis has unprecedentedly aggravated for around six weeks due
to cold weather and overconsumption in addition to the power
outage and using gas as an alternative in many instances of
electricity. The lack of diesel and benzene led to the
aggravation of the crisis as a result of using the gas cylinder
for cars or as an alternative for benzene to run generators. As
a result, the demand for gas further increased.<br>
<br>
For almost 6 consecutive years, Israeli forces have continued to
prevent the delivery of construction materials to the Gaza
Strip. Two years ago, Israeli forces approved the delivery of
limited quantities of construction materials for a number of
international organizations in the Gaza Strip. On 17 September
2013, they allowed the entry of limited quantities of
construction materials for the private sector. However, on 13
October 2013, they re-banned it claiming that these materials
are used for constructing tunnels. Last week, Israeli forces
allowed the entry of construction materials only for UNRWA and
UNDP projects. As a result, construction works have completely
stopped impacting all sectors related to construction and an
increase in unemployment levels. During the 51-day Israeli
offensive on the Gaza Strip in July and August 2014, Israeli
authorities did not allow the entry of any construction
materials. As a result, vital and infrastructure projects have
been obstructed so far.<br>
<br>
Israeli forces also continued to impose an almost total ban on
the Gaza Strip exports, including agricultural and industrial
products, except for light-weighted products such as flowers,
strawberries, and spices.<br>
<br>
Israel has continued to close the Beit Hanoun (“Erez”) crossing
for the majority of Palestinian citizens from the Gaza Strip.
Israel only allows the movement of a limited number of groups,
with many hours of waiting in the majority of cases. Israel has
continued to adopt a policy aimed at reducing the number of
Palestinian patients allowed to move via the Beit Hanoun
crossing to receive medical treatment in hospitals in Israel or
in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Israel denied permission to
access hospitals via the crossing for new categories of patients
from the Gaza Strip.<br>
<br>
<b><u>Arrests and Maltreatment at Military Checkpoints</u></b><br>
<br>
· At approximately 14:30 on Thursday, 23 October 2014, Israeli
forces established a checkpoint at the entrance of Deir Masha’al
village, northwest of Ramallah. They arrested ‘Asem Kheir
Suleiman Barghouthi (17) from the aforementioned village and
took him to an unknown destination. <br>
<br>
· At approximately 20:10 on Friday, 24 October 2014, Israeli
forces established a checkpoint at the entrance of Qalqilya and
arrested Walid Samih Anis Sweilim (33) and Rezeq Ahmed Zeid
Hibla (33) from the aforementioned city, then took them to an
unknown destination. <br>
<br>
· At approximately 11:00 on Monday, 27 October 2014, Israeli
forces stationed at the gates of the Ibrahimian Mosque, at the
center f the Old City in Hebron, arrested ‘Alaa Taisir al-Rajbi
(16) in the pretext of attempting to stab a soldier. He was
taken to the police station of “Kiryat Araba” settlement.<br>
<br>
· At approximately 11:00 on Wednesday, 29 October 2014, Israeli
infantry force moved into Ziad Jaber School and arrested Baraa
‘Aref al-Jabri (12) in the pretext of throwing stones at Israeli
soldiers. He was taken to the police station of “Kiryat Araba”
settlement.<br>
<br>
<u>· A Palestinian patient arrested at Erez crossing:</u><br>
<br>
At approximately 15:00 on Monday, 27 October 2014, Israeli
forces arrested Muhammad Ribhi Abu Khalifeh (31) from Jabalia
village in the Northern Gaza Strip, when he was heading for a
surgical operation in al-Mizan Medical Center in the West Bank.
The aforementioned suffers stiffness in his spine since he was a
child. Israeli forces told Khitam Said Abu Khalifeh, stepmother
of the aforementioned who escorted him, to return to the Gaza
Strip. The aforementioned patient is still in Israeli custody.<br>
<br>
<u>· A Palestinian arrested and his father banned from traveling
to Jerusalem through Erez for treatment:</u><br>
<br>
At approximately 13:00 on Tuesdasy, 28 October 2014, Israeli
forces arrested Hassan Muhammad Hassan Muhanna (39), from Tal
al-Sultan area in Rafah, when he was escorting his father
Muhammad Hassan al-‘Assi Muhanna (72) on their way to Jerusalem
for treatment at al-Maqased hospital. Muhanned Muhammad Muahnna,
the detainee's brother, told PCHR that at approximately 13:00,
he lost contact with his brother. On the same day, he received a
call from the Palestinian liaison at Erez crossing. They told
him his father is to be returned to the European hospital in the
Gaza Strip despite the medical reference to al-Maqased hospital
that he had obtained and the permit to travel through Erez that
he had been granted. His father told him his brother was in
Israeli custody.<br>
<br>
<b><u>Efforts to create a Jewish demographic majority in
occupied East Jerusalem</u></b><br>
<br>
· At approximately 14:00 on Tuesday, 28 October 2014, Israeli
forces demolished a house belonging to Nader Hussam Sharif in
Salah al-Dein Street in the Old City in Jerusalem. The
aforementioned civilian told PCHR that the owner of the house is
the grandmother of Abdel Rahaman al-Shaloudi, who Israeli forces
claimed he deliberately killed an Israeli child and an
Ecuadorian woman in the 22 October 2014 car accident. The family
had received a notice to demolish their house two years ago.
However, the family was surprised when the occupation
municipality staffs came without prior warning.<br>
<br>
· At approximately 07:00 on Wednesday, 29 October 2014,
bulldozers of Israeli municipality of Jerusalem destroyed a
residential room, storage houses, and barracks belonging to
Khaled al-Zir in al-‘Abbasya neighborhood in Silwan village,
south of the Old City in Jerusalem.<br>
<br>
Israeli police and Special Forces accompanied by Nature
Authority staffs, Israeli occupation municipality, and
bulldozers in addition to a helicopter, moved into Silwan
village and deployed heavily in al-‘Abbasya neighborhood. They
raided a room belonging got Khaled al-Zir and arrested him and
his brother Fahmi after beating them up. They also destroyed tin
barraks of an area of 12 square meters to house horses and
sheep. It should be noted that al-Zir house was destroyed
previously in 2013, so he had to live in a cave in his land with
his family of 7 members. The Israeli Nature Authority claimed
that the land is an archeological site. He had to build himself
and his family a small room. <br>
<br>
· At approximately 10:00 on Thursday, 23 October 2014, Israeli
forces moved into Silwan village, south of the Old City in
Jerusalem after announcing the death of Abdel Rahman
al-Shaloudi, who was shot by a guard in the light train station
after his car went off track and hit a number of people on 22
October 2014 in al-sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Palestinian
youths threw stones at Israeli soldiers who fired tear gas
canisters heavily in response and beat up a number of them.<br>
<br>
· At approximately 13:00 on Friday, 24 October 2014, Israeli
forces moved into al-‘Isawia village, northeast of Jerusalem.
Youths gathered, set fire to tires and threw stones at Israeli
soldiers who responded by firing rubber-coated metal bullets and
tear gas canisters to disperse them. Fuad Obeid, the director of
the Arab Paramedic Union, told PCHR that ambulance staffs
evacuated 7 buildings in which 20 families reside. Among the
families is the Jamjoum family whose house and furniture caught
fire. Taisir Jamjoum (63) sustained tear gas inhalation in
addition to his pregnant wife, their 4 children. Harima Hamdan
(63) also suffered tear gas inhalation. They were all treated in
Hadasah hospital.<br>
<br>
· At approximately 14:00 on the aforementioned day, Israeli
forces moved into al-Swana neighborhood and Wadi al-Jouz area
after a group of Palestinian youth threw stones and fireworks
after the death of Abdel Rahaman al-Shaloudi. Israeli forces
fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters. As a
result, Nader Baibars, a photojournalist for Palestine TV,
sustained a bullet wound to his right hand. Israeli forces moved
into many houses and attacked women and children. As a result,
‘Awni Eseida (12) sustained wounds to his abdomen Naser Iseida
(47) sustained a fractured hand. They also attacked Adnan
Iseida, an elderly who suffers a bad heart condition. Before
their withdrawal, Israeli forces arrested 5 civilians and took
them to an unknown destination: Hazem Ahmed Iseida (22); Ahmed
Ali al-Salaima (19); Shadi Yousif Abu Remeila (21); Abdel Hafez
Tawfiq Zablah (23); Muhammad Omar Abu ‘Asab (19).<br>
<br>
· At approximately 16:00 on the aforementioned day, Israeli
forces moved into Shufat neighborhood after Palestinian youths
threw stones at an Israeli police car which was parked in
al-Sahel Street. They opened fire at the youth and wounded a
civilian.<br>
<br>
· At approximately 21:00, Israeli forces moved into al-Wad
neighborhood in the Old City in Jerusalem. They raided a number
of houses and arrested 5 civilians: Ahmed Mustafa Sub Laban, a
field worker who was covering the vent; Nawras Muhammad Abu
Ghazala; Abdullah Ahmed Da’ana; Anas Ibrahim Tuffaha; Muhammad
Ibrahim Tuffaha; and Muhammad Abdel Rahim Kamela.<br>
<br>
· At approximately 19:00 on Saturday, 25 October 2014, Israeli
forces moved into Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of Jerusalem,
after dozens of Palestinian youths set fire o tires protesting
the death of Abdel Rahaman al-Shaloudi. Israelis responded by
firing rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters.
Furthermore, they arrested 3 civilians, including a child, and
took them to an unknown destination: Qusai Shwiki (20); Sameh
Naser Najeeb (17); and his brother Muhammad (19).<br>
<br>
· At approximately 19:00 on Sunday, 26 October 2014, Israeli
ofrcesw moved into Silwan village, south of the Old City in
Jerusalem. Israeli fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear
gas canisters. They also arrested Maher Samer Sarhan (13) and
took him to an unknown destination.<br>
<br>
· At approximately 21:00 on the aforementioned day, Israeli
forces moved into al-Thari neighborhood, east of the Old City in
Jerusalem and raided a number of houses. They arrested 4
civilians, including a child, and took them to an unknown
destination: Rami Mahmoud Barakt (16); Rami Muhammad al-Rajbi
(19); Ammar Abdullah Ghaith (19); and Musa Naser Hadya (22).<br>
<br>
· At approximately 14:00 on Monday, 27 October 2014, Israeli
forces arrested 3 guards of al-Aqsa Mosque and took them to
al-Qishla investigation center: Ashraf Abu Irmeila and ‘Arafat
Najeeb.<br>
<br>
· At approximately 08:00 on Tuesday, 28 October 2014, Israeli
forces arrested Mahmoud Muhammed al-Zaghel (17) near his school
in Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood, east of the Old City. When his
aunt Hanan Abu Asab came to check on the child in the
investigation center, Israeli forces arrested her as well.<br>
<br>
· At approximately 20:00 on Tuesday, Israeli forces moved into
Silwan. They raided a house belonging to Amin Siam in Wadi Hilwa
neighborhood and arrested him and his brother Wisam and Muein
Hidda. They also raided Au Tayeh area and attacked Ahmed and
Nader Aby Tayeh. Muhammad Younis was aslo attacked during the
raid on his house.<br>
<br>
<u><b>Settlement activities and attacks by settlers against
Palestinian civilians and property</b></u><br>
<br>
· At approximately 18:30 on Friday 17 October 2014, Israeli
settlers attacked Faisal Muhammad Azzam (20) in “Reinim Shalom”
hotel after he tried to defend a colleague of his when she was
attacked for wearing a head cover.<br>
<br>
Azzam told PCHR that 11 settlers attacked his Palestinian
colleague for wearing head cover. They verbally abused her and
when he tried to defend her, they attacked him. He sustained
bruises and was taken to “Shaare Zedek” for treatment.<br>
<br>
· At approximately 02:00 on Monday, 20 October 2014, Israeli
settlers took over two residential buildings and a land in the
central neighborhood in Silwan, south of the Old City in
Jerusalem. The buildings are made up of 10 apartments belonging
to Salah al-Rahbi and the other to Omran al-Qawasmi. Each
building is made up of 3 floors. The families sold their estates
to a civilian who was accused of selling the two buildings to
colonist organizations. The land which is located near al-Rajbi
building has an area of 700 square meters and was sold for the
same person who deals with colonist organizations.<br>
<br>
<b>Settlement activities and attacks by settlers against
Palestinian civilians and property</b><br>
<br>
· At approximately 09:00 on Sudnay, 26 October 2014, Israeli
forces moved into al-Markaz area, backed by bulldozers of the
Israeli Civil Administration. They handed Mahmoud Ali al-Najjar
a notice to stop construction in a tin Barracks under the
pretext of illegal construction in area C.<br>
<br>
· At approximately 08:30 on Monday, 27 October 014, Israeli
forces moved into Kherbat Um Ulkheir, south of Hebron. They
deployed in the agricultural lands near the area. They forces
residents to leave their homes in the pretext of not having a
contraction permit. The demolishing operation included 6 houses:<br>
- A tin and brick house of an area of 60 square meters belonging
to Abdulah al-Hathalin;<br>
- A house of cement and tine of an area of 60 square meters
belonging to Kheirallah al-Hathalin;<br>
- A house of tin and brick of an area of 60 square meters
belonging Bilal al-Hathalin;<br>
- A house of tin and brick of an area of 80 square meters
belonging Sulaiman al-Hathalin;<br>
- A house belonging to Halima al-Hathalin, presented to her by
OCHA organization in June 2012 to house her family of 8 perons;<br>
- A house of tin and brick of an area of 70 square meters
belonging Maliha al-Hathalin, and;
- Bread Taboon for making bread, which was established year ago.<br>
40 people are now homeless.<br>
At approximately 10:00 on Wednesday, 29 Octoner 2014, Israeli
forces moved into Khashem al-Darraj, north of Yatta. They
bulldozed:<br>
- A house of tin of an area of 40 square meters and a bathroom
of an area of 2 square meters belonging to Mustaf al-Tibna;<br>
- A bathroom of Tin of an area of 2 square meters and a cave for
housing animals belonging to Ali al-Tibna; and<br>
- A fence of an animal Barn belonging to Musa al-Tibna.<br>
<br>
<b>Recommendations to the International Community:</b><br>
<br>
PCHR emphasizes the international community’s position that the
Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are
still under Israeli occupation, in spite of Israeli military
redeployment outside the Gaza Strip in 2005. PCHR further
confirms that Israeli forces continued to impose collective
punishment measures on the Gaza Strip, which have escalated
since the 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections, in which
Hamas won the majority of seats of the Palestinian Legislative
Council. PCHR stresses that there is international recognition
of Israel’s obligation to respect international human rights
instruments and the international humanitarian law, especially
the Hague Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on
Land and the Geneva Conventions. Israel is bound to apply the
international human rights law and the law of war sometime
reciprocally and other times in parallel in a way that achieves
the best protection for civilians and remedy for victims.<br>
<br>
In light of continued arbitrary measures, land confiscation and
settlement activities in the West Bank, and the continued
aggression against civilians in the Gaza Strip, PCHR calls upon
the international community, especially the United Nations, the
High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Convention and the
European Union – in the context of their natural obligation to
respect and enforce the international law – to cooperate and act
according to the following recommendations:<br>
<br>
1. PCHR calls upon the international community and the United
Nations to use all available means to allow the Palestinian
people to enjoy their right to self-determination, through the
establishment of the Palestinian State, which was recognized by
the UN General Assembly with a vast majority, using all
international legal mechanisms, including sanctions to end the
occupation of the State of Palestine;<br>
<br>
2. PCHR calls upon the United Nations to provide international
protection to Palestinians in the oPt, and to ensure the
non-recurrence of aggression against the oPt, especially the
Gaza Strip;<br>
<br>
3. PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva
Conventions to compel Israel, as a High Contracting Party to the
Conventions, to apply the Conventions in the oPt;<br>
<br>
4. PCHR calls upon the Parties to international human rights
instruments, especially the Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights and the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
to pressurize Israel to comply with their provisions in the oPt,
and to compel it to incorporate the human rights situation in
the oPt in its reports submitted to the concerned committees;<br>
<br>
5. PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva
Conventions to fulfil their obligation to ensure the application
of the Conventions, including extending the scope of their
jurisdiction in order to prosecute suspected war criminals,
regardless of the nationality of the perpetrator and the place
of a crime, to pave the way for prosecuting suspected Israeli
war criminals and end the longstanding impunity they have
enjoyed;<br>
<br>
6. PCHR calls on States that apply the principle of universal
jurisdiction not to surrender to Israeli pressure to limit
universal jurisdiction to perpetuate the impunity enjoyed by
suspected Israeli war criminals;<br>
<br>
7. PCHR calls upon the international community to act in order
to stop all Israeli settlement expansion activities in the oPt
through imposing sanctions on Israeli settlements and
criminalizing trading with them;<br>
<br>
8. PCHR calls upon the UN General Assembly to transfer the
Goldstone Report to the UN Security Council in order to refer it
to the International Criminal Court in accordance with Article
13(b) of the Rome Statute;<br>
<br>
9. PCHR calls upon the United Nations to confirm that holding
war criminals in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a
precondition to achieve stability and peace in the regions, and
that peace cannot be built on the expense of human rights;<br>
<br>
10. PCHR calls upon the UN General Assembly and Human Rights
Council to explicitly declare that the Israeli closure policy in
Gaza and the annexation wall in the West Bank are illegal, and
accordingly refer the two issues to the UN Security Council to
impose sanctions on Israel to compel it to remove them;<br>
<br>
11. PCHR calls upon the international community, in light of its
failure to the stop the aggression on the Palestinian people, to
at least fulfil its obligation to reconstruct the Gaza Strip
after the series of hostilities launched by Israel which
directly targeted the civilian infrastructure;<br>
<br>
12. PCHR calls upon the United Nations and the European Union to
express a clear position towards the annexation wall following
the international recognition of the State of Palestine on the
1967 borders, as the annexation wall seizes large parts of the
State of Palestine;<br>
<br>
13. PCHR calls upon the European Union to activate Article 2 of
the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which provides that both
sides must respect human rights as a precondition for economic
cooperation between the EU states and Israel, and the EU must
not ignore Israeli violations and crimes against Palestinian
civilians;<br>
<br>
14. PCHR calls upon the Palestinian leadership to sign and
accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
and the Geneva Conventions, and calls upon the international
community, especially the United Nations, to encourage the State
of Palestine to accede to international human rights law and
humanitarian law instruments.<br>
<br>
<i>Complete document, with charts on crossing statistics and
full reports on Israeli patrols, at the official PCHR website,
via link below.</i></p>
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