ISM activist shot in the head with rubber coated steel bullet

Today during a protest at Qalandia checkpoint, commemorating the 97th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, an Italian ISM volunteer was shot in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet.

Giulia, the ISMer, stated, “I was just standing on the side of a street, and the military was firing tear gas at the protesters. I was photographing the army when I felt the bullets strike me, one in the head, and another in my leg, and then all I could see was blood.”

Read the full report here: http://palsolidarity.org/2014/11/ism-activist-shot-in-the-head-with-rubber-coated-steel-bullet/

Sweden to grant $200 million to Palestine

'There is a territory, there is also a population. There is also a government with the opportunity to exhibit internal and external control.'

Sweden is set to give Palestine up to 1.5 billion kronor ($200 million) in aid, Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom has announced, hours after it became the first European Union country to officially recognize Palestine as a state.

Wallstrom said in a statement on Thursday that Palestine fulfilled the criteria for recognition as a state in international law despite it not having fixed borders, and would receive between 500 million kronor ($68 million) and 1.5 billion kronor under a five-year assistance plan.

Wallstrom said: ''There is a territory, there is also a population. There is also a government with the opportunity to exhibit internal and external control."

Sweden has previously recognized states - Croatia in 1992 and Kosovo in 2008 - even though they lacked effective control over parts of its territory, Wallstrom said, underlying that Palestine was a similar case.

Source:https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/14972-sweden-to-grant-200-million-to-palestine

Families Targeted

"A report released by Euro-Mid in a press conference held today in‪#‎London‬, revealed that "between 8 July and 26 August, 2014, Israeli forces conducted an estimated 60,664 raids resulting in the deaths to date of 2,147 Palestinians, many of them belong to the same family. (144 families lost three or more members in a single incident) In addition, approximately 10,870 were injured."

Maha

Euromid Observer for Human Rights

imated 60,664 raids resulting in the deaths to date of 2,147 Palestinians, many of them belong to the same family. (144 families lost three or more members in a single incident) In addition, approximately 10,870 were injured.

UN: Israeli settlement "not in line with international law"

Wednesday, 29 October 2014 12:46

Dujarric said that Mr. Ban received a letter from the Palestinian Authority asking the Security Council to hold a meeting on the Israeli settlements

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said on Tuesday that Israeli settlement activity is against international law.

Replying to a question during a press conference in New York, Dujarric said that Mr. Ban received a letter from the Palestinian Authority asking the Security Council to hold a meeting on the Israeli settlements. He said that "they are waiting to hear from the Presidency of the Council."

The Secretary General's position on settlements, he said, are that they "are against international law" and "do not serve the peace process."

"The Secretary-General has been very clear in his public statements, in his discussions with the Israeli leadership... [and] with senior Israeli officials here on his position on the settlements... [They are] not helpful to the peace process and was not in line with international law."

According to Anadolu news agency, the Security Council is to hold a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the issue of Israeli settlement building in the Occupied Palestinians Territories.

On Monday, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a directive to start building 1,060 settlement units in two illegal Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem.

The previous night, Israeli TV Channel Two revealed an agreement between Netanyahu and the Israeli Economic Minister Naftali Bennett that included the approval of a new settlement project in the West Bank.

Replying to criticism, Netanyahu said: "I heard a claim that our construction in the Jewish settlements of Jerusalem is pushing peace away, it is criticism that is pushing peace away."

He continued: "We will continue building in Jerusalem, our eternal capital. We have built in Jerusalem, we are building in Jerusalem and will continue building in Jerusalem."

Source: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/14942-un-israeli-settlement-qnot-in-line-with-international-lawq

Israeli Military Detention - No Way to Treat a Child

HE STAGES OF ISRAELI MILITARY DETENTION OF PALESTINIAN CHILD PRISONERS
The following account of treatment of Palestinian children is based on aUNICEF report, which drew its evidence from a database of more than 400 cases of child detention and ill treatment.	1) ARREST.  Palestinian children first encounter the military detention system when they are arrested.  It often happens at home, in the middle of the night.  Soldiers force the child to come with them.  Often neither the child nor the parents know where he is going or when he will return.
2) TRANSFER. Arrested children are blindfolded and taken to an interrogation center, a journey that can take from an hour to a whole day.  In some cases, they endure verbal or physical abuse and have no food, water, or access to toilets.	3) INTERROGATION. Children have no lawyers or family members present during interrogation.  In order to force them to confess, children are subject to physical violence and threatened with death and sexual assault.  Not surprisingly, most children confess.  Some are put in solitary confinement until their court hearing.
4) HEARING. Children shuffle into a military courtroom wearing prison uniforms and shackled with iron leg chains.  Usually the main evidence against a child is a confession made under duress.  Bail is usually denied.  The military judge can extend a child’s pretrial detention up to 188 days.	5) SENTENCE. With so much stacked against them, almost all children plead guilty in hopes of reducing the length of their pre-trial detention.  Imprisoned children are allowed one 45-minute visit from family members every two weeks.  However, those who go to prison are often sent to prisons inside Israel, making it difficult toimpossible for Palestinian families to travel to Israel to visit an incarcerated child.

Children suffer emotionally and physically from the military detention system.  They are torn from their families and communities and subjected to harsh treatment with no one to defend them.

Source: 

Two journalists hit by Israeli rubber bullets while covering protest (VIDEO)

28th October | Operation Dove | Um Al Kheir, Occupied Palestine

Yesterday, Israeli forces demolished a total of seven structures in the Bedouin village of Um al Kheir. The structures demolished are, three houses made of concrete, a caravan donated by the United Nations (United Nations Human Rights Response Fund with the support of Ireland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom) to be used as a home, a tinplated house, a tinplated kitchen, and a traditional oven.

“The impact was so strong that it made me fall to the ground,” Mohammed said. “The policeman aimed straight at us ... even though we were clearly a group of media people and there were no protesters at all around us.”

Both journalists reported minor injuries and Simeonov’s camera was also damaged.

AP said it would lodge a protest with the Israeli government. John Daniszewski, AP’s senior managing editor for international news, said the incident showed “outrageous disregard for the safety of journalists” lawfully doing their jobs.

Israeli police spokesman, Micky Rosenfeld, said it was not immediately clear why the border patrol policeman had opened fire on the journalists. He added the police “dispersed hundreds of rioters,” some of whom threw firebombs and stones at the Israeli forces.

Source: http://rt.com/news/199955-israel-journalists-rubber-bullets/

Palestinian journalist and human rights activist was arrested and physically assaulted by Israeli Occupation Forces

In "Israel", if you are Palestinian, you may be arrested, assaulted, humiliated and tortured by MISTAKE... You know... It happens!

Ahmad Sub Laban, a Palestinian journalist and human rights activist from Jerusalem, was arrested and physically assaulted by Israeli Occupation Forces last Friday 24th of October. Ahmad, 35 years old, father to two children and resident of the Old City of Jerusalem left his house on Friday night going to the nearby grocery to buy milk and document the clashes taking place in the Old City as he is the field researcher for a human rights NGO.

Ahmad said: “I saw a boy running from three soldiers that were chasing him. They grabbed the boy and started to beat him. I wanted to take pictures but I feared they will attack me too. I decided to go back home, however I know I shouldn’t run away but stand in my place so the soldiers will understand I am not part of the clashes taking place. Nevertheless, three soldiers grabbed me and accused me of throwing stones. I tried to explain that I am a journalist but they started beating me up. One of them grabbed my neck and choked me. They then took me to the police station. With me were two teenagers aged 17 and 20. They kept beating us all the way to the police station including beating us with the butts of their M-16 rifles.”

He continue: “In the police station, they sat me on a chair and started to beat me again. They asked me: ‘who threw stones?’ I tried to explain to them that I work with Ir Amim, an Israeli human rights NGO, but they continued to beat me. They were four border control police and one policeman who started laughing. Ten minutes later, another policeman arrived and asked them to take us outside where they continued to beat us. I decided to shut up as I realized nothing I say will help and they will beat me even more if I say anything. The worst part is that we didn’t have the right to say a single word, because if you speak, you would be beaten. You feel like a child.”

“An hour later, an officer came in and I hear that he had an argument with the policemen who arrested us. He told them that we did nothing. Nevertheless, an hour and a half later we were taken to Al-Kishleh Police Station. We were detained there while being handcuffed. The 17 year old boy was kicked between his legs and he had to go to the toilet several times, maybe around 15 times. At 5.30 Am, an investigator went in and ordered the policemen to take the handcuffs off my hands. He then told me: ‘Listen, we are sorry, we arrested you by mistake!’”
The most painful part was when my two year old son asked me: “Dad, did the Jews arrest you?” He had heard me shouting downstairs from the window when they arrested me and see the blood. I try to raise my children away from this conflict, but every time the practices of the Israeli authorities puts them in the middle of it.”
Israeli police later released a statement that three men were arrested and were released later after checking the security cameras which proved that they were not involved in throwing stones. The police did not comment on the aggression and assaults on those who were arrested.

Source : http://blogs.haaretz.co.il/nirhasson/

Related :
http://stateofblood.blogspot.com/2014/10/soldiers-kidnap-palestinian-researcher.html

See More at :

http://stateofblood.blogspot.com/2014/10/israeli-soldiers-blindfold-and-detain.html\

http://stateofblood.blogspot.com/2014/08/gaza-massacre-2014.html

http://stateofblood.blogspot.com/