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Land, Settlements, Occupation, Apartheid ?Israel and Palestine
The division of land has been fundamental to the Israeli-Palstinian conflict ever since Zionism started and the Jewish population was 10% or less. What really happens with the land?
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
American pressure thwarts UN censure of [Israeli] Gaza Strip blockade
American pressure thwarts UN censure of Gaza Strip blockade | By Shlomo Shamir and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents, and News Agencies
21/01/08 " Haaretz." -- - -The United Nations Security Council will not approve a resolution condemning Israel over the closure of the Gaza Strip, due to pressure applied by the United States.
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"The Security Council also expresses concern in particular about the steep deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, due to the continued closure of all of the Gaza Strip border crossings and the recent decision by the Israeli government to reduce fuel supplies, to cut off electric power, and to prevent the delivery of food and medical supplies to the Gaza Strip," the draft says.
"The Security Council calls upon Israel to abide by its obligations under international law including humanitarian and human rights law and immediately cease all its illegal measures and practices against the Palestinian civilian population in the Gaza Strip," continued the draft statement. ...
American pressure thwarts UN censure of Gaza Strip blockade | By Shlomo Shamir and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents, and News Agencies
21/01/08 " Haaretz." -- - -The United Nations Security Council will not approve a resolution condemning Israel over the closure of the Gaza Strip, due to pressure applied by the United States.
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"The Security Council also expresses concern in particular about the steep deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, due to the continued closure of all of the Gaza Strip border crossings and the recent decision by the Israeli government to reduce fuel supplies, to cut off electric power, and to prevent the delivery of food and medical supplies to the Gaza Strip," the draft says.
"The Security Council calls upon Israel to abide by its obligations under international law including humanitarian and human rights law and immediately cease all its illegal measures and practices against the Palestinian civilian population in the Gaza Strip," continued the draft statement. ...
[Israeli blockade / siege of Gaza] Palestinian water authority: 40% of Gazans lack running water
22/01/2008 | Palestinian water authority: 40% of Gazans lack running water | By Amira Hass, Haaretz Correspondent
Gaza Strip residents Monday moved from worrying about the electricity cuts of the previous 40 hours to worrying about a water shortage. The municipality needs electricity to bring water to homes and the houses need it to pump water to the roof tanks. Hence 40 percent of Gaza Strip homes - 600,000 people - had no running water Monday, the Palestinian water authority said.
Oxfam International said Monday that unless diesel and fuel supplies were resumed immediately, all the Strip's water pumps could stop working Tuesday. The non-governmental organization also warned of the sewage system's collapse in the absence of diesel.
"Without electric power we can manage somehow, without bread too," says a resident of the Nasser neighborhood in northern Gaza. "It's cold enough to prevent the food from going bad and we try to open the refrigerator as little as possible. The kids grumble but they can learn to live without the computer. But without water?" ...
22/01/2008 | Palestinian water authority: 40% of Gazans lack running water | By Amira Hass, Haaretz Correspondent
Gaza Strip residents Monday moved from worrying about the electricity cuts of the previous 40 hours to worrying about a water shortage. The municipality needs electricity to bring water to homes and the houses need it to pump water to the roof tanks. Hence 40 percent of Gaza Strip homes - 600,000 people - had no running water Monday, the Palestinian water authority said.
Oxfam International said Monday that unless diesel and fuel supplies were resumed immediately, all the Strip's water pumps could stop working Tuesday. The non-governmental organization also warned of the sewage system's collapse in the absence of diesel.
"Without electric power we can manage somehow, without bread too," says a resident of the Nasser neighborhood in northern Gaza. "It's cold enough to prevent the food from going bad and we try to open the refrigerator as little as possible. The kids grumble but they can learn to live without the computer. But without water?" ...
Monday, January 21, 2008
Hamas claimed Sunday night that five patients died because of the cutoff of electricity in Gaza hospitals resulting from the Israeli blockade
Jan 21, 2008 4:20 | Hamas: Five patients dead due to electricity cutoffs in Gaza hospitals | By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hamas claimed Sunday night that five patients died because of the cutoff of electricity in Gaza hospitals resulting from the Israeli blockade.
The claim could not be confirmed.
Hamas officials shut down the territory's only power plant just before 8 p.m. Sunday. Hamas said the move was made after Israel blocked a shipment of fuel that powers the plant. ...
Jan 21, 2008 4:20 | Hamas: Five patients dead due to electricity cutoffs in Gaza hospitals | By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hamas claimed Sunday night that five patients died because of the cutoff of electricity in Gaza hospitals resulting from the Israeli blockade.
The claim could not be confirmed.
Hamas officials shut down the territory's only power plant just before 8 p.m. Sunday. Hamas said the move was made after Israel blocked a shipment of fuel that powers the plant. ...
Gaza hospitals would run out of drugs and generator fuel in a few days unless Israel allowed goods through border crossings ...
Gaza food aid may be halted says UN | Gaza: Tue, 22 Jan 2008
A UN agency said on Monday it would have to suspend food distribution to 860,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as early as Wednesday unless Israel eased the border blockade it imposed on the Hamas-controlled territory.
Other international groups said that Gaza hospitals would run out of drugs and generator fuel in a few days unless Israel allowed goods through border crossings closed on Friday in what Israel said was a bid to make militants stop rocket attacks.
"Because of a shortage of nylon for plastic bags and fuel for vehicles and generators, on Wednesday or Thursday we are going to have to suspend our food distribution programme to 860,000 people in Gaza if the present situation continues," said Christopher Gunness, spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). ...
Gaza food aid may be halted says UN | Gaza: Tue, 22 Jan 2008
A UN agency said on Monday it would have to suspend food distribution to 860,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as early as Wednesday unless Israel eased the border blockade it imposed on the Hamas-controlled territory.
Other international groups said that Gaza hospitals would run out of drugs and generator fuel in a few days unless Israel allowed goods through border crossings closed on Friday in what Israel said was a bid to make militants stop rocket attacks.
"Because of a shortage of nylon for plastic bags and fuel for vehicles and generators, on Wednesday or Thursday we are going to have to suspend our food distribution programme to 860,000 people in Gaza if the present situation continues," said Christopher Gunness, spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). ...
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has described as "a masscre" Israel's latest deadly incursion into the Gaza Strip
Abbas: Israeli raid 'a massacre' | Aljazeera.net | January 15, 2008
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has described as "a masscre" Israel's latest deadly incursion into the Gaza Strip which left 17 Palestinians dead.
At least 50 Palestinians were also injured in the military operation on Tuesday which had started the previous night while US president George Bush was in Saudi Arabia.
David Chater, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Jerusalem, said: "Apache helicopter gunships, armoured bulldozers, tanks and ground troops were all involved in this incursion. ...
Abbas: Israeli raid 'a massacre' | Aljazeera.net | January 15, 2008
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has described as "a masscre" Israel's latest deadly incursion into the Gaza Strip which left 17 Palestinians dead.
At least 50 Palestinians were also injured in the military operation on Tuesday which had started the previous night while US president George Bush was in Saudi Arabia.
David Chater, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Jerusalem, said: "Apache helicopter gunships, armoured bulldozers, tanks and ground troops were all involved in this incursion. ...
Masked Jewish settlers beat and injured Palestinian farmers in a field near the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday
25/12/2007 | Masked settlers beat Palestinian farmers near Nablus | By The Associated Press | Tags: Nablus, West Bank, Settlers
Masked Jewish settlers beat and injured Palestinian farmers in a field near the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday, Palestinian witnesses and doctors said.
The settlers sprayed four Palestinians who were planting wheat with pepper gas and then beat them with sticks, the witnesses said. Two were injured, one moderately, and treated at a local hospital, doctors said. ...
25/12/2007 | Masked settlers beat Palestinian farmers near Nablus | By The Associated Press | Tags: Nablus, West Bank, Settlers
Masked Jewish settlers beat and injured Palestinian farmers in a field near the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday, Palestinian witnesses and doctors said.
The settlers sprayed four Palestinians who were planting wheat with pepper gas and then beat them with sticks, the witnesses said. Two were injured, one moderately, and treated at a local hospital, doctors said. ...
Think of these people in Bethlehem trying to get to work on the other side of the wall.
Friday, December 21, 2007 | SEE APARTHEID LIVE ON VIDEO
Think of these people in Bethlehem trying to get to work on the other side of the wall.... starting out at 4A.M..... most times stuck at the checkpoint for hours....
Friday, December 21, 2007 | SEE APARTHEID LIVE ON VIDEO
Think of these people in Bethlehem trying to get to work on the other side of the wall.... starting out at 4A.M..... most times stuck at the checkpoint for hours....
Mosque near Bethlehem burned down by Israeli settlers
Mosque near Bethlehem burned down by Israeli settlers | Saed Bannoura - IMEMC | Wednesday January 02, 2008
A group of Israeli settlers torched an historic mosque in the town of Al-Khader, near Bethlehem, on Tuesday. The settlers used 20 beehives as fuel for the fire, after stealing the beehives from a Palestinian farm located near the mosque.
The Al-Hamadiyya Mosque is the main center for prayer for most of the villagers in Al-Khader village, and is believed to be 700 years old.
The villagers restored the mosque several years ago, after they were prevented from going to other nearby mosques due to Israeli restrictions. The town of Al-Khader is completely surrounded by Israeli fences and the Wall, which is being constructed on the village land.
Israeli settlers have been attempting to seize land around Al-Khader for the expansion of the Jewish-only colonies of Efrata and El'azar. Al-Khader has faced increased restrictions by the Israeli military, including being unable to leave the village, which is completely surrounded. ...
Mosque near Bethlehem burned down by Israeli settlers | Saed Bannoura - IMEMC | Wednesday January 02, 2008
A group of Israeli settlers torched an historic mosque in the town of Al-Khader, near Bethlehem, on Tuesday. The settlers used 20 beehives as fuel for the fire, after stealing the beehives from a Palestinian farm located near the mosque.
The Al-Hamadiyya Mosque is the main center for prayer for most of the villagers in Al-Khader village, and is believed to be 700 years old.
The villagers restored the mosque several years ago, after they were prevented from going to other nearby mosques due to Israeli restrictions. The town of Al-Khader is completely surrounded by Israeli fences and the Wall, which is being constructed on the village land.
Israeli settlers have been attempting to seize land around Al-Khader for the expansion of the Jewish-only colonies of Efrata and El'azar. Al-Khader has faced increased restrictions by the Israeli military, including being unable to leave the village, which is completely surrounded. ...
Israel expands a Jewish settlement in occupied Jerusalem | Tuesday January 15, 2008
Palestinian media sources reported on Tuesday that this week the Israeli Authorities began the construction of more housing units in a settlement located in the eastern part of the occupied city of Jerusalem. ...
The additional constructions will include 60 housing units solely for the use of Jewish families; the location is the Ma'alih Hazim settlement built illegally in the Damascus gate area, a Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem just outside of the old city. ...
Israeli army issues demolition order for Palestinian water well
Israeli army issues demolition order for Palestinian water well | Monday January 14, 2008
On Monday the Israeli army issued demolition orders against a water reservoir that belongs to Palestinian farmers from the Bedouin village of Al Hathalen, located near the city of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank.
The farmers reported that the wells are used to collect rain water to be used for drinking.
The wells were originally built several years ago by farmers who live in the Bedouin village, with funds from the Spanish NGO called "ASIPO".
The Bedouin village of Al Hathalen is under constant threat of attacks by radical Israeli settlers who live in the nearby illegal Israeli settlements, including Havet Maon. ...
Israeli army issues demolition order for Palestinian water well | Monday January 14, 2008
On Monday the Israeli army issued demolition orders against a water reservoir that belongs to Palestinian farmers from the Bedouin village of Al Hathalen, located near the city of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank.
The farmers reported that the wells are used to collect rain water to be used for drinking.
The wells were originally built several years ago by farmers who live in the Bedouin village, with funds from the Spanish NGO called "ASIPO".
The Bedouin village of Al Hathalen is under constant threat of attacks by radical Israeli settlers who live in the nearby illegal Israeli settlements, including Havet Maon. ...
Palestinian women forced to give birth at home because of fence
Pregnant Palestinian women forced to give birth at home because of fence | Ali Waked
In village surrounded by separation fence on outskirts of Qalqiliya, pregnant women prefer to stay elsewhere in later months of pregnancy for fear they will not be able to pass through gate in fence in order to give birth in hospital
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According to Palestinians and human rights organizations, the gate's untrustworthy schedule makes many pregnant women in the area prefer not to take the risk of being unable to make it to the hospital and thus stay outside of the village in the last months of their pregnancy.
"The nightmare of every family in the village with a pregnant woman is about the night she gives birth, because of the gate," a Palestinian from the local council told Ynet.
He cynically added "we'll try to instruct the women in the village to control their labor contractions and to coordinate them with the gate's operating hours. But, until that happens, many women will continue to leave the village before their ninth month of pregnancy." ...
Pregnant Palestinian women forced to give birth at home because of fence | Ali Waked
In village surrounded by separation fence on outskirts of Qalqiliya, pregnant women prefer to stay elsewhere in later months of pregnancy for fear they will not be able to pass through gate in fence in order to give birth in hospital
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According to Palestinians and human rights organizations, the gate's untrustworthy schedule makes many pregnant women in the area prefer not to take the risk of being unable to make it to the hospital and thus stay outside of the village in the last months of their pregnancy.
"The nightmare of every family in the village with a pregnant woman is about the night she gives birth, because of the gate," a Palestinian from the local council told Ynet.
He cynically added "we'll try to instruct the women in the village to control their labor contractions and to coordinate them with the gate's operating hours. But, until that happens, many women will continue to leave the village before their ninth month of pregnancy." ...
