Summer Camps Help Gaza’s Children Feel Life

Posted on July 20, 2023 by crew
Summer Camps Help Gaza's Children Feel Life

Under the 16-year-old Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian resistance factions found a way for Palestinian children to feel a semi-natural life in this occupied city by launching summer camps under the title “Shield of Jerusalem” across the city.

The Palestinian resistance factions have organized “Shield of Jerusalem” summer camps since July 7, which included entertainment and educational activities aimed to mitigate the psychological and social effects on Palestinian children under the suffocating blockade, especially after the recent Israeli aggression on Gaza that traumatized them.

On May 7, Israeli occupation warplanes launched deadly airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip that lasted five consecutive days, killing 34 Palestinians, injuring over 200 others, destroying 51 Palestinian housing units, and partially damaging 840 others.

The summer camps have been organized under the name “Shield of Jerusalem” in reference to the occupied city of Jerusalem, emphasizing that it is the focus of the Palestinian cause and the eternal capital of Palestine.

About 100,000 Gaza-based Palestinian children, most of whom are in preparatory and secondary school, have been participating in the camps across the Gaza Strip.

These camps basically aim to instill national and Islamic values in the hearts of the rising Palestinian generation and to grow their attachment to Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is the focus of the Palestinian issue, said Hamas.

The movement added that such camps protect the new generation from systematic Israeli attacks and misleading policies to keep them far away from their issue.

On the other side, Israeli media claims that the Palestinian resistance movements in Gaza organize such camps to weaponize Palestinian children and teach them how to kill Israeli forces and settlers.

The Israeli Channel 13 published a report prepared by Arab affairs commentator Hezi Simantov about the summer camps in Gaza, saying that Hamas has launched summer camps under the title “Shield of Jerusalem” to instruct the boys on the need to liberate Jerusalem and the entire Palestinian territory.

It’s reported that the Israeli occupation uses children in killing operations, as do terrorist organizations, by organizing camps and events specially designed to incite children to kill Palestinians.

A video clip, previously published by the Israeli Haaretz channel, showed Israeli soldiers and special forces training hundreds of primary school students in the “Ramat Hasharon” settlement, to carry weapons and how to shoot live fire at Palestinians.

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Gaza: A Decade-Long Struggle Against the Suffocating Israeli Siege

Posted on July 20, 2023 by crew
Gaza: A Decade-Long Struggle Against the Suffocating Israeli Siege

Since 2006, the Israeli occupation has imposed a suffocating siege on Gaza, transforming the Strip into a prison where hope and freedom face immense challenges.

This blockade has led to a severe humanitarian crisis, depriving Gazans of essential items like electricity, medicine, and fuel, turning them into unattainable luxuries.

The consequences of this blockade touch every aspect of life, from basic necessities to education, healthcare, and mental well-being.

Despite the hardships endured for 17 years, Gazans continue to hold onto hope, patience, and determination.

Humanitarian Crisis and Impact on Families:

Within Gaza’s prison walls, the siege has halted funding for food and cash assistance programs that support tens of thousands of impoverished Palestinian families.

Additionally, access to medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and medical consumables has been severely constrained.

More than 50% of families below the poverty line have struggled to receive adequate aid and services due to the blockade.

As a result, education, personal mobility, and healthcare have been severely affected, hindering the basic quality of life for Gazans.

Economic Devastation:

The siege has also taken a toll on the local economy, severely impacting business owners who cannot send out or receive commodities.

This has led to reduced employment opportunities and income for families and individuals.

Unemployment rates have reached a staggering 44.1%, leaving approximately 200,000 people without work.

Moreover, the decrease in exports and imports due to the siege has resulted in losses estimated at around ten million dollars, further exacerbating the economic hardships faced by Gazans.

Mental Health Struggles:

The blockade has had a profound impact on the mental health of Gazans, leading to increased stress, anxiety, and frustration among the population.

The United Nations estimates that a third of the Gaza Strip’s population needs psychosocial support to cope with the emotional toll of the ongoing crisis.

Reconstruction Challenges:

The siege has also left a significant financial gap in the reconstruction efforts, estimated at approximately 200 million dollars.

This amount includes 106 million dollars for partial damage and 94 million dollars for total damages, accumulated since the occupation aggression on Gaza Strip in 2014 and reaching its peak after the occupation aggression in 2022.

The Spirit of Resilience:

Despite facing a challenging and dire situation for nearly two decades, Gazans have shown remarkable resilience.

Armed with hope, patience, and determination, they continue to endure the pain and suffering caused by the blockade.

Their unwavering spirit serves as a testament to their perseverance and strength in the face of misery.

The plight of Gaza and its people under the suffocating Israeli siege is an ongoing humanitarian tragedy. The blockade’s devastating effects on access to essential items, the local economy, mental health, and reconstruction efforts are immeasurable.

Nevertheless, Gazans have not lost their determination to seek a better future and continue to hope for an end to their long-standing struggle. The international community must take action to address this crisis and help bring an end to the suffering of the people of Gaza.

Shahad Ali

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16 years ofisraeli bolokade on Gaza effects

Posted on July 15, 2023 by crew

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Abbas ultimo passo Abbas last step

Posted on July 15, 2023 by crew

italiano

11 luglio, Mohamud Abbas presidente dell'ANP, dell'OLP e leader di Fatah ha visitato Jenin
con una scorta di 1000 militari dell'Autorità nazionale. Nel frattempo gli israeliani stavano
effettuando un raid a Ramallah e in altri luoghi dell'area A.
Una tale dimostrazione di presenza a Jenin, incluso il primo ministro e altri maggiori di Fatah
e protetta dalle forze armate, non si è mai vista quando era il momento di difendere uno
qualsiasi dei villaggi e delle città dell'area A, sotto la giurisdizione dell'ANP, dagli attacchi
israeliani e dalle incursioni dei coloni, né si vedevano a proteggere le pacifiche
manifestazioni settimanali in vari villaggi minacciati, o in qualsiasi altra circostanza in cui
l’Autorità Nazionale avrebbe dovuto esercitare la sua autorità, come per legge e per accordi.
Eppure questo è solo un aspetto, anche se non irrilevante, di questa visita.
Altro fatto è che la visita è stata "imposta" alla gente di Jenin che aveva rifiutato i
rappresentanti "minori" ma comunque prestigiosi del governo dell'ANP solo pochi giorni
prima, in occasione dei funerali.
Ma il punto veramente sbalorditivo è ciò che Abbas ha detto in pubblico durante questa
visita. La mia sorpresa, poichél’ingenuità non si ferma mai, è stata tale che ho chiesto ai
palestinesi se Abbas avesse detto di più in arabo di quanto potessi trovare riportato in
inglese o francese. La risposta è stata "no".
Quindi, ha solo affermato chel’ANP è unito e rappresenta tutti i palestinesi, che realizzerà
uno stato e nessuna pressione esterna (presumibilmente da parte di Israele e di qualsiasi
altro paese) ostacolerà questo risultato. E ha lodato i martiri (he pero non erano da aiutare
in vita nella loro battaglia):”Siamo venuti a dire che siamo “;autorità, uno stato, una
legge… e taglieremo la mano che interferisce con l’unità e la sicurezza del nostro popolo
ha affermato.
Ognuna di queste affermazioni, pronunciate a voce alta, non è solo ridicola nel contesto, ma falsa e veramente ingannevole poiché non parla alle preoccupazioni del popolo della
Palestina e della diaspora. È probabile che aumentino solo la loro distanza da questo
“leader” autoconfermato e dal suo gruppo di potere.
Apparentemente non è stata fatta menzione di nessuna delle questioni rilevanti per le
persone sotto occupazione e apartheid da troppo tempo, come sulla protezione della
popolazione dalla devastazione dell’aumento della violenza su persone, abitazioni, proprietà
e terra, sulla domanda di autodeterminazione e di fermare il controllo generale delle loro
vite da parte di Israele, nessuna menzione della liberazione dei prigionieri, prima di tutto e
subito i detenuti amministrativi e i bambini e sul blocco del loro trasferimento in Israele,
nulla sulla resa amministrativa dell’ANP, nessuna prova è stata offerta di aver interrotto il
coordinamento militare e di intelligence con Israele, nessuna posizione e stata sulla
necessità di fermare il blocco di Gaza, e non è stata fatta menzione di una data per le
elezioni legislative e presidenziali nazionali, richieste da tutti i palestinesi di qualsiasi partitoe religione da almeno 10 anni, costantemente.

Ma la sfilata di Jenin non è stata solo un’altra farsa di Abbas e un altro abuso di posizione di potere per autopromuoversi (che comunque visti il ​​curriculum el’età è di per sé unproblema serio), a quanto pare non è stato solo quello.
Perché nelle circostanze intorno all’attacco di Jenin del 5 luglio c’è  stata la scelta da parte di Israele e dei paesi occidentali di "rivitalizzare e sostenere" l’ANP, impersonato da Abbas ed
"estendere il suo controllo, a tutti i TPO, e precisamente anche il suo ritorno a Gaza (1.2)
Ora questo è un piano delirante e poco rispettoso, che può solo far infuriare o deprimere, o
entrambe le cose, tutte le persone nei TPO. Ma questo è ciò che ha spinto Abbas a
presentarsi a Jenin, a quanto pare. E la prospettiva di gestire i fondi promessi per la sua
ricostruzione.
Delirante: tutti hanno testimoniato che l’ANP non ha i mezzi o le capacità o entrambi per
produrre alcun cambiamento positivo, se non nell’ottenere più aiuti di beneficenza o
nell'addestrare i suoi militari che non proteggono i palestinesi, e che percorre un percorso ideologico che non è condiviso dalla maggioranza delle persone.
Più rilevante, delirante e non rispettoso perché la resistenza, almeno dai tempi del marzo
del ritorno a Gaza e dell’intifada unitaria nel 2021, è il risultato di un processo ormai lungo di dialogo e confronto trai vari partiti e gruppi sociali e civili, che ha raggiunto una concordanza di tanti strumenti e di ogni generazione, di molteplici forme di azioni, incluso ma non limitato all’;uso della forza.
Delirante. non rispettosa erché questa resistenza ha preso l’iniziativa: include
l’apprendimento e l’esperienza dei palestinesi di tutti i partiti (inclusa parte di Fatah), gruppi e religioni (indipendentemente dal pregiudizio religioso di Israele e degli occidentali); ha dimostrato che”un’altra unità” è possibile e, in prospettiva, anche “un altro stato” diversoda quello progettato da Oslo e mai preso sul serio. Qui vale la pena ricordare che qualunquesia la propria opinione sulla sconfitta di Arafat, l’uomo è stato ucciso quando ha tentato dinon arrendersi. Abbas con le sue posizioni più concilianti è stato accolto da Israele edall’Occidente come suo sostituto e si è rivelata presto una buona scelta per loro, nel 2006,sciogliendo il parlamento eletto e non indicendo mai piu elezioni.
Possibile che Abbas sia davvero delirante nel pensare di poter governare di nuovo, dopo
anni di governo per decreto, senza un corpo legislativo attivo, senza uno straccio di
democrazia interna? Dopo anni di imposizione di costrizioni a Gaza e repressione dei suoi
concittadini in WB? Dopo una così stretta collaborazione di "sicurezza per Israele"? Dopo l’ulteriore invasione degli insediamenti e le restrizioni speciali su tutti gli aspetti della vita dei palestinesi?
Le delusioni appartengono agli uomini, ma non all’;intelligenza collettiva e quindi il suo piano sarà sconfitto, ma crea altri ostacoli e lavoro per i palestinesi.
Se questa visita segna qualcosa, segnala solo il tentativo di creare divisioni e l’ulteriore
contrasto ad ogni forma di resistenza in un momento della storia della Palestina in cui la sua esistenza è sul punto di essere cancellata come questione politica e come questione territoriale, come il diritto all’autonomia, alla dignità e alla libertà. Decine di enclaves
controllabili come Gaza perché richiuse ed etnicamente pure, di dimensioni minime
possibili, sono ciò che gli israeliani stanno tentando di ottenere, adesso e il più velocemente possibile, in assenza della possibilità di sbarazzarsi di tutto il popolo palestinese e in presenza del Palestinesi che prendono in mano la loro lotta.
Abbas non ha detto una parola su tutto ciò che è negli occhi, nella preoccupazione e dietro il martirio dei palestinesi a Jenin e altrove.
1- I media israeliani hanno affermato che due degli obiettivi non annunciati della massiccia
offensiva erano di reimporre il controllo dei servizi di sicurezza dell’Autorità palestinese sul territorio (questa era la collaborazione di sicurezza tra l’ANP e lo stato di occupazione nella sua forma più ovvia) e ottenere il Il popolo palestinese si rivolterà contro i legittimi combattenti della resistenza palestinese. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230711-
israel-suffered-a-resounding-defeat-in-the-battle-of-jenin/
2 https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/07/10/israel-to-discuss-steps-to-prevent-collapse-of- palestinian-authority/
13 Luglio
Paola Manduca

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Abbas last step
On July 11th, Mohamud Abbas president of the ANP, of PLO and leader of Fatah has visited
Jenin with an escort of 1000 armed servicemen of the national Authority. Meanwhile Israeli
were doing a raid in Ramallah, and other places in area A.
Such a display of presence in Jenin including first Minister and other Fatah majors and
protected by armed forces have never been seen when the time was to defend any of the
villages and towns of area A, under ANP jurisdiction, from Israeli attacks and raids of
settlers, nor they were seen to protect the pacific weekly demonstrations in various
menaced villages, or in any other circumstance when the National Authority should have
exercised …its authority, as by law and agreements. Yet this is only one, though not
irrelevant, issue of this visit.
Another fact is that the visit was "forced" on Jenin's people who had rejected the "lesser"
but anyhow prestigious representatives of the ANP government only few days before, at the
time of the funerals.
But the truly astounding point is what Abbas said in public at this visit. My surprise, as
ingenuity never stops, was such that I asked to Palestinians if Abbas said more in Arabic than
I could find reported in English or French. The answer was "no".
So, it has only said that the ANP is united and represents all Palestinians, that it will achieve a
state and no external pressure (assumingly by Israel and any other country) will thwart this
achievement. And off course that the martyrs were to be lauded (not to be helped in life in
their battle, though): "We came to say that we are one authority, one state, one law… and we
will cut off the hand that tampers with the unity and security of our people," he said.
Each of these statements, vociferously spoken, is not only ridiculous in the context but false
and truly deceptive since they do not speak to the concerns of the people of Palestine and
of the diaspora. They are only likely to increase the distance of them from this self-
confirmed "leader" and its group of power.
No mention was apparently made about any of the issues relevant to people under
occupation and apartheid since too long, such as protecting the population from the
devastation of increase in violence on people, housing, properties and land, about the
demand for auto determination and of stop if the overall control of their lives by Israel, no
mention about the liberation of prisoners, first of all and immediately the administrative
detained and children and stop of their transfer in Israel, about the stop of ANP
administrative surrender, no proof was offered of having interrupted the military and
intelligence coordination with Israel, no position was taken on the need to to stop the
blockade of Gaza, and no mention was made of a date for national legislative and
presidential elections, required by all Palestinians of any party and religion since at least 10
years, consistently.

But the show in Jenin was not only another Abbas's charade and another abuse of position
of power to self-promote (which anyhow given the curriculum and the age is in itself a
serious problem), apparently was not only that.
Because in the circumstances around the Jenin attack on July 5 there has been the choice by
Israel and outspoken western countries (USA and EU) to "revitalize and support" the ANP,
personified by Abbas and "extend its control, to all the oPt, and namely also its return to
Gaza (1.2)
Now, this is a delusionary and not respectful plan, which can only infuriate or depress, or
both, all the people in the oPt. But this is what kicked Abbas to show up in Jenin, it seems.
And possibly the prospect of managing the funds promised for its reconstruction.
Delusionary: everybody has witness that the ANP does not have the means or capabilities or
both to produce any positive change, if not in obtaining more charity help or in training its
military that do not protect Palestinians, and that it goes along an ideological path which is
not shared by most of the people.
More relevant, it is delusionary because the resistance at least since the time of March of
return in Gaza and the unity intifada in 2021, is the result of a now long process of dialogue
and confrontation, which achieved a concordance of many tools and every generation, of
multiple forms of actions, including but not certainly limited to the use of force.
It is delusionary because this widespread resistance has taken the lead: it includes the
learning and experience of Palestinians from all party (including part of Fatah), groups and
religions (regardless of the religious prejudice of Israel and westerners); it has been showing
that "another unity" is possible and, prospectively, also "another state" different that what
Oslo designed and was never taken seriously. Here is worth remembering, that whatever
one's opinion of the defeat of Arafat, the man was killed when it attempted not to give all
up. Abbas with his more conciliatory positions was welcomed by Israel and the West as his
substitute and it proved soon a good choice for them, in 2006, by disbanding and elected
parliament.
It is possible that Abbas is really delusional in thinking he can rule again, after years of ruling
by decree, without a legislative body active, without a shred of internal democracy? After
years of imposing constrictions on Gaza and repression on its fellow citizens in WB? After
such a tight "security for Israel" collaboration? After the further encroachment of
settlements and special restrictions on all aspects of Palestinians; life?
Delusions belong to men, but not to collective intelligence and so, its plan will be defeated,
but creates other obstacles and work for the Palestinians.
If this visit signals anything it only signals the attempt to create divisions and the further
abandonment of all forms of resistance in a moment of the history of Palestine when its
existence is on the edge of being cancelled as political issue and as land issue, as to the right
to autonomy, dignity and freedom. Tens of enclaves controllable like Gaza because secluded
and ethnically pure, their size as minimal as possible, are what Israeli are attempting to

achieve, now and as fast as they can, in absence of the possibility of getting rid of all the
Palestinian people and in presence of them taking in their hands their struggle.
Abbas had not a word about any of this which is in the eyes and in the preoccupation and
behind the martyrdom of Palestinians in Jenin and elsewhere.
1- The Israeli media said that two of the unannounced aims of the massive offensive were to reimpose the
control of the Palestinian Authority security services over the territory (this was security collaboration
between the PA and the occupation state at its most obvious) and get the Palestinian people to turn against
the legitimate Palestinian resistance fighters.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230711-israel-suffered-a-resounding-defeat-in-the-battle-of-jenin/
2 https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/07/10/israel-to-discuss-steps-to-prevent-collapse-of-
palestinian-authority/

Paola Manduca
JULY 13, 2023

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Growing up amidst military occupation and conflict has had a profound impact on Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza.

Posted on July 12, 2023 by crew
https://www.savethechildren.net/news/stripped-beaten-and-blindfolded-new-research-reveals-ongoing-violence-and-abuse-palestinian

Growing up amidst military occupation and conflict has had a profound impact on Palestinian children
in the West Bank and Gaza. It has impacted every aspect of their lives, from their safety and development to their psychosocial wellbeing and mental health.1

All Palestinian children face a myriad of protection risks, but one sub-set of children is uniquely vulnerable and suffers consistent violations of their fundamental rights: children who endure the Israeli military detention system.

Children reported they had endured a distressing or violent arrest or detention, in most cases at night; a coercive interrogation environment; physical and emotional abuse in detention; and a denial of essential services including an adequate education – all of which constitute a breach of their rights enshrined in international law.

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UN report

Posted on July 12, 2023 by crew

https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session53/advance-versions/A_HRC_53_59_AdvanceUneditedVersion.docx

Conclusions

94. Under Israeli occupation, generations of Palestinians have endured widespread and systematic arbitrary deprivation of liberty, often for the simplest acts of life. Since 1967, over 800,000 Palestinians, including children, have been detained based on an array of authoritarian rules enacted, enforced and adjudicated by the Israeli military. Palestinians are often presumed guilty without evidence, arrested without warrants, and detained without charge or trial. Physical and psychological abuse are distressingly common. Without condoning crimes that Palestinians have committed during decades of illegal occupation, most criminal convictions of Palestinians have been the result of a litany of violations of international law, including due process violations, that taint the legitimacy of the administration of justice by the occupying power. Many such convictions concern legitimate expressions of civil and political rights, and the right to resist an illegal foreign occupier.

95. By depriving Palestinians of the protections afforded by international law, the occupation reduces them to a ‘de-civilianized’ population, stripped of their status of protected persons and fundamental rights. Treating the Palestinians as a collective, incarcerable threat erodes their protection as ‘civilians’ under international law, deprivesthemoftheirfundamentalfreedoms,andexpropriatestheiragencyandability to unite, self-govern and develop as a polity. Any Palestinian opposing this regime, from peaceful protesters to farmers trying to cultivate their lands, is perceived as a menace and considered detainable.This forces Palestinians into a permanent state of vulnerability.

96. Mass incarceration reinforces the power imbalance between the Palestinians and Israeli institutions and settlers, facilitating settler-colonial encroachment. By shifting from ‘the security of the occupying power’ to ‘the security of the occupation itself’, Israel has disguised ‘security’ as the permanent control over the territory it occupies and tries to annex. Law enforcement has served as a tool to ensure the imposition of Israel’s occupation and racial domination and the furtherance of its settler-colonial project. This has entrenched segregation, subjugation, fragmentation and, ultimately, the dispossession of Palestinian lands and Palestinians’ forced displacement. Intended primarily to secure colonies’ establishment and expansion, this system suffocates Palestinian life and undermines Palestinians’ collective existence.

97. Through an array of physical, bureaucratic, and digital mechanisms, the Israeli regime has turned the occupied territory into a ‘panopticon’, where Palestinians are constantly surveilled and disciplined. Within this system, typical of settler-colonial regimes, widespread and systematic arbitrary deprivation of liberty and cruel and degrading treatment on a large scale, appear to form part of Israel’s state policy of domination of the Palestinians as-a-people enforced also through beyond-prison confinement.

98. Thewidespreadandsystematicarbitrarinessoftheoccupation’scarceralregime isyetanothermanifestationofIsrael’sinherentlyillegaloccupationandstrengthensthe need to hold it accountable, while bringing it to an end. It is critical that the international community recognizes that the unlawfulness of Israel’s occupation cannot be remedied, or humanized, by reforming some of its most brutal consequences. Under the UN Charter and international law, particularly the law of state responsibility, third States have a duty not to contribute or condone Israel’s settler-colonial apartheid, which criminalizes Palestinians for (re)claiming or refusing to forsake their collective right to existasapeople,andacttorealizeallconditionsthatwouldallowthePalestinianpeople to realisetheirrightsincludingtheirinalienablerighttoself-determination

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UN report: Israel’s West Bank policies are undermining international legal order

Posted on July 11, 2023 by crew

Francesca Albanese, who has been accused of antisemitism, calls on PA security cooperation with Israel to cease over ‘settler-colonial apartheid’ crimes

By Lazar Berman 10 July 2023, 10:09 pm
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses the UN, October 2022. (Screenshot/ YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses the UN, October 2022. (Screenshot/ YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

The UN official tasked with examining Israel’s policies in the West Bank and Gaza presented in Geneva on Monday a scathing report accusing the Jewish state of collectively imprisoning the Palestinians, sexually abusing Palestinian women, and “challenging the very foundations of the international legal order.”

In her “Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967,” Francesca Albanese called on UN member states to prosecute Israeli officials under universal jurisdiction, and urged Palestinian Authority security forces to suspend cooperation with Israel “that may lead to violating fundamental rights and freedoms under international law.”

“A 10,700-word report cannot capture the scale and extent of the arbitrary deprivation of liberty in the occupied Palestinian territory,” she wrote. “Nor can it convey the suffering of millions of Palestinians who have, directly or indirectly, been affected.”

Albanese has a history of antisemitism, which she has not explicitly apologized for, instead denouncing criticism of her rhetoric as a smear campaign.

In her report, Albanese accused Israel of torture, mistreating Palestinian corpses, coercing gay Palestinians to provide information, and “invasive strip searches, sexual abuse, and threats” toward women.

Israeli troops operate in the West Bank, early on the morning of May 29, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

“The security coordination between the Palestinian Authority and Israel has pioneered a direct connection between Palestinian and Israeli detention apparatuses,” she wrote.

“Arbitrary arrests and detention carried out by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the de facto authorities in the Gaza Strip have contributed to stifling Palestinians’ rights and freedoms,” she continued, not naming the Hamas terror organization throughout her report.

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United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People NGO Action News 6 July 2023

Posted on July 11, 2023 by crew

Middle East

On 8 July, the Institute for Palestine Studies will hold a full-day seminar titled “The Rise of the Far Right and the Populist Right in Israel” at Birzeit University. The sessions will focus on multiple dimensions of the rise of the far right in Israel and implications for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
• On 5 July, Peace Now provided an update on the establishment of new outposts near the settlements of Neve Tzuf, Mevo’ot Jericho, and Neve Erez. It also published an article noting the appointment of a representative from the Ministry of Settlements and National Missions to the Subcommittee for Settlement of the Higher Planning Council within the Civil Administration, a move it said was “another step in the annexation process.”
• On 4 July, Al-Haq issued a joint statement with other human rights organizations welcoming the release of OHCHR’s update of the UN database of businesses facilitating Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on 30 June. The organizations said this long-overdue release represents an important step forward, but future updates should be conducted annually. The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies published the same statement on its website.
• On 4 July, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) issued a press release detailing the Israeli attack on Jenin refugee camp which led to several civilian casualties. PCHR warned that the situation in the West Bank could further deteriorate and called on the international community, particularly the International Criminal Court (ICC), to take immediate action to stop Israeli crimes.
• On 4 July, BADIL Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights published a press release saying that Israeli military actions in Jenin constitute human rights violations and international crimes. BADIL called on the UN, its member states and other parties to take action to stop the attack including by imposing sanctions on Israel and providing physical and legal protection to the Palestinian population.
• On 4 July, B’Tselem published an article detailing the situation in the village of al-Mughayir, where the Israeli military set up roadblocks and a gate, disrupting the lives of its 3,200 residents. The same day, B’Tselem published another article on the situation in Jenin, saying that the international community has an obligation to act decisively to stop Israel’s attack

• On 3 July, Adalah published a letter from Israel’s Cabinet Secretary, which it received in response to a letter from Adalah denouncing Israel’s illegal settlement ‘regularization.’ In the letter, the Cabinet Secretary denied the Palestinian right to self-determination and claimed that Israel’s control over the West Bank is in line with international law.
• On 2 July, Al-Shabaka published an article titled “Israel’s National Guard: A Tool for Palestinian Erasure” which provides information about the creation of a national guard in Israel under National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and its implications for Palestinian citizens of Israel.

Asia and Europe
• On 5 July, the Association France Palestine Solidarité published an article (in French) detailing the Israeli military operation on the Jenin refugee camp from 2 to 5 July which led to several deaths and the destruction of homes and public buildings, including a hospital. Agence Media Palestine published a similar article (in French) describing the toll of the military operation on the people and infrastructure of Jenin and its refugee camp.
• On 4 July, the European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP) issued a statement calling for urgent action in response to the large-scale offensive launched by the Israeli army against Jenin on 2 July. Noting that this is the largest operation in the West Bank in the last 20 years, ECCP asked European citizens to contact their Ministers of Foreign Affairs to demand immediate action to protect Palestinians and pressure the Israeli government to comply with the rule of law. The Association Belgo-Palestinienne issued a similar press release (in French) calling on the Belgian government to act and announcing a rally against Israeli impunity on 6 July in Brussels.
• On 3 July, the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) issued a press release expressing deep concern over the impact of the Israeli assault on Jenin, and suggesting that the raid is an active ethnic cleansing operation targeted at the Palestinian people. The PRC called on the international community to act urgently to protect Palestinians and their property.
North America

• On 3 July, Jewish Voice for Peace issued a press release condemning the deadly Israeli military attack on Jenin, and noting that it represented the largest invasion of a Palestinian City in the occupied West Bank since 2002. The same day, Americans for Peace Now issued a statement expressing dismay at the rapid escalation of violence in the West Bank and urging Israel to protect civilians.

• On 30 June, the Foundation for Middle East Peace recorded a podcast titled “Now it is Happening to My Family: The Dispossession of Palestinians from the Old City of Jerusalem” in which Raafat Sub Laban, a Palestinian human rights attorney speaks about her family’s threat of imminent dispossession from their home.

• On 29 June, The Jerusalem Fund issued a statement honoring the life and legacy of Arab novelist and sociologist, Dr. Halim Barakat who also served as member of the Palestine Center Committee and was one of the original members of The Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine Executive Committee. The statement also included details for a memorial service to be held on 7 July in Maryland.

United Nations

• On 5 July, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese; UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Paula Gaviria Betancur; and UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, issued a joint press release saying that Israeli air strikes and ground operations targeting the Jenin refugee camp could constitute a war crime. They noted multiple reports of ambulances being prevented from accessing the camp to evacuate the wounded. The statement also said the attacks by Israeli forces found no justification in international law and called for Israel to be held accountable for its occupation.

• On 4 July, OCHA provided an update on the situation in Jenin, where Israeli forces were conducting a large-scale air and ground operation in Jenin refugee camp and its surroundings.

• On 4 July, UNICEF issued a statement expressing deep concern over the escalation of violence in Jenin, noting that the latest reports refereed to at least three children killed and many others injured. The statement deplored all acts of violence against children and called for the immediate cessation of armed violence.

• On 4 July, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk issued a statement commenting on the violence in Jenin and in Tel Aviv, noting that violence begets more violence, and calling on all parties to stop killing and destroying property. He also called on Israel to ensure timely access to medical care for all those injured.

• On 3 July, UNRWA issued a press release expressing deep concern over the operation by Israeli security forces in the densely populated Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. UNRWA could not yet confirm if any of its installations were damaged but called on all parties to stop the violence and allow those injured to access medical care.

• On 3 July, the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement expressing concern over developments in Jenin, affirming that all military operations must be conducted with respect for international humanitarian law.

• On 3 July, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland issued a statement via Twitter expressing concern over the violence in Jenin and urging the parties to de-escalate the situation & ensure humanitarian access.

This newsletter informs about recent and upcoming activities of Civil Society Organizations affiliated with the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The Committee and the Division for Palestinian Rights of the UN Secretariat provide the information “as is” without warranty of any kind, and do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, or reliability of the information contained in the websites linked in the newsletter.

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NewWeapons Research Group aggiornamento sui progetti per il sostegno alla cura- Giugno 2023

Posted on July 6, 2023 by crew

Siamo lieti di informare che il progetto con l’8permille Valdese del 2022-23 per procurare strumenti e medicine salvavita per neonati agli Ospedali pubblici di Gaza è stato portato a termine.

Con esso abbiamo procurato un ventilatore per il trasporto di neonati a rischio consegnato al reperto di cura intensiva neonatale dell’ Ospedale pediatrico Nasser (1) e dosi di gamma globuline per i 3 reparti di cura intensiva neonatali, degli ospedali Shifa, Nasser e Taheer (2).

Quest’ultimo medicinale è salvavita per neonati e siamo riusciti con non poche difficolta a reperirlo perchè ce n’è scarsità globale e soprattutto a procurarlo per Gaza. Ne siamo orgogliosi!

La quantità procurata con il progetto copre circa la metà del fabbisogno annuo, cioè serve a salvare/proteggere la vita di circa 3000 neonati a rischio, la metà di quelli che nascono con problemi risolvibili con questo farmaco ogni anno

Intanto abbiamo anche fornito da ottobre, con i fondi delle donazioni libere, circa il 20%. del fabbisogno annuo di un altro medicinale molto importante a preservare la vita dei minori in dialisi renale presso il reparto di Nefrologia dell’Ospedale Pediatrico Specialistico Rantissi (3).

La scarsità continua nel campo dei presidi medici a Gaza e vi sollecitiamo a continuare a donare a questo scopo. IBAN: IT59Y0501801400000011670924 SWIFT: ETICIT22XXX

Anche il 5per mille ci aiuta (5xmille a Newweapons research group, usando il CF di NWRG-odv: 95170020101

Grazie a tutte/i, e da parte nostra speriamo di continuare con voi in questa solidarietà concreta.

Chi è interessato può richiedere al Presidente (paolamanduca@gmail.com) la documentazione economica. Nulla dei fondi ricevuti va al funzionamento, pienamente volontario, della nostra piccola associazione.

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Newweaponbs research group

update about projects in support of Gaza health in 2023

We are pleased to inform that the project with the 8 per thousand Waldensian of 2022-23 to procure life-saving tools and medicines for newborns to the public hospitals of Gaza has been completed.

Through this project we procured a ventilator for transporting at-risk infants. This was delivered to the NICU of the Nasser Children’s Hospital (1). We delivered gamma globulin for the 3 neonatal intensive care units of Shifa, Nasser and Taheer hospitals (2).

This latter is a life-saving medication for newborns and we managed with many difficulties to find it because there is a global shortage and above all was difficult to procure it for Gaza. We are proud of this achievement!

The quantity procured with the project covers about half of the annual requirement, i.e. it serves to save/protect the lives of about 3,000 newborns at risk of death, half of those born with problems that can be solved with this drug each year.

Meanwhile with the funds of free donations, we have also supplied since October 2022 about 20% of the annual requirement of another very important medicine for preserving the life of minors on renal dialysis in the Nephrology department of the Specialized Pediatric Hospital Rantissi (3).

The shortage continues in the field of medical supplies in Gaza and we urge you to continue donating to this end.

IBAN: IT59Y0501801400000011670924 SWIFT: ETICIT22XXX

Thank you, and for our part we hope to continue with you in this concrete solidarity.

Anyone interested can request the economic documentation from the President (paolamanduca@gmail.com). None of the funds received goes to the fully voluntary operation of our small association.

1-the ventilator for Nasser NICU

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2- the Gamma Globulines for all Gaza NICU

3-a little patient at Rantissi dialysis center

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Israel’s five-day military offensive on Gaza has once again been marked by willful killings, destruction of civilian property and total impunity

Posted on June 24, 2023 by crew

Un mois avant la date anniversaire de 16 ans de blocus et de fermeture de la bande de Gaza pour deux millions de Palestiniens, ces derniers ont été soumis à la sixième offensive militaire israélienne depuis 2008. L’objectif officiel avancé par Israël de l’offensive militaire pré-planifiée qui a commencé le 9 mai 2023 et pris fin le 13 mai 2023 à 22h par un cessez-le-feu, était de cibler des membres du mouvement du Jihad Islamique de la bande de Gaza. En pratique, l’offensive israélienne s’est caractérisée par un large bombardement de maisons civiles dans des zones résidentielles densément peuplées, visant délibérément des familles entières, dont des enfants. Tout en prétendant que des cibles militaires faisaient partie des lieux bombardés, Israël a manqué de se plier aux règles inviolables des conflits armés tels que les principes de distinction et de proportionnalité.

Pendant l’offensive militaire de cinq jours sur la bande de Gaza, 33 Palestiniens, dont six enfants et quatre femmes ont été tués et 190 autres Palestiniens, dont 64 enfants et 38 femmes, blessés d’après le ministère palestinien de la santé. Le bureau de presse du gouvernement à Gaza a fait étatde dommages infligés à 2041 unités d’habitation, dont 93 ont été complètement détruites, 1820 partiellement détruites et 128 devenues inhabitables. Cela a causé le déplacement de familles entières habitant ce secteur principalement peuplé de réfugiésauxquels est refusé, depuis 1948, le droit de retour dans leurs maisons et terres d’origine ancestrales.

On remarquera que le ciblage et l’assassinat de familles et d’enfants palestiniens et la destruction de biens civils ne sont pas le résultat de négligences mais une politique intentionnelle et systématique. Un exemple frappant en est ce qu’on a pu voir lors de l’offensive militaire de 2014 sur la bande de Gaza dans laquelle 142 familles palestiniennes ont vu trois ou plus de leurs membres tuésdans la même attaque. Dans la récente offensive militaire de cinq jours, au moins cinq familles ont assisté au meurtre ou à la blessure d’un ou de plusieurs membres de leur famille nucléaire et à la destruction partielle ou totale de leur maison, laissant sur place des orphelins et des veuves qui, dans bien des cas, ont souffert de blessures physiques et d’effets socioéconomiques et psychologiques indescriptibles.

De plus, pendant les cinq jours de l’offensive militaire, les autorités d’occupation israéliennes ont imposé des mesures plus restrictives de punition collectivecontre les Palestiniens de la bande de Gaza qui souffraient déjà d’une crise humanitaire due à l’occupation et au blocus illégaux d’Israël. Les autorités israéliennes d’occupation ont fermé les checkpoints d’« Erez » et de « Keren Shalom » du 9 au 13 mai 2023, empêchant tout mouvement d’individus, de matériel et de services. Cela a inclus le refus de transfert de patients en dehors de la bande de Gaza ainsi que l’approvisionnement en carburantnécessaire au fonctionnement de la seule centrale électrique de la bande de Gaza ; et cela aggrave la crise humanitaire et porte plus gravement atteinte au système de santé déjà effondré. L’Autorité palestinienne de l’énergie et des ressources naturelles (PENRA) a lancé un avertissementau cinquième jour de l’offensive, d’une catastrophe humanitaire susceptible d’affecter tous les secteurs vitaux de la santé, de l’eau, de l’électricité et d’autres services. PENRA a déclaré qu’avec 16 années de blocus, la seule centrale électrique de Gaza était déjà en-dessous de la demande d’énergie et qu’au 13 mai 2023 l’agression et le refus délibéré de laisser passer du carburant avaient causé un déficit de 52% de la fourniture d’énergie. De plus, l’agression a eu de graves effets sur les secteurs agricoles et de la pêche, étant donné que les pécheurs et les agriculteurs ont été dans l’impossibilité d’accéder aux zones de pêche réduites et à leurs terres agricoles, tandis que des dommages importants étaient infligés aux terres agricoles par les bombardements israéliens.

Mise à jour sur les deux derniers jours de l’offensive militaire (de midi le vendredi 12 mai 2023 à 10h du matin le samedi 13 mai 2023).

La documentation préliminaire de Al-Haq pour les trois premiers jours de l’offensive militaire au cours desquels 31 Palestiniens ont été tués peut être consultée ici, https://www.alhaq.org/advocacy/2149…iciet ici. Les documents préliminaires qui suivent, des deux derniers jours de l’offensive militaire des 12 et 13 mai 2023, sont l’illustration du meurtre ciblé de deux Palestiniens et du ciblage intensif délibéré de propriétés civiles.

Les meurtres ciblés de deux Palestiniens le 12 mai 2023

Vers 4h20 dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi, le 12 mai 2023, des avions de chasse israéliens ont tiré un missile, sans avertissement, sur le logement de Mohammad Walid Mohammad Abdel ‘Al, âgé de 33 ans, situé au cinquième étage d’un immeuble de six niveaux comprenant 19 appartements rue Al-Nasr, dans le nord de la ville de Gaza. Il en est résulté la mort de deux Palestiniens : Iyad al-Abed Mohammad al-Husseini, âgé de 51 ans, un dirigeant des brigades Al-Quds, l’aile militaire du mouvement du Jihad Islamique et Mohammad Walid Mohammad Abdel ‘Al âgé de 33 ans. Cinq autres Palestiniens, dont deux bébés de deux ans, ont été blessés. L’appartement visé a été complètement détruit et d’autres appartements de l’immeuble et des maisons voisines ont été endommagés.

Destruction massive de maisons d’habitation causant le déplacement de 350 Palestiniens en deux jours

La chronologie ci-dessous montre la destruction totale de maisons d’habitation dans la bande de Gaza au cours des deux derniers jours de l’offensive militaire qui s’est déroulée du 11 au 13 mai 2023. Bien que les propriétaires des logements ciblés aient reçu des appels d’« avertissement » de la part d’agents des services de renseignements israéliens, directement ou via des voisins ou parents pour qu’ils évacuent leurs logements avant les frappes aériennes et /ou que les logements aient été ciblés par des « missiles d’avertissement » tirés par des avions israéliens de reconnaissance et qu’il n’ait pas été fait état de blessures graves, la destruction totale de ces résidences a abouti au déplacement d’au moins 61 familles représentant 350 Palestiniens, dont 183 enfants et 76 femmes. Dans la plupart des cas, les maisons voisines ont aussi été endommagées.

Vers 2h10 dans la nuit du vendredi 12 mai 2023 au samedi, des avions de chasse israéliens ont tiré trois missiles sur la maison d’Ahmad Ayesh Silmi Al Hashash, âgé de 41 ans, dans le quartier Mosbeh au nord de la ville de Rafah. Une famille de sept Palestiniens habitait dans la maison, dont cinq enfants et une femme. Au cours de la même attaque, deux immeubles d’habitation voisins ont été aussi totalement détruits : le logement de Kamel Mazeed Salameh Al-Hashash où vivaient deux familles de 13 Palestiniens, dont huit enfants et deux femmes ; et le logement de Mohammad Ayesh Salameh Al-Hashash où vivait une famille de neuf Palestiniens, dont cinq enfants et deux femmes.

Vers 2h15, dans la nuit du vendredi 12 mai 2023 au samedi, un avion de chasse israélien a tiré deux missiles sur un bâtiment de deux niveaux appartenant à Samir Mohammad Matar Taha, âgé de 61 ans, dans la zone d’Al-Fakoura à Jabalia, au nord de la bande de Gaza. Ce bâtiment comportait trois appartements où logeaient deux familles de huit Palestiniens, dont quatre enfants et deux femmes.

Vers 3h55 dans la nuit du vendredi 12 mai 2023 au samedi, un avion de chasse israélien a tiré deux missiles sur une résidence de trois niveaux appartenant à Kamal Ahmad Abu Teir, âgé de 61 ans, à Abasan Al-Kabira, à l’Est de Khan Younis. La résidence comportait cinq appartements abritant quatre familles comptant 18 Palestiniens, dont sept enfants et quatre femmes.

Vers 4h20 dans la nuit du vendredi 12 mai 2023 au samedi, un avion de chasse israélien a tiré deux missiles sur un immeuble de trois niveaux appartenant à Hussein Mohammad Hasan Marouf, âgé de 58 ans, dans le quartier de Al-Amal de Beit Lahia dans le nord de la bande de Gaza. L’immeuble comprenait quatre appartements où logeaient trois familles totalisant 15 Palestiniens, dont neuf enfants et trois femmes.

Vers 20h30 le vendredi 12 mai 2023, un avion de chasse israélien a tiré deux missiles sur un immeuble d’habitation de cinq niveaux appartenant à Mohammad Ali Hasan Yaseen, âgé de 60 ans, dans le quartier Al-Zaytoun dans l’est de la ville de Gaza. Cinq familles logeaient dans l’immeuble, soit un total de 24 Palestiniens, dont dix enfants et trois femmes.

À peu près à la même heure, des avions de chasse israéliens ont tiré deux missiles sur une résidence de deux niveaux appartenant à Yahya Kamil Salem Abu Obeid âgé de 55 ans, dans la ville de Deir Balah. La résidence comportait deux appartements où logeaient deux familles comptant au total 11 Palestiniens, dont deux enfants et six femmes. Le bombardement de la maison de Yahya a causé de gros dégâts dans le voisinage, dont la destruction partielle ou totale d’environ 20 maisons voisines et des dégâts partiels sur quatre départements de l’hôpital des Martyrs d’Al-Aqsa situé à une centaine de mètres de la maison visée qui sert d’hôpital de soins primaires et qui est le seul hôpital du gouvernorat de Deir Balah qui compte 350 000 habitants. L’attaque a causé des blessures légères à deux membres du personnel de l’hôpital et à un enfant parmi les patients. Six autres Palestiniens, dont quatre enfants et une femme, de résidences voisines de la maison ciblée ont été admis à l’hôpital des Martyrs d’Al-Aqsa pour des blessures légères.

Vers 1h30 dans la nuit du vendredi 12 mai 2023 au samedi, des avions de chasse israéliens ont tiré quatre missiles de reconnaissance sur une résidence appartenant à Salim Hasan Ismaïl Abu Ataa, âgé de 60 ans, dans le quartier d’Al Shuja’iyya, dans l’est de la ville de Gaza. Deux familles de 20 Palestiniens habitaient dans la résidence, avec 13 enfants et deux femmes. À noter : le propriétaire de la résidence visée est le père de Bahaa Salim Hasan Abu Al-Ata qui était un dirigeant des brigades d’Al-Aqsa. Bahaa a été tué à l’âge de 42 ans par les forces d’occupation israéliennes (IOF) le 12 novembre 2019 dans le bombardement ciblé de sa chambre qui causa aussi la mort de sa femme, Asmaa Mohammad Hasan Abu Al-Ata et des blessures à quatre de leurs enfants, dont trois étaient mineurs.

Vers 3h du matin, le samedi 13 mai 2023, des avions de chasse israéliens ont tiré un missile sur une résidence de cinq niveaux appartenant à Hazem Adel Mohammad Mohhana, 60 ans, située dans le quartier d’Al-Yarmouk, au nord de la ville de Gaza. La maison était habitée par cinq familles de 19 Palestiniens, dont cinq enfants et huit femmes.

Vers 10h05, le samedi 13 mai 2023, un avion de chasse israélien a tiré deux missiles sur une résidence de trois niveaux appartenant à Faraj Fathi Ahmad Banat, 39 ans, située à Beit Lahia dans le nord de la bande de Gaza. La résidence comprenait trois appartements, abritant trois familles de 22 Palestiniens, dont 12 enfants et quatre femmes. Résultat, deux femmes ont subi des blessures mineures. Trois maisons voisines et les réseaux locaux d’électricité et de télécommunications du quartier ont subi de graves dégâts. D’autres maisons voisines et la Mosquée Al Sheikh Saad ont également été endommagées.

Vers 11h45, le samedi 13 mai 2023, un avion de chasse israélien a tiré deux missiles sur une résidence de deux niveaux de feu Khader Radwan Mohammad Al-Za’aneen, située dans la ville de Beit Hanoun, au nord de la bande de Gaza. Cette résidence comprenait six appartements, qui abritaient six familles de 46 Palestiniens, dont 30 enfants et six femmes.

Vers 14h15, le samedi 13 mai 2023, un avion de chasse israélien a tiré deux missiles sur une résidence de quatre étages, propriété de Khalid Mustafa Badawi Nabhan, 52 ans, située dans le quartier de Bi’r Al-Na’ja de la ville de Jabalia, au nord de la bande de Gaza. La résidence comprenait huit appartements qui abritaient huit familles totalisant 45 Palestiniens, dont 28 enfants et neuf femmes.

Houriya Badawi Nabhan, 44 ans, nièce de Khalid, a dit que la maison de son oncle abritait cinq personnes handicapées, dont deux sont des enfants. Houriya a ajouté que leur équipement médical et leurs ordonnances ont été complètement perdus dans les décombres de leur maison détruite. Elle a ajouté que, lorsque son cousin, Khalid Nabhan, a reçu, à 14h le même jour, un « appel d’alerte » d’un officier du renseignement israélien d’évacuer immédiatement leur logement, Khalid a essayé de faire retarder le bombardement pour leur permettre d’avoir le temps d’évacuer les résidents, et spécialement ceux porteurs de handicap. Pour ne pas céder, les FOI ne leur ont accordé que 15 minutes avant de mener l’attaque et de bombarder leur maison.

Vers 14h30 samedi 13 mai 2023, un avion de chasse israélien a tiré deux missiles sur la maison de Mohammad Shihdeh Mohammad Al-Haou, 61 ans, située dans la zone d’Al-Jarn dans la ville de Jabalia, au nord de la bande de Gaza. La maison ciblée était habitée par une seule famille de six Palestiniens, dont trois femmes.

Vers 17h05 samedi 13 mai 2023, un avion de chasse israélien a tiré deux missiles sur la résidence de trois niveaux de feu Khalid Kamal Ali Al-Shnbari, située dans la ville de Beit Hanoun, au nord de la bande de Gaza. La résidence comprenait quatre appartements et abritait trois familles de 15 Palestiniens, dont huit enfants et quatre femmes. La même attaque a provoqué la destruction complète de deux appartements voisins, habités par deux familles constituées de six membres, dont un enfant et deux femmes.

Vers 17h40 samedi 13 mai 2023, des avions de chasse israéliens ont tiré deux missiles sur une résidence de deux niveaux, propriété d’Azmi Fadel Hasan Tafesh, 50 ans, située à l’est du quartier d’Al-Zaytoun, à l’est de la ville de Gaza. Cette résidence était habitée par deux familles comprenant 12 Palestiniens, dont sept enfants, dont deux avec des handicaps, et trois femmes.

Vers 18h samedi 13 mai 2023, des avions de chasse israéliens ont tiré deux missiles sur une résidence de trois niveaux appartenant à Ziyad Salim Husni Silmi, 50 ans, située à l’est dans le quartier d’Al-Zaytoun, à l’est de la ville de Gaza. Cette résidence comportait deux appartements et abritait deux familles, totalisant 13 Palestiniens, dont neuf enfants et trois femmes.

Vers 19h samedi 13 mai 2023, des avions de chasse israéliens ont tiré un missile sur la maison de Salah Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Loh, 34 ans, située à l’ouest du Camp de Réfugiés d’Al-Nuseirat dans le Gouvernorat de Deir Al-Balah. La maison ciblée abritait une famille comprenant cinq Palestiniens, dont trois enfants et une femme. La même attaque a également provoqué la destruction complète de la maison voisine appartenant au père de Salah, Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Loh, 68 ans, qui comprenait quatre appartements et abritait quatre familles totalisant 18 Palestiniens, dont dix enfants et quatre femmes.

Analyse juridique

Avant toute chose, il est important de souligner que toute cette offensive militaire survient dans le contexte d’une occupation illégale, dans laquelle Israël a constamment violé une série de normes impératives du droit international. Ces violations comprennent l’annexion d’un territoire, le non-respect du principe de temporalité, le manquement au respect des obligations en tant que Puissance Occupante d’agir de bonne foi et au mieux des intérêts de la population occupée, et le déni du droit inaliénable à l’autodétermination du peuple palestinien et du droit au retour des réfugiés palestiniens. Par ailleurs, le bouclage et le blocus de la bande de Gaza depuis 2007 constitue une forme de punition collective, en violation évidente du droit humanitaire international.

Les incidents susmentionnés qui ont eu lieu entre le 11 et le 13 mai révèlent en outre un schéma d’attaques généralisé ciblant des objets civils en violation des principes humanitaires internationaux, à savoir la distinction et la proportionnalité. La Puissance Occupante est tenue à faire la distinction entre les objets civils et les objectifs militaires et à diriger ses attaques uniquement contre des objectifs militaires, [1] et à utiliser des moyens et des méthodes de guerre qui ne causeraient pas de dommages excessifs à la vie des civils ou aux objets civils en relation avec l’avantage militaire attendu. [2] De tels manquements peuvent s’apparenter à plusieurs crimes de guerre passibles de poursuites par la Cour pénale internationale, dont « le fait de diriger intentionnellement une attaque en sachant qu’elle causera incidemment des pertes en vies humaines dans la population civile, des blessures aux personnes civiles, des dommages aux biens de caractère civil … qui seraient manifestement excessifs par rapport à l’ensemble de l’avantage militaire concret et direct attendu » [3]

Conclusion

La perte de 33 vies palestiniennes lors de l’offensive militaire reflète le recours systématique d’Israël à une force excessive, disproportionnée et sans discrimination contre les Palestiniens. Tandis que l’offensive militaire contre la Bande de Gaza se déroulait, les forces d’occupation israéliennes (FOI) ont tué sept Palestiniens en Cisjordanie, principalement dans les gouvernorats de Jénine, de Naplouse et de Tulkarem, le nombre total d’homicides dans le Territoire palestinien occupé atteignant de ce fait 40 Palestiniens au cours de la période de cinq jours entre le 9 et le 13 mai 2023.

Quelques heures après l’annonce du cessez-le-feu, le Premier Ministre israélien Benjamin Nétanyahou a célébré l’offensive militaire lors d’une réunion du gouvernement, faisant l’éloge des FOI et du Shin Bet tout en les remerciant pour leur « exécution parfaite » de l’offensive que Yoav Gallant, ministre israélien de la « Défense », et lui-même ont lancée pour « surprendre les terroristes à Gaza ». Au cours de cette réunion, Nétanyahou s’est vanté de la « place d’Israël en tant que puissance énergétique », évoquant sa rencontre récente avec le président de la République de Chypre, lors de laquelle ils ont examiné des projets visant à « transférer du gaz d’Israël vers l’Europe via une usine de liquéfaction de gaz à Chypre ». Nétanyahou a déclaré : « L’Europe a besoin d’énergie, elle a besoin de gaz, et créer un approvisionnement facile et peu coûteux à partir d’Israël vers l’Europe consolidera fortement la position d’Israël ». En effet, comme l’a souligné Nétanyahou, pour « propulser l’économie vers de nouveaux sommets et renforcer la place d’Israël en tant qu’important fournisseur international d’énergie », il est essentiel de dominer les Palestiniens de la Bande de Gaza dans le contexte du colonialisme de peuplement, de l’apartheid, de l’occupation illégale et du blocus sionistes, et de les priver de leur souveraineté sur leurs ressources naturelles, y compris leurs ressources côtières.

La déclaration d’un cessez-le-feu ne met pas fin au système bien établi par Israël d’oppression raciale, de domination et de dépossession. Tandis que la communauté internationale développe des accords commerciaux, des projets et des forums de « dialogue » avec Israël, les Palestiniens vont continuer à voir mourir les leurs, et leurs droits vont continuer à être violés, alors que l’impunité d’Israël reste inébranlable. Tandis qu’en mai, on a commémoré les 75 ans de la Nakba et qu’en juin, 16 ans se seront écoulés depuis le blocus illégal et les bouclages, le peuple palestinien continue de voir ses espoirs rester vains en ce qui concerne la réponse de la communauté internationale. Au lieu de nouer de nouveaux accords et de promouvoir les relations avec Israël, les États tiers doivent remplir leurs obligations légales et morales en mettant en œuvre des contre-mesures effectives et significatives, notamment des sanctions économiques, des embargos sur les armes, la rupture des liens diplomatiques, et la cessation du commerce avec l’entreprise de colonisation.

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