De Israelische Terreur 190

Vandaag mailde Israelische acitivisten die opkomen voor de rechten van de Palestijnen me het volgende:

'The IDF is currently demolishing, as I understand it from an OCHA fieldworker who is currently travelling to the site to see what is happening, the fence around the house of Abu Samir at Beit Ijza. This is the single house surrounded almost completely by the settlement Givon HaHadasha, and surrounded for the past few years with its own fence/wall. Two months ago, the fence/wall was extended so that it cut the house off from its Palestinian village, Beit Ijza. The Supreme Court has said that the home may not be demolished. The army is currently demolishing the fence/wall and the fear is that the home will be demolished too.

Thank you.
Angela

Angela Godfrey-Goldstein, Action Advocacy OfficerThe Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), Jerusalemangela@icahd.org; http://www.icahd.org/ http://www.angelajerusalem.wordpress.com/ http://www.angelaicahd.blogspot.com/Tel: (02) 672 8771 / 0547 366 393 "The people of the world do not need to choose between a Malevolent Mickey Mouse and the Mad Mullahs" Arundhati Roy (The Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire)
Read NO PLACE LIKE HOME (about home demolition) by Meir Margalit: http://www.icahd.org/eng/images/uploaded_admin_content/NoPlaceLikeHome_withCover.pdf
Watch Stop the Clash of Civilizations (& sign Avaaz.org petition) at: http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_clash/Watch ICAHD rebuild a demolished home (Jerusalem's Shuafat Refugee Camp, 2001): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPHtPNX7IAIWatchWatchAL GORE's congressional testimony on global warming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ZYXllyaF0Watch John Pilger's "PALESTINE IS STILL THE ISSUE": http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=746557429802139093&pr=goog-slWatch JEFF HALPER & NAIM ATEEK IN D.C.: http://www.archive.org/details/Is_the_Two-State_Solution_Still_Possible Watch Prof. Jeff Halper speaking about apartheid: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8849846742802382846&hl=enWatch THE IRON WALL: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4866316426876380615 Watch ZOCHROT (Refugees, Demolished Palestinian Villages, "Transfer" & Remembering the Nakba): [google Zochrot's webpage, the link is blacklisted by servers]Watch CLOSED (UNOCHA on OPT humanitarian crisis): http://www.ochaopt.org/?module=displaysection§ion_id=117&format=htmlWatch HEBRON SETTLERS IN ACTION http://s03dl.castup.net/server12/23227566-13.wmv?cu=7CF11A61-B891-4919-9905-5E3338B63D4C & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBIcdoOKB9cWatchWatch PUSHING THE BARRIER (Inigo Gilmore, C4 TV) http://www.channel4.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-storypage.jsp?id=4458WatchWatch BREAKING THE SILENCE (IDF soldiers' testimonies): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37MFa7ZKQWoWatch SHORTS ON CHECKPOINTS: http://www.mahsanmilim.com/films.htm Watch JAHALIN (Hebrew) on HOT TV: http://news.walla.co.il/?w=/3806/1023517Watch Unrecognised Bedouin villages (BBC Newsnight): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/6400501.stmWatch THE UNRECOGNIZED: http://www.theunrecognized.org/
'The Unrecognized' -- a short documentary, highlights the plight of Bedouin Israeli citizens living in the Naqab (Negev) desert. Approx. 70,000 live in the poverty of 'unrecognized villages', denied essential public services, facing fundamental human rights violations due to institutionalized discrimination.'

Het is 1 van de vele voorbeelden dat de Israelische terreur gewoon doorgaat, zonder dat de westerse commerciele massamedia hier aandacht aan besteden, met als gevolg dat de context van dit conflict niet wordt belicht en de westerling zich straks afvraagt 'waarom de Palestijnen nu ineens weer beginnen.'

Nog geen vijf minuten nadat ik dit bericht had samengesteld, kreeg ik deze email:

'This morning, Thursday 3rd May 2007, the IDF, Border Police guards, Private Security Guards, a contractor and some labourers arrived at the home of Abu Samir (Muhammad Sabri Ghanayem) to take down the fence around his house and replace it with a higher and more solid one. Abu Samir lives on the outer edge of Beit Ijza village, on what is effectively now part of the Givon HaHadasha settlement. His house was built in the early 90's (Pre-Oslo) with permission from the relevant authorities at the time (ie. Bet El - Civil Administration Office) and therefore, after several court hearings, the Supreme Court had ruled that the house may NOT be demolished. The arrival of the workers and the security forces this morning alarmed Abu Samir and his three sons, and they went out to try to stop the workers. Clashes ensued between Abu Samir's family (including his elderly wife) and the security forces and one of his sons was seriously injured and taken to Ramallah hospital. Meanwhile Abu Samir and the other two sons were arrested for obstructing the work. I arrived on the scene after they were already taken but I was assured by the many IDF Officers present that the construction was simply to create a higher fence, on top of a one-metre high concrete wall, to create more security for the residents of the area, in what is a very 'delicate' situation. In the meantime, I have tried to contact the Israeli DCL to check on Abu Samir and his sons but I have not heard back from them yet. Thanks to all of you for your interest today, and I will keep you posted with any further developments. Deena Asfour Humanitarian Affairs Assistant OCHA.'