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B’Tselem: Probe IDF soldiers over deaths of Palestinian civilians

Posted on: September 16, 2010

16 September 2010 | Haaretz

New report concludes no IDF soldier has been indicted for such deaths over the last four years

A new report by the human rights group B’tselem concludes that during the past four years not a single IDF soldier was indicted for killing Palestinian civilians in the territories.

The report claims that between 2006 and2009, 617 Palestinian civilians not involved in combat operations were killed in the territories – a count that does not include those killed during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip.

The rights group filed complaints with the IDF in half of the cases, but … Continue reading


Updated on September 16, 2010
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Israel shells Gaza again: 3 farm workers killed including a 91 year old and his grandson

Posted on: September 13, 2010
Ibrahim Abu Sayed, the 91 year old killed, his face mutilated by shrapnel

13 September 2010 | ISM Gaza

When 91 year old Ibrahim Abu Sayed left his home near Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, yesterday morning, in order to check on his land and his animals which graze next to the remains of his former home, he took with him his 17-year-old grandson Hossam and the young boy’s friend and neighbour, 16-year-old Ismail Abu Oda. His son, Hossam’s father, didn’t want to come because it was the final day of Eid ul-Fitr, the Muslim festival that follows the holy month of Ramadan.

Despite his age, Ibrahim Abu … Continue reading


Updated on September 14, 2010
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Early release of Tom Hurndall’s killer symptom of wider Israeli crimes

Posted on: September 8, 2010
Tom in Gaza shortly before he was shot

8 September 2010 | ISM London

UPDATE:

Tom’s Killer was released this morning. The Hurndall family was not informed by any representative of the Israeli government. The British Foreign Office did contact Jocelyn this morning, but not before the news had reached her via ISM London. We are re-publishing our press release from July as our statement today.

20 July 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) condemns the early release from prison of the Israeli soldier that murdered photography student and ISM volunteer Tom Hurndall in Gaza in 2003. The Israeli press yesterday reported that Taysir Hayb will … Continue reading


Updated on September 8, 2010
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Early release of Tom Hurndall’s killer symptom of wider Israeli crimes

Posted on: July 20, 2010
Tom shortly before he was shot

20 July 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Correction appended

The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) condemns the early release from prison of the Israeli soldier that murdered photography student and ISM volunteer Tom Hurndall in Gaza in 2003. The Israeli press yesterday reported that Taysir Hayb will be released three years early from an already short eight-year sentence.

His murder was only a symptom of a much wider culture of impunity in the Israeli army. This early release serves to … Continue reading


Updated on July 21, 2010
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