Anarchists add red paint to water in two central fountains, say paint represents blood of Palestinians killed and injured by IDF in territories
Fountain in Dizzengof Square
Anarchist activists sprayed red paint on walls across Tel Aviv Sunday night and added red paint to the water in several fountains, as an act of protest against Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories.
IDF offices in Tel Aviv were “bombarded” during the night with red paint bombs, and the water in the fountains in Masaryk Square and Dizzengof Square were painted red.
IDF offices
According to the anarchists, the paint represents “the blood of the thousands who were killed and the tens of thousands who were injured throughout the long years of occupation, and was meant to illustrate the scope of the killing that is being carried out by the occupation army only several dozen miles away from Tel Aviv.”
In a pamphlet distributed by the activists, they wrote, “We believe that after 40 years of murderous occupation, the Tel Aviv public no longer has the right to enjoy decorative displays while ignoring the crimes that are being committed in its name in the occupied territories on a daily basis.”
They invited the residents of Tel Aviv to dip their hands in the reddened water and “realize that these hands, which appear clean, are also stained with the blood of the occupied and the oppressed.”
Masaryk Square fountain
The Tel Aviv municipality said in response, “We don’t know who is behind these acts, but the responsibility and authority to handle vandals lies in the hands of the police.
“Regarding the fountains that were painted red, the filters should filter out the paint within 24 hours.’
Jewish worshipers desecrate Palestinian cemetery, break tombstones, write `Death to Arabs` on graves by Efrat Weiss, from Kibush40
Dozens of Jewish worshippers desecrated a Muslim cemetery in a Palestinian village near [the settlement] Ariel on Friday.
The worshippers broke some tombstones, and wrote “Death to Arabs” on others. Noaf, a resident of a nearby village, said that the worshippers arrived at the cemetery escorted by soldiers.
“Several of them entered a nearby Muslim cemetery, broke tombstones, and wrote things on them such as “Death to Arabs”. I don’t know exactly how many tombstones were desecrated. We were under curfew during their worship time, and they came and did this,” he said.
Rabbi Arik Asherman, head of Rabbis for Human Rights, denounced the incident. “As rabbis, we protest this desecration and are reminded of our pain when such acts are committed against us.”
According to an official IDF response, the entry of Jewish worshippers into the cemetery was authorized in order to allow them to visit the Yeshua Ben Nun tomb nearby.
“On the whole, about 1,300 people entered the place, most acting wonderfully, as is appropriate upon entering a sacred place. Unfortunately, a handful of worshippers chose to create a provocation and vandalize Palestinian graves,” the IDF statement said.
The IDF also said that an official complaint was sent to the worshippers’ leaders. “The IDF has agreed with leaders of the worshippers that they would be responsible for repairing the damages as early as next week.”
[Ed: Yeshua Ben Nun is remembered as the perpetrator of genocide on the Canaanites in early Biblical times…]
Demos in London, Madrid, Tel Aviv in Solidarity with the Palestinian People
from the International Press Center
GAZA, Palestine, June 10, 2007 (IPC+ Agencies) – -Thousands of people gathered in central Tel Aviv Saturday evening to attend a rally protesting Israel’s continued occupation of the Palestinian territories on 40th anniversary of 1967 six- day war. More than 20 Spanish humanitarian, NGO’s and parties in association with the Palestinian community in Madrid set off a similar demo.
London also witnessed the biggest demo of 50,000 demonstrators in solidarity with the Palestinian people and his just cause among were Dr. Mustaf Al Burghouti, PLO representative at Britain and other Palestinian figures.
Plethora of British parliamentarians among were Veteran campaigners Bruce Kent of CND, Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn and Green MEP Caroline Lucas , George Galway, the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, Riah Abu El Assal, and Mairead Corrigan Maguire, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the “Peace People” in Northern Ireland in 1976. . The protestors gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square.
The Prime Minister Ismael Haneyeh addressed the gathering by video in which he stressed on the need to support the national unity government to enable it to assume its responsibilities as well as support the Palestinian people right of liberation, independency and to attain an equitable peace.
He also underscored the independency of the Palestinian decision-making and backing the struggle of the Palestinian people, right of refugees to return back to their homelands and uplift the unfair embargo on the Palestinians. Also Dr. Al Burghouti addressed the demonstrators and thanked their participation and showing solidarity with the Palestinian people.
“There has been something wrong when the Israeli occupation continues to become the most prolonged occupation the modern history and converted in an apartheid system, as the world keep idle, ” Al Burghouti addressed the gathering.
He added that there has been something wrong when the Palestinian people punished by political and aid embargo instead of divesting Israel for persistent sanction and abuse against the Palestinian people.
“There has been something wrong when the Palestinian democratic which is the best in the Middle East and ministers and MPs were arrested.” He added “there has been soothing wrong when the Palestinian need four entry permissions to move in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that have turned into ghettoes and cantos and cur into pieces by 500 permanent checkpoint and 600 flying roadblocks.”
In central Tel Aviv Saturday evening Thousands of people gathered to attend a rally protesting Israel’s continued occupation of the Palestinian territories. The event was organized by left-wing groups including Meretz, Peace Now and Anarchists against the Wall. The protesters marched from Rabin Square to the Tel Aviv Museum, where they held a big rally.
Participants shouted slogans against the occupation and raised signs saying, “The occupation corrupts,” “The settlements – Israel’s catastrophe,” and “The occupation – a disgrace.”
In connection, more than 20 Spanish NGOs; humanitarian and political parties in association with the Palestinian community in Madrid organized a rally marking the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem. In a joint press, the organizations called all institutions, individuals and humanitarian bodies to monitor the dismissal living condition of the Palestinian people under the Israeli occupation that has been practicing all forms of tyranny and refuse to recognize his right of self-determination.
The statement called for feasible measures to compel Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories in 1967 including East Jerusalem, dismantle of Jewish settlements, cessation of building the apartheid wall and freeze partnership agreement between the European Union and Israel.
It also urged the Spanish government put off the agreement of military trade with Israel and recognition of the legitimate Palestinian democracy with no prerequisite and surmount all obstacles in the way of convening an international peace conference in the Middle East among its goals establishment of a sovereign viable Palestinian state within 1967 borders.
GAZA, Palestine June 10, 2007 (IPC) – – A new report issued by the Statistics Department in the Ministry of Prisoner Affairs explained that the total number of martyrs who were killed in Israeli prisons and detention camps since the year 1976 and until March of this year, has reached 188 prisoners, as a result of numerous violations by the Israeli occupation authorities in prisons and detention camps.
The report prepared by the Director of the Department of Statistics in the Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, which IPC received a copy, noted that the number of martyrs who were killed in Israeli prisons and detention camps was 70
The report showed that 43 of the martyrs were killed as a result of Medical neglect, and 75 were killed by deliberately killing.
It also noted that the list was prepared according the available information to researchers, and asked all concerned people to contribute in this field.
The report noted that hundreds of prisoners died after releasing.
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في تقرير حديث لحالات استشهاد الأسرى…
75 أسيراً استشهدوا جراء القتل العمد بعد الاعتقال و70 أسيراً جراء التعذيب
أوضح تقرير تفصيلي جديد صادر عن دائرة الاحصاء في وزارة شؤون الأسرى والمحررين، ان إجمالي عدد الشهداء الذين سقطوا في السجون والمعتقلات الإسرائيلية منذ العام 1976 وحتى شهر آذار/مارس من العام الجاري، وصل إلى 188 أسيراً، وذلك جراء العديد من الانتهاكات التي تقوم بها سلطات الاحتلال الإسرائيلية في السجون والمعتقلات.
وبين التقرير الذي أعده مدير دائرة الاحصاء في وزارة شؤون الأسرى والمحررين عبد الناصر فروانة، ووصل نسخة منه إلى المركز الصحافي الدولي، إلى أن عدد الشهداء الأسرى الذين سقطوا جراء التعذيب داخل السجون والمعتقلات الإسرائيلية، وصل إلى 70 شهيداً من الأسرى والمعتقلين.
وبخصوص الأسرى الذين استشهدوا جراء الإهمال الطبي، أفاد التقرير، إلى عدد الشهداء الأسرى الذين سقطوا نتيجة الإهمال الطبي الذي تتبعه إدارات السجون الإسرائيلية، وصل إلى 43 شهيداً.
وبالنسبة إلى الأسرى الذين استشهدوا نتيجة عمليات القتل بعد الاعتقال أي الإعدامات الميدانية، فقد أشار التقرير إلى ان عدد الشهداء الأسرى الذين سقطوا نتيجة ذلك، وصل إلى 75 شهيداً.
كما نوه، إلى ان هذه القائمة أعدت وفق ما هو متوفر لدى الباحثين من بيانات ومعلومات، موجهاً الدعوة لكل المعنيين بالمساهمة في توثيق شامل لكل شهداء الحركة الوطنية الأسيرة.
وأشار إلى ان هناك العشرات بل المئات من الأسرى والمعتقلين الذين استشهدوا بعد تحررهم من نير الاعتقال، وذلك بسبب آثار التعذيب أو السجن أو نتاجاً للإهمال الطبي المتعمد داخل الأسر، مما أدى إلى تفاقم الأمراض واستفحالها.
At approximately 1:00 pm, about 200 Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals gathered at a home in the village of Um Salamona to demonstrate against the 40 year brutal Occupation of the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and Golan Heights, and against the construction of the Israeli apartheid wall. On their way to the demonstration, two Palestinian men were arrested by Israeli forces for unknown reasons.
Following the village members’ Friday sermon and prayer, the non-violent demonstrators made their way to the gate of the home in an attempt to march in the street. As they approached the gate, they chanted for the cessation of the development of the apartheid wall and for the liberation of Palestine. The border police blocking the way responded with unprovoked violence.
Several peace activists were kicked, shoved, and thrown. Simultaneously, one Palestinian man in his 60s was plucked from the crowd, thrown to the ground, and kicked repeatedly before being arrested. Three Israeli activists attempted to reach the street by climbing over the fence, but they were immediately arrested. A nearby gate was then discovered to be open, so approximately half of the demonstrators ran through to the street, while the remaining half were blocked by border police who had reached this second gate. The demonstrators still inside the gate made their way to a third open gate and succeeded in reaching the street. The Israeli border police and soldiers then maintained a presence in the street, prohibiting the activists from going toward Hebron.
