Tag: Gaza
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Ha’aretz: Listen as the silence breaks
by Dalia Karpel September 21st, 2007. A NEW ISRAELI STUDY CONFIRMS OUR WORST FEARS. “We – Israeli Soldiers – were put there to punish the Palestinians”, says Ilan Vilenda, an Israeli soldier who served in Rafah during the first Intifada. Ilan is the only soldier of 21 who agreed to have his name published, after…
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Broad Coalition of Human Rights groups speak out against the collective punishment of Gaza
B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Right in the Occupied Territories Gisha: Legal Center for Freedom of Movement Association for Civil Rights in Israel Physicians for Human Rights Public Committee against Torture in Israel HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights September 20, 2007 Israeli rights groups…
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ICAHD: GAZA; A CALL FOR URGENT ACTION
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) deplores the unanimous decision by the Israeli cabinet to impose sanctions on supplies of electricity, fuel and other basic goods and services to the civilian population of Gaza, and calls upon the international community to prevent this crime against humanity from being carried out. Indeed, the very legal…
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Gaza Residents Tell of Demeaning Questioning by Shin Bet
By Amira Hass In the most recent Israel Defense Forces raids in the Gaza Strip, during which dozens of people were detained for interrogation by the Shin Bet, the security service adopted a procedure unknown in recent years: The detainees were forced to undress in the presence of another detainee and a soldier or a…
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Press Release: Open Rafah Now!
Joint call by Israeli, Palestinian and European human rights organizations: The Rafah border crossing must be opened; The residents are not pawns in the struggle for control of the Gaza Strip Israeli, Palestinian and European human rights organizations today issued a joint declaration calling on Israel, the Palestinian Authority, the European Union, and Egypt to…