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Two Palestinian minors have been tortured, abused, and medically neglected in Israeli custody, one of which after being shot at point-blank range when Israeli forces detained them for rock throwing earlier this month, a lawyer from the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said Monday.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772899

Australian film ‘Stone Cold Justice’ on Israel’s torture of Palestinian children

Imagine a military prison where the inmates include children as young as 12, in shackles.

A film which has been produced by a group of Australian journalists has sparked an international outcry against Israel after it explicitly detailed Tel Aviv's use of torture against Palestinian children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmkQ8w8MF4g

An Israeli army commander has made shocking threats to Palestinian youth held in the Al-Duheisha, saying he will “make all the youth of the camp disabled,” according to a Palestinian rights group, the Middle East Monitor reported on Friday.
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Israeli-Commander-Violently-Threatens-Palestinian-Youth-20160827-0002.html

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian father(26-08)

Israeli forces killed a reportedly unarmed Palestinian man at a military post outside the village of Silwad, near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, midday Friday.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/israeli-soldiers-kill-palestinian-father

Israeli forces kill youth two months before his wedding(24-08)

The army told media that soldiers pursued a car from which rocks were being thrown at passing vehicles, hitting the windshield of a military jeep....
..Photos from the scene apparently showing Abu Ghurab’s body still seated in the car which he was driving, and soldiers evacuating his body from the vehicle, appear to contradict the army’s account that Abu Ghurab exited the car before he was shot dead:
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/israeli-forces-kill-youth-two-months-his-wedding

Israeli forces shoot, kill Palestinian teenager, injure 45 (17-08)

Mohammed Yousef Abu Hashhash, 17 years old from al-Fawwar refugee camp, located 15 km south of Hebron city, was killed on Tuesday by Israeli forces. Israeli soldiers shot him in the chest with live fire.

According to locals in the camp, Israeli soldiers invaded the camp yesterday via its western entrance and raided locals’ homes, going door to door. The Hebron Defense Committee reported that during the raid, Israeli soldiers occupied nearly 20 houses and used their rooftops as lookouts.
http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php/headlines/168-israeli-forces-shoot-kill-palestinian-teenager-injure-45

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/teenager-killed-during-massive-raid-refugee-camp

Israeli forces shoot, injure Palestinian man at Gaza border crossing(24-08)

A Palestinian man was reportedly shot and injured by Israeli forces near a border crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, medics told Ma’an.

The medical sources said that the 30-year-old Palestinian was injured after being shot in the foot at the Erez crossing between the besieged Palestinian enclave and Israel, giving no further information on the incident.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772842

Israeli forces wound Palestinian fisherman after opening fire on boats in the northern Gaza Strip(25-08)

Israeli naval forces detained a Palestinian fisherman early Thursday after heavily opening fire at his boat off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources, while Israeli sources told Ma’an a Palestinian fisherman was taken for medical treatment after being wounded by Israeli live fire.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772848

Israeli forces injure Palestinian with live fire during clashes in Gaza(26-08)

Israeli forces Friday shot and injured a Palestinian with live fire during clashes at the security barrier near Nahal Oz east of Gaza City, according to Palestinian sources.
More than 1,500 Gazans have been injured by Israeli forces since the start of 2015, the vast majority during clashes that broke out with the Israeli military during protests since October, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772870

Israeli forces detain fisherman, open fire at farmers in the Gaza Strip(27-08)

Israeli naval forces Saturday morning detained a Palestinian fisherman off the coast of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, while Israeli forces opened live fire at Palestinian farmers working near the separation barrier east of the neighborhoods of al-Zaytun and Shujayya.

Head of the fishermen union Nizar Ayyash told Ma'an that Israeli military vessels chased several fishing boats off the coast of Gaza, detaining Al-Abid Zaki Tarush, while the other boats fled.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772874

Israeli forces detain 2 Gaza fishermen, confiscate boat(29-08)
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772895

PA Education Ministry: Israel impeding entry of 300,000 textbooks into Gaza

The Palestinian Ministry of Education said in a statement on Saturday that Israeli authorities have been impeding entry of 300,000 textbooks from the occupied West Bank into the blockaded Gaza Strip, jeopardizing the new school year in the coastal enclave, which is set to begin on Sunday.

The ministry approved a new curriculum for grades 1 through 4 and distributed the new textbooks to all schools in the occupied West Bank, while most textbooks for Gaza were printed in presses located in the Gaza Strip itself.

However, 30,000 math and science textbooks bound for Gaza were printed in the West Bank, “which Israel has so far denied entry to the Gaza Strip,” Basri Salih, undersecretary for planning and development, said.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772880

Israeli forces fire tear gas at crowds attending football match, dozens suffer tear gas inhalation(28-08)
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772872

Israeli forces suppress weekly protest in Bilin(28-08)

Israeli forces Friday dispersed weekly protests in the village of Bilin in the occupied West Bank district of Ramallah, according to Bilin’s popular resistance committee.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772871

Israeli violations against journalists in occupied territory increase by 17% in first half of 2016

A Palestinian press freedoms watchdog on Saturday said Israeli violations against media freedoms in the occupied Palestinian territory had continued to rise at a rapid pace over the first half of 2016.

The increase came even after the group reported an “unprecedented” increase in violations throughout 2015 -- “the highest ever to be monitored in Palestine” since the group started monitoring violations against media freedoms more than a decade ago.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772889

WATCH: Israeli soldiers throw stun grenade at Palestinians having coffee
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/watch-israeli-soldiers-throw-stun-grenade-palestinians-outside-coffee-shop-1764755157

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (18– 24 August 2016)
http://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=8323

UN report: West Bank house demolitions up 25%

A recent report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Occupied Palestinian Territories was jarring. In addition to the usual listing of casualties and injuries among Palestinians, it reported a huge spike this year in the demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures by Israel.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/08/israel-destroys-palestinian-houses-west-bank-annexation.html

Israeli forces demolish Umm al-Khair, again (16-08)

Israeli forces demolish aid structures and homes in Umm al-Khair, displacing 27 people. All 27 victims had lost their homes to Israeli demolitions before.
http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php/headlines/166-israeli-forces-demolish-umm-al-khair-again

Israeli forces demolish 3 homes, cultural center in village of Umm al-Kheir(24-08)

Israeli bulldozers Wednesday demolished three Palestinian homes and a cultural center in the village of Umm al-Kheir in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, detaining an elderly disabled man in the process.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772828

Israeli demolitions leave 28 homeless in Jerusalem-area Bedouin village(29-08)

Israeli forces demolished eight Palestinian structures in the Bedouin community of Maazi Jaba in the controversial E1 zone in the occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem on Monday morning, while residents were also forced to carry out demolitions themselves for three other structures after being ordered to do so by Israeli authorities.

Residents said that bulldozers from the Israeli Jerusalem municipality escorted by soldiers arrived in Maazi Jaba, east of the village of Jaba, at 7:30 a.m. and demolished six improvised shacks serving as homes, as well as two other structures used to house sheep.

The demolitions reportedly left 28 people, including 18 minors under the age of 16, homeless.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772902

Israeli forces demolish home of Palestinian prisoner accused in drive-by shooting(30-08)

Israeli forces on Tuesday morning demolished the home of Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Abd al-Majid Amayreh, accused of being an accomplice in a deadly drive-by shooting attack last month, after an Israeli court rejected an appeal by his family, who argued they had not been aware of or involved in the attack.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772907

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2016 Spike in home demolitions
http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_yendifvideoshare&view=video&id=10&title=2016

Committee: 7 Palestinian prisoners suffering from poor health in Ashkelon prison

Seven Palestinian prisoners held in Israel’s Ashkelon prison were said to be suffering from deteriorating health conditions due to lack of treatment and medicine, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said in a statement on Sunday.

Muhammad Abrash, 38, who was detained on Feb. 17, 2013, has had his leg amputated and suffers from hearing and vision impairment after being injured during the Second Intifada, according to the statement.

He has lost 70 percent of his eyesight in the left eye and is in need of a cornea transplant -- a treatment the committee said the Israel Prison Service continued to delay.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772885

Palestinian released, placed under house arrest after serving 14 year sentence in Israeli prisons

An Israeli judge Tuesday ordered the release of a Palestinian from the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabbir who was redetained four days after being released from a 14-year sentence in Israeli prisons, according to local sources.

Israeli Magistrate Court’s judge ordered the release of Jerusalemite prisoner Sufyan Fakhri Abdo from Israeli prison and imposed 14 days of house detention and a 10,000 shekel ($2,653) fine on him.

Abdo’s father told Ma’an that his son was detained on August 19, four days after being released following a 14-year sentence in Israeli prison after Israeli authorities accused him of inciting violence during a march in Jabal al-Mukabbir.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772816

Prisoners on hunger strike unify a divided Palestine

Bilal Kayed’s hunger strike has unified and reinvigorated Palestinian and Arab demands for radical justice in Palestine.
http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php/headlines/152-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-unify-a-divided-palestine

Bilal Kayed suspends hunger strike as prison struggles continue(24-08)

After refusing food for 71 days, Bilal Kayed has announced that he is suspending his hunger strike.

At a press conference on Thursday, Kayed’s lawyers with Addameer revealed details of the agreement with Israeli authorities that led to the suspension of his strike. Kayed will be released from administrative detention in December, after completing six months.

Addameer director Sahar Francis said that Israeli military prosecutors had wanted Kayed be exiled from Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories for four years as part of the agreement, before backing down. Kayed will remain in an Israeli hospital until his health improves.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/charlotte-silver/bilal-kayed-suspends-hunger-strike-prison-struggles-continue

Der religiöse Zionismus hat Israel nichts als Unruhe beschert

Das Kommentar meines Kollegen Ari Shavit , dass die Siedlerbewegung aufregend ist, zeigt, dass auch der "radikale Zentrist" des Landes unaufgeklärt ist.

Man muss sich ungläubig die Augen reiben. Ein israelischer Journalist, der sich selbst als weder religiös noch nationalistisch definiert, schrieb: „Die Leute von Mercaz Harav und Gush Emunin haben von niemandem etwas gestohlen. Was sie während der letzten 49 Jahre getan haben, war erziehen - was eindrucksvoll ist - und mobilisieren und anwerben, was aufregend ist.“( Ari Shavit 11. August)

Es ist das Jahr 2016 und das Verbrechen ist schöngeredet worden; es ist sogar zum pädagogischen Vorbild geworden. Der Sieg ist erklärt worden.
http://www.tlaxcala-int.org/article.asp?reference=18710

Israel's desalination miracle, Santa Claus and other fairy tales

Scientific American recently ran a feature on Israel’s desalination industry, hailing it as a miraculous feat of ingenuity of a small nation in the midst of burning, backward nations.

To quote the article’s romanticised language, the author refers to Israel as “a galvanised civilisation that created water from nothingness” where just a few miles away, alluding to Syria and Iraq specifically, but also Arab nations in general, “water disappeared and civilisations crumbled”.

It is surprising to see such blatant promotion of Israeli exceptionalism and the mendacious resurrection of “making the desert bloom” mythology on the pages of Scientific American. It is important to inject facts, history and reality into this water fairytale.

The author brazenly claims 900 years of Palestinian history is Israeli. In fact, Israel is a 68-year-old country established by European Jewish immigrants who conquered Palestine, expelled most of the indigenous population and laid claim to all their land, farms, homes, businesses, libraries and resources.

Beyond that gratuitous appropriation of Palestinian history, the article provides no historic context to climate, rainfall and natural water resources, giving the impression of a naturally inhospitable arid land.

In fact, throughout history, northern Palestine boasted a Mediterranean climate, having hot and dry summers with abundant rainfall in winter. And in fact, Ramallah’s rainfall exceeds that of London, as does Jerusalem’s rainfall.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/israeli-desalinisation-fairy-tale-palestinian-natural-resources-zionism-colonialism-pollution-dead-sea-water-833420376

Sustainable development as resistance

By supporting sustainable development in Palestine, the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem fights Israeli environmental degradation. In mainstream media, Israel is widely credited with being at the cutting edge of thrifty water use techniques and “making the desert bloom.” But, while settlers have uninterrupted access to water in the Jordan Valley thanks to Israel’s water drilling in the area, Palestinian wells and springs have dried up. Approximately 80% of Israel's water extraction in the Jordan Valley is diverted to Israeli settlements.
http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php/features-02/133-sustainable-development-as-resistance

Gaza headed for 'environmental catastrophe'

Water crisis in the besieged Palestinian territory is putting Palestinian lives at risk,
analysts say.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/gaza-headed-environmental-catastrophe-160712091948662.html

Indifferent to boycott pressure, RE/MAX helps Israel remodel Palestine

No ‘Open House’ on Stolen Land!” proclaims Code Pink in its campaign to pressure real estate giant RE/MAX to stop selling properties in illegal Israeli settlements built on occupied Palestinian land.

Code Pink is a women-led organization that promotes peace and human rights in the U.S. and abroad. Their campaign, entitled Remodel RE/MAX, is a part of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Ariel Gold, the coordinator of Remodel RE/MAX, explained to the Alternative Information Center that Code Pink opted to challenge RE/MAX’s business in Israeli settlements because it is “a blatant slap in the face to Palestinian human rights” as well as “indisputably illegal under international law.”

Indeed, a report published in January by Human Rights Watch arrived at similar conclusions:

By advertising, selling and renting homes in settlements, both the Israeli franchise of RE/MAX and RE/MAX LLC, the owner of the global franchise network, facilitate and benefit from the transfer of Israeli civilians into occupied territory and the associated human rights abuses, contravening their rights responsibilities.
http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php/features-02/153-indifferent-to-boycott-pressure-re-max-helps-israel-remodel-palestine

Israel's defense minister sets out on his own path in battle against Hamas

...Later on the night of Aug. 21, however, something unusual happened. The Israeli air force launched a wide-scale attack against some 50 Hamas targets throughout Gaza. The explosions resonated for several hours in Gaza and on the Israeli side of the border. The attack, based on high-quality intelligence, was focused and enduring. Intended to deliver a significant blow to Hamas’ capacity to gather intelligence, it came as a real surprise to the Hamas leadership in Gaza, which had grown used to the long-standing situation in which Israel responded by returning symbolic fire. The question is, what lay behind Israel’s unusual response to this particular attack?
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/08/defense-minister-avigdor-liberman-gaza-rocket-fire-west-bank.html

‘Do not despair:’ on the persistence of resistance

We have quickly gotten used to going to the Alternative Information Center’s (AIC) website to know what’s really happening regarding Israel and the Palestinians — not only that, but to understand what is happening and situate it in an overall context and framework. We have never disagreed on essential issues. From Europe and from the Arab world, we sometimes viewed our comrades at the AIC as more pessimistic than necessary, but we were understanding because they carried double the weight. They face persecution as a result of birth and “identity” and fight this persecution, even if only at the level of the media and analysis. Doing so, in any case is highly significant considering the occupying and oppressive entity’s intensive dedication to media since Israel's founding and even the crystallization of the Zionist idea itself.
http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php/comment/141-do-not-despair-the-persistence-of-resistance

‘Doomed to fail’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke, yet again, of improving ties between Israel and several Arab countries. His recent statements reveal the Israeli government’s vision for future political settlements with the Palestinian people.

Netanyahu asserts that the political process for peace in Palestine should be conducted in reverse – i.e. since Arab states understand that the world is changing and that Israel is not their enemy, relations with the Arab world should be normalized prior to and as a positive catalyst for Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Gregory Gause, an expert on the Gulf States of the Middle East, told the Times of Israel that Netanyahu's vision of Arab states normalizing ties with Israel first and pressuring Ramallah secondarily is doomed to fail and is little more than a bid to buy time.
http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php/comment/148-doomed-to-fail

Deadly gas projectiles return to West Bank protests

An old weapon appears to have re-emerged in Palestine.

Over the past six months, say activists in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military has resumed the use of Indoor Barricade Penetrators, a form of high velocity tear gas 40mm projectile designed to deliver its payload inside buildings or homes and used during raids, demonstrations and clashes.

The use of such heavy duty tear gas projectiles fell by the wayside in 2013 after a number of high-profile court cases demonstrated how easily this particular form of delivery could kill or maim. However, a modified version is now employed across the West Bank, say protestors, and no matter what claims the military and manufacturers may make, these barrier piercing projectiles remain potentially lethal.

Israel has used them to deadly effect before.

In 2009, Bassem Abu Rahmeh was killed during the weekly protest in the West Bank of Bilin, after he was struck in the chest with an Indoor Barricade Penetrator.

Just a few weeks earlier, Tristan Anderson, an American volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement, was hit with a high velocity tear gas canister in the nearby town of Nilin. He didn’t die, but was permanently paralyzed on his left side and suffered massive brain damage.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/deadly-gas-projectiles-return-west-bank-protests/17616