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The number of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli police has skyrocketed since October, when a wave of violence began in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, Human Rights Watch has reported.

Children being arrested on charges such as throwing bottles, or because forces suspect they might have a knife, are being beaten, handcuffed to chairs, and having their rights denied, the report said.

The rise in arrests of more than 150 percent when compared to this time last year, began in October when protests in the West Bank and Gaza escalated, resulting in the use of live fire against demonstrators by Israeli forces.

By February 2016, 440 Palestinian children had been arrested compared to 182 the year before.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-children-abused-detention-141419905

Border Police Shoots Teenager on Way to School

Israeli Border Police shot a Palestinian teenager in the head with a rubber coated metal bullet while he was walking to school on Saturday morning in Silwan. The teen, Hatem Abu Mayaleh (13) was brought to Hadassah Ein Kerem where he received internal and external stitches on his head.

Ma‘an News Agency and Wadi Hilweh Information Center (WHIC) reported that Abu Mayaleh left his home to walk to school with his twin brother. The two parted ways to avoid getting caught up in clashes between occupation forces and Palestinians in Silwan. The police shot Hatem after he left a grocery store. While he lay on the ground, 6 Border Police officers surrounded him, beat him and detained him.

According to his father, Yasin Abu Mayaleh, the police decided to release Hatem to Hadassah on the condition that the family brings him to an Israeli interrogation center after his recovery. The police allege that he was throwing stones.
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/news/16-jerusalem/1331-border-police-shoots-teenager-on-way-to-school

Execution of Palestinian exposes Israel’s military culture

It might have been a moment that jolted Israelis to their senses. Instead the video of an Israeli soldier shooting dead a young Palestinian man as he lay wounded and barely able to move has only intensified the tribal war dance of the Israeli public.

Last week, as the soldier was brought before a military court for investigation, hundreds of supporters protested outside. He enjoys vocal support too from half a dozen cabinet ministers, former army generals, rabbis and – according to opinion polls – a significant majority of the Israeli Jewish public.
http://www.jonathan-cook.net/2016-04-04/execution-of-palestinian-exposes-israels-military-culture/

Israel excuses killing of fleeing Palestinian teen as “professional mistake”

The Israeli army has closed its investigation into the colonel who shot a 17-year-old Palestinian boy to death while he was fleeing.

Last July, Yisrael Shomer, a commander of the Binyamin Brigade, shot Muhammad al-Kasbeh with live ammunition.

Muhammad had allegedly thrown a rock at Shomer’s jeep near the military checkpoint at Qalandiya in the occupied West Bank.

The shooting took place in the early morning after Muhammad and his friends had tried to cross Qalandiya, which separates East Jerusalem from the remainder of the West Bank.

They had hoped to attend prayers at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem during Ramadan.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/charlotte-silver/israel-excuses-killing-fleeing-palestinian-teen-professional-mistake

124 Palestinians made homeless by Israeli demolitions in single day

Multiple demolitions in the occupied West Bank left 124 Palestinians homeless in a single day, 60 of them children, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said in a statement Friday.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771054

Hundreds of Palestinians Displaced in Routine Demolitions

This morning the Israeli army invaded Om Al Khair village in the South Hebron Hills without prior warning to demolished six families' homes.

Army bulldozers destriyed tge home of Adel Hadallen family with 6 members, Khadra Sulaiman Hadaleen family with 3 memebrs, Sulaiman Abed Hadallen family with 10 members, Khairi Hadallen family with 5 members, Abed Sulaiman Hadaleen familywith 5 members and Muatasem Hadaleen family with 5 members.according to the eyewitness Bilal Hadaleen dozens of soldiers entered the village early morning and asked the families to leave their houses then by bulldozers demolished the houses.
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/news/15-hebron/1337-hundreds-of-palestinians-displaced-in-routine-demolitions

Israeli forces raid Silwan, deliver demolition orders(17-04)
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771159

Israeli forces detain 8 Palestinians across West Bank(13-04)
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771104

Israeli forces detain 14-year-old girl at Bethlehem checkpoint(13-04)
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771109

Israeli forces detain 35 Palestinians, many elderly, in overnight raids(14-04)

Israeli forces detained at least 35 Palestinians in overnight raids across the occupied Palestinian territory between Wednesday and Thursday, including at least a dozen elderly Palestinians across occupied East Jerusalem.

Local Palestinian sources told Ma’an at least 18 people had been detained overnight in East Jerusalem, the majority of them over the age of 60.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771119

Israeli police detain 2 children suspected of planning attack in Jerusalem(14-04)

Israeli police detained two Palestinian boys for allegedly planning a stab attack in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon.

A statement from an Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri said that Israeli police and border guards suspected two boys who were later identified as 12-year-old Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem.

Al-Samri added that police stopped and searched them and found three knives, one hidden in an inside pocket, in addition to a farewell letter written by one of the teens to his family.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771127

Israeli forces detain Palestinian teen, injure taxi driver in Hebron(14-04)
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771133

Israeli army detains 11 Palestinians in predawn raids(15-04)
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771135

Israeli soldiers assault, interrogate Palestinian near Jerusalem(16-04)
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771160

Israeli forces detain 9 Palestinians in predawn raids(17-04)
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771166

Activists seek release of Palestinian circus performer jailed without trial

Human rights groups have in recent weeks put a spotlight on the case of a 23-year-old Palestinian circus performer and trainer who has been held in an Israeli prison since last December without trial or charge.

Calling for the release of Muhammad Faisal Abu Sakha, Amnesty International said: "He hasn't been charged with a crime and the authorities refuse to give a reason for his detention."

Abu Sakha was working as a circus performer and teacher at the Palestinian Circus School in Birzeit -- where he specialized in working with children with learning difficulties -- when he was detained on Dec. 14.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771050

43 journalists jailed by Israel since October

The Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists said on Saturday that Israel has detained 43 journalists in the occupied Palestinian territory since October 2015, including two foreign reporters.

The New York-based committee said in a report that during detention and imprisonment, journalists have reported torture, medical negligence, and unreasonable and illegal rulings by the Israeli authorities.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771154

Poetic Injustice: Free Dareen Tatour!

At 3:00am before dawn, on October 10, 2015, patrol cars from Nazareth police, escorted by a unit of Israel’s notorious “Border Guards”, surrounded a quite house in the nearby village of Al-Reineh. They broke in and waked up the terrified family. Their target was Dareen Tatour, 33, a Palestinian poet, photographer and activist. They didn’t have a search order, neither an arrest warrant, but they carried the astonished Dareen with them anyway.
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/news/1351-poetic-injustice-free-dareen-tatour

Residents fight off settler, army provocations in Nablus

Around 1000 settlers raided Joseph's Tomb last night. The settlers came to the Tomb, which is located in Area A in about a dozen buses under the protection of occupation forces. Clashes happened with groups of about 5-10 youths from the nearby Askar and Balata refugee camps. The soldiers used rubber coated bullets and live fire. Five protesters were taken to the hospital in what local residents descibed as an ambush similar to what happened two nights ago in Madama. In Nablus last night occupation forces deployed in Nablus as well as in surrounding areas, like the student village of Najah University, which is located some five kilometers west of the city.
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/news/1341-settlers-invade-joseph-s-tomb

Israel jails man who protested attack on his home

Muhannad Saad Salah is being detained by Israel after daring to protest against attacks on his home.

On 10 March, Salah’s home in Shushahla, a small village south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, was set on fire by suspected Israeli settlers.

Salah and his family were not at home at the time. Salah had brought his wife and daughter to stay with relatives in the nearby town of al-Khader after settlers had thrown rocks at their house earlier in the day.

A few days later, Salah and other community activists in al-Khader held a protest against the arson attack. The demonstration was broken up by Israeli forces using tear gas, rubber coated bullets and live ammunition. A 16-year-old boy was shot by the soldiers, with a bullet narrowly missing his heart.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/israel-jails-man-who-protested-attack-his-home/16191

10-year-old Palestinian hit by settler car near Hebron
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771022

Israeli forces injure 3 Palestinians in Friday clashes
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771147

Israeli forces cause fire in Ramallah money exchange office during dawn raid
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771118

Israeli soldiers torch Palestinian flag at Nablus checkpoint
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771106

Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian farmers, level lands in southern Gaza
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771153

Israeli police uproot, burn olive tree saplings in East Jerusalem
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771017

West Bank killing ends 3-week break in deadly violence

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man outside al-Arroub refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Thursday after the man allegedly attempted to hit a soldier in the head with an ax.

The incident was the first such killing since two Palestinians were executed in the nearby city of Hebron three weeks ago.

One of the soldiers involved faces manslaughter charges after he was caught on video shooting the head of one of the men as he lay injured on the ground.

The Palestinian slain on Thursday was identified as 50-year-old Ibrahim Baradiya from the Hebron-area town of Surif.

No Israelis were reported injured during the incident.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/west-bank-killing-ends-3-week-break-deadly-violence

Dozens of Palestinian detainees injured during prison raid

Dozens of Palestinian prisoners were injured on Wednesday when Israeli forces raided section 14 of the Nafha prison, the head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said.

Issa Qaraqe said Israeli forces “brutally” and randomly attacked prisoners with batons and pepper spray.

At least one prisoner, who has yet to be identified, was critically injured, Qaraqe said. Injured prisoners were taken to the Soroka Hospital in Beersheba.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771114

Palestinian prisoner enters 40th day on hunger strike

Palestinian prisoner Sami al-Janazreh entered his 40th day on hunger strike to protest his internment without trial or charge, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners' Affairs said Wednesday.

Mutaz Shqerat, a lawyer with the committee, told Ma'an the 43-year-old prisoner from al-Fawwar refugee camp near Hebron, continued to be held in solitary confinement and was suffering from pains across his body and could no longer walk.

He is only drinking water and has refused to take vitamins, Shqerat said, adding that al-Janazreh had pledged to continue his hunger strike until Israel agreed to release him.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771110

Take Action for Palestinian Prisoner’s Day

As Palestinians prepare to mark Prisoners' Day on April 17, a day to be in solidarity with thousands of Palestinian political prisoners by demanding their freedom from Israeli jails, the US Campaign to End the Occupation launched a new website G4S Facts highlighting the various injustices perpetrated by G4S, the world's largest private security company, in the United States, Palestine, and beyond.
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/news/26-solidarity/1348-worldwide-solidarity-for-prisoner-s-day

Palestinian youth see 'bleak' future ahead, poll finds

- A recent survey has painted a bleak picture of the Palestinian youth's outlook on the future, with two-thirds believing Palestine is heading in the wrong direction and a majority not registered to vote in future Palestinian elections.

The Arab World for Research and Development (AWRAD), which interviewed 1,200 youths aged 18 to 25 in late March, said the results published Tuesday "show a gloomy view of current trends and future prospects."

The poll found that 67 percent of Palestinian youth in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip believe Palestine is heading in the wrong direction, while 73 percent say they have a "bleak future outlook."

AWRAD found wide disaffection with Palestinian state institutions; only 47 percent of the younger generation is registered to vote, while among those not registered, 57 percent have no plans to register.

It has now been more than 10 years since the last Palestinian elections, and 64 percent view the participation of Palestinian youth in national decision-making as unsatisfactory, and corruption in public life is the generation's third greatest concern.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771108

Some Gazans fear Turkish generosity may come at high price

Since Israel imposed its blockade on the Gaza Strip after Hamas’ victory in the 2006 legislative elections, besieged Gazans have received remarkable regional and international support, including health and infrastructure projects, the rebuilding of destroyed houses and the construction of schools.
Turkey’s presence in this regard owes perhaps to good ties with Hamas, although Turkey has also funded projects in the Fatah-controlled West Bank, most notably the Jenin industrial estate in the north that created 15,000 jobs.

Some observers are impressed with Turkey's generosity, but is it too good to be true? Some suspect more than altruistic motivations that may have to do with Turkey's interest in establishing itself as a key political player in the West Bank's future.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/04/turkey-projects-influence-gaza-interests-jobs.html#

Apartheid in Südafrika und Apartheid in Israel: die erste wurde gebannt, die zweite umarmt

1948, im selben Jahr der Gründung des Staates Israel, machte Südafrika aus der Apartheidpolitik das Gesetz des Landes. Diese Politik der ethnischen Diskriminierung wurde über 55 Jahre beibehalten und verursachte unermessliches Leid für Millionen von Menschen.

Die Bedingungen unter dem Apartheidregime in Südafrika sind vielleicht nicht allgemein bekannt oder verstanden. Dieses Regime bedeutete getrennte und minderwertigere öffentliche Dienste, Sitzbänke, Eingänge für alle, die nicht weiß (Europäer) waren. In einem Artikel für Associated Press, beschrieb Michelle Faul das Leben im Apartheidregime in Südafrika: Zugabteile für Schwarze (Afrikaner) und Mischlinge oder andere Nicht-Weiße (Farbige) waren „heruntergekommen“, und obwohl Tankstellen Kraftstoff an nicht-weiße Fahrer verkauften, durften diese Fahrer nicht die Toiletten benutzen.
http://www.tlaxcala-int.org/article.asp?reference=17647

Im ausgebluteten Gaza füttern die Bauern ihr Vieh mit billigem recycled Futter

Anadolu-Agentur, Gazastreifen- Auf Grund der grässlichen wirtschaftlichen Bedingungen haben die Palästinenser im Gazastreifen unter der strengen israelischen Belagerung experimentiert und wurden so zu Experten von Recycling von allem, sogar was das Futter des Viehbestands betrifft.
http://www.tlaxcala-int.org/article.asp?reference=17700

Intifada for Dummies

Whether history moves in a straight or cyclical line, it matters little. The uncontested fact is that it is in constant motion. Thus, the current situation in Palestine is particularly frustrating to a generation that has grown up after the Oslo Peace Accord because they have been brought up within a strange historical phenomenon: where the earth below their feet keeps shrinking and when time stands still.

The nature of the current uprising in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is a testament to that claim. Previous uprisings were massive in their mobilization, clear in their message and decisive in their delivery. Their success or failure is not the point of this discussion, but the fact is that they were willed by the people and, within days, they imprinted themselves on the collective consciousness of Palestinians everywhere.

The current uprising is different; so different, in fact, that many are still hesitating to call it an ‘intifada’; as if intifadas are the outcome of some clear-cut science, an exact formula of blood and popular participation that must be fully satisfied before a eureka moment is announced by some political commentator.

It is different, nonetheless, for there is yet to be a clear sense of direction, a leadership, a political platform, demands, expectations and short and long term strategies. At least that is how the 1987-93 Intifada played out and, to a lesser extent, the 2000-05 al-Aqsa Intifada as well. But is it not possible that the outcomes of these previous intifadas is what is making the current uprising different?
https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/intifada-for-dummies-why-is-a-popular-uprising-in-palestine-yet-to-take-off/

The Palestinian Intifada: Six months, six observations

What are some of the key observations that can be taken from the cycle of confrontation and violence taking place in Palestine/Israel since October 2015? Six main conclusions can be drawn from this period.

First, the last few months showed how weak and illegitimate the Palestinian political parties are from across the entire political spectrum. These “historical” political parties have failed to provide the needed institutional representation and political support for the Palestinian youth revolting in a wave of anger against the multiple sources of oppression.

They have failed to mobilise the masses, failed to equip the revolting youth with much needed political education and hope for the future, and failed to challenge the security apparatuses and political decisions of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Some parties even seem uninterested in resuming the national struggle for political and civil rights and appear instead more keen on sustaining the status quo of persistent military occupation.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/palestinian-intifada-six-months-six-observations-1867885210