Category Archives: Apartheid

Israel jails own Palestinian citizen without charge or trial | The Electronic Intifada

Last month, Israeli forces arrested approximately 1,200 Palestinians amid a sharp increase in confrontations and deadly violence. Of those arrested, 171 were being held under administrative detention orders, according to the human rights group Al-Haq, bringing the total number of Palestinians held without charge or trial in Israeli prisons to over 550.

Source: Israel jails own Palestinian citizen without charge or trial | The Electronic Intifada

US slams ′offensive′ comments by Netanyahu′s new spokesman | News | DW.COM | 05.11.2015

Netanyahu’s newly appointed spokesman Ran Baratz has apologized for private comments about top US officials. Baratz had accused Obama of anti-Semitism and suggested that John Kerry has a mind of a 12-year-old.

Source: US slams ′offensive′ comments by Netanyahu′s new spokesman | News | DW.COM | 05.11.2015

France now more repressive of boycott calls than Israel | The Electronic Intifada

On 20 October, France’s highest court of criminal appeals upheld the conviction of a dozen Palestine solidarity activists for publicly calling for the boycott of Israeli goods.The ruling by the Court of Cassation adds to growing concerns about the harsh crackdown on free speech, backed by French President François Hollande, since the murders of journalists at the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo in January.It also makes France, along with Israel, the only country to penalize appeals not to buy Israeli goods.But the French law, which includes criminal penalties, is arguably harsher than Israel’s which allows boycott supporters to be pursued for financial damages, but not jailed.

Source: France now more repressive of boycott calls than Israel | The Electronic Intifada

Poems by Ismat, Safdar to vanish from Rajasthan textbooks – The Times of India

JAIPUR: In its ongoing mission to revolutionize school education, the Vasundhara Raje government plans to omit from Hindi text books stories and poems written by noted Urdu writers Ismat Chugtai and Safdar Hashmi and short narratives that revolve around Muslim characters. The move has drawn flak from educationists.

Source: Poems by Ismat, Safdar to vanish from Rajasthan textbooks – The Times of India

October: 74 Palestinians killed, 2355 injured | PNN

The Palestinian Ministry of Health Ministry on Monday said that during the month of October, 74 Palestinians, including 17 children and two women, have been killed by Israeli army fire, and more than 2355 have been injured.The Ministry also said that 2355 Palestinians were shot with live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets, including many who suffered fractures and bruises after being repeatedly beaten by soldiers and paramilitary settlers in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem. The percentage of wounded children is 21.The names of those killed by IOF in October:

Source: October: 74 Palestinians killed, 2355 injured | PNN

No way out for deported Balkan Roma | Europe | DW.COM | 04.11.2015

“The German authorities put an end to the family’s hopes, ordering them to leave by March. But the family stayed longer, for a reason made clear on Sasa’s chest: a scar received from a heart operation that he had to undergo in Germany.Time was up though in the middle of October. Police hammered on the door at five in the morning. “We showed them two different doctor’s notes saying that I have chronic heart troubles, that I am not allowed to travel in this condition and that I could die in Serbia because I won’t receive the proper care here.But they just said “pack your necessities.”

Source: No way out for deported Balkan Roma | Europe | DW.COM | 04.11.2015

58% of Israelis want Palestinians out of Jerusalem

Israel wants to create ghettos for Palestinians and strip them of any citizenship – but will not call them concentration camps?

PNN/ Jerusalem/A recent poll released on Tuesday by the Israeli Midgam Institute showed that 58% of Israeli’s back canceling the resident status and its accompanying rights for Arab residents of east Jerusalem.According to Israeli media, the poll comes after the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu suggested stripping residency from Jerusalem Arabs this week and announced he may take a tour of the area to consider the move.Withdrawing the Israeli card from the Palestinians means that they will not be able to move or

Source: 58% of Israelis want Palestinians out of Jerusalem

IOF assault, kidnap two sisters, claim they had knives: Hebron | PNN

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Tuesday noon have brutally assaulted and kidnapped two Palestinian girls from Hebron, claiming that they had knives.The Imam of the Ibrahimi Mosque, Munther Abu Al-Feelat said that the sisters who were identified as Nour and Jihan Erekat, were passing in front of the mosque when Israeli soldiers stopped them to search them, but they refused.The Imam continued by saying that then, the mosque guards interfered to stop the soldiers from potentially shooting the girls.The two guards, Salah Al-Ja’bari (52) and Jehad Al-Ja’bari (30) were both arrested for “defending the girls.”

Source: IOF assault, kidnap two sisters, claim they had knives: Hebron | PNN

Thousands demonstrate in Tel Aviv: ‘No security without a solution’ | +972 Magazine

Thousands of Israelis participated in a protest march in central Tel Aviv Saturday night against the Netanyahu government’s policies in the West Bank and the continuing violence.The demonstrators, many of them from Peace Now — which organized the event — and the left-wing Meretz party, along with several members from the Arab-Jewish Hadash party and Da’am Workers Party, marched from Habima Square to the IDF headquarters on Kaplan Street, waving Israeli flags and holding signs that read “Intifada government, go home” and “There is no security without a solution.”Among the speakers was Peace Now head Yariv Oppenheimer, who accused the government of “taking an entire country hostage in an unnecessary religious war, and we are all paying the price. You have turned the state into a violent, racist, and hopeless place. We have come here to call for an end to the hatred and the incitement, for a struggle against racism, and to demand a political solution — two states for two people.”

Source: Thousands demonstrate in Tel Aviv: ‘No security without a solution’ | +972 Magazine

I’m “bien”, says French journalist beaten by Jewish thugs | PNN

A FRENCH journalist assaulted by masked far-right Israeli nationalists has reported he is safe and well.David Perrotin, who works for Buzzfeed, was viciously attacked outside the Paris offices of the Agence France Presse news agency on Thursday.Dozens of activists from the Jewish Defense League hit him on the head and back with batons after one of the group recognised him and pointed him out to the others.Earlier, they had tried to storm the building, thrown eggs, and waved Israeli flags, chanting: “We’re coming to get you”. Riot police used tear gas to break up the protest.But the respected correspondent, who has written about the extremist group in the past, told fans on Twitter last night (Friday) that all was “bien”.

Source: I’m “bien”, says French journalist beaten by Jewish thugs | PNN