Palestinian children testify about cruel treatment by Israeli soldiers in new short film (VIDEO)
Newly released today, Defence for Children International-Palestine Section (DCI) has produced this short film about Israel’s ill-treatment of Palestinian children during their arrest, transfer and detention. Alone: Palestinian Children in the Israeli Military Detention System contains images of children who found the courage to talk about the appalling treatment. For example, 14-year-old Ala tells how [...]
New Al Haq report says governments within their rights to sanction Israel over settlement enterprise
Well-respected Palestinian rights organization Al Haq has published a report about the responsibility of states in relation to Israel’s settlement enterprise. The legal memorandum reviews the Israeli actors, the supportive infrastructure and services, and the associated regime of Israeli laws, policies and practices that compose the “settlement enterprise.” Al Haq’s memorandum provides a solid legal [...]
Choose a kid at random, “aim at his body”: Israeli soldiers confess their violence (VIDEO)
This video, shot by the Research Journalism Initiative, shows Israeli soldiers using Palestinian children as human shields in Balata refugee camp near Nablus in the occupied West Bank in 2007. Two more such incidents – in Tulkarm and Hebron – are reported in a new publication from the Israeli veterans’ organization Breaking The Silence with disturbing testimonies from Israeli soldiers [...]
Israel: Military Justice System Fails Victims of Gaza Conflict
Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, [email protected] Re: Israel:Military Justice System Fails Victims of Gaza Conflict Dear Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I have been informed by Human Rights Watch regarding the military trial that ended August 12, 2012, failed to hold anyone accountable for the killings of a mother [...]
Caterpillar machinery once again involved in Israeli occupation activity
Who Profits?, a project of the Tel Aviv-based Coalition of Women for Peace, found photo’s of the A1 high-speed train project that will connect Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on the Israel Railways’ Facebook page. The photo’s – published on 4 June 2012 – document the use of Caterpillar equipment in the construction of tunnel 3A [...]
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