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Facts

2009-01-08T08:53:00.000-08:00

Dr. Idan Lando teaches at the Linguistic Dept., Ben-Gurion University.

(Special translation from Hebrew by Dan Barkye to IAM. Thank you Dani!)

Reprints of anti-Israel articles do not represent the position of IAM, and they are being reproduced as a public service.

Time for refusal

http://www.notes.co.il/idanl/51130.asp

By Dr. Idan Lando.

Dear soldier,

Maybe you didn’t get yet “Tzav 8” (The emergency military call to arms in Israel, taken from its form number designation; DB); maybe it’s on its way. Maybe they contacted you already from the unit, and you are now packing. And maybe you are in the congregation areas, warming the tank engine. Wherever you are, you are convinced, probably, that you are doing the right thing at the right time. You agree with the saying “It cannot go on like that”, and you think that after this war, and the heavy losses that the Palestinian will incur, it will really stop.

Think twice.

In the next lines I will try to convince you that you are wrong. Not on purpose, [but] in good faith, and still, you are wrong. Many words were uttered; nevertheless I will try to tell you new things. To react to the arguments put forth incessantly in the Defense Establishment and in the media. A very dense system of lies and half-truths, empty slogans, empty promises and wild gambling on human life.

When you will see how all this framework crumbs to dust and will discern the reality that glances through it, maybe you will hesitate a little before you will cross the fence into Gaza. Maybe you will say – that's enough.

First fact: The current war is not intended to remove the rocket threat from the residents of the south. It is meant to collapse the Hamas regime. I call it fact, because the things are documented, and were declared by our most senior leaders again and again (in Feb. 2002 - http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3218102,00.html, and in the current week, also -http://www.exego.net/admin/:%20http:/www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART1/829/200.html).

The offices of Hamas police and government bear witness that it is all about crashing the authority apparatus in the Gaza Strip, similar to the crashing of the Palestinian Authority apparatus at the beginning of the second Intifada (which paved the way, how ironic, to Hamas’ ascent). And why was the central medicines warehouse in Gaza bombed? Plain evilness, seemingly.

Why is it important to recognize this fact? Because, according to all the experts, the removal of the Hamas regime will not remove the rockets threat. Without Hamas, anarchy will reign in the Strip, in which every bully is king and any extremist with a Kassam launcher will be able to fire on the southern settlements, or, much worse, the most extreme factions will rule in the Strip, extreme Islamists and al-Qaeda cells.

Which means that our government and army aim for a political goal that has nothing to do with the defense of the citizens of Israel. On the contrary, with the current move, they gamble on our lives now and in the future, when the battle dust will settle.

Suppose that you agreed with me on the first fact, but you support the idea of overthrowing the Hamas regime through a military invasion. Did you consider for a minute if this is a real possibility? Did Israel ever succeed to change an Arab regime that it didn’t like?

Let us ask it this way. If your house, neighborhood, the hospital near it were bombed, and all this in addition to a prolonged chocking blockade – would you toss your regime to the drain? A government that engraved on its flag the struggle and the rebellion against the enemy? No, it would be more probable that you’d do what ninety percent of the Israelis do now: unite around their elected government and urge it to escalate the war, to kill the enemy evermore.

If this is how you stand by your flag, why would you think that the Palestinians won’t do the same? And if so, the unavoidable result of this war will be a strengthening and fortification of the Hamas rule, totally contrary to its stated goal. Does it remind you something from Lebanon, from Hezb’alah, from the summer of 2006?

In short, the rocket threat won’t be removed, because this is not the war’s goal; and Hamas rule will only strengthen, in spite of the war’s goals. Now ask yourself if you want to take part in this bleeding fraud?

Second Fact: The present war endangers in a real way Gil’ad Shalit’s life. It’s an unpleasant fact that the regime won’t dare touch, of course; and the unpleasantness only grows when you think that Shalit’s family joined the war cries. Well, even if the IDF bombs dropped on Hamas bases won’t kill Gil’ad mistakenly, his captors have all the reasons in the world to do it now. There’s no more bargaining, there’s no negotiations for prisoners exchange. What is left is only an ever-growing vicious circle of revenge. Gil’ad Shalit has lost his bargaining value the moment the IAF slew 150 Palestinians in four minutes. In the next days, IDF will push to the wall more and more Gil’ad’s captors. The chance that in the end he will be alive, is very slim.

Meaning that the same government that had sent Shalit to defend the southern settlements (and, from the Palestinians’ point of view, to enforce the siege), the same government that abandoned him for three years, is now pronouncing his death verdict.

And on the margin of this issue: what about you, reservist? Now you enter Gaza. And what will happen if, heaven forbid, you will be captured? Do you have any reason to believe that your life is worthy enough in the eyes of the Israeli government to bring you back? Will the government that deserts citizens on the front-line, that deserts every man and woman in distress and poverty – will it move a finger for you? And if not – why do you put your life on line?

To defend our citizens? Do you think that this war will stop the Kassam fire? Go back to first fact.

Third Fact: The tunnels won’t be destroyed, period. In spite of the IDF’s self-praise, there is no basis for this claim. Even if forty were hit, there are more than eight hundred active tunnels. Even if their majority will be hit, or all of them, they will be rehabilitated faster than you would think. They are rehabilitated in this very moment. Understand: this is the lifeline of Gaza. This is from where everything comes, because Israel closed the crossings. The tunnels are a huge industry, with police registration, transport system, marketing, and a manifold system of vested interests, employers and employees. They tell us that what is crossing there is ammunition, but the truth is that everything is crossing through them – from refrigerators to pencils. This is the only economic sector in the strip that is flourishing (as can be glimpsed from http://www.haaretz.com/hasite/spages/1050253.html). No air bombs will stop them.

One action only is able to choke the tunnels: The opening of the crossings. The tunnels economy is based on huge transport expenses and won’t be able to compete with regular ground economy if it will be allowed to develop. But Israel won’t do it. Let me commit myself in a solemn language: if there is something certain, it is that the tunnels will only flourish after this war. My word.

Fourth Fact: Hamas is interested in the continuation of the lull and the ceasefire. Israel isn’t. Immediately after the end of the ceasefire, a week ago, Mahmoud a-Zahar declared (http://news.walla.co.il/?w=/2/1403150) that Hamas is interested in the extension of the agreement by an additional half-year if Israel will implement its promises of June 2008 (end to Kassams [end to Kassams??? How so? Israel doesn’t fire them. DB.], opening of the crossings, and an end to the attacks on Gaza). Israel responded that it doesn’t talk with Hamas about a lull. Yesterday, a week after that, Haled Mashaal announced (http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3646388,00.html) a similar announcement. Again – no one to talk to on the Israeli side.

Therefore, they tell you that we want peace and quiet, but when the other side offers quiet, we don’t allow him to spoil our party. Of course, there are always excuses (“their word is not worth it”, “they don’t even recognize us”, it’s only temporary with them”), but the simple fact is this: Peace is not achieved with a bang, but in small pieces. He who is not ready to hold his fire and if only for a short time, partially, doesn’t go to war in good faith. The impression is that the lull was the lever for the war and not inversely. Right, Hamas armed itself to the teeth. But what exactly did IDF do? Beat its swords into ploughshares?

Fifth Fact: This war killed already people on both sides, on the Palestinian side in particular, thirty children having been killed there (among them five sisters of between 4 and 17 years of age - http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/1051201.html). No doubt that the number of casualties will grow from day to day. Maybe you think that in war there are not moral limits, and all are in the crosshairs – women, old people and tots. If so, skip this, we don’t have anything in common. But if you think that there are some limits, ask yourself how is it that, again and again, IDF is killing such quantities of uninvolved civilians.

Inaccurate bombardments? The Palestinians are too crowded? The walls of their houses are too thin? And maybe all this is true, and especially this: The Palestinian civilians’ lives are not an essential operational consideration. Right, Israeli lives aren’t a Hamas consideration also. But I’m talking now about us. If you think that there shouldn’t be a difference between us and a terror organization, then, again, skip on. After the aircrafts, the tanks will come. Remember Jenin? Remember how a street, through which a tank passed, looked? All the houses façades were peeled. Whole neighborhoods are falling apart. Want to be in such a tank, to crush everything in your way?

You see pictures of ruin and destruction from Gaza. They don’t show you broken people. Broken people are only here, in Israel.

Are you moved by such pictures? If not, skip on. Maybe they annoy you. Maybe it seems to you unbalanced to speak about the Palestinian suffering without talking about the Israeli one. But this is only an optical illusion, of course. Everyone is talking about the Israeli suffering and the Kassam casualties are photographed around the clock – “Yediot” and “Haaretz” and “Maariv” and Channel 2 and who not. And admit that they are not exactly strictly balanced. So, two and a half minutes from al-Jazeera against the deluge of pictures and interviews from the south – this is what will upset the balance? A drop in the bucket is what you saw now, not more.

No, you are aggravated because of a different reason. Maybe you think that people like me empathize with the Palestinian suffering and not with the Israeli one. You’re wrong. Really. Every citizen that gets a rocket on his house is suffering, in Sderot or in Gaza. A refugee is a refugee and a dead is a dead. I also think that the citizens on both sides are victims of fanatic, inciting, short-sided leaderships. If there is a suffering that invokes my empathy, it is the unnecessary one, the suffering of the innocents.

But it is important to be credible and accurate – even in issues of suffering. The Palestinians are suffering more. For every hundred of their dead, we have one. For every ruined house of ours, a whole neighborhood is ruined there. They had a hospital bombed, we had not. The individual suffering on both sides is similar, but the collective suffering on their side is much bigger.

No, even this is not interesting you. Maybe the pictures from al-Jazeera are annoying you because they are not to be shown on our side. Not now. In war every side needs to concentrate on its achievements – not on those of the opponent and on the suffering of the opponent. To glimpse the suffering of a Palestinian child is to upset this simple equation. It is to upset the desired solution. To be adamant to show the suffering of the other side and to put it on the same level with ours is to upset fundamentally our rightness.

It’s true. I’m upsetting. But anyway – why is it irritating you? If you agree with the Israeli attack and with the price that it imposes on the Palestinians – why then it bothers you to see this price in front of you? Will it make any difference to you? Maybe you’re afraid that too much exposure to the Palestinian suffering will upset your confidence, your own confidence in our morality, in the wisdom of our leaders? And maybe the anger is just a reaction of self-defense – the brain refuses to receive information that may move it from the comfortable position in which it is already entrenched.

Sixth Fact: The reactions will come, now. The curses, the vituperations, the hatred in the eyes. Did you notice it? The criticism of the Left on the Right is always less violent than the criticism of the Right on the Left. Especially in times of war. The Left says poignant things, but doesn’t lash on the representatives of the Right. It does not shut them down and does not recommend that they go to Gaza or abroad. It never occurred to me to object to the legitimacy of my interlocutors, to them being less Israeli than I, to the fact that their stances stem from an authentic worry for the fate of the country. For some reason, all this is doubted, if not outright denied, in the criticism of the Right on the Left. Much delegitimization, little true debate.

It’s not right to say: “If you would live in Sderot (and not in the Tel-Avivian espresso bubble), you would have talked otherwise”. If I lived in Sderot, I would have thought just the same, only I would have been afraid more. But let’s not talk about me. See, at least 500 people that live in Sderot think as I do, and sounded a different voice (http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3645778,00.html); together with partners on the Palestinian side, they call for a stop to the bloodshed. So what about them? What, are they robots remote-controlled by Uri Avneri and Gideon Levi? Maybe they are just people who see the same facts that their neighbors see, but also what is going on on the other side and conclude opposite conclusions? Maybe they understand that their own interest dictates negotiation and reconciliation, and not war?

Seventh Fact: Why be against the war: because it is immoral or because it is ineffective? Maybe you think that he who is focusing on the moral side is by definition from the Left, and he who is focusing on the efficiency is from the Right or Center. But this is a mistaken distinction.

The Israeli power solutions that were clearly immoral as far as violating the international law (the separation wall, the bombing of civilians in Lebanon, and the current war), were always effective for the short term only. They removed an immediate threat and in the same time released nationalistic steam on our side. In the long term, all of them were or will be colossal failures. This, because of the moral aspect. When so many people suffer so much for so long from the Israeli punishment – in the end, they revolt. And every revolt breaks the violence record of the previous one. This is the cycle of violence in which we are trapped. Both sides behave in a criminal abandon, and still, our guilt is heavier, because our blows are much more violent, and, in any case, most of the solutions for an arrangement are in our hands (territory, prisoners, freedom of movement, water).

And so, in the long term, the moral consideration and the efficiency consideration meet. It is immoral to bomb residence neighborhoods, without distinguishing between civilians and militants, and certainly ineffective. In this war, Israel is sowing the seeds of the next revolt, which will be much more painful. In the next revolt, the rockets will reach Tel-Aviv. Yes, up to my espresso. You will be astonished; even then I’ll insist that it was all avoidable. That it can be otherwise.

If so, for what are you fighting? For a safer future or for revenge? And on whom do you take revenge, on terrorists or on women and children? It seems fair to you that the government puts on your modest shoulders such decisions? Do you think that there will be someone that will gain from this war beside the politicians that won’t be in power when it will be over, and will be investigated, after stormy demonstrations in the city square, and the conclusions of the investigating committee will be published with great fanfare, and then will be concealed and will gather dust, and will be forgotten?

Till next war. That will be quick to come, doubtless. Olmert government broke one record already – two wars in one tenure. Who will stop its successor?

Maybe you? Maybe now, when you stand on the edge of Gaza, you will say – That's enough?

Yours,

Idan Lando,

Citizen and Capt. (Res.)

Published on Dec. 30, 2008.

An increase in media repression

2007-10-11T13:02:00.000-07:00

Last September saw a significant escalation in violating the media freedom in the Palestinian territories manifested in a large number of arrests and detentions and investigations in addition to the continuation of threats and this is all due to the struggle between Hamas and Fatah and the rest of the factions as every party tried to polarize the people either in Gazza or in the West bank through different means like protests and demonstrations.

Both Fatah and Hamas refuse to cover peaceful activities by other factions while they keep on repressing the media and detain journalists and call for more police forces despite that Hamas and Fatah repeatedly claim their respect for the freedom of opinion and expression.

Sources

· Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in Palestine.

· The Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedoms ( Mada).

Violations

2007-09-06T13:22:00.000-07:00

Fatah movement attempted to gain back grounds in Gaza by organizing protests after the Friday prayers provoking Hamas to step-in harshly and disperse the protestants, Hamas also stopped the media from taking photos and confiscated video-tapes an action that represent an escalation between the two factions which will lead to more attacks on the press and freedom of expression with all the subsequent distortion of information disseminated by the two factions media mouthpieces.

* Sources:

* Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in Palestine
* The Palestinian centre for human rights
* The Dameer organization
* The Palestinian centre for development and media freedoms ( Mada) The national society for democracy and law.

A SELECTION OF LETTERS TO NEWSPAPERS and INDIVIDUALS

2007-05-11T13:00:00.000-07:00

To Israeli Prime Minister and other Ministers
pm_eng@pmo.gov.il,:pniot@mod.gov.il,feedback@mfa.gov.il,YaelK@justice.gov.il,info@israelemb.org

` Dear Sir

It has come to our attention that a week ago, about midnight on April 18, around midnight, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) attacked the home of a peace activist Refai Fayyed in the village of Zbabdeh near Jenin on the West Bank of the Jordan River, occupied by Israel since 1968. The IDF took away Refai's brother Mohammad Abdulla Asaad Fayyad, ID Card number is: 852514207, who is 17 years old and a high school student. Three other students at Alzababdeh Secondary School where taken as well. I have no informtion about the fate of any of these students.

I remind you that in international law Israel is an occupying power, and subject to all the restrictions of the 4th Geneva Convention, a convention that the Government of Israel freely signed. I call on you to ensure that the Israeli Defense Forces follow each and every detail of this convention. This should include, but not be limited to:
a speedy and prompt charge
information to the families on their whereabouts
access to a lawyer
right to medical attention.

We understand that much property in the house of Refai Fayyed was damaged . Armies often do that in anger. We call upon you to make immediate compensation for this.
sincerely

Andree Desiree Wilson, Photographer
Richard Wilson, Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics, Harvard University

Professor Lawrence Summers
Massachusetts Hall
Harvard University

Alain Johnson

2007-04-05T09:03:00.000-07:00

This week, two organizations issued two statements on kidnapping the journalist "Alian Johnson". Al-Mezan (Balance) Center for Human Rights in its statement denounced the incident and assumed Palestinian authority the responsibility and blame of not taking the necessary procedures to check out Johnson's place and release him. Also the statement of the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) with solidarity with the first statement, denounced the assault done by the Prime Minister, Ismaeil Haneya's guards against some Palestinian journalists in Gaza, during their sit-in before the Prime Ministry's head quarter. They demanded releasing the journalist Johnson from the Palestinian kidnappers.

On the international level, a statement issued also by Amnesty International Organization, which relied this incident to the series of kidnapping and other violent process which returns to the non existence of laws in Gaza Strip. Amnesty also returns this to lack of punishment rules which the Palestinian government failed to prescribe it according to the power of law.

Sources

Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in Palestine

Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)

NGO's Federation - Itijah

Amnesty International Organizations

Land Day

2007-04-05T09:00:00.000-07:00

Palestinian NGO's Network in the Bank and the Strip and Arabic NGO's Federation - Itijah (Direction) convene a seminar in the celebration of Land Day to discuss land day's rules. They attempt to stand against Israeli politics and violent procedures done against the Palestinian people. Moreover they agreed on the important procedures must be taken into consideration by the Palestinian Authority, in order to stand against these procedures.

The participants agreed on the effectiveness of having an organized public opposition to realize obvious proceedings. They also disagreed on the policy of the sole Israeli responsible and planner, who gives orders of forced migration in areas of the Bank, Strip, Al-Naqb and Al- Jaleel, because it leads to the distraction of the Palestinian people and deprive them from being a strong community.
Sources:

* Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in Palestine
* NGO's Federation - Itijah

Alain Johnson , Arab Summit

2007-03-31T07:05:00.000-07:00

Alain Johnson

During this week, three statements issued the news of kidnapping the journalist Alian Johnosn. National Institute for Democracy issued two separate statements and the Palestinian Institute for Development and Media Freedoms (Mada) issued one statement. The three statements expressed the two institutions' anxiousness on the kidnapped journalist and calls on all Palestinian responsible officials to stand with releasing the kidnapped immediately.

Arab Summit

68 Palestinian organization, coalition and union call on Arab summit conference to submit right to repatriation of Palestinian refugees and migrants and give refugees their civil rights. Moreover, they must submit better circumstances and human treatment in their asylum settlements and abide the Iraqi government and occupied forces especially (USA forces) the direct and complete responsibility on the ill treatment practiced against Palestinian refugees in Iraq.

Sources
* Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in Palestine
* Palestinian Institute for Development and Media Freedoms (Mada)
* Non- Governmental Organizations Union - Ittigah ( Direction)
* National Institute for Democracy ad Law

The unjust aggression

2007-03-11T23:36:00.000-07:00

In the morning of March 12,at 2:00am , Surprised Alzbabdeh residents campaign raid and the arrest of her sons have been unjustly, It was the arrest of 24 guys and children aged Between 13-21 years .
So at 8:30morning this campaign is still ongoing list of where the Israeli occupation army sealed off the entrances and exits town

* Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in palestine

Security Disorder Part C

2007-03-01T08:28:00.000-08:00

Under the disorder witnessed by Palestinian lands, Palestinian human rights organizations issued several press releases. Al-Mizan Center for Human Rights issued a press release to condemn the frequent incidents of killing civilian females. Palestinian Center for Human Rights issued a press release on the same topic, and a separate press release on the Israeli military operations in Nablus.

Sources

* Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in palestine
* Palestinian Initiative The Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy
* Palestinian Center for Human Rights
* Al-Mizan Center for Human Rights

Harassments against media

2007-02-22T08:19:00.000-08:00

National Association for Democracy and Law issued a press release to condemn the kidnapping and steeling of a car belonging to Palestine TV. That is in addition to burning a cultural institution in north Gaza strip.

Attacking Al-Aqsa Mosque
Al-Qudus Center for Democracy and Human Rights is highly concerned by the ongoing digging in Al-Qudus City by Israeli forces. Israel is following a programmed plan to destroy Al-Aqsa mosque and replace it with a Jewish Temple, according to Al-Qudus Center.

In the same context, The Union of Arab Community Based Organizations (Ittijah) formed a popular delegation to meet with the ambassador of the European Union to explain the risks resulted from digging around Al-Aqsa landscape.

Sources:
*Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in palestine
* Al-Qudus Center for Democracy and Human Rights
* National Association for Democracy and Law
* Union of Arab Community Based Organizations (Ittijah)

Security Disorder

2007-02-08T05:23:00.000-08:00

25 murdered and 220 wounded, including 41 with serious wounds, and other dozens of Palestinians were kidnapped by elements from Fateh and Hamas. In addition, important headquarters and two universities were bombed.

Sources
* Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in Palestine

* National Association for Democracy and Law

The Two Parties Of The World

2007-01-31T04:13:00.000-08:00

Now a days , we have two parties in the world. USA and Iran party. Each one is pretending democracy and virtue. Accusing the other of being the evil ax!! So the whole world is in conflict, following this or that party. As Palestinian living under the Israeli military occupation, I feel that I'm traveling toward the unknown future. The struggle between the two parties made our lives in general and my life specifically horrible. If I support and beside to the Islamic party, I may face difficult situations with the Israelis and their supporters. If not, I will the troubles with my people who are mostly support the Islamic party leaded by Iran. This event made my life in a big conflict and my future studies and strong believes of forming a good humanistic society in difficulty, I don’t know what to do or how to behave in planning for my future. Which party shall I be with!!??

In fact, I don’t want to be biased to any party because I do believe in the other party.
Ever one thinks s/he is right. No one agrees to be a follower, leadership and power is seeked by most of the human being and even the animals. If some one wants to be safe and live peacefully. s/he must avoid frustrating others. Lives his/her own life together with the others with out forcing his/her ideas on them.

What I want from Geneva school of diplomacy is to help me completing my higher studies in international relations and conflict solving, in a non- allied peaceful environment. I do thank you very much to have a look into my brief essay which I wrote for your kind attention.

Yours Faithfully
Rifaie Fayad

Freedom of Expression violations

2007-01-11T07:56:00.000-08:00

MADA center reported on the violations of freedom of expression in December 2006. Reporters without Borders is relieved by releasing AFP photographer after one week of abduction. Al-Mizan center also welcomed the release of the journalist and condemned the violent practices against media members.

Security loose

Many organizations commented on the security chaos in occupied territories and called for an open dialogue with HAMAS and Fath to limit the expansion of such dangerous phenomenon.

Sources
* Palestine Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)
* Reporters without Borders
* Al-Mizan Center for Human Rights
* Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy
* National Association for Democracy and Law
* Freedom of Expression violations

Freedom of Expression Violations

2007-01-04T06:19:00.000-08:00

MADA Center call for releasing the journalist who was kidnapped early in 2006 and considered the abduction of journalists a strange phenomenon to the Palestinian people who respects international laws and conventions.

On the same topic, Reporters without Borders reported on the fact-finding mission to Palestine. Many violations from both Palestinian and Israeli sides were monitored. Sixteen journalists were attacked and three media bases were damaged by Israeli forces. On the other hand, some Palestinian warriors damaged seven media facilities, attacked four media staffers, and kidnapped six foreign journalists in Gaza strip. Reporters without Borders concluded the report with many recommendations to eliminate violations.

Sources

* Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in palestine

* Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedom (MADA)

* Reporters without Borders

Security Disorder Part B

2006-12-28T07:51:00.000-08:00

Security disorder and internal fights are the main topic handled by Palestinian human rights organizations this week. That is in addition to the difficulties dominating the internal scene because of the fights between Hamas, Fatah, and occupation forces.

Sources:
* Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in palestine

* Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy

* National Association for Democracy and Law

Security Disorder Part A

2006-12-21T08:23:00.000-08:00

Security disorder and internal fights are the main topic handled by Palestinian human rights organizations this week. The National Association for Democracy and Law condemned the miserable incidents of Rafah cross gate. Armed members from Hamas group penetrated the halls that lead to Egypt and damaged computers and other equipments. 24 persons were wounded. In another alert, Palestinian Center for Human Rights condemned the public disorder which led to 6 citizens murdered, 26 murdered, and 11 kidnapped.

Journalists Wounded

MADA Center condemned the wounding of journalists during clashes between presidency security forces and executive authority forces affiliated to Ministry of Interior in Gaza.

Sources:

* Palestinian Center for Development and Media Liberties (MADA)

* National Association for Democracy and Law

Israel celebrate World Day for Human Rights by committing more violations against Palestinians

2006-12-14T08:41:00.000-08:00

Israeli occupation forces increased its attacks against journalists and media staff in Palestine. They penetrated the house of Journalist; Youssri Al-Gamal house from Reuters and arrested Serag Radio manager; Abdul Gabbar Abo Asnina and confiscated transitions and broadcasting tools.

Egyptian newspapers and magazines were prevented in Gaza. Al-Hurriya Radio headquarter in Al-Khalil was penetrated by police forces.

Al-Arabiya TV photographer, Haitham Al-Amry was shot by the splinters of a bomb. An Israeli court prevented Reuters' photographer Emad Bernatt from access to Balain village. In addition, journalist Gamal Farag was imprisoned in a solitary confinement since 1 October 2004.

Security mistakes and lawlessness

National Association for Democracy and Law held a seminar on lawlessness and challenges to solve them. Member of Palestinian parliament; Asharaf Gomaa revealed that the Israeli occupation and besieging Palestinians played great role in such lawlessness. He called for providing protection to security men and more restrict regulations to force citizens to be more positively responsive.

Sources

* Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in palestine

* Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)

* National Association for Democracy and Law

Violations against Media in Palestine during November 2006

2006-12-07T04:50:00.000-08:00

In its annual report on media freedoms in Palestine, MADA center expressed its deep concerns towards the violations committed against media in Palestine by Israeli occupation forces and Palestinian armed troops. 13 violations were reported in October and 12 violations were reported in November. Almost 9 were committed by Israeli Occupation forces, and other three committed by armed Palestinian groups.

Sources

Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms
More information on Palestine page: http://www.hrinfo.net/palestine

The history's philosophy

2006-12-04T12:16:00.000-08:00

Flowing the trace of time and place is obligatory for drawing the history & after that foreseeing the future for this mean on the scope of history place had put on the width where the time is on the height of it .the history happen when ever it is a register of civilization so it must just be written by philosophers .3D analysis was not possible for historians & philosophers so history had analyzed or considered separately on the views of religion , geography ,racial , economy & in the end intellectual & psychology . in each field , philosophical comprehensive opinions with philosophical thought and historical analysis from the total acquirement culminate in ramify and braking into the commentary philosophical of history that lead to single dimensional resulting ,there for , at a loss to philosophical gain in this branch out without any total issue , it's result it is drudgery & digging & losing in the past for the past as same as watching the trees of the wood one by one not as the whole from a jungle .philosophical analysis of history in each of these fields brings deep hesitate & meditation in the manner and behaviors of ancients but the past is dead & if it alive it must be in the nature of the modern human beings & the worth of history for us has a reflect in new age and takes us for the future while this classification of history is just to make the stuff to seem huge but in the new age with new facilities we can draw a 3D history that shows us the effect of horizontal phenomena in the length of time & also considering the interactions of all confidences in the same time & The total view of philosophical thought to flowing the cultures who passed these three steps 1. horror 2.ignorant 3.civilzation
With the use of software equipments & new ways of analysis and simulations we can see the effect of knowledge & engineering on the politics, military and economics events or global powers on the function of the time from the past to the future

sources:
* azam amirshahkarami

Summer rains and winter clouds

2006-11-30T11:27:00.000-08:00

The occupying forces have continued to escalate its aggression against the civilian population and their property in the Palestinian territories. especially the Gaza Strip. Having completed war attacks, two shots were (summer rain clouds and autumn), those forces launched a new offensive called (merger course).The exercise of those forces through its ground and killing and the destruction, impose control on residential areas, where are besieged and cut roads and damaged infrastructure. What compounded the suffering of the population, especially in light of the deteriorating economic conditions and their inability to secure stockpiles of food and medicine? The total number of victims in the third day-since the last attack, which was launched by those forces to the (15) dead, including two children and two women, while the number of injuries (54) wounded, including children (17) and (3) females.

Human Rights Higher Commissioner issued a statement to justify the use of violence by Israeli occupation forces against Palestine

Statement by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation in the Palestinian territories, addressed the National Assembly for Democracy and Law described criticized the statement, which did not put the killings "assassination" and the continuing lawlessness to the Palestinians. What represents the assassinations of a serious violation of human rights as it is executed outside the law o did not confirm the statement that the Israeli violations of human rights in the Palestinian territories constitutes a breach of international humanitarian law and give the statement o justification and the right of Israel as an occupying force to respond to the Qassam rocket force excessive use of bombing planes, tanks and ships of Madeline unarmed Palestinians, did not give the right of the Palestinians to respond to the occupation massacres perpetrated against the Palestinians. This is the text of a paragraph of the High Commissioner's statement that "the continued fallout missiles gives Israeli authorities had every right and even the duty to use all means within the law, including international humanitarian law and human rights law, to provide protection to all persons under their jurisdiction and within the scope of control.

Sources
* Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in palestine

* National Association for Democracy and Law

* Mizan Center for Human Rights

Occupation forces withdraw from Al-Shoka area

2006-11-23T06:41:00.000-08:00

Occupation forces withdraw from Al-Shoka area after destroying some houses belonging to Moa'mar family and arresting almost 20 citizens. That is in addition to continuous curettage of agricultural lands. That is in addition to destroying the infrastructure.

Human Rights Council Resolution

Many human rights organizations announced its approval on the resolution of Human Rights Council which expressed council's shock for killing civilians in Beit Hanon on 15 November 2006.

Calling for pressuring Israeli government to stop its threats to pump Palestinian Media institutions

MADA center called for Israel once again not to pump Sawt Al-Shabab Radio and Palestine TV. In addition, many journalists are attacked, including journalist Hamza al-Attar from Ramatan News Agency who was shot dead in 3 November.

Sources

*Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in palestine

*Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms

*National Association for Democracy and Law

*Mizan Center for Human Rights

World Salience is deemed a participation in the crime

2006-11-09T21:09:00.000-08:00

Under the continued escalation of occupation forces, and committing more crimes that resulted into the death of hundreds of people, are including children, doctors, and media staff.

Sources:
*Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in palestine

Morocco ========Palestine lands
Moroccan Association for Human Rights in Rabat organized a stand before United Nations Headquarter in Rabat in respect with the Zionist butcheries which led to the murder of 47 persons. The Society Branch issued a statement on the conspiracy with Zionist to genocide the Palestinian people.
In the framework of preparing to launch a national campaign to organize the stops in protest and sit-ins in front of the courts and the Kingdom of Morocco to condemn the unjust Governing No. 62 / 2005 issued by the appellate court in Mecnas which endorsed the preliminary ruling, Judge brother Mohammed Attawi member branch of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights Bmidlt (the year are available of 1000.0dirhams) on charges of insulting the national sanctities .
Sources:
*Moroccan Assocaition for Human Rights

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2006-11-06T03:06:00.000-08:00

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2006-11-06T03:02:00.000-08:00

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Escalation because of occupying forces crimes

2006-11-02T08:56:00.000-08:00

Escalation because of occupying forces crimesThe occupying troops escalated its aggression. It committed more crimes which left 12 martyrs including woman and child, and almost 26 are injured. It devastated two houses fully. Other three houses, two factories, workshop and cafeteria were harmed. 500 donema of agriculture land were spoiled in ten incursions by the forces in the period between October 19 and 29 October2006.Journalist abduction new phenomenon in GazaAfter the Palestinians were the keenest on getting reporters in their territories to document and scandal the massacres of the Israeli occupying government, the Spanish journalist Roberto has been subject to abduction. Roberto, who works for Cooperation Institution for Peace, was abducted in Gaza on Monday noon by unidentified gunmen. Statements contradicting on prisoner Exchange The local newspapers are full of news regarding a deal to exchange prisoners. Such news talks about figures and standers are later sometimes confirmed and sometimes denied by more than one official.
Sources
Mizan Center for Human Rights
.Palestinian Prisoner Club
.Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in palestine

News will not be found any where just here

2006-10-26T07:00:00.000-07:00

Palestine

The Palestinian victims of Israeli occupation and the situation of insecurity and attacking journalistsConscious Organization for Human Rights handled the Israeli escalation on Gaza strip which resulted into the murder of 22 citizens in addition to other 55 wounded. Al-Mizan Center issued a statement on the victims of insecurity conditions. MADA issued a press release calling upon Fath and Hamas movements to settle their disputes through non-violent dialogue and called upon other political powers not to involve journalists and media in the current conflicts and working on enhancing the independency of media. On the same topic, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights condemns the attack on Palestine Labor Radio by Palestinian groups. Sources
Conscious Organization for Human Rights
Al-Mizan Center for Human Rights
The Palestinian Center for Development and media freedoms (MADA)
Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in palestine

thesadnesscountry: Action

2006-10-26T06:53:00.000-07:00

thesadnesscountry: Action

Action

2006-10-26T06:26:00.000-07:00

Palestine ========Israeli Forces attacks, internal fighting, absence of security, and miserable conditions of detention
The random bombing of the properties of civilians by occupation forces in Gaza led to the murder of three Palestinians, and other five were wounded. In addition, four cars and a landscape of a textile factory were burnt. \nConcerning armed chaos, a mobile phone company headquarter at northern Gaza was attacked by unidentified gunmen who shot fire randomly inside the company headquarter. Photographer Osama Al-Sawady was wounded seriously in his chest while he was standing at the window of his office in Ram Allah. That was during the random fire shot by members of Shohadaa Al-Aqsa group in the 40th anniversary of murdering one of their friends by Israeli forces. \nThe prisoners in Israeli prisons called upon all Palestinian squads to stop internal fighting and preserving national unity of the Palestinian people. Sources\nPalestinian Center for Human Rights\nMizan Center for Human Rights\nDemocratic Association for Democracy and Law\nPalestinian Initiative for Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH)\nRefai fayyad Human rights researcher in palestine
The random bombing of the properties of civilians by occupation forces in Gaza led to the murder of three Palestinians, and other five were wounded. In addition, four cars and a landscape of a textile factory were burnt. Concerning armed chaos, a mobile phone company headquarter at northern Gaza was attacked by unidentified gunmen who shot fire randomly inside the company headquarter. Photographer Osama Al-Sawady was wounded seriously in his chest while he was standing at the window of his office in Ram Allah. That was during the random fire shot by members of Shohadaa Al-Aqsa group in the 40th anniversary of murdering one of their friends by Israeli forces. The prisoners in Israeli prisons called upon all Palestinian squads to stop internal fighting and preserving national unity of the Palestinian people.

Sources
· Palestinian Center for Human Rights
· Mizan Center for Human Rights
· Democratic Association for Democracy and Law
· Palestinian Initiative for Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH)
· Refai fayyad Human rights researcher in Palestine