Analysis: Israeli Government Attempts To Legalize A Number Of West Bank Settlement Outposts All Things Considered: October 30, 2003
Silenced witnesses In a seven-week period this spring, two overseas observers were killed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, and a third left brain dead. But has the truth yet been told? John Sweeney investigates 30 October 2003
AP: Israel to Raze With Robot Bulldozers Thu Oct 30 - The human rights group Amnesty International says the destruction of homes is a grave violation of international law.
Israel should be held responsible for actions Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - This is one American Jewish voter who is looking for a candidate brave enough to say out loud that Israel is wrong and must stop destroying homes and lives in Palestine. [I don't think she's the only Jewish voter that feels that way -ed.]
Legal move to end activist's life Mr Hurndall remains in a vegetative state since the April shooting Doctors will begin legal moves to switch off the life support of a British peace campaigner shot by an Israeli soldier, a friend says.
Annan slams Israeli demolitions From correspondents in the United Nations October 28, 2003 - "The Secretary-General reminds the Israeli authorities that house demolitions amount to collective punishment, which is a clear violation of international humanitarian law," his spokesman, Fred Eckhard, said.
Israeli army destroys 3 multi-story apartment buildings in Gaza; 2,000 homeless Posted on Monday, October 27
Who Is Behind the Killing of Americans in Gaza? 26.10.2003 - Lacking shelter, food and water, the Rafah refugees don’t lack good judgment. They are well informed, like most Palestinians, about those supplying Israel with its vast assortment of weaponry, the bulldozers that routinely demolish their homes, down to the bulletproof vests that soldiers wear during their barbaric nightly raids on the weary civilians. The several billion dollars of annual US military aid to Israel have systemically targeted the civilian infrastructure: Factories, homes, schools, mosques and churches. [Your United States tax dollars at work! -ed.]
Israeli forces opened fire on two peace activists Arjan El Fassed, The Electronic Intifada, 26 October 2003 - According to ISM, Israeli forces fired indiscriminately inside Balata refugee camp. There was no Palestinian gunfire and it was clear that the Israeli soldiers were firing on unarmed civilians.
American and Australian shot by Israeli army By Odai Sirri Saturday 25 October 2003 - According to the representatives from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), the two were shot after escorting Palestinian children away from Israeli soldiers who entered the camp. [Time to increase aid to Israel. Another couple billion should do it. -ed]
Civilians pay with lives under Gaza's skies of death Published: October 22, 2003 - "He found the first casualty, Mohammed al-Barood, who was injured by the first missile, and he was trying to bring him here. He had only gone two steps with the boy when the second missile hit and killed both Mohammed al-Barood and Dr Shahin."
Israel ministers blast Gaza strikes By Barbara Plett - "Is it conceivable that somebody on our side has decided that all of Palestinian society is the target?" Alex Fishman wrote in the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth.
Israeli Jet fighters Slaughter Ten Palestinians, Wound Dozens, Including Children GAZA, Palestine, Oct 21, 2003 - At 9:21 PM. Israeli warplanes and helicopters pounded a Palestinian vehicle killing seven Palestinian civilians and wounded dozens, several critically, in the mid-Gaza Strip refugee camp of Nuseirat, Palestinian medical and security sources said.
12 Palestinians Killed, 70 Wounded In Israeli Raids - Hospital sources said all those killed were civilians, including a nine-year-old child, while four of the wounded were termed clinically dead.
Rafah in miniature Monday October 20, 2003 Six months after my son was shot by Israeli troops, the British government has yet to condemn the act Jocelyn Hurndall
Wanton Israeli Gaza Destruction Is A War Crime Amnesty International 10-18-3 - "The repeated practice by the Israeli army of deliberate and wanton destruction of homes and civilian property is a grave violation of international human rights and humanitarian law, notably of Articles 33 and 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and constitutes a war crime," said Amnesty International.
Justice for James Miller - Cameraman James Miller was shot dead by Israeli soldiers and died May 2, 2003.
Israel Sequesters Palestinian Farms West of Wall Wednesday, 15 October 2003 - The military order announcing the new restrictions, signed by Major General Moshe Kaplinski, the commander of IDF forces in "Judea and Samaria", and dated October 2, 2003, declares that lands west of the barrier are closed military zones and farmers who want access need to apply for a "long-term residency" permit.
Many killed in Israeli invasion Friday 10 October 2003 An eight year old boy, shot in the head, is the latest casualty in an ongoing Israeli army raid targeting Rafah refugee camp in the occupied Gaza Strip.
Sharon Planning Massive Gaza Raid in Early October Sept. 19, 2003 [Wow, what a coincidence. Sharon planning a massive raid in Gaza and then a suicide bombing executed with perfect timing on October 4th to justify it! It's incredible! This suicide bombing is a good example of Israel using their clandestine forces to attack their own people to justify further human rights abuses on the Palestinian people. A few are sacrificed for the good of the many. -ed.] Target of Haifa bombing owned by Arabs! "The blast took place in the "Maxim" restaurant, which was packed at the time. The restaurant is located on Ha'Haganah Boulevard at the southern entrance to the coastal city and is owned by Israeli Arabs. "
Palestinians 'reduced to begging' AP Geneva Saturday July 19, 2003 - "There is a permanent, grave violation of the right to food by the occupying forces. There is a catastrophic humanitarian situation," said Jean Ziegler, UN special expert on the right to food.
U.N.: Israeli Wall “Illegal Annexation” Of Palestinian Lands - The U.N. special reporter for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, John Dugard warned in a report that the wall erected in recent months would incorporate "substantial areas" of the West Bank into Israel, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Report: Israel spends $560 million a year on Jewish settlements in territories [Your U.S. tax dollars at work! -ed.]
Ketziot Concentration Camp - The Israeli army is building a large concentration camp in the Gush-Etzion area along the Hebron-Bethlehem highway. The concentration camp has a net area of 10,000 square metres and is surrounded by a 3-metre high fence made of barbed wire and other metal hurdles.
Report: Jewish "underground" planned to bomb Temple Mount mosques By Ellis Shuman September 23, 2003 - Six of the nine have been released to house arrest while charges have only been brought against Yitzhak Pass, Mattiyahu Shvu and Shahar Dvir-Zeliger, Shlomo's brother. [Boy that will teach them! -ed.]
IOF Shots a Teacher and a Student in Rafah, Demolishes Five Apartments in Jerusalem - Israeli soldiers stationed at the a watchtower in the neighborhood of Tal Zorob opened fire at the “Alamiria Prep. School” in Rafah, Palestine News Agency (WAFA) reported.
Sharon Planning Massive Gaza Raid in Early October - The sources say that the Sharon cabinet has decided on the Gaza bloodbath, as an alternative to the assassination of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, and that Israeli Defense Force reservists are already being called up, in preparation for the October offensive.
Israel offering free land to encourage Judaization of Galilee By Uri Ash - The state is offering free land for construction, financial assistance for development of infrastructure and services, a construction grant and improved mortgage benefits. Some of the terms and conditions will be on offer until the middle of December. [Intel already has a manufacturing plant on land 'reclaimed' from Palestinians. -ed]
Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Activist In Cold Blood - Identifying the new martyr as Fadi Abu Zant, a 17-year-old member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the witnesses said Israeli soldiers shot him in the leg and then showered him with bullets while bleeding on the ground.
The Great Israel Land Grab - For the first time, Israel has embarked on a plan to sell the land of the 1948 Palestinian refugees (92% of Israel) to Jewish individuals. Clearly this is in violation of international law.
Israel kills a 25-year-old Palestinian; uproots 2000 olive trees in occupied East Jerusalem Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/16/2003 - In another report, IPC said today that "Israeli occupation forces (IOF) destroyed Tuesday two Palestinian houses in the Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah..Israeli troops invaded early morning the southern part of the city and blew up a house owned by Fathi Barhoom. Israeli tanks have intensively opened fire at the civilians houses preventing any attempt of protest. One more house was partially damaged, security sources told IPC correspondent."
Arafat Is to be murdered, not deported. - There is an immediate danger that Sharon may exploit the new situation in order to kill Arafat, under the pretext that something happened to him during an operation to deport him abroad. The chief of Army Intelligence, General Amos Gilad, has hinted as much on Israeli TV. [Sounds like they plan on giving him the Jimmy Hoffa treatment -ed.]
Evidence of Zionists bombing Jewish neighborhoods in Arab countries to get them to migrate by Naeim Giladi and Edward C. Corrigan Saturday July 05, 2003 - David Ben Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, told a Zionist Conference in 1937 that any proposed Jewish state would have to "transfer Arab populations out of the area, if possible of their own free will, if not by coercion." After 750,000 Palestinians were uprooted and their lands confiscated in 1948-49, Ben Gurion had to look to the Islamic countries for Jews who could fill the resultant cheap labor market. "Emissaries" were smuggled into these countries to "convince" Jews to leave either by trickery or fear.
Israel Kills Four Palestinians An Israeli army tanks shells the eight-story building OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, September 9 - Israeli troops pushed into the West Bank town of Al-Khalil (Hebron), killing three Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy.
Israel Kills 13-Year-old Palestinian In West Bank Israeli incursions and sweeps continue OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, September 9 - A human rights report said Israeli forces killed several Palestinians and carried out 854 violations of the three-month truce.
Israel Walls In The Palestinians; Rage To Follow By Tim Llewellyn - The obvious reason why the Road Map was doomed is that Israel never accepts a peace plan unless it can see a way of easily collapsing it if it does not suit Zionist aspirations. [Israel regularly uses its sophisticated military arsenal on a civilian population that has no army. -ed]
Why Do They Do It? by Linda Belanger - Reporters without Borders (RSF) has documented more than 30 cases of journalists who have been wounded in shootings by the Israeli army in the Occupied Territories in the last two years.. Most were photographers or cameramen, clearly identifiable as such and shot some distance away from clashes.
US Aid: The Lifeblood of Occupation By Matt Bowles - The Israeli military (IDF) --the third or forth most powerful army in the world-- routinely uses tanks, Apache helicopter gunships, and F-16 fighter jets (all subsidized by the U.S.) against a population that has no military and none of the protective institutions of a modern state.
Israel Kills Palestinian Girl, Injures 5 Children - "Aya was playing around and was happy after I bought her the uniform of the new school year...She went to have fun with her friends, but did not come back," the bereaved mother told IslamOnline.net.
What We Saw In Palestine More Than Disgusting by Ahmad Maher - Paul and
Mike also said that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon does not want to turn
violence off in the region, noting that he was keen on provoking a reaction
from the Palestinian resistance by launching incursions into Palestinian self-rule
areas and assassinating prominent Palestinian figures.
“Why? What is the purpose? Sharon needs the conflict in order to avoid
talking about peace, and in order to continue his policy of ethnic cleansing.
Largest demolition in years: Israel destroys entire commercial market in one day PENGON/Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, 21 August 2003 - Marking the single largest demolition of buildings in years, the entire commercial area of Nazlat 'Isa was today raised to the ground as some 15 bulldozers, accompanied by large numbers of military and border police, entered the community at 5:00 AM and destroyed over 100 shops and 5 homes. The market, which was previously targeted in January of this year with the destruction of 82 or close to one half of its shops, has been the commercial center for the entire region.
THE MAPS TELL THE TRUE STORY - Israel has invaded virtually every nation it shares borders with, including Syria and Lebanon, and as the map above shows has almost conquered Palestine and is ready to "ethnically cleanse" the region. Far from being the poor victimized society desperately defending itself Israel likes to pretend it is in order to wrest more money from Americans, Israel is in fact the most militarily aggressive nation in the region.
Israeli missile strike kills 1, wounds 26 - [Your U.S. tax dollars at work. -ed.] Associated Press Tue, Aug. 26, 2003
Israel uses helicopters to quell disturbance at concentration camp - "“Israeli” helicopters sprayed gas on the camp, and the situation further exacerbated when the injured were denied first aid and left to bleed," said one of the detainee by phone. The Palestinian detainees were protesting the transfer of 61 of their compatriots to the notorious southern Ketziot detention centre, known for its squalid conditions and routine torture practices.
Israel Grabs Land For Fence JERUSALEM, Aug. 19, 2003 - Israel is taking the land of dozens of Palestinians near Jerusalem to build a 3.4-mile barrier that will cut them off both from the city and the West Bank hinterland, Palestinian and Israeli officials said Tuesday.
‘FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA…’ By Isabelle Humphries - Palestinian water supplies have been sabotaged by acts of destruction by soldiers and settlers alike. In the Mawasi area in Gaza, Israeli helicopters destroyed a well from overhead. Settlers from Humesh managed to cut off water pipes to seven surrounding Palestinian villages. Palestinians frequently report that soldiers have shot holes in rooftop water tanks. Heavy military vehicles have destroyed pipelines and infrastructure that are already in place. Closures and curfews make damage almost impossible to fix. These are just a few of countless examples of direct assault.
Israel Kills Four Palestinians, Hamas Vows Revenge Palestinians search through the rubble of a building dynamited by the Israeli army in Askar refugee camp in Nablus NABLUS, West Bank, Aug 8
Population growing three times faster in settlements than Israel Monday, 28-Jul-2003 - The settlement figures do not include the estimated 200,000 Jews living in occupied and annexed east Jerusalem.
Israeli Settler Numbers ‘Rise’ To Record High Friday, July 25 2003 - The number of Jewish settlers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip has risen by 5,400 during the last 12 months to reach a record 231,443, according to figures from the Israeli Interior Ministry on Thursday, July 24.
Does Hitler's Ghost Live In Israel? By Sam Hamod - I fear we have lost our moral compass, because this has been going on for over 30 years, with American aid and complicity. We have sided with the devil in this one, from the time of Menachem Begin to Ariel Sharon, we have sided with the killers, and condemned the victims.
Militants agree cease fire as Israeli gunships launch new attack AP 25 June 2003 - But even as news of the cease fire emerged, Israeli forces fired fired three missiles at two cars near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Palestinian security sources said, killing a woman.
The appalling loss of humanity By Gideon Levy - state that prevents a prisoner who has been held in custody for years without trial from receiving photographs of a son he has never seen? That prevents a woman who is under detention without trial from phoning her children, whose father and brother are also in prison?
Israel Continues Building Settlements Despite Road Map Summit Wednesday 4 - June - 2003
3 Children Killed in West Bank Violence By Mark Lavie Associated Press Writer May 27, 2003 - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy and wounded a 7-year-old boy after opening fire at stone throwers in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian hospital officials said.
Crushed: the farmers caught between the Israeli army and Hamas By Sa'id Ghazali in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip - "They destroyed the farm. I have lost my salary, and so have 20 other farmers." Around him lay ripped irrigation pipes, flattened fences and a heavy iron gate, bent by the blade of a bulldozer.
Israelis "used secret weapons in Gaza" London |By Mustapha Karkouti - The film goes on to show how Israel used "a new gas" against Palestinian civilians in Gaza in February 2001, resulting in the hospitalisation of 180 people with "severe convulsions".
"Settlements: a user guide" By Gabriel Ash - It is therefore necessary to understand settlements for what they really are -- weapons.
The Daughter I Can't Hear From By Carrie Corrie - I want to point out that the "the areas of combat" that the Israeli military speaks of are the residential streets of Gaza and the West Bank – land that belongs to the Palestinian people.
One Killed, 18 Wounded in Nablus; Jenin Refugee Camp Invaded May 14, 2003 - "Israeli soldiers invaded Jenin refugee camp today with 3-5 tanks and approximately 5 jeeps. They are reportedly firing indiscriminately within the camp .."
Speech at Rachel Corrie memorial: Israel's blanket immunity Rula Sharkawi, The Electronic Intifada, 13 May 2003 - When we remember Rachel, lets not forget to speak out, to express outrage at the violent system of occupation that robs human beings of their lives everyday.
Israelis Seal Gaza Strip, Kill Three By Mark Lavie Associated Press Writer May 12, 2003 - In nearby Khan Younis, troops killed a Palestinian farm worker as he tilled a field near an Israeli army lookout post, witnesses said. The military had no comment.
Amnesty Says Israel Shutting Out Foreign Scrutiny - Amnesty International said in a statement that it feared the new restrictions aimed "to prevent outside monitoring and scrutiny of the conduct of the Israeli army" and that they could lead to "more killings in Gaza."
Britons held as Israel cracks down May 9 2003 - "The aim is to deport any foreigner who supports us," said George Rishmawi, a Palestinian official close to the group. "We consider these people to be international witnesses to the suffering of the Palestinian people."
Israel fashions a bomber of its own by Muthanna Al Qadi - Ahmad tells of how, under gunpoint, the Israeli soldiers forced him to play the role of a Palestinian suicide bomber.
With the Wall, the Settlers will Have all the Olives Monday, May 05 2003 - When we can see that it is snaking around deep inside the West Bank, curving here and there to contain all the settlements, it is clear that this is just one more device for stealing Palestinian land."
120 Christian Homes In Jerusalem Area To Be Demolished By Israeli Soldiers by Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions Tuesday May 06, 2003 - "Israel wants to protect their settlers just over the hill [in Har Homa] says Ms. Bannourah. "They are trying to surround Bethlehem with their new settlements, and to cut it off from Jerusalem. They are trying to take over all of Palestine."
International Solidarity Movement Denies Terror Link - The Israeli army wants us to leave because we are providing witness to the atrocities committed by the Israeli army. Israel and the United States have gone to great Lengths to ensure that no International Observers would be sent to Palestine by The United Nations or any other objective International Organization. ISM activists have come to provide witness to the cruelty, the brutality and the truth about this occupation and its' purpose.
Israeli troops kill British cameraman in Gaza Strip By Justin Huggler in Jerusalem and Andrew Johnson 03 May 2003 - Witnesses said that the Israeli soldiers, who were demolishing a home in the area, shot at the journalists even though they were waving white flags and torches, and shouting in Hebrew and English that they were journalists. [Your tax dollars at work]
Dead cameraman 'carried white flag' By Justin Huggler in Rafah, Gaza Strip 04 May 2003 - They said yesterday that he was shot at close range while in a group carrying a large white flag and shouting repeatedly that they were journalists.
Israel
to Arrest, Deport Foreign Pro-Palestinian Activists Ross Dunn Jerusalem
02 May 2003 - The policy is particularly aimed at volunteers for the pro-Palestinian
group, International Solidarity Movement.
[Can't have any attention brought to this area, then the American taxpayers
might see the atrocities their tax dollars are funding.]
Israeli attack undermines peace: Annan
Annan says Israel 'undermining peace' 1 May 2003 - Israeli tanks backed by helicopters entered a Palestinian militant stronghold near Gaza City, killing at least 12 Palestinians including a 2-year-old toddler in a gunfight. [Your U.S. tax dollars at work]
Israel Expands Illegal West Bank Settlement IOF Persist in Detention Spree - Despite international calls for a halt of illegal settlement-building in the occupied Palestinian territory, the speaker of the Israeli parliament, Reuven Rivlin, laid the first stone on Tuesday in a project to build more units in a West Bank Israeli settlement that Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon had earlier hinted “might be dismantled”, [NOT] as part of a future peace settlement.
Israel Continues U.S. Policy of Killing Journalists/Witnesses AP Cameraman Shot and Killed in West Bank Saturday April 19, 2003 12:19 PM - NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - An Israeli soldier shot and killed a cameraman with Associated Press Television News who was covering a skirmish between troops and rock-throwing Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday, witnesses said.
Israeli troops storm Gaza camp - Five Palestinians have been killed and more than 20 others injured following an incursion into Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip by Israeli troops, hospital officials say.
Israel's 'cleansing of Arab menace' shocks young activists April 14, 2003 - "I expected a certain level of violence, but I did not expect the level of planning by the Israeli state; it's planning for ethnic cleansing, for wiping out the 'evil Arab menace'," he said.
Activist Shot in Gaza Said Brain Dead Friday April 11, 2003 9:00 PM - Hurndall was standing between troops and Palestinian children at the time, said Khalil Abdullah, a Palestinian who witnessed the shooting.
Photo story: Israeli bulldozer driver murders American peace activist
Nigel Parry and Arjan El Fassed, The Electronic Intifada, 16 March 2003
JENIN BULLDOZER DRIVER SPEAKS OUT By Courtesy of 3rdDimension - "No one refused an order to knock down a house. No such thing. When I was told to bring down a house, I took the opportunity to bring down some more houses; not because I wanted to - but because when you are asked to demolish a house, some other houses usually obscure it, so there is no other way. I would have to do it even if I didn't want to. They just stood in the way. If I had to erase a house, come hell or high water - I would do it. And believe me, we demolished too little. [...] [The Palestinian residents] were warned by loudspeaker to get out of the house before I came, but I gave no one a chance. I didn't wait. I didn't give one blow, and [didn't] wait for them to come out. I would just ram the house with full power, to bring it down as fast as possible. [...] I didn't give a damn about the Palestinians, but I didn't just ruin with no reason. It was all under orders. [...] Many people were inside [the] houses we [decided] to demolish. [...] I'm sure that people died inside these houses... [...] I found joy with every house that came down,... [...] If you knocked down a house, you buried 40 or 50 people for generations. If I am sorry for anything, it is for not tearing the whole camp down..."
Israeli bulldozer makes a martyr of American peace campaigner March 29 2003 - Oh, and did I mention that March was a particularly busy month? 99 Palestinians were killed, 28 of them children. It's a good thing it's April now! Ooops, I spoke too soon. Seven more were killed today, and still an hour before midnight...
The Brian Avery shooting: When will we realize that there can't be this many "accidents"? Nigel Parry, The Electronic Intifada, 5 April 2003 - that the ISM members were clearly marked as observers and were standing still with their hands in the air from the moment they heard the APC until the moment that Israeli troops opened fire.
American Peace Activist Shot in the Face from an Israeli APC in Jenin Sunday, April 06 2003 @ 07:53 AM GMT - At the sight of the armored vehicles, both activists stood still and raised their hands above their heads. When he was shot Brian was wearing a fluorescent red vest with a reflective white cross on its back and front.
American Woman Beaten, Robbed by Gang of Settlers By Pat and Samir Twair - “I was climbing the hill toward the village when six or seven men from the Itamar settlement suddenly swarmed around us, “ Hughes-Thompson recalled. “I turned to see Robbie Kelly, an Irish ISM volunteer, and Omer Elon, an Israeli Ta’ayush volunteer, being struck in the head with rifle butts. It got worse. I couldn’t believe my eyes as I saw several settlers attack James Delaplain, a 74-year-old retired English literature professor from Wisconsin. They jabbed him in the left eye and his torso with rifle butts, knocked him to the ground, and kicked him. He was begging them not to take his glasses, which he was trying to reach on the ground. They took them anyway.”
"Let Go or I'll Cut Your Arms Off" A Busy Day for Bulldozers By GILA SVIRSKY - Oh, and did I mention that March was a particularly busy month? 99 Palestinians were killed, 28 of them children. It's a good thing it's April now! Ooops, I spoke too soon. Seven more were killed today, and still an hour before midnight...
Israeli Terrorists Bomb School 12:28 pm PST, 9 April 2003
Israeli missile kills 6, plus Hamas leader By Saud Abu Ramadan - An Israeli F-16 warplane fired a missile Tuesday night into Gaza City's crowded Zeitoon neighborhood, Palestinian witnesses said, a shot that killed the leader of the armed wing of Hamas as well as six others.
War provides cover for a fresh Israeli crackdown - While the world focuses on Iraq, 17 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1000 detained as Israeli forces step up 'anti-terrorism' raids. Robert Tait in Jerusalem reports
Was Einstein Right? by John Chuckman - The assassination of suspected terrorists is now an accepted, ordinary event in Palestine, and Mr. Bush has granted Israel the right to extend this violence to America territory. Mr. Sharon's secret services have conducted scores of assassinations. Perhaps assassination is the wrong word since it is generally used to describe the killing of a high-level political opponent. Mr. Sharon's bloody work is precisely that of a police force murdering, instead of arresting, criminal suspects by the score.
Israel
Kills Palestinian Boys, Steals Organs for Transplants
Israelis 'harvest' organs from shot Palestinian children Thursday January
10, 2002
"THE ACCUSED"
RECORDED FROM TRANSMISSION: BBC-1 DATE: 17:06:01 - more graphic images
It's OK to Eat Belgian Chocolate - Belgium has the right idea.
IDF confirms that it fired Flachette shells in Gaza By Haaretz Service - "IDF troops fired outlawed tank shells at children playing soccer in the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, Israel Radio quoted Palestinians sources as saying Sunday. "Six children were reported to have been hurt - three moderately to seriously and three lightly - by the Flechette shells, which scatter thousands of pieces of metal after being fired and whose use is curtailed under international treaties.
Israel demolish four Palestinian homes, kills 13 Palestinians in al-Zeitoun quarters
Israel Kills A 6-Year-Old Palestinian As Gazans Bury their Dead - Tank opened fire on children, brings Palestinian child death toll to 540 since Sept. 2000.
Gaza in shock at bloody aftermath
By Peter Wilson 27jan03