On 5/14/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl,Exactly so, Miriam. My frustration is that I am 83 years old, and
This situation is so painful to me that truly, I have no words to describe
it. The whole world is complicit while the people of Gaza are being
imprisoned, their water and land poisoned, their imports limited to less
than bare necessities. They have maybe 3 hours of electricity a day. Their
beaches and water are corrupted with sewage, all controlled by Israel with
money from the US. A huge percentage of residents are under eighteen years
of age. They are peacefully protesting en masse, offering their bodies to
death and injury because they have nothing to lose. The country in which we
live has turned a corner. Americans are naïve, purposefully blind and deaf
to what their government does in their name. They are self centered and have
lost the capacity for empathy.
Miriam
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Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 10:10 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: FW: [Pchrgaza-e] Since Morning, 19
Palestinian civilians, Including 1 girl, 1 boy and 1 Person With Mobility
Impairment, Were Killed while 1000 Others, Including 74 Children, 23 Women,
8 Journalists, and 11 Paramedics, Were Wounded
By the time I turned on Democracy Now at 6:00 A.M., the count was 37 dead.
No one is firing on the Israeli troops, so the count at that moment was 37
to 0. But even one dead, one protester murdered, should evoke world-wide
outrage. Sadly, the world is so numbed by millions of murders, abject
poverty, diseases spreading like wildfires, little children starving to
death, homeless/country less people camped out in horrific conditions, that
there is not much room for outrage.
"But doctor, why are the insane patients allowed to wander about freely,
coming and going at their own discretion?"
"Who told you that they are the patients?"
Carl Jarvis
On 5/14/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Pchrgaza-e <pchrgaza-e-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 8:30 AM
To: pchrgaza-e@pchrgaza. ps <pchrgaza-e@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Pchrgaza-e] Since Morning, 19 Palestinian civilians,
Including 1 girl, 1 boy and 1 Person With Mobility Impairment, Were
Killed while 1000 Others, Including 74 Children, 23 Women, 8
Journalists, and 11 Paramedics, Were Wounded
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Ref: 51/2018
Date: 14 May 2018
Time: 12:00 GMT
Despite Peaceful Nature of Demonstrations, Israeli Forces Continue to
Use Lethal Force
Since Morning, 19 Palestinian civilians, Including 1 girl, 1 boy and 1
Person With Mobility Impairment, Were Killed while 1000 Others,
Including
74 Children, 23 Women, 8 Journalists, and 11 Paramedics, Were Wounded
Civilians Demonstrating along Border Fence in Eastern Gaza City
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Nakba, since today
morning, 14 May 2018, hundred thousands of Palestinian civilians,
including elderlies, women and children, headed to border fence area
with Israel in the eastern and northern Gaza Strip, upon a call by the
Supreme National Authority of the Return and Breaking Siege March.
Many demonstrators approached the border fence and were only few
meters away from Israeli soldiers, chanted slogans and national songs
condemning Israel and the closure imposed on the Gaza Strip, in
addition to flying kites and burning tires. The Israeli soldiers
stationed in military jeeps and sites along the border fence and
Israeli drones heavily and continuously fired live and rubber bullets,
tear gas canisters and artillery shells at the whole area and not only
at those approaching the fence. As a result and so far, 19 Palestinian
civilians, including a girl, a boy and a person with mobility
impairment, were killed;
6 of whom have been so far unidentified. Moreover, 1000 others,
including
74 children, 23 women, 8 journalists, and 11 paramedics, were wounded.
Many injuries were classified as serious, including a PCHR's volunteer
fieldworker.
Civilian Wounded near the border fence in Eastern Gaza City
The killed persons were identified as:
1. Mo'tasem Fawzi Abu Louli (20), from Rafah, was hit with a live
bullet to the chest;
2. Mohamed Mahmoud 'Abdul'al (50), from Rafah, was hit with a live
bullet to the chest;
3. Ahmed Fawzi Kamel al-Tatar (28), from Rafah, was hit with a live
bullet to the back;
4. Anas Hamdan Qudaieh (21), from Khan Yunis, was hit with a live
bullet to the head;
5. 'Izz al-Deen Mousa al-Samak (14), from al-Buriej, was hit with a
live bullet to the upper limbs;
6. 'Obaidah Salem Farhan (30), from Khan Yunis, was hit with a live
bullet to the head;
7. 'Izz al-Deen Nahed al-'Owaiti (23), from Khan Yunis, was hit with a
live bullet to the head;
8. Bilal Ahmed Abu Daqqah (26), from Khan Yunis, was hit with a live
bullet to the head;
9. Jehad Mofeed al-Farra (30), from Khan Yunis, was hit with a live
bullet to the chest;
10. Fadi Abu Salah (30), from Khan Yunis, who suffers from mobility
impairment, was hit with a live bullet to the chest;
11. 'Ali Mohamed Khafajah (21), from Rafah, was hit with a live bullet
to the head;
12. Mohamed Riyad al-'Amoudi (31), from Gaza City, were hit with a live
bullet to the head; and
13. Wesal al-Shaiekh Khalil (24), from al-Buriej.
The rest has been so far unidentified.
Field Observations by PCHR's Fieldworkers Confirm the Following:
* The demonstrations have been entirely peaceful, and the fieldworkers
have not witnessed any armed manifestations despite the state of
outrage and fervor prevailing among the demonstrators who were
hundreds of thousands.
* An outstanding participation of women and children in the
demonstrations.
* The Israeli Forces unprecedentedly and heavily stationed along the
border fence and inside the military sites surrounding the area along
with intensive flight of the Israeli warplanes.
* Tear gas canisters were intensively and unprecedentedly fired from
the drones and by the Israeli soldiers stationed along the border
fence or in the military sites. The tear gas has spared none,
including PCHR's staff that was in the field.
* Ambulances, medical staff, and field clinics were deliberately and
directly targeted and prevented from approaching those wounded in
addition to causing injuries among them.
* Journalists are directly targeted, causing injuries among them.
* The Israeli fire targeted the upper part of the body as dozens
sustained wounds to the head and chest and many are in critical
condition; thus, the number of deaths is likely to increase.
Civilians Wounded near the border fence in Northern Gaza Strip
PCHR reiterates its warning of ongoing use of lethal force against
Palestinian civilians. PCHR emphasizes that the demonstrations are
entirely peaceful and civilians have the right to raise their voice
and express their opinions against the Israeli occupation and the
closure in addition to enjoying their right to return. Thus, PCHR
stresses that Israel shall be prosecuted and held accountable by
investgating with it into these crimes.
PCHR also stresses that this ongoing policy by Israel violates the
Rome STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) and Fourth
Geneva Convention, and its practices qualify to war crimes. Thus, PCHR
calls upon the ICC Prosecutor to open an official investigation into
these crimes in addition to prosecuting and holding accountable all of
those involved in issuing decisions and orders in the Israeli forces
at the political and security level and those applying the orders.
PCHR asks for the presence of international observers from the United
Nations (UN) bodies in the Gaza Strip to make sure that these
demonstrations are totally peaceful and even if the Israeli
authorities denied their access to Gaza, they can observe from the
Israeli side of the borders.
PCHR hereby condemns this new crime committed by the Israeli forces,
believing it is as a result of Israel's enjoying impunity thanks to
the U.S.
and so encouraging the Israeli forces to commit further crimes upon an
official decision by the highest military and political echelons.
PCHR also reiterates its call upon the High Contracting Parties to the
1949 Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their obligations under
Article 1; i.e., to respect and ensure respect for the Convention in
all circumstances and their obligations under Article 146 to prosecute
persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva
Convention.
PCHR calls upon Switzerland, in its capacity as the Depository State
for the Convention, to demand the High Contracting Parties to convene
a meeting and ensure Israel's respect for this Convention, noting that
these grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the
same Convention and Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions
regarding the guarantee of Palestinian civilians' right to protection
in the occupied territories.
Civilians Demonstrating along Border Fence in Northern Gaza Strip
Northern Gaza Strip
Child Wounded in Eastern Gaza City
Civilians Demonstrating along Border Fence in Eastern Gaza City
Civilians Demonstrating along Border Fence in Eastern Gaza City
Public Document
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