Here's an example of announcements I receive each day. To further explain,
in the past year or two, very young unorganized Palestinians have been
appearing at check points or on the streets, carrying knives. Sometimes,
they attempt to stab someone. Often, they do not. But these appearances with
knives are futile gestures of rage and frustration, never sanctioned by any
political group. They are symptoms of the young people's hopelessness and
impotence. Of course, the Israeli government will not deal with the source
of the problem so they deal out inordinate punishment to large sectors of
the population instead.
Miriam
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Ref: 48/2017
Date: 18 June 2017
Time: 10:15 GMT
Following Stabbing and Shooting Attack in Occupied Jerusalem, Israeli
Forces Impose Collective Punishment Measures Against the City and Deir Abu
Mash'al Village
Following a stabbing and shooting attack in occupied East Jerusalem on
Friday, 16 June 2017, that resulted in the killing of three Palestinian
youngsters and an Israeli female soldier, the Israeli forces imposed
additional collective punishment measures against the Palestinian civilians
in occupied Jerusalem and later in Deir Abu Mash'al village, northwest of
Ramallah, from which the three youngsters come. The Palestinian Center for
Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns these measures and stresses they fall
within the collective punishment policy which is prohibited in the
international human rights law. PCHR further calls upon the international
community to work on protecting the Palestinian civilians in the occupied
Palestinian territory (oPt) and ensure its application.
According to PCHR's investigations, after the abovementioned attack, the
Israeli forces completely closed Bab al-Amoud (Damascus Gate) area, Sultan
Suleiman Street and all gates of Jerusalem, excluding Bab al-Asbat (Lions
Gate). They banned the Palestinians from entering and exiting the Old City
and obliged the commercial stores' owners to shut down otherwise they would
pay a fine of over NIS 40,000. The Israeli forces also erupted metal
barriers in the streets leading to Bab al-Amoud and prevented vehicles from
using these streets. The Israeli officers chased the civilians who were at
Bab al-Sahera (Herod's Gate), al-Mesrara and Nablus Street and fired sound
bombs at them. Moreover, they assaulted some civilians and pushed the
journalists away from the scene. The Israeli forces mobilized all over
Jerusalem, mainly the streets of Nablus, Bab al-Sahera, Sultan Suleiman and
al-Mesrara. Israeli forces stopped the by-passers and checked their IDs and
then deported the West Bank residents by buses distributed throughout the
city. The Israeli police declared they "Deported over 350 Palestinians, who
entered Jerusalem without permits, and returned them to the Palestinian
territories".
In the same context, after the identities of the three Palestinian
youngsters, who carried out the stabbing and shooting attack, were
disclosed, Israeli forces moved into Deir Abu Mash'al village, northwest of
Ramallah, from which the youngster come. They closed the main entrance by
establishing an iron gate and closed the roads with sand and rocks,
isolating the village from the world.
According to PCHR's investigations, at approximately 05:30 on Saturday, 17
June 2017, Israeli forces moved into the said village and imposed a curfew.
The Israeli soldiers accompanied by an engineering team raided the houses
belonging to the families of the three attackers and surveyed them. Before
withdrawal, the Israeli forces handed over the owners of the houses
decisions to demolish the houses without mentioning the date. The killed
youngsters, whose family houses were raided, were identified as:
1. Osama Ahmed Dahdouh 'Ata (18). The area of his family house is 150
square meters and his family members are 6;
2. 'Adel Hassan 'Ankoush (19). The area of his family house is 110
square meters and his family members are 10; and
3. Bara' Ibrahim Saleh Ata (18). The area of his family house is 140
square meters and his family members are 6.
Furthermore, Israeli forces raided, searched and damaged the contents of
dozens of houses belonging to relatives of the attackers and confiscated
permits they had to Israel.
In the meanwhile, a number of youngsters gathered in the center of the
village and threw stones and empty bottles at the Israeli soldiers, who
immediately opened fire in response. As a result, two Palestinian civilians
were wounded. The first sustained a live bullet wound to the right leg and
the other sustained a rubber-coated metal bullet wound to the right hand.
They were both taken to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah to receive the
necessary medical treatment.
PCHR condemns the Israeli government's measures against the Palestinian
civilians in occupied East Jerusalem and Deir Abu Mash'al village, northwest
of Ramallah, which fall within the collective punishment policy that is
internationally prohibited, especially under article 33 of the Fourth Geneva
Convention, and:
1. Demands the United Nations to work on protecting the civilians in
the oPt;
2. Calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions to
ensure Israel's commitment as a State Party to the Conventions to apply them
in the oPt; and
3. Demands States Parties to the Geneva Conventions to fulfill their
obligations under these Conventions by exercising their Universal
Jurisdiction to hold the war criminals accountable regardless of the
criminals' nationalities and the place where the crimes were committed and
put an end to the impunity they enjoy for decades.
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