Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (26 May – 01 June 2011)
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Thursday, 02 June 2011 HOME ABOUT US PUBLICATIONS NEWS FACTS / STATS IN FOCUS LINKS Home PUBLICATIONS Reports Weekly Reports Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (26 May – 01 June 2011) New Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (26 May – 01 June 2011) Thursday, 02 June 2011 00:00 Israeli forces force a Palestinian civilian to demolish his house in Wad al-Jouz neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) <!--[if !supportLists]-->• <!--[endif]-->A Palestinian child was wounded in Iraq Bourin village, south of Nablus. <!--[if !supportLists]-->• <!--[endif]-->IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank. <!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->A Palestinian demonstrator was wounded in Bil'ein, west of Ramallah. <!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->IOF arrested 15 demonstrators, including a child. <!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->The arrested persons include 7 Palestinians and 8 international human rights defenders. <!--[if !supportLists]-->• <!--[endif]-->IOF conducted 47 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and one limited incursion into the central Gaza Strip. <!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->IOF arrested 29 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children and 2 women. <!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->IOF launched a wide scale campaign against the Islamic Jihad in Jenin and closed 2 charitable associations. <!--[if !supportLists]-->• <!--[endif]-->IOF continued settlement activities and Israeli settlers continued their attacks in the West Bank. <!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->IOF demolished 8 artisan wells in Jenin and bulldozed a shop of construction materials in Qalqilya. <!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian shepherd in Madma village, south of Nablus. <!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Israeli settlers set fire to 4 donums<!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[1]<!--[endif]--> planted with grains in Madma village, south of Nablus. <!--[if !supportLists]-->• <!--[endif]-->Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the Gaza Strip and tightened the siege on the West Bank. <!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->IOF arrested at least 4 Palestinians at military checkpoints in the West Bank. <!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->IOF stopped and held Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and another 2 PLC members and arrested a third one. Summary Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting periodGenerated (26 May by – www.PDFonFly.com 01 June 2011): at 6/2/2011 6:40:44 AM URL: http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7491:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the- Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF wounded two Palestinian civilians, including a child, in the West Bank. The child was wounded when IOF moved into Iraq Bourin village, south of Nablus, while the other Palestinian was wounded in a peaceful protest against settlement activities and the construction of the annexation wall in the West Bank. On 30 June 2011, IOF moved into Iraq Bourin village, south of Nablus, amid intensive firing of sound bombs and tear gas canisters. A number of boys gathered and stoned IOF who immediately replied by firing rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters. A 16-year-old child was wounded as a result. IOF used excessive force to disperse peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to Israeli settlement activities and the construction of the annexation wall in the West Bank. As a result, Ibrahim Abdul Fattah Burnat, 29, was hit by a tear gas canister in the right shoulder and his eye was affected because of the gas. In addition, dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders participating in peaceful protests in the West Bank suffered from tear gas inhalation and bruises as they were beaten by IOF. Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 47 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, during which they arrested 29 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children and 2 women. The widest incursion was implemented by IOF on 31 May 2011 into Jenin, during which IOF waged a wide scale campaign against the Islamic Jihad in Jenin. IOF moved into villages in Jenin and arrested 12 members of the Islamic Jihad, including 2 women. They also confiscated the contents of two associations affiliated with the Islamic Jihad, but they failed to arrest Khader Mousa, a political leader of the Islamic Jihad, after raiding his house. IOF have continued to attempt to crack down peaceful protests and to prevent international human rights defenders from participating in peaceful assemblies against settlement activities and the construction of the annexation wall. As part of these attempts, IOF arrested 15 protesters, including a child. The arrested protesters included 7 Palestinian civilians and 8 international human rights defenders. IOF has also continued to use checkpoints as traps to arrest Palestinians allegedly wanted by IOF. During the reporting period, IOF arrested at least 4 Palestinians at checkpoints in the West Bank including, a PLC Member of the Change and Reform Bloc, Nezar Abdul Aziz Ramadan, 47. Ramadan was with PLC Speaker Dr. Aziz Dweik and PLC members Anwar Zboun, from Bethlehem, and Basem al-Zaarir, from Hebron, when IOF held them for more than 4 hours at an Israeli checkpoint. In the Gaza Strip, on 31 May 2011, IOF moved nearly 300 meters into the east of al-Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. They conducted bulldozing and leveling works until 13:00. They then redeployed beyond the border fence. Israeli Settlers' Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property: Israeli settlers living in the OPT in violation of the international humanitarian law have continued to commit systematic crimes against Palestinian civilians and Palestinian property with protection provided by IOF who ignore conducting investigations into complaints submitted by Palestinian civilians against settlers. On 29 May 2011, IOF moved into the northern plain of Kafr Dan village, northwest of Jenin. IOF soldiers stepped down from vehicles and deployed in Palestinian farms and told Palestinian farmers that they had orders to demolish 12 artisan wells claiming that they were established without licenses. Guarded by soldiers, IOF bulldozers and digging machines started demolishing the wells. Two hours after the start of the demolition works, large numbers of Palestinians from Kafr Dan village and from Jenin arrived at the scene and gathered in farms closed to IOF’s locations. Some of the Palestinians stopped in front of bulldozers trying to stop them. IOF talked with the Palestinians who were protesting in the scene and agreed to stop the demolition works asking Palestinians to withdraw from the scene. At this time, IOF had already completed the demolition works. On 30 May 2011, IOF moved into Jinsafout village, east of Qaqilya. They raided a shop of construction materials owned by Mahmoud Yousef Mohammed Sukkar, 31. IOF then bulldozed the shop with the materials inside it under the pretext of the lack of license. On 26 May 2011, a group of settlers from "Yitzhar" settlement which is established on parts of Palestinians' lands in the south of Madma village, south of Nablus, used clubs to beat Hamad Jaber Ahmed al-Qet, 66. Al-Qet sustained wounds, crumple in the head and bruises throughout the body. On 30 May 2011, nearly 10 settlers from "Yitzhar" settlement which is established on parts of Palestinians' lands in the south of Madma village, south of Nablus, set fire to farms planted with barleys in Ein al-Eshreh and al-Sawawin areas which are located nearly 2 kilometers from "Yitzhar" settlement. The fire destroyed nearly 4 donums of land planted with barleys before the Palestinian villagers manage to extinguish the fire. The damaged farms belong to Hassan Mohammed Zyada, member of the Local Council of Madma village. Restrictions on Movement: Israel has continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and has imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. Gaza Strip Generated by www.PDFonFly.com at 6/2/2011 6:40:44 AM URL: http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7491:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the- Israel has continuously closed all border crossings to the Gaza Strip for over three years. The illegal Israeli-imposed closure of the Gaza Strip, which has been steadily tightened since June 2007, has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the Gaza Strip. <!--[if !supportLists]-->• <!--[endif]-->The cooking gas crisis which has erupted last November has continued to affect the Gaza Strip. This crisis was created when the Israeli occupation authorities totally closed, on 04 January 2010, Nahal Oz crossing, which used to be dedicated for the delivery of fuel and cooking gas supplies to Gaza, and shifted fuel and cooking gas supplies to Karm Abu Salem crossing which is not technically equipped to receive Gaza's needs of fuel. Karm Abu Salem crossing, with its maximum absorptive capacity, can receive only 200 tons