8 mar 2016
The Palestinian Specialist in the contemporary History of Jerusalem Mutasem Nasser said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has been seeking in vein since 1967 to find monuments that date back to the Suleiman or David eras in Occupied Jerusalem.
Quds Press quoted Nasser as saying that the Israeli archaeologist Israel Finkelstein affirmed more than once that Israel has not found out any Jewish archaeological discoveries since year 1967 under the Aqsa Mosque or any other location in Occupied Jerusalem based on his studies and research.
Nasser’s statements refuted Radio Israel's allegations that Israeli archaeologists discovered Jewish monuments in Silwan town near Occupied Jerusalem which date back to the first temple 2500 years ago.
He said that Silwan is a targeted town by the Israeli authorities and they attempted to call it “Town of David”.
The Palestinian specialist Nasser said the Israeli allegations have political Zionist goals aiming at demolishing the Aqsa Mosque. He pointed to the presence of discrepancies in the Israeli narrations on finding Jewish discoveries in occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli sources have been issuing contradictory reports on finding monuments as they once reported discoveries beneath the town of Silwan and, in another occasion; they reported news on monuments under the Aqsa Mosque, he said.
Quds Press quoted Nasser as saying that the Israeli archaeologist Israel Finkelstein affirmed more than once that Israel has not found out any Jewish archaeological discoveries since year 1967 under the Aqsa Mosque or any other location in Occupied Jerusalem based on his studies and research.
Nasser’s statements refuted Radio Israel's allegations that Israeli archaeologists discovered Jewish monuments in Silwan town near Occupied Jerusalem which date back to the first temple 2500 years ago.
He said that Silwan is a targeted town by the Israeli authorities and they attempted to call it “Town of David”.
The Palestinian specialist Nasser said the Israeli allegations have political Zionist goals aiming at demolishing the Aqsa Mosque. He pointed to the presence of discrepancies in the Israeli narrations on finding Jewish discoveries in occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli sources have been issuing contradictory reports on finding monuments as they once reported discoveries beneath the town of Silwan and, in another occasion; they reported news on monuments under the Aqsa Mosque, he said.
17 sept 2015
From left: Uzi Narkiss, Moshe Dayan and Yitzhak Rabin in Jerusalem during Six Day War
Classified presidential daily briefs from the 1960s reveal what US knew the first 2 days of Six Day War; 'Arab counterclaims of 158 Israeli planes destroyed seem grossly exaggerated'.
"Since early this morning, fierce fighting is taking place between Egyptian armored forces moving towards Israel and our forces who have set out to stop them." This was an IDF spokesman’s announcement at the opening of the Six-Day War.
Now, almost 50 years after the war, CIA documents showing what initial information the US received on the war were revealed for the first time.
The CIA published about 2,500 classified documents, dating from the time of Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson in the sixties. The documents describe among other things the development of the Vietnam War and the response to the Cuban missile as well as the Six Day War, from the American point of view.
On June 5, the opening day of the war, a daily briefing was transferred that was classified as "top secret." It reads as follows: "Hostilities began early this morning. Both sides report heavy fighting in the air and between armored forces along the Israeli border with Egypt. Israeli planes raided airfields in Cairo and other areas beginning at about 8am local time (2am Washington time).
"Cairo has just been informed that at least five of its airfields in Sinai and the Canal area have suddenly become 'unserviceable.' Israel's war plans had put high priority on quick action against the Egyptian Air Force because of the threat to its own more vulnerable airfields and vital centers.
"Reports are still fragmentary, but the signs point to this as an Israeli initiative. Over the weekend it became apparent that Israeli leaders were becoming increasingly convinced that time was running against them.
The new Israeli cabinet was meeting late yesterday with Ambassador Harmel present, and reconvened early today.
Cairo radio is calling on Egypt's Arab allies to attack Israel."
A day later the Americans updated the situation on the battlefield. “Cairo may be preparing to launch a campaign urging strikes against US interests in the Arab world. Both Egyptian and Syrian domestic broadcasts this morning called on the 'Arab masses' to destroy all US and 'imperialist' interests in the 'Arab homeland.'
"Last night Cairo radio claimed it had proof of US and British participation in the 'aggression'. Demonstrations have now taken place against US embassies and installations all over the Arab world. Arab oil-producing countries, meeting
in Baghdad, say they will stop selling oil to any country which takes part in, or supports Israel in the fighting.
Baghdad radio said this morning that the pumping of Iraqi oil has been stopped 'because of US and UK attitudes.'
"In the fighting, Israel has gained an early and perhaps overwhelming victory in the air, but the progress of the war on theground is unclear. If Israeli claims regarding damage to Arab combat aircraft are valid, they have destroyed the entire Jordanian inventory of 21, two thirds of the Syrian inventory of 69, and 250 of some 430 Egyptian planes.
Arab counterclaims of 158 Israeli planes destroyed seem grossly exaggerated, but actual losses to the Israeli force of about 270 aircraft are not known.
"Firm information on ground action remains sparse. The Israelis claim they have captured the 'outer positions' of Kuntilla
in southeastern Sinai and reached the outskirts of al-Arish in northern Sinai. In Jordan, King Hussein said this morning that Israel is pushing ahead in a 'punitive fashion'. He ended with a plea that the US intercede.
Classified presidential daily briefs from the 1960s reveal what US knew the first 2 days of Six Day War; 'Arab counterclaims of 158 Israeli planes destroyed seem grossly exaggerated'.
"Since early this morning, fierce fighting is taking place between Egyptian armored forces moving towards Israel and our forces who have set out to stop them." This was an IDF spokesman’s announcement at the opening of the Six-Day War.
Now, almost 50 years after the war, CIA documents showing what initial information the US received on the war were revealed for the first time.
The CIA published about 2,500 classified documents, dating from the time of Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson in the sixties. The documents describe among other things the development of the Vietnam War and the response to the Cuban missile as well as the Six Day War, from the American point of view.
On June 5, the opening day of the war, a daily briefing was transferred that was classified as "top secret." It reads as follows: "Hostilities began early this morning. Both sides report heavy fighting in the air and between armored forces along the Israeli border with Egypt. Israeli planes raided airfields in Cairo and other areas beginning at about 8am local time (2am Washington time).
"Cairo has just been informed that at least five of its airfields in Sinai and the Canal area have suddenly become 'unserviceable.' Israel's war plans had put high priority on quick action against the Egyptian Air Force because of the threat to its own more vulnerable airfields and vital centers.
"Reports are still fragmentary, but the signs point to this as an Israeli initiative. Over the weekend it became apparent that Israeli leaders were becoming increasingly convinced that time was running against them.
The new Israeli cabinet was meeting late yesterday with Ambassador Harmel present, and reconvened early today.
Cairo radio is calling on Egypt's Arab allies to attack Israel."
A day later the Americans updated the situation on the battlefield. “Cairo may be preparing to launch a campaign urging strikes against US interests in the Arab world. Both Egyptian and Syrian domestic broadcasts this morning called on the 'Arab masses' to destroy all US and 'imperialist' interests in the 'Arab homeland.'
"Last night Cairo radio claimed it had proof of US and British participation in the 'aggression'. Demonstrations have now taken place against US embassies and installations all over the Arab world. Arab oil-producing countries, meeting
in Baghdad, say they will stop selling oil to any country which takes part in, or supports Israel in the fighting.
Baghdad radio said this morning that the pumping of Iraqi oil has been stopped 'because of US and UK attitudes.'
"In the fighting, Israel has gained an early and perhaps overwhelming victory in the air, but the progress of the war on theground is unclear. If Israeli claims regarding damage to Arab combat aircraft are valid, they have destroyed the entire Jordanian inventory of 21, two thirds of the Syrian inventory of 69, and 250 of some 430 Egyptian planes.
Arab counterclaims of 158 Israeli planes destroyed seem grossly exaggerated, but actual losses to the Israeli force of about 270 aircraft are not known.
"Firm information on ground action remains sparse. The Israelis claim they have captured the 'outer positions' of Kuntilla
in southeastern Sinai and reached the outskirts of al-Arish in northern Sinai. In Jordan, King Hussein said this morning that Israel is pushing ahead in a 'punitive fashion'. He ended with a plea that the US intercede.
7 june 2015
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The documentary film “Censored Voices” has recently been screened in Israel, in synchronization with the 48th six-day war anniversary, showcasing testimonies by Israeli soldiers on crimes they conducted during the war in which Israel battled against Egypt, Jordan and Syria, and ended up conquering West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula and the Syrian Golan heights.
The documentary, directed by the Leftist Israeli director, Mor Loushy, unveils tape records by Israeli soldiers, mostly from socialist kibbutz, narrating how they murdered civilians during the war due to military commands. These tapes were recorded a short period after the war, and were issued two months after in a book called “A Conversation With Warriors;” a collection edited by Avraham Shapira that sold a stunning 120,000 copies in Israel. (The English-language version is called “The Seventh Day.”) Mr. Halevi said its publication “was the moment when part of Israeli society started sobering up from the euphoria.” However, the testimonies part was cut by Israeli military censorship. Speaking of the documentarry, the Israeli producer Daniel Sivan talks about the soldiers going back home on the seventh day of the war after a “crazy victory.” Instead of feeling victorious, they feel broken.” The collected testimonies were Shocking; soldiers citing military orders to evacuate Arab civilians, entire villages; to make them |
refugees and “kill everyone.” The film also narrates executing prisoners in a manner that one fighter likened to the Nazis’ treatment of European Jews.
One soldier recalls encountering Arabs on rooftops. “They’re civilians — should I kill them or not?” he asks himself. “I didn’t even think about it. Just kill! Kill everyone you see.” And a third makes it personal: “All of us — Avinoam, Zvika, Yitzhaki — we’re not murderers. In the war, we all became murderers,” the New York Times reported.
As reported by NYT, the director, Ms. Loushy says that “If those voices had been published in 1967, maybe our reality here would be different.” The film portrays the fatal decisions made by Israel, which only worsened the situation and enhanced hatred and war in the region.
The 84-minute film had a budget under $1 million, financed mainly by Israeli and European broadcasters and the American documentary producer Impact Partners. Interspersing the 1967 interviews with archival footage from the war and ABC News’s coverage of it, it does make clear the imminent threat to Israel — and then the stunning turnabout that military historians have long considered a marvel.
One soldier recalls encountering Arabs on rooftops. “They’re civilians — should I kill them or not?” he asks himself. “I didn’t even think about it. Just kill! Kill everyone you see.” And a third makes it personal: “All of us — Avinoam, Zvika, Yitzhaki — we’re not murderers. In the war, we all became murderers,” the New York Times reported.
As reported by NYT, the director, Ms. Loushy says that “If those voices had been published in 1967, maybe our reality here would be different.” The film portrays the fatal decisions made by Israel, which only worsened the situation and enhanced hatred and war in the region.
The 84-minute film had a budget under $1 million, financed mainly by Israeli and European broadcasters and the American documentary producer Impact Partners. Interspersing the 1967 interviews with archival footage from the war and ABC News’s coverage of it, it does make clear the imminent threat to Israel — and then the stunning turnabout that military historians have long considered a marvel.
6 june 2015
Israeli soldiers attacked, Saturday, Palestinian protesters as they were commemorating the 1967 occupation of the full area of historic Palestine by the Israeli military. The demonstrators tried to reach the Bayt Al-Barakah (i.e. House of Blessing) in front of Arroub Refugees Camp, a building which was built on land belonging to the Palestinian town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.
The land in question was recently threatened to be confiscated by the Israeli occupation authorities to establish a new settlement. Following the threat, the Israeli military declared the area as a military closed area.
Dozens of activists participated in this demonstration, which was called for by the Hebron Defense Committee, in cooperation with popular resistance committees in the south of the West Bank and the Palestinian Peoples Party, in order to protest against the Israeli intention to establish a new settlement in the area.
They carried Palestinian flags, chanted slogans against the occupation and raised banners with similar slogans.
The Israeli forces prevented the activists from reaching the building and assaulted them, which resulted in bruises and body wounds on a number of the participants. Most of those injured were from Younes Arar area in Beit Ummar.
Yousef Abu Maria, an activist from The Popular Committee of Beit Ummar called upon the popular resistance committees and the Palestinian national forces to continue with such activities in front of the building, so as to foil the intentions of the Israeli occupation authorities for the place.
Activist Rashad Tmeizi said that the demonstration today in front of Bayt Al-Barakah comes to ensure that the building and its land remain part of Palestine, and an unquestionable part of the Palestinian state which was recognized by the International community.
Tmeizi added that the Palestinian people will continue their struggle till the end of the occupation and the return of the refugees to their towns and villages which they were forced to leave in 1948.
Co-coordinator of Hebron Defense Committee, Hisham Sharabati, called upon the Palestinian Authority to initiate an intensive investigation about converting the ownership bargain, as the place used to be owned by an American Church. Recently it was sold to a pro - Israeli settlement associations inside the U.S.
Sharabati warned that establishing a new settlement in the area would endanger the very existence of the Palestinians and the nearby Palestinian agricultural college and school.
In addition, the location of the intended settlement on the main road between Hebron and Bethlehem and the rest of the Palestinian towns and cities will force the Palestinians to search for other routes to reach their destinations.
The land in question was recently threatened to be confiscated by the Israeli occupation authorities to establish a new settlement. Following the threat, the Israeli military declared the area as a military closed area.
Dozens of activists participated in this demonstration, which was called for by the Hebron Defense Committee, in cooperation with popular resistance committees in the south of the West Bank and the Palestinian Peoples Party, in order to protest against the Israeli intention to establish a new settlement in the area.
They carried Palestinian flags, chanted slogans against the occupation and raised banners with similar slogans.
The Israeli forces prevented the activists from reaching the building and assaulted them, which resulted in bruises and body wounds on a number of the participants. Most of those injured were from Younes Arar area in Beit Ummar.
Yousef Abu Maria, an activist from The Popular Committee of Beit Ummar called upon the popular resistance committees and the Palestinian national forces to continue with such activities in front of the building, so as to foil the intentions of the Israeli occupation authorities for the place.
Activist Rashad Tmeizi said that the demonstration today in front of Bayt Al-Barakah comes to ensure that the building and its land remain part of Palestine, and an unquestionable part of the Palestinian state which was recognized by the International community.
Tmeizi added that the Palestinian people will continue their struggle till the end of the occupation and the return of the refugees to their towns and villages which they were forced to leave in 1948.
Co-coordinator of Hebron Defense Committee, Hisham Sharabati, called upon the Palestinian Authority to initiate an intensive investigation about converting the ownership bargain, as the place used to be owned by an American Church. Recently it was sold to a pro - Israeli settlement associations inside the U.S.
Sharabati warned that establishing a new settlement in the area would endanger the very existence of the Palestinians and the nearby Palestinian agricultural college and school.
In addition, the location of the intended settlement on the main road between Hebron and Bethlehem and the rest of the Palestinian towns and cities will force the Palestinians to search for other routes to reach their destinations.
Friday, June 5, marks the 48th anniversary of the Naksa (setback) during which the Arab countries were defeated in a blitz by the Israeli army and the rest of Palestine, Golan Heights, the Sinai Peninsula, and parts of Jordan and Lebanon were occupied.
Saleh Yasin, an old man who lived through the Naksa in Jenin, stressed to the PIC that "war" is a wrong term for what had happened in 1967; because the lands were handed over without an actual war, and added: "There was no confrontation, just some floundering groups … and the time Israel took to occupy an area six times its size was the time needed for its vehicles and tanks to reach these areas."
Yasin pointed out that the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip were exhausted, poor, and unarmed at that time and whoever was caught with a weapon was sent to military courts. The Jordanian military governor was the one who calls the shots in all matters in the West Bank. The Arab regimes gave lots of false promises that the 1948 occupied lands will be recaptured but what actually happened was handing over the remaining Palestinian lands.
Moving between the two banks
The citizen Muhammad al-Taj from Tubas recounted what happened during the Naksa while he was a child: "We woke up on that day and we wanted to go to the lane to play but my mother prevented me and my three siblings from going out and said to us: don't leave me and I won't leave you, we either live together or die together. We slept in a cave that night and my Grandpa came on a horse and insisted that we leave to Jordan, we took turns in riding the horse while my mother refused to ride on the horse's back and insisted to walk, we crossed the River Jordan with so many people who were extremely frightened especially the children."
Al-Taj and his family surreptitiously returned to their village taking advantage of the prevailed chaos at that period.
No element of victory
An old man from Turkman who lived through the Naksa pointed out that few days before the Six-Day War, the Jordanian army distributed rifles among the Palestinian youths without training or planning, except for little simple training, it was like they were saying: face your own destiny. And added: "They neither armed the Palestinians nor allowed them to arm themselves, and they didn't defend them in the war, all the conditions were ripe for a decisive defeat."
He also stressed that what had happened was a conspiracy which unveiled that all the Arab leaders' revolutionary speeches and promises, especially those of Gamal Abdul Nasser, which the Palestinians used to eagerly wait to hear through radios, were blatant lies.
Saleh Yasin, an old man who lived through the Naksa in Jenin, stressed to the PIC that "war" is a wrong term for what had happened in 1967; because the lands were handed over without an actual war, and added: "There was no confrontation, just some floundering groups … and the time Israel took to occupy an area six times its size was the time needed for its vehicles and tanks to reach these areas."
Yasin pointed out that the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip were exhausted, poor, and unarmed at that time and whoever was caught with a weapon was sent to military courts. The Jordanian military governor was the one who calls the shots in all matters in the West Bank. The Arab regimes gave lots of false promises that the 1948 occupied lands will be recaptured but what actually happened was handing over the remaining Palestinian lands.
Moving between the two banks
The citizen Muhammad al-Taj from Tubas recounted what happened during the Naksa while he was a child: "We woke up on that day and we wanted to go to the lane to play but my mother prevented me and my three siblings from going out and said to us: don't leave me and I won't leave you, we either live together or die together. We slept in a cave that night and my Grandpa came on a horse and insisted that we leave to Jordan, we took turns in riding the horse while my mother refused to ride on the horse's back and insisted to walk, we crossed the River Jordan with so many people who were extremely frightened especially the children."
Al-Taj and his family surreptitiously returned to their village taking advantage of the prevailed chaos at that period.
No element of victory
An old man from Turkman who lived through the Naksa pointed out that few days before the Six-Day War, the Jordanian army distributed rifles among the Palestinian youths without training or planning, except for little simple training, it was like they were saying: face your own destiny. And added: "They neither armed the Palestinians nor allowed them to arm themselves, and they didn't defend them in the war, all the conditions were ripe for a decisive defeat."
He also stressed that what had happened was a conspiracy which unveiled that all the Arab leaders' revolutionary speeches and promises, especially those of Gamal Abdul Nasser, which the Palestinians used to eagerly wait to hear through radios, were blatant lies.
5 june 2015
Head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, Jamal al-Khudri, said today that the Palestinian people are looking forward to freedom and liberation from the Israeli occupation.
Palestinians yesterday commemorated 67 years of the ongoing Nakba and 48 years of Israel military occupation since 1967.
In a press statement released today, Khudri said that “our people in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza have suffered enough under occupation.”
He emphasized Israel’s aggression against all Palestinians: in Gaza, where nearly 2 million people are besieged and struggling to reconstruct their lives and homes after the 2014 Israeli assault; in the West Bank, where the occupation continues to encroach on Palestinian dignity with the apartheid wall, illegal settlement expansion and checkpoints on Palestinian roads; and in Jerusalem, where settler incursions into the al-Aqsa mosque compound are escalating, Jerusalemites suffer discrimination and their homes demolished.
Al-Khudri reaffirmed that the national unity of the Palestinian people could and would stand up to the occupation and its apartheid policies.
He called for Arab support to enhance the steadfastness of the Palestinians, and international pressure on Israel to end its violations and aggression and to return the rights of the Palestinian people.
He paid tribute to Palestinian resistance and dignity under the occupation, saying that men, women, youths and children were all heros and symbols of incredible patience in the face of severe suffering.
June 5th marked the 48th anniversary of the six-day war and the Palestinian Naksa, in which Israel occupied the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, The Egyptian Sinai and the Syrian Golan heights.
Palestinians yesterday commemorated 67 years of the ongoing Nakba and 48 years of Israel military occupation since 1967.
In a press statement released today, Khudri said that “our people in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza have suffered enough under occupation.”
He emphasized Israel’s aggression against all Palestinians: in Gaza, where nearly 2 million people are besieged and struggling to reconstruct their lives and homes after the 2014 Israeli assault; in the West Bank, where the occupation continues to encroach on Palestinian dignity with the apartheid wall, illegal settlement expansion and checkpoints on Palestinian roads; and in Jerusalem, where settler incursions into the al-Aqsa mosque compound are escalating, Jerusalemites suffer discrimination and their homes demolished.
Al-Khudri reaffirmed that the national unity of the Palestinian people could and would stand up to the occupation and its apartheid policies.
He called for Arab support to enhance the steadfastness of the Palestinians, and international pressure on Israel to end its violations and aggression and to return the rights of the Palestinian people.
He paid tribute to Palestinian resistance and dignity under the occupation, saying that men, women, youths and children were all heros and symbols of incredible patience in the face of severe suffering.
June 5th marked the 48th anniversary of the six-day war and the Palestinian Naksa, in which Israel occupied the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, The Egyptian Sinai and the Syrian Golan heights.
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Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday, Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and attacked the weekly protest, which led to clashes; the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, causing six siblings, between the ages of six months and five years, to suffer severe effects of tear gas inhalation; one Palestinian was shot with a live round.
This week, the villagers were marching in commemoration of the Palestinian Naksa of 1967, when Israel occupied the rest of Palestine (the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem,) and demanding Israel to reopen the main village road that it shut down 13 years ago.
Morad Eshteiwy, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum, said dozens of soldiers, accompanied by an armored military bulldozer, invaded the village, and advanced towards its mosque while firing a barrage of gas bombs, live rounds and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Eshteiwy added that the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs directly at the homes of the residents, in addition to firing rounds of live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets, and sprayed the protesters with wastewater mixed with chemicals.
Some of the bombs struck a family home, causing six children, ages six months to five years, and their parents, to suffer severe effects of gas inhalation, while some children fainted, before residents rushed to the family home to rescue them.
The invasion, and the targeting of homes, led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youth who hurled stones and empty bottles on them.
Medical sources said one Palestinian, 45 years of age, was shot in the leg, with a live round fired by the invading soldiers.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday, Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and attacked the weekly protest, which led to clashes; the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, causing six siblings, between the ages of six months and five years, to suffer severe effects of tear gas inhalation; one Palestinian was shot with a live round.
This week, the villagers were marching in commemoration of the Palestinian Naksa of 1967, when Israel occupied the rest of Palestine (the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem,) and demanding Israel to reopen the main village road that it shut down 13 years ago.
Morad Eshteiwy, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum, said dozens of soldiers, accompanied by an armored military bulldozer, invaded the village, and advanced towards its mosque while firing a barrage of gas bombs, live rounds and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Eshteiwy added that the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs directly at the homes of the residents, in addition to firing rounds of live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets, and sprayed the protesters with wastewater mixed with chemicals.
Some of the bombs struck a family home, causing six children, ages six months to five years, and their parents, to suffer severe effects of gas inhalation, while some children fainted, before residents rushed to the family home to rescue them.
The invasion, and the targeting of homes, led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youth who hurled stones and empty bottles on them.
Medical sources said one Palestinian, 45 years of age, was shot in the leg, with a live round fired by the invading soldiers.
As dozens of Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, marched Friday, marking the 48th anniversary of the Palestinian Naksa, Israeli soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force wounding two, while scores suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in said dozens of soldiers were deployed, since early morning hours, surrounding the village, in an attempt to prevent the protesters from holding the weekly procession.
The locals, accompanied by Israeli and international supporters, marched from the center of the village, carrying Palestinian flags while chanting slogans calling for national unity, the release of all detainees and the liberation of Palestine.
The soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, and rubber-coated metal bullets at the peaceful protesters, and chased them in the olive orchards; the Popular Committee said two Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, while scores received treatment for the effects of teargas inhalation.
This week, the protest commemorated the 48th anniversary of the Palestinian Naksa, when Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem.
The protesters affirmed the Palestinian national rights, including the Right of Return of all refugees displaced and depopulated by the occupying Israeli forces.
The Committee said that a French delegation visited the village, and attended the weekly protest to witness the ongoing Israeli violations.
The delegation listened, before the protest, to a detailed presentation by Popular Committee member, Abdullah Abu Rahma, highlighting the achievements of the village over the last ten years since it began its ongoing protests against the illegal Israeli wall and settlements.
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in said dozens of soldiers were deployed, since early morning hours, surrounding the village, in an attempt to prevent the protesters from holding the weekly procession.
The locals, accompanied by Israeli and international supporters, marched from the center of the village, carrying Palestinian flags while chanting slogans calling for national unity, the release of all detainees and the liberation of Palestine.
The soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs, and rubber-coated metal bullets at the peaceful protesters, and chased them in the olive orchards; the Popular Committee said two Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, while scores received treatment for the effects of teargas inhalation.
This week, the protest commemorated the 48th anniversary of the Palestinian Naksa, when Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem.
The protesters affirmed the Palestinian national rights, including the Right of Return of all refugees displaced and depopulated by the occupying Israeli forces.
The Committee said that a French delegation visited the village, and attended the weekly protest to witness the ongoing Israeli violations.
The delegation listened, before the protest, to a detailed presentation by Popular Committee member, Abdullah Abu Rahma, highlighting the achievements of the village over the last ten years since it began its ongoing protests against the illegal Israeli wall and settlements.
MK Dov Khenin: "The Path of dispossession and deportation prevents Palestinians and Israelis from having a future"
By: Combatants for Peace movement
Approximately two hundred Israeli and international activists joined today (Friday, June 6th, 2015) midday with the villagers of Susya, in a solidarity march against the planned demolition of the village and deportation of its residents.
The event today was organized by the Combatants for Peace movement and the local village youth committee, in commemoration of the Naksa Day, marking the 1967 war and the beginning of the occupation in the West Bank.
Upon arrival of the activists at Susya, villagers greeted the participants, and they separated into three groups who visited families and were told of the kinds of hardships placed upon them by the settlers and the Israeli military.
The march started around noon, with people holding signs saying: "There is Another Way", "Save Susya", and "Stop the Occupation". During the march and the protest they chanted: "End the occupation! No more settlements! Two states - Two peoples!".
At the protest, Dov Khenin, member of the Israeli Knesset, said: “There is no better place to commemorate the Naksa Day than Susya. Its story tells, in a nutshell, the entire story of the occupation.”
He added “They tell the residents: you have no place in the world. This path of dispossession and deportation is obviously meant to prevent Palestinians from having a future. But the truth is it also prevents a real future for Israelis. The battle against it is not only a battle of solidarity and justice, but also our own battle for our future.”
“We are here today to show how the Israeli military is forcing people out of their homes, and to stand against the injustice that is being done by the occupation.”, explained Hafez Hureini, Beer-Sheva/Hebron Palestinian coordinator of Combatants for Peace.
Shai Eluk, Beer-Sheva/Hebron Israeli coordinator of Combatants for Peace said at the demonstration: “Three years ago I was here as a soldier, serving in the southern Hebron region. Shortly after I got here, I realized I had to talk to the villagers I met, and ask them about their lives. When I understood the situation, I approached my commander, telling him that I was unable to continue serving in the West Bank, since my presence here supports the violence and the occupation."
About Susya
The Palestinian village of Susya, located in Area C in south Hebron, where the Southern group of CfP operates, has been in existence for more than a century.
Due to the planning policy of the Civil Administration in Area C, which systematically blocking any possibility for planning and issuing of building permits to Palestinians, the village has not received approval for its master plan and risk of deportation is constantly hovering over their heads.
Since 2001 settlers have taken over lands of the village, accompanied by violent harassment, with the aim to push the Palestinian residents from their lands. This month the Supreme Court allowed the Civil Administration to destroy the village, which will lead once again to deportation of the villagers, even before the master plan has been submitted.
The deportation will leave hundreds of families homeless during the summer months, without a solution and in a situation where they will be refugees on their own land and have nowhere to go. Susya is one village, but the threat to it is the story of many villages in Palestine, where lives are threatened on a daily basis by the occupation.
This is a broad trend of trying to push the Palestinians into Area A, which makes up a minor part of the West Bank. We must resist the dangerous precedent of the deportation of Susya residents.
About Combatants for Peace
“Combatants for Peace” was established by a group of Israelis and Palestinians who have taken an active part in the cycle of violence in the region and are now working nonviolently for peace and coexistence.
In recent years, we have conducted hundreds of joint activities which include tours, demonstrations, in-house meetings and lectures, in Israel and in Palestine. In these events we call for an end to the occupation and express our complete opposition to any form of violence together with the recognition of the existence of a partner in dialogue on the other side.
By: Combatants for Peace movement
Approximately two hundred Israeli and international activists joined today (Friday, June 6th, 2015) midday with the villagers of Susya, in a solidarity march against the planned demolition of the village and deportation of its residents.
The event today was organized by the Combatants for Peace movement and the local village youth committee, in commemoration of the Naksa Day, marking the 1967 war and the beginning of the occupation in the West Bank.
Upon arrival of the activists at Susya, villagers greeted the participants, and they separated into three groups who visited families and were told of the kinds of hardships placed upon them by the settlers and the Israeli military.
The march started around noon, with people holding signs saying: "There is Another Way", "Save Susya", and "Stop the Occupation". During the march and the protest they chanted: "End the occupation! No more settlements! Two states - Two peoples!".
At the protest, Dov Khenin, member of the Israeli Knesset, said: “There is no better place to commemorate the Naksa Day than Susya. Its story tells, in a nutshell, the entire story of the occupation.”
He added “They tell the residents: you have no place in the world. This path of dispossession and deportation is obviously meant to prevent Palestinians from having a future. But the truth is it also prevents a real future for Israelis. The battle against it is not only a battle of solidarity and justice, but also our own battle for our future.”
“We are here today to show how the Israeli military is forcing people out of their homes, and to stand against the injustice that is being done by the occupation.”, explained Hafez Hureini, Beer-Sheva/Hebron Palestinian coordinator of Combatants for Peace.
Shai Eluk, Beer-Sheva/Hebron Israeli coordinator of Combatants for Peace said at the demonstration: “Three years ago I was here as a soldier, serving in the southern Hebron region. Shortly after I got here, I realized I had to talk to the villagers I met, and ask them about their lives. When I understood the situation, I approached my commander, telling him that I was unable to continue serving in the West Bank, since my presence here supports the violence and the occupation."
About Susya
The Palestinian village of Susya, located in Area C in south Hebron, where the Southern group of CfP operates, has been in existence for more than a century.
Due to the planning policy of the Civil Administration in Area C, which systematically blocking any possibility for planning and issuing of building permits to Palestinians, the village has not received approval for its master plan and risk of deportation is constantly hovering over their heads.
Since 2001 settlers have taken over lands of the village, accompanied by violent harassment, with the aim to push the Palestinian residents from their lands. This month the Supreme Court allowed the Civil Administration to destroy the village, which will lead once again to deportation of the villagers, even before the master plan has been submitted.
The deportation will leave hundreds of families homeless during the summer months, without a solution and in a situation where they will be refugees on their own land and have nowhere to go. Susya is one village, but the threat to it is the story of many villages in Palestine, where lives are threatened on a daily basis by the occupation.
This is a broad trend of trying to push the Palestinians into Area A, which makes up a minor part of the West Bank. We must resist the dangerous precedent of the deportation of Susya residents.
About Combatants for Peace
“Combatants for Peace” was established by a group of Israelis and Palestinians who have taken an active part in the cycle of violence in the region and are now working nonviolently for peace and coexistence.
In recent years, we have conducted hundreds of joint activities which include tours, demonstrations, in-house meetings and lectures, in Israel and in Palestine. In these events we call for an end to the occupation and express our complete opposition to any form of violence together with the recognition of the existence of a partner in dialogue on the other side.
25 may 2014
The Israeli municipal council in occupied Jerusalem in cooperation with fanatic Jewish groups have prepared a festive program to celebrate the 47th anniversary of the occupation of the eastern part of Jerusalem, according to the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage. The Israeli occupation state calls this anniversary Jerusalem day or the reunification of Jerusalem, which falls on Wednesday, May 28.
The festive program will include a massive march in east Jerusalem as well as dance and musical events that may continue into the late night hours.
The festive program will include a massive march in east Jerusalem as well as dance and musical events that may continue into the late night hours.
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