7 jan 2015
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in central Gaza Strip, announced the formation of emergency committees in all areas of the governorate to follow up on the implications of the snowstorm that is hitting the region.
Moussa al-Samak, a Hamas leader, said, in a press statement, “The Movement started, from the first moment of the winter storm the formation of an operations room, including various committees, to work on backing up the emergency teams, civil defense and municipalities”.
He added “Hamas crews are taking part in neighborhood committees in coordination with municipalities to provide help and assistance to the Gazan people”.
He pointed out that forming these committees goes in line with the message of Hamas Movement and its keenness to stand side by side with the Gazan people under all crises they are going through.
He added, “We are trying to mitigate those crises and to facilitate people’s lives in light of the failure of the unity government to carry out its responsibilities towards the people of the Gaza Strip”.
Moussa al-Samak, a Hamas leader, said, in a press statement, “The Movement started, from the first moment of the winter storm the formation of an operations room, including various committees, to work on backing up the emergency teams, civil defense and municipalities”.
He added “Hamas crews are taking part in neighborhood committees in coordination with municipalities to provide help and assistance to the Gazan people”.
He pointed out that forming these committees goes in line with the message of Hamas Movement and its keenness to stand side by side with the Gazan people under all crises they are going through.
He added, “We are trying to mitigate those crises and to facilitate people’s lives in light of the failure of the unity government to carry out its responsibilities towards the people of the Gaza Strip”.
6 jan 2015
Minister of public works and housing Mufid al-Hasayna
The Hamas Movement strongly denounced the unity government for using Qatari funds earmarked for Gaza reconstruction projects for other purposes and accused the Palestinian Authority of trading upon the suffering of Gaza people.
In press remarks on Monday, its spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri stated that some ministers of the unity government admitted that the Qatari reconstruction funds for Gaza had been allocated for the payment of salaries to the PA-appointed employees.
Abu Zuhri added that the ministers' recent remarks in this regard confirmed that the main reason behind the failure to reconstruct the post-war Gaza Strip was that the PA, all the time, was misusing the grants provided for reconstruction projects.
Some Palestinian ministers stated in different press remarks recently that the unity government would use Qatar's grant for Gaza reconstruction projects to cover the salary budget deficit and pay Gaza civil servants, who were only appointed by previous PA governments.
In another context, minister of public works and housing Mufid al-Hasayna said his ministry approved a new list of 23,000 Gazan citizens who would be able to get building materials.
During a symposium held in Gaza on Monday, Hasayna said that the ministry was working around the clock in cooperation with other international parties on alleviating the suffering of citizens whose homes were destroyed.
He noted that the current batch of citizens, whose names were registered for building materials by the ministry, the UNRWA and the UNDP, are considered the biggest.
A report in this regard released by Oxfam last December warned that despite $5.4 billion in pledges at an international donor conference this year and an agreement between the Palestinian Authority, Israel and the UN to allow in building materials, a few truckloads of materials found its way into the Strip.
Moreover, the London-based newspaper the Guardian revealed in a recent investigative report that the mechanisms for allowing the distribution of building materials in Gaza, which were devised by UN special envoy Robert Serry, were vulnerable to corruption.
A reporter from the newspaper recently visited UN-administered cement warehouses in Gaza and saw cement sacks being resold a few feet outside a warehouse's doors at up to four times the cost within minutes of being handed over to householders with coupons.
Those coupons were approved and issued by the Palestinian ministry of public works and housing in cooperation with other UN bodies.
The Guardian also talked about officials taking bribes to produce coupons for more cement than the needs of householders, so the excess could be resold on the black market in Gaza.
The Hamas Movement strongly denounced the unity government for using Qatari funds earmarked for Gaza reconstruction projects for other purposes and accused the Palestinian Authority of trading upon the suffering of Gaza people.
In press remarks on Monday, its spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri stated that some ministers of the unity government admitted that the Qatari reconstruction funds for Gaza had been allocated for the payment of salaries to the PA-appointed employees.
Abu Zuhri added that the ministers' recent remarks in this regard confirmed that the main reason behind the failure to reconstruct the post-war Gaza Strip was that the PA, all the time, was misusing the grants provided for reconstruction projects.
Some Palestinian ministers stated in different press remarks recently that the unity government would use Qatar's grant for Gaza reconstruction projects to cover the salary budget deficit and pay Gaza civil servants, who were only appointed by previous PA governments.
In another context, minister of public works and housing Mufid al-Hasayna said his ministry approved a new list of 23,000 Gazan citizens who would be able to get building materials.
During a symposium held in Gaza on Monday, Hasayna said that the ministry was working around the clock in cooperation with other international parties on alleviating the suffering of citizens whose homes were destroyed.
He noted that the current batch of citizens, whose names were registered for building materials by the ministry, the UNRWA and the UNDP, are considered the biggest.
A report in this regard released by Oxfam last December warned that despite $5.4 billion in pledges at an international donor conference this year and an agreement between the Palestinian Authority, Israel and the UN to allow in building materials, a few truckloads of materials found its way into the Strip.
Moreover, the London-based newspaper the Guardian revealed in a recent investigative report that the mechanisms for allowing the distribution of building materials in Gaza, which were devised by UN special envoy Robert Serry, were vulnerable to corruption.
A reporter from the newspaper recently visited UN-administered cement warehouses in Gaza and saw cement sacks being resold a few feet outside a warehouse's doors at up to four times the cost within minutes of being handed over to householders with coupons.
Those coupons were approved and issued by the Palestinian ministry of public works and housing in cooperation with other UN bodies.
The Guardian also talked about officials taking bribes to produce coupons for more cement than the needs of householders, so the excess could be resold on the black market in Gaza.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced Monday that they have received a document lodged, under article 12 (3) of the ICC Rome Statute, by the Palestinian government declaring Palestine's acceptance of the jurisdiction of the ICC since 13 June 2014.
Acceptance of the ICC's jurisdiction differs from an act of accession to the Rome Statute, the Court's founding treaty, the ICC's statement said.
On 2 January 2015, Palestine transmitted to the United Nations documents relating to its accession to the Rome Statute as well as other treaties.
The ICC is an independent, permanent court that tries individuals accused of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole, namely the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
Acceptance of the ICC's jurisdiction does not automatically trigger an investigation. It is for the ICC Prosecutor to establish whether the Rome Statute criteria for opening an investigation are met and, where required, to request authorization from ICC Judges.
On July 2014, Israel carried out a 51-day bloody offensive against the besieged strip of Gaza, killing more than two thousands of people mostly children and injuring 11 thousand others.
Acceptance of the ICC's jurisdiction differs from an act of accession to the Rome Statute, the Court's founding treaty, the ICC's statement said.
On 2 January 2015, Palestine transmitted to the United Nations documents relating to its accession to the Rome Statute as well as other treaties.
The ICC is an independent, permanent court that tries individuals accused of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole, namely the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
Acceptance of the ICC's jurisdiction does not automatically trigger an investigation. It is for the ICC Prosecutor to establish whether the Rome Statute criteria for opening an investigation are met and, where required, to request authorization from ICC Judges.
On July 2014, Israel carried out a 51-day bloody offensive against the besieged strip of Gaza, killing more than two thousands of people mostly children and injuring 11 thousand others.
Ghalya Abu-Rida 74
Under the sounds of the Israeli bombardment and shelling on Gaza Strip in the summer of 2014, an Israeli soldier approached a 74-year-old Palestinian woman, Ghalya Abu-Rida, to give her a sip of water. He gave her the water and took a photo with her. He, then, shot her in the head from a one-meter distance to end her life as a martyr after watching her bleed to death.
This is how Ahmad Qdeh, a journalist in Al-Aqsa T.V., described the scene that he witnessed during the latest Israeli aggression and still remembers its details. The spokesman of the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, shared the photo of an Israeli soldier holding the water bottle and helping the old woman drink as an example of the “humanity” of the Israeli army towards the civilians in the Gaza Strip.
The field executions were among the stories Qdeh reported during the Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip. He said, “Ghalya Ahmad Abu-Rida lived in Khuza’ area in the east of Khan Younis city. I live in that area, too, and I made a television report on her story after the Israeli soldiers had executed her during the aggression.”
“During the aggression, an Israeli soldier approached the old woman Abu-Rida and took a photo for another soldier while giving her water. They then executed her by shooting her in the head from a one-meter distance and let her bleed until she died,” he added.
Ghalya Abu-Rida was born in 1941. She lived by herself in a separate room near her brothers’ houses in Abu-Rida neighborhood in Khuza’ area. She had no children. Her neighborhood was of the first places invaded by the Israeli army during the aggression.
Field Execution:
Majed Abu-Rida, Ghalya’s nephew, confirmed to the media that his aunt was suffering from vision impairment and could hardly see. He said that the Israeli army that is falsely claiming humanity executed his aunt in cold blood.
The old woman Ghalya with her weak body and white hair refused to leave her house after the Israeli army had threatened the residents of Khuza’ to evacuate. She thought that her old age would protect her from any targeting, so she stayed at her home and refused to join the majority of the residents who left the area as the invasion began.
On August 3, 2014, the Israeli forces announced a truce and allowed the medical staffs to reach Khuza’ area. Ghalya was found dead after she bled to death as she was shot in the head near her house. Her brother confirmed that the photo shared by the Israeli army supported the family’s belief that Ghalya was in the hands of the Israeli army. The family also believed that the area in which Ghalya appeared in the photo and in which she was found asserted that the Israeli forces killed her after taking the photo for the media.
Misinformation:
Professor of media at the universities of Gaza, Ahmad Al-Farra, believed that “the photo the Israeli army spokesman shared is a misleading propaganda of the Israeli army to present a humane portrait of its soldiers. It can enhance the opportunity to pursue the Israeli army soldiers as war criminals before the International Criminal Court.”
“This photo proves the confusion of the Israeli army spokesman in defending his army. It proves that they killed civilians,” he added.
He continued, “The Israeli occupation lies and misinforms in an attempt to affect the international public opinion. It exploits the default of the Arab media and the Palestinian diplomacy in exposing the Israeli occupation crimes.” He demanded launching a large campaign to employ these facts to expose the Israeli lies and falsifications.
Al-Farra assured the need for a media enlightenment campaign to go side by side with the field battles to correct the false image that Israel presents about its army and the image of the resistance.
The Palestinian Information Center would like to point out that publishing the photo of Ghalya Abu-Rida while an Israeli soldier was giving her water before killing her in cold blood is a proof that her death matches the witnesses’ accounts about the Israeli army’s field execution of civilians. This refutes the misleading Israeli propaganda that the Palestinian civilian victims were only killed by mistake.
In 51 days of aggression, the Israeli occupation forces brutally massacred 2200 Palestinians, most of whom were civilians.
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Under the sounds of the Israeli bombardment and shelling on Gaza Strip in the summer of 2014, an Israeli soldier approached a 74-year-old Palestinian woman, Ghalya Abu-Rida, to give her a sip of water. He gave her the water and took a photo with her. He, then, shot her in the head from a one-meter distance to end her life as a martyr after watching her bleed to death.
This is how Ahmad Qdeh, a journalist in Al-Aqsa T.V., described the scene that he witnessed during the latest Israeli aggression and still remembers its details. The spokesman of the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, shared the photo of an Israeli soldier holding the water bottle and helping the old woman drink as an example of the “humanity” of the Israeli army towards the civilians in the Gaza Strip.
The field executions were among the stories Qdeh reported during the Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip. He said, “Ghalya Ahmad Abu-Rida lived in Khuza’ area in the east of Khan Younis city. I live in that area, too, and I made a television report on her story after the Israeli soldiers had executed her during the aggression.”
“During the aggression, an Israeli soldier approached the old woman Abu-Rida and took a photo for another soldier while giving her water. They then executed her by shooting her in the head from a one-meter distance and let her bleed until she died,” he added.
Ghalya Abu-Rida was born in 1941. She lived by herself in a separate room near her brothers’ houses in Abu-Rida neighborhood in Khuza’ area. She had no children. Her neighborhood was of the first places invaded by the Israeli army during the aggression.
Field Execution:
Majed Abu-Rida, Ghalya’s nephew, confirmed to the media that his aunt was suffering from vision impairment and could hardly see. He said that the Israeli army that is falsely claiming humanity executed his aunt in cold blood.
The old woman Ghalya with her weak body and white hair refused to leave her house after the Israeli army had threatened the residents of Khuza’ to evacuate. She thought that her old age would protect her from any targeting, so she stayed at her home and refused to join the majority of the residents who left the area as the invasion began.
On August 3, 2014, the Israeli forces announced a truce and allowed the medical staffs to reach Khuza’ area. Ghalya was found dead after she bled to death as she was shot in the head near her house. Her brother confirmed that the photo shared by the Israeli army supported the family’s belief that Ghalya was in the hands of the Israeli army. The family also believed that the area in which Ghalya appeared in the photo and in which she was found asserted that the Israeli forces killed her after taking the photo for the media.
Misinformation:
Professor of media at the universities of Gaza, Ahmad Al-Farra, believed that “the photo the Israeli army spokesman shared is a misleading propaganda of the Israeli army to present a humane portrait of its soldiers. It can enhance the opportunity to pursue the Israeli army soldiers as war criminals before the International Criminal Court.”
“This photo proves the confusion of the Israeli army spokesman in defending his army. It proves that they killed civilians,” he added.
He continued, “The Israeli occupation lies and misinforms in an attempt to affect the international public opinion. It exploits the default of the Arab media and the Palestinian diplomacy in exposing the Israeli occupation crimes.” He demanded launching a large campaign to employ these facts to expose the Israeli lies and falsifications.
Al-Farra assured the need for a media enlightenment campaign to go side by side with the field battles to correct the false image that Israel presents about its army and the image of the resistance.
The Palestinian Information Center would like to point out that publishing the photo of Ghalya Abu-Rida while an Israeli soldier was giving her water before killing her in cold blood is a proof that her death matches the witnesses’ accounts about the Israeli army’s field execution of civilians. This refutes the misleading Israeli propaganda that the Palestinian civilian victims were only killed by mistake.
In 51 days of aggression, the Israeli occupation forces brutally massacred 2200 Palestinians, most of whom were civilians.
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A FIFA delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip on Monday after deliberately being held up for about three hours at the Israeli-controlled crossing of Beit Hanoun (Erez).
The delegation, who came to help in funding projects for damaged football stadiums, was supposed to watch a match between two Gazan teams but missed it because of the delay at the crossing.
Deputy head of the Palestinian football association Ibrahim Abu Salim told Anadolu news agency that the delegation, led by FIFA development manager for Asia David Borja, would provide one million dollars for the rehabilitation of 20 stadiums in Gaza, including the replacement of their synthetic pitches.
He said the Palestinian football association would urge the FIFA to establish new facilities suitable for major tournaments, describing the visit of the delegation as greatly important for the sports sector.
For his part, Abdul-Salam Haneyya, member of the higher council for youth and sports said that the delegation came to initiate important projects for the football sector in Gaza.
Haneyya added that the delegation intends to submit a comprehensive report on the situation related to the Palestinian football to FIFA president Joseph Blatter.
Blatter will come to Gaza to inaugurate the 20 rehabilitation projects once they are finished, according to head of the delegation David Borja.
Borja stated yesterday in Gaza that the FIFA is committed to "supporting football in the Gaza Strip and its development by bringing help and materials."
Israel's three devastating wars on Gaza caused widespread destruction to the sports infrastructure in Gaza.
During the last war alone, Israel's aerial and artillery attacks caused damage estimated at three million dollars to 30 sports facilities and led to the killing of 32 athletes.
The delegation, who came to help in funding projects for damaged football stadiums, was supposed to watch a match between two Gazan teams but missed it because of the delay at the crossing.
Deputy head of the Palestinian football association Ibrahim Abu Salim told Anadolu news agency that the delegation, led by FIFA development manager for Asia David Borja, would provide one million dollars for the rehabilitation of 20 stadiums in Gaza, including the replacement of their synthetic pitches.
He said the Palestinian football association would urge the FIFA to establish new facilities suitable for major tournaments, describing the visit of the delegation as greatly important for the sports sector.
For his part, Abdul-Salam Haneyya, member of the higher council for youth and sports said that the delegation came to initiate important projects for the football sector in Gaza.
Haneyya added that the delegation intends to submit a comprehensive report on the situation related to the Palestinian football to FIFA president Joseph Blatter.
Blatter will come to Gaza to inaugurate the 20 rehabilitation projects once they are finished, according to head of the delegation David Borja.
Borja stated yesterday in Gaza that the FIFA is committed to "supporting football in the Gaza Strip and its development by bringing help and materials."
Israel's three devastating wars on Gaza caused widespread destruction to the sports infrastructure in Gaza.
During the last war alone, Israel's aerial and artillery attacks caused damage estimated at three million dollars to 30 sports facilities and led to the killing of 32 athletes.
5 jan 2015
The first case Palestine will refer to the International Criminal Court will be the crimes Israel committed during the summer of 2014, including the Gaza war, a legal expert said Sunday.
On Jan. 2, Palestine presented a formal request to join the Hague-based court in a move which opens the way for it to file suit against Israeli officials for alleged war crimes in the occupied territories.
The ICC can prosecute individuals accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed since July 1, 2002, when the court's founding treaty, the Rome Statute, came into force.
If the application process goes as planned, Palestine should be able to refer a case in early April, with legal preparations to that end already well under way.
Shawan Jabarin, director of the Ramallah-based rights group al-Haq, said Palestine had decided to file a suit over Israel's actions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip starting from June 13, 2014.
That was the date Israel began a massive crackdown in the West Bank after the kidnapping and subsequent murder of three Israeli teenagers, triggering a series of events which led to the seven-week Gaza war that killed over 2,300 Palestinians and 73 people on the Israeli side, mostly soldiers.
Cases referred to the ICC need "a very specific geographic location and timeframe," Jabarin told AFP, saying the same date had been selected by a UN commission probing alleged rights violations during the Gaza war and the period leading up to it.
Following the teens' kidnap on June 12, Israel began its biggest sweep of the occupied territories in years, arresting more than 2,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
On June 30, troops found the bodies of the three, unleashing a wave of national grief and anger that saw Jewish extremists murder an East Jerusalem teenager in revenge, which itself triggered furious protests in the eastern Palestinian sector of the city.
Rocket fire from Gaza also increased as a result of the operation, which quickly escalated into all-out war which lasted 50 days.
At the same time, the unrest in East Jerusalem continued unabated until late in the year, and included a number of lone-wolf attacks on Israelis.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat confirmed Gaza would be one of the cases referred to the court, but also said there would be a file put together on Israeli settlement building on land seized during the 1967 Six-Day War.
"The main files will be the aggression against Gaza and the settlement file, since this is a continuous crime," Erakat said on Sunday.
On Jan. 2, Palestine presented a formal request to join the Hague-based court in a move which opens the way for it to file suit against Israeli officials for alleged war crimes in the occupied territories.
The ICC can prosecute individuals accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed since July 1, 2002, when the court's founding treaty, the Rome Statute, came into force.
If the application process goes as planned, Palestine should be able to refer a case in early April, with legal preparations to that end already well under way.
Shawan Jabarin, director of the Ramallah-based rights group al-Haq, said Palestine had decided to file a suit over Israel's actions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip starting from June 13, 2014.
That was the date Israel began a massive crackdown in the West Bank after the kidnapping and subsequent murder of three Israeli teenagers, triggering a series of events which led to the seven-week Gaza war that killed over 2,300 Palestinians and 73 people on the Israeli side, mostly soldiers.
Cases referred to the ICC need "a very specific geographic location and timeframe," Jabarin told AFP, saying the same date had been selected by a UN commission probing alleged rights violations during the Gaza war and the period leading up to it.
Following the teens' kidnap on June 12, Israel began its biggest sweep of the occupied territories in years, arresting more than 2,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
On June 30, troops found the bodies of the three, unleashing a wave of national grief and anger that saw Jewish extremists murder an East Jerusalem teenager in revenge, which itself triggered furious protests in the eastern Palestinian sector of the city.
Rocket fire from Gaza also increased as a result of the operation, which quickly escalated into all-out war which lasted 50 days.
At the same time, the unrest in East Jerusalem continued unabated until late in the year, and included a number of lone-wolf attacks on Israelis.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat confirmed Gaza would be one of the cases referred to the court, but also said there would be a file put together on Israeli settlement building on land seized during the 1967 Six-Day War.
"The main files will be the aggression against Gaza and the settlement file, since this is a continuous crime," Erakat said on Sunday.
A delegation of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) is set to pop in Gaza Monday to join in repairing 10 stadium pitches sponsored by the federation.
Palestinian sources said a FIFA team is to arrive in Gaza via the Beit Hanoun crossing early on Monday morning.
A press conference, followed by a series of appointments with representatives of the Palestinian Football Federation, is expected to be held in the Beit Lahia stadium, north of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
The envoy is also expected to stop at the Yarmouk stadium in Gaza City and to attend a football match of the Palestinian Premier League in Khan Younis, to the south of Gaza.
The FIFA had pledged a million dollar to refurbish 20 pitches and grass terrains in Gaza stadiums.
Palestinian sources said a FIFA team is to arrive in Gaza via the Beit Hanoun crossing early on Monday morning.
A press conference, followed by a series of appointments with representatives of the Palestinian Football Federation, is expected to be held in the Beit Lahia stadium, north of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
The envoy is also expected to stop at the Yarmouk stadium in Gaza City and to attend a football match of the Palestinian Premier League in Khan Younis, to the south of Gaza.
The FIFA had pledged a million dollar to refurbish 20 pitches and grass terrains in Gaza stadiums.
4 jan 2015
Two Palestinian children died on Saturday evening after a fire engulfed their family home in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Spokesman for the Health Ministry Ashraf al-Qudra said the five-year-old child Amr Mohamed al-Habil and his cousin Khaled, 4, succumbed to the devastating fire that suddenly broke out at al-Habil’s family home at the Shati refugee camp.
22-year-old Mohamed Khaled al-Habil was seriously injured in the same incident.
Spokesman for the Civil Defense Mohamed al-Maydana said the fire was caused by a lit candle at the casualties’ family home.
A power crisis rocking the war-battered Gaza Strip with the advent of a freezing winter has made life unbearable for Gazans. Due to the blockade and scarce fuel supplies to the sole power generation station in the Strip, houses are supplied with power for only 4 hours a day.
Spokesman for the Health Ministry Ashraf al-Qudra said the five-year-old child Amr Mohamed al-Habil and his cousin Khaled, 4, succumbed to the devastating fire that suddenly broke out at al-Habil’s family home at the Shati refugee camp.
22-year-old Mohamed Khaled al-Habil was seriously injured in the same incident.
Spokesman for the Civil Defense Mohamed al-Maydana said the fire was caused by a lit candle at the casualties’ family home.
A power crisis rocking the war-battered Gaza Strip with the advent of a freezing winter has made life unbearable for Gazans. Due to the blockade and scarce fuel supplies to the sole power generation station in the Strip, houses are supplied with power for only 4 hours a day.
3 jan 2015
Member of Hamas political bureau Khalil al-Hayya called Friday for accelerating Gaza reconstruction “before the outbreak of a popular uprising against everything.”
During Friday prayers performed in front of the UN High Representative headquarters in Gaza City, Hayya called on the Arab countries and the international community to pay the allocated funds directly to the people affected during the Israeli summer offensive.
“Five months have passed without even allowing the construction materials’ access to the Strip. The People have had enough of this. People are tired of the ways international community is procrastinating in this issue.”
He pointed out that the continued siege and delayed reconstruction will not succeed in breaking the will of the people of Gaza.
Hayya considered the deliberate delaying of reconstruction process and the continued siege as a “crime against humanity”. “Our rights are not subject to any statute of limitation.”
He called on the Palestinian unity government to stop procrastination in dealing with Gaza humanitarian situation in reference to the ministerial delegation’s recent visit to the Strip.
He strongly slammed the government decision to reinstate all Palestinian Authority government employees, who did not report to work in Gaza during the past few years of division at the request of the Ramallah government, and then try to recruit the employees who worked for Hamas government after 2007 to fill the vacancies left by the refraining civil servants.
Such a decision would explode the situation, he warned, calling for sticking to the reconciliation agreement.
On the other hand, he said that the Palestinian people is subjected to the most horrific and systematic terrorism that is greater than the "alleged Holocaust".
He warned that the international oppression practiced against the Palestinian people would only lead to extremism and corruption.
“We call on the international community and the free world to protect the Palestinian people’s rights of freedom and self-determination.”
He stressed the Palestinian people’s right to resist occupation and defend themselves.
During Friday prayers performed in front of the UN High Representative headquarters in Gaza City, Hayya called on the Arab countries and the international community to pay the allocated funds directly to the people affected during the Israeli summer offensive.
“Five months have passed without even allowing the construction materials’ access to the Strip. The People have had enough of this. People are tired of the ways international community is procrastinating in this issue.”
He pointed out that the continued siege and delayed reconstruction will not succeed in breaking the will of the people of Gaza.
Hayya considered the deliberate delaying of reconstruction process and the continued siege as a “crime against humanity”. “Our rights are not subject to any statute of limitation.”
He called on the Palestinian unity government to stop procrastination in dealing with Gaza humanitarian situation in reference to the ministerial delegation’s recent visit to the Strip.
He strongly slammed the government decision to reinstate all Palestinian Authority government employees, who did not report to work in Gaza during the past few years of division at the request of the Ramallah government, and then try to recruit the employees who worked for Hamas government after 2007 to fill the vacancies left by the refraining civil servants.
Such a decision would explode the situation, he warned, calling for sticking to the reconciliation agreement.
On the other hand, he said that the Palestinian people is subjected to the most horrific and systematic terrorism that is greater than the "alleged Holocaust".
He warned that the international oppression practiced against the Palestinian people would only lead to extremism and corruption.
“We call on the international community and the free world to protect the Palestinian people’s rights of freedom and self-determination.”
He stressed the Palestinian people’s right to resist occupation and defend themselves.
A 25-year-old Palestinian young man suffered bullet injuries when Israeli soldiers on Friday opened fire at citizens to the east of Jabaliya district, north of the Gaza Strip.
A spokesman for the health ministry said the young man suffered two moderate bullet injuries in his legs and was taken to Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya.
Other Israeli soldiers in a military post to the east of al-Bureij refugee camp also opened fire at scores of citizens, but luckily no one was injured.
The Israeli occupation army opens fire at Palestinian civilians on the border with Gaza and fishermen almost on a daily basis in violation of the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended last August a massive Israeli war on the besieged Strip.
A spokesman for the health ministry said the young man suffered two moderate bullet injuries in his legs and was taken to Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya.
Other Israeli soldiers in a military post to the east of al-Bureij refugee camp also opened fire at scores of citizens, but luckily no one was injured.
The Israeli occupation army opens fire at Palestinian civilians on the border with Gaza and fishermen almost on a daily basis in violation of the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended last August a massive Israeli war on the besieged Strip.
A Palestinian fisherman was shot and injured at dawn Saturday when Israeli warships opened fire off Rafah shores to the south of Gaza.
The injured fisherman was transferred to hospital for treatment after being shot by a live bullet in the pelvis during Israeli shelling off Rafah and Khan Younis coasts.
In a similar attack, a Palestinian youth was shot in his leg by two live bullets Friday evening east of Jabalia. The injured was taken to hospital with moderate injuries.
The two attacks fell as part of Israeli continued violations of the ceasefire agreement between Palestinian resistance and Israeli occupation signed last August under Egyptian mediation.
The injured fisherman was transferred to hospital for treatment after being shot by a live bullet in the pelvis during Israeli shelling off Rafah and Khan Younis coasts.
In a similar attack, a Palestinian youth was shot in his leg by two live bullets Friday evening east of Jabalia. The injured was taken to hospital with moderate injuries.
The two attacks fell as part of Israeli continued violations of the ceasefire agreement between Palestinian resistance and Israeli occupation signed last August under Egyptian mediation.
1 jan 2015
The Israeli occupation army on Wednesday said it arrested three Palestinians from Gaza after they breached the border fence and three fishermen off the coast of Rafah area.
The army radio claimed that an Israeli military patrol spotted three Gazan young men on the Israeli side of the border fence and arrested them, adding that they were taken to the Shin Bet for interrogation.
In another incident, the Israeli navy kidnapped three Palestinian fishermen after chasing their boats off Rafah shore.
The Palestinian coastal police in Rafah told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that Israeli gunboats chased some fishing boats near the coast and opened fire at them before detaining three fishermen identified as Mohamed Basal, Mohamed Nahhal and Iyad Nahhal.
No police information if the Israeli shooting caused injuries to the detained fishermen.
Fishermen and their boats are exposed to almost daily gunfire attacks, harassment or detention by the Israeli navy, although they work within the allowed fishing zone.
The army radio claimed that an Israeli military patrol spotted three Gazan young men on the Israeli side of the border fence and arrested them, adding that they were taken to the Shin Bet for interrogation.
In another incident, the Israeli navy kidnapped three Palestinian fishermen after chasing their boats off Rafah shore.
The Palestinian coastal police in Rafah told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that Israeli gunboats chased some fishing boats near the coast and opened fire at them before detaining three fishermen identified as Mohamed Basal, Mohamed Nahhal and Iyad Nahhal.
No police information if the Israeli shooting caused injuries to the detained fishermen.
Fishermen and their boats are exposed to almost daily gunfire attacks, harassment or detention by the Israeli navy, although they work within the allowed fishing zone.
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