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1550uomini. Questo è il numero approssimativo dei detenuti palestinesi in sciopero della fame. 1550, forse di più. Perché alcune fonti parlano di duemila, altre di 2500. Potrebbe essere una cifra esagerata. E allora fermiamoci ai 1550. 1550 uomini in sciopero della fame, in una protesta partita formalmente il 17 aprile scorso, il “giorno dei prigionieri”. 1550 detenuti palestinesi che nelle carceri israeliane rifiutano il cibo. Di sicuro da venti giorni, il che non è uno scherzo. Alcuni di loro, però, non mangiano (per protesta) non da venti, bensì da quaranta, e alcuni da 70 giorni. 10 detenuti sono sotto osservazione perché in condizioni critiche. Due di loro, Bilal Diab e Thaer Halahla rischiano di morire: sono al 70esimo giorno di sciopero della fame, e oggi la Corte Suprema israeliana ha rigettato il loro appello contro la detenzione preventiva. Perché questo è il motivo della protesta collettiva, la più importante nella lunga, tragica storia dei prigionieri palestinesi nelle carceri israeliane, dossier accuratamente nascosto ed evitato nei negoziati di questi ultimi decenni.

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A tiny village of Palestinian families in the southern West Bank has had an unwelcome visitor in recent months.

“He comes with small weapons and his camera, sometimes with armed forces, sometimes with settlers,” Susiya resident Nasser Nawaja says.

The armed visitor is Ovad Arad, the Judea and Samaria Director of Regavim, an Israeli non-governmental organization.

Arad’s job is to roam the West Bank photographing Palestinian buildings for the group’s legal petitions, which demand the Israeli government expedite their demolitions.

Susiya, a hamlet of 350 people, including 120 children, is now at immediate risk of forced displacement as a result of Regavim’s petition, the United Nations humanitarian affairs office says.

Civil Administration issues demolition order against the school, though residents have no access to any other.
Akiva Eldar | May.14, 2012 | 12:30 AM

A Palestinian elementary school was shut down last week after Israel’s Civil Administration confiscated the vehicle used to transport teachers to it.

Teachers initially tried coming to the school, located in the Jinba cave village in the southern Hebron hills, by donkey, but this proved disruptive since they were often late.

E’ una guerra assurda quella in cui i bambini sono il bersaglio.

E’ una guerra orribile quella in cui la dottrina scavalca l’umanità.

E’ una guerra triste quella in cui i bambini giocano a far la guerra.

E quando ciò che viene insegnato ai bambini diventa così parte della loro esistenza da non poter veder nell’altro un essere umano ma un nemico ed un ladro, allora, i bambini ne diventano i protagonisti.

Fonte: Ha’aretz

In theory, Migron should have been an open-and-shut case. The state did not deny that Migron had been erected illegally, on private Palestinian land. Nor did it deny that the settlers’ claims that they had purchased the land were found to be baseless.

In the words of the High Court of Justice, the building of the outpost and its ongoing expansion were a blatant violation of the law that undermined the property rights of the Palestinian owners. It had to be demolished. Thus the court had ruled.

And after repeated delays, during which the outpost continued to expand, the court had had enough. “The obligation to carry out a court ruling is not a matter of choice,” noted Justice Miriam Naor.

Comunicato Stampa

Coloni di Havat Ma’on attaccano un pastore palestinese e un internazionale

Per la terza volta in una settimana la collina palestinese di Meshaha teatro di attacchi dei coloni

18 Marzo 2012

At-Tuwani – Sabato 17 marzo alle ore 12:15 sette coloni provenienti dall’avamposto illegale di Havat Ma’on hanno attaccato un pastore palestinese mentre pascolava sulla collina di Meshaha. Durante l’incidente i coloni hanno rincorso e minacciato un volontario internazionale.

Report: When Settlers Attack

“Israeli settler violence is a growing and consistent threat to Palestinian livelihood. Spanning over seven years, with daily data, this analysis explains why, how and when Israeli settler violence happens…”

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Fonte: The Palestine Center

Ha’aretz / Akiva Eldar

It is doubtful whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has expressed great concern over the fate of Migron’s residents, has heard of Tha’lah. Unfortunately for the village’s residents, Tha’lah is situated in Area C, which is under Israel jurisdiction. Minister Benny Begin, who worked so tirelessly on the questionable “agreement” that will leave the Migron criminals on stolen land for a few more years (if it is ever implemented ), presumably does not know what happened to the residents of this tiny village in the Southern Hebron Hills. And the Israeli media didn’t stop focusing on an Iranian nuclear bomb that threatens to destroy our homes long enough to cover a boring story about a Palestinian family whose home we Israelis razed.