by Sergio Yahni, Alternative Information Centre, October 10, 2010
The Voice of Israel Radio reported that on Thursday (7 October), Israeli security forces completed a comprehensive security exercise simulating the response to mass demonstrations of Palestinian citizens of Israel following conclusion of an agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA). Amongst other things, the security forces ran through scenarios of violent demonstrations following ...
Harriet Sherwood in Beit Lahiya, October 11, 2010, http://www.uruknet.de
At least 10 Palestinian children have been shot and wounded by Israeli troops in the past three months while collecting rubble in or near the "buffer zone" created by Israel along the Gaza border, in a low-intensity offensive on the fringes of the blockaded Palestinian territory.
Israeli soldiers are routinely shooting at Gazans well beyond the unmarked boundary of ...
Gush Shalom Press Release October 12, 2010
In a letter to the Attorney General, the Gush Shalom movement asks to disband immediately the so-called "City Guard" at Carmiel in the Galilee, which is actually a racist extreme right militia, and to launch an investigation against Deputy Mayor Oren Milstein who founded this body, as well as against police officials who helped in its establishment and operation.
The "City Guard" includes ...
Turkish victims ask international criminal court to pursue Israeli gunmen over raid on ship, October 8, 2010. www.uruknet.de, by Afua Hirsch
The international criminal court is being urged to prosecute members of the Israeli defence force for the raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship. Turkish victims have formally requested an investigation, the Guardian has learned.
Lawyers acting for Turkish citizens injured or killed when Israel ...
Yonatan and Itamar Shapira’s testimony as they returned home to their family
Yonatan and Itamar Shapira were two of the Israelis on-board the Jewish boat to Gaza, the Irene. They above all were subjected to violence from the Israeli forces who intercepted the boat.
These are their words an hour after they returned to their family in Israel:
“The Israeli media is being dominated by army propaganda. They’re claiming that the take ...
By Haaretz Service, Meirav Arlosoroff and Jack Khoury
October 1, 2010
Some 6,000 Israeli Arabs march in memory of 13 youths who were killed by Israel Police officers in October 2000 riots; Israeli Arabs call for suspects to be tried, declare general strike.
Some 6,000 Israeli Arabs marched Friday from the Galilee town of Kfar Kanna in a procession that marked the commemoration of the October 2000 riots, in which 13 Israeli ...
