Human Rights | Collective Punishment

2010-03-17: Headlines

• Latin American Herald Tribune: Spain Says Israel Needs to Regain Trust 2010-03-17

  The Israeli Defense Ministry at the time denied that it had opposed the transfer of command and rejected the notion that there was any relation between th ...

• Sri Lanka Guardian: Urgent appeal to all Muslims to defend Aqsa Mosque 2010-03-17

  In a statement they distributed on the streets of Jerusalem on Monday, the groups said that it was written in their Torah that the land of Israel is a small ...

• Ha'aretz: Back to the beach 2010-03-17

  On some of the beaches the low wall between the sand and the sidewalk will be demolished and replaced with broad steps, making access easier and affording ...

• Ha'aretz: It's time for Netanyahu to say yes to Obama 2010-03-17

  Netanyahu can transfer lands in Area C to the Palestinians, release prisoners and lift roadblocks. Israeli agreement to discuss all the core issue ...

• Myrtle Beach Sun News: US should withhold aid to Israel 2010-03-17

  The planned visitor center to be constructed in East Jerusalem will cause the demolition of Palestinians' homes by the Israeli government.

2010-03-16: Headlines

• The Palestine Telegraph: Eva Bartlett follows in the footsteps of Rachel Corrie 2010-03-16

  One of these is Eva Bartlett, a 33-year-old ISM volunteer who entered Gaza on a siege-breaker boat in November 2008 -- just one month before Israel launched ...

• The Nation.: Rachel Corrie's Memory, Israel's Image 2010-03-16

  Seven years ago today, Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a Caterpillar D9R Israeli bulldozer while nonviolently protesting the demoliti ...

• Veterans Today Network: Israel's Crackdown Confronts Liberals and Humanists 2010-03-16

  It is busy expelling or excluding peace activists and foreign nationals from the Palestinian territories. The campaign, if left unchecked ...

• truthout: Support Our Troops: Boycott the Israeli Occupation 2010-03-16

  Every American can shun Motorola, which arms the Israeli military and has assisted in the construction of the illegal "apartheid wall" in the West Bank.

• The Guardian: Martin Amis: 'I wish my sister had converted to Islam' 2010-03-16

  By the next day, I had changed my mind because that is collective punishment, but people were saying that. More than 95% of Muslims are horrified by th ...

• MWC News: Clashes break out in east Jerusalem 2010-03-16

  The synagogue, first built in 1694, was first destroyed in 1721 and then demolished during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The al-Aqsa site is revered by Muslim ...

• Institute for Public Accuracy: Israeli Attacks on Human Rights Activists 2010-03-16

  "During 2009, 89 peaceful apartheid wall protesters were arrested; since January, more than 40 have been arrested." On Tuesday, Amira Hass reported ...

• World War 4 Report: Riots rock Jerusalem —again 2010-03-16

  Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat last month stated that evacuation of Beit Yonatan will be contingent on the demolition of illegal Arab buildings in East ...

• Huffington Post: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Failure of the US Peace Organizations 2010-03-16

  However, Israeli peace groups have not succeeded in convincing mainstream opinion in their country that Israel's policies are both a moral and a long-term ...

• Granma International: Just press the button and see 2010-03-16

  ... from December 2008 to January 2009, caused the deaths of 1412 Palestinians and destroyed the scant infrastructure of the Gaza Strip.

• Inter Press Service: MIDEAST: Israeli Raids Target Children 2010-03-16

  This comes on the heels of accelerated attacks by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers inside Silwan in particular, directed towards the community's youngest ...

• The Palestine Telegraph: Sameh Habeeb: Does Israel really want peace in Palestine? 2010-03-16

  Not far from the settlements, Israel continues to build its new apartheid wall of "Berlin" where more Palestinian land is stolen, people are assaulted ...

• Palestine Note: EAST JERUSALEM CLASHES 2010-03-16

  The synagogue was originally built in 1694, partially destroyed in 1721, and completely demolished during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

• Palestine Note: Top News » CLASHES IN JERUSALEM 2010-03-16

  The synagogue was originally built in 1694, partially destroyed in 1721, and completely demolished during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

• The Palestine Telegraph: Tuesday, 16 March 2010 12:44 Added by PT Editor Eng.k.almallahi 2010-03-16

  After 17 years the PLO - the sole "representative of the Palestinians" - stated Israel has a right to exit. Fourteen years ago Clinton visited to Gaza ...

• Palestine Note: 1000 days of siege 2010-03-16

  Because it is surmised that the idea of holding 1,5 million in an open air prison can be nothing but a collective punishment that would lead every walk ...

• Socialist Worker: Israel Bans International Activists from West Bank Village of Bil'in, Crack ... 2010-03-16

  WEST BANK, PALESTINE: Bil'in village, the internationally renowned centre of Palestinian non-violent resistance to Israel's Apartheid Wall, was this morning ...

• Arab News: Palestinian Avatars protest against Apartheid wall 2010-03-16

  JERUSALEM: Palestinian protesters have added a colorful twist to demonstrations against Israel's separation barrier, painting themselves blue and posing ...

• Monday Morning: Settlement row seen endangering US-brokered peace talks 2010-03-16

  Vice President Joseph Biden delivered a rare rebuke to the staunchest US ally in the region after Israel announced lastTuesday that it would build 1600 new ...

• Atlanta Journal Constitution: Readers Write 03/16 2010-03-16

  Their yard trimmings currently go into a construction-demolition landfill. By putting trimmings into an energy-creating landfill, LaGrange could sell more ...

• Good Morning Silicon Valley: And then the audience demoed @anywhere-but-here 2010-03-16

  ToNYC: "Obama's drones are a collective punishment style war crime. Just the tool to make friends with our..." Concerned Citizen: "War Without Tears?

• Khaleej Times: Activism is Change 2010-03-16

  They rebuilt people's homes after they were demolished by Israeli dynamites or bulldozers. Some activists even offered free haircuts to those who couldn't ...

• The Western News: EPA to set up ambient air stations in 6 spots 2010-03-16

  However, the cleanup process would remove the structure's original, natural appearance so the museum board decided to ask the EPA to complete a demoliti ...

• Good Morning Silicon Valley: On the other hand, the Nexus One trademark problem offers a rebranding opportunity 2010-03-16

  ToNYC: "Obama's drones are a collective punishment style war crime. Just the tool to make friends with our..." Concerned Citizen: "War Without Tears?

• Daily News: US presses Israel on settler row 2010-03-16

  The US has said it is awaiting a “formal” response from Israel amid a row over its decision to build 1600 new homes in occupied East Jerusalem.

• Eurasia Review: Corrie Witness: Israeli Army Tried To Alter My Statement 2010-03-16

  Coy had spoken with many Palestinian families in the area where Rachel was killed whose homes had been demolished by the Israeli military ...

• The Associated Press: West Bank street named for dead US activist 2010-03-16

  On March 16, 2003, Corrie stood in the path of an armored Israeli bulldozer as it approached a Palestinian home targeted for demolition along Gaza's border ...

• MCV: ORG plans Digital Economy Bill protest 2010-03-16

  “Disconnection is collective punishment. It is unacceptable. It is unfair and it is disproportionate.” The ORG's executive director Jim Killock added to ...

• Israel Defense Forces: The Electronic Intifada on Facebook 2010-03-16

  Only recently, during a conference on the issue of the Palestinians, the Iranian Intelligence Minister called for people to carry out a media upraising ...

• ClaimsJournal.com: Worker Hurt in Ceiling Collapse at Massachusetts Church 2010-03-16

  The Patriot Ledger reports that workers had been doing demolition work for several days on the plaster ceiling in the church's lower sanctuary.

• Chicago Sun-Times: Bears OTs among league's worst in '09, according to website 2010-03-16

  Peppers demolished him last yr. Willaims in the last meeting shut down Jared Allen. I know Allen didnt get a sack but I dont even remember him getting close ...

• Eurasia Review: Barack Hussein Obama Vs Israel 2010-03-16

  Built in the 1700's, the synagogue had been demolished twice by Arab Muslims. The second time in 1948 by the Jordanian Legion, in order to insure that Jew ...

• Arab Times: The US role in the Middle East has been diminishing and this may be due to ... 2010-03-16

  “I personally envisage the department will defer, or slow down its activities, or even transfer its courageous leader Abdullah Al-Rashid ...

• SanFranciscoSentinel.com: MORNING PALESTINIAN UNREST SUBSIDES IN EAST JERUALEM 2010-03-16

  Israel Police Insp.-Gen. Dudi Cohen completed a tour of the Western Wall plaza, from where he proceeded to a tour of the recently rededicated Hurv ...

• Good Morning Silicon Valley: Quoted: Combat stress in a remote-control war 2010-03-16

  Obama's drones are a collective punishment style war crime. Just the tool to make friends with our Muslim brothers. Pathetic FAIL!

• Capitol Hill Blue: Round Table for Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2010-03-16

  1983 – Demolition of the radio tower Ismaning, the last wooden radio tower in Germany. * 1984 – William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Leb ...

• Commonweal: Day 8: Israel's true existential threat 2010-03-16

  Lieberman the current foreign minister in the Netanyahu government, during the election campaign raised the threat of expelling Arabs now living in Israel ...

• International Solidarity Movement: Nil'in commemorates year anniversary of Tristan Anderson shooting: two arrested 2010-03-16

  Afterwards, demonstrators marched firmly through the fields towards the metal gate in the concrete Apartheid Wall, while chanting and holding banner ...

2010-03-15: Headlines

• Macon Telegraph: Netanyahu affirms settlement project that US considers affront' 2010-03-15

  RAMAT SHLOMO, Israel -- From the window of her home in East Jerusalem, Chana-Rivka Leviv can see the valley where ...

• Winnipeg Free Press: Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION 2010-03-15

  The series of bombings Saturday night demolished buildings and killed dozens -- including 10 people at a wedding -- and prompted the provincial governor ...

• Veterans Today Network: Eye Witness Testifies in Rachel Corrie Case, says Israeli Military Tried ... 2010-03-15

  The pattern of destruction strongly suggests that Israeli forces demolished homes wholesale, regardless of whether they posed a specific thre ...

• Truthdig: Israel Crackdown Puts Liberal Jews on the Spot 2010-03-15

  It is busy expelling or excluding peace activists and foreign nationals from the Palestinian territories. The campaign, if left unchecked ...

• Huffington Post: Support Our Troops: Boycott the Israeli Occupation 2010-03-15

  Every American can shun Motorola, which arms the Israeli military and has assisted in the construction of the illegal "apartheid wall" in the West Bank.

• Independent: White House goes on the offensive against Netanyahu 2010-03-15

  Israel's government was yesterday facing the worst chill in relations with the US since taking office after a top White ...

• www.worldbulletin.net: Israel wounds Palestinians, bans activists over "shame wall" 2010-03-15

  International Criminal Court in the Hague ruled on 9 July 2004 that Israel's separation wall should be demolished in a decision that were all agreed by ...

• Aljazeera.net: 1000 Days have passed ... but it's tomorrow that counts 2010-03-15

  And for 1000 days, the people here have hoped today would be the last day of this collective punishment and that tomorrow would be the first day of their ...

• Aljazeera.net: Synagogue opens in Jerusalem 2010-03-15

  The synagogue, first built in 1694, was first destroyed in 1721 and then demolished during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The walled Old City is at the heart ...

• Inter Press Service: MIDEAST: Israel Lands in Public Relations Nightmare 2010-03-15

  The continued Judaisation of East Jerusalem, the expulsion of Palestinians, the demolition of their homes and expropriation of their land are apparently ...

• Electronic Intifada: European Union found guilty at first session of Russell Tribunal 2010-03-15

  ... in definition as applicable to the violation of the inalienable right of return for refugees and the collective punishment and ghettoization of Gaza;

• Palestine Note: Braverman's book fatal embrace 2010-03-15

  Braverman also argues that Jewish "exceptionalism" is an underlying problem that caused mistreatment of Palestinians. He suggests that the sense that Jew ...

• Palestine Note: Netanyahu's mistake is Obama's opportunity 2010-03-15

  Clinton demanded Israel take four steps "to restore confidence in bilateral relations and permit the resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians": 1.

• Ekklesia: Transcending shrunken politics in Israel-Palestine 2010-03-15

  One unusually blunt - albeit much-edited - statement earlier this year criticised Israeli settlements, the 'separation barrier' and the demolition ...

• The Palestine Telegraph: Israel orders destruction of Nablus mosque 2010-03-15

  Ghassan Daghlas explained that the Israeli Civil Administration ordered a stop on construction work at the mosque, demanding the demolition of ...

• The Baltimore Chronicle: Peace Process Hypocrisy: Stillborn from Inception 2010-03-15

  According to the 1925 Palestine Citizenship Order in Council, Palestinians, their children and grandchildren are automatically citizens, including those ...

• The Caledonian Mercury: Netanyahu feels backlash of Biden gaffe 2010-03-15

  Make a substantial gesture toward the Palestinians, so enabling the renewal of peace talks. The Americans suggested that hundreds of Palestinian prisoner ...

• Mercury-Register: Letter: Israel doesn't want a peace settlement 2010-03-15

  Oh, we have given nothing to the Palestinians. Fair? I think not. We have many times in the past asked Israel to stop taking over land on the West Bank ...

• Ha'aretz: 'US-Israel relations at their worst in 35 years' 2010-03-15

  Make a substantial gesture toward the Palestinians enabling the renewal of peace talks. The Americans suggested that hundreds of Palestinian prisoners ...

• HotIndieNews.com: Israeli writer and anti-occupation activist Peretz Kidron: You Can't 'Smile ... 2010-03-15

  Read the Goldstone Report about Israel's ongoing illegal and collective punishment of Gaza). But might doesn't equal right. Or peace.

• Ha'aretz: Justice Ministry: Israel can sell confiscated East Jerusalem land 2010-03-15

  Writing for Adalah, attorney Suhad Bishara asked the Justice Ministry to prevent the transfer of ownership rights on land confiscated from Palestinians ...

• Telegraph.co.uk: US-Israeli relations in 'crisis of historic proportions' 2010-03-15

  In addition, the Israeli prime minister was urged to make a substantial confidence-building gesture to the Palestinians. Mrs Clinton suggested this could ...

• Garowe Online: Somalia: The Hopeless President - Mr. Sharif: 2010-03-15

  ... the same area where 30 civilians were killed in a single day as a collective punishment for residing in an area controlled by his opponents.

• Ha'aretz: Historic Tel Aviv synagogue to revert to public ownership 2010-03-15

  "All the buildings will have to be seriously reinforced or demolished for something to be built there," Shachor said. He said the trust simply didn't ...

• Independent Catholic News: TV documentary: Children of Gaza 2010-03-15

  Surrounded by the remnants of the demolished Gaza Strip and increasingly isolated by the blockade that prevents anyone from rebuilding their homes and their ...

• Eurasia Review: Grozny: Rebuilt, Fearful And (Almost) Forgotten By The West 2010-03-15

  Collective punishment and extrajudicial executions are promoted on Chechen TV by the highest-ranking officials in the republic. We talk of «Memorial»  ...

• Gulf Times: Settlement expansion endangers Mideast negotiations: Ashton 2010-03-15

  The Palestinians view it as an “apartheid wall” that carves off key parts of their future state. Israel has so far completed 413km of the planned 709km ...

• Swampscott Reporter: Three town-owned buildings set to go back on the market 2010-03-15

  10, 2008, read, “The 1895 portion of the building shall be retained and renovated; the newer portions of the existing building shall be demolished ...

• FrumForum: Denying Israel Final Victory 2010-03-15

  In other words, Israel is regularly expected to do more than it had committed to, while the Palestinians are excused for failing to fulfill their own ...

• Daily Caller: Path to a new Middle East rests on those campaigning for freedom in Iran 2010-03-15

  Regime change in Iran, not continued pressure on Israel and the Palestinians, represents the best chance this administration has to remake the Middle East.

• Middle East Online: Israel cuts off West Bank villages for 6 months 2010-03-15

  The Palestinians view it as an "apartheid wall" that carves off key parts of their future state. Israel has so far completed 413 kilometres (256 miles) ...

• International Solidarity Movement: Bethlehem is on fire. Apartheid is burning. 2010-03-15

  This wall, unlike the Israeli Apartheid Wall, must not fall. Jubbet adh Dhib residents need a physical barrier not just to protect themselve ...

• Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center: Response to the Goldstone Report 2010-03-15

  According to a thorough examination, during Operation Cast Lead 1166 Palestinians were killed, of whom 709 were operatives in Hamas' military and security ...

• St. Augustine Record: Amy Goodman: Rachel Corrie's day in court 2010-03-15

  According to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions' latest figures, 24145 houses have been demolished in the occupied territories since 1967 ...

• Las Vegas Sun: Hanoi Rocks frontman strikes again 2010-03-15

  When we started there were some fights with audiences, like groups of rednecks coming after us. They demolished a bus once with crowbars and baseball bats.

• Seattle Times: Israel: Corrie's posthumous trial, holy sites and ending aid 2010-03-15

  Activists who witnessed Corrie's death said she and others were acting as human shields to prevent a house demolition in the Gaza border town of Rafah.

2010-03-14: Headlines

• Al-Jazeerah.info: Israeli Occupation Forces Aggression Against Palestinians in the West Bank 2010-03-14

  In nearly every case, the trees destroyed have been located on land that the Israeli settlers hope to acquire and absorb into the state of Israel.

• Green Left Weekly: Challenging Israel's war on protest 2010-03-14

  The horrendous case of US ISM volunteer Rachel Corrie, who was run down and killed by an army bulldozer in 2003 as she attempted to stop a home demoliti ...

• Bay Area Indymedia: Bait Jala Demo-"Stop the Wall!" 2010-03-14

  by MC On Sunday, March 14, about a hundred protesters marched at Bait-Jala against the building of the Apartheid Wall. The building of the wall is going ...

• Daily News: Obama aide stokes US-Israel row 2010-03-14

  Israel's announcement of plans to build 1600 homes for Jews in East Jerusalem was “destructive” to peace efforts, a top aide to Barack Obama says.

• Israel Today: Did Washington encourage bereaved family to sue Israel? 2010-03-14

  According to the sister of a left-wing American peace activist killed while protesting the demolition of a terrorist's house in Gaza in 2003 ...

• Inter Press Service: MIDEAST: Israel Lands in Public Relations Nightmare 2010-03-14

  The continued Judaisation of East Jerusalem, the expulsion of Palestinians, the demolition of their homes and expropriation of their land are apparently ...

• Ma'an News Agency: PA official: Israel orders demolition of Nablus mosque 2010-03-14

  Nablus – Ma'an – Israeli authorities ordered the demolition of a mosque under construction in the northern West Bank village of Burin on Sunday ...

• The Palestine Telegraph: Eyewitnesses testify to Isareli courts about murder of Rachel Corrie 2010-03-14

  Haifa, Israel, March 14, 2010 (Pal Telegraph, by Ashley Bates) - Shortly before Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer on March 16 ...

• Bikya Masr: Egyptian worries over friendly match with Palestinians 2010-03-14

  ... some 100 meters from Israel's partition, which some call the “Apartheid Wall” and they believe will show the world what is really going on in Palestine.

• Ha'aretz: High Court rejects petition to stop building in West Bank outpost 2010-03-14

  Yesterday Sfard lamented that Hendel's ruling set "a dangerous precedent of reconciling with a violation of law, and is an indication that after the Israel ...

• Ha'aretz: Health Min., Israel Medical Association probing whether physicians failed ... 2010-03-14

  The Health Ministry and the Israel Medical Association are examining claims that doctors at Laniado Hospital in Netanya and at Kishon Pri ...

• Voxy: Crusaders Provide Only Bright Spot For Nz Super Rugby Teams 2010-03-14

  The Highlanders had no show of repeating last year's upset win over the Bulls at Palmerston North as they were demolished 50-35 at Pretoria.

• Arab Monitor: Synagogue in occupied East Jerusalem inaugurated, mosque in Palestini ... 2010-03-14

  Tel Aviv, 14 March - Israeli occupation authorities ordered the demolition of a mosque under construction in Burin, a village in the West Bank ...

• Pakistan Christian Post: Muslim Teacher Sexually Abuses Christian Children In An Upper Egyptian School 2010-03-14

  End November 2009, provoked by a rumor of an alleged rape of of Muslim minor by a Coptic man, villagers in Farshout ,carried out collective punishment ...

• TVNZ: Crusaders provide only bright spot 2010-03-14

  The Highlanders had no show of repeating last year's upset win over the Bulls at Palmerston North as they were demolished 50-35 at Pretoria.

• Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone: Israel approves plan to stop brain drain 2010-03-14

  When they are not in house arrest, they are in town arrest thanks to 700 check point and the Apartheid Wall. 700 Christian and Muslim citie ...

• Press TV: Israel orders demolition of Nablus mosque 2010-03-14

  Israeli authorities ordered the demolition of an under-construction mosque in the northern West Bank village of Burin on Sunday, head of the Palestini ...

• National: Martin Amis comes close to apology over Islam comments 2010-03-14

  “By the next day, I had changed my mind because that is collective punishment, but people were saying that. “More than 95 per cent of Muslims are horrified ...

• New University Online: Stand With the Eleven Answers Ambassador Oren's Open Letter 2010-03-14

  ... hermetic closure of Gazan borders, airspace and territorial waters amounts to nothing less than collective punishment, another war crime.

• Sydney Morning Herald: First step is accepting Israel's right to exist 2010-03-14

  In return for the 6.3 per cent, Israel would transfer to the Palestinians an equivalent bloc - 327 square kilometres of mostly agricultural l ...