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“By default” set up, human is greed. Unless, the default set-up in a human brain and soul is “reformatted” (through “make-sense reflections” or whatever it’s called) the tendencies are precisely like what the Israelis had been, are and will always be, doing against the Palestinians: live alone and destroy others as far as you have the necessary resources and back-up to do so. Via XinHua
The United Nations on Tuesday called on Israel to immediately halt forced evictions and demolitions of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, warning that as many as 60,000 people there may be at risk of forced evictions, demolitions and displacement.
Israeli authorities demolished the homes of six Palestinian families – 26 people, including 10 children – in East Jerusalem on Tuesday. This brings the number displaced through forced evictionsor house demolitions in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) to 600, half of them children, since the beginning of the year, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported.
At least 500 more have been affected by partial demolitions of their homes or livelihoods, the office said.
Continue Reading »JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Human rights group Amnesty International said in a report Tuesday that Israeli restrictions prevented Palestinians from receiving enough water in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. More..
Continue Reading »UN rights council endorses Gaza war crimes report, via VOA
Israel comdemns the United Nations Human Rights Council’s approval of the Goldstone Report which accuses Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas of war crimes during the Gaza conflict in January.
Israel says the resolution is biased and one-sided, and the charges of war crimes are outrageous.
“This diktat is phrased in very extreme terms that try to impose rules that will make it impossible for any country to defend themselves against terror,” said Israeli spokesman Yigal Palmor.
Continue Reading »Israel and Hamas have both rejected criticism from Amnesty International of their conduct during the Gaza conflict. The human rights group says both sides committed war crimes by carrying out direct attacks on civilians using weapons sourced abroad. more
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