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The Injured Tamer Abu Sha'ar (11) before his death by IOF fire east of Deir El-Balah on 19 February 2008
Summary Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law continued in the OPT during the reporting period (14 – 20 February 2008): Shootings: During the reporting period, IOF killed 6 Palestinians, including a child, in the Gaza Strip. Two Palestinians also died from previous injuries in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In addition, IOF injured 13 Palestinians, including one woman and a journalist. In the Gaza Strip, on 17 February, IOF killed 5 Palestinians, including 2 civilians, and injured 9 others, including a woman, during an incursion into al-Shouka village, southeast of Rafah. On the same day, a Palestinian resistance activist died from an injury he had sustained on 12 February during armed clashed with IOF troops who had invaded Wadi al-Salqa village in the central Gaza Strip. On 19 February, IOF shot dead a Palestinian child during an incursion into the same village, Wadi al-Salqa. In the West Bank, on 14 February, a Palestinian civilian died from an injury sustained on 7 February during an incursion by IOF into Qabatya village, southeast of Jenin. On the same day two Palestinian civilians were wounded in 'Anabta village, east of Tulkarm, when IOF troops opened fire during an incursion into the village. A Palestinian journalist was also injured when IOF troops used force to disperse a peaceful demonstration protesting the construction of the Annexation Wall in Bal’ein village, west of Ramallah. Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 23 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and arrested 48 Palestinian civilians. To date the number of Palestinian civilians arrested by IOF in the West Bank since the beginning of the year stands at 432. In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted 2 incursions into Palestinian communities. On 17 February, IOF moved into al-Shouka village, southeast of Rafah. They killed five Palestinians and arrested 70 others. The detainees were released after interrogation. On 19 February, IOF moved into Wadi al-Salqa village in the central Gaza Strip. During this incursion they killed a Palestinian child. Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
Gaza Strip To date, IOF have closed all border crossings to the Gaza Strip for more than 18 months continuously. The total siege imposed by IOF on the Gaza Strip has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and has violated the economic and social rights of the Palestinian civilian population, particularly their rights to appropriate living conditions, health and education. It has also paralyzed most economic sectors. Furthermore, severe restrictions have been imposed on the movement of the Palestinian civilian population. The siege of the Gaza Strip has severely impacted the flow of food, medical supplies and other necessities, such as fuel, construction materials and raw materials for various economic sectors. IOF have further tightened the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip since Hamas’ takeover of the Gaza Strip, and the living and economic conditions of Palestinian civilians have further deteriorated. In September 2007, the Israeli government declared the Gaza Strip a "Hostile entity," which implies imposing more restrictions and measures of collective punishment against the Palestinian civilian population. Since then, IOF have sharply decreased food and fuel supplies allowed to enter the Gaza Strip. IOF have continued to prevent the entry of raw materials into the Gaza Strip, and subsequently many factories have been forced to close. Regarding the movements of civilians, IOF permit an extremely limited number of Palestinian civilians to pass through Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing in order to travel to the West Bank. Rafah International Crossing Point on the Egyptian border is therefore the Gaza Strip's sole gateway to the outside world. However, IOF have closed Rafah International Crossing Point, although they do not directly control the Crossing. IN addition, they have prevented European observers working at Rafah International Crossing Point from reaching the Crossing in order to monitor it. The closure of these border crossings deprives the entire Palestinian civilian population in the Gaza Strip of their human rights to freedom of movement, education and health. IOF have also continued to impose severe restrictions on fishing in the Gaza Strip. Fishermen have been subjected to intensive harassment by IOF, which use helicopter gunships and gunboats to monitor and intimidate the fishermen. The Interim Arrangements singed in 1994/95 permit Palestinian fishermen to go fishing up to 20 nautical miles away from the Gaza seashore. However, IOF continue to violate the Interim Arrangements and prevent Gaza fishermen from working.
West Bank IOF have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. Thousands of Palestinian civilians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have systematically been denied access to Jerusalem. IOF have established many checkpoints around and inside the city. Restrictions of the movement of Palestinian civilians often escalate on Fridays in order to prevent them from praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. IOF often violently assault Palestinian civilians who attempt to bypass checkpoints and enter the city. IOF have also tightened the siege imposed on Palestinian communities in the West Bank. IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. IOF also erected more checkpoints on the main roads and intersections in the West Bank, further limiting the freedom of movement of civilians. Israeli Violations Documented during the Reporting Period (14 – 20 February 2008)
1. Incursions into Palestinian Areas and Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
Thursday, 14 February · At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Be’r al-Mahjar neighborhood in the north of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses belonging to the Zghayer clan. They confiscated documents, books and computer accessories and arrested 8 Palestinian civilians, including 4 brothers:
1. 'Alaa’ Mutlaq Zghayer, 20. 2. 'Ammar Mutlaq Zghayer, 19. 3. Hamdi 'Ali Zghayer, 28. 4. 'Abdul Raziq 'Ali Zghayer, 26. 5. Yousef 'Ali Zghayer, 23. 6. Zakaria 'Ali Zghayer, 20. 7. Lu’ai Akram Zghayer, 20. 8. Naji 'Azmi al-Qawasmi, 20.
· Also at approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Tulkarm. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested Tha’er Tawfiq Khandaqji, 20. They violently assaulted Sameh 'Abboud Yahia, 21, before arresting him.
· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Sabastia village, northwest of Nablus. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 6 Palestinian civilians:
1. Mohammed Nour al-Din Mkhaimer, 30. 2. Thameen Yahia Darwish, 26. 3. 'Abdul Rahim Khalaf Kiwan, 23. 4. Fadel Mohammed Khoukh, 19. 5. Nasser Nawaf al-Haj, 30. 6. Majdi 'Abdul Karim 'Aazem, 21.
· At approximately 02:30, IOF moved into Qabatya village, southeast of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 3 Palestinian civilians:
1. Fadi 'Abdul Latif Zakarna, 20. 2. Mohammed Khaled Saba’na, 22. 3. Mahmoud Khaled Saba’na, 20.
· At approximately 04:00, IOF moved into Khillat al-Maya village, south of Hebron. They raided and searched a house belonging to Bader Ahmed Zain, 60, and arrested him.
· During the morning of February 14, IOF ended a military operation in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron, which had started the previous morning (Wednesday, 13 February). During this extensive operation, IOF damaged the infrastructure and doors of a number of houses and shops. They also demolished a 100-square-meter booth belonging to Saber Zamel Abu Maria, and razed a 350-square-meter area of land belonging to 'Othman 'Amayra. Before their withdrawal from the village, IOF arrested 2 Palestinian civilians:
1. Sakher Diab 'Awadh, 18. 2. 'Aziz Diab 'Awadh, 19.
· At approximately 11:00, medical sources at Dr. Khalil Suleiman Hospital in Jenin declared that Tayseer Mohammed Nazzal, 58, from Qabatya village southeast of Jenin, had died from a serious injury. According to PCHR’s documentation, at approximately 03:00, IOF moved into Qabatya village, southeast of Jenin. They patrolled the streets and opened fire. Tayseer Nazzal was injured by 3 gunshots to the feet whilst on his way to the mosque for the Dawn Prayer. IOF prevented medical crews from reaching him for almost 35 minutes. He was transferred to the Suleiman hospital, where he died of his injury.
· At approximately 17:30, IOF moved into al-Salam suburb, east of Tulkarm. They raided and searched a coffee shop and checked all customers. No arrests were reported.
· At approximately 18:00, IOF moved into 'Anabta village, east of Tulkarm. They opened fire at Palestinian civilians and property. A number of Palestinian boys gathered and threw stones at IOF military vehicles. Immediately, IOF troops opened fire wounding 2 Palestinian civilians:
1. Mustafa Mohammed Thawaba, 64, wounded by a gunshot to the left leg. 2. Hani Mahmoud Barakat, 25, wounded by a gunshot to the right foot.
· At approximately 23:00, IOF moved into al-Fawar refugee camp, south of Hebron. They raided and searched a house belonging to the family of 'Alaa’ Nassim al-'Anati, 23, and arrested him.
Friday, 15 February · At approximately 00:05, IOF troops positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Gaza City, launched a surface-to-surface missile at 'Izbat Bein Hanoun area in the northern Gaza Strip. The missile hit the rooftop of a 400-square-meter house belonging to Hassan Hussein Kalloub, in which 18 people live. The roof, the kitchen and the bathroom were all destroyed, although no casualties were reported. In addition, nine neighboring houses were damaged.
· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Jaba’ village, south of Jenin. They raided and searched a house belonging to the family of 'Alaa’ 'Abdul Mo’ti Qadriya, 17, and arrested him.
Saturday, 16 February · At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Ramallah and al-Bireh. They patrolled the streets. They withdrew later, and no house raids nor arrests were reported.
· At approximately 02:30, IOF moved into Burqa village, east of Ramallah. They raided and searched a house belonging to the family of Nizar 'Abdullah, 30, and arrested him.
Sunday, 17 February · At approximately 01:00, IOF moved almost 2,000 meters into al-Shouka village, southeast of Rafah. A number of Palestinian resistance activists exchanged fire with IOF troops. At approximately 02:00, IOF troops fired a surface-to-surface missile at a number of Palestinian police officers guarding Rafah International Crossing Point on the Egyptian border. A police officer, Ibrahim Salman Sabbah, 28, was killed instantly, and three others were wounded. At approximately 10:30, an IOF aircraft fired a missile at a number of Palestinian resistance activists who were near an UNRWA clinic in the same village. Two activists were killed: 'Abdul Salam Mohammed Abu Sousain, 33; and Nasser 'Ali Abu Shabab, 23. Between 10:30 and 15:00, IOF troops fired live ammunition at a number of Palestinian civilians in the villlage. As a result, 'Abdul Karim Mohammed al-Ghalban, 24, was killed by a gunshot to the chest when he was on his way to his agricultural land in the local area. In addition, 'Awni Mohammed Abu Taha, 40, was seriously wounded by a gunshot to the head whilst was near his house, and died from his wound the following morning. Nine Palestinians, including a woman, were also injured during the incursion.
1. Mo’men Abu Ghali, 20, a police officer, sustained serious shrapnel wounds. 2. Ibrahim Subhi Zo’rob, 22, a police officer, sustained serious shrapnel wounds. 3. Ayman Abu Sabala, 23, a police officer, sustained serious shrapnel wounds. 4. Mohammed 'Omar 'Awadallah, 28, sustained shrapnel wounds. 5. Tariq Hamad Abu Sabet, 20, sustained shrapnel wounds. 6. Jom’a Ahmed al-Debari, 21, sustained shrapnel wounds. 7. Ahmed 'Ayada al-Mahmoum, 22, wounded by shrapnel to the neck; 8. 'Omar 'Abdul Rahman al-Debari, 21, seriously wounded by a gunshot to the head; and 9. Nawal Khalil al-Mughayar, 40, seriously wounded by a gunshot to the pelvis.
· At approximately 01:00, medical sources at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis declared that 'Alaa’ Adnan Abu Haddaf, 21, from al-Qarara village, had died from a previous injury. According to PCHR’s documentation, at approximately 02:30 on Tuesday, 12 February, an IOF infantry unit moved nearly 800 meters into Abu Sha’ar area in Wadi al-Salqa village in the central Gaza Strip. They raided and searched a number of houses and forced Palestinian civilians outside. Approximately an hour later, IOF military vehicles moved into the area to support the infantry unit. They opened fire indiscriminately. A number of Palestinian resistance activists exchanged fire with the IOF troops. During the exchange of fire, two activists, including Abu Haddaf, were wounded.
· At approximately 01:45, IOF moved into 'Aqraba village, southeast of Nablus. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 10 Palestinian civilians:
1. Fursan Jameel Bani Fadel, 25. 2. Lafi Waleed Bani Fadel, 22. 3. Mohammed Jamal Mayadma, 20. 4. Wa’el Sami Bani Minna, 20. 5. Nasouh Waleed Bani Fadel, 19. 6. 'Emad 'Abdullah Bani Jaber, 19. 7. Yahia Sabe’ Bani Jaber, 20. 8. Saqer Sami Deiriya, 20; 9. 'Alaa’ Jamal Deiriya, 24. 10. 'Essam Shaheer Bani Munia, 20.
· At approximately 03:00, IOF moved into 'Ein al-Sultan refugee camp, north of Jericho. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 5 Palestinian civilians:
1. Eyad Hassan Mahaleef, 22.
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YAY!! Passed another exam!! 24/30, not that good, not that bad, it’s
just another exam over the way to my degree!! Anyway…it went great….guess what I was doing last night instead of studying??
February 17, 2008
Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birtday To BILLIE JOE…Happy Birthday to youuuu!! And know in Italian Buon compleanno a te! Buon compleanno a te! Buon compleanno a BILLIE JOE….Buon compleanno a teeee!! (e la torta a me!). Ah ah ah It’s 00.01 AM here and I’m the FIRST!! Take it Take it Take it!! I passed my CHEMISTRY EXAM!! Wohoooh! With the score of 30/30 (aka…maximum). Yuhuuuu!!! Know I think I have to thank someone….. First Of All: Thanks to JYRKI69. Knowing him as an Analitic Chemistry graduate persuaded me that studying chemistry isn’t that bad, in the end, and that chemists can also be cool (and sexy as hell). Then, thanks to PALLUKKA for helping me in reaching the lower ground on “this pic we well know” last night, instead of studying more and freaking out. Also thanks to WICKEDGIRL666 for telling me that chemistry it’s funny, and for talking to me during all the study process. Really thanks to JUSSI’s sex hormones for making me stand up all night…ehm…studying (aka liking his pics) Thanks to RICCARDO, who’s learning the bass part for “This Time Imperfect” and who made me company all while the study. Thanks to all the same dudes: GREEN DAY, RANCID and AFI. They're always with me, helping me doing whatever life asks me to. Thanks to DAD who’s helping me paying my university bills and stuff and who’s ill and roaming around me and stealing my cookies…….. *I’m still waiting for him to run out of milk….* Thanks to POISONGIRL85 for turning me into an IKEA’s couches thief. But remember….al special Valentine’s day couches are MINE!! Thanks to all my FRIENDS and to my kickboxing’s teacher DANIELE who screamed at me like if he was dying and made me have bruises all through my body. Special thanks to GIANCARLO that persuaded and forced me to stay at university this morning and have the exam, without him I was going to run away. Thanks to SEXYPAD and her obsession for Synister Gates and stuff….I’ll persuade her to turn into some finnish man to. Uhm…who else? Oh!! THANKS TO ME!! Who’s the mind? ME Who’s the brain? ME Who’s the genius? ME GO TESSA GO TESSA GO TESSA I’m scared and confused. A woman had an abortion. She chose this
way because the baby was going to have a bad illness and a mental handicap for
his whole life. This woman had an abortion in a legal
hospital. Doctors helped her and psychologists followed her. When she came back form the operating room
she found seven, and I repeat SEVEN, cops waiting for her. In few words they arrested her because in This happened because somebody denounced her
to the police, anonymously. Meanwhile, Italian politicians are talking
about the law 194. The law that gives women the right of abortion. Some of them
want to restrict this law, to “protect life”. The Bishops excommunicated an actor for a “hard
scene” in a movie, and made a petition to the actors to
ask them to not shoot sex scenes because “young people
could have unholy thoughts watching them and refuse to have babies in future”. The only sex that should be shown in movies, due to those bishops,
is the sex to have children. Now I’m wondering….WHAT
THE FUCK is wrong with this country? They will make us wear the burkah as Talibans
or they will burn us as witches? Have you ever thought about how long can 30 seconds last? When your parents call you for something you answer: “a minute!” A minute? How about 30 seconds? I found out 30 seconds can last like eternity, when you old a 2 kilos weight in your hands. I found out 30 seconds are like ever and a day when you’re trying to punch and kick as fast as light. I found out 30 seconds are like a neverending story when your teacher is shouting at you to do it faster do to it harder. Now I know when they say “Just a minute” it can be eternity and over. I know that when my teacher says “Those are the last 30 seconds” he means “you’re going to do this other 4 times before I get satisfied”. Having this tonight was fun. Kickboxing is a really amazing sport to practice. You get full of bruises, your back hurts, your legs shake, abdominals feel like having its own life. It’s really funny! More than funny….relaxing. Now you know….30 seconds last longer than you think! Next time you’ll say: “One minute”, think about that…a minute is two times 30 seconds….and it isn’t funny when you’re teacher tell you “Just another minute!!” Ok…I don’t know why I wrote it…I just feel like going and faint on my bed! “kick boxing, slamming, singing along and the like are all visceral and emotional responses to music”. Davey Havok Location of
some of the foibe where killings took place Foibe massacres were mass killings attributed to Yugoslav
Partisans during
and shortly after World War
II against
Italians. The name derives from the local geological feature, foiba (a type of deep karst sinkhole). This term indicates, by extension, the
killings involving also other formations, such as the Basovizza foiba, which is actually a mining
pit. Some claim such bloodshed and the consequent Istrian exodus were a holocaust and an ethnic cleansing of innocent civilians; massacres and exodus were declared a democide and an ethnic-political cleansing by Italian
president Giorgio
Napolitano. Others
assert that the number of victims was too small for this to be true, and that
the killings were mostly restricted to fascists, both military and civilians, who might have had committed war crimes during World War II in Yugoslavia.[citation needed] Foibe are often referred to in the
context of mass killings in which the majority of victims were ethnic Italians,
though many bodies found in the pits undoubtably belonged to Yugoslav Partisans.[citation needed] Such killings were committed after the capitulation
of Italy[citation needed] on September 8, 1943 and in 1945, when Yugoslav partisans under Josip Broz Tito's command entered the Julian March (Julijska Krajina/Venezia Giulia),
the Italian occupied western Slovenia as well as parts of Italian territory along
the gulf of Trieste. Also, many dead Partisans were thrown into these pits
during an Axis
offensive in the area. The Yugoslav army (IX. Korpus) met with the British forces on the river Soča/Isonzo on May 3, Bodies of
murdered Italian citizens recovered by firefighters and local civilians in
1943. The number of victims is
still unknown, difficult to establish and a matter of much controversy. Estimates
range from between 2,000 and 15,000. According to data gathered by a mixed
Slovene-Italian historical commission established in 1993, the number of people
missing in the present-day Slovenian Istria and The killings of 1943 are
considered a reaction to the Italian pre-war and war
crimes, such as concentration
camps (among them
the Rab and Gonars camps), political repression, forceful italianization and nationalistic repression of Slavs exercised by the Italian regime in the previous decades.[1]For several Italian historians these
killings were the beginning of organized ethnic cleansing.[2]Particularly tragic was the case of
the young student Norma Cossetto, tortured and raped by her
assassins before killing.[3] The episodes of 1945
occurred partly under conditions of guerrilla fighting of Croatian and Slovenian partisans against the Germans, the Italians and their Slavic collaborating
allies (the Chetniks, the Ustaše and Domobranci) and partly after the securing of
the territory by the army formations of Yugoslavia. Killings may have included war crimes as well as civilian crimes of
private or political retaliation. For a point of view the main motive for the
mass killings seems to have been a plan of political cleansing that is to say, elimination of
potential enemies of the communist Yugoslav rule, including members of German
and Italian fascist units, Italian officers and civil servants, parts of the Italian elite who opposed both communism and fascism
(including the leadership of Italian anti-fascist partisan organizations)
Slovenian and Croatian anti-communists collaborators and radical nationalists. For other point of view the main
motive for the killings seems to have been retribution for the years of Italian
repression, that is to say, forced Italianization, suppression of Slavic
sentiments and, indeed, mass killings performed by Italian authorities during
the war, not just in the concentration camps, but also in the punitary
expeditions often undertaken by the fascists. Some Italian sources claim
that ethnic cleansing was another motive, but many historians[citation needed] disagree with that statement because of low
casualty numbers[citation needed]. However, others point out Tito's political
aim of adding to the new Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia the Istrian territories as far as Trieste and including the city itself. The reason for
this is the fact that these territories, according to both Italian and Yugoslav
censi, had a Yugoslav majority[citation needed]. Since the Allied countries had different
opinions on the redefinition of the eastern Italian border, it was preferable
to reach It should be noted,
moreover, that a large part of the Italian population had a very negative
opinion of the Slavs, whom they stereotyped as rural barbarians[citation needed], while a big part of the Slavic population had
a negative attitude towards the Italians, stereotyped as murderous fascists and
nationalists, so purely ethnic tensions could have played some role as far as
individual motivations are concerned. Quote from the report of
the mixed Italian-Slovenian commission (referenced below) which succinctly describes the
circumstances of the 1945 killings: "14. These events were triggered by the
atmosphere of settling accounts with the fascist violence; but, as it seems,
they mostly proceeded from a preliminary plan which included several
tendencies: endeavours to remove persons and structures who were in one way or
another (regardless of their personal responsibility) linked with Fascism, with
Nazi supremacy, with collaboration and with the Italian state, and endeavours
to carry out preventive cleansing of real, potential or only alleged opponents
of the communist regime, and the annexation of the Julian March to the new
Yugoslavia. The initial impulse was instigated by the revolutionary movement
which was changed into a political regime, and transformed the charge of
national and ideological intolerance between the partisans into violence at
national level." The first claims of people
being thrown into foibe date back to 1943, when the Wehrmacht took back the area from the partisans. Thus, the first
victims of the foibe appear to have been Partisans. The number of deaths herein
has since come under certain suspicion, since they could have been exaggerated
by Nazi
Germany. No investigation of the
crimes had been initiated either by Italian-Slovenian relations
in the relevant period (1880s to 1950s) have been under intensive study by historians since In March 2006, the border
municipality of Nova
Gorica in Slovenia finally released documents regarding 150
citizens of Gorizia (the twin town on the Italian part
of the border) disappeared in 1945 after being deported by Tito's partizan of
the IX corpus. The relatives had been requesting
information from the Yugoslavian and then Slovenian authorities for years. The
150 individuals are supposed to be a fraction of those who were deported from
the region and were killed later on inside The foibe have been a
neglected subject in mainstream political debate, only recently garnering
attention with the recent publication of several books and historical studies. It
is thought that after World War II, politicians wanted to direct the country's
attention toward the future and away from fascist crimes, subsuming the issue
of the foibe within this mass "forgetting". Another reason for the neglect
of the foibe can be found in the high degree of ideology historically present in the public debate in Since the end of the Cold
War, and more recently under the Presidency
of Carlo
Azeglio Ciampi, the
historical debate has begun to take on a less ideological tone. The coalition
of Silvio
Berlusconi brought
the issue back into open discussion: the Italian
Parliament (with
the support of the vast majority of the represented parties) made February 10 National Memorial Day of
the Exiles and Foibe, first celebrated in 2005 with exhibitions and observances throughout
Italy (especially in Trieste). The occasion is held in memory of
innocents killed and forced to leave their homes, with little support from
their home country. In Ciampi's words: Time has come for thoughtful
remembrance to take the place of bitter resentment. Moreover, for the first
time, leaders from the Left, such as Walter Veltroni(himself son of a Slovenian mother),
visited the Basovizza foiba and admitted the culpability of the Italian Left in
covering up the subject for decades. However, the conciliatory moves of Ciampi
and Veltroni were not endorsed by all Italian political groups. Members of the National Alliance party (post-fascist right led by Gianfranco Fini) especially took advantage of the
circumstance to promote a nationalist agenda, some even demanding the revision
of treaties with former Yugoslav countries. Nowadays, even a large part
of the Italian Left acknowledges the violent political and nationalist nature
of the foibe killings, as attested by some declarations of Luigi Malabarba, Senator for the Communist Refoundation Party, during the parliamentary debate on the
institution of the National Memorial Day: "In 1945 there was a ruthless policy of exterminating
opponents. Here, one must again recall Stalinism to understand what Tito's well-organized
troops did. (...) Yugoslavian Communism had deeply assimilated a return to nationalism that was inherent to the idea of 'Socialism in One Country'. (...) The war, which had begun as
anti-fascist, became anti-German and anti-Italian."[8] However, Malabarba and his party
maintained that the discussion on the killings was being manipulated by the
right-wing parties and that the new Memorial day was part of a general attempt to
criminalize anti-fascism and Resistance. Slovenia has officially adopted the report of a joint
commission describing Slovene-Italian relations from 1880 to 1956 (referenced below). Italian authorities have so far
not reciprocated, stating that adopting it would give an official status to a
historical research, and that this is not compatible with the principle of free
research. The Slovene and Croatian public and politics have come to acknowledge
the atrocities of the foibe and other massacres committed at the end of World War II. They recognize these events as the
result of Italian Fascism. After World War I areas later affected by the Foibe
massacres (see map) were annexed to the Kingdom of Italy. After the rise of the Fascist regime, the Slavic part of the population was subjected to a policy
of forced assimilation (ethnocide). Some incidents occurred even
before the rising of the regime, such as the burning of the Slovene National
House in Trieste by fascist supporters (1920), and many others. The Slovene population
responded with one of the earliest militant anti-fascist organisations in Partially in response to
the new Italian memorial day, Slovenia has enacted September 15 as a national holiday, memorial day
of Reunification of the Slovene Littoral to the Homeland. Many books have been written about the foibe, and
results, interpretations and estimates of victims can in some cases vary
largely according to the point
of view of the
author. Since most of the alleged foibe currently lie outside Italian
territory, no formal and complete investigation could be carried out during the
years of the Cold war, and books could be of a
speculative or anecdotal nature. Since the topic seemed
especially appealing to the far right, there is an overrepresentation of
authors that can be traced to neo-fascism. Many authors from the left wing of politics have maintained that
the foibe were either an exaggeration (or an invention) of the extreme right
for propaganda purposes,[9] since the fascist crimes in the
same areas dwarf even the most lavish of the foibe allegations.[7] Since a definitive investigation on
all foibe has not yet been carried out, and is unlikely to be carried out
anytime in the near future due to technical and political difficulties, the
subject is still controversial, and one should approach any book in this
bibliography with a critical spirit. Gianni Bartoli was the former mayor of Trieste, with the centrist
Christian Democracy. Claudia Cernigoi is apparently a former member of the Communist Refoundation Party. Kappa Vu is a small left-wing
publishing house. Settimo Sigillo is a small publishing house, specialised in revisionist books. Luigi Papo has been accused by
the left of being a war criminal in Pirina has been associated to the youth wing
of the neo-fascist Italian
Social Movement, the FUAN, and Fronte Delta, an extreme-right university movement. Raoul Pupo is an associate
professor in contemporary history at the University
of Trieste. Rustia is apparently close to Forza
Nuova, a neofascist movement. “Speaking of memories. Uhm.
How many people out there got digital cameras? And cell phones? Let’s put Billie Joe Armstrong A Year Of University First Week Of Lessons: Last Week: Before The Exams: Under The Exams: After March’s Exams: Before Summer Session: When You Find Out The Dates For Summer
Exams: Seven Nights Before Summer Exams: Six Nights Before Summer Exams: Five Night Before Summer Exams: Three Days: Two Days: One Day: The Night Before: An Hour Before: During The Exam: Once Ended The Exam: And After The Exams HOLYDAYS!!! If you see something moving….call a doctor….there’s something wrong!! You See those images moving, but they’re
still: your brain does it!! What do you see? Circles or spirals? They’re circles!! Now fix the point and move your head
backward and forward…what happens?? And last but not the least The better one! Fix the four points at the centre of the image
for some seconds, then look upon a wall….what do you see? People say it’s jesus, but I think it’s Che
Guevara!!! Do you had fun? I’m happy!! Today we have to remember also the death of Sid Vicious. He odded on heroin in the night of February 2nd 1979. He wasn’t a big musician. And he was an asshole for sure. But his look and his “always on the edge” kind of life are what made the
word PUNK mean FREEDOM. R.I.P. Sid! HAPPY BIRTHDAY
DOOKIE!!!! In, feb 2 of 1994
Green Day released Dookie! The album that changed music and the album that changed my life! It saved me in the darkest moments, and made me look at music with
different eyes! So I so feel like telling “him”: HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUN! I LOVE YOU!!
6 Palestinians, including a child, were
killed by IOF.
4 of the victims were extra-judicially executed by IOF in the southern
Gaza Strip.
13 Palestinians, mostly civilians, plus
4 international and Israeli human rights defenders, were wounded by IOF
gunfire.
IOF conducted 26 incursions into
Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
IOF arrested 42 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, in the West
Bank.
IOF have continued to impose a total
siege on the OPT.
Palestinian newspapers have not been allowed into the Gaza Strip for the
2nd consecutive week.
IOF troops positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank arrested at
least 11 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children.
IOF have continued settlement activities
in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attacks
Palestinian civilians and property.
An Israeli settlement outpost to the north of Hebron was expanded.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and
humanitarian law continued in the OPT during the reporting period (24 – 30
January 2008):
Shootings:
During the reporting period, IOF killed 6
Palestinians, including a child, and injured 13 others. In addition, four
international and Israeli human rights defenders were also injured in the
Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF killed 4
Palestinians. In addition, one Palestinian was injured.
On 25 January, IOF extra-judicially executed
4 members of the 'Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas) in 2
separate attacks within a few hours in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah.
A fifth brigade member was seriously injured.
In the West Bank, IOF killed 2 Palestinians
and wounded 12 others, in addition to injuring 4 international and Israeli
human rights defenders.
On 24 January, IOF killed a Palestinian
civilian and wounded 3 others in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron. IOF
moved into the village in order to arrest the fathers of 2 Palestinians who
had been killed the previous day by Israeli settlers, allegedly because the
fathers attempted to launch an armed reprisal attack. IOF also injured
another two civilians during the funeral procession of one of the
Palestinians who was killed by settlers. On 28 January, IOF killed a
Palestinian child and injured 5 civilians in Bethlehem. IOF moved into the
town in order to arrest an activist of Islamic Jihad. They opened fired
indiscriminately. In addition, three Palestinian civilians and 4
international and Israeli human rights defenders were injured when IOF used
force to disperse a peaceful demonstration organized in protest at the
construction of the Annexation Wall in Bal’ein village, west of Ramallah.
Incursions:
During the reporting period, IOF conducted
at least 26 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West
Bank. IOF arrested 42 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children. The
number of Palestinian civilians arrested by IOF in the West Bank since the
beginning of 2008 stands at 253. IOF troops also destroyed a house in
Tulkarm.
Restrictions on Movement:
IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and
the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
Gaza Strip
To date, IOF have closed all border crossings
to the Gaza Strip for almost 18 months continuously. The total siege imposed
by IOF on the Gaza Strip has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian
situation in Gaza, and has violated the economic and social rights of the
Palestinian civilian population, particularly their rights to appropriate
living conditions, health and education. It has also paralyzed most economic
sectors. Furthermore, severe restrictions have been imposed on the movement
of the Palestinian civilian population. The siege of the Gaza Strip has
severely impacted the flow of food, medical supplies and other necessities,
such as fuel, construction materials and raw materials for various economic
sectors. During the reporting period, IOF cut off food and fuel supplies to
the Gaza Strip. As a result of
the Israel's economic and humanitarian stranglehold on the Gaza Strip, on 23
January, hundreds of thousands of Gazans poured crossed the border into
Egypt after Palestinian resistance activists blew up entire sections of the
fortified border in Rafah. In addition to residents of Gaza crossing into
Egypt en masse, hundreds of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip who had been
stranded in Egypt, due to the enforced closure of Rafah International
Crossing Point, also returned home to Gaza. The Egyptian authorities
responded positively and with restraint, allowing Palestinian civilians to
purchase foods, medicines, and other supplies which are not available in
Gaza due to the escalating IOF siege and closure of the Gaza Strip. However,
opening the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip did not meet all the
basic needs of the civilian population of Gaza. Civilians across the Gaza
Strip still suffer from severe shortages, or total unavailability, of many
essential items, including domestic fuel and industrial fuel for Gaza's
single power plant. In addition, hundreds of students, patients and Gazans
living abroad remain in effective limbo; many have been waiting for
permission to leave the Gaza Strip legally since June 2007. PCHR has learned
that approximately 1,500 Gazans have gathered in the Egyptian town of al-Arish,
and have asked the Egyptian authorities to allow them to travel via Cairo to
third countries, where they can pursue their work, study or medical
treatment. They are currently awaiting an official decision from the
Egyptian authorities. PCHR reiterates its position that the chaos on the
Rafah border during the past week is an inevitable consequence arising from
the IOF siege and closure of the entire Gaza Strip. The IOF have
deliberately deprived the entire civilian population of the Gaza Strip of
their human right to safe movement and unrestricted travel. In addition, the
closure has prevented essential goods and medicines reaching the civilian
population. PCHR notes that IOF have tightened the closure of the Gaza Strip
since June, 2007. Since then, all border crossings into and out of Gaza have
been effectively sealed, including the Rafah Crossing.
West Bank
IOF have continued to impose severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. Thousands of
Palestinian civilians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have been denied
access to Jerusalem. IOF have established many checkpoints around and inside
the city. Restrictions of the movement of Palestinian civilians often
escalate on Fridays to prevent them from praying at the al-Aqsa Mosque. IOF
often violently beat Palestinian civilians who attempt to bypass checkpoints
and enter the city. IOF have also tightened the siege imposed on Palestinian
communities in the West Bank. IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the
West Bank have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of
Palestinian civilians. IOF also erected more checkpoints on the main roads
and intersections in the West Bank. During the reporting period, IOF troops
positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank arrested at least 11
Palestinian civilians, including a child.
Settlement Activities:
IOF have continued settlement activities and
Israeli settlers living in the OPT in violation of international
humanitarian law have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and
property. During the reporting period,
IOF troops, in
cooperation with Israeli settlers, added 5 mobile homes to a settlement
outpost located to the west of "Karmi Tsur" settlement, north of Hebron. The
mobile homes were placed on a tract of land belonging to Palestinian
civilians.
Israeli Violations Documented during the Reporting Period (24
– 30 January 2008)
1.
Incursions into Palestinian Areas and Attacks on
Palestinian Civilians and Property in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
Thursday, 24 January 2008
·
At approximately
01:00, IOF moved into al-Hawouz area in the south of Hebron. They raided and
searched a number of houses and arrested Tariq Nader Ed’ais, 25.
·
Also at
approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron.
They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested Mohammed Yousef
al-'Allami, 22.
·
At approximately
01:30, IOF moved into Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus. They raided and
searched a number of houses and arrested Eyad 'Adel Riahi, 19.
·
At approximately
02:00, IOF moved into Rummana village, west of Jenin. They raided and
searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.
·
Also at
approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Deir Estia village, north of Salfit.
They raided and searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.
Friday, 25 January 2008
·
At approximately
09:20, IOF moved into Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron. They patrolled in
the streets and opened fire at houses. They raided 2 houses belonging to the
families of Mohammed Fat’hi Sabarna and Mahmoud Khalil Sabarna and detained
their fathers for several hours. Soon, dozens of Palestinian civilians
gathered and threw stones at IOF military vehicles. Immediately, IOF troops
fired at those civilians, wounding 18-year-old Mahmoud Mohammed 'Awadh, who
died on the way to the hospital. According to medical crews, IOF obstructed
the evacuation of 'Awadh to the hospital. Another 2 civilians were also
wounded:
1.
Mousa Abu Maria, 19,
wounded by shrapnel to the right eye and ear; and
2.
'Abdullah Tal’at
Selmi, 21, wounded by shrapnel to the head.
It is worth noting that Mohammed Fat’hi
Sabarna, 21, and Mahmoud Khalil Sabarna, 20, were killed by Israeli settlers
near Kfar Etzion intersection, south of Hebron, allegedly because they
attempted to launch an armed attack.
At approximately 15:00, while residents of
Beit Ummar village were participating in the funeral procession of Mahmoud
'Awadh, clashes erupted between them and IOF troops positioned at the
eastern entrance of the village. IOF troops fired at Palestinian civilians,
wounding Munther Yousef 'Awadh, 30, with a rubber-coated metal bullet to the
head.
Saturday, 26 January 2008
·
At approximately
00:00, IOF moved into al-Zayoun suburb, southwest of Hebron. They raided and
searched a house belonging to Faraj Hasan Hdaib, 33, and summoned him fro
interrogation.
·
At approximately
01:00, IOF moved into 'Azzoun village, east of Qalqilya. They raided and
searched a number of houses and arrested 2 Palestinian civilians:
1.
Shadeed Wa’el
Swaidan, 20; and
2.
Shadi Suleiman Houli,
18.
·
At approximately
10:30, IOF moved into al-Harayiq neighborhood in the west of Hebron. They
raided and searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.
·
At approximately
23:30, IOF moved into Taffouh village, west of Hebron. They raided and
searched a house belonging to the family of Mohammed Salah Ezraiqat, 25, and
arrested him.
Sunday, 27 January 2008
·
At approximately
01:00, IOF moved into Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron. They raided and
searched a house belonging to Mohammed Ebraigheith, and arrested 2 of his
sons: Mousa, 22; and 'Eissa, 26.
·
At approximately
21:20, an IOF aircraft fired 2 missiles at 2 vehicles of the National
Security Forces of the dismissed government, which were parking near a site
of the 'Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas) in 'Oraiba
area in the northwest of Rafah. The two vehicles, 8 nearby houses and a
mosque were damaged.
·
At approximately
22:00, IOF raided and searched a number of houses in al-Qazzazin quarter in
the old town of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and
arrested 3 Palestinian civilians:
1.
Sa’id Nidal al-'Owaiwi,
17;
2.
Tha’er Nidal al-'Owaiwi,
18; and
3.
Fareed Hmaidan al-'Owaiwi,
20.
Monday, 28 January 2008
·
At approximately
01:15, IOF moved into Jenin town and refugee camp. They raided and searched
a number of houses and arrested 4 Palestinian civilians:
1.
Tamer Mahmoud al-Sous,
20;
2.
Majdi Khader
Eghbariya, 25;
3.
Bassam 'Abdullah Abu
'Obaid, 42; and
4.
Khaled Nabeel Abu
'Obaid, 30.
·
At approximately
02:00, IOF moved into Nablus and the neighboring 'Askar refugee camp. They
raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 2 Palestinian civilians:
1.
Mousa 'Ali Abu Lail,
28; and
2.
Mahmoud Fares al-Shawa,
19.
·
Also at
approximately 02:00, IOF moved into al-Zahiriya village, southwest of
Hebron. They raided and searched a house belonging to Salem Mannaa’ and
arrested 2 of his sons: Mohammed, 24; and Firas, 28.
·
At approximately
14:50, IOF moved into Ma’ali neighborhood in the center of Bethlehem. They
besieged a 3-storey house belonging to 'Eissa 'Aabda, 70. They raided a
number of neighboring houses and forced their residents out. They threatened
to destroy 'Abada’s house. They forced its residents out. They then called
on Mohammed 'Eissa 'Aabda, 42, a member of the Islamic Jihad, to get out and
surrender. IOF troops opened fire at the house and prevented journalists
from reaching the area. As a result of the IOF gunfire, Qussai Suleiman
Mohammed al-Afandi, 16, from al-Duhaisha refugee camp, was seriously wounded
by a gunshot to the abdomen. He was evacuated to Beit Jala Hospital, but
medical efforts to save his life failed. According to the child’s uncle, the
child was on his way to his father’s shop when he was shot. Another 5
civilians were also wounded:
1.
Ibrahim 'Abdul Qader,
21, wounded by a gunshot to the foot;
2.
Mahmoud Mohammed al-Za’areer,
24, wounded by 2 rubber-coated metal bullets to the neck and the right hand;
3.
Mohammed Lutfi Sa’ad,
22, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the back;
4.
Yousef Sameer Abu
Srour, 27, wounded by a gunshot to the left foot; and
5.
Murad 'Abdul Karim
al-Atrash, 19, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the back.
At approximately 17:00, IOF troops started
to shell 'Aabda’s house. They also brought a bulldozer to the area, which
started to demolish the fence. At approximately 19:20, IOF arrested Mohammed
'Eissa 'Aabda. IOF had already 'Aabda’s brother Mousa. During this military
operation, IOF troops detained a number of journalists in a shop and
prevented them from reporting on the operation.
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
·
At approximately
01:00, IOF moved in Shwaika suburb, north of Tulkarm. They raided and
searched a number of houses and arrested Lu’ai 'Abdul Fattah Mustafa, 30, a
member of the Palestinian National Security Forces.
·
Also at
approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm.
They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 'Ali Yousef Fouda,
22.
·
At approximately
01:30, IOF moved into Kufor Qallil village, southeast of Nablus. They raided
and searched a number of houses and arrested 'Odai Nasser Mansour, 16.
·
Also at
approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Balata refugee camp. They raided and
searched a number of houses and arrested Jamal Mohammed Harb, 28.
·
At approximately
02:00, IOF moved into al-Tour neighborhood in East Jerusalem. They raided
and searched a number of houses and arrested 2 Palestinian civilians,
including a child:
1.
Durgham 'Omar al-'Aramin,
17; and
2.
Nidal Mohammed
Jaradat, 20.
·
At approximately
02:30, IOF moved into Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses
and arrested 4 Palestinian civilians, including a child:
1.
Sa’id Saqer al-Sha’rawi,
31;
2.
'Ataa’ Sa’id Abu
Rmouz, 17;
3.
'Assem Ayoub Seder,
21; and
4.
Mos’ab Rushdi al-Atrash,
20.
·
Also at
approximately 02:30, IOF moved into Halhoul town, north of Hebron. They
raided and searched a number of houses and arrested Yousef Mazen Hamada, 20.
·
At approximately
03:00, IOF moved into Beit Reema village, northwest of Ramallah. They raided
and searched a number of houses and arrested 2 Palestinian civilians:
1.
Ahmed 'Eid al-Reemawi,
22; and
2.
Saddam Tayseer al-Reemawi,
19.
·&
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