26 feb 2011
Khader Elias Fuad Tarazi
The popular movement for the support of prisoners and Palestinian rights renewed its accusation against Israeli soldiers of torturing and killing a Palestinian Christian young man called Khader Tarzi before harvesting his body parts in February 1988.
The movement had obtained a videotape illustrating in detail how the young man was hunted, beaten and tied to the front of an army jeep by Israeli occupation soldiers of the Givati Brigades near a house in the neighborhood of Al-Zeitoun in Gaza.
The videotape showed the stitched-up body of the young man with stitches running from his chin to his lower abdomen as well as in his hands and feet.
According to eyewitnesses at the time, the soldiers crucified Tarzi to their jeep after he asked for the help of Jesus Christ.
Israel, after pressures from human rights organizations, had agreed then to hold a military trial against the soldiers who tortured the Palestinian Christian to death, but the court acquitted them of killing the victim.
The popular movement for the support of prisoners and Palestinian rights renewed its accusation against Israeli soldiers of torturing and killing a Palestinian Christian young man called Khader Tarzi before harvesting his body parts in February 1988.
The movement had obtained a videotape illustrating in detail how the young man was hunted, beaten and tied to the front of an army jeep by Israeli occupation soldiers of the Givati Brigades near a house in the neighborhood of Al-Zeitoun in Gaza.
The videotape showed the stitched-up body of the young man with stitches running from his chin to his lower abdomen as well as in his hands and feet.
According to eyewitnesses at the time, the soldiers crucified Tarzi to their jeep after he asked for the help of Jesus Christ.
Israel, after pressures from human rights organizations, had agreed then to hold a military trial against the soldiers who tortured the Palestinian Christian to death, but the court acquitted them of killing the victim.
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19 jan 2011
A Video Exposes the Israeli Soldiers Torturing and Stealing the Organs of a Christian Palestinian
A Video Exposes the Israeli Soldiers Torturing and Stealing the Organs of a Christian Palestinian
Khader Tarzi (Tarazi)
By Iqbal Tamimi
The Popular Movement for the support of Palestinian prisoners and their rights showed a video recording in the Gaza Strip yesterday January 18th. The video revealed the details of how the Israeli authorities stolen the organs of a Christian Palestinian martyr who was killed after being detained and tortured 20 years ago.
The film was aired during a media conference yesterday, the video showed the brutality of the Israeli occupation and the procedures of torturing the Christian Palestinian young man ‘Khader Tarzi’, who was killed 1988 after he was detained and tortured, and his organs were stolen by the Israeli forces.
The video tape exposed the Israeli authority’s savagery, when the Israeli forces of the The Givati Brigade crucified the Palestinian young prisoner Khader Tarzi who lived at Al-Zaytoon neighbourhood in Gaza on the front of one of their army vehicles on February 8, 1988 and brutally killed him.
The Video and the witnesses confirm that Tarzi was chased, and brutally beaten up by the soldiers who used batons and kicked him by their feet until he was covered with bruises near one of the homes at Al-Zaytoon neighbourhood in his city of Gaza, Where the soldiers handcuffed him and firmly held him on the forefront of one of their military jeeps, while he was critically injured.
The coordinator of the Popular Movement Nashaat Wahidi confirmed during the press conference that the Institute of Graduate Studies, Chaired by Faisal Al-Husseini filmed the martyr Tarzi and that he was dissected by the Israeli forces and that there is a deep cut line in his body from the bottom of his chin to the bottom of his abdominal area, and also there are deep cuts in his hands and feet in addition to the fact that there are cotton, covering both of his bleeding eyes . Fuad, Khader’s brother said: ‘ when they brought my brother’s body home, the body of Khader was dissected all over, I saw for myself that the corneas of his eyes were taken from his eye sockets during the anatomy’.
Fouad Tarazi, ‘Khader’s brother’ said that his brother Khader was in the Zaytoon neighbourhood while it was besieged by the forces of the Israeli occupation with some young people.
He pointed out that the Israeli occupation forces pursued them and his brother had to find refuge in one of the houses in the area and hide under a bed fearing being arrested.
Fouad said that the witnesses who were at the crime scene, confirmed that the Israeli occupation forces arrested his brother and took him to Ansar- 2 prison, and when the Israeli soldiers passed near the Tarzi orchard next to Al-Nasr cinema, the soldiers removed the chains from his brother and dragged him out and beaten him badly for the second time, then re-crucified him in the same way as they have done before at the fore front of their vehicle.
Fouad said that the witness accounts revealed that as the soldiers beaten up his brother severely several times he was calling for mercy and crying for Christ peace be upon him to save him.
In the prison the prisoners were asking for some water to offer Khader and demanding medical treatment for him, but the doctor refused to offer him any treatment claiming that he was almost dead any way.
And, after the prisoners kept screaming and pressuring the prison wardens, Tarzi was transferred to, “Soroka” hospital, but he was denied treatment there and was transferred to “Ashkelon” hospital in Magdala, but he died on the way.
It was found later that Tarzi’s body have been transferred to the Abu Kabir morgue, that issued a report explaining that the cause of death is due to severe beatings, as well as fractures in the skull and spine as well as there were bruises throughout his body.
The Christian community, represented by the Patriarchate intervened to bring the body home to perform the prayers inside the family house as is the customs and traditions of Christians in Palestine, but the occupation forces targeted the funeral procession by throwing tear gas bombs on the congregation, who started chanting with “national unity of Muslims and Christians”. These calls infuriated the army who launched more tear gas canisters.
‘When the procession approached the monastery of the Latin Church, the army bombed the church in order to disperse the people and to stop us performing the prayers for my brother. The bombs are still there bearing witnesses to their crimes against Christian holy places’, Khader’s brother ‘ Fuad’ said.
The Popular Movement in Gaza demanded of the International community to expose the crimes of Israel and to act immediately to stop the Israeli terrorism against the defenceless detainees, the wounded, and stop the theft of organs of killed Palestinian martyrs.
The Palestinian martyr Khader Elias Tarazi was born in Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood in Gaza on 8/8/1968 at Al_Rimal area, South of Gaza. His family are Palestinian Christian refugees who were forced out of their city “Jaffa” 1948. He was arrested on 8/2/1988 and died on the next day 9/2/1988.
The Givati Brigade responsible for torturing Tarzi was formed in December 1947. It participated in Operation Hametz, Operation Barak , Operation Pleshet, Operation Nachshon , the Battle of Nitzanim, Operation An-Far, Operation Yoav, Battles of Latrun, Operation Hot Winter, and Operation Cast Lead in 2009.
When the state of Israel was established, Givati consisted of 5 battalions; A sixth battalion (the 57th) was founded on May 30, 1948 from the Irgun terrorist group that has massacred many Palestinians to force the rest of Palestinian farmers to flee from their lands and properties thus the ones who remained alive became refugees.
During Al-Aqsa Intifada the Givati Brigade carried out thousands of operations in the Gaza Strip and was awarded a medal of honor for its ‘service’ in the Gaza Strip.
In the second half of 2004 while the brigade was stationed in the southern Gaza Strip. One of its Commanders killed Iman al-Hams, a 13-year-old Palestinian girl, in Rafah. The Captain who killed Iman was acquitted of all charges by a military court.
Iqbal Tamimi is an exiled Palestinian journalist, living in the UK. She has worked in news TV production, broadcasting and print journalism for almost 17 years, besides publishing many studies about drama and its political significance, and she is the founder and moderator of the Palestinian Mothers’ network for human rights .
http://freedetainees.org/8402
By Iqbal Tamimi
The Popular Movement for the support of Palestinian prisoners and their rights showed a video recording in the Gaza Strip yesterday January 18th. The video revealed the details of how the Israeli authorities stolen the organs of a Christian Palestinian martyr who was killed after being detained and tortured 20 years ago.
The film was aired during a media conference yesterday, the video showed the brutality of the Israeli occupation and the procedures of torturing the Christian Palestinian young man ‘Khader Tarzi’, who was killed 1988 after he was detained and tortured, and his organs were stolen by the Israeli forces.
The video tape exposed the Israeli authority’s savagery, when the Israeli forces of the The Givati Brigade crucified the Palestinian young prisoner Khader Tarzi who lived at Al-Zaytoon neighbourhood in Gaza on the front of one of their army vehicles on February 8, 1988 and brutally killed him.
The Video and the witnesses confirm that Tarzi was chased, and brutally beaten up by the soldiers who used batons and kicked him by their feet until he was covered with bruises near one of the homes at Al-Zaytoon neighbourhood in his city of Gaza, Where the soldiers handcuffed him and firmly held him on the forefront of one of their military jeeps, while he was critically injured.
The coordinator of the Popular Movement Nashaat Wahidi confirmed during the press conference that the Institute of Graduate Studies, Chaired by Faisal Al-Husseini filmed the martyr Tarzi and that he was dissected by the Israeli forces and that there is a deep cut line in his body from the bottom of his chin to the bottom of his abdominal area, and also there are deep cuts in his hands and feet in addition to the fact that there are cotton, covering both of his bleeding eyes . Fuad, Khader’s brother said: ‘ when they brought my brother’s body home, the body of Khader was dissected all over, I saw for myself that the corneas of his eyes were taken from his eye sockets during the anatomy’.
Fouad Tarazi, ‘Khader’s brother’ said that his brother Khader was in the Zaytoon neighbourhood while it was besieged by the forces of the Israeli occupation with some young people.
He pointed out that the Israeli occupation forces pursued them and his brother had to find refuge in one of the houses in the area and hide under a bed fearing being arrested.
Fouad said that the witnesses who were at the crime scene, confirmed that the Israeli occupation forces arrested his brother and took him to Ansar- 2 prison, and when the Israeli soldiers passed near the Tarzi orchard next to Al-Nasr cinema, the soldiers removed the chains from his brother and dragged him out and beaten him badly for the second time, then re-crucified him in the same way as they have done before at the fore front of their vehicle.
Fouad said that the witness accounts revealed that as the soldiers beaten up his brother severely several times he was calling for mercy and crying for Christ peace be upon him to save him.
In the prison the prisoners were asking for some water to offer Khader and demanding medical treatment for him, but the doctor refused to offer him any treatment claiming that he was almost dead any way.
And, after the prisoners kept screaming and pressuring the prison wardens, Tarzi was transferred to, “Soroka” hospital, but he was denied treatment there and was transferred to “Ashkelon” hospital in Magdala, but he died on the way.
It was found later that Tarzi’s body have been transferred to the Abu Kabir morgue, that issued a report explaining that the cause of death is due to severe beatings, as well as fractures in the skull and spine as well as there were bruises throughout his body.
The Christian community, represented by the Patriarchate intervened to bring the body home to perform the prayers inside the family house as is the customs and traditions of Christians in Palestine, but the occupation forces targeted the funeral procession by throwing tear gas bombs on the congregation, who started chanting with “national unity of Muslims and Christians”. These calls infuriated the army who launched more tear gas canisters.
‘When the procession approached the monastery of the Latin Church, the army bombed the church in order to disperse the people and to stop us performing the prayers for my brother. The bombs are still there bearing witnesses to their crimes against Christian holy places’, Khader’s brother ‘ Fuad’ said.
The Popular Movement in Gaza demanded of the International community to expose the crimes of Israel and to act immediately to stop the Israeli terrorism against the defenceless detainees, the wounded, and stop the theft of organs of killed Palestinian martyrs.
The Palestinian martyr Khader Elias Tarazi was born in Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood in Gaza on 8/8/1968 at Al_Rimal area, South of Gaza. His family are Palestinian Christian refugees who were forced out of their city “Jaffa” 1948. He was arrested on 8/2/1988 and died on the next day 9/2/1988.
The Givati Brigade responsible for torturing Tarzi was formed in December 1947. It participated in Operation Hametz, Operation Barak , Operation Pleshet, Operation Nachshon , the Battle of Nitzanim, Operation An-Far, Operation Yoav, Battles of Latrun, Operation Hot Winter, and Operation Cast Lead in 2009.
When the state of Israel was established, Givati consisted of 5 battalions; A sixth battalion (the 57th) was founded on May 30, 1948 from the Irgun terrorist group that has massacred many Palestinians to force the rest of Palestinian farmers to flee from their lands and properties thus the ones who remained alive became refugees.
During Al-Aqsa Intifada the Givati Brigade carried out thousands of operations in the Gaza Strip and was awarded a medal of honor for its ‘service’ in the Gaza Strip.
In the second half of 2004 while the brigade was stationed in the southern Gaza Strip. One of its Commanders killed Iman al-Hams, a 13-year-old Palestinian girl, in Rafah. The Captain who killed Iman was acquitted of all charges by a military court.
Iqbal Tamimi is an exiled Palestinian journalist, living in the UK. She has worked in news TV production, broadcasting and print journalism for almost 17 years, besides publishing many studies about drama and its political significance, and she is the founder and moderator of the Palestinian Mothers’ network for human rights .
http://freedetainees.org/8402
12 jan 2011
Turkish police escort Yusuf Sonmez (L ) to a local court in Istanbu, January 12, 2011.
Turkish authorities have arrested an internationally wanted doctor for questioning over alleged involvement in human organ trafficking in Kosovo.
Surgeon Yusuf Sonmez, who was charged along with eight others by EU prosecutors in Kosovo late last year, was arrested late on Tuesday in Istanbul, but released on bail the next day awaiting trial, the Associated Press reported.
Sonmez was wanted on an Interpol warrant filed on suspicion of carrying out illegal organ transplant operations in Azerbaijan and Kosovo.
The organized criminal group in question trafficked people from Moldova, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey into Kosovo for the purpose of removing their organs for transplant.
The Medicus Clinic in Kosovo's capital, Pristina, which was involved in organ trafficking, was shut down back in 2008 after a Turkish man fainted at Pristina's airport and told the UN police he had just had his kidney removed.
Officers raided Medicus and found an Israeli 'transplant tourist' who had just received the Turk's kidney.
The victims were promised up to 14,500 euros (about $20,000), but they received nothing. The organs were then sold for as much as $200,000 each to patients in Canada, Germany and Israel.
Sonmez, 53, is now being questioned by Turkish authorities. He has denied any wrongdoing. Should the doctor be found guilty, he would serve his sentence in a Turkish prison.
Meanwhile, the Turkish judge in charge has less than two weeks to decide if the case against Sonmez will move to a trial.
A number of other suspects in the Medicus case were arrested earlier in Kosovo, but unanimously pleaded not guilty. (more http://bit.ly/dKfKnh )
Turkish authorities have arrested an internationally wanted doctor for questioning over alleged involvement in human organ trafficking in Kosovo.
Surgeon Yusuf Sonmez, who was charged along with eight others by EU prosecutors in Kosovo late last year, was arrested late on Tuesday in Istanbul, but released on bail the next day awaiting trial, the Associated Press reported.
Sonmez was wanted on an Interpol warrant filed on suspicion of carrying out illegal organ transplant operations in Azerbaijan and Kosovo.
The organized criminal group in question trafficked people from Moldova, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey into Kosovo for the purpose of removing their organs for transplant.
The Medicus Clinic in Kosovo's capital, Pristina, which was involved in organ trafficking, was shut down back in 2008 after a Turkish man fainted at Pristina's airport and told the UN police he had just had his kidney removed.
Officers raided Medicus and found an Israeli 'transplant tourist' who had just received the Turk's kidney.
The victims were promised up to 14,500 euros (about $20,000), but they received nothing. The organs were then sold for as much as $200,000 each to patients in Canada, Germany and Israel.
Sonmez, 53, is now being questioned by Turkish authorities. He has denied any wrongdoing. Should the doctor be found guilty, he would serve his sentence in a Turkish prison.
Meanwhile, the Turkish judge in charge has less than two weeks to decide if the case against Sonmez will move to a trial.
A number of other suspects in the Medicus case were arrested earlier in Kosovo, but unanimously pleaded not guilty. (more http://bit.ly/dKfKnh )
A Palestinian girl paralyzed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza will be allowed to remain in the country for medical care, according to a government document released Wednesday.
The decision enables Marya Amen, along with her brother and father, to stay in Israel as temporary residents. The status ensures state-sponsored health insurance and compensation for the girl, who needs a respirator to breathe.
A letter signed by Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai and obtained by The Associated Press Wednesday cites a "special humanitarian case" in granting the residency request.
Amen was wounded in a 2006 airstrike targeting Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza City. Her mother, brother and grandmother were killed.
Since then, she has been at a Jerusalem hospital while her family fought attempts by Israel to transfer her to a West Bank facility they say cannot treat her condition. Her lawyer, Adi Lustigman, said the Israeli Defense Ministry has until now covered her medical and other expenses, and has rented the family an apartment near Jerusalem.
Doctors expect Amen to remain paralyzed from the neck down for the rest of her life.
Physicians for Human Rights, which advocated for her in Israeli courts, welcomed the decision but said there are hundreds of other Palestinians injured in Israeli military actions who claim compensation and want access to medical treatment.
The decision enables Marya Amen, along with her brother and father, to stay in Israel as temporary residents. The status ensures state-sponsored health insurance and compensation for the girl, who needs a respirator to breathe.
A letter signed by Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai and obtained by The Associated Press Wednesday cites a "special humanitarian case" in granting the residency request.
Amen was wounded in a 2006 airstrike targeting Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza City. Her mother, brother and grandmother were killed.
Since then, she has been at a Jerusalem hospital while her family fought attempts by Israel to transfer her to a West Bank facility they say cannot treat her condition. Her lawyer, Adi Lustigman, said the Israeli Defense Ministry has until now covered her medical and other expenses, and has rented the family an apartment near Jerusalem.
Doctors expect Amen to remain paralyzed from the neck down for the rest of her life.
Physicians for Human Rights, which advocated for her in Israeli courts, welcomed the decision but said there are hundreds of other Palestinians injured in Israeli military actions who claim compensation and want access to medical treatment.
5 jan 2011
Three people have died, 14 in critical condition as deadly flu spreads mainly through central Israel.
Hospitals were swamped Wednesday morning with patients seeking treatment for the swine flu, which hit Israel for the second sequential winter.
The Health Ministry announced Wednesday morning that 14 people had been hospitalized in critical condition, among them six children.
Three people have already died from the flu this year, including a 15-year old boy who appeared healthy but succumbed to the disease within a single day.
Idan Levy's death was said to have sparked a panic, and Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv bore the brunt of it late Tuesday night. Patients arrived in droves, carrying children displaying flu symptoms, and many found themselves waiting for a spare bed for up to four hours.
Central Israel was hit hardest this year, according to the ministry's data, with 3,043 people seeking treatment, while Jerusalem was least affected, with just 457 people seeking medical assistance. More than 8,000 people altogether have had symptoms, the ministry said.
Hospitals were swamped Wednesday morning with patients seeking treatment for the swine flu, which hit Israel for the second sequential winter.
The Health Ministry announced Wednesday morning that 14 people had been hospitalized in critical condition, among them six children.
Three people have already died from the flu this year, including a 15-year old boy who appeared healthy but succumbed to the disease within a single day.
Idan Levy's death was said to have sparked a panic, and Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv bore the brunt of it late Tuesday night. Patients arrived in droves, carrying children displaying flu symptoms, and many found themselves waiting for a spare bed for up to four hours.
Central Israel was hit hardest this year, according to the ministry's data, with 3,043 people seeking treatment, while Jerusalem was least affected, with just 457 people seeking medical assistance. More than 8,000 people altogether have had symptoms, the ministry said.