24 aug 2008
Israeli Police and Military Vandalized 3 Radio Stations
The military commander of the occupation in Hebron, Lt.-Col. Udi ben Moha or “Udi ben Muha” and his thugs, Lt.-Col. Aviv Feigel and Police Commander Menashe Aveshalom Peled (or “Moshe Aveshalom Peled” or “Aveshalom Peled”) continue their career of systematic crimes and attacks against the Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied city of Hebron, under the eyes of Palestinian Authority and of the molesters, drunkards from the TIPH.
Lt.-Col. Udi Ben Moha and the Colonel Peled, who are both well known as religious extremists, freed the hand of the criminal Jewish settlers in Hebron and continue turning the heart of the old city of Hebron into a concentration camp sealed by metallic gates, a policy introduced by Yehuda Fuchs, the former IDF commander in Hebron, expanded their theft of Hebron area H2 under their control to Hebron area H1 under nominal the PA control, (In 1997 the Hebron Protocol (part of Oslo II), signed by the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority divided Hebron into two areas: H2 under Israeli military control and H1 supposedly under Palestinian control “civilian and security authority”). They shut down and vandalized the charities of the orphanage in Hebron H1, and then moved to shut down the radio and TV stations.
Lt.-Col. Udi Ben Moha and the Colonel Peled, who are both well known as religious extremists, freed the hand of the criminal Jewish settlers in Hebron and continue turning the heart of the old city of Hebron into a concentration camp sealed by metallic gates, a policy introduced by Yehuda Fuchs, the former IDF commander in Hebron, expanded their theft of Hebron area H2 under their control to Hebron area H1 under nominal the PA control, (In 1997 the Hebron Protocol (part of Oslo II), signed by the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority divided Hebron into two areas: H2 under Israeli military control and H1 supposedly under Palestinian control “civilian and security authority”). They shut down and vandalized the charities of the orphanage in Hebron H1, and then moved to shut down the radio and TV stations.
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On Wednesday 20 August 2008, Lt. Col. Udi Ben Moha , Lt. Col. Aviv Feigel and Colonel Peled, the Police Commander of Hebron, send their criminal soldiers and police in company of two civilian officials from the Israeli ministry of communications, in company of military and police vehicles, raided and shut down three local radio Stations: Wan FM Radio, BBC Radio, and Freedom Radio Al-Huryyah in the city, they appropriated the equipment and terrorized the workers.
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The Israelis kidnapped two managers: Mahmoud Kanabi, who was on-air broadcasting a program, and Muhammad Kafesha, and took them to an unknown destination. They then proceeded to vandalize and ransack the TV Station Al-Majed in Hebron.
Udi ben Moha, the new military commander of Hebron, is a war criminal responsible for hundres of murders, for the destruction of dozens of houses and other private and public property, and thousands of dunums of agricultural land in Gaza.
The General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, Aidan White, expressed his anger about the intolerance of the Israeli authorities due the illegal closure of these Palestinian Radio stations. He promised that he would follow the issue. Finally, he issued the press release which is quoted below:
August 22, 2008 – (Original here)
IFJ Condemns Israeli Military Crackdown on Palestinian Media
Udi ben Moha, the new military commander of Hebron, is a war criminal responsible for hundres of murders, for the destruction of dozens of houses and other private and public property, and thousands of dunums of agricultural land in Gaza.
The General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, Aidan White, expressed his anger about the intolerance of the Israeli authorities due the illegal closure of these Palestinian Radio stations. He promised that he would follow the issue. Finally, he issued the press release which is quoted below:
August 22, 2008 – (Original here)
IFJ Condemns Israeli Military Crackdown on Palestinian Media
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned actions by the Israeli army which raided and closed down three Palestinian radio stations on Wednesday.
The IFJ has demanded a full inquiry into the military crackdown on three radio networks operating out of the city of Hebron which provoked new demonstrations by Palestinian journalists across the West Bank and Gaza. |
“Sending the army into media houses to shut down Palestinian media is another sign of bullying and intolerance by the Israeli authorities,” said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary.
The protests arose after Israeli soldiers ransacked studios of One FM, Al-Hurriah, and Al Majd radio stations. The military also confiscated equipment and arrested Muhammad Kafisha, One FM director and Mahmoud Knebi, media worker at Al-Hurriah.
“The IFJ asks for the immediate release of the detained journalists” said White. “We need a full inquiry into why this action took place and the ending of all ongoing and illegitimate targeting of media and journalists in the Palestinian Territories”.
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), the IFJ affiliate in Palestine, condemned the latest attacks with demonstrations in Hebron, Ramallah and Gaza and made fresh demands for a review of the Israeli army’s controversial self-exonerating report issued last week of how its soldiers fired upon and killed Reuter’s cameraman Fadel Shana. There must be a full and independent investigation into this crime as well as action by the international community to restrain Israeli attacks on Palestinian media.
The protests arose after Israeli soldiers ransacked studios of One FM, Al-Hurriah, and Al Majd radio stations. The military also confiscated equipment and arrested Muhammad Kafisha, One FM director and Mahmoud Knebi, media worker at Al-Hurriah.
“The IFJ asks for the immediate release of the detained journalists” said White. “We need a full inquiry into why this action took place and the ending of all ongoing and illegitimate targeting of media and journalists in the Palestinian Territories”.
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), the IFJ affiliate in Palestine, condemned the latest attacks with demonstrations in Hebron, Ramallah and Gaza and made fresh demands for a review of the Israeli army’s controversial self-exonerating report issued last week of how its soldiers fired upon and killed Reuter’s cameraman Fadel Shana. There must be a full and independent investigation into this crime as well as action by the international community to restrain Israeli attacks on Palestinian media.
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The Israeli Police, which is supposedly there to implement the law, actually helped the military and ministry of communication in their criminal attacks of theft against the Palestinian journalists, the Radio and the TV Stations.
The head of the Israeli criminal Police, Moshe Aveshalom Peled, is a former police officer in the illegal Jewish settlement Gush Etzion near Hebron, which is well know as a den of religious extremists commander among the Jewish settlers. Colonel Peled and all the Police staff work under orders of Lt. Col. Udi Ben Moha, who planned and authorized these raids against the Palestinian Radio stations, and before that, against the orphanage and charities. Tariq Al-Kayal, the owner of Al-Majed TV Station in Hebron and a member of the Palestinian syndicate of journalists, said that seven Israeli soldiers, three Israeli Police and two Israeli officials from the Ministry of communication raided his TV station, vandalized the TV telecasting system, the waves units, and the filter system of his station. Tariq said that Al-Majed TV station had already been closed for a year as a result of the deteriorated financial situation and the continuous attack by the IDF. He had rented a part of the station to the BBC. Al-Kayal said that the IDF brought forward specious claims to justify their criminal raids: they came saying that the radio transmissions interfered with the communications at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, which is about 65 Km away and behind many hills. The IDF “justifications” are clear fabrications by the Lt. Col. Udi Ben Moha and Lt. Col. Aviv Feigel and his translation team, which translated the Arabic Newspapers and listened and watched the Palestinian broadcasts, and wrote their reports, which were always sent to the military commander and his units in Hebron and to the highest Israeli military authorities in Beit Ill, the office of the Central Command, currently general Gadi Shamni, and the Intelligence. Many arrests, murders and terrorist actions of the Israelis originated in the translations and reports of Aviv Feigel and his team. These translations can be considered as a way to control the Palestinian media, and they had and have the clear mission of spying on all of Palestinian society on behalf of the Israeli military administration office. Aviv Feigel team continuously called journalists on their cell phones and threatened them because of their reporting, whenever fulfilling their honest journalistic duties were not in the taste of Feigel. |
Feigel team also would call Palestinian citizens and Palestinian officials, ordering them to appear at meetings in the “Civil Administration” and then proceed to interrogate them for days on end about every aspect of their lives, their neigbours, colleagues and families, and pressure them to collaborate. Feigel and his team would use raw violence, threats of imprisonment, conditioning the fulfilment of economic and medical needs of these Palestinians and their families, and many other pressure methods to turn them into collaborators.
Lt. Col. Feigel, who heads the Israeli military administration, now called DCL office, himself headed the mission of DCL spying on the Palestinians in Bethlehem. Through his work at the DCL office he commited to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Palestinian people, He coordinate shooting against the boys in Bethlehem.
The closure of the Palestinian Radio stations in Hebron by the military occupation, their vandalizing and confiscating the equipment, their terrorizing of the workers and arresting some of them is clearly a criminal decision taken in the office of Lt. Col. Udi Ben Moha and Lt. Col. Aviv Feigel, the final order for this miserable action signed in the office of the war criminal in the central command, brigadier general Gadi Shamni.
The three destroyed radio stations were licensed by the Palestinian authorizes. None of them are linked to the Palestinian political factions of Hamas, Jihad, Democratic Party or Popular committee. The stations did broadcast music, advertisement, news, and other programmes of interest to the public.
According to Tarik Al-Kayal, who went to the Israeli Police station to ask for the release of the BBC equipment and to file a complaint against the ransacking of his equipment, an investment of over US$130.000. The Israeli police put Tariq under investigation and detained him at the police station for the whole day, and finally they refused to release the equipment and to take his complaint. He was treated in an exceedingly rude and unpolite way.
The Israeli raid happened under the complicit eyes of Palestinian authority, who freed the hand of Israeli military occupation in Hebron without any kind of legitimate interference. They did not protect these Palestinian civilians and their businesses. The Israeli raid was against one Fatah radio, “Freedom Radio Al-Huriyyah”, as the owner of this station is a PA security at Alternative Security Forces.
In the mean time, the equipment of the BBC Radio was returned, but in an unusable state.The Israeli regime and its institutions must return all the looted equipment in working order, and repair on their own costs and time everything else they destroyed or otherwise made unusable.
Please Help!
Please let the Israelis know that they should no longer count with impunity for their barbaric and criminal behavior, that enough is enough. If you would like to contact the IDF or the Israeli police in Hebron to protest against their criminal actions, below are the direct phone and fax numbers of the officers named above. Please tell them to release the two journalists who they kidnapped, to return everything they looted and to leave the equipment functioning like before or to replace everything they broke with functioning equipment of similar or better specifications, and tell them that they are making themselves punishable for war crimes and genocide under Israeli and international laws.
Lt.Col. Aviv Feigel
Lt. Col. Feigel, who heads the Israeli military administration, now called DCL office, himself headed the mission of DCL spying on the Palestinians in Bethlehem. Through his work at the DCL office he commited to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Palestinian people, He coordinate shooting against the boys in Bethlehem.
The closure of the Palestinian Radio stations in Hebron by the military occupation, their vandalizing and confiscating the equipment, their terrorizing of the workers and arresting some of them is clearly a criminal decision taken in the office of Lt. Col. Udi Ben Moha and Lt. Col. Aviv Feigel, the final order for this miserable action signed in the office of the war criminal in the central command, brigadier general Gadi Shamni.
The three destroyed radio stations were licensed by the Palestinian authorizes. None of them are linked to the Palestinian political factions of Hamas, Jihad, Democratic Party or Popular committee. The stations did broadcast music, advertisement, news, and other programmes of interest to the public.
According to Tarik Al-Kayal, who went to the Israeli Police station to ask for the release of the BBC equipment and to file a complaint against the ransacking of his equipment, an investment of over US$130.000. The Israeli police put Tariq under investigation and detained him at the police station for the whole day, and finally they refused to release the equipment and to take his complaint. He was treated in an exceedingly rude and unpolite way.
The Israeli raid happened under the complicit eyes of Palestinian authority, who freed the hand of Israeli military occupation in Hebron without any kind of legitimate interference. They did not protect these Palestinian civilians and their businesses. The Israeli raid was against one Fatah radio, “Freedom Radio Al-Huriyyah”, as the owner of this station is a PA security at Alternative Security Forces.
In the mean time, the equipment of the BBC Radio was returned, but in an unusable state.The Israeli regime and its institutions must return all the looted equipment in working order, and repair on their own costs and time everything else they destroyed or otherwise made unusable.
Please Help!
Please let the Israelis know that they should no longer count with impunity for their barbaric and criminal behavior, that enough is enough. If you would like to contact the IDF or the Israeli police in Hebron to protest against their criminal actions, below are the direct phone and fax numbers of the officers named above. Please tell them to release the two journalists who they kidnapped, to return everything they looted and to leave the equipment functioning like before or to replace everything they broke with functioning equipment of similar or better specifications, and tell them that they are making themselves punishable for war crimes and genocide under Israeli and international laws.
Lt.Col. Aviv Feigel
- 00 972 2 996 4351 (direct)
- 00 972 2 996 4360 (Assistant of Aviv Feigel)
- 00 972 2 996 2254 FAX
- 00 972 2 996 4518 FAX
- 00 972 2 997 7018 (Spokesperson of Aviv Feigel)
- 00 972 2 997 7339 FAX
- 00 972 2 996 7200 (direct)
- 00 972 2 996 2271(direct)
- 00 972 2 996 7395 FAX
- 00 972 2 996 7370 Fax
- 00 972 2 996 9400 (direct)
- 00 972 2 996 9401 (direct)
- 00 972 2 996 9499 FAX
- 00 972 2 996 9444 (public access)
- 00 972 2 624 5789 (direct)
- 00 972 2 530 5604 FAX
- 00 972 2 997 7341 (direct)
- 00 972 2 997 7002 (direct)
11 aug 2008
Former Israeli Air Force commander Dan Halutz (L) visits the Gaza border
Israel is seeking to block an order by the National Court of Spain to arrest six Israeli military leaders who have been accused of war crimes.
Sources in the Israeli attorney general's office told the Jerusalem Post that the government is fighting to overturn the arrest warrants for the six, who a Palestinian human rights organization says are liable for the willful killing of 17 civilians in Gaza in 2002.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) filed a ground-breaking lawsuit against former Defence Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, his former military advisor, Michael Herzog, former Israeli Army Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon and Dan Halutz, former Commander of the Israeli Air Force.
This is the first time survivors of an Israeli military attack have filed a lawsuit against members of the Israeli military in Spain.
PCHR filed the suit on behalf of the survivors of the July 2002 bombing of the house of Salah Shehada, a member of the armed wing of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades.
The bomb killed Salah Shehada and seventeen civilians, including his wife, his daughter, his guard, eight children (including a 2-month infant), two elderly men, and two women. 77 other people were injured, 11 houses were destroyed and 32 houses damaged.
According to PCHR, the government of Israel and the military commanders were aware that Shehada's wife and children were in the house at the time.
Israel is seeking to block an order by the National Court of Spain to arrest six Israeli military leaders who have been accused of war crimes.
Sources in the Israeli attorney general's office told the Jerusalem Post that the government is fighting to overturn the arrest warrants for the six, who a Palestinian human rights organization says are liable for the willful killing of 17 civilians in Gaza in 2002.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) filed a ground-breaking lawsuit against former Defence Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, his former military advisor, Michael Herzog, former Israeli Army Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon and Dan Halutz, former Commander of the Israeli Air Force.
This is the first time survivors of an Israeli military attack have filed a lawsuit against members of the Israeli military in Spain.
PCHR filed the suit on behalf of the survivors of the July 2002 bombing of the house of Salah Shehada, a member of the armed wing of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades.
The bomb killed Salah Shehada and seventeen civilians, including his wife, his daughter, his guard, eight children (including a 2-month infant), two elderly men, and two women. 77 other people were injured, 11 houses were destroyed and 32 houses damaged.
According to PCHR, the government of Israel and the military commanders were aware that Shehada's wife and children were in the house at the time.
1 aug 2008
Candidate who wants Olmert's job once 'sought deaths of 70 Palestinians a day'
A leading candidate to be Israel's next premier called for a death toll of 70 Palestinians a day when he was head of the military during the second intifada, according to a best-selling book by two Israeli journalists.
The account of a briefing given in May 2001 to senior West Bank army commanders reinforces the image of hawkishness enjoyed by Shaul Mofaz.
He has emerged as the main rival to the Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, for the leadership of the Kadima party being vacated by Ehud Olmert.
Mr Mofaz is expected to stress his security credentials as a former chief of staff and defence minister in his campaign to defeat Ms Livni, the most popular among the Israeli public of the candidates to succeed Mr Olmert as party leader.
According to the book Boomerang, by Ofer Shelah, of Yedhiot Ahronot, and Raviv Drucker, of Channel Ten, Mr Mofaz convened a meeting of brigade and regimental commanders covering the occupied West Bank at Jerusalem's Ammunition Hill. It occurred early in the premiership of Ariel Sharon when the intifada was well under way.
The book, which was well reviewed, and was based on extensive interviews with officials and documentary research, chiefly made news when it was published in 2005 because of its contention that Mr Sharon had, in large part, dismantled the Jewish settlements in Gaza to deflect the threat of a corruption indictment.
The two prominent journalists say in the book that the chief of staff at one stage of the Jerusalem meeting – "in an exceptional act" – ordered the person customarily responsible for recording the pronouncements of the military's top officer on such occasions to stop doing so.
The general then warned, says the book, without placing his remarks in direct quotes, that there would be "no more messages to the Palestinian Authority so that it will act". The authors say that Mr Mofaz instead laid down that they call "a price to be set exactly".
The authors say that he said he wanted "10 slain Palestinians" in each territorial brigade area.
The book goes on to record that one senior officer then whispered to the Central Command commander, Yitzhak Eitan, that he would be well advised to ask for such an order in writing and added: "It comes to 70 killed a day".
It then says that General Eitan convened the same group of officers the following day and "made clear that what Mofaz said [was] not to be understood as an order and should not be treated as a directive for action."
But it adds that one officer, the brigade commander in the Hebron area, Colonel Yehuda Albek, "preferred the Mofaz version" to that of General Eitan.
The next day, he began an action near Dahariya against Palestinian police "who had not committed any hostile acts". A policeman was killed and several wounded. When the colonel was summoned to command HQ to explain the operation to his concerned superiors, he said that it was in line with the remarks made earlier by the chief of staff, says the book.
There was no immediate response from Mr Mofaz's office yesterday to inquiries about the book's account.
Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the right-wing Likud, called for an immediate election, which the polls show he would win. "It doesn't make any difference who heads Kadima. They are all party to a string of failures by this government," he said.
Mr Netanyahu could get his way if the victor of the Kadima leadership contest fails to form a workable coalition to stay in office. In that case elections could be called for early next year – with the possibility that Mr Olmert could remain as caretaker prime minister until then.
The account of a briefing given in May 2001 to senior West Bank army commanders reinforces the image of hawkishness enjoyed by Shaul Mofaz.
He has emerged as the main rival to the Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, for the leadership of the Kadima party being vacated by Ehud Olmert.
Mr Mofaz is expected to stress his security credentials as a former chief of staff and defence minister in his campaign to defeat Ms Livni, the most popular among the Israeli public of the candidates to succeed Mr Olmert as party leader.
According to the book Boomerang, by Ofer Shelah, of Yedhiot Ahronot, and Raviv Drucker, of Channel Ten, Mr Mofaz convened a meeting of brigade and regimental commanders covering the occupied West Bank at Jerusalem's Ammunition Hill. It occurred early in the premiership of Ariel Sharon when the intifada was well under way.
The book, which was well reviewed, and was based on extensive interviews with officials and documentary research, chiefly made news when it was published in 2005 because of its contention that Mr Sharon had, in large part, dismantled the Jewish settlements in Gaza to deflect the threat of a corruption indictment.
The two prominent journalists say in the book that the chief of staff at one stage of the Jerusalem meeting – "in an exceptional act" – ordered the person customarily responsible for recording the pronouncements of the military's top officer on such occasions to stop doing so.
The general then warned, says the book, without placing his remarks in direct quotes, that there would be "no more messages to the Palestinian Authority so that it will act". The authors say that Mr Mofaz instead laid down that they call "a price to be set exactly".
The authors say that he said he wanted "10 slain Palestinians" in each territorial brigade area.
The book goes on to record that one senior officer then whispered to the Central Command commander, Yitzhak Eitan, that he would be well advised to ask for such an order in writing and added: "It comes to 70 killed a day".
It then says that General Eitan convened the same group of officers the following day and "made clear that what Mofaz said [was] not to be understood as an order and should not be treated as a directive for action."
But it adds that one officer, the brigade commander in the Hebron area, Colonel Yehuda Albek, "preferred the Mofaz version" to that of General Eitan.
The next day, he began an action near Dahariya against Palestinian police "who had not committed any hostile acts". A policeman was killed and several wounded. When the colonel was summoned to command HQ to explain the operation to his concerned superiors, he said that it was in line with the remarks made earlier by the chief of staff, says the book.
There was no immediate response from Mr Mofaz's office yesterday to inquiries about the book's account.
Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the right-wing Likud, called for an immediate election, which the polls show he would win. "It doesn't make any difference who heads Kadima. They are all party to a string of failures by this government," he said.
Mr Netanyahu could get his way if the victor of the Kadima leadership contest fails to form a workable coalition to stay in office. In that case elections could be called for early next year – with the possibility that Mr Olmert could remain as caretaker prime minister until then.
22 july 2008
A lawsuit has been filed in the National Court of Spain with the aim of issuing warrants for the arrest of high-ranking Israeli security officials for war crimes.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has filed the suit against those involved in the sanctioning of the 2002 bombing of a building in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City in which fifteen civilians were killed.
The warrants include former Defence Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, his former military advisor, Michael Herzog, former Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Moshe Ya'alon and Dan Halutz, former Commander of the Israeli Air Force.
If the case is successful those charged would be arrested upon entering Spanish territory, stripping them of the diplomatic immunity some of them currently enjoy.
PCHR have filed the lawsuit on behalf of six Palestinians who survived the Israeli extra judicial execution operation. The National Court of Spain has accepted the case for further examination, the first step towards launching a formal prosecution. This is the first time survivors of an Israeli military attack have filed a lawsuit in Spain against members of the Israeli military.
The Israeli foreign ministry was provided with a report on the case on Tuesday and say they are examining legality of the case. The courts of Great Britain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United States and New Zealand have all previously accepted cases against the Israeli military.
The attack occurred on 22 July 2002, when an Israeli Air Force jet dropped a 2000 lb. bomb on the house of Salah Shehada, a commander of the El-Quassam Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah. The explosion killed fifteen civilians along with Shehada, including eight children and three women.
Israeli intelligence apparently informed [former] Israeli Army Chief of Staff, General Moshe Ya'alon, that Shehada's wife and daughter "Were close to him during the implementation of the assassination . and there was no way out of conducting the operation despite their presence."
PCHR mentioned that similar cases have been filed in Israeli courts, but have not resulted in prosecutions.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has filed the suit against those involved in the sanctioning of the 2002 bombing of a building in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City in which fifteen civilians were killed.
The warrants include former Defence Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, his former military advisor, Michael Herzog, former Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Moshe Ya'alon and Dan Halutz, former Commander of the Israeli Air Force.
If the case is successful those charged would be arrested upon entering Spanish territory, stripping them of the diplomatic immunity some of them currently enjoy.
PCHR have filed the lawsuit on behalf of six Palestinians who survived the Israeli extra judicial execution operation. The National Court of Spain has accepted the case for further examination, the first step towards launching a formal prosecution. This is the first time survivors of an Israeli military attack have filed a lawsuit in Spain against members of the Israeli military.
The Israeli foreign ministry was provided with a report on the case on Tuesday and say they are examining legality of the case. The courts of Great Britain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United States and New Zealand have all previously accepted cases against the Israeli military.
The attack occurred on 22 July 2002, when an Israeli Air Force jet dropped a 2000 lb. bomb on the house of Salah Shehada, a commander of the El-Quassam Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah. The explosion killed fifteen civilians along with Shehada, including eight children and three women.
Israeli intelligence apparently informed [former] Israeli Army Chief of Staff, General Moshe Ya'alon, that Shehada's wife and daughter "Were close to him during the implementation of the assassination . and there was no way out of conducting the operation despite their presence."
PCHR mentioned that similar cases have been filed in Israeli courts, but have not resulted in prosecutions.
7 apr 2008
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) plans to approve a new law on Monday enabling the Palestinians to try Israeli war criminals, PLC officials said.
The PLC's legal committee has started drafting the bill to submit before the PLC for ratification.
Several lawmakers, attorneys and international law experts, and humanitarian activists took part in a session during which the new rule was been discussed.
The PLC's legal committee has started drafting the bill to submit before the PLC for ratification.
Several lawmakers, attorneys and international law experts, and humanitarian activists took part in a session during which the new rule was been discussed.
march 2008
Avichai Mandelblit
War criminal Brigadier-General Avichai Mandelblit (another possible spelling is Mendelblit).
Avishai Mandelblit, born in 1962, is a war criminal, Golani psychopath officer and the IDF Judge Advocate General.
Brig. Gen. Mendelblit had legitimized and justified the blockade on the Gaza Strip, the military commando’s criminal actions taken to prevent the “Mavi Marmara” Turkish ship from reaching Gaza. He thinks that the naval blockade, imposed by Israel on a million and a half Palestinians in Gaza since in 2006 was in keeping with international law due to “pure military considerations” and not as a part of “economic warfare” against Hamas. Mendelblit also justified the IDF war crimes in Gaza dropping tons of explosives and phosphors in the middle of populated areas during the so-called “operation Cast lead”.
In December 2007 Mandelblit justified the IDF’s use of cluster bombs during the Second Lebanon War in Lebanon and the murdering hundreds of innocent civilians. He said that using that “using the cluster bombs complied with international humanitarian law”.
Mandelblit is a terrorist, a religious and Zionist extremist member of a fundamentalist Yeshiva. Since childhood he was a student of the Zionist Rabbi Baruch HaLevi Ashlag, also known as the RABASH, who was died in 1991.
1991 Mandelblit was a “judge” of the Israeli war criminals at the military court in the Gaza Strip. He covered the IDF crimes against humanity which were committed by the IDF soldiers there.
In 1997 he was appointed as a vice president of the military court under Gen. Uzi Dayan, a former occupation central commander in the occupied West Bank Ban. His duties were to cover up and to justify the IDF crimes against humanity. In 2000 he was appointed chief military attorney. This means that he approved the list of murders and incarcerations of all the Palestinian political activists during that time, and he also approved all the IDF war crimes, plans of looting and transferring the Palestinian property to the IDF and the settlers.
According to the personal opinion of Mandelblit which was published by Amos Harel at Haaretz newspaper,the militaries of many other countries are complicit to genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity which the IDF has committed against the Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and, during the Lebanon second war in 2006 by using forbidden weapons (cluster bombs, phosphor and other chemicals).
Mandelblit stated: “I would say that most western militaries understand us. We are in touch with them, even the commanders and attorneys. NATO, U.S. Army, Canadian Army, they understand us. There is criticism from NGOs, but rather the most professional bodies, such as the International Red Cross, do not bring accusations against us. I do not think that other organizations argue that there is a deliberate decision to Israeli war crimes. There are arguments against what they see, “too little fingers on the trigger”. Ultimately, I do not see so many exceptions. The opinion of Mandelblit is based on several meetings which were held with lawyers and colleagues commanders, also war criminals, in the western countries.
Mandelblit is married and has of 4 children.
Mandelblit is a former head of the IDF service, he is a member of the General Staff.
Mandelblit was appointed as the Military Advocate General of the IDF in 2004. Here is a summary of his previous career:
Some of the crimes which he helped legitimize or cover during his career are:
- The murder in cold blood of six Palestinian civilians by the IDF on 19 – 22 September, 2002:
- On November 8, 2006, an IDF shell hit two buildings in the town of Beit Hanoun, killing 21 Palestinian civilians and injuring additional hundreds. As a result of this crime, the former Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz was appointed to lead a committee to investigate the circumstances of the incident.
In this case, Mandelblit decided that no legal action would be taken against any military official regarding this incident, and that the behavior of the IDF personnel involved in the incident was not substantially or severely negligent in a manner that would justify taking legal actions against them. He claimed that “there was no need to open a Military Police investigation into the matter”.
- On 26 February 2006, Mandelblit advised Brigadier-General Aviv Kochavi, the commander of the Gaza Division of the IDF, to cancel his studies and stay in England, fearing he would be arrested and tried for alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories.
Kochavi served as commander of the Paratroops in Gaza and took part during the “Operation Defense Shield” against defenseless civilians in Gaza in 2002, during which over 125 Palestinians were killed, hundreds were gravely injured, and during which the IDF destroyed massive amounts of private and public property in all of Gaza. As such, Kochavi is culpable of crimes of war, crimes against humanity and crimes comprising genocide against the Palestinian people.
That Mandelblit would advise Kochavi in order to help him evade prosecution for his crimes is evidence that Mandelblit is very well aware of the fact that the actions of the IDF are grave crimes.
- On December 24th, 2007 Mandelblit declared that the use of cluster bombs in the Second Lebanon War in 2006 was legal and that Israel would not prosecute IDF personnel over the use of cluster bombs in Lebanon. The use of cluster bombs is almost universally considered as a crime of war, and certainly so in international treaties of which Israel is signatory. The IDF used three main types of cluster munitions in that war: those dropped through air force bombs; and other cluster bombs fired through artillery and and in rockets fired from Multiple Launch Rocket Systems. Cluster bombs were used to target fields near populated areas.
The UN says that about four million cluster bomb-lets were dropped on Lebanon during the 34-day conflict. Many of them failed to explode on impact, posing a danger to civilians in their homes, gardens and fields. More than 30 people have been reported killed by cluster bombs and land mines dropped by the IDF since the 2006 war.
- On November 8, 2007, Mandelblit issued a statement justifiying the interruption of the power supply to Gaza, which left one million and half without electricity, gas, and consequentially without the basic needs for the daily life, such as water services.
In December 2007 Mandelblit justified the IDF’s use of cluster bombs during the Second Lebanon War in Lebanon and the murdering hundreds of innocent civilians. He said that using that “using the cluster bombs complied with international humanitarian law”.
- In March of 2008, Mandelblit together with Attorney General Menachem Mazuz legitimized the call to perpetrate genocide against the population of Gaza by Matan Vilnai and Ehud Barak.
- Also during March of 2008, the IDF perpetrated massive crimes against the population of the Gaza Strip. During this month The Air Force repeatedly attacked the civilian population of Gaza. Hundreds were killed or injured. Among them were seven women and 39 killed children, 89 injured children, and 315 gravely injured.Some of the victims of the IDF in March 2008 are:
In September 2009 Mandelblit was promoted to major general.
Avishai Mandelblit, born in 1962, is a war criminal, Golani psychopath officer and the IDF Judge Advocate General.
Brig. Gen. Mendelblit had legitimized and justified the blockade on the Gaza Strip, the military commando’s criminal actions taken to prevent the “Mavi Marmara” Turkish ship from reaching Gaza. He thinks that the naval blockade, imposed by Israel on a million and a half Palestinians in Gaza since in 2006 was in keeping with international law due to “pure military considerations” and not as a part of “economic warfare” against Hamas. Mendelblit also justified the IDF war crimes in Gaza dropping tons of explosives and phosphors in the middle of populated areas during the so-called “operation Cast lead”.
In December 2007 Mandelblit justified the IDF’s use of cluster bombs during the Second Lebanon War in Lebanon and the murdering hundreds of innocent civilians. He said that using that “using the cluster bombs complied with international humanitarian law”.
Mandelblit is a terrorist, a religious and Zionist extremist member of a fundamentalist Yeshiva. Since childhood he was a student of the Zionist Rabbi Baruch HaLevi Ashlag, also known as the RABASH, who was died in 1991.
1991 Mandelblit was a “judge” of the Israeli war criminals at the military court in the Gaza Strip. He covered the IDF crimes against humanity which were committed by the IDF soldiers there.
In 1997 he was appointed as a vice president of the military court under Gen. Uzi Dayan, a former occupation central commander in the occupied West Bank Ban. His duties were to cover up and to justify the IDF crimes against humanity. In 2000 he was appointed chief military attorney. This means that he approved the list of murders and incarcerations of all the Palestinian political activists during that time, and he also approved all the IDF war crimes, plans of looting and transferring the Palestinian property to the IDF and the settlers.
According to the personal opinion of Mandelblit which was published by Amos Harel at Haaretz newspaper,the militaries of many other countries are complicit to genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity which the IDF has committed against the Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and, during the Lebanon second war in 2006 by using forbidden weapons (cluster bombs, phosphor and other chemicals).
Mandelblit stated: “I would say that most western militaries understand us. We are in touch with them, even the commanders and attorneys. NATO, U.S. Army, Canadian Army, they understand us. There is criticism from NGOs, but rather the most professional bodies, such as the International Red Cross, do not bring accusations against us. I do not think that other organizations argue that there is a deliberate decision to Israeli war crimes. There are arguments against what they see, “too little fingers on the trigger”. Ultimately, I do not see so many exceptions. The opinion of Mandelblit is based on several meetings which were held with lawyers and colleagues commanders, also war criminals, in the western countries.
Mandelblit is married and has of 4 children.
Mandelblit is a former head of the IDF service, he is a member of the General Staff.
Mandelblit was appointed as the Military Advocate General of the IDF in 2004. Here is a summary of his previous career:
- 1985-1988 Military Prosecutor; prosecutor for the ground forces command southern division
- 1988-1990 Defense Attorney of the southern command/ ground forces command
- 1990-1991 District Defense Attorney
- 1991-1992 Judge of a military court in the Gaza region
- 1993-1996 Senior assistant to the chief military prosecutor
- 1996-1997 Deputy Chief Military Prosecutor
- 1997-2000 Deputy to the head of the military courts of the ground forces southern command
- 2000-2003 Chief Military Defense Attorney
- 2003-2004 Deputy Military Advocate General
Some of the crimes which he helped legitimize or cover during his career are:
- The murder in cold blood of six Palestinian civilians by the IDF on 19 – 22 September, 2002:
- Abed Al-Salaam Samran, aged 10, from Ramallah
- Heitam Said Natat, aged 17, from Gaza
- Abed-Allah Al Galabi, aged 14, from Gaza
- Bahaa Said Nagi El Bahash, aged 14, from Nablus
- Ahmed Mahmoud Lubada, aged 36, from Gaza
- Amira Adhadar, aged 25, from Gaza.
- On November 8, 2006, an IDF shell hit two buildings in the town of Beit Hanoun, killing 21 Palestinian civilians and injuring additional hundreds. As a result of this crime, the former Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz was appointed to lead a committee to investigate the circumstances of the incident.
In this case, Mandelblit decided that no legal action would be taken against any military official regarding this incident, and that the behavior of the IDF personnel involved in the incident was not substantially or severely negligent in a manner that would justify taking legal actions against them. He claimed that “there was no need to open a Military Police investigation into the matter”.
- On 26 February 2006, Mandelblit advised Brigadier-General Aviv Kochavi, the commander of the Gaza Division of the IDF, to cancel his studies and stay in England, fearing he would be arrested and tried for alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories.
Kochavi served as commander of the Paratroops in Gaza and took part during the “Operation Defense Shield” against defenseless civilians in Gaza in 2002, during which over 125 Palestinians were killed, hundreds were gravely injured, and during which the IDF destroyed massive amounts of private and public property in all of Gaza. As such, Kochavi is culpable of crimes of war, crimes against humanity and crimes comprising genocide against the Palestinian people.
That Mandelblit would advise Kochavi in order to help him evade prosecution for his crimes is evidence that Mandelblit is very well aware of the fact that the actions of the IDF are grave crimes.
- On December 24th, 2007 Mandelblit declared that the use of cluster bombs in the Second Lebanon War in 2006 was legal and that Israel would not prosecute IDF personnel over the use of cluster bombs in Lebanon. The use of cluster bombs is almost universally considered as a crime of war, and certainly so in international treaties of which Israel is signatory. The IDF used three main types of cluster munitions in that war: those dropped through air force bombs; and other cluster bombs fired through artillery and and in rockets fired from Multiple Launch Rocket Systems. Cluster bombs were used to target fields near populated areas.
The UN says that about four million cluster bomb-lets were dropped on Lebanon during the 34-day conflict. Many of them failed to explode on impact, posing a danger to civilians in their homes, gardens and fields. More than 30 people have been reported killed by cluster bombs and land mines dropped by the IDF since the 2006 war.
- On November 8, 2007, Mandelblit issued a statement justifiying the interruption of the power supply to Gaza, which left one million and half without electricity, gas, and consequentially without the basic needs for the daily life, such as water services.
In December 2007 Mandelblit justified the IDF’s use of cluster bombs during the Second Lebanon War in Lebanon and the murdering hundreds of innocent civilians. He said that using that “using the cluster bombs complied with international humanitarian law”.
- In March of 2008, Mandelblit together with Attorney General Menachem Mazuz legitimized the call to perpetrate genocide against the population of Gaza by Matan Vilnai and Ehud Barak.
- Also during March of 2008, the IDF perpetrated massive crimes against the population of the Gaza Strip. During this month The Air Force repeatedly attacked the civilian population of Gaza. Hundreds were killed or injured. Among them were seven women and 39 killed children, 89 injured children, and 315 gravely injured.Some of the victims of the IDF in March 2008 are:
- Amirah Abu Aser, killed, age 19 days.
- Muhammad Al-Buri, killed, age six months.
- Anas Al-Mana’a, killed, age 12 years.
- Bilal Hijazi, killed, age 15 years.
- Muhammad Khalil Hamad, killed, age 12 years.
- Malak Yunis al-Kafarneh, killed, age 3 years.
- Fatimah Al-Qirawi, killed, age 72 years.
In September 2009 Mandelblit was promoted to major general.
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