11 june 2014
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has succeeded in ensuring remedy for the family of 'Ahed al-Telbani, from al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, who was killed by the Israeli forces 13 years ago. Following years of legal work and persistent follow-up, a settlement was concluded with the Israeli Military Advocate General’s representatives to pay 175,000 NIS for the heirs of the aforementioned civilian in exchange for closing the case. Procedures to deliver this amount to the family are now in process.
On 31 January 2001, Israeli forces stationed at al-Shuhadaa’ intersection "previously called Netzarim", south of Gaza City, opened fire at a cap belonging to al-Telbani from a very close range while he was passing the intersection. As a result, he was killed.
On 07 February 2001, PCHR followed up the case after being given a power of attorney by the family of the victim, who is married and a father of 8 children. PCHR submitted complaints to each of the Israeli Military Advocate General and the Israeli Ministry of Defense to take the necessary legal action to hold the perpetrators accountable for willfully killing al-Telbani. In 2004, PCHR filed a case before the District Court of al-Gedera on behalf of the heirs of al-Telbani. Over the past years, the lawyers at PCHR’s Legal Unit followed up the case until the Court decided on 15 February 2010 to dismiss the proceedings. Eyewitness were not able to give their testimonies before the court as the Israeli authorities refused to give them necessary permits to pass via Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing to attend the court's sessions.
On 31 December 2010, PCHR appealed the court’s decision and managed to get the case back on the court roll as the court accepted the affidavits of the eyewitnesses instead of their testimonies in person before the court.
Several court hearings in the case were held over the past years, during which PCHR supported its claim by evidences confirming the Israeli forces’ responsibility for al-Telbani’s death in circumstances that did not require the use of weapons. According to eyewitnesses, the area then did not witness any clashes and passing through the intersection was permitted. This means that the Israeli forces willfully killed al-Telbani in a blatant violation of the most basic concepts of humanity, domestic laws and international human rights instruments.
This is not the first time that PCHR achieves success in regard to efforts to prosecute war criminals via Israeli courts. PCHR had achieved other successes in this field, the latest of which was in October 2013, when PCHR succeeded in ensuring a compensation of 498,000 NIS for the families of 3 Palestinian children, who were killed by Israeli forces in 2001, i.e. around 166,000 NIS for each family.
In this context, PCHR emphasizes two facts. First, PCHR’s lawyers have exerted extraordinary efforts for long years to achieve these results and that way to access to justice, even though in regards to a limited number of cases, is difficult and painstaking and requires abnormal efforts. Second, these successes by all standards and criteria are limited ones and only for exceptional cases as thousands of cases, which PCHR filed on behalf of the Palestinian victims, have not been settled yet or were dismissed due to the issuance of military orders, amendments to the legislations or decisions taken by judges while considering the cases.
PCHR will continue its efforts to prosecute suspected Israeli war criminals before Israeli courts, or national courts of other countries based on the principle of universal jurisdiction to ensure that Israeli war criminals do not evade justice, and to ensure remedy for thousands of Palestinian civilians who have been affected by Israeli practices and crimes.
On 31 January 2001, Israeli forces stationed at al-Shuhadaa’ intersection "previously called Netzarim", south of Gaza City, opened fire at a cap belonging to al-Telbani from a very close range while he was passing the intersection. As a result, he was killed.
On 07 February 2001, PCHR followed up the case after being given a power of attorney by the family of the victim, who is married and a father of 8 children. PCHR submitted complaints to each of the Israeli Military Advocate General and the Israeli Ministry of Defense to take the necessary legal action to hold the perpetrators accountable for willfully killing al-Telbani. In 2004, PCHR filed a case before the District Court of al-Gedera on behalf of the heirs of al-Telbani. Over the past years, the lawyers at PCHR’s Legal Unit followed up the case until the Court decided on 15 February 2010 to dismiss the proceedings. Eyewitness were not able to give their testimonies before the court as the Israeli authorities refused to give them necessary permits to pass via Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing to attend the court's sessions.
On 31 December 2010, PCHR appealed the court’s decision and managed to get the case back on the court roll as the court accepted the affidavits of the eyewitnesses instead of their testimonies in person before the court.
Several court hearings in the case were held over the past years, during which PCHR supported its claim by evidences confirming the Israeli forces’ responsibility for al-Telbani’s death in circumstances that did not require the use of weapons. According to eyewitnesses, the area then did not witness any clashes and passing through the intersection was permitted. This means that the Israeli forces willfully killed al-Telbani in a blatant violation of the most basic concepts of humanity, domestic laws and international human rights instruments.
This is not the first time that PCHR achieves success in regard to efforts to prosecute war criminals via Israeli courts. PCHR had achieved other successes in this field, the latest of which was in October 2013, when PCHR succeeded in ensuring a compensation of 498,000 NIS for the families of 3 Palestinian children, who were killed by Israeli forces in 2001, i.e. around 166,000 NIS for each family.
In this context, PCHR emphasizes two facts. First, PCHR’s lawyers have exerted extraordinary efforts for long years to achieve these results and that way to access to justice, even though in regards to a limited number of cases, is difficult and painstaking and requires abnormal efforts. Second, these successes by all standards and criteria are limited ones and only for exceptional cases as thousands of cases, which PCHR filed on behalf of the Palestinian victims, have not been settled yet or were dismissed due to the issuance of military orders, amendments to the legislations or decisions taken by judges while considering the cases.
PCHR will continue its efforts to prosecute suspected Israeli war criminals before Israeli courts, or national courts of other countries based on the principle of universal jurisdiction to ensure that Israeli war criminals do not evade justice, and to ensure remedy for thousands of Palestinian civilians who have been affected by Israeli practices and crimes.
29 may 2014
Head of the First Aid Arab Union Society Mohammad Gharabli slammed the Israeli police for having deliberately targeted Palestinian medical relief staff and warned of a potential transformation of such aggressions into systematic deadly tactics. Gharabli’s warnings were released as seven ambulance personnel were left severely injured during the clashes that broke out in Occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, following the provocative rallies staged by hundreds of extremist Israeli settlers.
“Our emergency paramedics have been deliberately targeted by the Israeli police forces, paving the way for a potential systemization of such deadly tactics to thwart our relief mission. A law issued by the Israeli Health Ministry outlawed any potential reluctance by an experienced person to treat a wounded. But the law is not obviously observed by the Israeli police.”
The attacks coincide with a series of rallies staged by dozens of Jerusalemite natives at Bab al-Amoud to protest the Judaization demo held by a band of Israeli fanatics on the occasion of the so-called Unification of Jerusalem, in reference to the occupation of Jerusalem during the 1967-Six-Day-War.
The non-violent Palestinian protest has been attacked and dispersed by force by the Israeli police, leading to severe injuries among dozens of Palestinian civilians. Other peaceful young marchers were rounded up in the process.
“Our emergency paramedics have been deliberately targeted by the Israeli police forces, paving the way for a potential systemization of such deadly tactics to thwart our relief mission. A law issued by the Israeli Health Ministry outlawed any potential reluctance by an experienced person to treat a wounded. But the law is not obviously observed by the Israeli police.”
The attacks coincide with a series of rallies staged by dozens of Jerusalemite natives at Bab al-Amoud to protest the Judaization demo held by a band of Israeli fanatics on the occasion of the so-called Unification of Jerusalem, in reference to the occupation of Jerusalem during the 1967-Six-Day-War.
The non-violent Palestinian protest has been attacked and dispersed by force by the Israeli police, leading to severe injuries among dozens of Palestinian civilians. Other peaceful young marchers were rounded up in the process.
26 may 2014
Gaby Ashkenazi
Eliezer Marom
Amos Yadlin
Avishai Levy
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A Turkish court on Monday ordered the arrest of four former Israeli military chiefs over a deadly 2010 maritime assault that plunged relations between the former allies into crisis, a lawyer working on the case said. The court will ask Interpol to issue international arrest warrants for the four men, lawyer Cihat Gokdemir told AFP.
No one at the Israeli embassy in Ankara was immediately available for comment. Turkish prosecutors are seeking life sentences for the commanders, who went on trial in absentia in 2012. They are former military chief of staff Gaby Ashkenazi, former navy chief Eliezer Marom, former military intelligence head Amos Yadlin and former air force intelligence chief Avishai Levy. Israeli commandos boarded the Turkish-flagged Mavi Marmara, the largest ship in a flotilla dispatched by Turkish relief agency IHH to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, on May 31, 2010, leaving nine Turkish activists dead. The assault sparked widespread condemnation and provoked a major diplomatic crisis between the two countries. Ankara expelled the Israeli ambassador, demanded a formal apology and compensation, and an end to the blockade on the Gaza Strip -- which is ruled by Hamas, a Palestinian militant group. IHH together with the victims' families brought a criminal case against the four Israeli ex-military chiefs after the maritime assault. An Israeli probe ruled that the raid did not violate international law, in a finding that Turkey said lacked credibility. Talks on compensation began a year ago after Israel extended a formal apology to Turkey in a breakthrough brokered by US President Barack Obama. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause, said in April he was prepared to normalise ties with the Jewish state. Authorities had said recently they were close to a deal that would see Israel pay compensation for the deaths, but Tel Aviv said this was conditional on the lawsuits against its soldiers being dropped. "We will not drop the lawsuits. We believe criminals must be put on trial," Serkan Nergis, spokesman for the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), told AFP on Monday. "Even if we do give up, victims' families will not," he said. |
Turkish media have said that any deal with Israel would have the status of an international agreement and would give the Israeli military immunity from any liability over the assault.
Under the Turkish constitution, international treaties take precedence over domestic law if there is a disagreement.
Under the Turkish constitution, international treaties take precedence over domestic law if there is a disagreement.
15 may 2014
Swedish authorities refused, on Sunday, to allow the plane of Israeli President Shimon Peres to cross into its airspace en route to Norway, according to the Middle East Monitor (MEMO). In effect, Peres arrived late to his official reception.
When Stockholm refused the plane permission to cross, MEMO went on to say, the pilots were forced into a holding pattern over the Baltic Sea for 20 minutes until they were rerouted via Denmark's airspace.
Peres' office blamed Stockholm, while the Israeli Foreign Ministry pointed the finger back at his office, in addition to the airline company responsible for arranging the trip.
President Peres' visit to Norway was met with mass demonstrations organized by popular human rights organizations and leftist parties calling for his expulsion, on Tuesday.
When Stockholm refused the plane permission to cross, MEMO went on to say, the pilots were forced into a holding pattern over the Baltic Sea for 20 minutes until they were rerouted via Denmark's airspace.
Peres' office blamed Stockholm, while the Israeli Foreign Ministry pointed the finger back at his office, in addition to the airline company responsible for arranging the trip.
President Peres' visit to Norway was met with mass demonstrations organized by popular human rights organizations and leftist parties calling for his expulsion, on Tuesday.
14 may 2014
The British government has granted temporary diplomatic immunity to Israeli justice minister Tzipi Livni few days before her visit to the UK to protect her against arrest and potential prosecution for breaches of international law including war crimes, Israeli media sources said. "Since the visit meets all the essential elements for a special mission, and for avoidance of any doubt on the matter, the British Foreign Office has confirmed consent to the visit as a special mission," the media sources quoted the British Foreign Office as declaring.
The British decision came following a warrant for Livni's arrest submitted by lawyers acting on behalf of a relative of a Palestinian killed in the bombing of a police compound on the first day of Israel's military assault on Gaza, which began in December 2008.
For her part, director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign Sarah Colborne expressed her disappointment at the British government's decision for giving a safe haven to suspected war criminals.
On the 66th anniversary of Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe), Palestine Solidarity Campaign declared its intention to organize a demonstration on Thursday protesting Livni's visit to the UK for her involvement in war crimes during Israeli aggression on Gaza in 2008, during which 1,417 Palestinians were killed including 313 children while 5,303 Palestinians were injured.
Livni had cancelled in 2009 a visit to London after an arrest warrant was issued by Westminster court. However; the British government has later changed the law to require prior approval from the Department of Public Prosecutions before an arrest warrant in connection with international war crimes could be issued.
During her visit, Livni is expected to meet with a number of British Ministers, and to give a speech at the headquarters of the Jewish National Fund.
The British decision came following a warrant for Livni's arrest submitted by lawyers acting on behalf of a relative of a Palestinian killed in the bombing of a police compound on the first day of Israel's military assault on Gaza, which began in December 2008.
For her part, director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign Sarah Colborne expressed her disappointment at the British government's decision for giving a safe haven to suspected war criminals.
On the 66th anniversary of Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe), Palestine Solidarity Campaign declared its intention to organize a demonstration on Thursday protesting Livni's visit to the UK for her involvement in war crimes during Israeli aggression on Gaza in 2008, during which 1,417 Palestinians were killed including 313 children while 5,303 Palestinians were injured.
Livni had cancelled in 2009 a visit to London after an arrest warrant was issued by Westminster court. However; the British government has later changed the law to require prior approval from the Department of Public Prosecutions before an arrest warrant in connection with international war crimes could be issued.
During her visit, Livni is expected to meet with a number of British Ministers, and to give a speech at the headquarters of the Jewish National Fund.
Palestinian government in Gaza Strip has renewed its adherence to Palestinian legitimate rights and to the liberation of each inch of Palestine, and called for more support for prisoners' protest steps in Israeli occupation jails. During its weekly meeting on Tuesday evening, the government said that Palestinian people offered invaluable sacrifices of thousands martyrs, wounded and prisoners in order to retain Palestine as Arab and Islamic.
The Palestinian people will foil any attempt to liquidate the Palestinian rights to freedom, independence, and return, according to the government’s statement.
The statement hailed the steadfastness of Palestinian administrative detainees who declared hunger strike 20 days ago, calling on international and human rights organizations to support their demands especially ending administrative detention policy.
The government denounced the approval of an Israeli bill that could block any future release of prisoners and allow judges to pass life sentences that are ineligible for presidential pardons.
The Israeli racist decision came in violation of international laws and conventions, the statement underlined, calling on the international community to bear its responsibility and intervene immediately to stop Israeli violations.
On the other hand, the Palestinian government called the Egyptian authorities to immediately open Rafah crossing which has been closed for 119 days since the beginning of this year.
The statement pointed out that hundreds of stranded persons including patients, elderly people, women, and children are in urgent need to travel for humanitarian reasons.
The government also expressed appreciation to 120 European MPs for signing a petition demanding an immediate end to Israeli unfair siege on Gaza.
It stressed the need to prosecute the occupation at international courts, calling on European Parliament to pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to lift the siege on Gaza.
The government also called on the Lebanese authorities to lift the restrictions imposed on the entry of Palestinians displaced from Syria, stressing that their presence in Lebanon is temporary due to the ongoing events in Syria.
The Palestinian people will foil any attempt to liquidate the Palestinian rights to freedom, independence, and return, according to the government’s statement.
The statement hailed the steadfastness of Palestinian administrative detainees who declared hunger strike 20 days ago, calling on international and human rights organizations to support their demands especially ending administrative detention policy.
The government denounced the approval of an Israeli bill that could block any future release of prisoners and allow judges to pass life sentences that are ineligible for presidential pardons.
The Israeli racist decision came in violation of international laws and conventions, the statement underlined, calling on the international community to bear its responsibility and intervene immediately to stop Israeli violations.
On the other hand, the Palestinian government called the Egyptian authorities to immediately open Rafah crossing which has been closed for 119 days since the beginning of this year.
The statement pointed out that hundreds of stranded persons including patients, elderly people, women, and children are in urgent need to travel for humanitarian reasons.
The government also expressed appreciation to 120 European MPs for signing a petition demanding an immediate end to Israeli unfair siege on Gaza.
It stressed the need to prosecute the occupation at international courts, calling on European Parliament to pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to lift the siege on Gaza.
The government also called on the Lebanese authorities to lift the restrictions imposed on the entry of Palestinians displaced from Syria, stressing that their presence in Lebanon is temporary due to the ongoing events in Syria.
13 may 2014
By Khalid Amayreh in Occupied East Jerusalem
Upon arriving in Norway on Monday, 12 May, Israeli President Shimon Peres was greeted with protests over Israeli repression of Palestinians as well as Israel's Lebensraum policies and apartheid practices in the West Bank.
The 90-year-old Peres, who won the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, is widely considered a war criminal for his role in the Kana massacre in Southern Lebanon in 1996.
Then in his capacity as Prime Minister, Peres ordered the Israeli Wehrmacht to bomb Lebanese refugees who had sought refuge at a local United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) base at the village of Kana.
As a result, as many as 110 women and small children were massacred. The scenes at the site were too horrific to be described in words. Indifferent artillery shells decapitated young children. Dismembered bodies were all over the area. TV networks around the world advised parents not to allow their children under 18 to watch the shocking scenes of pornographic killings in order to safeguard their mental sanity and emotional health.
As usual Israel indulged in characteristic stone-walling and sought to escape responsibility, claiming the bombing was done by mistake.
However, a report by the UN a few weeks later squarely blamed Israel for the heinous massacre, stating that the Jewish state carried out the war crime knowingly and deliberately,
None the less, neither Peres nor the Israeli government has ever admitted responsibility nor apologized for the colossal crime.
Instead, Peres became a celebrated figure around the world, with red-carpet receptions accorded to him despite the fact that his hands were thoroughly stained with the blood of hundreds or thousands of innocent Palestinians and Lebanese.
The Kana massacre is by no means the only black spot in Peres' record. The man has always been a war criminal. He will die as an irredeemable criminal then he will rot in hell for eternity.
Interestingly, it was Peres who introduced nuclear weapons to the Middle East as he played a leading role in secretly purchasing Dimona's nuclear reactor from France in the mid-1960s. Eventually, Israel utilized the enriched uranium produced at that nuclear plant to produce hundreds of nuclear weapons. It is widely believed that Israel possesses 250-300 nuclear bombs and warheads, along with their delivery systems.
But this clarion fact doesn't prevent Peres and other Israeli officials from babbling and whining about Iran's nuclear program, which underscores Israel's hypocrisy and moral duplicity.
Peres is also more or less considered the godfather of Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank. Now, it is amply clear that thanks to the settlement enterprise, all real chances for a true and lasting peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians have effectively evaporated.
The ubiquitous colonies, populated with Nazi-like settlers indoctrinated in a hateful and racist ideology based on the Talmud, have simply decapitated all real peace chances in the region.
When talking to a foreign, especially western, audience, Peres would sound quite bland, honest and a man of peace.
But the truth of the matter is that Peres is one of the most nefarious Zionist leaders responsible for the consolidation of Jewish Nazism in the Middle East. In the final analysis, Peres as everyone else ought to be held accountable for what he has done not for what his disingenuous babbling about peace. Ultimately, Zionism and peace are an eternal oxymoron.
The dispossession of helpless Palestinians at the hands of Talmudic-minded Jews who consider non-Jews "mere beasts of burden", along with the lebensraum policy Israel has been pursuing in the West Bank, should be sufficient evidence to indict and convict this irredeemable liar and war criminal.
It is sad that the Norwegian authorities have not arrested the war criminal right on the spot.
Indeed, it is utterly unjust and unfair, not the least for his numerous victims that this thug is allowed to escape with impunity.
It would be a black day if humanity allowed people like Shimon Peres and Bashar al-Assad, to mention just a few criminals, to die a natural death.
This certainly doesn't augur well for universal justice and the future of humanity.
Upon arriving in Norway on Monday, 12 May, Israeli President Shimon Peres was greeted with protests over Israeli repression of Palestinians as well as Israel's Lebensraum policies and apartheid practices in the West Bank.
The 90-year-old Peres, who won the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, is widely considered a war criminal for his role in the Kana massacre in Southern Lebanon in 1996.
Then in his capacity as Prime Minister, Peres ordered the Israeli Wehrmacht to bomb Lebanese refugees who had sought refuge at a local United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) base at the village of Kana.
As a result, as many as 110 women and small children were massacred. The scenes at the site were too horrific to be described in words. Indifferent artillery shells decapitated young children. Dismembered bodies were all over the area. TV networks around the world advised parents not to allow their children under 18 to watch the shocking scenes of pornographic killings in order to safeguard their mental sanity and emotional health.
As usual Israel indulged in characteristic stone-walling and sought to escape responsibility, claiming the bombing was done by mistake.
However, a report by the UN a few weeks later squarely blamed Israel for the heinous massacre, stating that the Jewish state carried out the war crime knowingly and deliberately,
None the less, neither Peres nor the Israeli government has ever admitted responsibility nor apologized for the colossal crime.
Instead, Peres became a celebrated figure around the world, with red-carpet receptions accorded to him despite the fact that his hands were thoroughly stained with the blood of hundreds or thousands of innocent Palestinians and Lebanese.
The Kana massacre is by no means the only black spot in Peres' record. The man has always been a war criminal. He will die as an irredeemable criminal then he will rot in hell for eternity.
Interestingly, it was Peres who introduced nuclear weapons to the Middle East as he played a leading role in secretly purchasing Dimona's nuclear reactor from France in the mid-1960s. Eventually, Israel utilized the enriched uranium produced at that nuclear plant to produce hundreds of nuclear weapons. It is widely believed that Israel possesses 250-300 nuclear bombs and warheads, along with their delivery systems.
But this clarion fact doesn't prevent Peres and other Israeli officials from babbling and whining about Iran's nuclear program, which underscores Israel's hypocrisy and moral duplicity.
Peres is also more or less considered the godfather of Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank. Now, it is amply clear that thanks to the settlement enterprise, all real chances for a true and lasting peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians have effectively evaporated.
The ubiquitous colonies, populated with Nazi-like settlers indoctrinated in a hateful and racist ideology based on the Talmud, have simply decapitated all real peace chances in the region.
When talking to a foreign, especially western, audience, Peres would sound quite bland, honest and a man of peace.
But the truth of the matter is that Peres is one of the most nefarious Zionist leaders responsible for the consolidation of Jewish Nazism in the Middle East. In the final analysis, Peres as everyone else ought to be held accountable for what he has done not for what his disingenuous babbling about peace. Ultimately, Zionism and peace are an eternal oxymoron.
The dispossession of helpless Palestinians at the hands of Talmudic-minded Jews who consider non-Jews "mere beasts of burden", along with the lebensraum policy Israel has been pursuing in the West Bank, should be sufficient evidence to indict and convict this irredeemable liar and war criminal.
It is sad that the Norwegian authorities have not arrested the war criminal right on the spot.
Indeed, it is utterly unjust and unfair, not the least for his numerous victims that this thug is allowed to escape with impunity.
It would be a black day if humanity allowed people like Shimon Peres and Bashar al-Assad, to mention just a few criminals, to die a natural death.
This certainly doesn't augur well for universal justice and the future of humanity.
Israeli occupation President Shimon Peres's visit to Norway encountered with mass protests called for expelling him. The protests were organized Tuesday by the popular human rights organizations and leftist parties.
26 human rights organizations and Norwegian leftist parties issued a joint statement to express their anger over Peres visit because of the Israeli continued violations against the Palestinians.
The statement criticized the Norwegian government that invited Peres, pointing out that the Israeli occupation continues the human rights violations and settlement policy in the Palestinian occupied territories.
The statement called on the Norwegian government to try Peres and the Israeli soldiers instead of inviting or honoring them.
The demonstrators gathered outside the royal palace to condemn the meeting of Peres with King Harald V of Norway.
The protesters are to organize more demonstrations during the visit period that will last for three days.
26 human rights organizations and Norwegian leftist parties issued a joint statement to express their anger over Peres visit because of the Israeli continued violations against the Palestinians.
The statement criticized the Norwegian government that invited Peres, pointing out that the Israeli occupation continues the human rights violations and settlement policy in the Palestinian occupied territories.
The statement called on the Norwegian government to try Peres and the Israeli soldiers instead of inviting or honoring them.
The demonstrators gathered outside the royal palace to condemn the meeting of Peres with King Harald V of Norway.
The protesters are to organize more demonstrations during the visit period that will last for three days.
Yousef Rizqa, political adviser to Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, has called on the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah to accelerate its efforts to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) in order to prosecute Israeli war criminals. In a press statement on Tuesday, Rizqa stressed the importance of joining the ICC to counter Israeli escalated and ongoing crimes against Palestinian prisoners, especially the administrative detention policy.
Rizka hailed Palestinian prisoners' steadfastness and protest steps particularly the hunger strike launched 20 days ago demanding an end to administrative detention policy.
He pointed out that some prisoners were held under administrative detention (without trial or charge) for long periods of up to 8 years in violation of international laws and conventions.
Rizka hailed Palestinian prisoners' steadfastness and protest steps particularly the hunger strike launched 20 days ago demanding an end to administrative detention policy.
He pointed out that some prisoners were held under administrative detention (without trial or charge) for long periods of up to 8 years in violation of international laws and conventions.
11 may 2014
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennet demanded killing Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prisons commenting on a bill to prevent the early release of Palestinian prisoners. He claimed in an interview on Sunday morning, “ a large part of the “terrorist” released in the previous deals have returned to the circle of “terrorism” and killed us again.”
“ We should kill them inside prisons,” He added.
The law which is submitted by the Knesset members from different parties will be discussed by the ministerial committee for legislation.
It requires imposing restriction on the authority of the Israeli president to approve the early release of Palestinian prisoners.
The law also seeks to include the phrase “complete life sentence imprisonment” in the decision of the court that issues life sentences to insure the impossibility of releasing Palestinians before the end of the term.
“ We should kill them inside prisons,” He added.
The law which is submitted by the Knesset members from different parties will be discussed by the ministerial committee for legislation.
It requires imposing restriction on the authority of the Israeli president to approve the early release of Palestinian prisoners.
The law also seeks to include the phrase “complete life sentence imprisonment” in the decision of the court that issues life sentences to insure the impossibility of releasing Palestinians before the end of the term.
