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Nayfa Mohammad Ali Ka’ana, 50, sept 17 2019 |
19 sept 2019
Families of Palestinians slain by Israel protest to demand the return of their bodies in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on 27 August
A Palestinian family in the Jerusalem-area village of al-Eizariya has been unable to bury their 14-year-old son, who was killed by Israeli police last month.
Nassim Abu Rumi’s family has petitioned Israel’s high court to order the release of his body, which will be reportedly transferred on Friday. Israel will also be transferring the remains of Omar Younis, who died in an Israeli hospital in April after being shot by occupation forces at a West Bank checkpoint.
Israel is holding the remains of more than a dozen Palestinians recently killed during alleged and actual attacks on occupation forces and civilians.
This month, following a petition by several families whose relatives’ remains are being held by Israel, the country’s highest court rubber-stamped its approval of the policy.
The court ruled that Israel’s military has “the legal right to hold on to the bodies of slain terrorists for use as leverage in future negotiations with Palestinians,” as The Times of Israel reported.
In December 2017, the court stated that Israel has no legal authority to hold bodies “until consent to certain funeral arrangements is given” by a slain Palestinian’s family.
Israel “cannot hold on to corpses for the purposes of negotiations at a time when there is no specific and explicit law that allows it to do so,” the judges stated at the time.
The following year, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, passed a law allowing police to withhold the bodies of Palestinians killed while allegedly carrying out attacks on Israelis.
The law authorizes police commanders to withhold a body if it is determined the slain person’s funeral “could be used to carry out an attack or provide a platform for praising terrorism,” according to The Times of Israel.
“We have no need for them”
Public security minister Gilad Erdan, who oversees Israel’s police, said at the time of the law’s passing that “The government doesn’t want to hold on to these bodies. As far as we are concerned, the bodies of these cursed terrorists will rot. We have no need for them.”
The Israeli high court’s ruling this month, however, shows that the state intends to use the bodies as bargaining chips to secure the remains of Israeli soldiers held by Palestinians.
Human rights groups refute the high court’s claim that withholding Palestinian bodies is permissible under international humanitarian law, which governs armed conflict.
Adalah, a group that advocates for the rights of Palestinians in Israel, said the ruling was among the “most extreme” ever made by the court, “as it undermines the most basic principles of universal humanity.”
The rights group added that the court ruling is the first anywhere in the world permitting state authorities to hold bodies so that they may be used as bargaining chips.
“The practice of withholding bodies amounts to a policy of collective punishment,” which is prohibited under international law, the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq stated.
The withholding of bodies is also “contrary to the prohibition on torture and inhuman or degrading treatment,” Al-Haq added.
The families who petitioned the court stated that they “will consider appealing to international courts in an effort to do everything possible to recover the bodies of their loved ones.”
Left to bleed to death
Video shows that Nassim Abu Rumi was killed moments after he and another Palestinian child, holding kitchen knives, lunged at Israeli police officers in Jerusalem’s Old City on 15 August.
Officers opened fire at the boys as a matter of first resort, making no use of less-lethal means to detain them.
The other boy was seriously injured and has been charged with attempted murder. A Palestinian bystander was injured during the incident, and one officer was lightly wounded by the youths.
Videos from the scene do not show any attempt to administer first aid to either of the boys after they were shot by police. Video shows an officer receiving treatment.
A human rights group is demanding an investigation by Israel’s health ministry into another case of a suspected Palestinian assailant being left to bleed to death, even though a police physician was at the scene.
Yaqoub Abu al-Qiyan was shot by police during what they thought was an attempted car-ramming attack during a raid on Umm al-Hiran, a Bedouin village in southern Israel that is not recognized by the state.
Analysis published by the UK-based research group Forensic Architecture indicates that contrary to claims from Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Abu al-Qiyan was not attempting any such attack when police opened fire on his vehicle in January 2017.
Forensic Architecture’s findings indicate that Abu al-Qiyan, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was driving slowly and his vehicle only accelerated after he was shot at by police, suggesting he had lost control of his car.
A recently concluded internal police probe cleared the police physician of negligence.
Human rights groups say that the failure of the police physician to administer first-aid to Abu al-Qiyan “is not a localized failure, but a systemic problem.”
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel stated that “Vague procedures for caring for injured parties in scenes suspected as scenes of a terrorist attack allow for situations in which injured parties suspected as perpetrators do not receive care.”
“Physicians cannot act as judge and jury,” the group added. “Physicians and other medical staff must treat all injured parties according to triage principles.”
In its investigation of a pattern of unlawful killings of Palestinians by Israeli forces, Amnesty International stated that the failure to administer first aid – “especially intentional failure – violates the prohibition on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.”
The human rights organization added that “As such, failure to provide medical aid should be investigated as a criminal offense.”
On Wednesday, a Palestinian woman was shot by Israeli forces at a West Bank checkpoint and left to bleed to death in the street.
Eyewitnesses said that the woman was denied first aid. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said that Israeli forces prevented paramedics from reaching her.
A Palestinian family in the Jerusalem-area village of al-Eizariya has been unable to bury their 14-year-old son, who was killed by Israeli police last month.
Nassim Abu Rumi’s family has petitioned Israel’s high court to order the release of his body, which will be reportedly transferred on Friday. Israel will also be transferring the remains of Omar Younis, who died in an Israeli hospital in April after being shot by occupation forces at a West Bank checkpoint.
Israel is holding the remains of more than a dozen Palestinians recently killed during alleged and actual attacks on occupation forces and civilians.
This month, following a petition by several families whose relatives’ remains are being held by Israel, the country’s highest court rubber-stamped its approval of the policy.
The court ruled that Israel’s military has “the legal right to hold on to the bodies of slain terrorists for use as leverage in future negotiations with Palestinians,” as The Times of Israel reported.
In December 2017, the court stated that Israel has no legal authority to hold bodies “until consent to certain funeral arrangements is given” by a slain Palestinian’s family.
Israel “cannot hold on to corpses for the purposes of negotiations at a time when there is no specific and explicit law that allows it to do so,” the judges stated at the time.
The following year, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, passed a law allowing police to withhold the bodies of Palestinians killed while allegedly carrying out attacks on Israelis.
The law authorizes police commanders to withhold a body if it is determined the slain person’s funeral “could be used to carry out an attack or provide a platform for praising terrorism,” according to The Times of Israel.
“We have no need for them”
Public security minister Gilad Erdan, who oversees Israel’s police, said at the time of the law’s passing that “The government doesn’t want to hold on to these bodies. As far as we are concerned, the bodies of these cursed terrorists will rot. We have no need for them.”
The Israeli high court’s ruling this month, however, shows that the state intends to use the bodies as bargaining chips to secure the remains of Israeli soldiers held by Palestinians.
Human rights groups refute the high court’s claim that withholding Palestinian bodies is permissible under international humanitarian law, which governs armed conflict.
Adalah, a group that advocates for the rights of Palestinians in Israel, said the ruling was among the “most extreme” ever made by the court, “as it undermines the most basic principles of universal humanity.”
The rights group added that the court ruling is the first anywhere in the world permitting state authorities to hold bodies so that they may be used as bargaining chips.
“The practice of withholding bodies amounts to a policy of collective punishment,” which is prohibited under international law, the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq stated.
The withholding of bodies is also “contrary to the prohibition on torture and inhuman or degrading treatment,” Al-Haq added.
The families who petitioned the court stated that they “will consider appealing to international courts in an effort to do everything possible to recover the bodies of their loved ones.”
Left to bleed to death
Video shows that Nassim Abu Rumi was killed moments after he and another Palestinian child, holding kitchen knives, lunged at Israeli police officers in Jerusalem’s Old City on 15 August.
Officers opened fire at the boys as a matter of first resort, making no use of less-lethal means to detain them.
The other boy was seriously injured and has been charged with attempted murder. A Palestinian bystander was injured during the incident, and one officer was lightly wounded by the youths.
Videos from the scene do not show any attempt to administer first aid to either of the boys after they were shot by police. Video shows an officer receiving treatment.
A human rights group is demanding an investigation by Israel’s health ministry into another case of a suspected Palestinian assailant being left to bleed to death, even though a police physician was at the scene.
Yaqoub Abu al-Qiyan was shot by police during what they thought was an attempted car-ramming attack during a raid on Umm al-Hiran, a Bedouin village in southern Israel that is not recognized by the state.
Analysis published by the UK-based research group Forensic Architecture indicates that contrary to claims from Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Abu al-Qiyan was not attempting any such attack when police opened fire on his vehicle in January 2017.
Forensic Architecture’s findings indicate that Abu al-Qiyan, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was driving slowly and his vehicle only accelerated after he was shot at by police, suggesting he had lost control of his car.
A recently concluded internal police probe cleared the police physician of negligence.
Human rights groups say that the failure of the police physician to administer first-aid to Abu al-Qiyan “is not a localized failure, but a systemic problem.”
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel stated that “Vague procedures for caring for injured parties in scenes suspected as scenes of a terrorist attack allow for situations in which injured parties suspected as perpetrators do not receive care.”
“Physicians cannot act as judge and jury,” the group added. “Physicians and other medical staff must treat all injured parties according to triage principles.”
In its investigation of a pattern of unlawful killings of Palestinians by Israeli forces, Amnesty International stated that the failure to administer first aid – “especially intentional failure – violates the prohibition on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.”
The human rights organization added that “As such, failure to provide medical aid should be investigated as a criminal offense.”
On Wednesday, a Palestinian woman was shot by Israeli forces at a West Bank checkpoint and left to bleed to death in the street.
Eyewitnesses said that the woman was denied first aid. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said that Israeli forces prevented paramedics from reaching her.
Amnesty International has said that Wednesday’s killing of a Palestinian woman by Israeli soldiers at Qalandiya checkpoint should be “an urgent reminder of the need for international justice to start charting the way towards an end to Israel’s institutionalized and systematic violations of Palestinian human rights.”
“Video footage of the incident shows the woman standing some distance away from the Israeli guards when they shot her dead. She did not appear to be carrying a firearm and did not pose any immediate threat to the guards or to the lives of people in the vicinity when they opened fire. This strongly suggests that her killing may have been unlawful,” Amnesty explained.
“Under international law, lethal force must only be used when strictly unavoidable and in order to defend people from imminent risk of death or serious injury,” the human rights group underlined.
“Israeli forces have a horrific track record of committing serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law – including using excessive force and carrying out unlawful killings. This pattern grows unobstructed by the complete lack of accountability for Israeli forces who carry human rights violations, it noted.
In recent years, Amnesty International has documented hundreds of cases in the occupied Palestinian territories in which Israeli forces have used lethal force on unarmed Palestinians who were posing no imminent threat to the lives of the soldiers or others.
“Video footage of the incident shows the woman standing some distance away from the Israeli guards when they shot her dead. She did not appear to be carrying a firearm and did not pose any immediate threat to the guards or to the lives of people in the vicinity when they opened fire. This strongly suggests that her killing may have been unlawful,” Amnesty explained.
“Under international law, lethal force must only be used when strictly unavoidable and in order to defend people from imminent risk of death or serious injury,” the human rights group underlined.
“Israeli forces have a horrific track record of committing serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law – including using excessive force and carrying out unlawful killings. This pattern grows unobstructed by the complete lack of accountability for Israeli forces who carry human rights violations, it noted.
In recent years, Amnesty International has documented hundreds of cases in the occupied Palestinian territories in which Israeli forces have used lethal force on unarmed Palestinians who were posing no imminent threat to the lives of the soldiers or others.
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Executive Committee of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), issued a statement strongly condemning the ongoing field executions carried out by Israeli soldiers on military roadblocks across the occupied West Bank, especially when the soldiers refuse to allow medical treatment to wounded Palestinians, who eventually bled to death.
Her statements came after Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured a Palestinian woman, identified as Ala’ Wahdan, 28, earlier Wednesday, near Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and refused to allow Palestinian medics to even approach her before he bled to death.
Dr. Ashrawi stated that this policy is a serious and a direct violation of all related international and humanitarian laws.
It is with mentioning that Ala’ was shot by the soldiers, who alleged that she carried a knife, and was left bleeding on the ground with any medical treatment before she was later moved to an Israeli hospital where she was immediately pronounced dead.
In her statement representing the Executive Committee of the PLO, Dr. Ashrawi said that the ongoing executions by Israeli soldiers on military roadblocks have claimed that lives of 65 Palestinians, including 26 children and eight women, since the year 2015.
“This type of brutal behavior reflects the criminal mentality, and the culture of hatred that encourages such cold-blooded executions and extrajudicial assassinations,” Dr. Ashrawi said, “These acts are organized terrorist activities committed by the Israeli army, and reflect Israel’s ongoing disregard of human life, and all related international laws, with the direct and unlimited support American support that also grants it immunity, which encourages Israel not only to continue but also to escalate its crimes and violations.”
She also denounced the international silence and idleness while Israel escalated its violations with impunity.
Her statements came after Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured a Palestinian woman, identified as Ala’ Wahdan, 28, earlier Wednesday, near Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and refused to allow Palestinian medics to even approach her before he bled to death.
Dr. Ashrawi stated that this policy is a serious and a direct violation of all related international and humanitarian laws.
It is with mentioning that Ala’ was shot by the soldiers, who alleged that she carried a knife, and was left bleeding on the ground with any medical treatment before she was later moved to an Israeli hospital where she was immediately pronounced dead.
In her statement representing the Executive Committee of the PLO, Dr. Ashrawi said that the ongoing executions by Israeli soldiers on military roadblocks have claimed that lives of 65 Palestinians, including 26 children and eight women, since the year 2015.
“This type of brutal behavior reflects the criminal mentality, and the culture of hatred that encourages such cold-blooded executions and extrajudicial assassinations,” Dr. Ashrawi said, “These acts are organized terrorist activities committed by the Israeli army, and reflect Israel’s ongoing disregard of human life, and all related international laws, with the direct and unlimited support American support that also grants it immunity, which encourages Israel not only to continue but also to escalate its crimes and violations.”
She also denounced the international silence and idleness while Israel escalated its violations with impunity.
18 sept 2019
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Ala’ Nafeth Wahdan, 25
Israeli sources have confirmed that the wounded Palestinian woman, who was shot by the soldiers after an alleged stabbing attempt, has died from her injuries. The slain Palestinian woman was later identified as Ala’ Nafeth Wahdan, 25, from Qalandia refugee camp. After she was shot, she was left bleeding for a long time, before an Israeli ambulance moved her to Hadassah Israeli Medical Center in Jerusalem, where she succumbed to her wounds. Israeli daily Haaretz has reported that the soldiers saw the woman and ordered her to stop, “but she did not heed to their commands, and pulled out a knife before the soldiers shot her. Following the incident, the soldiers closed the terminal and maced many Palestinians with pepper-spray while trying to remove them from the area. Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Woman Near Qalandia Terminal Updated From: Sep 18, 2019 @ 08:37 Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday morning, a Palestinian woman near Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem, reportedly for carrying a knife with the intention of stabbing them. |
Israeli media sources claimed the young woman attempted to stab the soldiers before they shot her. So far, the extent of her injuries remains unknown.
A video filmed by a Palestinian bystander shows soldiers several meters away from the woman before one of them shot her, then a soldier approached her and kicked an object away from her.
The soldiers then closed the area and ordered the Palestinian cars away.
Israeli sources have confirmed that nobody else was injured in the incident and added that an army probe is underway.
Following the incident, the soldiers closed the terminal, and maced many Palestinians with pepper-spray while trying to remove them from the area. video video
Israeli forces murder Palestinian lady and attack workers at Qalandya checkpoint
Israeli occupation soldiers murdered a Palestinian lady this morning at Qalandya military checkpoint in northern occupied Jerusalem when they opened fire at her.Israeli Walla news website stated that Israeli forces opened fire at the lady, killing her, claiming that she was intending to attack armed forces with a knife.
Local sources and eye witnesses stressed that the lady did not pose any threat at the soldiers and that she lost her way in the checkpoint, so the soldiers directly shot and held her before announcing her death.
Official News agencies reported that after the murder of the Palestinian lady, Israeli forces attacked Palestinian workers, who were lining up at the military checkpoint waiting to pass through it. Israeli forces attacked workers and closed the checkpoint for Palestinians.
A video filmed by a Palestinian bystander shows soldiers several meters away from the woman before one of them shot her, then a soldier approached her and kicked an object away from her.
The soldiers then closed the area and ordered the Palestinian cars away.
Israeli sources have confirmed that nobody else was injured in the incident and added that an army probe is underway.
Following the incident, the soldiers closed the terminal, and maced many Palestinians with pepper-spray while trying to remove them from the area. video video
Israeli forces murder Palestinian lady and attack workers at Qalandya checkpoint
Israeli occupation soldiers murdered a Palestinian lady this morning at Qalandya military checkpoint in northern occupied Jerusalem when they opened fire at her.Israeli Walla news website stated that Israeli forces opened fire at the lady, killing her, claiming that she was intending to attack armed forces with a knife.
Local sources and eye witnesses stressed that the lady did not pose any threat at the soldiers and that she lost her way in the checkpoint, so the soldiers directly shot and held her before announcing her death.
Official News agencies reported that after the murder of the Palestinian lady, Israeli forces attacked Palestinian workers, who were lining up at the military checkpoint waiting to pass through it. Israeli forces attacked workers and closed the checkpoint for Palestinians.
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