{"article":{"id":223933,"heading":"1\/17 Palestine Watch:Latest News from Israel Invasion of Gaza, Over 1,200 Killed","author":"Lee Siu Hin - Peace NO War Network, ActionLA","created":"2009-01-18 12:19:13","modified":"2013-11-11 00:59:41","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:59:41","article":"
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\r\n 1\/17: Latest News from Israel Invasion\r\n and Killing at Gaza, Over 1,200 Palestinian Killed\r\n  \r\n ACTIONS AGAINST MASSACRE! Lists\r\n of Upcoming Worldwide Protests Against Israeli Invasion and\r\n Killing on Gaza! >> Read\r\n More\r\n *Please send us your protest information and reports to: info@ActionLA.org\r\n
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\r\n ISRAEL OUT OF GAZA NOW: LIFT THE BLOCKADE  \r\n <\/div>\r\n  \r\n 2\/1-2: Washington DC Grassroots\r\n Advocacy & Training+Lists of Other Grassroots Congressional Actions\r\n Against Israel Invade Gaza >> Read\r\n More\r\n 1\/14: Interfaith Declaration for Peace >> Read\r\n More \r\n \r\n \r\n  \r\n Fact Sheet : by US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, dealing with\r\n U.S. complicity in the Gaza crisis (1\/5) >> download
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\r\n Talking Points : The Gaza Crisis (12\/28, Institute for Policy Studies)\r\n >> Read\r\n More
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\r\n The UN has called for a war crimes investigation\r\n over the shelling of its school [AFP]\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n <\/table>\r\n <\/span><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n <\/table>\r\n [al Jazeera] Israeli tank shells hit a UN-run school in Gaza,\r\n killing at least two people, as war in the Palestinian territory\r\n stretched into a 22nd day.\r\n Heavy bombardment of so-called Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip -\r\n from artillery on the ground and jets overhead - continued on\r\n Saturday despite speculation that Israel will wrap up its military\r\n operations later in the day.\r\n The death toll from the now more than three weeks of assault\r\n stands at 1,199 Palestinians killed, including more than 400\r\n children according to UN and Palestinian medical sources.\r\n At least 13 Israelis have also died in the same period,\r\n including three civilians.\r\n School attacked\r\n A Palestinian woman and a child were killed in the early hours\r\n of Saturday at the school run by the UN relief and works agency (Unrwa)\r\n in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza >> Read\r\n More\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n <\/table>\r\n 1\/16: Gaza Is a Concentration Camp\r\n One Israeli official promised a holocaust in Gaza; it is impossible to\r\n keep pace with the death toll. http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/audits\/120197\/
\r\n \r\n 1\/16: Testimony - Gaza Ambulance Drivers Risk Life\r\n and Limb to Evacuate Civilians to Safety (PCHR) >> Read\r\n More\r\n 1\/16: Israel wants troops in Gaza after truce\r\n [al Jazeera] Israel's security cabinet is in favor of a unilateral\r\n ceasefire in Gaza which will allow its army to remain in the beleaguered\r\n sliver >> Read\r\n More\r\n
\r\n \r\n Day\r\n 21 of Israeli War On Gaza \r\n By: Sameh A. Habeeb: Friday, January 16, 2009
\r\n A Photojournalist, Humanitarian & Peace Activist in Gaza Strip.\r\n
\r\n Day 21 of Israeli War On Gaza
\r\n Informative Report on Gaza War: Death toll 1180, wounded 5200
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\r\n Breaking News: Massacre in east of Gaza as Israeli rockets killed 8\r\n civilians in Shiajaya town.\r\n Breaking News: Massacre in north of Gaza as Israeli rockets killed 4\r\n women and children in Jabalia town.\r\n Breaking News: Massacre in central Gaza as Israeli rockets killed a\r\n mother and her 4 children.
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\r\n Day 21 of Israeli War On Gaza
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\r\n 1-Israeli air strike bombed a wedding hall in Rafah City.\r\n 2-Air strike hit the Khan Yonis Police station, no people wounded!\r\n 3-Israeli tanks invading Tal Al Hawa, western Gaza City, retreated to\r\n the mid areas.\r\n 4-Child Esa Ermilat, 14, killed and 6 children wounded in Rafah due to\r\n an Isaeli artillery shells.\r\n 5-Four Palestinian children wounded in Dair Al Balah City.\r\n 6-A child killed in artillery shelling near Jablaia town, northern Gaza\r\n Strip.\r\n 7-Bombs destroyed al Qouqa' mosque eastern Gaza City.\r\n 8-Three Palestinian fighters killed in Israeli air raid northern Gaza\r\n Strip.\r\n 9-Two Palestinian figjters killed western sourthern Gaza, Tal Al Hawa,\r\n in Israeli air raid.\r\n 10-Israeli army destroyed many houses in Farta area, Bait Hanon,\r\n northern Gaza.\r\n 11-Two Palestinians killed mid of Gaza city.\r\n 12-Spardoic artillery shells eastern Gaza City.\r\n 13- A press conference for Arab and International doctors in Gaza\r\n confirmed that Israeli is using prohibited weapons in Gaza.\r\n 14-Massive devastation in Tal Al hawa area western southern Gaza City.\r\n Hospitals, offices and charities beside houses destroyed yesterday.\r\n 15-Israeli tanks opened its heavy gunmachine fire into the houses of\r\n people eastern Gaza City.\r\n 16-Israeli shelling targeted the northern areas of Gaza and no wounded\r\n reported.\r\n 17-A mother from al Batran family and five from her children killed,\r\n several wounded in Israeli strike central Gaza Strip.\r\n 18-Fire still ongoing in the UN stores in Gaza.\r\n 19-Severe shortages in medical stuff at Al Shifa' hospital.\r\n 20-Around 300 wounded still in critical condtions.\r\n 21-Israeli air raids on Rafah, tunnels area.\r\n 22-Heavy bombings echoed in the first evening hours in Gaza.\r\n 23-Water still hardly accessible for Gaza residents.\r\n 24-Humantarian needs still unaviable and monitors said that Gaza needs\r\n thousands of food trucks and permanent opened crossings to bridge the recent\r\n Gap.\r\n 25-Artillary shells rained down in southern Gaza Strip.\r\n 26-Medical sources: Around 25 Palestinian bodies were found dead in Tal\r\n al Hawa by Israeli fire yesterday.\r\n 27-Residents of Tal Al Hawa flee their houses despite Israeli tanks\r\n dropped out for 2 kilo meters.\r\n 28-Many anbulances were found destroyed today in Tal Al Hawa area.\r\n 29-Clashes arise again in east and north of Gaza.\r\n 30-Bombings from the gunboats targeted mid and western areas of Gaza.\r\n 31-Drones still hover excessively over Gaza.\r\n 32-Palestinian fighters launched some projectiles in Israeli leaving 5\r\n people wounded and in Trauma.
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\r\n \r\n Daily Feed About Gaza War:\r\n 1-Heavy artillery shelling on the eastern part of Gaza City.\r\n 2-Israeli artillery and air force destroyed Al Bashir Mosque in east of\r\n Gaza.\r\n 3- Israeli artillery and air force bombed Al arqam school in east of\r\n Gaza.\r\n 4-Artillary shells hit and burned Al Sa'd building in Tal Hawa area.\r\n 5-Israeli forces for the first time since 17 years invaded Tal Al Hawa\r\n area and made full scale of destruction and killing.\r\n 6-Fifteen Palestinians wounded as Israeli strike bombed a mosque in\r\n Rafah City.\r\n 7-Two Palestinians killed in an air raid targeted Hamas leader, Mah,moud\r\n al Zahar in Tal Al Hawa.\r\n 8- Israeli air force hit a house in Jabalia Refugee Camp.\r\n 9-Artillary shelling destroyed house of Mashraw and Safadi family east\r\n of Al Shijaya area. Many people wounded in the place.\r\n 10-Israeli army bombarded a computer shop in Rafah market and a nearby\r\n Mosque called Al Abrar.\r\n 11-Heavy shelling from the artillery machine in Tal Al hawa near\r\n Barcelona playground.\r\n 12-Al Wafa' hospital east of Gaza, partially destroyed due to 8 Israeli\r\n heavy artillery shells.\r\n 13-Three Palestinians killed in Sheikh Zayed city northern Gaza Strip.\r\n 14-A flat in a big building hit and a firer set in mid of Gaza city,\r\n Falasteen building.\r\n 15-Tens of phosphorus bombs rained down mid of Gaza City.\r\n 16-Fire set in many flats in Gaza Tal Haw southern western Gaza.\r\n 17-Israeli troops captured many tens of people in Tal al Hawa.\r\n 18-Israeli tanks and troops invaded Tal Al Hawa and destroyed many\r\n houses leaving many wounded and killed people.\\\r\n 19-Another flagrant violation, Israelis bombarded the UNRWA compound in\r\n Gaza despite their promise not to do it last week.\r\n 20-Two Journalists wounded in an Israeli air strike targeted Al Shoroq\r\n building mid of Gaza. The building includes Reuters, AP and tens of media\r\n outlets.\r\n 21-People living Al Amani building left their flats in one floor only.\r\n 22-Israeli tanks hit \"Red Crescent Society\" and fire ignited\r\n in the building.\r\n 23- Al Quds hospital is being bombed after hundreds of people took it as\r\n a shelter.\r\n 24-Israli army destroyed a theatre in Tal Al hawa area.\r\n 25-Rockets hit house of journalist Eyad el Zaem and fire set in the\r\n place.\r\n 26-House of Abu Ala khalaf hit in Tal Al Hawa, many injured in the place\r\n and paramedics unable to save them.\r\n 27-Fire set in many ambulances and stockpiles of medical equipments.\r\n 28-Israeli snipers spread through Tal al Hawa area and open fire on\r\n people.\r\n 29-Bombings targeted house of Om Sabri Saidam in Tal Al Hawa.\r\n 30- A rocket hit house of Muqat family, fire set in and many wounded!\r\n 31-A rocket hit a workshop for sponge.\r\n 32-Fire set in house of al Alol family due to Israeli rockets western\r\n Gaza, near house of President Abbas.\r\n 33-Two Palestinians killed in Al Toffah quarter east of Gaza.\r\n 34-Five houses burned by Israeli phosphorous east of Gaza.\r\n 35-Around 40 people killed today.\r\n 36-Five Palestinian women killed northern Gaza Strip in heavy bombings.\r\n 37-Israeli army and troops captured tens of Palestinians in Al Amoor\r\n area eastern Rafah City.\r\n 38-Artillary shells fall down in some farms eastern shijaya area.\r\n 39-Four people killed, 12 wounded as Israeli rockets targeted house of\r\n Al Naoq family northern Gaza, Jabalia town. The victims are, Sameeh Al Naoq,\r\n Mahmoud Al Noq, Muhammad Saleh and Abd Al latif.\r\n 40- Israeli soldiers use Palestinian citizens as humans shields in Tal\r\n Al Hawa area, in one of the populated buildings.\r\n 41-Israeli Radio: 11 soldiers wounded in Tal Al Hawa invasion.\r\n 42-Heavy bombings in Rafah City where Al Abrar mosque was hit!\r\n 43-Israeli F16s raided on al sheikh zayed City northern Gaza strip.\r\n 44-F16s hit house of Saday family Al yarmok area which is a very densely\r\n populated area.\r\n 45-Rockets hit house of Dr. Abd Al Mn'am Qasem in northern Gaza Strip.\r\n 46-Heavy fire is being opened on civilians houses east of Gaza City.\r\n 47-Israel says: 7 Israelis lightly wounded in a Palestinian projectile\r\n hit Bir Saba' area.\r\n 48-Many houses burned and Islamic society building burned by Israeli\r\n rockets in northern Gaza, Bait lahia town.\r\n 49-Israeli air force bombarded house for Syam family resulted in killing\r\n and injuring many.\r\n 50- White and Black smoke Billowing all over the Gaza Strip.\r\n 51-Medical sources: War victims 1100, wounded 5100. Child victims: 300,\r\n women 110, elderly men and women are 118.\r\n 52-A house is being destroyed in Tal Al Hawa and many people under the\r\n rubbles including a child and his grandfather.
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\r\n \r\n News Summary\r\n (compiled by: Citizens For Legitimate Government, Information\r\n Clearinghouse)\r\n 1\/17: Qatar, Mauritania cut Israel ties\r\n [al Jazeera] Qatar and Mauritania have suspended economic and\r\n political ties with Israel in protest against the war in Gaza, Al\r\n Jazeera has learned. The move announced on Friday followed calls by Bashar\r\n al-Assad, the Syrian president, and Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of\r\n Hamas, for all Arab nations to cut ties with Israel. Addressing leaders at\r\n an emergency Arab summit in Doha, the Qatari capital, al-Assad declared that\r\n the Arab initiative for peace with Israel was now \"dead\". He said\r\n Arab countries should cut \"all direct and indirect\" ties with\r\n Israel in protest against its offensive in Gaza. Egypt and Jordan are the\r\n only Arab countries to have signed peace treaties with Israel and have\r\n Israeli embassies >> Read\r\n More\r\n UN\r\n headquarters in Gaza hit by Israeli 'white phosphorus' shells 15\r\n Jan 2009 The main UN compound in Gaza was left in flames today after being\r\n struck by Israeli artillery fire, and a spokesman said that the building had\r\n been hit by shells containing the incendiary agent white phosphorus. The\r\n attack on the headquarters of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) came as\r\n Ban Ki Moon, the UN Secretary-General, arrived in Israel on a peace mission\r\n and plunged Israel's relations with the world body to a new low.\r\n Israeli\r\n military asked to explain how Gaza media building came to be hit by\r\n explosion 15 Jan 2009 Reporters Without Borders calls on the\r\n Israeli military to investigate and explain exactly how a 16-storey building\r\n in Gaza City that houses several news organisations including Reuters came\r\n to be hit by an explosion this morning. An Abu Dhabi TV journalist and a\r\n Reuters cameraman were injured in the blast that shook the Al-Shurouq Tower.\r\n Israel\r\n shells Gaza U.N. warehouse, hospital, news bureaus 15 Jan 2009\r\n The Israeli military punched deeper into Gaza City on Thursday with a series\r\n of strikes that hit the United Nations' headquarters, a major hospital and\r\n the offices of international media groups. As Israeli leaders weighed an\r\n evolving Egyptian initiative that's considered the best hope for ending the\r\n 20-day-old conflict, Israeli forces delivered another blow to the Hamas-led\r\n Gaza Strip.\r\n Israeli\r\n airstrike kills three senior Hamas leaders 16 Jan 2009 Israeli\r\n F16 warplanes struck on Thursday evening a 3-story building in northern Gaza\r\n city killing five, including three senior leaders of Islamic Resistance\r\n Movement (Hamas), local medical sources said. Paramedics told local radio\r\n stations that Hamas Interior Minister Said Siam, the head of its security\r\n apparatus, Salah Abu Shreh, and the head of its military wing, Mahmoud\r\n Watfah, were killed in the airstrike.\r\n Hamas\r\n interior minister Said Siam killed in Gaza 15 Jan 2009 An\r\n airstrike on the Gaza Strip killed Hamas’s interior minister today as\r\n Israel stepped up its aerial bombardment of the territory. Said Siam was\r\n staying at his brother’s house when it was destroyed by an Israeli missile\r\n killing both men and Mr Siam’s son. Mr Siam is the most senior party\r\n official to have died in the 20-day onslaught, which has killed almost 1,100\r\n people in Gaza.\r\n The\r\n IDF has no mercy for the children in Gaza nursery schools By\r\n Gideon Levy 16 Jan 2009 The fighting in Gaza is \"war deluxe.\"\r\n Compared with previous wars, it is child's play - pilots bombing unimpeded\r\n as if on practice runs, tank and artillery soldiers shelling houses and\r\n civilians from their armored vehicles, combat engineering troops destroying\r\n entire streets in their ominous protected vehicles without facing serious\r\n opposition. A large, broad army is fighting against a helpless population\r\n and a weak, ragged organization that has fled the conflict zones and is\r\n barely putting up a fight. All this must be said openly, before we begin\r\n exulting in our heroism and victory. This war is also child's play because\r\n of its victims. About a third of those killed in Gaza have been children -\r\n 311, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, 270 according to the\r\n B'Tselem human rights group - out of the 1,000 total killed as of Wednesday.\r\n Israel\r\n controls access, message in Gaza assault 15 Jan 2009 The Israeli\r\n military took about a dozen foreign reporters on a rare foray into the Gaza\r\n Strip Thursday, a day when a bombardment killed the Hamas security chief and\r\n an Israel shell landed on the United Nations headquarters there. But the\r\n journalists saw none of the action. Their 30-minute drive from an army base\r\n near the border took them to an unpopulated area where a commander arrived\r\n in a tank, gave a statement and answered a few questions. They saw no\r\n troops, no combat.\r\n U.S.\r\n may cut $1b in loan guarantees to Israel over West Bank settlements\r\n 16 Jan 2009 The United States administration plans to cut about $1 billion\r\n from the balance of its loan guarantees to Israel because of its investments\r\n in the settlements. The balance currently stands at $4.6 billion. Washington\r\n has not officially informed Jerusalem of the cut.\r\n Back from the grave, right on cue: 'Bin\r\n Laden urges war on Israel' 09 Jan 2009 A new audio message [LOL!\r\n Notice it's never video?] purported to be from Osama Bin Laden has urged\r\n Muslims to launch a holy war to stop the Israeli offensive on the Gaza\r\n Strip. The message also said Israel's assault was a desperate attempt to\r\n benefit from the last days of President [sic] George Bush.\r\n Israel Bombs Main UN HQ \/ Compound With White 'White Phosphorus' Shells:
\r\n By Sheera Frenkel, Jerusalem, and Philippe Naughton - Video and Text
\r\n The main UN compound in Gaza was left in flames today after being struck by\r\n Israeli artillery fire, and a spokesman said that the building had been hit\r\n by shells containing the incendiary agent white phosphorus.
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\r\n 700 Palestinian Refugees Forced To Flee
\r\n Outrage as Israel bombs UN
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\r\n The Al-Quds hospital was also hit by shellfire. A tower housing the Reuters\r\n agency and other media outlets was also hit. The International Federation of\r\n Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said the damage caused to the Al Quds\r\n hospital is \"completely and utterly unacceptable based on every known\r\n standard of international humanitarian law\".
\r\n http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article21777.htm
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\r\n Patients Forced From Beds As Israel Attacks Hospital
\r\n By AFP
\r\n In scenes of utter panic, patients who had been wounded in the ongoing war\r\n in the territory could be seen trying to struggle from their beds, an AFP\r\n photographer at the scene said.
\r\n http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article21778.htm
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\r\n Israel, US Foil UN Condemnation
\r\n By Yitzhak Benhorin
\r\n Diplomats work together to prevent Security Council statement slamming\r\n Jewish state for UNRWA building strike.
\r\n http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article21779.htm
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\r\n Enough!
\r\n Someone Must Stop Israel's Rampant Madness in Gaza
\r\n By Gideon Levy
\r\n The streets of Gaza Thursday looked like killing fields in the midst of the\r\n \"third stage\" and worse. Israel is arrogantly ignoring the\r\n Security Council's resolution calling for a cease-fire and is shelling the\r\n UN compound in Gaza, as if to show its real feeling toward that institution.
\r\n http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article21782.htm
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\r\n Israel retreats to Gaza outskirts:
\r\n Israeli ground troops have been forced to retreat to the outskirts of Gaza\r\n City after facing strong resistance from the Palestinian resistance\r\n fighters.
\r\n http:\/\/www.presstv.com\/detail.aspx?id=82553§ionid=351020202\r\n Hamas chief: We will not surrender to Israeli conditions:  
\r\n The Hamas political chief rejected Israel's conditions for a Gaza cease-fire\r\n and demanded an immediate opening of the besieged territory's borders,\r\n taking a tough line Friday as he asked a summit of Arab countries to back\r\n him by cutting off any ties with Israel.
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\r\n Israel may halt attack on Gaza:
\r\n Israel's security cabinet is expected to decide to halt the war on Gaza at a\r\n meeting on Saturday, Israeli sources have said. The move would be seen as\r\n being preferable to entering an Egyptian-brokered formal ceasefire with\r\n Hamas, unnamed sources told the AFP and Reuters news agencies.
\r\n http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/99vgsb\r\n Ahmadinejad demands trial of Israeli leaders:
\r\n In a Friday address to an emergency Arab summit on the Gaza war, President\r\n Ahmadinejad said Israeli leaders are responsible for the death and injury of\r\n thousands of Palestinians, including women and children.
\r\n http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail.aspx?id=82576§ionid=351020101
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\r\n Canada votes alone for Israel:
\r\n Canada stood alone before a United Nations human rights council yesterday,\r\n the only one among 47 nations to oppose a motion condemning the Israeli\r\n military offensive in Gaza.
\r\n http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/article\/569872\r\n Turkish PM Erdogan: Bar Israel from UN over Gaza offensive:
\r\n Turkey's prime minister on Friday said Israel should be barred from the\r\n United Nations while it ignores the international body's calls to stop\r\n fighting in Gaza.
\r\n http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1056158.html
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\r\n Israeli Attacks on Gaza Escape Global Media Scrutiny:
\r\n Israel's relentless air attacks on a besieged Gaza, which have killed over\r\n 1,000 Palestinians and destroyed hundreds of homes, continue to take place\r\n away from the gaze of the international news media.
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\r\n \r\n Israeli peace activists face crackdown\r\n  \r\n 200 still behind bars after taking part in protests against their\r\n country's military offensive in Gaza\r\n Oakland Ross Toronto Star
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\r\n http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/Article\/568594\r\n  \r\n JERUSALEM–Israeli dissidents, opposed to their country's military\r\n offensive in Gaza, have run into a police crackdown on a scale not seen in\r\n nearly a decade, say human rights campaigners here.
\r\n \r\n Since the launch of the Gaza offensive two weeks ago, at least 500\r\n Israeli peace activists have been arrested and jailed, all but a few of them\r\n Arab Israelis. At least 200 are still behind bars.
\r\n \r\n \"We're talking about mass arrests,\" said Abeer Baker, a member\r\n of Adalah, a group that lobbies on behalf of Israel's Arab minority of 1.5\r\n million people.
\r\n \r\n Not only are protesters being arrested on a scale not seen since the\r\n beginning of the second intifada – a Palestinian uprising against Israeli\r\n occupation that began in September 2000 – but they are being held in\r\n prison for longer periods than in the past, say rights advocates.
\r\n \r\n \"What we are seeing is an attempt to intimidate the people,\"\r\n said Adar Grayevsky, a Jewish law student and peace activist who spent three\r\n days in jail after being arrested during what she said was a peaceful\r\n anti-war protest in Tel Aviv Jan. 2. \"There was a time when we would be\r\n released in a few hours.\"
\r\n \r\n Some of the activists arrested during recent protests have already been\r\n in prison for two weeks.
\r\n \r\n Prosecutors have 30 days from the time a suspect is arrested until they\r\n must issue an indictment. During this period, they are not required to show\r\n their evidence to defence lawyers, and the court may order that the suspect\r\n remain in detention.
\r\n \r\n \"The defence is in a situation where they don't have access to the\r\n evidence,\" said Orna Kohn, staff attorney at Adalah. \"It's very\r\n easy for police to keep the person and hard for the defence to show why they\r\n shouldn't.\"
\r\n \r\n She said the length of such detentions has increased significantly\r\n during the current Gaza offensive.
\r\n \r\n \"It seems like a deliberate policy.\"
\r\n \r\n The system routinely treats Arabs more severely than Jews, said\r\n Grayevsky, but Jewish activists have also been encountering harsher\r\n treatment of late.
\r\n \r\n \"This is the first time I can recall in my five years of\r\n demonstrating that a Jewish Israeli (peace activist) was detained for more\r\n than one night,\" she said. Her arrest followed her participation in a\r\n brief demonstration outside a Tel Aviv air base.
\r\n \r\n \"It was a `die-in,'\" she said, explaining she and 18 other\r\n demonstrators lay down by the side of the road, to show solidarity with\r\n people in Gaza, whose death toll in the current conflict is approaching 800.
\r\n \r\n \"It lasted for a minute. The people did not even block the\r\n road.\"
\r\n \r\n Police Insp. Mickey Rosenfeld denied there has been any recent change in\r\n procedures.
\r\n \r\n \"The majority of demonstrations are carried out in full\r\n co-ordination with the police,\" he said. \"But people have taken\r\n advantage of the law, and it's perfectly legitimate for the police to\r\n react.\"
\r\n \r\n Rosenfeld put the number of activists arrested in the past fortnight at\r\n more than 600, a figure even higher than the 500 or so claimed by peace\r\n groups.
\r\n \r\n Regarding Grayevsky's die-in protest, he said demonstrators were\r\n blocking the road and later attacked police officers. \"In cases like\r\n that,\" he said, \"it's perfectly legitimate to make arrests.\"
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