{"article":{"id":272645,"heading":"Tel Aviv sur Seine\/Promotion of bloody Israeli occupation of Palestine","author":"Astrid Essed","created":"2015-08-15 21:36:43","modified":"2015-08-15 21:36:43","last_modified":"Sun, 16 Aug 2015 04:36:43","article":"

TEL AVIV SUR SEINE\/PROMOTION

OF THE BLOODY ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE

SEE ALSO



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The shamelessness of some initiatives to promote the Israeli

occupation power knows no limits.

The following is nearly hilaric, were t not so horrible

Recently (at 13th august), a joint project of the Paris and

Tel Aviv municipal governments, organised ´´Tel Aviv

Sur Seine´´

For a few hours on 13 August, a section of river bank in the French capital near the Pont d’Arcole will be turned into “Tel Aviv sur Seine” (Tel Aviv on the Seine), complete with falafel stands and “Israeli nightlife.” ¨(1)

Isn´t it cosy.

Tel Aviv sur Seine will be held at ´´Paris Plage´´

, a simulated beach the city sets up in the summer. (2)

Lionel Choukroun, director of Agence Culturelle, the company that is producing the event, says the idea is “to give Parisians and tourists the Tel Aviv experience without having to go anywhere.” (3)

What a gotspe.

Does he tells the Parisians about the way, Ethopian

Jews are treated in ´´tolerant´´ Tel Aviv. (4)

I doubt it.

THE CRIME OF THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION

But there is more.

Much more.

Tel Aviv is an important city of Israel, the 48 years

occupation power in the Palestinian territories

the Westbank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, (5) despite

UN Security Resolution 242 (dd 1967) summoning

Israel to withdraw from all conquered territories

during the june war (1967), including the Palestinian.

48 years of oppression, human rights violations,

warcrimes and crimes against humanity. (6)

And moreover

The existence, since the end of 1960, of Isreli settlements

in occupied Palestinian territories, which are

illegal according to International Law. (7)

The illegal Israeli Wall through occupied

Palestinian territories (8), violating the rights

of the Palestinian people. (9)

And then, in general, the deadly violent crimes

of the Israeli army, as Amnesty International

described in its report from 2014 ´´Trigger happy\/Israel´s

use of excessive force in the Westbank´´ (10)

GAZA MILITARY OPERATIONS

Israel has launched a number of military

operations in Gaza with numerous warcrimes,

causing thousands of Palestinian victims.

In 2008\/2009 there was Operation Cast Lead. (11)

1,391 Palestinians were killed, more than 5,300 Palestinians were wounded, 350 of them seriously. Israel also caused enormous damage to residential dwellings, industrial buildings, agriculture and infrastructure for electricity, sanitation, water, and health.

According to UN figures, Israel destroyed more than 3,500 residential dwellings and 20,000 people were left homeless.(12)



Westbank

Whoever thinks that the violence after Cast Lead was over,

is mistaken.

The Israeli human rights organisation Btselem mentions

many fatalities after Cast Lead. (13)



OPERATION ´´PROTECTIVE EDGE´´

Israeli military operation ´´Protective

Edge´´ last year 2014, was another humanitarian

disaster.

More than 2,200 Palestinians were killed, including hundreds of children. About 18,000 homes were destroyed or badly damaged and more than 100,000 Palestinians were rendered homeless. (14)

disas

Schools and hospitals were attacked. (15)

See the bloodstaining comment of the Norwegian

physician Mads Gilbert, working years and years

in Gaza on voluntarily basis. (16)

A great human rights worker.

MEANWHILE, ON THE BEACH.......



The meaning of ´´Tel Aviv sur Seine´´ is promoting

Israel and Tel Aviv, enjoying a holiday there

and giving Parisians the ´´holiday feeling´´

eating falafels and enjoying Israeli nightlife. (17)



But how ´´enjoyable´´ is the life of the

occupied civilian population in Gaza.

Well, their ´´nightlife´´ are Israeli

bombings and shootings.

And ´´enjoying the beach´´ means

death and destruction.

Last year, on 16 july, four Palestinian children were

killed by Israeli missile attacks, in the neighbourhood

of ´´ brightly coloured beach tents, used by bathers in peacetime.´´(18)

At last, Israel cleared itself from culpability,

calling it a ´´tragic accident´´.........(19)

That´s the way their own warcrimes are mentioned by

the Israeli occupation power.....

That´s the Gazan ´´holiday to the beach.......´´



´´TEL AVIV SUR SEINE´´

You must have gotspe and guts, organising

´´Tel Aviv sur Seine´´ against the background of

the continuing crimes of the Israeli

occupation power. (20)

Therefore the protests against this promoting

of the bloody Israeli occupation power were

very welcome. (21)

The protests against the Israeli occupator

and its financial and political sponsors

will go on untill the occupation

is ended, the illegal settlements are dismantled,

the Israeli Wall is broken to the ground and

the Palestinian right to return is acknowledged. (22)

FREE PALESTINE

Underlying (under the Notes) see my reaction

on Cool Israel, a website that markets Israel to a French-speaking audience.



Astrid Essed



NOTES



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TEL AVIV SUR SEINE\/LA PLAGE DE TEL AVIV DEBARQUE

A PARIS LE 13 AOUT



http:\/\/coolisrael.fr\/25170\/telavivsurseine-la-plage-de-tel-aviv-debarque-a-paris-le-13-aout<\/a>



´´TEL AVIV BEACH´´ IN PARIS SPARKS OUTRAGE A

YEAR AFTER GAZA SLAUGHTER

https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/blogs\/ali-abunimah\/tel-aviv-beach-paris-sparks-outrage-year-after-gaza-slaughter?utm_source=EI<\/a>+readers&utm_campaign=26c6e51ccb-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e802a7602d-26c6e51ccb-299184845



(2)



TEL AVIV SUR SEINE\/LA PLAGE DE TEL AVIV DEBARQUE

A PARIS LE 13 AOUT



http:\/\/coolisrael.fr\/25170\/telavivsurseine-la-plage-de-tel-aviv-debarque-a-paris-le-13-aout<\/a>



´´TEL AVIV BEACH´´ IN PARIS SPARKS OUTRAGE A

YEAR AFTER GAZA SLAUGHTER

https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/blogs\/ali-abunimah\/tel-aviv-beach-paris-sparks-outrage-year-after-gaza-slaughter?utm_source=EI<\/a>+readers&utm_campaign=26c6e51ccb-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e802a7602d-26c6e51ccb-299184845



(3)



TEL AVIV SUR SEINE\/LA PLAGE DE TEL AVIV DEBARQUE

A PARIS LE 13 AOUT



http:\/\/coolisrael.fr\/25170\/telavivsurseine-la-plage-de-tel-aviv-debarque-a-paris-le-13-aout<\/a>



(4)



ALJAZEERA

ETHIOPIAN JEWS\/NOT JEWISH ENOUGH

4 MAY 2015

http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/2015\/05\/ethiopian-jews-jewish-150504075644608.html<\/a>



(5)



GAZA STILL OCCUPIED TERRITORY



´´“Under international law, the test for determining whether an occupation exists is effective control by a hostile army, not the positioning of troops,” Whitson said. “Whether the Israeli army is inside Gaza or redeployed around its periphery and restricting entrance and exit, it remains in control.”



HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

ISRAEL\/´´DISENGAGEMENT´´ WILL NOT END GAZA OCCUPATION



http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2004\/10\/28\/israel-disengagement-will-not-end-gaza-occupation<\/a>



Israel maintains effective control over Gaza, controlling all but one of the crossings into the Gaza Strip, the airspace, territorial waters, telecommunications and the population registry which determines who is allowed to leave or enter Gaza. Therefore, Israel is still considered the occupying power and is responsible for the welfare of the inhabitants in the strip under international humanitarian law.



http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/our-work\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territories<\/a>



(6)



BTSELEM.ORG

THE SIEGE ON GAZA

http:\/\/www.btselem.org\/gaza_strip\/siege<\/a>



BBC

UN OFFICIAL SLAMS ISRAEL ”CRIMES”

10 DECEMBER 2008

http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7774988.stm<\/a>



BLOCKADE ON GAZA\/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY

ASTRID ESSED

14 FEBRUARY 2008

http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/news\/2008\/02\/213864.php<\/a>





(7)



BTSELEM.ORG

LAND EXPROPRIATION AND SETTLEMENTS IN THE

INTERNATIONAL LAW

http:\/\/www.btselem.org\/settlements\/international_law<\/a>



(8)



INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WALL

IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

http:\/\/www.icj-cij.org\/docket\/index.php?pr=71&code=mwp&p1=3&p2=4&p3=6&ca<\/a>



(9)



´´Construction of the Barrier has imposed new restrictions on movement for Palestinians living near its route, in addition to the sweeping restrictions in force since the outbreak of the second intifada. Thousands of Palestinians have difficulty reaching their fields and marketing their produce to other areas of the West Bank. The areas west of the Separation Barrier are among the most fertile in the West Bank. According to the World Bank, the agriculture there generates 8 percent of overall Palestinian agricultural production. The damage to the agricultural sector means that Palestinian farmers cannot get supplementary income and makes it impossible to increase the number of workers in what is the primary sector of Palestinian economy.



The restrictions on freedom of movement also limit the access of Palestinian villagers to hospitals in nearby towns; the educational system suffers because many schools, primarily village schools, depend on teachers who live outside the community and must commute to the school; also family ties and social connections are adversely affected.

BTSELEM.ORG

THE SEPARATION BARRIER

http:\/\/www.btselem.org\/separation_barrier\/map<\/a>



(10)



AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

TRIGGER HAPPY\/ISRAEL’S USE OF

EXCESSIVE FORCE IN THE WESTBANK

FEBRUARY 2014

http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/library\/asset\/MDE15\/002\/2014\/en\/349188ef-e14a-418f-ac20-6c9e5c8d9f88\/mde150022014en.pdf<\/a>

(11)



BTSELEM.ORG

OPERATION CAST LEAD, 27 DEC ’08 TO 18 JAN ’09

http:\/\/www.btselem.org\/gaza_strip\/castlead_operation<\/a>



(12)



BTSELEM.ORG

OPERATION CAST LEAD, 27 DEC ’08 TO 18 JAN ’09

http:\/\/www.btselem.org\/gaza_strip\/castlead_operation<\/a>



ISRAELI ATTACKS ON GAZA\/DIRTY WAR AGAINST THE

PALESTINIAN CIVILIAN POPULATION

ASTRID ESSED

2009

http:\/\/www.indymedia.org.uk\/en\/regions\/liverpool\/2009\/01\/417434.html<\/a>



(13)

FATALITIES AFTER OPERATION CAST LEAD

http:\/\/www.btselem.org\/statistics\/fatalities\/after-cast-lead\/by-date-of-event<\/a>



(14)



BTSELEM.ORG

BLACK FLAG\/THE LEGAL AND MORAL

IMPLICATIONS OF THE POLICY OF ATTACKING RESIDENTIAL

BUILDINGS IN THE GAZA STRIP\/SUMMER 2014

http:\/\/www.btselem.org\/publications\/summaries\/201501_black_flag<\/a>



BTSELEM

BLACK FLAG\/FULL REPORT

THE LEGAL AND MORAL

IMPLICATIONS OF THE POLICY OF ATTACKING RESIDENTIAL

BUILDINGS IN THE GAZA STRIP\/SUMMER 2014

http:\/\/www.btselem.org\/download\/201501_black_flag_eng.pdf<\/a>





(15)





THE GUARDIAN

GAZA SCHOOL ATTACK DENOUNCED AS

´´CRIMINAL ACT´´ BY UN CHIEF



http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/aug\/03\/israel-air-strike-un-school-gaza-rafah<\/a>

INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS

NO WONDER GAZANS ARE ANGRY.

THE RED CROSS CAN’T PROTECT THEM

25 JULI 2014

http:\/\/www.icrc.org\/eng\/resources\/documents\/article\/editorial\/07-24-gaza-israel-palestine-maio.htm<\/a>

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

GAZA: AIRSTRIKE DEATHS RAISE CONCERNS ON

GROUND OFFENSIVE

22 JULI 2014

http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/07\/22\/gaza-airstrike-deaths-raise-concerns-ground-offensive<\/a>

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

MOUNTING EVIDENCE OF DELIBERATE ATTACKS

ON GAZA HEALTH WORKERS BY ISRAELI ARMY

7 AUGUST 2014



https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2014\/08\/mounting-evidence-deliberate-attacks-gaza-health-workers-israeli-army\/<\/a>



(16)



LETTER FROM GAZA BY A NORWEGIAN DOCTOR

https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/articles\/middle-east\/12920-letter-from-gaza-by-a-norwegian-doctor<\/a>



THE GUARDIAN

DOCTOR MADS GILBERT ON WORKING

UNDER SIEGE IN GAZA´S SHIFA HOSPITAL\/

´´MY CAMERA IS MY KALASHNIKOV´´

http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/jun\/23\/doctor-mads-gilbert-gaza-shifa-hospital-camera-kalashnikov<\/a>



WIKIPEDIA

MADS GILBERT



https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mads_Gilbert<\/a>





(17)



TEL AVIV SUR SEINE\/LA PLAGE DE TEL AVIV DEBARQUE

A PARIS LE 13 AOUT



http:\/\/coolisrael.fr\/25170\/telavivsurseine-la-plage-de-tel-aviv-debarque-a-paris-le-13-aout<\/a>



´´TEL AVIV BEACH´´ IN PARIS SPARKS OUTRAGE A

YEAR AFTER GAZA SLAUGHTER

https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/blogs\/ali-abunimah\/tel-aviv-beach-paris-sparks-outrage-year-after-gaza-slaughter?utm_source=EI<\/a>+readers&utm_campaign=26c6e51ccb-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e802a7602d-26c6e51ccb-299184845



(18)



´´They waved and shouted at the watching journalists as they passed a little collection of brightly coloured beach tents, used by bathers in peacetime.´´

THE GUARDIAN

WITNESS TO A SHELLING\/FIRST HAND ACCOUNT

OF DEADLY STRIKE ON GAZA PORT

16 JULY 2014



http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/jul\/16\/witness-gaza-shelling-first-hand-account<\/a>



SHELLS WERE CHASING THEM\/FOUR PALESTINIAN CHILDREN

KILLED ON BEACH BY ISRAELI ROCKETS

16 JULY 2014



http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/173340-gaza-palestinian-children-killed\/<\/a>





(19)



THE GUARDIAN

ISRAEL EXTONERATES ITSELF OVER GAZA BEACH

KILLINGS OF FOUR CHILDREN LAST YEAR



http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/jun\/11\/israel-clears-military-gaza-beach-children<\/a>





(20)



TEL AVIV SUR SEINE\/LA PLAGE DE TEL AVIV DEBARQUE

A PARIS LE 13 AOUT



http:\/\/coolisrael.fr\/25170\/telavivsurseine-la-plage-de-tel-aviv-debarque-a-paris-le-13-aout<\/a>





(21)





ISRAELI OCCUPATION COMES TO PARIS AS POLICE

SUPPRESS ´´TEL AVIV BEACH´´ PROTEST

13 AUGUST 2015



https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/blogs\/ali-abunimah\/israeli-occupation-comes-paris-police-suppress-tel-aviv-beach-protest<\/a>



´´TEL AVIV BEACH´´ IN PARIS SPARKS OUTRAGE A

YEAR AFTER GAZA SLAUGHTER

https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/blogs\/ali-abunimah\/tel-aviv-beach-paris-sparks-outrage-year-after-gaza-slaughter?utm_source=EI<\/a>+readers&utm_campaign=26c6e51ccb-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e802a7602d-26c6e51ccb-299184845



UPROAR OVER ´´TEL AVIV ON SEINE´´

EVENT IN PARIS

10 AUGUST 2015



http:\/\/www.thelocal.fr\/20150810\/tel-aviv-beach-day-in-paris-sparks-outrage<\/a>



THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES

TEL AVIV SUR SEINE CONTROVERSY\/PARIS BEACH EVENT

LINKED TO PALESTINIAN CHILDREN KILLED DURING GAZA

WAR

10 AUGUST 2015



http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/tel-aviv-sur-seine-controversy-paris-beach-event-linked-palestinian-children-killed-2046303<\/a>



(22)



DISASTER OVER PALESTINE\/THE REFUGEE PROBLEM

AND THE IDEOLOGY OF TRANSFER

ASTRID ESSED

2007

http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/news\/2007\/06\/201927.php<\/a>



LATER POSTED ON MY WEBSITE

DISASTER OVER PALESTINE\/THE REFUGEE PROBLEM

AND THE IDEOLOGY OF TRANSFER

ASTRID ESSED



http:\/\/www.astridessed.nl\/2007disaster-over-palestinethe-refugee-problem-and-the-ideology-of-transfer\/<\/a>







REACTION ON COOL ISRAEL





TEL AVIV SUR SEINE\/LA PLAGE DE TEL AVIV DEBARQUE

A PARIS LE 13 AOUT



http:\/\/coolisrael.fr\/25170\/telavivsurseine-la-plage-de-tel-aviv-debarque-a-paris-le-13-aout<\/a>





Astrid Essed ·

TEL AVIV SUR SEINE\/PROMOTION

OF THE BLOODY ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE

It´s a shame and disgrace, that the municipal government of Paris

(having a cooperation tie with Tel Aviv) gives its

approval with this ´´Tel Aviv Sur Seine´´ happening.

This cosy event ´´complete with falafel and Israeli nightlife´´

hides the horrible facts about occupation power Israel, not only

oppressing the Palestinian territories since 1967, with inherent

serious human rights violations, warcrimes and crimes against

humanity (Blockade on Gaza), as the water and land robbery

in the form of illegal settlements.

It also implies bloody neo colonial military operations as last

year the Gaza ´´Protective Edge´´.

More than 2,200 Palestinians were killed, including hundreds of children. About 18,000 homes were destroyed or badly damaged and more than 100,000 Palestinians were rendered homeless.

Those victims can´t enjoy the beach ´´complete with falafel and nightlife´´

Their children are MURDERED at the beach, as happened with four

Palestinian children, just playing at the Gaza beach, who were shot

at the Gaza beach last year.....

Good night, mayor Hidalgo. Thanks for promoting the bloody

Israeli occupation.

Moderators, remove my reaction, if you like.

But you can´t remove the truth.

Astrid Essed\/Amsterdam\/The Netherlands

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TEL AVIV SUR SEINE\/PROMOTION

OF THE BLOODY ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE

It´s a shame and disgrace, that the municipal government of Paris

(having a cooperation tie with Tel Aviv) gives its

approval with this ´´Tel Aviv Sur Seine´´ happening.

This cosy event ´´complete with falafel and Israeli nightlife´´

hides the horrible facts about occupation power Israel, not only

oppressing the Palestinian territories since 1967, with inherent

serious human rights violations, warcrimes and crimes against

humanity (Blockade on Gaza), as the water and land robbery

in the form of illegal settlements.

It also implies bloody neo colonial military operations as last

year the Gaza ´´Protective Edge´´.

More than 2,200 Palestinians were killed, including hundreds of children. About 18,000 homes were destroyed or badly damaged and more than 100,000 Palestinians were rendered homeless.

Those victims can´t enjoy the beach ´´complete with falafel and nightlife´´

Their children are MURDERED at the beach, as happened with four

Palestinian children, just playing at the Gaza beach, who were shot

at the Gaza beach last year.....

Good night, mayor Hidalgo. Thanks for promoting the bloody

Israeli occupation.

Moderators, remove my reaction, if you like.

But you can´t remove the truth.

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