Pro Palestinian WeblogA Weblog supporting the Palestinian PlightDisputes delay U.N. mission to Jenin camp- (Found June 18, 2008 ) CNN.com - Disputes delay U.N. mission to Jenin camp - April 29, 2002 A U.N. fact-finding mission to investigate the fighting in the Jenin refugee camp during Israel's military action against terrorism in the West Bank is being held up by several disputes between Israel and the United Nations. The sticking points include: Witnesses for the investigation and who will subpoena them: Israel wants the power to decide who testifies and the power to subpoena witnesses. Essentially, Israel will...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107142/2002/04/30.html#a16 UN backs Palestinian violence- (Found June 18, 2008 ) National Post Online April 15, 2002 Six European Union countries yesterday endorsed a United Nations document that condones violence as a way to achieve Palestinian statehood. They were voting as members of the UN Human Rights Commission on a resolution that accuses Israel of a long list of human rights violations, but makes no mention of suicide bombings of Israeli civilians. The U.N. yet again passes a resolution condemning Israel's Human Rights violations.http://radio.weblogs.com/0107142/2002/04/25.html#a4 Human Rights Watch World Report 2002:Israel, the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Palestinian Authority Territories- (Found June 18, 2008 ) Human Rights Watch World Report 2002:Israel, the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Palestinian Authority Territories According to B'Tselem (the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories), Israeli settlers killed at least eleven Palestinians between September 2000 and September 2001 and injured dozens more. Settlers attacked Palestinian homes, destroyed stores, automobiles and other property, uprooted trees, prevented farmers from reaching their fields,...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107142/2002/04/25.html#a5 U.S. State Department Report:Israel and the occupied territories- (Found June 18, 2008 ) U.S. State Department ReportIsrael and the occupied territories Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2001 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 4, 2002 Israel's overall human rights record in the occupied territories was poor, continuing a deterioration that began in late 2000, after the beginning of the sustained violence of the Intifada. Israeli security forces committed numerous, serious human rights abuses during the year. Security forces killed at...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107142/stories/2002/04/25/whatIsTerror.html 'Horrifying' scene at Jenin, U.N. envoy says- (Found June 18, 2008 ) CNN.com - 'Horrifying' scene at Jenin, U.N. envoy says - April 18, 2002 ROED-LARSEN: We went in today with the U.N. team -- together with Peter Hansen, the head of UNRWA, the relief and works agency for the Palestinians -- and the scene was horrifying and shocking. Both those concerns what we saw, what we heard, and what we smelled. The smell was horrible -- decaying corpses below the rubble. And we saw, for instance, a 12-year-old boy being -- with some people digging with their hands --...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107142/2002/04/25.html#a7 Smell of death rises from wreckage of Jenin- (Found June 18, 2008 ) USATODAY.com - Smell of death rises from wreckage of Jenin Entire blocks of apartment buildings and shops have been leveled, the wreckage bulldozed into piles in some places. "They punished the whole camp," said Mohammed Fayd, a 36-year-old accountant who lives here. The people have been living without electricity or running water since the Israeli forces arrived. Food and drinking water is scarce. Scuffles broke out between parched Palestinian refugees when aid workers tried to hand out...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107142/2002/04/25.html#a8 Palestinian Lives Reduced to Rubble in Jenin Camp- (Found June 18, 2008 ) Reuters Palestinian Lives Reduced to Rubble in Jenin Camp As he tells it, when Israeli army bulldozers rolled in to demolish the neighborhood last week, his family was given one minute to get out before the walls started caving in. That, he said, was not enough time to save his 38-year-old son Jamal, paralyzed from the neck down since a childhood accident. "We begged and screamed for help to carry him out but the Israelis went ahead and knocked the house down on top of him," Fayed said as..http://radio.weblogs.com/0107142/2002/04/27.html#a9 Palestinians Evicted From Homes in Dispute With Israeli Rightists- (Found June 18, 2008 ) New York Times Palestinians Evicted From Homes in Dispute With Israeli Rightists Several dozen Palestinians have been evicted from homes in East Jerusalem after losing a legal battle against Israeli rightists working to settle Jews in Arab neighborhoods in the area. Police officers removed the Palestinians from two apartment houses in the Sheik Jarrah neighborhood late Monday night. A resident of one building said it housed 40 members of an extended family. The move results from the efforts.http://radio.weblogs.com/0107142/2002/04/27.html#a11 Gunmen strike settlement on eve of U.N. visit- (Found June 18, 2008 ) CNN.com - Gunmen strike settlement on eve of U.N. visit - April 28, 2002 On the eve of a U.N. fact-finding team's visit to the Jenin refugee camp, Palestinian gunmen infiltrated a Jewish settlement and killed at least four Israeli settlers, including a 5-year-old girl. Perhaps the West Bank offensive wasn't the best way to calm things downhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0107142/2002/04/28.html#a13 Cambridge University Students Beaten by Israeli Army- (Found June 18, 2008 ) Varsity Online:The Cambridge Student Newspaper Cambridge University Students Beaten by Israeli Army The internationals report that the beating itself lasted around ten minutes. "I was kicked in the head," said Minio. "I was kneeling to protect one of the Palestinians. Then I saw Phil being dragged into the street and kicked in the ribs by three soldiers. When I took my camera out, a soldier jumped on me and smashed it." Minio was later diagnosed with concussion by one of the Palestinian...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107142/2002/04/28.html#a14 |