24 aug 2016
Sari Mohammad Abu Gharab 24
A 24-year old Palestinian man, Sari Mohammad Abu Gharab, was killed on Wednesday by Israeli troops near Nablus, just two months before he was scheduled to be married.
The Palestinian was shot to death by numerous rounds after allegedly exiting a vehicle that was being chased by an Israeli military vehicle and trying to stab an Israeli soldier.
But photos from the scene show Abu Gharab still seated in the vehicle – not outside the vehicle as Israeli forces claimed.
According to the Electronic Intifada website, “Photos from the scene apparently show Abu Ghurab’s body still seated in the car which he was driving, and soldiers evacuating his body from the vehicle, appear to contradict the army’s account that Abu Ghurab exited the car before he was shot dead”.
No soldiers were injured, but the 24-year old Abu Gharab was shot dead. This killing was criticized by Palestinian sources because of its extrajudicial nature.
219 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since last October – most of them killed via extrajudicial assassination, with no charges or trial, in direct violation of international law. During the same time period, 32 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians.
Abu Ghurab was from the village of Qabatia, in the northern West Bank near Jenin.
According to local sources, he was riding in a vehicle that was driving on the Israeli Route 60, near the largest settlement in the West Bank, Ariel. Someone from the car allegedly threw a stone toward Israeli soldiers, and the soldiers began following the vehicle.
Then, according to the Israeli military, Abu Gharab got out of the vehicle and tried unsuccessfully to stab an Israeli soldier with a knife. But the photos from the scene contradict the Israeli claim, and show instead that he was inside the vehicle with his hands up when he was shot and killed.
Palestinian shot dead, Israeli soldier wounded in stabbing attack in Nablus
A Palestinian young man on Wednesday was shot dead by Israeli forces south of Nablus city in the West Bank after an anti-occupation stabbing attack against an Israeli soldier who was seriously wounded in the incident.
The PIC reporter said that the Palestinian martyr was identified as Sari Abu Ghurab from Qabatya town in Jenin.
The Israeli army said in a statement that Palestinians were throwing stones from a vehicle near Yitzhar settlement in Nablus and when Israeli troops chased them one of the Palestinians stabbed a soldier in his neck.
The soldier then shot the Palestinian attacker, resulting in his death, the statement said. The PIC reporter pointed out that Israeli forces barred Palestinian ambulance cars from accessing the scene where Abu Ghurab was on the ground bleeding to death.
The forces closed the area and started a large-scale combing operation, he said. Immediately after the stabbing attack, Israeli troops stormed the nearby Madama town in southern Nablus amid intensive shooting of tear gas and stun grenades before confiscating commercial shops’ security cameras.
Soldier lightly wounded in stabbing attack near Nablus
Palestinians hurl stones from moving vehicle, prompting troops from the IDF's Nahal Brigade to chase after them; attackers stop the car and stab one of the soldiers, who shoots the terrorist dead.
A soldier was lightly wounded in a stabbing attack at a junction on Highway 60 near Nablus on Wednesday afternoon.
Palestinians were hurling stones from a travelling vehicle on a section of the highway between Kedumim and Yitzhar, hitting the windshield of a military vehicle and prompting troops from the IDF's Nahal Brigade to chase after them.
During the chase, the Palestinian car made a U-turn and found itself blocked by the military vehicle, causing it to stop. The soldiers, who got out of the military vehicle, called on the two Palestinians in the car to come out.
The driver, who claimed he doesn't speak Hebrew, alighted the vehicle and stabbed a soldier in the neck. The stabbed soldier then shoots the stabber dead, neutralizing him.
The soldier was treated at the scene and then evacuated to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva and was released shortly thereafter.
That section of the highway was closed following the attack.
The attack marks the first terrorist stabbing in a period of relative calm after Israel was beset by a wave of terrorist shooting, knife and vehicular attacks which left dozens of Israeli civilians and soldiers dead or wounded in recent months.
A 24-year old Palestinian man, Sari Mohammad Abu Gharab, was killed on Wednesday by Israeli troops near Nablus, just two months before he was scheduled to be married.
The Palestinian was shot to death by numerous rounds after allegedly exiting a vehicle that was being chased by an Israeli military vehicle and trying to stab an Israeli soldier.
But photos from the scene show Abu Gharab still seated in the vehicle – not outside the vehicle as Israeli forces claimed.
According to the Electronic Intifada website, “Photos from the scene apparently show Abu Ghurab’s body still seated in the car which he was driving, and soldiers evacuating his body from the vehicle, appear to contradict the army’s account that Abu Ghurab exited the car before he was shot dead”.
No soldiers were injured, but the 24-year old Abu Gharab was shot dead. This killing was criticized by Palestinian sources because of its extrajudicial nature.
219 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since last October – most of them killed via extrajudicial assassination, with no charges or trial, in direct violation of international law. During the same time period, 32 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians.
Abu Ghurab was from the village of Qabatia, in the northern West Bank near Jenin.
According to local sources, he was riding in a vehicle that was driving on the Israeli Route 60, near the largest settlement in the West Bank, Ariel. Someone from the car allegedly threw a stone toward Israeli soldiers, and the soldiers began following the vehicle.
Then, according to the Israeli military, Abu Gharab got out of the vehicle and tried unsuccessfully to stab an Israeli soldier with a knife. But the photos from the scene contradict the Israeli claim, and show instead that he was inside the vehicle with his hands up when he was shot and killed.
Palestinian shot dead, Israeli soldier wounded in stabbing attack in Nablus
A Palestinian young man on Wednesday was shot dead by Israeli forces south of Nablus city in the West Bank after an anti-occupation stabbing attack against an Israeli soldier who was seriously wounded in the incident.
The PIC reporter said that the Palestinian martyr was identified as Sari Abu Ghurab from Qabatya town in Jenin.
The Israeli army said in a statement that Palestinians were throwing stones from a vehicle near Yitzhar settlement in Nablus and when Israeli troops chased them one of the Palestinians stabbed a soldier in his neck.
The soldier then shot the Palestinian attacker, resulting in his death, the statement said. The PIC reporter pointed out that Israeli forces barred Palestinian ambulance cars from accessing the scene where Abu Ghurab was on the ground bleeding to death.
The forces closed the area and started a large-scale combing operation, he said. Immediately after the stabbing attack, Israeli troops stormed the nearby Madama town in southern Nablus amid intensive shooting of tear gas and stun grenades before confiscating commercial shops’ security cameras.
Soldier lightly wounded in stabbing attack near Nablus
Palestinians hurl stones from moving vehicle, prompting troops from the IDF's Nahal Brigade to chase after them; attackers stop the car and stab one of the soldiers, who shoots the terrorist dead.
A soldier was lightly wounded in a stabbing attack at a junction on Highway 60 near Nablus on Wednesday afternoon.
Palestinians were hurling stones from a travelling vehicle on a section of the highway between Kedumim and Yitzhar, hitting the windshield of a military vehicle and prompting troops from the IDF's Nahal Brigade to chase after them.
During the chase, the Palestinian car made a U-turn and found itself blocked by the military vehicle, causing it to stop. The soldiers, who got out of the military vehicle, called on the two Palestinians in the car to come out.
The driver, who claimed he doesn't speak Hebrew, alighted the vehicle and stabbed a soldier in the neck. The stabbed soldier then shoots the stabber dead, neutralizing him.
The soldier was treated at the scene and then evacuated to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva and was released shortly thereafter.
That section of the highway was closed following the attack.
The attack marks the first terrorist stabbing in a period of relative calm after Israel was beset by a wave of terrorist shooting, knife and vehicular attacks which left dozens of Israeli civilians and soldiers dead or wounded in recent months.
20 aug 2016
Wesam Ghayth 26
The Jerusalemite 26-year-old Wesam Ghayth, from Bait Hanina town near Occupied Jerusalem, at dawn Saturday was killed after Israeli speedy car ran over him while being chased by Israeli policemen.
Policemen said in a statement that they suspected a truck driven by a Palestinian man at a main road and when they asked him to stop he started running away.
According to the statement, the truck’s driver was run over by an Israeli speedy car while he was getting out of the truck at Street 06 which links the northern and southern districts of 1948 Occupied Palestine.
The Jerusalemite 26-year-old Wesam Ghayth, from Bait Hanina town near Occupied Jerusalem, at dawn Saturday was killed after Israeli speedy car ran over him while being chased by Israeli policemen.
Policemen said in a statement that they suspected a truck driven by a Palestinian man at a main road and when they asked him to stop he started running away.
According to the statement, the truck’s driver was run over by an Israeli speedy car while he was getting out of the truck at Street 06 which links the northern and southern districts of 1948 Occupied Palestine.
16 aug 2016
Naim Shawamrah 46
A former Palestinian prisoner who served 19 years in Israeli custody died on Tuesday after a painful struggle with muscular dystrophy, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said.
In a statement, the group said Naim Shawamrah, 46, died at al-Ahli hospital in Hebron.
Shawamrah, a resident of the village of Dura south of Hebron, was released in early 2014 as part of an agreement with Israel in conjunction with US-mediated peace talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Shawamrah was one of some 104 Palestinian prisoners held since before the 1993 Oslo Accords to be released as part of the deal, which was later suspended following the disappearance of three Israeli teenagers in June, which led to a crackdown in the occupied West Bank and a devastating Israeli offensive in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Shortly following his release from prison, Israel prevented Shawamrah from traveling to Jordan to receive medical treatment for the muscular dystrophy he developed in 2013 while in prison.
Rights groups have widely condemned Israel for its medical negligence of Palestinians in its prisons, which Addameer has called a "deliberate policy of neglect."
Earlier this month, a number of Palestinian rights organizations established a committee to follow the cases of Palestinians in poor health being held in Israeli prisons.
A former Palestinian prisoner who served 19 years in Israeli custody died on Tuesday after a painful struggle with muscular dystrophy, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said.
In a statement, the group said Naim Shawamrah, 46, died at al-Ahli hospital in Hebron.
Shawamrah, a resident of the village of Dura south of Hebron, was released in early 2014 as part of an agreement with Israel in conjunction with US-mediated peace talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Shawamrah was one of some 104 Palestinian prisoners held since before the 1993 Oslo Accords to be released as part of the deal, which was later suspended following the disappearance of three Israeli teenagers in June, which led to a crackdown in the occupied West Bank and a devastating Israeli offensive in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Shortly following his release from prison, Israel prevented Shawamrah from traveling to Jordan to receive medical treatment for the muscular dystrophy he developed in 2013 while in prison.
Rights groups have widely condemned Israel for its medical negligence of Palestinians in its prisons, which Addameer has called a "deliberate policy of neglect."
Earlier this month, a number of Palestinian rights organizations established a committee to follow the cases of Palestinians in poor health being held in Israeli prisons.
Muhammad Abu Hashhash 17
A Palestinian teenager died on Tuesday afternoon after being shot by Israeli forces with live ammunition earlier in the day during clashes in the al-Fawwar refugee camp in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
The ministry identified the slain youth as 17-year-old Muhammad Abu Hashhash.
Palestinian Red Crescent spokeswoman Errab Foqoha told Ma'an that Abu Hashhash succumbed to wounds sustained when he was "shot with live ammunition in the heart" by Israeli forces during clashes in al-Fawwar in which at least 32 other Palestinians were injured.
Israeli forces stormed al-Fawwar at dawn on Tuesday, ransacking homes and interrogating residents. Clashes then broke out between local youth and Israeli soldiers who fired live gunshots, tear gas, and rubber-coated steel bullets at the youth, injuring at least 33, including Abu Hashhash.
Earlier in the day, witnesses said Israeli soldiers stopped an ambulance belonging to the Palestinian Red Crescent which was trying to evacuate a young man who was seriously injured with live fire, and prevented the ambulance from leaving the camp for an hour.
Foqoha said she could not confirm whether the ambulance which was held up was carrying Abu Hashhash.
The teenager is one of 218 Palestinians to have been killed by Israelis since the beginning of a wave of unrest across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel in October. According to Ma'an documentation, at least 54 Palestinians were killed in clashes during this time period. While the majority of deadly clashes have occurred in refugee camps in the occupied Palestinian territory, this is the first reported death of an al-Fawwar resident since October.
The Hebron area in particular grew as the epicenter of upheaval, with Israeli authorities severely restricting the movement of Palestinians by sealing off towns and revoking work permits. At least 64 Palestinians from the Hebron district have been killed since October.
Some 32 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians during the same time period.
Due to the typically aggressive nature of the raids, clashes often erupt between local Palestinian youth who throw stones and are met in response with live fire and tear gas, often resulting in serious, sometimes fatal injuries.
Israeli police and soldiers have come under heavy criticism over the past year for what rights groups have referred to as “extrajudicial executions” of Palestinians who did not pose an immediate threat or who could have been detained through non-lethal means.
Israeli rights group Adalah revealed in July that Israeli police had unveiled new regulations which permit Israeli officers to open fire with live ammunition on Palestinian demonstrators before a non-lethal option is used.
An Israeli army spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the military's protocol on the use of live fire during clashes and demonstrations in the occupied West Bank.
A Palestinian teenager died on Tuesday afternoon after being shot by Israeli forces with live ammunition earlier in the day during clashes in the al-Fawwar refugee camp in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
The ministry identified the slain youth as 17-year-old Muhammad Abu Hashhash.
Palestinian Red Crescent spokeswoman Errab Foqoha told Ma'an that Abu Hashhash succumbed to wounds sustained when he was "shot with live ammunition in the heart" by Israeli forces during clashes in al-Fawwar in which at least 32 other Palestinians were injured.
Israeli forces stormed al-Fawwar at dawn on Tuesday, ransacking homes and interrogating residents. Clashes then broke out between local youth and Israeli soldiers who fired live gunshots, tear gas, and rubber-coated steel bullets at the youth, injuring at least 33, including Abu Hashhash.
Earlier in the day, witnesses said Israeli soldiers stopped an ambulance belonging to the Palestinian Red Crescent which was trying to evacuate a young man who was seriously injured with live fire, and prevented the ambulance from leaving the camp for an hour.
Foqoha said she could not confirm whether the ambulance which was held up was carrying Abu Hashhash.
The teenager is one of 218 Palestinians to have been killed by Israelis since the beginning of a wave of unrest across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel in October. According to Ma'an documentation, at least 54 Palestinians were killed in clashes during this time period. While the majority of deadly clashes have occurred in refugee camps in the occupied Palestinian territory, this is the first reported death of an al-Fawwar resident since October.
The Hebron area in particular grew as the epicenter of upheaval, with Israeli authorities severely restricting the movement of Palestinians by sealing off towns and revoking work permits. At least 64 Palestinians from the Hebron district have been killed since October.
Some 32 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians during the same time period.
Due to the typically aggressive nature of the raids, clashes often erupt between local Palestinian youth who throw stones and are met in response with live fire and tear gas, often resulting in serious, sometimes fatal injuries.
Israeli police and soldiers have come under heavy criticism over the past year for what rights groups have referred to as “extrajudicial executions” of Palestinians who did not pose an immediate threat or who could have been detained through non-lethal means.
Israeli rights group Adalah revealed in July that Israeli police had unveiled new regulations which permit Israeli officers to open fire with live ammunition on Palestinian demonstrators before a non-lethal option is used.
An Israeli army spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the military's protocol on the use of live fire during clashes and demonstrations in the occupied West Bank.
Yousef Younis 19
Israeli arbitrary procedures against the Palestinians at Erez Crossing resulted in the death of a Palestinian patient, Yousef Younis, as he was not allowed to reach hospital, according to al-Mezan Center For Human Rights.
Al-Mezan said Israeli forces arrested and tortured the Palestinian blood cancer patient Yousef Younis, 19, from northern Gaza Strip at an Israeli checkpoint on his way to hospital.
Yousef’s story Al-Mezan stated that Israeli forces arrested Yousef on April 14, 2016 at an Israeli checkpoint near Arraba southwest of Jenin, after he had passed through Erez Crossing to get to An-Najah National University Hospital for treatment.
Yousef told al-Mezan’s lawyer after he was released that he had been kept in Israeli Asqalan (Ashkelon) prison for 13 days.
There, he was physically and psychologically tortured. He was cuffed and forced to sit on a small iron stool, and he was verbally insulted, extorted and blackmailed.
On June 28, he got an appointment for treatment at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in occupied Jerusalem. He stayed in hospital until July 5, and then he returned to Gaza waiting for a new appointment to undergo bone marrow transplant surgery.
When he got an appointment for the surgery at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital on July 11, he applied for an Israeli permit to leave Gaza, but he was denied.
Four days later, Yousef received a call from the Israeli Intelligence trying to blackmail him to work as a collaborator for the Israeli military in return for a permission to leave Gaza.
When he refused, he was denied leaving Gaza until he died on August 8. Violations According to al-Mezan, the Israeli authorities continue to break the international humanitarian law by depriving the Palestinian civilians of the Gaza Strip of their rights to movement and receiving treatment.
Since the start of the year 2016, the Israeli forces have arrested 20 Palestinians at Erez Crossing, of whom 5 were patients and 4 attendants. Israel is still ignoring 67 patients’ applications from Gaza to leave through Erez Crossing for treatment.
Israeli arbitrary procedures against the Palestinians at Erez Crossing resulted in the death of a Palestinian patient, Yousef Younis, as he was not allowed to reach hospital, according to al-Mezan Center For Human Rights.
Al-Mezan said Israeli forces arrested and tortured the Palestinian blood cancer patient Yousef Younis, 19, from northern Gaza Strip at an Israeli checkpoint on his way to hospital.
Yousef’s story Al-Mezan stated that Israeli forces arrested Yousef on April 14, 2016 at an Israeli checkpoint near Arraba southwest of Jenin, after he had passed through Erez Crossing to get to An-Najah National University Hospital for treatment.
Yousef told al-Mezan’s lawyer after he was released that he had been kept in Israeli Asqalan (Ashkelon) prison for 13 days.
There, he was physically and psychologically tortured. He was cuffed and forced to sit on a small iron stool, and he was verbally insulted, extorted and blackmailed.
On June 28, he got an appointment for treatment at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in occupied Jerusalem. He stayed in hospital until July 5, and then he returned to Gaza waiting for a new appointment to undergo bone marrow transplant surgery.
When he got an appointment for the surgery at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital on July 11, he applied for an Israeli permit to leave Gaza, but he was denied.
Four days later, Yousef received a call from the Israeli Intelligence trying to blackmail him to work as a collaborator for the Israeli military in return for a permission to leave Gaza.
When he refused, he was denied leaving Gaza until he died on August 8. Violations According to al-Mezan, the Israeli authorities continue to break the international humanitarian law by depriving the Palestinian civilians of the Gaza Strip of their rights to movement and receiving treatment.
Since the start of the year 2016, the Israeli forces have arrested 20 Palestinians at Erez Crossing, of whom 5 were patients and 4 attendants. Israel is still ignoring 67 patients’ applications from Gaza to leave through Erez Crossing for treatment.
10 aug 2016
Moussa Muhammad Salman 85
An 85-year-old Palestinian died on Wednesday, after he was run over by an Israeli settler driving a motorcycle near the community of Khirbet al-Marajim, west of the southern Nablus village of Douma, in circumstances which remain clear, at this time.
Palestinian security sources told Ma’an News Agency that an investigation was opened to determine if the incident had been a deliberate attack or an accident.
The Palestinian was identified as Moussa Muhammad Salman, from the Nablus-area village of Talfit. Hasan Faraj, a relative of Salman, said that Salman succumbed to critical injuries after arriving at al-Najah University Hospital, in Nablus.
Salman had been riding a donkey and herding sheep when he was run over. The donkey was also killed in the incident.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is common in the Nablus area, as the district is surrounded by 12 Israeli settlements and 37 outposts — the latter of which are illegal under Israel’s own laws, in addition to being in contravention of international law.
Israeli settlers have carried out at least 71 attacks on Palestinians and their property in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank since the start of 2016, and a total of 221 in 2015, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
However, the perpetrators of violence against Palestinian civilians and their property are rarely punished, with Israeli police closing most investigations without an indictment.
An 85-year-old Palestinian died on Wednesday, after he was run over by an Israeli settler driving a motorcycle near the community of Khirbet al-Marajim, west of the southern Nablus village of Douma, in circumstances which remain clear, at this time.
Palestinian security sources told Ma’an News Agency that an investigation was opened to determine if the incident had been a deliberate attack or an accident.
The Palestinian was identified as Moussa Muhammad Salman, from the Nablus-area village of Talfit. Hasan Faraj, a relative of Salman, said that Salman succumbed to critical injuries after arriving at al-Najah University Hospital, in Nablus.
Salman had been riding a donkey and herding sheep when he was run over. The donkey was also killed in the incident.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is common in the Nablus area, as the district is surrounded by 12 Israeli settlements and 37 outposts — the latter of which are illegal under Israel’s own laws, in addition to being in contravention of international law.
Israeli settlers have carried out at least 71 attacks on Palestinians and their property in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank since the start of 2016, and a total of 221 in 2015, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
However, the perpetrators of violence against Palestinian civilians and their property are rarely punished, with Israeli police closing most investigations without an indictment.
1 aug 2016
After years of Israel's refusal to recognize Armenian genocide which claimed more than 1 million lives, Knesset committee says 'It is our moral obligation to recognize the holocaust of the Armenian nation.'
The Education, Culture and Sports Committee decided to recognize the Armenian genocide on Monday at a meeting initiated by Meretz Chairwoman MK Zehava Galon.
“It is our moral obligation to recognize the holocaust of the Armenian nation,” said the committee’s chairman and Shas MK Yaakov Margi.
The declaration by the committee represents a symbolic and important change in light of Israel’s maintenance hitherto of a policy to refrain from officially recognizing the Armenian genocide in which approximately 1.5 million Armenians were reportedly massacred by Ottoman Turkish forces during World War I.
Israel has previously abstained from recognizing the genocide in order to avoid potential negative repercussions on its relationship with Turkey. Israel signed a reconciliation agreement with the country last month following a strain in bilateral relations since the summer of 2010.
Nevertheless, MK Margi called upon Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein to follow through on remarks he made last year at a committee meeting during which he said that he would work to have the Knesset formally recognize the Armenian genocide.
“I will try to promote the issue and I hope that MKs will know the right way to vote at the moment of truth,” Edelstein said in July 2015.
“I visited one of the Armenian memorial sites and it is very hard to ignore what I saw there,” he continued . “I expect that I, and the Knesset, act appropriately so that we can make decisions according to the moral standards of a democratic state.”
MK Galon also lamented Israel’s continued failure to recognize the Armenian genocide.
“Each year we instill false hope in the people sitting here,” said Galon. “It is a disservice to the Knesset to continue going on and on about this issue, year after year, without reaching a decision that the State of Israel and the Knesset recognize the genocide of the Armenian people.”
Georgette Avakian, chairwoman of the Armenian National Committee in Jerusalem, echoed the remarks made by Margi and Galon.
“The Knesset and the president of the State of Israel must recognize the genocide of our people,” she insisted.
The Education, Culture and Sports Committee decided to recognize the Armenian genocide on Monday at a meeting initiated by Meretz Chairwoman MK Zehava Galon.
“It is our moral obligation to recognize the holocaust of the Armenian nation,” said the committee’s chairman and Shas MK Yaakov Margi.
The declaration by the committee represents a symbolic and important change in light of Israel’s maintenance hitherto of a policy to refrain from officially recognizing the Armenian genocide in which approximately 1.5 million Armenians were reportedly massacred by Ottoman Turkish forces during World War I.
Israel has previously abstained from recognizing the genocide in order to avoid potential negative repercussions on its relationship with Turkey. Israel signed a reconciliation agreement with the country last month following a strain in bilateral relations since the summer of 2010.
Nevertheless, MK Margi called upon Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein to follow through on remarks he made last year at a committee meeting during which he said that he would work to have the Knesset formally recognize the Armenian genocide.
“I will try to promote the issue and I hope that MKs will know the right way to vote at the moment of truth,” Edelstein said in July 2015.
“I visited one of the Armenian memorial sites and it is very hard to ignore what I saw there,” he continued . “I expect that I, and the Knesset, act appropriately so that we can make decisions according to the moral standards of a democratic state.”
MK Galon also lamented Israel’s continued failure to recognize the Armenian genocide.
“Each year we instill false hope in the people sitting here,” said Galon. “It is a disservice to the Knesset to continue going on and on about this issue, year after year, without reaching a decision that the State of Israel and the Knesset recognize the genocide of the Armenian people.”
Georgette Avakian, chairwoman of the Armenian National Committee in Jerusalem, echoed the remarks made by Margi and Galon.
“The Knesset and the president of the State of Israel must recognize the genocide of our people,” she insisted.
Rami Awartani 31
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian man near Huwwara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, reportedly after he tried to stab them.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired many live rounds fired at the Palestinian after dragging his out of his car, while the army claimed “he ran toward the soldiers.”
Israeli media agencies repeated the exact military statement claiming that the man ran towards the soldiers while carrying a knife, before they shot him dead.
After shooting the Palestinian, identified as Rami Awartani, 31, the soldiers prevented Palestinian ambulances from entering the area, and refused to allow the medics to approach him to provide the urgently needed medical treatment.
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian man near Huwwara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, reportedly after he tried to stab them.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired many live rounds fired at the Palestinian after dragging his out of his car, while the army claimed “he ran toward the soldiers.”
Israeli media agencies repeated the exact military statement claiming that the man ran towards the soldiers while carrying a knife, before they shot him dead.
After shooting the Palestinian, identified as Rami Awartani, 31, the soldiers prevented Palestinian ambulances from entering the area, and refused to allow the medics to approach him to provide the urgently needed medical treatment.
Rami’s Children
The Palestinian bled to death, while the soldiers closed the entire area, and declared it a closed military zone.
The army took the body of Awartani to an unknown destination.
The Palestinian bled to death, while the soldiers closed the entire area, and declared it a closed military zone.
The army took the body of Awartani to an unknown destination.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired several live rounds at the Palestinian’s chest, while he was in his car, in contrary to the military claims.
Nablus Live news agency qouted eyewitnesses stating that the soldiers also forced the Palestinian out of his car, and shot him from a close range.
Awartani was a father of several children and owned his hairstyle shop in Nablus.
Nablus Live news agency qouted eyewitnesses stating that the soldiers also forced the Palestinian out of his car, and shot him from a close range.
Awartani was a father of several children and owned his hairstyle shop in Nablus.