An injured Palestinian child lies in Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City following an attack on an UNRWA school in Jabaliya, July 30, 2014 (Photo: Activestills)

Palestine unions call on to stop Israel’s war crimes

The Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU), in a press release Thursday, called upon the international human rights organizations to “stop the destruction and war against the Palestinian people in Gaza.” “The Gaza health ministry has confirmed the death of over 1373 Palestinians so far in the besieged strip since Israel began its relentless…

700 have been detained in public demonstrations held in Israel against war crimes in the Gaza Strip

From Communist Party of Israel

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700 have been detained in public demonstrations held in Israel against war crimes in the Gaza Strip

 

 

Over 700 citizens and residents of Israel, mostly Arab-Palestinian, have been detained since Israel began its military attacks on the Gaza Strip on 27 December 2008. Detentions were made in the wake of public demonstrations, held primarily in northern Israel, Tel-Aviv-Jaffa and also in the southern city of Bee-Sheva; against Israel’s war crimes in the Gaza Strip.  

In addition to the detention of demonstrators, Israel conducted interrogations and preventative detentions of Palestinian leaders in Israel. The Chairperson of the National Democratic Assembly (Balad), Awad Abd al-Fatah, spent a night in detention and was subsequently released without charges. The Secretary of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash), Ayman Odeh, was interrogated by the GSS (Shin-Bet), as were leaders of the Abna al-Balad, Muhammad Canaane and Raja Aghbariya.  

The violation of the right to freedom of expression of citizens and residents in Israel is part of two separate but interrelated campaigns being waged by the Israeli government: the (further) marginalization and de-legitimization of Arab-Palestinians national minority in Israel, and the concealment of protest within Israel against the attacks on Gaza.  



 

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