B'Tselem [Hebron] Email Update, May 20, 2007
[B'Tselem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B'Tselem is perhaps the most respected and authoritative of the Israeli human rights organizations. It does its work carefully and its reports such as this one are to be taken serious. Ed Kent]
30 May 07
Joint Report with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel
The "quiet transfer" in Hebron
B'Tselem and The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) this week presented Knesset members with a report containing dramatic figures on the dispossession of Palestinian residents of the center of Hebron . The massive exit from the City Center resulted, as the report shows, from Israel 's policy of separation based on national-ethnic origin. The findings are based on the first comprehensive survey on occupancy of Palestinian dwellings and businesses near the settlement points in the
city.
B'Tselem and ACRI urge the government of Israel to return the center of Hebron to its former condition, and allow Palestinians to move freely on the city's streets and to return to homes they were forced to leave. Also, the government must ensure that the security forces carry out their duties and enforce law and order on violent settlers, and prevent settlers from taking control of additional buildings and areas in the city.
Palestinian stores sealed by the army in Hebron. Photo: Keren Manor, Activestils.
Additional information
B'Tselem Video: The "quiet transfer" in Hebron
B'Tselem Video: Error: A main street "closed by mistake"
For six years, the Palestinian residents of Hebron have been forbidden from walking down a-Shuhada Street, one of central Hebron's main streets. Only following ACRI's intervention, did the army admit that the street was closed off to Palestinians "in error", based on unlawful orders. The army claimed that Palestinians who pass a security check will be allowed to walk down the street. B'Tselem accompanied several
Palestinian residents of Hebron, and documented their attempts to walk down a-Shuhada street.
Today, approximately 5 months after the army's admission, Hebron's Palestinian residents are still barred from a-Shuhada street.
A metal grate protecting a balcony overlooking a-Shuhada street from stone throwing by settlers.
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Video: More Hebron stories
Israel must evacuate new Hebron settlement
On 19.3.07, hundreds of settlers invaded a house in the a-Ras neighborhood of Hebron, and established a new settlement point. The following day, ACRI wrote to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense and the Attorney General, demanding they act to immediately evacuate the settlers. Past experience shows that establishing a settlement at the heart of a Palestinian community inevitably violates the human rights of Palestinian residents.
The new settlement in Hebron. Photo: Issa 'Amro, B'Tselem
Map of central Hebron
ACRIs letter (Hebrew)
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30 May 07
Joint Report with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel
The "quiet transfer" in Hebron
B'Tselem and The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) this week presented Knesset members with a report containing dramatic figures on the dispossession of Palestinian residents of the center of Hebron . The massive exit from the City Center resulted, as the report shows, from Israel 's policy of separation based on national-ethnic origin. The findings are based on the first comprehensive survey on occupancy of Palestinian dwellings and businesses near the settlement points in the
city.
B'Tselem and ACRI urge the government of Israel to return the center of Hebron to its former condition, and allow Palestinians to move freely on the city's streets and to return to homes they were forced to leave. Also, the government must ensure that the security forces carry out their duties and enforce law and order on violent settlers, and prevent settlers from taking control of additional buildings and areas in the city.
Palestinian stores sealed by the army in Hebron. Photo: Keren Manor, Activestils.
Additional information
B'Tselem Video: The "quiet transfer" in Hebron
B'Tselem Video: Error: A main street "closed by mistake"
For six years, the Palestinian residents of Hebron have been forbidden from walking down a-Shuhada Street, one of central Hebron's main streets. Only following ACRI's intervention, did the army admit that the street was closed off to Palestinians "in error", based on unlawful orders. The army claimed that Palestinians who pass a security check will be allowed to walk down the street. B'Tselem accompanied several
Palestinian residents of Hebron, and documented their attempts to walk down a-Shuhada street.
Today, approximately 5 months after the army's admission, Hebron's Palestinian residents are still barred from a-Shuhada street.
A metal grate protecting a balcony overlooking a-Shuhada street from stone throwing by settlers.
Watch video
Video: More Hebron stories
Israel must evacuate new Hebron settlement
On 19.3.07, hundreds of settlers invaded a house in the a-Ras neighborhood of Hebron, and established a new settlement point. The following day, ACRI wrote to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense and the Attorney General, demanding they act to immediately evacuate the settlers. Past experience shows that establishing a settlement at the heart of a Palestinian community inevitably violates the human rights of Palestinian residents.
The new settlement in Hebron. Photo: Issa 'Amro, B'Tselem
Map of central Hebron
ACRIs letter (Hebrew)
Previous Editions
I
Unsubscribe
I
Subscribe to Hebrew Version
I
Send a Response
I
www.btselem.org
--
"A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy cited by Machiavelli)
--
Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CollegeConversation
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeaceEfforts
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EndingPoverty
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/440neighborhood
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StudentConcerns
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AcademicFreedom
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PrivacyRights
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Israel_Palestine
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FindingHumaneJobs
http://BlogByEdKent.blogspot.com/
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