Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 13

Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 13 – 19 May 2010

EthiopianReview.com | DB | May 22nd, 2010 at 9:53 am

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

- A Palestinian child was killed by an Israeli settler in the West Bank and an elderly man was killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip.

- 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded by IOF gunfire in the West Bank.

- IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests.

- IOF continued to fire at Palestinian farmers and workers in border areas of the Gaza Strip.

- IOF conducted 8 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

- IOF arrested 27 civilians, including a child, a journalist and 10 international human rights defenders, in the West Bank.

- 12 of the detainees were arrested during the dispersion of peaceful protests.

- IOF closed the office of municipal inspectors in Hebron.

- IOF have continued arbitrary measures against members of popular committees against the annexation wall and settlement activities.

- Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.

- IOF have continued to take measures aimed at creating a Jewish demographic majority in Jerusalem.

- IOF dismantled a tent set up by a Palestinian family who was evicted from their home in Jerusalem.

(Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR))