Collective punishment
Collective punishment.
Collective punishment
Collective punishment.
Collective punishment
And we see that reflected also in the world reaction. Is it not astonishing that the entire world knows the name and face of the Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, while the hundreds of Palestinian children held in Israel's dungeons, not to mention 10,000 adult prisoners, thousands held without charge and trial, abducted from their homes in the middle of the night by Israeli occupation forces, remain nameless and faceless before a silent world?
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2006/06/1730311.php
The UN's emergency relief co-ordinator Jan Egeland said that Gaza was on the brink of a humanitarian crisis after the destruction by the Israeli air force of the only power plant there on Tuesday night.
"Israelis know that if they attack electricity, it is and foremost the civilian population which is hurt. Of course, Israel has to restrain itself. It should work within international law and not go after civilian installation, hurting [the] civilian population..."
Much of Gaza's water supply and the sewerage system is dependent on electricity. Some of the wells can be operated by generators, but fuel is scarce after Israel stopped supplies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5131404.stm
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Raji al-Sorani, director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, says the targeting of the power station is tantamount to collective punishment for all who live in Gaza.
"It is a violation of the first, second and third articles of the Geneva Conventions. However, targeting the infrastructure isn't a way to free the Israeli soldier, but to topple the Hamas government."
Other rights activists say that power loss will likely lead to the spoiling of foods in refrigerated warehouses and in civilian homes, particularly as temperatures continue to rise in the summer months.
Restoring power is expected to take six months. The power cut is also affecting water supplies which use electricity to pump water.
Khalil Abu-Shamaleh, director of Al-Dameer Human Rights Centre, said in a news conference in Gaza on Thursday: "Targeting the infrastructure is habitual for the Israelis.
"The concept of security in the Israeli mind has been known since the beginning of the occupation until these days; uprooting trees, demolishing homes and destroying infrastructure under the pretext of keeping security."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3888A9B9-B3E3-4541-85F2-82DF91E36F99.htm
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Five of the detained Hamas cabinet ministers were picked up after midnight when the Israeli army demanded the guest list of a Ramallah hotel and took them from their rooms. Israel has also hinted that Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip, who include the prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, could be targets for assassination if Cpl Shalit is not returned alive.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1809495,00.html
Collective punishment.
Israeli missiles pound Gaza into new Dark Age in ‘collective punishment’
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=696738
Use of Collective Punishment Exacerbates Humanitarian Crisis
http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.ph...shment_exacerbates_humanitarian_crisis/009666
Collective punishment