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Khaled Amayreh
Officials, as well as most of the Palestinian public, have few doubts that Israel will seek and find another pretext to avoid engaging in any process that might bring an end in sight to 37 years of military occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem [more]
"The BBC this week broadcast footage of the gruesome incident, showing the tank firing two shells at the terrified children who were at close range. In a filmed interview, the murdered boys' father, Youssef Abu Aziz, told the BBC that his kids had gone outside to buy chocolate, thinking the Israeli curfew had been lifted. The Israeli army never really explained why a tank would fire artillery shells at children." [more]
"Many Palestinian intellectuals criticise what they view as the petition's 'decontextualisation' of the suicide bombings. The petition, these critics note, fails to mention specific instances of Israel's use of force against Palestinian civilians, such as the artillery shelling of a crowded market in Jenin on 22 June, which resulted in the killing of three children and a man, and the maiming of 20 civilians. It is such acts of terror, most Palestinians argue, that make the resort to suicide bombings almost inevitable, regardless of how one views them ethically." [more]
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(Reuters, Dec 18)
"Federal prison officers in Brooklyn physically and verbally abused immigrants detained after the Sept. 11 attacks, slamming them against the wall and painfully twisting their arms and hands, the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general said on Thursday." [more]
(STAFF, DEBKAfile, Dec 14)
"Saddam was seized, possibly with the connivance of his own men, and held in that hole in Adwar for three weeks or more, which would have accounted for his appearance and condition. Meanwhile, his captors bargained for the $25m prize the Americans promised for information leading to his capture alive or dead." [more] |
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