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| PALESTINE: YOU NEED TO SPEAK OUT NOW! |
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| yunus |
| 06/25/02 at 22:57:45 |
| Salaam This is what has recently transpired in just a couple days. We must speak out now against the actions of the IDF and Mr. Sharon (a known war criminal) and also the actions of our government in supporting Israel's terrorism through our tax dollars please contact your represenative and tell him that this is unjust and that he or she should support the self determination of the Palestinian peoples and that we should not rewad Israels illegal and immoral actions any longer. This is your right to do so the 1st admendment protects you. You have the right to petition the government against grievances and the freedom of speech. Also you have nothing to fear Mr Ashcroft and Bush do not want you to speak out they want you to be afraid. You have in obligation to Allah to enjoin what is good and forbid what is wrong. Also by spending your money in this way this is not halal we are killing our borthers and sisters with our dollars. Please speak out follow the teaching of the Prophet and speak a true word in the presence of this tyranny you have nothing to fear except Allah Here is what is happening Sunday, 23 June 2002 Palestinian Killed: Iyad Sammoudi (24 years old), Jenin Village Israeli State Terrorism *Israeli Army Reoccupies Qalqilya *Occupation Army Invades 3 Jenin Villages; One Palestinian Killed *Child Wounded in Israeli Missile Attack, Gaza Strip *Four Palestinian Civilians Wounded at Entrances to Ramallah *Occupation Army Invades Qosin Town, Nablus Feature Story *Sharon Kills the Children of Jenin for the Settlers?? ********************************************************************** The Israeli government decided today to expel "the families of suicide bombers" from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip. The Israeli security cabinet took the decision in principle Friday but awaited the outcome of a legal review. The legal part was not going to be an obstacle, since, as Israeli Minister of Internal Security Uzi Landau suggested, Israel could declare a state of emergency. This ultimately would undermine the law. This step comes within a series of escalating steps the Israeli government intends to implement during the next phase: - The expulsion of Yasser Arafat to the Gaza Strip - The expulsion of "Palestinians involved in terror" and personalities close to Arafat from West Bank to Gaza Strip - The expulsion of "families of suicide bombers" from West Bank to Gaza Strip The Israeli government decided today to establish the "dividing wall" and approved the resumption of its implementation. Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres voted against the plan due to the necessity to annex Arab land. The decision came during the Israeli government's weekly meeting today, following objections from the extreme Israeli right. The Israeli Defense Ministry declared in a statement released today that Israel has no intention of reactivating the Israeli army "civil administration" in the Palestinian territories. The statement said that the Israeli army will "enable Palestinian civil insitutions to continue operating, as well as to ensure that aid agencies which assist the Palestinians in the field of health, education, infrastrcuture and supply of food and water, were able to continue operating." ********************************************************************** Israeli State Terrorism ****************** *Israeli Army Reoccupies Qalqilya* The Israeli army at dawn today reoccupied Qalqilya city supported by dozens of tanks, armored vehicles and attack helicopters. The army invaded Qalqilya from the north and east under intense and random fire. A curfew on the residents, while tanks and armored vehicles spread throughout the city. Israeli soldiers physically attacked a number of medics in an ambulance in Qalqilya today. Several people have been arrested in home raids. ------------------------------------------ *Occupation Army Invades 3 Jenin Villages; One Palestinian Killed* A Palestinian policeman, Iyad Sammoudi, 24 years old, was killed this morning in al-Yamoun village, northwest Jenin during a brutal Israeli military invasion into the village. Two other civilians were critically wounded. The Israeli army at dawn today invaded al-Yamoun, al-Irqa and al- Hashimiya villages, northwest Jenin. The Israeli army invaded the three villages using tanks, armored vehicles, military jeeps and attack helicopters. Witnesses reported that Israeli soldiers opened machine gun fire in all directions as well as fired several missiles and searched and vandalized homes. Israeli soldiers raided dozens of homes in Jenin city today (mainly Sabah al-Kheir area and the industrial area) and arrested an unidentified number of people collectively. Israeli soldiers blew up front doors of homes during raids and physically attacked the inhabitants. ------------------------------------------ *Child Wounded in Israeli Missile Attack, Gaza Strip* The Israeli occupation army closed al-Tuffah military roadblock, west of Khan Younis today. The military roadblock isolates al-Mawasi area from Khan Younis. Israeli soldiers reportedly opened fire at civilians to force them to stay away from the military roadblock. Several women from al-Mawasi area were unable to return to their homes. The men in the area have not been able to leave for over two months. A child, Muhammad Ilwan, 10 years old, was wounded this morning by missile shrapnel during an attack by the Israeli army on homes in Khan Younis. The shelling centered on al-Namsawi residential quarter, southwest Khan Younis from `Neveh Dkalim' settlement. Israeli soldiers used tank missiles and heavy machine gun fire. Israeli occupation military forces based around `Netsarim' settlement this morning opened fire towards a civilian car in al-Mighraqa area, south of Gaza City. Medical sources reported that Israeli tanks fired light and sound bombs at the car and that an Israeli ambulance was seen carrying the three unidentified civilians who were wounded inside the car. A Palestinian child was critically wounded last night in Israeli military attacks on Rafah. Kamal Breikeh, 15 years old, was critically wounded as a result of the attack that came from Zu'rub Mount on the Palestinian-Egyptian borders. ------------------------------------------ *Four Palestinian Civilians Wounded at Entrances to Ramallah* Three civilians were wounded today in the Jawal area, north of Ramallah. Witnesses reported that Israeli soldiers open fire at anyone who attempts to enter Ramallah through the Jawal route. Three civilians were wounded. A Palestinian youth was wounded at noon today when Israeli soldiers opened fire at civilians, northwest al-Bireh. Jamil Sharqawi was targeted with a rubber coated metal bullet while in his car. Witnesses reported that Israeli soldiers destroyed the windows of several cars, public and private, near Surda military roadblock. Israeli soldiers also closed the Ramallah-Birzeit road with barbed wire and cement blocks, leaving enough space for one person to pass following searches by the occupation army. Israeli soldiers allowed very few people to cross today, while hundreds of men, women and children waited for long hours. Israeli media sources reported that Palestinians opened fire at an Israeli military point near Ramallah. No causalities were reported. Israeli soldiers, according to the source, retaliated with opening fire. ------------------------------------------ *Occupation Army Invades Qosin Town, Nablus* The Israeli army late last night invaded Qosin town, west of Nablus. Witnesses reported that Israeli soldiers raided homes brutally and carried out searches in the town. ********************************************************************** Feature Story *********** Sharon Kills the Children of Jenin for the Settlers?? By Muhammad Daraghma for al-Ayyam Palestinian Daily newspaper All the images and stories from the city of Jenin tell one story that leaves no doubt in any of its chapters. The story says that Israeli occupation soldiers intentionally killed a number of civilians (Friday, 21 June 2002), especially children, in order to please the settlers, hours after the `Itmar' incident. The Israeli army spokesperson said that a tank fired one missile by mistake at a group of people in the market, which led to the death of the four people and the wounding of twenty others. However, witnesses on the ground tell a different story. They say that at least three tanks fired missiles and opened fire from three different locations, targeting groups of children in front of their homes and inside cars and others in the market buying supplies after three days of an unexpected curfew. At once and together, tanks based in three locations opened fire, the first targeted a group of children playing in front of their homers in al-Basatin residential quarter north of Jenin, the second targeted children inside their parents' car on Nablus Street in the south and the third targeted a home on Mount Abu Thuheir in the center. Israeli tanks fired missiles and heavy machine gun fire, wounding over 20 people and killing three children and a schoolteacher. One of the wounded Muhammad Abdallah, 63 years old, says he heard that the curfew was lifted and as he was heading to a nearby pharmacy he saw the tank near the bakery fire a missile towards the south, and then directed its front towards the road he was taking and fired a missile at the teacher Hilal ****ta's home. "I later found out that he was killed in the attack," said Muhammad, who was wounded by missile shrapnel. The father of the two children Ahmad (6 years old) and Khalil Abdel Aziz (12 years old) who were killed in front of their home in al- Basatin quarter said that his children were playing in front of the house when a tank only a few hundred meters away fired a missile at them. According to sources in Jenin Hospital, the missile targeted the children directly. The lower parts of their bodies were shattered. Israeli tanks attacked homes in the same area with heavy machine gun fire, resulting in dozens of injuries, some critical. In a third location, Nablus Street, an Israeli tanks targeted a civilian car with machine gun fire, killing a little girl, Sujud Fahmawi (6 years old). Sujud's bother Nael (12 years old) and sister Shada (2 years old) were wounded. Sujud's father, Ahmad, was driving them to the market at the time. Witnesses reported that the tank that targeted the car was only a few dozen meters away. A number of those wounded and are still in hospital receiving treatment said that the Israeli soldiers waited for the streets to fill up with people before shelling the area, a story proven by the images shown on satellite television channels. All the evidence points in one direction, that Israeli military forces were given orders to commit the crime against the children of Jenin to satisfy the Israeli public opinion, especially in the settlements, the day after the incident in which three children from `Itmar' settlement were killed by a Palestinian (PFLP member) in an attack on the settlement. ********************************************************************** Solidarity ******** · The Israeli authorities kicked out 30 Italian activists from Tel Aviv airport. |
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