Palestine Update 638
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Subjugation and growing prisoners is how the Israel regime occupation is packaged
The New Arab has reported that this year alone 95 Palestinians have been killed in occupied West Bank by Israel. This includes 17 minors and two elderly, during a military raid on Nablus. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said 12 people were treated in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a location sacred to both Muslims and Jews, after police used beatings, stun grenades and metal-tipped rubber bullets to clear the area. Armed Israeli soldiers smashed their batons and guns down on cowering Palestinian worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Al-Qibli prayer hall during Ramadan sparking outrage worldwide. Tens of thousands of worshipers had amassed at the holy site, like on every Ramadan night. Upon the conclusion of the prayer, hundreds remained – mostly youths, but also women and older men – who barricaded themselves within the Al-Qibli Mosque (also known as Al-Aqsa, although the Palestinians use that term for the entire mountaintop compound.)…The police breached the mosque with stun grenades and batons. 350 people were arrested and sent by bus to a Border Police base outside Jerusalem, where they were released with restraining orders barring them from the mosque.
According to Israeli Prison Service (IPS), as of 31 March 2023, there were 4,747 Palestinians (West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza) held as “security prisoners” in detention facilities including 151 children (12-17 years) (150 boys / 1 girl). In the case of children there was a 1 percent increase in the number compared with the previous month and an annual increase of 11 percent compared with 2022. Ten children were held in administrative detention. According to the IPS, 70 percent of child detainees and 80 percent of adults were unlawfully transferred to prisons in Israel in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.”
Over the last few years, the space for Palestine advocacy in Germany has shrunk. Pro-Palestinian speech is reflexively labeled as antisemitic and, following the passage of the anti-BDS resolution in the German parliament in 2019; federal institutions have begun declaring all actions that support the boycott movement as antisemitic. This has allowed universities, state governments, and public institutions to deny Palestinians the right to free speech and assembly.
On behalf of MLN Palestine Updates
Ranjan Solomon
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Israeli police raid al-Aqsa Mosque; 37 people injured
Palestinians inside al-Aqsa Mosque, sparking rocket fire from the Gaza Strip and retaliatory Israeli airstrikes. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said 12 people were treated in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a location sacred to both Muslims and Jews, after police used beatings, stun grenades and metal-tipped rubber bullets to clear the area. An additional 25 people received medical attention after being released from Israeli custody, the organization said. Israeli police, who control access to the site in Jerusalem’s Old City and routinely clear its plaza after nightly prayers, said they carried out the raid after a group of worshipers locked themselves inside…The night of violence at the al-Aqsa compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, adds fuel to an already combustible situation.”
Read more in Washington Post
Al-Aqsa Mosque raid: How a night of worship became a night of Israeli brutality
“Footage of heavily armed Israeli soldiers smashing their batons and guns down on cowering Palestinian worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Al-Qibli prayer hall during Ramadan sparked outrage worldwide on Wednesday morning…“They kept us on the ground, handcuffed, for a long time, and anyone who raised his head was hit with a gun,” Jaber told Middle East Eye…Speaking after his release, Jaber described the terrifying moment the Israelis forced their way into the holy site in occupied East Jerusalem, where Palestinians were practising the contemplative prayer of Itikaf. Stun grenades and teargas were fired into the thousand-year-old building, before soldiers threw Palestinians to the ground, stamped on them, and bound their hands forcefully behind their backs…Around 400 Palestinians were detained on Tuesday night.”
For more read Middle East Eye
Jewish Activists Fueled the Flames, but Israel Police Sparked the Temple Mount Fire
“Until Tuesday night at 23:30, Jerusalem was experiencing its most quiet Ramadan in years. The first nine days passed almost without incident, save for the death of Mohammed Khaled Alasibi on the Temple Mount last week. There were record-breaking numbers of Muslim worshipers at the Al-Aqsa compound, and thousands gathered nightly at the Damascus Gate without clashes…This blessed routine was disrupted in recent days, due to the growing efforts of Temple activists seeking to slaughter a goat on the Temple Mount, performing the Passover sacrifice… By Tuesday evening, tens of thousands of worshipers had amassed at the holy site, like on every Ramadan night. Upon the conclusion of the prayer, hundreds remained – mostly youths, but also women and older men – who barricaded themselves within the Al-Qibli Mosque (also known as Al-Aqsa, although the Palestinians use that term for the entire mountaintop compound.)…The police breached the mosque with stun grenades and batons. 350 people were arrested and sent by bus to a Border Police base outside Jerusalem, where they were released with restraining orders barring them from the mosque. According to the Red Crescent, 19 people were wounded, but the most significant result from the police’s operation was a series of TikTok videos uploaded by worshipers – which showed grenades and fireworks exploding on the mosque floor, police officers striking people with batons, a fire breaking out by one of the doors, shattered windows, and screams. These sights moved Hamas to greenlight its rocket launches and have threatened to ignite the region.”
Read more in Haaretz
Israeli Supreme Court rules against eviction of east Jerusalem family
Israel’s top court has ended a 32-year battle, ruling that the Jewish National Fund cannot evict the Palestinian Sumarin family from their home in the Silwan neighborhood of Jerusalem.
“Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday against a petition by the Jewish National Fund supported by the City of David Foundation, also known as Elad, which works to increase the Jewish presence in the city, to evict the Palestinian Sumarin family from their home at the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. The ruling overturned an earlier ruling by the Jerusalem District Court. The legal struggle over the Sumarin family home has been going on for 32 years. The house is located in an area of the Silwan neighborhood that forms part of the City of David archeological site, which is managed by the Elad organization…On Monday the Supreme Court criticized the state’s previous registration of the house as absentee property while the owner was alive and a resident of Jerusalem. Human rights activists now hope the legal precedent will help halt other eviction orders affecting Palestinian families in Silwan. The Elad group is working to buy properties inside the Palestinian Silwan neighborhood in order to bring in Jewish families.”
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Germany’s anti-Palestinian censorship turns on Jews
Anti-Zionist Jews in Germany are increasingly being targeted with accusations of antisemitism, a charge usually directed at Palestinians.
“Over the last few years, the space for Palestine advocacy in Germany has shrunk. Pro-Palestinian speech is reflexively labeled as antisemitic and, following the passage of the anti-BDS resolution in the German parliament in 2019, federal institutions have begun declaring all actions that support the boycott movement as antisemitic. This has allowed universities, state governments, and public institutions to deny Palestinians the right to free speech and assembly. Moreover, the 2019 resolution also dramatically expanded the scope of what is deemed antisemitic — and, while it is not legally binding, many officials use it as the standard by which they determine what is and is not antisemitism. And while this policy was previously deployed almost exclusively against Palestinian Germans, Germany’s attempt to preserve its allegiance to the State of Israel has moved it to target a new and unexpected group: Jews in Germany who are critical of the apartheid state.”
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10 April 2023
Source: nakbaliberation.com