Human Rights

NOVANEWS   By Cindy Corrie When Greek authorities prevented US vessel The Audacity of Hope from leaving its port in Athens, they dealt a blow to a group of brave and principled Americans who were trying to carry thousands of letters from US citizens to those who wait on Gaza's shores. I know many of the people who were on this boat, and my family's letter was part of their cargo. In 2003, my daughter Rachel Corrie made her journey to Gaza and was run down and killed by a US-made Israeli military bulldozer. She was trying to protect a Gazan family and their home, one of thousands illegally destroyed in Israeli military clearing operations. Now my family is on a parallel journey with those activists as we return this week to Israeli court to confront Colonel Pinhas Zuaretz, the c...

NOVANEWS   Zio-Nazi policemen suspected of shooting dead a 10-year-old Palestinian schoolgirl in 2007 will escape prosecution after a court said that too much time had elapsed to allow a re-examination of the case. The decision will come as a blow for the girl’s parents, who have campaigned for justice for their daughter, Abir Aramin, who died after being struck in the head during a school break. In a highly critical ruling, Nazi High Court described the police investigation into the girl’s death as a “sordid affair” that had been both “sloppy” and “negligent” and ordered the state to pay the family’s legal costs. But it backed an earlier decision not to charge two border policemen allegedly involved in her death, in part because of the difficulty of conducting an investigation s...

NOVANEWS   Palestinians who died following an infringement of the right to medical treatment in the Occupied Territories, 29.9.2000 - 31.5.2011 2011 Mahmoud Khaled Ahmad a-Najar 15 year-old resident of Jabalya R.C., North Gaza district, died on 21.01.2011 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, following a delay in receiving medical care. Anas Jum'ah 'Abd al-Qader Saleh 20 year-old resident of Gaza city, died on 01.01.2011 in Gaza city, following a delay in receiving medical care. 2010 Basel Lutfi Muhammad Sadeq 24 year-old resident of Gaza city, died on 22.11.2010 in Gaza city, following a delay in receiving medical care. a-Sayedah Muhammad Hassan Mahdi 64 year-old resident of a-Zahraa, Gaza district, died on 14.11.2010 in a-Zahraa, Gaza district, following a delay in receiving me...

NOVANEWS Nazi High Court rejects petition to put 2 Zio-Nazi Border Guard officers on trial for death of Abir Aramin, but slams police, prosecution for ‘incomplete’ investigation NaziHigh Court of Justice rejected Sunday a petition to put two Zio-Nazi Border Guard officers on trial for alleged involvement in the death of 10-year-old Abir Aramin, nearly a year after Jerusalem District Court ruled that she was killed by a rubber bullet shot by Zio-Nazi Border Guard officers during a riot. However, in their ruling, the High Court justices criticized the police and prosecution, calling their investigation “sloppy and incomplete.” The Zio-Nazi State of IsraHell and the Border Guard were also forced to pay NIS 10,000 ($2,942) for legal costs. Nazi judge rules death of 10-year-old Abir Arami...

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross American activist’s father says incomplete footage was given to court hearing into his daughter’s death in Gaza The family of Rachel Corrie, the US activist killed in Gaza while protesting against house demolitions in 2003, on Monday claimed the Israeli military authorities withheld video evidence during the Corries’ civil lawsuit and misled US officials on crucial details. Craig Corrie, Rachel’s father, told a press conference in Jerusalem that the footage from a surveillance camera near the scene of his daughter’s death submitted to the court was “incomplete”. Additional video material obtained by the family showed Rachel’s body in a different spot to the place identified by some military commanders, he said. He also alleged that the Israeli military had ...

NOVANEWS The family of Rachel Corrie, the US activist killed in Gaza while protesting against house demolitions in 2003, on Monday claimed the Israeli military authorities withheld video evidence during the Corries' civil lawsuit and misled US officials on crucial details. Craig Corrie, Rachel's father, told a press conference in Jerusalem that the footage from a surveillance camera near the scene of his daughter's death submitted to the court was "incomplete". Additional video material obtained by the family showed Rachel's body in a different spot to the place identified by some military commanders, he said. He also alleged that the Zio-Nazi military had misled US officials on the position of Rachel's body when she was killed. Rachel, from Olympia, Washington state, was killed while atte...

NOVANEWS Plastic isn’t Fantastic When Used as Invisible Shrapnel You wouldn’t believe what is killing and maiming people in Palestine. It is interesting in light of news items like this, that Israel continues to call the defenseless Palestinian masses, “terrorists”. by Tim King, Salem-News.com Qudih family in Gaza Photo by Ken O'Keefe Salem-News.com (SALEM, Ore.) – This article is about war-related issues in Palestine that are missing the radar in western newsrooms. I am referring to the use of plastic shards intentionally placed in rockets that leave behind undetectable shrapnel in humans, munitions that puzzled doctors because they amputate human limbs by heat, and the massive killings of Palestinian farm animals and wildlife through the use of Israeli-manufactured tablets deposited on...

Today, the Oakland Tribune has published an excellent op-ed 'Despite the bullying, the flotilla will sail' (7/4) by Medea Benjamin, a passenger on the US Boat to Gaza which was recently stopped by Greek officials.  Medea discusses the motivation of flotilla participants "we refuse to sit at the docks of history and watch the people of Gaza suffer" and "we focus on Gaza because since 2007 the Israeli government has enforced a crippling blockade on 1.5 million residents." She explains how the world's democracies either do nothing or help to facilitate Israeli impunity whether it was Operation Cast Lead, the killing of civilians on the Mavi Marmara, the routine shooting of Gazan farmers and fisherman, or the devastating consequences of the siege.  And even now, there is significant internat...

NOVANEWS   Col. Pinhas Zuaretz Will Testify on July 10 in Final Hearing in Corrie Trial  Corrie Family and Legal Team to Hold Press Conference Monday, July 11, at American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2011   (Haifa, Israel – July 7, 2011) – Former Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade Commander, Colonel Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz – the final witness in the case – is scheduled to testify Sunday, July 10, in the Corrie civil trial against the State of Israel. Colonel Zuaretz was the commanding officer of the Israeli military’s Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade in 2003, when American peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed. Troops under his command were responsible for the actions resulting in her killing. Zuaretz is the highest ranking officer ...

NOVANEWS   By: Rashid Khalidi http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2011-07-06/rashid-khalidi-human-dignity-in-jerusalem/ When Palestinians resort to violence to secure their rights or to resist oppression and discrimination, they are routinely condemned for “terrorism.” When they or others use non- violent, peaceful and legal means to oppose a manifest violation of international law such as this one, they are perversely accused of “lawfare.” The lengthy history of Jerusalem is distinguished by diverse episodes of both benevolent tolerance and inhumane intolerance. For several lengthy periods, such as most of the nineteenth century, a spirit of coexistence generally characterized the holy city. On too many other occasions, it witnessed sectarian persecution and cruel massacres. Two of the...