For those who think Palestine is in a time of “calm” because there are no headlines, think again. Palestinians haven’t experienced calm in decades. Here is a sampling of headlines from the last week, as meticulously reported by our friends at the International Middle East Media Center.
compiled by If Americans Knew, reposted from International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC)
The last week or so has seen a particularly broad variety of injustices perpetrated against Palestinians: at least 56 were abducted and/or detained (a disturbing number of them children); 18 injured or killed (again, several of them children); a large number of home demolitions (especially brutal since there is a pandemic going on); and a rash of Israeli settler violence.
Palestinians also experienced the confiscation of a flock of sheep, a truck, a tractor, and swaths of land – all of this is subsidized by the United States to the tune of over $10 million a day.
Headlines on Tuesday, March 9:
Soldiers Abduct Nine Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians In Ramallah, Tubas And Hebron
Two Palestinian Children Shot, Injured, One Critically, near Bethlehem
International Women’s Day: PCHR Renews Call for Uniting Efforts to Improve Palestinian Women’s Reality
Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian, Confiscate His Truck, Near Tubas
Army Demolishes Home And Well, In Hebron
WAFA: “Sinn Fein: Minister must act on destruction of Irish taxpayer-funded material by Israel”
Headlines on Wednesday, March 10:
Army Issues Demolition Order Of Under-Construction Palestinian Home Near Bethlehem
Soldiers Abduct Seven Palestinians In Bethlehem And Jenin
Israeli Soldiers Abduct The Imam Of Al-Aqsa Mosque In Jerusalem
Israeli Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishing Boats In Gaza
Israeli Colonists Force Farmer Out Of His Land, Take His Tractor, Near Ramallah
WAFA: “Israeli forces demolish structures, injure villagers near Nablus”
Israeli Colonists Attack A Farmer And His Wife Near Salfit
Army Demolishes 2 Palestinian-owned Homes, Deliver Many Demolition Orders
Palestinian Shepherd and Child Injured in Separate Explosions of Israeli Munitions
Headlines on Thursday, March 11:
Palestinian Dies in Fire After Israeli Forces Detain Firetruck at Checkpoint
Five Palestinian Children Detained by Israeli Forces near Hebron
Headlines on Friday, March 12:
Busloads of Israeli Colonists Invade Islamic Site near Salfit
Armed Israeli Settlers Open Fire at Palestinian Children near Hebron
WAFA: “Occupation forces detain five Palestinians, shoot, injure three others in West Bank”
Headlines on Saturday, March 13:
Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Jerusalem And Nablus
Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Homes Near Nablus
Masked Settlers Armed with Batons Assault Palestinian Family near Hebron
Anadolu: “Israel demolishes al-Araqib village for 184th time”
Dozens Choke on Israeli Gas at Weekly Kufur Qaddoum March
Headlines on Sunday, March 14:
Updated: “Israeli Bombs Responsible for Three Palestinian Fishermen Killed In Khan Younis”
Euro-Med Monitor Condemns Three Israeli decisions threaten to evacuate, demolish dozens of homes in East Jerusalem”
Israeli Navy Opens Fire at Palestinian Fishermen, Damage Boat, off Gaza Coast
Soldiers Abduct Two High School Students Near Jenin
Israel Confiscates Palestinian Lands Near Bethlehem, Uproots Lands Near Hebron And Nablus
Soldiers Assault A Palestinian Near Salfit
Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians, Shoot One, In Jerusalem
Illegal Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Homes Near Hebron
Israeli Settlers and Soldiers Attack Palestinian Villagers in Burin
Headlines on Monday, March 15:
PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twenty Palestinians In West Bank”
Israeli Soldiers Confiscate 100 Sheep Near Hebron
Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian Worker Near Qalqilia
Army Demolishes Three Rooms Near Bethlehem
Two Jerusalem Families Forced To Demolish Their Buildings
MORE OF ISRAHELL’S WAR CRIMES:
Israel’s week-long smorgasbord of abuse against Palestinians March 9-15