| 30/12/04 | UPDATE FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA |
electronicIntifada.net (Mailing List Information, including unsubscription instructions, is located at the end of this message.) 30 December 2004 Human Rights Israeli forces killed five Palestinians, including a child and a disabled young man, and injured 11 others, including three children and a woman. Israeli forces demolished a number of Palestinian homes. Israel continues to attack Khan Yunis refugee camp and al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis. Palestinian rights group PCHR believes that the intensive presence of Israeli forces in these areas can cause more casualties among Palestinian civilians. This latest offensive has been the third of its kind against Khan Yunis in thirteen days, in which 19 Palestinians have been killed, dozens of others have been injured and at least 60 houses have been destroyed. electronicIntifada.net/v2/article3467.shtml Human Rights At the Declaration of Independence of the state of Israel in May 1948 the country’s founders made an unequivocal pledge: the Israeli state, they wrote, “will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, education and culture” and “will safeguard the Holy Places of all religions.” Israel’s actions in the intervening 56 years, as this report will show, are evidence that, not only has this promise been ignored, but that in practice the authorities have intentionally and actively encouraged or supported the destruction and abuse of holy places belonging to the Christian and Muslim faiths. electronicIntifada.net/v2/article3468.shtml Human Rights Amid the fanfare surrounding Israel’s 27 December release of 159 Palestinian prisoners as a “goodwill gesture” to Egypt’s President Mubarak, the fate of Palestinian child detainees is all but forgotten. Some 350 Palestinian children currently remain in Israeli jails, detention centers, and interrogation centers. Under international law, their release should be a priority. As it is, not one child has released as part of this initiative. electronicIntifada.net/v2/article3465.shtml Diaries The Writing on the Wall is a series of interviews with Palestinians who live close to the Wall. Van Teeffelen asked three questions: How is your daily life influenced by the Wall and the checkpoints? What does freedom mean to you? What are your sources of energy? Toine van Teeffelen speaks with Hania Bitar is director-general of the Palestinian youth association Pyalara. “As an organization you always want to challenge tough challenges, to be stronger even than the Wall or the barriers. We really try to overcome whatever measures the Israelis take. We try to make the people connected despite the fact that they are disconnected. As Palestinians you feel that anybody living outside this Wall just doesn’t care.” electronicIntifada.net/v2/article3464.shtml Development On 28 December 2004, PCHR published a report evaluating the pre-election stage, including conclusions of the monitoring conducted by PCHR on the registration of voters in the last quarter of 2004. Among other findings, PCHR noted that, by the end of the extended voter registration period, the percentage of registered voters mounted to 71%, while it was 61.37% at the end of the original period of registration, 4 September to 13 October 2004, including occupied East Jerusalem. electronicIntifada.net/v2/article3466.shtml EI Special
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