maandag 14 december 2015

November 2015: de maand in beeld

The Month in Pictures: November 2015

A wave of violence originally provoked by Israel’s unchecked assaults and incursions in occupied Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound raged on throughout November, bringing the number of Palestinian fatalities since 1 October to 103, including 23 children, according to the United Nations monitoring group OCHA.
Nineteen Israelis, one Palestinian and one American were slain by Palestinians during those same two months, The New York Times reported.
Human rights groups and international monitors have condemned Israel’s routine practice of summary executions of Palestinians, including children, who are alleged to have attempted to carry out attacks on Israelis.
Video of several incidents showed that Israeli forces shot dead Palestinians, including children and an elderly woman, when they posed no immediate danger.
The rights group B’Tselem excoriated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for “the transformation of police officers, and even of armed civilians, into judges and executioners.”
Throughout the month Palestinians protested Israel’s refusal to transfer the bodies of dozens of Palestinians killed during alleged attacks on Israelis.

More https://electronicintifada.net/content/month-pictures-november-2015/15048

donderdag 10 december 2015

10 december: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights / De Universele Verklaring van de Rechten van de Mens

Zie in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights de preambule en de 30 artikelen.

Hier http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

Op uitvoering van deze verklaring van de VN (van 10 december 1948) wachten Palestijnen al sinds 1948, en jaren daarvoor!
Resolutie 194 (het recht op terugkeer) is van de dag erna, 11 december 1948.

zondag 6 december 2015

ITUC (de internationele vakbeweging) vindt de labeling van nederzettingenproducten een belangrijke stap

EU Labelling of Products from Illegal Settlements an Important Step

The EU’s decision to require labelling of certain products from illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory is an important step, giving consumers the right to make their own choices and providing information about which companies have economic relations with settlements.

Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary, said “These settlements are illegal and are a major barrier to achieving peace, security and the realisation of a two-state solution in line with UN resolutions. Consumers must have the right to know if products are coming from the settlements, and other governments should follow suit. This is just one example of the need for transparency and the rule of law in supply chains. People have a right to know that the products they are buying, wherever the products come from, are free from injustice and exploitation.”

ITUC - 12 November 2015

The ITUC represents 180 million workers in 162 countries and territories and has 333 national affiliates.

http://www.ituc-csi.org/eu-labelling-of-products-from?lang=en

maandag 30 november 2015

Interview met Sami Abu Shehada: ‘De “linkse” zionisten zijn verantwoordelijk voor de Nakba’

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laatste update: zaterdag 28 november 2015, 01:49

Palestijns raadslid Tel Aviv: ‘De “linkse” zionisten zijn verantwoordelijk voor de Nakba’

Geplaatst door redactie socialisme.nu, maandag 23 november 2015, 17:00

Onlangs was Sami Abu Shehadeh in Nederland, op uitnodiging van Amsterdam voor Palestina. Hij was lange tijd het enige Palestijnse lid van de gemeenteraad van Tel Aviv namens de Balad-partij. Momenteel schrijft hij zijn proefschrift over Jaffa als cultureel centrum van Palestina voor de Nakba. De Socialist sprak met hem over de geschiedenis van Jaffa en over de Palestijnen in Israël zelf.