A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday. Witnesses said Fadil Muhammad Halawah, 32, was hunting birds east of Jabaliya when Israeli soldiers shot him dead.
In the West Bank Israeli settlers continue their campaign to terrorise Palestinians living in the West Bank, in collaboration with the Israeli Forces. One family’s house was set alight by settlers, who scrawled racist graffiti on the home. For the first time, sound bombs and tear gas were used by the settlers in this attack.
In Jerusalem one Palestinian was shot in the head with a rubber bullet, and another was attacked by Israelis at his place of work. Another was beaten unconscious by settlers on Friday night. In Jerusalem, gangs of Israeli girls have been beating up Palestinians.
The impunity continues. Due to the fact that DCI Palestine collated and analysed incontrovertible video evidence that Nadim Nuwara, was shot in cold blood, when he posed no risk, an Israeli policeman now faces charges. But he is being charged with manslaughter instead of murder. As the boy’s father said: “A Palestinian arrested under these circumstances would be facing murder charges, with the possibility of life imprisonment, and his family’s home would be demolished.”
Meanwhile, racist attacks against Palestinian citizens are on the increase. The Israeli mayor of Ashkelon announced that Palestinian citizens of Israel are banned from working on construction projects in bomb shelters at local kindergartens during school hours. This comes amid a new wave of Israeli popular racism calling for Arabs to be fired. Likud leader Yariv Levin has advocated draconian proposals including that people waving an ‘enemy flag’, including the Palestinian flag, during protests, will be arrested and held in remand until the completion of legal procedures against them, with anyone convicted losing social welfare benefits and their driving licence for 10 years. As Ben White points out, the furore over new Jewish State law misses the point – Israel already discriminates.
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