Izrael nastavlja srljati u autoritarizam

(Slika: Desert peace)

Informacije iz članka Campaign of Death Threats, Stalking and Vandalism Against Anti-Occupation Leaders Continues as Israeli Press Faces More Gag Rules od 4. prosinca 2011. američkog blogera Richarda Silversteina koji u cijelosti na engleskom možete pročitati na linku.

Izraelski je Knesset donio ili razmatra donošenje brojnih zakona kojima bi u temeljima bio izmijenjen demokratski karakter države Izrael. Knesset je do sada već donio zakon koji kriminalizira javnu potporu pokretu za bojkot, dezinvestiranje i sankcije (BDS). Drugim se zakonima želi zabraniti financiranje izraelskih nevladinih organizacija iz inozemstva, proglasiti Izrael židovskom državom, ukinuti arapski kao jedan od državnih jezika, dramatično postrožiti kazne u procesuiranju kleveta, internet portale učiniti zakonski odgovornima za komentare koji se objavljuju na njihovim blogovima ili internet stranicama, te prisiliti pružatelje internet usluga da otkriju osobne podatke takvih komentatora policiji.

Izraelski su mediji također ugroženiji nego ikad prije. Nakon što je Kanal 10 prikazao 2 vrlo kritična priloga o poslovanju kockarskog tajkuna Sheldona Adelsona i etičkoj neprimjerenosti postupaka tadašnjeg zastupnika u Knessetu Netanyahua, izraelski je premijer (isti taj Netanyahu) toj postaji zaprijetio da će izgubiti dozvolu za emitiranje ukoliko ne otpusti novinara koji je odgovoran za spomenute priloge.

Izraelska je policija nedavno privela direktora radija Svi za mir i zaprijetila mu da će, ukoliko ta postaja ne prekine s emitiranjem, biti uhićen. Ta postaja godinama bezuspješno pokušava dobiti dozvolu za emitiranje od izraelskih vlasti. Čini se da je njen glavni zločin što emitira program u Izraelu i na palestinskom području i zagovara toleranciju i miran suživot izraelskih Židova i Palestinaca. Ta je postaja ušutkana.

Poraslo je nasilje protiv izraelskih židovskih i palestinskih mirovnih aktivista, uključujući organizirani napad kod kolonističkog naselja Anatot gdje su aktivisti za ljudska prava seksualno zlostavljani, lomljene su im kosti i napadnuti su nožem. Paljene su džamije i prijećeno je smrću vodećim članovima protuokupacijske nevladine udruge Peace Now.

Sve je ovo dio autoritarnog napada na temelje demokracije. Netanyahuova vlada koristi priliku da radikalno promijeni izraelski politički sustav uklanjanjem zaštita koje jamče slobodu govora i tiska i slabljenjem inicijativa i nevladinih udruga civilnog društva.

To najbolje ilustrira nedavni niz napada „naplaćivanja cijene“ na udrugu Peace Now. Nekoliko osoba već godinama uhodi vođe te udruge, prijeti im smrću preko telefona i bombama u njihovim obiteljskim domovima i uredima udruge. Grafiti s prijetnjama smrću ispisani su na zgradi u kojoj živi jedna od vodećih članica te udruge, oštećeni su automobili, prije nekoliko godina ponuđena je nagrada od 300 000 američkih dolara za ubojstvo ravnatelja te udruge…

Vjeruje se da je za nuđenje ove nagrade odgovoran Jack Teitel koji je kasnije uhićen i optužen da je postavio bombe koje su teško ranile 2 Izraelaca, te da je izveo napad na centar gay zajednice u Tel Avivu u kojem su ubijene 2 osobe i napad na policijsko vozilo u kojem su ubijena 2 policajca.

Kao što je to prečesto slučaj kad se radi o židovskom terorizmu, Teitel je proglašen duševno nesposobnim za suđenje i stavljen u bolnicu za duševne bolesnike.

U slučaju gore spomenutog ispisivanja grafita, policija je uhitila 1 osumnjičenika (vjeruje se da je najmanje još 1 na slobodi) koji je priznao da je počinio niz napada, no kad se pojavio na sudu, njegov je otac prijetio fotografima i tražio da obrišu slike koje su snimili.

Nitko u Izraelu ne smije objaviti identitet ovog osumnjičenika, njegovog oca, ni razlog zbog kojeg je otac prijetio fotografima. No zato to umjesto njih i zahvaljujući suradnji s izraelskim i američkim aktivistima može učiniti američki bloger Richard Silverstein. Silverstein pojašnjava da je razlog taj što je otac osumnjičenika dužnosnik Shin Beta, a objavljivanje imena obavještajnih agenata je zabranjeno u Izraelu. U ovom slučaju sudac nije zaštitio samo oca, već i sina, iako ne postoji zakon koji određuje da djeca obavještajnih agenata zaslužuju isti tretman kao i njihovi roditelji.

Policija je 21-godišnjeg osumnjičenika u pritvoru držala 2 tjedna, a zatim je stavljen u kućni pritvor. Čim se vratio kući, počeo je na više adresa slati e-mail poruke s prijetnjama smrću zaposlenicima i pripadnicima udruge Peace Now u vlastito ime, koristeći svoju osobnu e-mail adresu.

Osumnjičenik se zove Dor Oved i živi sa svojom obitelji u Mevasseret Zionu (unutar Zelene linije). Njegov otac, Shachar Oved, je dužnosnik Shin Beta, a majka Aliza, policajka.

Dor Oved je do nedavno na svom Facebook profilu imao sliku sebe s pištoljem uperenim u kameru. Na ruci mu se vidjela tetovaža, čini se s oznakama izraelskih obrambenih snaga. U Izraelu postoji nekoliko Dora Oveda, no ovaj je jedini na Facebooku tvrdio da je pohađao srednju školu u Mevasseret Zionu.

Dor Oved je obrisao svoj profil, i sad ima drugi, na kojem nije njegovo ime (ali jest njegova osobna e-mail adresa) i na kojem se nalazi logotip s natpisom „Kahane je bio u pravu“. (Meir Kahane je bio izraelsko-američki ekstremist koji je pozivao ne protjerivanje Arapa iz Izraela.) Oved je strastveni pristaša kolonističkog pokreta i ultranacionalizma. Na izraelskoj je televiziji također prikazana snimka koju su snimile nadzorne kamere, a koja prikazuje Oveda kako ispisuje protuarapske grafite u palestinskom selu Shuafat u Izraelu.

Richard Silverstein je već jednom ranije prekršio izraelsku cenzuru, u slučaju Anat Kamm, mlade izraelske vojnikinje koja je 2000 tajnih dokumenata proslijedila jednom novinaru Haaretza. U njima su bila dokumentirana ciljana ubojstva nenaoružanih palestinskih militanata počinjena protivno presudi Vrhovnog suda. Kamm je nedavno, zbog toga što je na ovaj način upozorila javnost da vojska ne poštuje presudu Vrhovnog suda, osuđena na 4 i pol godina zatvorske kazne.

Novinaru Uriju Blau još uvijek zbog ovog slučaja prijeti kazneni progon. Blau pod tom prijetnjom živi godinama, a što god objavi detaljno pročešljavaju državni tužitelji ne bi li utvrdili da je na neki način dodatno prekršio koji zakon kako bi to upotrijebili protiv njega.

Silversteinovo je izvještavanje također u prošlosti BBC potaklo da snimi dokumentarac o Mossadovoj otmici građevinskog inženjera Dirara Abu Sisija iz Gaze.


Izvor i više informacija : Campaign of Death Threats, Stalking and Vandalism Against Anti-Occupation Leaders Continues as Israeli Press Faces More Gag Rules


DODATNO:
Two Children Die and Lives of Dozens of Others Endangered; PCHR Strongly Condemns Ministry of Health's Decision to Decrease Transfers of Patients to Israeli Hospitals without Taking into Consideration Their Serious Health Conditions or Providing an Alternative
Umrlo 2 djece, ugroženi životi desetci osoba; PCHR snažno osuđuje odluku palestinskog ministarstva zdravstva da smanji broj pacijenata kojima plaća liječenje u izraelskim bolnicama (4. prosinac 2011.)
Palestinski centar za ljudska prava (PCHR) je osudio odluku palestinskog ministarstva zdravstva vlade u Ramalli na Zapadnoj obali da smanji prebacivanje pacijenata u kritičnom stanju ili ozbiljno narušenog zdravstvenog stanja u izraelske bolnice kako bi se tamo liječili ili nastavili s prijašnjim liječenjem. Ova odluka, koja se primjenjuje od 2. studenog 2011, ugrožava živote nekoliko desetaka pacijenata kojima je hitno potrebno liječenje u naprednim zdravstvenim ustanovama, budući da bolnice na Zapadnoj obali, uključujući Jeruzalem, i u Pojasu Gaze ne mogu pružiti potrebno liječenje tim pacijentima. Ministarstvo je kao razlog za ovu odluku navelo štednju i visoku cijenu liječenja u izraelskim bolnicama. Među pacijentima koje ova odluka pogađa 90% su oboljeli od karcinoma koji se ne mogu liječiti u Pojasu Gaze. Ugroženi su i desetci pacijenata u kritičnom stanju koji zbog prevelike udaljenosti ne mogu putovati do egipatskih bolnica. 2 je djece, brat i sestra (9 i 8 godina), već umrlo jer ih je ministarstvo, umjesto na hitno potrebno napredno liječenje u Izraelu, poslalo u bolnice u Gazi koje nisu bile opremljene kako bi ih liječile. Bolnice su odbile prihvatiti ovo dvoje djece, a ministarstvo zdravstva ih nije prebacilo u izraelske bolnice. Njihovoj 8-godišnjoj sestri, koja boluje od iste bolesti, sada prijeti ista sudbina.
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PCHR Concerned Over Medical Shortages in Gaza Strip Hospitals
Nestašica lijekova u bolnicama u Pojasu Gaze (4. prosinac 2011.)
U Palestinskom centru za ljudska prava upozoravaju da u bolnicama u Pojasu Gaze vlada nestašica lijekova što bi moglo imati katastrofalne posljedice na zdravlje stanovnika Pojasa Gaze. Ravnatelj ljekarni ministarstva zdravstva vlade u Gazi tvrdi da u zdravstvenim ustanovama i skladištima nema 120 vrsta nužnih lijekova i 140 vrsta medicinskih potrepština, a za nestašicu krivi ministarstvo zdravstva u Ramalli koje je u Pojas Gaze 2011. dostavilo tek 20% lijekova i medicinskih potrepština koji su potrebni stanovnicima na području Pojasa Gaze. Zbog nestašice su ugroženi životi 400 pacijenata kojima je potrebna dijaliza. Nema lijekova za rak, ni anesteziju, lijekova koji inhibiraju imunološki sustav pacijenata kojima su presađeni bubrezi u inozemnim bolnicama, ni lijekova za hemofiliju.
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Richard Falk: Is Israel guilty of the crime of apartheid?
In the article almost ludicrously Goldstone wrote, "In Israel, there is no apartheid. Nothing there comes close to the definition of apartheid under the 1998 Rome Statute. 'Inhumane acts... committed in the context of an institutionalised regime of systematic oppression and discrimination'..." Really! The list of discriminatory laws, the dual administration of settlements and Palestinians, the checkpoint treatment of Palestinians, the settler only roads, the non-protection of Palestinians living under occupation, the midnight abusive arrests of children certainly suggest a pattern of inhuman acts even to an uninformed mind! Without naming the participants, among whom were a death camp survivor, Stephane Hessel, a former member of Mandela's cabinet - Ronnie Kasrils, a world renowned author - Alice Walker, a distinguished English barrister - Michael Mansfield, QC, and a former American congresswoman - Cynthia McKinney, Goldstone calls them "critics whose harsh views of Israel are well known". The question, of course, is not whether these outstanding personalities have strong opinions on the matter at issue, but whether they have credibility based on their reputation for bearing witness truthfully and effectively.
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World bodies must act now to save Lifta
The tragic history of Lifta is no less important an element in its nomination than its special architectural character. This is because Lifta, unlike most other urban environments, was built by its own inhabitants who also owned the houses and the nearly 1,200 hectares (approximately 3,000 acres) which belonged to it. The construction of Lifta's cube-like buildings topped by their domed roofs was only possible because of the use of the single natural material the inhabitants employed: the special Jerusalem stone. The unique cluster of buildings seem to be embedded into the gentle slopes of the hills around them, and not one house vies for recognition over its neighbor. These houses are a perfect example of how to build a community in total harmony with the physical environment without pretense or architectural pastiche. Since its depopulation in 1948-49, Lifta has been kept deserted by the Israeli authorities and it currently faces demolition by speculative developers. As a last act of architectural violation, gangs of drug addicts and squatters have been roaming the village and destroying the elegant domed roofs in an attempt to prevent a return by Lifta's legitimate owners. Alas, Lifta will see darker days ahead, should genuine efforts to save it from demolition fail.
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Izvještaj o represiji u Izraelu, nekoliko vijesti, linkova

Palestina/Izrael:
Brazil recognizes Palestinian state
Brazil priznao palestinsku državu (3. prosinac 2010.)
Brazil je priznao državu Palestinu u granicama iz 1967, odnosno na području koje obuhvaća Zapadnu obalu, uključujući Istočni Jeruzalem, i Pojas Gaze. Brazilsko ministarstvo vanjskih poslova izjavilo je da je priznanje odgovor na zahtjev za priznanjem koji je brazilskom predsjedniku Luli da Silvi prošli mjesec uputio palestinski predsjednik Abbas.

Voices From the Occupation: Belal L. (16), Shot whilst collecting building material
Izraelska je vojska 4. prosinca 2010. 600 metara od granice s Izraelom 16-godišnjeg palestinskog dječaka iz Beit Lahiye u sjevernoj Gazi bojevim streljivom ranila u lijevu nogu. Palestinska nevladina organizacija za zaštitu prava djeteta DCI-Palestine od ožujka 2010. je dokumentirala 17 slučajeva djece koju je izraelska vojska vatrenim oružjem ranila dok su u blizini granice Pojasa Gaze s Izraelom skupljala šljunak.

Coalition of Women for Peace: "All-Out War: Israel Against Democracy"
Izvještaj koalicije izraelskih ženskih mirovnih udruga Coalition of Women for Peace o represiji i napadima izraelskih vlasti i raznih desničarskih organizacija na demokratske vrijednosti, ljudska prava i građanske slobode palestinskih građana Izraela, te aktivista izraelskih mirovnih i udruga za ljudska prava u protekle dvije godine. Izvještaj navodi primjere sve učestalijih napada na oporbu i civilno društvo, te optužuje vlasti da represijom, zastrašivanjem i silom žele ušutkati kritičare i opoziciju. U izvještaju se opisuje otvoreno antidemokratsko ozračje koje vlada u sadašnjem sastavu izraelskog Knesseta (brojni prijedlozi zakona čiji je cilj uništenje oporbe i uvjetovanje građanskih sloboda zakletvom "lojalnosti", te brojni napadi na arapske zastupnike u Knessetu), napadi koje protiv civilnog društva (naročito organizacija koje se bore protiv okupacije i kršenja ljudskih prava na okupiranim palestinskim područjima i u Izraelu) orkestriraju izraelske ekstremističke desničarske organizacije koje su povezane s pojedincima i institucijama izraelskog establišmenta i mainstream medija. Izvještaj također sadrži nekoliko specifičnih slučajeva represije nad građanima Izraela u protekle 2 godine, te progona novinara i političkih čelnika pod izlikom nacionalne sigurnosti.


Ostalo:
Two NATO soldiers, two Afghans killed in suicide bombing (Roundup)
Two NATO soldiers and two civilians were killed and 18 others were injured on Sunday in suicide bombing on an army base in south-eastern Afghanistan, officials said. ... 'According to initial information, two civilians were killed and 13 other civilians and three foreign troops were injured,' Samoon said. The nationality of two further injured was not known, he added. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement that two of its service-members were also killed in the attack. It did not reveal the nationalities of the deceased. Most of the troops deployed to the eastern region are from the United States. An Afghan official, who did not want to be named, said that the three injured foreign troops were Americans. ... The bombing came a week after a rogue Afghan policeman turned his weapons on American trainers in eastern province of Nangarhar, killing six of them. ... Separately, one more ISAF soldier was killed in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the military said in a separate statement, without disclosing his nationality. More than 670 foreign troops have been killed in Afghan war so far in 2010, the deadliest year for NATO forces since the outer of Taliban regime in late 2001, according to ICasualties.org, an independent website that tracks military fatalities in Afghanistan. Around 100,000 US soldiers and more than 40,000 troops from other NATO and non-NATO countries are currently based in Afghanistan.

WikiLeaks cables: CIA drew up UN spying wishlist for diplomats
One of the most embarrassing revelations to emerge from US diplomatic cables obtained by the whistleblowers' website WikiLeaks has been that US diplomats were asked to gather intelligence on Ban, other senior UN staff, security council members and other foreign diplomats – a possible violation of international law. US state department spokesman PJ Crowley, in interviews since the release, has tried to deflect criticism by repeatedly hinting that although the cables were signed by secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, and her predecessor, Condoleezza Rice, they originated with another agency. But he refused to identify it. The Guardian has learned that the intelligence shopping list is drawn up annually by the manager of Humint (human intelligence), a post created by the Bush administration in 2005 in a push to better co-ordinate intelligence after 9/11. Humint is part of the CIA, which deals with overseas spying overseas and is one of at least 12 US intelligence agencies. ... Biographic reporting is defined in the cables as including "credit card account numbers, frequent flyer account numbers" as well as "compendia of contact information". New cables released tonight reveal that US diplomats at the embassy in Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, were ordered to obtain dates, times and telephone numbers of calls received and placed by foreign diplomats from China, Iran and the Latin American socialist states of Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia. ... Washington also wanted the foreign diplomats' internet user account details and passwords, and the same depth of information for some local government and military leaders and "criminal entities or their surrogates", according to a US cable sent in 2008. New cables released tonight also reveal that Washington has called for diplomats in Romania, Hungary and Slovenia to provide "biometric" information on "current and emerging leaders and advisers" as well as information about "corruption" and information about leaders' health and "vulnerability". Clinton continued to face awkward questions about an intelligence directive which went out under her name in 2009 aimed at the UN leadership, which was revealed in a separate "national human intelligence collection directive". It called for the collection of "biometric" data on permanent security council representatives, and passwords and personal encryption keys used by top UN officials – in possible contravention on international law. ... A leading expert on UN law today said the proposed activity in the directive breached two international treaties and could lead to the US being censured by the UN general assembly or even, in extreme circumstances, prosecution at the international criminal court. The targeting of diplomats from North Korea and the permanent representatives of the security council from China, Russia, France and the UK leaves the US government exposed to action from any of those countries. Dapo Akande, lecturer in international law at Oxford University, said: "Obtaining passwords and information on communications systems violates the 1947 headquarters agreement between the US and UN and the general convention on the privileges and immunities of the United Nations. "The only reason they can be asking for this information is to break into the communication systems or monitor them in some way."

2010-12-04: Reporters Sans Frontières statement on WikiLeaks
Reporters Without Borders condemns the blocking, cyber-attacks and political pressure being directed at cablegate.wikileaks.org, the website dedicated to the US diplomatic cables. The organization is also concerned by some of the extreme comments made by American authorities concerning WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. ... This is the first time we have seen an attempt at the international community level to censor a website dedicated to the principle of transparency. We are shocked to find countries such as France and the United States suddenly bringing their policies on freedom of expression into line with those of China. We point out that in France and the United States, it is up to the courts, not politicians, to decide whether or not a website should be closed. ... Reporters Without Borders can only condemn this determination to hound Assange and reiterates its conviction that WikiLeaks has a right under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment to publish these documents and is even playing a useful role by making them available to journalists and the greater public. We stress that any restriction on the freedom to disseminate this body of documents will affect the entire press, which has given detailed coverage to the information made available by WikiLeaks, with five leading international newspapers actively cooperating in preparing it for publication.

No safe haven for displaced Iraqis
More than seven years after the United States and United Kingdom-led invasion of Iraq, millions of displaced Iraqis have nowhere to go. For the overwhelming majority of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), displacement is not a one-off trauma. Rather, it is a continuous state of flight for most uprooted Iraqis, who the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates to number 1,785,212 refugees and 1,552,003 IDPs (both figures as of January 2010). ... Emerging in 2003, the Iraqi refugee crisis has become one of the world's largest, second in number only to that of Palestinian refugees. Speaking to The Electronic Intifada, Al-Bayaty added that Iraq has been a socioeconomic entity for 4,000 years, and never, until now, had emigration been a mass phenomenon. "Even in the tragic contemporary history of Iraq, there was no migration movement. Iraqis remained despite wars and genocidal sanctions. It is only when a state-sponsored sectarian war was imposed on them -- with roaming militias and death squads killing on the basis of your name and sending death threats to individual families -- that hundreds of thousands fled to neighboring countries, thinking it would be temporary," said Al-Bayaty.

Glenn Greenwald Calls Julian Assange's Arrest "Pure Authoritarianism"
Greenwald says: "Whatever you think of WikiLeaks, they have not been charged with a crime, let alone indicted or convicted. Yet look what has happened to them. They have been removed from Internet … their funds have been frozen … media figures and politicians have called for their assassination and to be labeled a terrorist organization. What is really going on here is a war over control of the Internet, and whether or not the Internet can actually serve its ultimate purpose—which is to allow citizens to band together and democratize the checks on the world's most powerful factions."

Since When Does Interpol Care About Sexual Assault?
Tell it to hundreds of women in US jails and immigration detention centers — who charge that they can't get justice against accused rapists — or women in the US military (two of out three of whom allege they've experienced assault.) In Haiti hundreds of unprosecuted cases of rape in refugee camps could use some of Interpol's attention. To come back to earth… It seems we only care about women's bodies when there's a political point to be proved. Feminist lawyers had to fight for years for the Criminal Court to take rape in Bosnia and Congo seriously. Feminist journalists wrote for years about the treatment of women under the Taliban, but it wasn't until they needed to sell a war that US politicians cared–and invaded. Years later, Assange's organization ever-so-inconveniently leaked thousands of Afghan war logs and diplomatic cables about that war, and women's bodies are again the pretext for action.