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Didn't see you at Carpaccio's last month.
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I have been to Jerusalem and seen Christian monks, nuns and priests walk around in the different costumes of their various denominations. Church bells ring, Arab Christian youths hawk their wares, while crosses line the quaint Armenian Quarter. Where is this persecution of Christians that you speak of?
Sorry, it was posted on another thread:
Excerpts from Human Rights Watch "WORLD REPORT 2013"
"In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Israeli settlers injured 151 Palestinians as of November 27. Israel imposed severe restrictions on Palestinians right to freedom of movement, continued to build unlawful settlements in occupied territory, and arbitrarily detained Palestinians, including children and peaceful protesters.......Israeli forces also fired on and confiscated Palestinian fishing boats that sailed more than 3 nautical miles from the coast, prohibiting access to 85 percent of Gaza's maritime area under international law.....As of November 27, Israeli authorities had demolished 568 Palestinian homes and other buildings in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), displacing 1,014 people.
Building permits are difficult or impossible for Palestinians to obtain in East Jerusalem or in the 60 percent of the West Bank under exclusive Israeli control (Area C), whereas a separate planning process readily granted settlers new construction permits. Israel approved donor-funded construction of 14 schools and 5 clinics for Palestinians in Area C, but threatened entire Palestinian communities with demolition, such as 8 villages in an area designated as a military training zone.
Settlers continued to take over Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, based in part on discriminatory laws that recognize Jewish ownership claims there from before 1948, but bar Palestinian ownership claims from that period in West Jerusalem......Israel maintained onerous restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank, including checkpoints, closure obstacles, and the separation barrier. Settlement-related movement restrictions forced around 190,000 Palestinians to take time-consuming detours rather than the most direct route to nearby cities, the UN reported.
Israel continued construction of the separation barrier around East Jerusalem. Some 85 percent of the barrier's route falls within the West Bank, isolating 11,000 Palestinians who are barred from traveling to Israel and who must cross the barrier to access livelihoods and services in the West Bank, and separated Palestinian farmers and landowners in 150 communities from their lands, the UN reported......Israeli military authorities detained Palestinians who advocated non-violent protest against Israeli settlements and the route of the separation barrier. In May, an Israeli military court sentenced Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi to 13 months in prison for leading demonstrations against land confiscation, in violation of his right to peaceful assembly, and for urging children to throw stones. The conviction on the latter charge was based primarily on a child's coerced statement.
Israeli authorities continued to arrest children suspected of criminal offenses, usually stone-throwing, in their homes at night, at gunpoint, question them without a family member or a lawyer present, and coerce them to sign confessions in Hebrew, which they did not understand......Bedouin citizens of Israel who live in unrecognized villages suffered discriminatory home demolitions on the basis that their homes were built illegally. Israeli authorities refused to prepare plans for the communities and to approve construction permits, and rejected plans submitted by the communities themselves, but have retroactively legalized Jewish-owned private farms and planned new Jewish communities in the same areas. In 2012, the Israel Land Administration demolished 47 Bedouin structures as of September, , not including tents erected by villagers from al-Arakib, which Israeli authorities have demolished 39 times the Bedouin-rights group Dukium reported."
Didn't see you at Carpaccio's last month.
I have been to Jerusalem and seen Christian monks, nuns and priests walk around in the different costumes of their various denominations. Church bells ring, Arab Christian youths hawk their wares, while crosses line the quaint Armenian Quarter. Where is this persecution of Christians that you speak of?
Sorry, it was posted on another thread:
Excerpts from Human Rights Watch "WORLD REPORT 2013"
"In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Israeli settlers injured 151 Palestinians as of November 27. Israel imposed severe restrictions on Palestinians right to freedom of movement, continued to build unlawful settlements in occupied territory, and arbitrarily detained Palestinians, including children and peaceful protesters.......Israeli forces also fired on and confiscated Palestinian fishing boats that sailed more than 3 nautical miles from the coast, prohibiting access to 85 percent of Gaza's maritime area under international law.....As of November 27, Israeli authorities had demolished 568 Palestinian homes and other buildings in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), displacing 1,014 people.
Building permits are difficult or impossible for Palestinians to obtain in East Jerusalem or in the 60 percent of the West Bank under exclusive Israeli control (Area C), whereas a separate planning process readily granted settlers new construction permits. Israel approved donor-funded construction of 14 schools and 5 clinics for Palestinians in Area C, but threatened entire Palestinian communities with demolition, such as 8 villages in an area designated as a military training zone.
Settlers continued to take over Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, based in part on discriminatory laws that recognize Jewish ownership claims there from before 1948, but bar Palestinian ownership claims from that period in West Jerusalem......Israel maintained onerous restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank, including checkpoints, closure obstacles, and the separation barrier. Settlement-related movement restrictions forced around 190,000 Palestinians to take time-consuming detours rather than the most direct route to nearby cities, the UN reported.
Israel continued construction of the separation barrier around East Jerusalem. Some 85 percent of the barrier's route falls within the West Bank, isolating 11,000 Palestinians who are barred from traveling to Israel and who must cross the barrier to access livelihoods and services in the West Bank, and separated Palestinian farmers and landowners in 150 communities from their lands, the UN reported......Israeli military authorities detained Palestinians who advocated non-violent protest against Israeli settlements and the route of the separation barrier. In May, an Israeli military court sentenced Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi to 13 months in prison for leading demonstrations against land confiscation, in violation of his right to peaceful assembly, and for urging children to throw stones. The conviction on the latter charge was based primarily on a child's coerced statement.
Israeli authorities continued to arrest children suspected of criminal offenses, usually stone-throwing, in their homes at night, at gunpoint, question them without a family member or a lawyer present, and coerce them to sign confessions in Hebrew, which they did not understand......Bedouin citizens of Israel who live in unrecognized villages suffered discriminatory home demolitions on the basis that their homes were built illegally. Israeli authorities refused to prepare plans for the communities and to approve construction permits, and rejected plans submitted by the communities themselves, but have retroactively legalized Jewish-owned private farms and planned new Jewish communities in the same areas. In 2012, the Israel Land Administration demolished 47 Bedouin structures as of September, , not including tents erected by villagers from al-Arakib, which Israeli authorities have demolished 39 times the Bedouin-rights group Dukium reported."
Yes, the Human Rights Watch is so unbiased towarded Israel.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) in 2010: More Bias, Even Less Credibility
Sorry, it was posted on another thread:
Excerpts from Human Rights Watch "WORLD REPORT 2013"
"In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Israeli settlers injured 151 Palestinians as of November 27. Israel imposed severe restrictions on Palestinians’ right to freedom of movement, continued to build unlawful settlements in occupied territory, and arbitrarily detained Palestinians, including children and peaceful protesters.......Israeli forces also fired on and confiscated Palestinian fishing boats that sailed more than 3 nautical miles from the coast, prohibiting access to 85 percent of Gaza's maritime area under international law.....As of November 27, Israeli authorities had demolished 568 Palestinian homes and other buildings in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), displacing 1,014 people.
Building permits are difficult or impossible for Palestinians to obtain in East Jerusalem or in the 60 percent of the West Bank under exclusive Israeli control (Area C), whereas a separate planning process readily granted settlers new construction permits. Israel approved donor-funded construction of 14 schools and 5 clinics for Palestinians in Area C, but threatened entire Palestinian communities with demolition, such as 8 villages in an area designated as a military training zone.
Settlers continued to take over Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, based in part on discriminatory laws that recognize Jewish ownership claims there from before 1948, but bar Palestinian ownership claims from that period in West Jerusalem......Israel maintained onerous restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank, including checkpoints, closure obstacles, and the separation barrier. Settlement-related movement restrictions forced around 190,000 Palestinians to take time-consuming detours rather than the most direct route to nearby cities, the UN reported.
Israel continued construction of the separation barrier around East Jerusalem. Some 85 percent of the barrier's route falls within the West Bank, isolating 11,000 Palestinians who are barred from traveling to Israel and who must cross the barrier to access livelihoods and services in the West Bank, and separated Palestinian farmers and landowners in 150 communities from their lands, the UN reported......Israeli military authorities detained Palestinians who advocated non-violent protest against Israeli settlements and the route of the separation barrier. In May, an Israeli military court sentenced Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi to 13 months in prison for leading demonstrations against land confiscation, in violation of his right to peaceful assembly, and for urging children to throw stones. The conviction on the latter charge was based primarily on a child's coerced statement.
Israeli authorities continued to arrest children suspected of criminal offenses, usually stone-throwing, in their homes at night, at gunpoint, question them without a family member or a lawyer present, and coerce them to sign confessions in Hebrew, which they did not understand......Bedouin citizens of Israel who live in “unrecognized” villages suffered discriminatory home demolitions on the basis that their homes were built illegally. Israeli authorities refused to prepare plans for the communities and to approve construction permits, and rejected plans submitted by the communities themselves, but have retroactively legalized Jewish-owned private farms and planned new Jewish communities in the same areas. In 2012, the Israel Land Administration demolished 47 Bedouin structures as of September, , not including tents erected by villagers from al-Arakib, which Israeli authorities have demolished 39 times the Bedouin-rights group Dukium reported."
Yes, the Human Rights Watch is so unbiased towarded Israel.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) in 2010: More Bias, Even Less Credibility
Human Rights Watch is the most neutral of organizations of this type. They criticize all parties in a conflict fairly. It's just that Israeli supporters won't accept criticism.
For example from the same Human Rights Watch report:
"Hamas authorities in Gaza carried out six judicial executions in 2012, including after unfair trials, and men whom witnesses said were members of Hamas’s armed wing claimed responsibility for seven extrajudicial executions in November. The authorities frequently denied detainees access to their lawyers. Security forces conducted arbitrary arrests and tortured detainees. The authorities permitted some local human rights organizations to operate, but suppressed political dissent, free association, and peaceful assembly. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza launched more than 1,400 rockets that struck inside Israel as of November 2012, killing three civilians; a mortar shell killed a fourth civilian. The vast majority of rockets were launched indiscriminately towards populated areas."
Sorry, it was posted on another thread:
Excerpts from Human Rights Watch "WORLD REPORT 2013"
"In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Israeli settlers injured 151 Palestinians as of November 27. Israel imposed severe restrictions on Palestinians right to freedom of movement, continued to build unlawful settlements in occupied territory, and arbitrarily detained Palestinians, including children and peaceful protesters.......Israeli forces also fired on and confiscated Palestinian fishing boats that sailed more than 3 nautical miles from the coast, prohibiting access to 85 percent of Gaza's maritime area under international law.....As of November 27, Israeli authorities had demolished 568 Palestinian homes and other buildings in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), displacing 1,014 people.
Building permits are difficult or impossible for Palestinians to obtain in East Jerusalem or in the 60 percent of the West Bank under exclusive Israeli control (Area C), whereas a separate planning process readily granted settlers new construction permits. Israel approved donor-funded construction of 14 schools and 5 clinics for Palestinians in Area C, but threatened entire Palestinian communities with demolition, such as 8 villages in an area designated as a military training zone.
Settlers continued to take over Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, based in part on discriminatory laws that recognize Jewish ownership claims there from before 1948, but bar Palestinian ownership claims from that period in West Jerusalem......Israel maintained onerous restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank, including checkpoints, closure obstacles, and the separation barrier. Settlement-related movement restrictions forced around 190,000 Palestinians to take time-consuming detours rather than the most direct route to nearby cities, the UN reported.
Israel continued construction of the separation barrier around East Jerusalem. Some 85 percent of the barrier's route falls within the West Bank, isolating 11,000 Palestinians who are barred from traveling to Israel and who must cross the barrier to access livelihoods and services in the West Bank, and separated Palestinian farmers and landowners in 150 communities from their lands, the UN reported......Israeli military authorities detained Palestinians who advocated non-violent protest against Israeli settlements and the route of the separation barrier. In May, an Israeli military court sentenced Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi to 13 months in prison for leading demonstrations against land confiscation, in violation of his right to peaceful assembly, and for urging children to throw stones. The conviction on the latter charge was based primarily on a child's coerced statement.
Israeli authorities continued to arrest children suspected of criminal offenses, usually stone-throwing, in their homes at night, at gunpoint, question them without a family member or a lawyer present, and coerce them to sign confessions in Hebrew, which they did not understand......Bedouin citizens of Israel who live in unrecognized villages suffered discriminatory home demolitions on the basis that their homes were built illegally. Israeli authorities refused to prepare plans for the communities and to approve construction permits, and rejected plans submitted by the communities themselves, but have retroactively legalized Jewish-owned private farms and planned new Jewish communities in the same areas. In 2012, the Israel Land Administration demolished 47 Bedouin structures as of September, , not including tents erected by villagers from al-Arakib, which Israeli authorities have demolished 39 times the Bedouin-rights group Dukium reported."
Yes, the Human Rights Watch is so unbiased towarded Israel.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) in 2010: More Bias, Even Less Credibility
Human Rights Watch is the most neutral of organizations of this type. They criticize all parties in a conflict fairly. It's just that Israeli supporters won't accept criticism.
For example from the same Human Rights Watch report:
"Hamas authorities in Gaza carried out six judicial executions in 2012, including after unfair trials, and men whom witnesses said were members of Hamass armed wing claimed responsibility for seven extrajudicial executions in November. The authorities frequently denied detainees access to their lawyers. Security forces conducted arbitrary arrests and tortured detainees. The authorities permitted some local human rights organizations to operate, but suppressed political dissent, free association, and peaceful assembly. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza launched more than 1,400 rockets that struck inside Israel as of November 2012, killing three civilians; a mortar shell killed a fourth civilian. The vast majority of rockets were launched indiscriminately towards populated areas."
Yes, the Human Rights Watch is so unbiased towarded Israel.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) in 2010: More Bias, Even Less Credibility
Human Rights Watch is the most neutral of organizations of this type. They criticize all parties in a conflict fairly. It's just that Israeli supporters won't accept criticism.
For example from the same Human Rights Watch report:
"Hamas authorities in Gaza carried out six judicial executions in 2012, including after unfair trials, and men whom witnesses said were members of Hamass armed wing claimed responsibility for seven extrajudicial executions in November. The authorities frequently denied detainees access to their lawyers. Security forces conducted arbitrary arrests and tortured detainees. The authorities permitted some local human rights organizations to operate, but suppressed political dissent, free association, and peaceful assembly. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza launched more than 1,400 rockets that struck inside Israel as of November 2012, killing three civilians; a mortar shell killed a fourth civilian. The vast majority of rockets were launched indiscriminately towards populated areas."
why do you think human rights watch is fair on this subject? because they say what you want them to?
reality --- when you lob missiles into someone else's territory (i.e., Israel) people get hurt.
let me know when you or human rights watch understands that equation.
Yes, the Human Rights Watch is so unbiased towarded Israel.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) in 2010: More Bias, Even Less Credibility
Human Rights Watch is the most neutral of organizations of this type. They criticize all parties in a conflict fairly. It's just that Israeli supporters won't accept criticism.
For example from the same Human Rights Watch report:
"Hamas authorities in Gaza carried out six judicial executions in 2012, including after unfair trials, and men whom witnesses said were members of Hamass armed wing claimed responsibility for seven extrajudicial executions in November. The authorities frequently denied detainees access to their lawyers. Security forces conducted arbitrary arrests and tortured detainees. The authorities permitted some local human rights organizations to operate, but suppressed political dissent, free association, and peaceful assembly. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza launched more than 1,400 rockets that struck inside Israel as of November 2012, killing three civilians; a mortar shell killed a fourth civilian. The vast majority of rockets were launched indiscriminately towards populated areas."
Now isn't that strange because others think it is not neutral but is biased against israel. However, if you want the readers to think they are oh so unbiased, go for it. Why don't you tell your brethren to stop trying tio destroy Israel and then no one will get hurt.
It really is a hoot how we keep on seeing the same stuff brought up time and time again on this forum ad nauseam with the various posters popping up and dragging up the same old, same old when so many worse things are happening to innocent people in many parts of the Muslim world.
Human Rights Watch is the most neutral of organizations of this type. They criticize all parties in a conflict fairly. It's just that Israeli supporters won't accept criticism.
For example from the same Human Rights Watch report:
"Hamas authorities in Gaza carried out six judicial executions in 2012, including after unfair trials, and men whom witnesses said were members of Hamass armed wing claimed responsibility for seven extrajudicial executions in November. The authorities frequently denied detainees access to their lawyers. Security forces conducted arbitrary arrests and tortured detainees. The authorities permitted some local human rights organizations to operate, but suppressed political dissent, free association, and peaceful assembly. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza launched more than 1,400 rockets that struck inside Israel as of November 2012, killing three civilians; a mortar shell killed a fourth civilian. The vast majority of rockets were launched indiscriminately towards populated areas."
Now isn't that strange because others think it is not neutral but is biased against israel. However, if you want the readers to think they are oh so unbiased, go for it. Why don't you tell your brethren to stop trying tio destroy Israel and then no one will get hurt.
It really is a hoot how we keep on seeing the same stuff brought up time and time again on this forum ad nauseam with the various posters popping up and dragging up the same old, same old when so many worse things are happening to innocent people in many parts of the Muslim world.
Only Israeli right or wrong nutcases and rabid Islamists believe it is biased. Normal people believe it is the best and most neutral organization of its kind. This report was just issued, it is for 2013 so it has not been brought up before.
Would you like to compare the "persecution" of Christians by Hindus to what Muslims are doing to non Muslims all over the world? It does not even compare. Muslims are barbaric savages who think they are doing Gods work when they kill and oppress the non Muslims.It has everything to do with it. Islam cannot coexist with anybody. It is a proven historical fact. They impose their own Islamic ideology and barbaric way if life, through violence if necessary. You cry like a baby for your fellow Muslims but you forget to tell everybody of the millions of Hindus killed at the hands of Islamic savage animals.Now what does that have to do with Hindus persecuting Christians and Muslims in India?
What is wrong with you, are you just a dimwitted and don't understand you constantly post non sequiturs
Jews co-existed with Muslims for centuries, in fact Jews were far better off in Muslim society than in Christian societies until the Zionists began settling in Palestine. Christians generally forced Jews to convert, leave or be killed. Why do you think so many Jews converted to Christianity or left Spain after the Christians after the Reconquista?
You are either a bit dim, or know nothing about history.
But to your point. So, you believe that when a poster shows the persecution of a certain group, they must also post links to the persecution of the persecutor. Don't you think that would become tiresome?
Plus, do you think because, for example, Christian Crusaders persecuted and murdered Muslims and Jews, it is ok for Muslims and Jews to persecute Christians. I think that's how your pea brain works.
It has everything to do with it. Islam cannot coexist with anybody. It is a proven historical fact. They impose their own Islamic ideology and barbaric way if life, through violence if necessary. You cry like a baby for your fellow Muslims but you forget to tell everybody of the millions of Hindus killed at the hands of Islamic savage animals.Now what does that have to do with Hindus persecuting Christians and Muslims in India?
What is wrong with you, are you just a dimwitted and don't understand you constantly post non sequiturs
Jews co-existed with Muslims for centuries, in fact Jews were far better off in Muslim society than in Christian societies until the Zionists began settling in Palestine. Christians generally forced Jews to convert, leave or be killed. Why do you think so many Jews converted to Christianity or left Spain after the Christians after the Reconquista?
You are either a bit dim, or know nothing about history.
But to your point. So, you believe that when a poster shows the persecution of a certain group, they must also post links to the persecution of the persecutor. Don't you think that would become tiresome?
Plus, do you think because, for example, Christian Crusaders persecuted and murdered Muslims and Jews, it is ok for Muslims and Jews to persecute Christians. I think that's how your pea brain works.
Jews co-existed with Muslims for centuries, in fact Jews were far better off in Muslim society than in Christian societies until the Zionists began settling in Palestine. Christians generally forced Jews to convert, leave or be killed. Why do you think so many Jews converted to Christianity or left Spain after the Christians after the Reconquista?
You are either a bit dim, or know nothing about history.
But to your point. So, you believe that when a poster shows the persecution of a certain group, they must also post links to the persecution of the persecutor. Don't you think that would become tiresome?
Plus, do you think because, for example, Christian Crusaders persecuted and murdered Muslims and Jews, it is ok for Muslims and Jews to persecute Christians. I think that's how your pea brain works.
This peace by a Jewish man once living in the Muslim world is very interesting.
Who is an Arab Jew? by Albert Memmi
I once read a piece about a Jewish philosopher living in Italy in the 15th century. One would have thought that he would have written about how the Catholics treated the Jews in Spain because of the Inquisition, but he stated that the biggest threat to the Jews in the future would be the Muslims. How right he was. Not only are they the biggest threat to the Jews, but we can see how persecuted the Christians are by them.
I actually have to laugh at this pipsqueak calling someone a peabrain as if she were a member of MENSA.
I am actually.
i am actually.
anyone on a message board can claim anything they want to, even little pipsqueaks.
i realize that, only in this case it's true. Note: I didn't bring it up, you did.
I have been to Jerusalem and seen Christian monks, nuns and priests walk around in the different costumes of their various denominations. Church bells ring, Arab Christian youths hawk their wares, while crosses line the quaint Armenian Quarter. Where is this persecution of Christians that you speak of?
Sorry, it was posted on another thread:
Excerpts from Human Rights Watch "WORLD REPORT 2013"
"In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Israeli settlers injured 151 Palestinians as of November 27. Israel imposed severe restrictions on Palestinians right to freedom of movement, continued to build unlawful settlements in occupied territory, and arbitrarily detained Palestinians, including children and peaceful protesters.......Israeli forces also fired on and confiscated Palestinian fishing boats that sailed more than 3 nautical miles from the coast, prohibiting access to 85 percent of Gaza's maritime area under international law.....As of November 27, Israeli authorities had demolished 568 Palestinian homes and other buildings in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), displacing 1,014 people.
Building permits are difficult or impossible for Palestinians to obtain in East Jerusalem or in the 60 percent of the West Bank under exclusive Israeli control (Area C), whereas a separate planning process readily granted settlers new construction permits. Israel approved donor-funded construction of 14 schools and 5 clinics for Palestinians in Area C, but threatened entire Palestinian communities with demolition, such as 8 villages in an area designated as a military training zone.
Settlers continued to take over Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, based in part on discriminatory laws that recognize Jewish ownership claims there from before 1948, but bar Palestinian ownership claims from that period in West Jerusalem......Israel maintained onerous restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank, including checkpoints, closure obstacles, and the separation barrier. Settlement-related movement restrictions forced around 190,000 Palestinians to take time-consuming detours rather than the most direct route to nearby cities, the UN reported.
Israel continued construction of the separation barrier around East Jerusalem. Some 85 percent of the barrier's route falls within the West Bank, isolating 11,000 Palestinians who are barred from traveling to Israel and who must cross the barrier to access livelihoods and services in the West Bank, and separated Palestinian farmers and landowners in 150 communities from their lands, the UN reported......Israeli military authorities detained Palestinians who advocated non-violent protest against Israeli settlements and the route of the separation barrier. In May, an Israeli military court sentenced Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi to 13 months in prison for leading demonstrations against land confiscation, in violation of his right to peaceful assembly, and for urging children to throw stones. The conviction on the latter charge was based primarily on a child's coerced statement.
Israeli authorities continued to arrest children suspected of criminal offenses, usually stone-throwing, in their homes at night, at gunpoint, question them without a family member or a lawyer present, and coerce them to sign confessions in Hebrew, which they did not understand......Bedouin citizens of Israel who live in unrecognized villages suffered discriminatory home demolitions on the basis that their homes were built illegally. Israeli authorities refused to prepare plans for the communities and to approve construction permits, and rejected plans submitted by the communities themselves, but have retroactively legalized Jewish-owned private farms and planned new Jewish communities in the same areas. In 2012, the Israel Land Administration demolished 47 Bedouin structures as of September, , not including tents erected by villagers from al-Arakib, which Israeli authorities have demolished 39 times the Bedouin-rights group Dukium reported."
Sorry, it was posted on another thread:
Excerpts from Human Rights Watch "WORLD REPORT 2013"
"In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Israeli settlers injured 151 Palestinians as of November 27. Israel imposed severe restrictions on Palestinians right to freedom of movement, continued to build unlawful settlements in occupied territory, and arbitrarily detained Palestinians, including children and peaceful protesters.......Israeli forces also fired on and confiscated Palestinian fishing boats that sailed more than 3 nautical miles from the coast, prohibiting access to 85 percent of Gaza's maritime area under international law.....As of November 27, Israeli authorities had demolished 568 Palestinian homes and other buildings in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), displacing 1,014 people.
Building permits are difficult or impossible for Palestinians to obtain in East Jerusalem or in the 60 percent of the West Bank under exclusive Israeli control (Area C), whereas a separate planning process readily granted settlers new construction permits. Israel approved donor-funded construction of 14 schools and 5 clinics for Palestinians in Area C, but threatened entire Palestinian communities with demolition, such as 8 villages in an area designated as a military training zone.
Settlers continued to take over Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, based in part on discriminatory laws that recognize Jewish ownership claims there from before 1948, but bar Palestinian ownership claims from that period in West Jerusalem......Israel maintained onerous restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank, including checkpoints, closure obstacles, and the separation barrier. Settlement-related movement restrictions forced around 190,000 Palestinians to take time-consuming detours rather than the most direct route to nearby cities, the UN reported.
Israel continued construction of the separation barrier around East Jerusalem. Some 85 percent of the barrier's route falls within the West Bank, isolating 11,000 Palestinians who are barred from traveling to Israel and who must cross the barrier to access livelihoods and services in the West Bank, and separated Palestinian farmers and landowners in 150 communities from their lands, the UN reported......Israeli military authorities detained Palestinians who advocated non-violent protest against Israeli settlements and the route of the separation barrier. In May, an Israeli military court sentenced Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi to 13 months in prison for leading demonstrations against land confiscation, in violation of his right to peaceful assembly, and for urging children to throw stones. The conviction on the latter charge was based primarily on a child's coerced statement.
Israeli authorities continued to arrest children suspected of criminal offenses, usually stone-throwing, in their homes at night, at gunpoint, question them without a family member or a lawyer present, and coerce them to sign confessions in Hebrew, which they did not understand......Bedouin citizens of Israel who live in unrecognized villages suffered discriminatory home demolitions on the basis that their homes were built illegally. Israeli authorities refused to prepare plans for the communities and to approve construction permits, and rejected plans submitted by the communities themselves, but have retroactively legalized Jewish-owned private farms and planned new Jewish communities in the same areas. In 2012, the Israel Land Administration demolished 47 Bedouin structures as of September, , not including tents erected by villagers from al-Arakib, which Israeli authorities have demolished 39 times the Bedouin-rights group Dukium reported."
Yes, the Human Rights Watch is so unbiased towarded Israel.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) in 2010: More Bias, Even Less Credibility
Human Rights Watch is the most neutral of organizations of this type. They criticize all parties in a conflict fairly. It's just that Israeli supporters won't accept criticism.
For example from the same Human Rights Watch report:
"Hamas authorities in Gaza carried out six judicial executions in 2012, including after unfair trials, and men whom witnesses said were members of Hamass armed wing claimed responsibility for seven extrajudicial executions in November. The authorities frequently denied detainees access to their lawyers. Security forces conducted arbitrary arrests and tortured detainees. The authorities permitted some local human rights organizations to operate, but suppressed political dissent, free association, and peaceful assembly. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza launched more than 1,400 rockets that struck inside Israel as of November 2012, killing three civilians; a mortar shell killed a fourth civilian. The vast majority of rockets were launched indiscriminately towards populated areas."
Human Rights Watch is the most neutral of organizations of this type. They criticize all parties in a conflict fairly. It's just that Israeli supporters won't accept criticism.
For example from the same Human Rights Watch report:
"Hamas authorities in Gaza carried out six judicial executions in 2012, including after unfair trials, and men whom witnesses said were members of Hamass armed wing claimed responsibility for seven extrajudicial executions in November. The authorities frequently denied detainees access to their lawyers. Security forces conducted arbitrary arrests and tortured detainees. The authorities permitted some local human rights organizations to operate, but suppressed political dissent, free association, and peaceful assembly. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza launched more than 1,400 rockets that struck inside Israel as of November 2012, killing three civilians; a mortar shell killed a fourth civilian. The vast majority of rockets were launched indiscriminately towards populated areas."
why do you think human rights watch is fair on this subject? because they say what you want them to?
reality --- when you lob missiles into someone else's territory (i.e., Israel) people get hurt.
let me know when you or human rights watch understands that equation.
Wait a minute, the Human Rights Watch you quoted accuses Hamas of torture and of firing 1,400 rockets indiscriminately towards population areas of Israel and you complain about Human Rights Watch? Are you just a reflexive poster that doesn't read what's before him?
Human Rights Watch is the most neutral of organizations of this type. They criticize all parties in a conflict fairly. It's just that Israeli supporters won't accept criticism.
For example from the same Human Rights Watch report:
"Hamas authorities in Gaza carried out six judicial executions in 2012, including after unfair trials, and men whom witnesses said were members of Hamass armed wing claimed responsibility for seven extrajudicial executions in November. The authorities frequently denied detainees access to their lawyers. Security forces conducted arbitrary arrests and tortured detainees. The authorities permitted some local human rights organizations to operate, but suppressed political dissent, free association, and peaceful assembly. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza launched more than 1,400 rockets that struck inside Israel as of November 2012, killing three civilians; a mortar shell killed a fourth civilian. The vast majority of rockets were launched indiscriminately towards populated areas."
Now isn't that strange because others think it is not neutral but is biased against israel. However, if you want the readers to think they are oh so unbiased, go for it. Why don't you tell your brethren to stop trying tio destroy Israel and then no one will get hurt.
It really is a hoot how we keep on seeing the same stuff brought up time and time again on this forum ad nauseam with the various posters popping up and dragging up the same old, same old when so many worse things are happening to innocent people in many parts of the Muslim world.
Only Israeli right or wrong nutcases and rabid Islamists believe it is biased. Normal people believe it is the best and most neutral organization of its kind. This report was just issued, it is for 2013 so it has not been brought up before.