Israeli ’shooting video’ condemned
21/7/08
The Israeli defence minister has condemned an incident, captured on video, in which an Israeli soldier shoots a Palestinian detainee. Ehud Barak vowed on Monday that the incident would be investigated, but Sarit Michaela, from rights group B’Tselem, told Al Jazeera that such incidents are usually ignored by the military. “Generally, there is very little accountability when it comes to Israeli security forces following up on cases we report - cases like the use of weapons, harassment charges, beating up civilians or killing children,” she said.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/07/ 200872154636332207.html
Brown raises settlements at Knesset
21/7/08
Gordon Brown, the British prime minister has urged the Israeli parliament to consider making Jerusalem a capital of both a Palestinian and Israeli state, and to stop building settlements on Palestinian land. In the first speech to the Israeli Knesset by a British prime minister, Brown also promised more aid to help revive the Palestinian economy. Criticising Israel’s move to continue building settlements, he said that the EU as a whole is clear about wanting a freeze.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/07/ 200872110740845981.html
Israeli forces arrest Palestinians
21/7/08
Israeli troops have arrested at least 20 residents in Nablus, a Palestinian city in the West Bank. Mona Monsour, a Hamas lawmaker, was one of the detainees arrested on Monday, including several other businessmen and students, Palestinian security officials said. The arrests are part of a crackdown that Israel launched against civil institutions and charities alleged to be linked to Hamas, the largest Palestinian Islamist resistance movement. Beit Almal, a West Bank business venture which owns a Nablus mall that Israel issued a closure order this month, lost 14 of its board members who were arrested in the overnight operation
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/07/200872110487621734.html
Tags: Arrests, Israel, Settlements, Terrorism, USA