Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: lettera di un'israeliana

Dorothy, una pacifista israeliana, scrive (traduzione):
Cari tutti
Circa un'ora fa ho parlato con un amico che è stato a Balata (campo profughi 
di Nablus) per l'intera scioccante e nauseante giornata, la quinta giornata 
dell'offensiva delle forze armate israeliane, che era la giornata peggiore, 
finora. Secondo questo amico, soldati israeliani hanno sparato contro le 
squadre del soccorso medico e hanno ferito anche (pacifisti) internazionali 
accorsi per assistere i feriti. Israele non prova alcuna vergogna. La TV 
mostra le rastrellazioni casa per casa, le incursioni attraverso i vicoli 
stretti, i soldati israeliani che buttano giù porte a colpi di stivali, le 
donne che gridano, uomini colpiti dalle palottole, la distruzione ..... 
siamo talmente induriti che riente ci commuova più ? Provo nausea. Non so 
cosa provi l'israeliano medio. Non oso pensarci.
Il primo ministro di recente nomina, Ismail Haniyeh del Hamas, ha detto che 
"i palestinesi non permetteranno che il versamento del loro sangue venga 
strumentalizzato nella campagan elettorale israeliana" *. Ma mi sembra che 
qui ci sia al palo molto di più che non una campagna elettorale. L'Europa 
non ha seguito gli USA tagliando i fondi per i palestinesi, nonostante la 
vittoria elettorale di Hamas e perfino gli USA sembrano incerti. Un 
qualsiasi atto di violenza individuale, da parte di un palestinese, in 
risposta a quanto le forze armate israeliane stanno facendo a Balata ed 
Israele dirà (come fa sempre) che "non c'è un interlocutore." 
(Quest'affermazione sarebbe anche assolutamente vera, ma non è attribuibile 
ai palestinesi, bensì ad Israele). E così, gli israeliani pagheranno il 
prezzo per le follie dei loro leader. Ed ai palestinesi, cui sofferenze 
aumentano di giorno in giorno, verrà attribuita la responsabilità. E gli 
efferati leader israeliani insisterannno che il resto del mondo affami i 
palestinesi rifiutando assistenza finanziaria ai "terroristi". O, amici, 
cosa posso dire ? La mente mi si blocca. Temo il peggio per ambedue nostri 
popoli - palestinesi ed ebrei israeliani. Come faceva Israele a produrre 
leader che voglion la terra, la terra, la terra, ma non versano alcuna 
lacrima per le vite - l'elemento spendibile, dispensabile, il "danno 
collaterale" sulla strada verso il "grande Israele".
Qui sotto troverete la descrizione dell'ISM di quanto è accaduto oggi. 
Inoltre, per chi volesse approfondire, ho indicato alcuni link.
Saluti,
Dorothy
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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/686123.html
Hebrew: 
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/686494.html
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Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:50:42 +0000
From: 
me...@palsolidarity.org
Subject: [ISM Media Group] Israeli military opens fire on medical team 
wounding
 Palestinian and International medical volunteers -
"We were standing in the alley way, everything was quite when
suddenly without warning we heard a big explosion and heard gun shots.
I then saw Jarar and Ihab liying on the floor. Ihab wasn't moving."
Wounded Dutch medical volunteer
At 11:45 this morning an explosion set off by the Israeli military
inside the house belonging to Muhammed Abu Hamis Abu Amar caused a fire
in the house. Occupation forces prevented fire trucks from accessing
the area and told them that they will be detonating further explosions
in the same house. Emergency teams accompanied by international
volunteers treated children in some of the adjacent houses who were
effected by smoke inhalation. Neighbours attempted to put out the fire
by bringing buckets of water.
At 12:30 the military set off a series of additional explosions inside
the house of Muhammed Abu Amar.
At 1:00 A medical team including two Palestinians and two international
volunteers were trapped in an alleyway adjacent to the house belonging
to Muhammed Abu Amar. They were standing behind an Israeli Jeep that
soldiers had vacated.
At 2:00 without any warning shots they were fired at and a grenade was
thrown at them from around the corner. According to the volunteers the
shooting came from the direction of the Alleyway where the Israeli
soldiers were. A twenty two year old American student was wounded by
Shrapnel in the hand a twenty nine year old Dutch volunteer was wounded
by shrapnel in the thigh and shoulder, Jirar Candola an ambulance
driver with the UPMRC was shot in the arm and leg and Ihab Mansour, a
medical volunteer working with the Palestinian scientific society, was
shot in the head and taken away by the Israeli soldiers.
At 3:00 the soldiers blew up Muhammad Abu Amar's house, thus killing
three Palestinian fighters who were inside.
Earlier this morning the Israeli military shot and killed 19 Year old
Ibrahim Saadi, who was throwing a stone at the Israeli armored jeeps
and 20 year old Naim Abu Sarif, who was shot dead by a sniper while on
the roof of his house.
For more information call:
In Balata Simone 054-2149589 or ISM media office 02-2971824
Israeli Army Kills Top Militant
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5642512,00.html
Thursday February 23, 2006 8:16 PM
AP Photo JRL137
By EMILIO MORENATTI
Associated Press Writer
BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) - Israeli troops on Thursday killed five 
Palestinians, including a top militant who said just a day earlier that he 
would never be caught, in the largest West Bank military operation since 
Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip last summer.
The three fugitives from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades were hiding in a 
crawlspace above the bathroom of a Balata house when soldiers ringed the 
building. A gun battle ensued, and at one point, the gunmen threw an 
explosive device toward the soldiers. Two soldiers were wounded, one 
seriously.
At the time of the blast, a group of medics and journalists had assembled 
nearby, after being prevented by troops from entering the camp, witnesses 
said. One medic, Khaled Saragic, said that when a soldier standing next to a 
jeep heard the blast, he started firing toward medics and journalists, 
wounding three people.
Also, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel charged that soldiers were impeding 
the movement of ambulances. Late Thursday afternoon, they said, four 
ambulances were trapped inside the camp.
The military denied that soldiers fired indiscriminately or that ambulances 
were detained. However, the army said ambulances were checked because of 
attempts to smuggle fugitives out of the camp.
The military said it was not aware of such incidents, and said all gunfire 
was directed toward armed Palestinians or those throwing firebombs.
Since the Balata sweep began Sunday, eight Palestinians have been killed by 
army fire, including the five shot dead Thursday. More than 50 Palestinians 
have been injured by live rounds and rubber-coated steel pellets, 
Palestinian hospital officials said. The military said 15 fugitives have 
been arrested.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas condemned the operation and warned it would 
endanger a cease-fire that has been in effect for a year, according to the 
Palestinian WAFA news agency.
In Gaza, Hamas backers marched toward the Palestinian parliament building to 
protest the Israeli operation in Nablus. After winning elections last month, 
Hamas has taken control of the parliament.
Addressing the rally, incoming Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas 
denounced the ``aggression committed against our people'' and expressed 
solidarity with the Palestinians resisting the Israeli military in the 
refugee camp. He said Hamas has a two-pronged program for the people: ``One 
hand resists and the other hand builds.''
One of those killed Thursday was identified as Mohammed Shtawi, a top Al 
Aqsa fugitive. On Wednesday, Shtawi told an AP reporter that earlier in the 
day soldiers surrounded his hideout for five hours, but he and several 
friends slipped away. ``They will never catch me,'' he said at the time.
Israeli forces have been carrying out nightly arrest raids in the West Bank, 
rounding up suspected militants, but the incursion into the Balata camp is 
the largest and longest since the summer pullout from Gaza and part of the 
West Bank. Dozens of army vehicles and hundreds of soldiers are involved.
Israeli security officials have been warning that with the pullout, 
Palestinian militants would switch their operations to the West Bank. Nablus 
has been a focus of attention for months, with soldiers keeping a tight grip 
on the city, which is encircled by roadblocks.
The Israeli military said troops entered Balata after receiving warnings 
that Al Aqsa and two other militant groups in and around the West Bank city 
of Nablus were planning attacks against Israelis. Before the raid, soldiers 
in the Nablus area seized four bomb belts, said Maj. Sharon Assman, an army 
officer in the area. Such belts are used in suicide bombings.
On Thursday morning, dozens of jeeps patrolled Balata and sealed off the 
refugee camp of 18,000 people from adjacent Nablus. Balata is a stronghold 
of the Al Aqsa group, a violent offshoot of Abbas' Fatah Party.
Al Aqsa fugitives have been moving from hideout to hideout since the army 
raid began.
Fighting in Balata began at midmorning Thursday when one of the jeeps broke 
down on the outskirts of the camp. Several teens began throwing stones at 
the vehicle, witnesses said. Soldiers opened fire, killing a 19-year-old 
man. The Israeli military said soldiers fired at the man because he was 
holding a firebomb.
In another area, Palestinians threw stones at a jeep and soldiers opened 
fire, hitting one man in the jaw, witnesses said.
An AP photographer who heard the shots and rushed to the scene found the man 
lying on the ground, with blood gushing from a large hole in his jaw. 
Bystanders quickly bundled him into an ambulance, and hospital officials 
later reported he was in serious condition. The Israeli military said the 
man was targeted because he held a firebomb.
Also, a 22-year-old man was shot and killed by a bullet to the chest while 
he was standing on his roof in Balata, witnesses said. The military said he 
was armed when he was shot and that he was an Al Aqsa fugitive. 

 collaterale" sulla strada verso il "grande Israele".
Dorothy potrebbe creare un movimento per il "ritorno" nello stato
d'origine di tutti gli israeliani che non vogliono più violenze contro gli
indigeni palestinesi.
gus
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