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21-08-2006, 14:14
B'Tselem: Increased Israeli abuse against West Bankers since "Operation Summer Rains"
Date: 21 / 08 / 2006 Time: 14:18
Bethlehem – Ma'an – The Israeli organization for human rights, B'Tselem, reported on Monday that, since the start of the Israeli military campaign "Operation Summer Rains" in the Gaza Strip on 28 June 2006, and more so after the recent Lebanese war, there has been a clear upsurge in Israeli violence and humiliation against Palestinian residents of the West Bank.
The report describes six particular cases where Palestinians were beaten, humiliated, and required medical treatment.
According to B'Tselem, "Most of the violent incidents took place at checkpoints that are staffed permanently or intermittently, or at one of the flying checkpoints that the army sets up daily on West Bank roads".
B'Tselem's research suggests that residents of the northern West Bank suffer most and that the "increased restrictions on Palestinian movement in the West Bank are the immediate cause for the increase in violence".
B'Tselem also claims that there "are indications that the events in Lebanon and Gaza also played a role" in increasing the level of tension and violence.
B'Tselem says that "the extensive casualties that Hezbollah caused among Israeli civilians and soldiers aggravated the rage and frustration of security forces, which they expressed in increased aggression towards Palestinians, including various remarks and insults directed at them".
Secondly, B'Tselem suggests that, "with the public’s attention almost completely focused on events in Lebanon, and to a lesser extent in Gaza, the security forces in the West Bank may have thought they would not be held accountable for violent and abusive treatment of Palestinians".
B'Tselem has called for an immediate investigation into these cases of abuse.
http://www.btselem.org/english/Beating_and_Abuse/20060821_Rise_in_security_forces_violence.asp
Date: 21 / 08 / 2006 Time: 14:18
Bethlehem – Ma'an – The Israeli organization for human rights, B'Tselem, reported on Monday that, since the start of the Israeli military campaign "Operation Summer Rains" in the Gaza Strip on 28 June 2006, and more so after the recent Lebanese war, there has been a clear upsurge in Israeli violence and humiliation against Palestinian residents of the West Bank.
The report describes six particular cases where Palestinians were beaten, humiliated, and required medical treatment.
According to B'Tselem, "Most of the violent incidents took place at checkpoints that are staffed permanently or intermittently, or at one of the flying checkpoints that the army sets up daily on West Bank roads".
B'Tselem's research suggests that residents of the northern West Bank suffer most and that the "increased restrictions on Palestinian movement in the West Bank are the immediate cause for the increase in violence".
B'Tselem also claims that there "are indications that the events in Lebanon and Gaza also played a role" in increasing the level of tension and violence.
B'Tselem says that "the extensive casualties that Hezbollah caused among Israeli civilians and soldiers aggravated the rage and frustration of security forces, which they expressed in increased aggression towards Palestinians, including various remarks and insults directed at them".
Secondly, B'Tselem suggests that, "with the public’s attention almost completely focused on events in Lebanon, and to a lesser extent in Gaza, the security forces in the West Bank may have thought they would not be held accountable for violent and abusive treatment of Palestinians".
B'Tselem has called for an immediate investigation into these cases of abuse.
http://www.btselem.org/english/Beating_and_Abuse/20060821_Rise_in_security_forces_violence.asp