We stand firmly against injustice in all its forms. Nothing can justify the current war crimes committed by Israel in occupied Palestine. Equally, nothing can excuse the continued support offered by other nations to this apartheid regime. If you believe in human rights, dignity, and justice, then we urge you to boycott this rogue state. Silence is complicity, do what’s right.
DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA – NOVEMBER 13: Saib Abu Muhadi (11), a Palestinian boy who was injured while playing football with his friends during the Israeli attacks on Gaza’s Nasirat Refugee Camp and one of his legs was amputated, is on a wheelchair at the Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on November 13, 2023. (Photo by Doaa Albaz/Anadolu via Getty Images)
People with disabilities 03/12/2023
The Palestinian Central Bureau Of Statistics Issues A Press Release On The Occasion Of World Day For Individuals With Disabilities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. About 115 thousand individuals with disabilities in Palestine prior to the aggression on the Gaza Strip (October 7, 2023)
Before this happened in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, the number of infected people in Palestine was estimated at 115,000, approximately 2.1% of the population. What we expect is 2.1% of the population. In reality, it is about 59,000 individuals from the western regions, and it is estimated at 1.8% of the total population of the West Bank, which is about 58. One thousand people from the Gaza Strip represent 2.6% of the total population of the Gaza Strip. While the percentage among the best (18 years and over) is 3%, at 2.6% in the West Bank and 3.9% in the Gaza Strip. The disparity varies greatly according to the governorate, as the North Gaza Governorate recorded the highest prevalence of disability, amounting to about 5%, and it adheres to It includes Deir al-Balah Governorate (4.1%). On the other hand, it targets a prevalence rate in Ramallah, al-Bireh and Aghwar Governorates at 2% for each of them. Two of them grew up in the Gaza Strip
Forex is an important target in the field of public health and health care. From 2007 until 2017, the sector exceeded the number of people with special needs in Gaza from 24,608 to 48,140 individuals. According to the report, Why in the Distinguished Gaza Strip 2022, the number of individuals with limited income reached 55,538 individuals, constituting 47% of them. As the diplomatic intervention and war in the Gaza Strip caused disability for about 2,000 individuals, the problem of what 9% of the people who benefit from celebrities think is a problem, but about 3% of children under the age of eighteen are celebrities. By mentioning that the reasons that contributed to the Israeli measures and the Rob were a cause of disability at least for about 6% of individuals 18 years and over in the Gaza Strip, 8% in Gaza compared to 4% in the West Bank.
This came according to the reports issued by the UN Relief Agency as a result of the creative aggression on the Gaza Strip in 2014, a third of a third was required with gestures required for the injured at the time, and therefore it is clear that a number of prominent prominent people rose to Alexander 2023, including 12,000 individuals until the issuance of this statement, because of the veto their number became Known for health care, it imposed a closure on essential medical facilities from accessing the Strip, targeting hospitals, care centers, and medical teams.
They suffering face to face, as they are exposed to risks as a result of technical conditions accompanied by aggression, unhealthy and inappropriate conditions in exploration sites, in addition to the lack of health care and their inability to access health services. 3 out of every 25 children suffer from one or more types of functional difficulties
By tracking functional tasks in the 2019-2020 Multiple Indicator Cluster Scanning of children aged 2-17 years, we succeeded in obtaining approximately 12% of children in Palestine suffering from one or more types of functions. According to the estimates before the aggression on the Gaza Strip, it was expected that the number of children who attended the Gaza Strip in the year 2023 would reach about 98 thousand children in the age group of 2-17 years*, including about 6 thousand children in the age group of 2-4 years, and 92 thousand children are still there. In the age group 5-17 years. Learning difficulties accounted for 21,200 children aged 2-17 years in the Gaza Strip in 2023, and their number is estimated at 21,200 in 2023.
This aggressive wound on the Gaza Strip since October 7 until the date of issuing this special statement to children, who represent 17% of the total number of wounded, has been suffering from a varied and diverse impact in many songs, and they succeed in influencing them for a long time, and they may succeed in repeated surgeries and severe medical damage. We have also started with new artists and the elderly, which contributes to them not achieving their full potential and affecting their future. It may also contribute to children not having access to education, which affects their opportunities in the future, and for them to suffer from psychological trauma and psychological disorders as a result of injuries resulting from aggression, which affects due to their diseases. Psychologically, the wounded may face great challenges and difficulties in adapting to their guests, which can lead to a feeling of hope and confidence in the future.
More than three people in the Gaza Strip as a result of infection mental health is one of the areas most affected during wars and conflicts, and the war on the Gaza Strip was unfortunately no exception. The psychological toll on Gazans can be unconscionable and devastating. According to the psychological conditions survey carried out by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in cooperation with the World Bank in 2022 on mental health and the war on the Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip has become more than three individuals in Gaza suffering from depression, and high levels and symptoms of post-traumatic stress among younger age groups (between 18 and 29 years) and tends to peak with age. On the other hand, a higher percentage of job potential among children in the age group of 5-17 years in the Gaza Strip was a concern, reaching about 13%. It is estimated that about 52,450 children aged 5-17 years from the vigilant population will suffer from the survey in 2023, while 13,000 children are still suffering from signs of discrimination according to estimates in 2023 based on the results of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-2020 before the aggression on Gaza. On October 7th.
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The Israeli regime enacts in all the territory it contols (Israeli sovereign territory, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip) an apartheid regime. One organizing principle lies at the base of a wide array of Israeli policies: advancing and perpetuating the supremacy of one group – Jews – over another – Palestinians.
B’Tselem rejects the perception of Israel as a democracy (inside the Green Line) that simultaneously upholds a temporary military occupation (beyond it). B’Tselem reached the conclusion that the bar for defining the Israeli regime as an apartheid regime has been met after considering the accumulation of policies and laws that Israel devised to entrench its control over Palestinians.
The key tool Israel uses to implement the principle of Jewish supremacy is engineering space geographically, demographically and politically. Jews go about their lives in a single, contiguous space where they enjoy full rights and self-determination. In contrast, Palestinians live in a space that is fragmented into several units, each with a different set of rights – given or denied by Israel, but always inferior to the rights accorded to Jews.
The Israeli regime pursues this organizing principle in four major areas:
Land – Israel works to Judaize the entire area, treating land as a resource chiefly meant to benefit the Jewish population. Since 1948, Israel has taken over 90% of the land within the Green Line and built hundreds of communities for the Jewish population. Since 1967, Israel has also enacted this policy in the West Bank, building more than 280 settlements for some 600,000 Jewish Israeli citizens. Israel has not built a single community for the Palestinian population in the entire area stretching from the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River (with the exception of several communities built to concentrate the Bedouin population after dispossessing them of most of their property rights).
Citizenship – Jews living anywhere in the world, their children and grandchildren – and their spouses – are entitled to Israeli citizenship. In contrast, Palestinians cannot immigrate to Israeli-controlled areas, even if they, their parents or their grandparents were born and lived there. Israel makes it difficult for Palestinians who live in one of the units it controls to obtain status in another, and has enacted legislation that prohibits granting Palestinians who marry Israelis status within the Green Line.
Freedom of movement – Israeli citizens enjoy freedom of movement in the entire area controlled by Israel (with the exception of the Gaza Strip) and may enter and leave the country freely. Palestinian subjects, on the other hand, require a special Israeli-issued permit to travel between the units (and sometimes inside them), and exit abroad also requires Israeli approval.
Political participation – Palestinian citizens of Israel may vote and run for office, but leading politicians consistently undermine the legitimacy of Palestinian political representatives. The roughly five million Palestinians who live in the Occupied Territories, including East Jerusalem, cannot participate in the political system that governs their lives and determines their future. They are denied other political rights as well, including freedom of speech and association.
In the entire area, control over these aspects of life lies entirely in Israel’s hands – the sole power determining the population registry; land allocation; voter rolls; and the right (or denial thereof) to travel within, enter or exit any part of the area. The Israeli regime has grown increasingly explicit regarding its Jewish supremacist ideology, a process that has seen two major unmasking milestones in recent years. One was the enactment of Basic Law: Israel – the Nation State of the Jewish People, which declares the distinction between Jews and non-Jews fundamental and legitimate, and permits institutional discrimination in land management and development, housing, citizenship, language and culture. The second came in the form of official statements regarding formal annexation of more parts of the West Bank, attesting to Israel’s long-term intentions and debunking claims of “temporary occupation.”
B’Tselem stresses that the military occupation has not ended: Palestinians in the West Bank remain its direct subjects, while in the Gaza Strip they live under its effective control, exerted from the outside. At the same time, casting Israel as a “democracy” on one side of the Green Line, while it is “temporarily” occupying millions of people on the other side, is divorced from reality. This depiction ignores the fact that this state of affairs has been in place for over fifty years. It fails to take into consideration the hundreds of thousands of Jewish settlers living east of the Green Line. It glosses over the de-jure annexation of East Jerusalem and the de-facto annexation of the rest of the West Bank. These facts lead to the conclusion that these are not two parallel regimes, but a single one, governing the entire area and all the people living in it.
B’Tselem’s Executive Director, Hagai El-Ad: “The fundamental tenets of Israel’s regime, although already implemented for many years, have recently grown more explicit. This happened both with the discussion of de jure annexation after decades of de facto annexation, and with the enactment of the Nation State Basic Law, which took the existing discrimination against Palestinians and turned it into an open constitutional principle. Israel is not a democracy that has a temporary occupation attached to it: it is one regime between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, and we must look at the full picture and see it for what it is: apartheid. This sobering look at reality need not lead to despair, but quite the opposite. It is a call for change. After all, people created this regime, and people can change it.”
Amidst the war crimes in Gaza, disturbing reports have surfaced, shedding light on the illicit and morally reprehensible activities of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF). Over the last three months, an estimated $25 million in money and gold artifacts have been unlawfully stolen by Israeli soldiers. The looting has extended beyond the looting of Gazans’ homes, reaching appalling incidents at checkpoints, particularly on Salah Al-Din Street. At these locations, Gazans have been forcibly stripped of their valuable possessions, as recounted by numerous testimonies that depict a blatant disregard for ethical standards.
Even homes evacuated under orders were not spared from these despicable actions, with Israeli soldiers shamelessly capturing souvenir photos and videos of their crimes, further intensifying the anguish of the affected Gazans. The gravity of these actions has been underscored by the Media Office in Gaza, citing documented cases in Israeli newspapers and labeling these actions as a systematic theft of the money belonging to the people of Gaza.
These unethical and deplorable actions not only lay bare the criminal mentality and moral decay of the Israeli occupation but also constitute a blatant violation of international laws governing the conduct of armed forces. The depth of moral failure inherent in these acts of looting, particularly from displaced and vulnerable populations, starkly contradicts the principles of humanitarianism and the protection of civilians in times of conflict.
As the international community closely scrutinizes these developments, there is a growing demand for an impartial investigation into these unconscionable actions. This condemnable behavior warrants global attention, and the perpetrators must be held accountable for their egregious transgressions against the people of Gaza.
As I browsed various websites, I stumbled upon an advertisement proclaiming ‘Why I Love Israel.’ This prompted me, as a Palestinian, to offer my perspective on ‘Why I Don’t Love Israel.’ It’s crucial to shed light on our side of the story, one that has been overshadowed by the narrative spun by the Israeli PR machinery for the past 75 years.
Born in a camp, concentration’s chain, Cities sieged, IOF’s ruthless reign. Israeli settlers, thieving with glee, Stealing land, where olives bleed.
Father’s plight, no pension’s reprieve, Checkpoint humiliations, apartheid’s sieve. Childhood fears, invasions at night, IOF’s terror, shadows ignite.
Sweetheart denied, love’s torn, Children barred, kinship scorned. IOF claims God’s promise, a bitter seed, Detention without cause, silenced creed.
Injustice persists, fueling the narrative trail, A tale of suffering, in shadows pale.
