The headlines we’re not likely to see from Israel and Palestine tell the story we need to hear: Palestinians live under daily, brutal oppression at the hands of Israel.
For those who think Palestine is in a time of “calm” because there are no headlines, think again. Palestinians haven’t experienced calm in decades. Here is a sampling of headlines from the last week, as meticulously reported by our friends at the International Middle East Media Center.
compiled by If Americans Knew, reposted from International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC)
The last week or so has seen a particularly broad variety of injustices perpetrated against Palestinians: at least 56 were abducted and/or detained (a disturbing number of them children); 18 injured or killed (again, several of them children); a large number of home demolitions (especially brutal since there is a pandemic going on); and a rash of Israeli settler violence.
Palestinians also experienced the confiscation of a flock of sheep, a truck, a tractor, and swaths of land – all of this is subsidized by the United States to the tune of over $10 million a day.
Headlines on Tuesday, March 9:
- Soldiers Abduct Nine Palestinians In West Bank
- Israeli Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians In Ramallah, Tubas And Hebron
- Two Palestinian Children Shot, Injured, One Critically, near Bethlehem
- International Women’s Day: PCHR Renews Call for Uniting Efforts to Improve Palestinian Women’s Reality
- Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian, Confiscate His Truck, Near Tubas
- Army Demolishes Home And Well, In Hebron
- WAFA: “Sinn Fein: Minister must act on destruction of Irish taxpayer-funded material by Israel”
Headlines on Wednesday, March 10:
- Army Issues Demolition Order Of Under-Construction Palestinian Home Near Bethlehem
- Soldiers Abduct Seven Palestinians In Bethlehem And Jenin
- Israeli Soldiers Abduct The Imam Of Al-Aqsa Mosque In Jerusalem
- Israeli Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishing Boats In Gaza
- Israeli Colonists Force Farmer Out Of His Land, Take His Tractor, Near Ramallah
- WAFA: “Israeli forces demolish structures, injure villagers near Nablus”
- Israeli Colonists Attack A Farmer And His Wife Near Salfit
- Army Demolishes 2 Palestinian-owned Homes, Deliver Many Demolition Orders
- Palestinian Shepherd and Child Injured in Separate Explosions of Israeli Munitions
Headlines on Thursday, March 11:
- Palestinian Dies in Fire After Israeli Forces Detain Firetruck at Checkpoint
- Five Palestinian Children Detained by Israeli Forces near Hebron
Headlines on Friday, March 12:
- Busloads of Israeli Colonists Invade Islamic Site near Salfit
- Armed Israeli Settlers Open Fire at Palestinian Children near Hebron
- WAFA: “Occupation forces detain five Palestinians, shoot, injure three others in West Bank”
Headlines on Saturday, March 13:
- Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Jerusalem And Nablus
- Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Homes Near Nablus
- Masked Settlers Armed with Batons Assault Palestinian Family near Hebron
- Anadolu: “Israel demolishes al-Araqib village for 184th time”
- Dozens Choke on Israeli Gas at Weekly Kufur Qaddoum March
Headlines on Sunday, March 14:
- Updated: “Israeli Bombs Responsible for Three Palestinian Fishermen Killed In Khan Younis”
- Euro-Med Monitor Condemns Three Israeli decisions threaten to evacuate, demolish dozens of homes in East Jerusalem”
- Israeli Navy Opens Fire at Palestinian Fishermen, Damage Boat, off Gaza Coast
- Soldiers Abduct Two High School Students Near Jenin
- Israel Confiscates Palestinian Lands Near Bethlehem, Uproots Lands Near Hebron And Nablus
- Soldiers Assault A Palestinian Near Salfit
- Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians, Shoot One, In Jerusalem
- Illegal Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Homes Near Hebron
- Israeli Settlers and Soldiers Attack Palestinian Villagers in Burin
Headlines on Monday, March 15:
- PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twenty Palestinians In West Bank”
- Israeli Soldiers Confiscate 100 Sheep Near Hebron
- Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian Worker Near Qalqilia
- Army Demolishes Three Rooms Near Bethlehem
- Two Jerusalem Families Forced To Demolish Their Buildings
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