2022 was a deadly year for Palestinians under Israeli occupation. If Americans Knew brought you crucial information – and will continue in 2023.
2022: 12 months of Israeli violence against Palestinians
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Israel has killed three Palestinians already in 2023
Following a deadly 2022, the new year has already seen Israeli forces kill three Palestinians – a 15-year-old from Bethlehem, a 17-year-old, and a young man of 22. Two other Palestinians in their twenties were also killed in the last days of December.
Israeli guards called him “the Christian” to insult him, then beat him some more
Israeli police burst into his home, broke his nose and a tooth, then dragged him by force, bound and blindfolded, to their van. After 41 days of beatings in an Israeli prison, 16-year-old Shadi Khoury is finally released to house arrest
His family had to break their usual tradition of visiting his grandmother on Christmas in Bethlehem and attending Christmas mass because of Shadi’s house arrest…
His mother is concerned that his adolescence has been lost forever…
Two Palestinian cancer patients die of Israeli medical neglect
Israel notoriously blocks Palestinian patients, especially in Gaza and in Israeli prisons, from obtaining permission to travel for medical care. Ten have died in 2022.
Unholy days and nights in Bethlehem
The “little town of Bethlehem” that we sing about at this time of year is far different from what many of us imagine it to be.
Palestinian brothers killed after Israeli settler runs them over
Local media report that the brothers had stopped to change a tire while running errands for their sister’s wedding, when they were deliberately struck by an Israeli settler’s car. The driver then fled the scene.
UN approves resolution to commemorate 75th Nakba anniversary
The UN overwhelmingly supports a 75th anniversary commemoration of the Nakba, the catastrophe in which Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from their homeland for the creation of Israel.
Invading Israeli soldiers kill 5 Palestinians (17 total in Nov, including 5 children)
Invading Israeli soldiers killed five people in the occupied Palestinian West Bank yesterday, including two brothers. This brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in November to 17, including 5 children.
(In addition to these assaults, Israeli forces yesterday abducted and injured numerous people, uprooted 90 Palestinian trees, and demolished two homes.)
Two more Palestinians die after being shot by Israeli soldiers
Mohammad Hisham Abu Keshik, 22, died from being shot by Israeli soldiers yesterday. Mohammad Ahmad Hasan Herzallah, 30, died from wounds suffered in July. Israeli soldiers have killed over 200 Palestinians since the beginning of 2022, 57 of them children. Palestinian resistance fighters have killed 26 Israelis, 1 of them a child
Invading Israeli forces kill 16-year-old protester, injure 32 in Nablus
Dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, soldiers then shot protesters, including Ahmad Amjad Shehada, 16, with a bullet to the heart. Israeli forces have killed about 200 Palestinians this year, including 57 children… A few hours later an Israeli teen was also killed, bringing the total of Israelis killed in 2022 to 26