The occupation is killing children and innocent civilians

The occupation is killing children and innocent civilians

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September 6, 2004 04:42 AM zro@michiganpeaceteam.org

The occupation is killing children and innocent civilians

Israelis possess overwhelming military superiority over the Palestinians. Israeli soldiers are shooting individuals with missiles, using American made F-16s and Apache helicopters. Tanks roll into refugee camps, supposedly to root out terrorists. But so many of these so-called terrorists are young children.

Total number of Palestinian deaths in West Bank & Gaza from Sept 2000 to May 2004 is: 3,517.
Total number of Israeli deaths, same time period: 921.

Total number of Palestinian children killed from 2000-2004: 514
Total number of Israeli children killed from 2000-2004: 97

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Israelis possess overwhelming military superiority over the Palestinians. Israeli soldiers are shooting individuals with missiles, using American made F-16s and Apache helicopters. Tanks roll into refugee camps, supposedly to root out terrorists. But so many of these so-called terrorists are young children.


 


Israelis possess overwhelming military superiority over the Palestinians. Israeli soldiers are shooting individuals with missiles, using American made F-16s and Apache helicopters. Tanks roll into refugee camps, supposedly to root out terrorists. But so many of these so-called terrorists are young children.


According to B'Tselem , the Israeli Center for Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories, 1059 of the Palestinians killed from September 29, 2000 though July 20, 2002 have been civilians. In comparison, 360 Israeli civilians were killed during this period, in Israel and the Occupied Territories combined (see box below). There were also over 108 extra-judicial assassinations of Palestinians during this period -- a war crime according to the Hague Convention of 1907.


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Over 1,000 Israelis have refused military service due to the Occupation.

In Israel, everyone is required to serve in the Defense Forces. In 2002, fifty Israeli soldiers signed and publicized "The Combatant's Letter". Excerpt is below: "We will no longer fight beyond the Green Line for the purpose of occupying, deporting, destroying, blockading, killing, starving and humiliating an entire people," declares a petition signed by the reservists. Refusnik Moshe Ingel explains why he refuses to serve in the Israeli Defense Forces in the Occupied Territories: "Because the activities we are told...